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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hxdrummerxc:
Im with you man. I also came from a GNex, and it seems like a lot of other have too.

Its crazy how much better the reception has been with the M8. I had trouble getting any 3G or 4G in my new house with my GNex, even outside. With my m8, I get an average of 3 bars of 4G. And the difference is like that everywhere I go including work. I don't know how I lasted that long on the GNex. I guess I just got used to the crazy bad reception.

That being said, I have always heard that most Motorola phones have some of the best reception. And this was always the case with my older motorola flip phones (E815) also. But I stopped buying motorola phones after the original Droid X bootloader was locked down like Fort Knox, and they said all their newer phones were gonna be like that.

EDIT:

To the person that just sold the NOTE 3. That phone is just like the GNex was. Awful reception. My dad had the phone for two days and returned it. We looked up reviews and saw tons of people complaining about the reception. Which is funny because the Note 2 had a solid reception. My brother uses it and gets great service, as well as all the reviews. Samsung must have dropped the ball on the Note 3 antenna.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Freedom First:
I agree with the OP. This handset has noticeably lower signal strength than my old HTC Rezound, and the one my wife currently uses as her personal phone. My M8 is only slightly better than the GNEX she has as a company-provided work phone. Disappointing, actually, as the M8 is a phenomenal device in most other regards.

To be honest though, I've not experienced a single dropped call, as of yet. But, I see data switching to 3G quite regularly. I'm still on the stock ROM, only S-OFF and rooted.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] strath:
Just to add that coming from the DNA to the M8, I have been extremely happy with reception.

My DNA would consistently drop out at certain points in the city (minneapolis) but my M8 has been solid.

To be honest, I really don't pay a lot of attention to bars, so I couldn't say if I have the same, more or less bars with the M8, but I haven't had any issues with connectivity.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Turgur:
If your M8 is only slightly better than a gnex, you have a defective M8. G-nex has the worst reception of any phone I've ever owned, by FAR.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bakemcbride21:
For me in New Jersey, where LTE practically covers the entire state, the M8 gets good reception but my DNA definitely got better reception.

At work in Newark..And I work in a glass building...DNA would be between 96-98 dBm and my M8 is between 102-105.

I'm assuming that's the aluminum casing. Don't get me wrong, reception is great but in marginal signal areas like at home in my basement, dna would hold LTE where M8 will drop to 3g and sometimes 1x
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sfreemanoh:
Yeah, my mom's GS3 had similarly crappy reception to my GNex, and Samsung's radios have never had the best reputation, but I heard they've gotten somewhat better. But I guess maybe they reverted back to their old ways with the Note 3...

Don't forget though, while the DX had a locked bootloader (I had a DX as well, it was actually my Android gateway device), it also had a great development community. So with some awesome dev's, even a locked bootloader doesn't mean the device won't be awesome. :P
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Rafy186:
Coming from multiple devices such as the Gnex, DNA, Note 3 and now the M8, I think there's more to it than just moving from one phone to another. Yes, HTC is known for better radios than Samsung and having the Note 3 before the M8 I personally witnessed the M8 produce better reception. But I think the issue also stems from the added LTE frequencies that have been added to newer handsets. For example my Note 3 before the AWS roll out performed very good, but once the roll out hit NYC and I started to check if I was connected to band 4 in my handset I began to notice my service between LTE, 3G and 1X fluctuate a lot. At work where I was constantly connected to LTE band 13 before and don't ever remember having 3G, the phone began to connect only to 3G.

Purchasing a new phone such as the M8 that has support for AWS but is weaker may be the result. The Droid DNA only supported Verizon LTE Band 13.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aol8mydog:
When I'm at work where my DNA had great LTE reception, my M8 seems to be OK - only slightly less signal. I think the problem is worse when the LTE signal is marginal like at my home. It seems that's when the difference is very noticeable. At home, I'd be lucky to get LTE on my older phones (Thunderbolt and Rezound) but the DNA was awesome. LTE all the time at home. I think I was spoiled.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] GohanBurner:
You probably got a defective device, because mine gets signal everywhere I couldn't before.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NegativeOne13:
Signal

I went from a GNex to an X, and noticed a great signal reception different. I thought the X had great reception, and held with Motorola's reputation for good radios. My M8 has a lot better reception than the X did, far none. Spots where I would have ~1 to 2 bars of 3G, I now have at least 3 at all times. The 4G radio boundary seems to be a lot better than the X had as well. I would agree with what was previously stated, and say you have a defective unit.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] flyinj54:
Coming from a g2 I consistantly see -5 db better with this device in the same locations.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rushless:
The M8 appears to have similar signal reception to the S4. My son loves the M8, so no chance of an objective view there. The new device pixie dust is too strong ;)

I find the following based on comparing:

DNA > i5s > M8/S4 Both the DNA and iPhone 4s have better reception than than the equal M8 & S4. Still not tested the S5 and will not unless they get a 32gb model. That would be my phone.

The worst phone recpetion device I ever owned was the Nokie N600. It was AWFUL and made the GNEX seem like a DNA on steroids. I grew to really "hate" Nokia after that device. Their Windows Phone love solidifies the "hate".
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] PhantomApollyon:
Something quite a few people here are not taking into account is that the M8 is utilizing Verizon's AWS band, whereas the Rezound/DNA are not. Your M8's signal bars are more than likely displaying AWS signal(assuming your area has AWS this will be the case). On a Rezound, your signal bars reflect your 1X signal...which will always be extremely high in most areas. On a DNA you will be seeing the normal LTE band.

If you're trying to compare to older devices like the Rezound, you need to launch a voice call on your M8 before even giving a second thought to the signal bars. To address the DNA...you won't really be able to compare the two devices since the DNA doesn't support the AWS band at all...unless you live in a non-AWS area.

If you do the appropriate comparisons, the M8's signal is great. I hope this helps clear up a lot of the misunderstanding going on in this thread. :good:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Ravenbf:
I came from the GNex as well......and the signal on the M8 is about 100 times better than I ever had on the GNex. I go places now that I had 1x before and I have either 3G or 4G. That is horrible for you if your signal is not good, like everyone said, maybe it's defective.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bakemcbride21:
Good point! At work I am definitely on AWS in Newark, NJ....LTE was brutal there for the last year and my DNA still only gets barely 1 MB down/up during the day, whereas the M8 will get between 20-40 MB and 15-20 up.

Definitely no AWS in Sussex County NJ though lol...no need for it as the current LTE implementation is more than enough for the smattering of well spaced out people up here in "the stix" of NJ. Plus my DNA and M8 get the same DL/UL speeds, telling me they're most likely using the same LTE 700 band. here. With that...the DNA does get better reception than the M8 here at home.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mc_365:
My Home is in Jersey City which for all purposes is NYC although im just as close to Newark NJ. Today I experienced 3 dropped calls on the VZW M8 and I never had a drop call on the DNA or Rezound. I've been curious as I've looked at the M8's signal meter and wondered why it was constantly around 2 bars at home. After the dropped calls I went into the phone info and see my signal is -107 to -112 dBm I'm not sure if this is ok, bad, or terrible. Maybe the new radios and firmware are not as good in the densely populated areas or maybe the phone is not as good as plastic phones in densely populated areas?
[General Questions and Answers] Partofthedanger:
I'm totally new to this but maybe someone can help. My wife's Toshiba AT300 (AT305-T16) tablet will not boot past the splash screen. I've wiped the cash and did a factory reset. Both seemed to be successful but I'm still stuck on the splash screen. I've tried to recover from external storage with some images I found posted but I get an error during recovery and it's aborted. Any thoughts?

Oh and Toshiba has absolutely no support. The support section on their website for this device is blank. Called the help line and they just gave me the number of an authorized service center in my area. Big help Toshiba.

My thought is if I reflash or update the OS that might solve my problem...Thanks in advance for the help!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Partofthedanger:
Anybody?
[Verizon LG G2] civydcex:
I flashed the 24a bootstack and now my g2 phone is in bootloop. I never transfered the vs98024a laf zip over. Anyone one know how i ca do this through twrp 2.7.0.0? i lost download mode but have recovery. Im screwed
[Verizon LG G2] Dick Ripple:
Otg cable
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
Hey people, how are you?

I was wondering out of nowhere: wait a minute, is this Rom legal?, replacing an Official Rom from the Provider for an Unofficial one that required Unlocking the Bootloader/Rooting the Phone/Flash the Rom is the same as saying that the Phone Protection was broken and it was an Hacking thing, and for making the Rom maybe there was some softwares that were illegally made or stolen from Official Android Version or stolen from Google or from someone.

So with this said, what do you think people? Having a Custom Rom on the Phone, is this Illegal?.

Please don't answer things like: you only void warranty.

Good answers i will give a 'Thanks' button press.

Cheers :good:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Android is open source and royalty free software, so anyone is allowed to 'fork' it and do their own thing with it, so that is not illegal, and does not involve stealing or anything else. Amazon uses it on their Kindle Fire in a heavily modified form and MIUI (which just made custom ROMS at first) now also makes phones with their version installed as standard.

The rules on XDA are very strict when it comes to using other people's work without permission and if a ROM contains software which should be paid for or is used without permission that ROM will be removed.

The protection the manufacturers build into their phone is to insure their phones operate the same for everyone and so they can guarantee they can fix it when there is a problem with it.

Apple used to claim that 'jailbreaking' the Iphone was illegal according to their terms and conditions, but a Judge in the United States ruled that when a user buys a device, the user owns it and is allowed to do with that device whatever he wants, essentially meaning that jailbreaking (getting around the phone's factory installed protection mechanisms) is legal.

However, the manufacturer cannot be held responsible if a user does something with that device that the manufacturer did not intend.

That is why you void your warranty when you get around the inbuilt protections.

So, in short: Not illegal in any way, but it is at your own risk and for your own responsibility.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
So does that mean that also The GB roms for this phone have legal apk's in it? Confused because of the apk's like: Latinime.apk 'keyboard from xperia x10 mini pro original, i don't know if that is considered stolen from original Firmware' and Gapps 'there are option to flash gapps, and somewhere it says that gapps are illegal on roms unless there is permission.

So breaking the phone protection is not considered a hacking thing right?.

There are country's where unlocking phones are obligatory on the store without charging more from it, so i guess that phones should always be unlocked everywhere, but if someone unlocks a phone not in a store is it legal? Well apparently it is.

That's why i asked also on another thread about the original android that came with the phone, because if the phone went to repair they could know that it was my fault since the firmware isn't the original that came with the phone, or am i wrong?.

So, in short: We're all on our own risk and responsibility, and nothing's illegal unless there was a paid apk on the rom.

Thanks for your answer here and on the other thread mate :) Cheers :good:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kt-Froggy:
As far as I understand it, Gapps can't be distributed with a custom ROM, e.g. bundled with it. It's a licensing issue. That doesn't make using them illegal, you just need to flash them separately. :)

However, the whole thing about what's legal and what's not can sometimes take some bizarre turns that defy logic... For example, take the recent decision of the US Library of Congress to make a cellphone unlocking a violation of the DMCA, and therefore, illegal. First off, the DMCA itself is a bull$h!t, if you ask me, but that's just my opinion. But what the hell does the Library of Congress have to do with it? What kind of authority they have over the matter, anyway? Well, the real lawmakers passed the bill that actually allows the unlocking, so common sense prevails this time, but you never know...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
I think there were some roms with the gapps inside, but without them bundled it's all legal then :).

Luckily i unlocked my phone on the store so i don't have problems with these stuff, i was more concerned about if the roms use Illegal software in it, gapps you tell me now that it isn't legal if we flash them separately, so i guess that what remains on my question is if the keyboard LatinIme.apk is legal since it seems to be like the original used on the Stock Android version that came with the phone, i don't know if there's any other software that i can ask if it's legal or not. In logic, Rooting and flashing would be illegal because it's like 'Hacking', but in the Law and stuff if it's legal then it's ok by me.

Thanks

Cheers :good:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
I think the LatinIME is the google keyboard, the one that came with the phone was the suqashiinput.apk, and I don't think Sony is too concerned if you use the programs that came with the phone on that same phone. :p

Sony would be in it's right to take down any ROMS that infringe on it's copyrights, but they don't, they have even taken steps to make it easier to use custom roms on their phones, so I don't think you need to worry about that.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
Lol you're right i switched the name of the keyboards xD, but none of them is illegal apparently :p

So with all of this said, custom roms doesn't mean 'hacking' and therefore not illegal, right? I think my question is fully answered now then, thanks mate :)

Cheers :good:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] demoniacs:
let me jump in and share my thoughts. hacking has 2 categories (i think), developmental and the other one i call destructive (i dont need to explain the difference, do i?) like previously stated, any licensed and paid apk if bundled with the rom is illegal including the gapps. thats why gapps is flash seperately (see the bold thing is what makes the difference). i dont know about manufacturers allowing their default apks to be used and distributed by cookers but maybe they see its a good thing rather than being pestered by consumers about having an upgrade of the old phones. i have an htc and xperia and both offers bootloader unlocking feature/tutorials, which i think they know why we are unlocking it. they are aware and support it. maybe they are looking for apks that could help their brand soar. who knows, when you develop one and they buy them.

:laugh:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
Be my guest then xD. As long as the Hacking type isn't the Bad One/Illegal One then that's fine xD.

I don't know about that one either, because it's true that the keyboard apk came with the phone, but that keyboard is being used in a 'Unofficial' Android Version not created by them but yes by someone else, i don't know if they allow it like that even if it is for the same phone.

Yes in reality they know everything we do, and everyone knows about hacking and cracking but No One does a damn thing about it xD.

I think Sony should buy Android 2.3 from this website and perfect it for our phone, but i don't see that happening :( xD, i would say Android 4+ but it's too much for this phone :( xD.

:laugh:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
In the end, Sony would rather sell us a new phone, but they (or anyone else for that matter) don't make phones like ours anymore.

But I think, with the work Google has put into KitKat, it should run better on our phones then ICS or JellyBean, so it's kind of a shame we don't have developers capable of porting it anymore.

That said, I still think it's very cool we've got Jellybean ROMS that run ok, and I'm very grateful for all the effort that has gone into development in that respect, even if it's not as fast as Gingerbread ROMS or even the original firrmware.

Let's just finish by this: If it was all illegal, then XDA wouldn't exist anymore, it would have been litigated out of existence by any of the big phone-manufacturers or phone-operating-systems-producers.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Crazy Seed:
Or we could always buy Xperia Mini Pro 'difference is not very big beetween them', but it's a little expensive and the benefits are almost nothing since Xperia Mini Pro x10 has great quality in Music, Image, Video with the only letdown being the Android Version + CPU capacity.

Yes Kit Kat should run better on our phones, but it's also true that right now there's nobody capable of porting it to our phone :S.

Respect and Thanks for the efforts on the ICS Jelly Roms, and call me crazy but i think that if someone could fix some bugs from the ICS version then it could be perfect since almost everything is working, Jellybean is more difficult because of the Audio drivers for Sound quality making it almost impossible.

Yes they could finish this website if they had the rights to do so, apparently there's nothing wrong with custom roms so it's all ok, but it's also true that sometimes even if something is illegal people just close their eyes 'just like in piracy, everyone downloads songs movies etc and nobody does a damn thing about it because they know it's a fight they can't ever win'.

So with all said, everything is apparently legal and ok to go :) .
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nikhilroxstar:
No, they're not illegal. Android is an open source community, as long as you conform with legal policies, you will be good to go!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blazingsun:
I was using rom tool box to change the boot animation on my note 2 which was working great until I got fat fingers

playing around one day and I ended up installing the boot animation fixer, Now on start up I have a blank screen.

Does anyone have a clue what might of happen.? Beside the point 1 noob = many problems
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] blazingsun:
So I discover the easies solution to this problem is just reflash your rom , Just dirty flash your current rom again and your boot animation will be back in working order.

And no you wont lose your data unless you do a factory reset.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejtam:
It seems that to use Samsung's Watch-on one *must* enter a US zip-code to get a TV listing service.

If I want to use this outside the US (Singapore), I cannot just skip this step.

Is there any rhyme or reason to this?

Is there a way around this?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] imanalien:
Hello all I need help. I rooted my tab plus and it installed superuser then I installed the slimkat 4.4 kitkat rom from this forum section. Well after rooting I had the superuser app icon but after installing the rom it's not rooted anymore and superuser disappeared. How do I Reroot is my question? Without a PC. I made a recovery in order to install the rom with an app called root tools from google play.. Please help.. I am pretty savy with these things but I searched and tried all kinds of things but I'm stumped
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] menitin91:
slimrom is already rooted you wont be requiring to reroot... just go to setting >> development option >> you will find root option... i selected adb and apps in tht.. hope it helps..
[XPERIA X8 Original Android Development] TeamMex:
CyanogenMod 11.0 for the xperia x8 (Shakira)

Brought to you by klozz (aka TeamMEX)

CyanogenMod is a free, community built distribution of Android 4.4.x (KitKat) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

This build is a UNOFFICIAL so CM not work on this build.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

#Disclaimer:

I release it because i need some help to make a working build for now this build stay in bootloop.

But you can try to test it.

I think this problem is to problems with ramdisk.

This source code are based on some of androidarmv6 and patches from me.

###Source:

https://github.com/xperience-x8

https://github.com/XPerience-x8/Shakira_Ramdisk Ramdisk

Any help you can send patches to my repo for KK are all the repo wit _KK in the name...

How to install:

Enter into CWM

Make format system

Make format data

Make format cache

Make format dalvick-cache

Install CM-11-2014xxxxx-shakira.zip

Reboot

crosses fingers and hopes to start

give me thanks :D or donation or simply, don't say anything :)

WORKING:

TouchScreen

Audio

NOT WORKING:

Bootloop so not testet

cm-11-20140430-shakira-unofficial.zip

OLDER DOWNLOADS:

cm-11-20140320-UNOFFICIAL-shakira.zip - 98.97 MB

cm-11-20140422-UNOFFICIAL-shakira.zip

MIRROR:

cm-11-20140422-UNOFFICIAL-shakira.zip - 100.57 MB

cm-11-20140427-UNOFFICIAL-shakira.zip - 96.62 MB

XDA:DevDB Information

CyanogenMod Shakira, a ROM for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8

Contributors

TeamMex, androidarmv6

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 2.6.x

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2014-04-18

Last Updated 2014-04-30