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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
In recovery are there any error messages about mounting?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphatia:
yes there is

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

# manual mode #

-- appling multi-csc...

applied the csc-code : unknown

successfully applied multi-csc

please reply back quick
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
This issue is covered hundreds of times, search and read for yourself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphatia:
thanks i already checked that but the problem is that i dont know what version of android was on the device and it wasnt rooted or had custom rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Take it to a service centre and pay for a repair.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphatia:
so there is no way i can fix it here

i already tried flashing a v2 baseband but still

i get the same error

.any other suggestion
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfribeiro:
Sent you a PM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psa47:
try to flash this efs hope that help you http://downloads.ziddu.com/download/23768869/efs.zip.html
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Had the phone now for almost a week coming from a series of Samsungs galaxy's.

Think the z2 could do so much better but for a phone from such a big company its a let down.

Voice quality isn't great, volume of the notifications aren't great,the dialler screen and the whole experience is kind of lacking on the z2 over the Samsung.

I do like the hardware side of it though, solid well made device, magnetic charge port is brilliant idea.

Would the voice and volume issues likely to be sorted in SW updates (going from past history with the other devices)?
[Xperia Z2 General] PiskopatYazar:
I'm coming from Samsung galaxy note 2 and I'm pretty impressed with the phone.

Yes volume is an issue you can't hear notifications sometimes but you can simply change your notification Ringtone to longer Ringtone to make better.

Voice quality is good for me didn't have an issue so far people can hear me well I can hear people well.

To get used to a new device takes longer than one week. You have got better camera better processor water and dust proof phone.

There are many other ways to be happy with your device.

I'm sure Sony will make some updates to make the phone even better.
[Xperia Z2 General] nintendolinky:
So are you taking it back.
[Xperia Z2 General] le_lutin:
I'm coming from a long line of samsung devices, and I couldn't be LESS disappointed.

The interfaces on samsungs always felt like they were designed by a team of colour-blind toddlers (who all designed everything separately)! The software on the Z2 at least feels cohesive.

At the moment, i'm very, very happy I made the switch to Z2.
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
Same here. I had an S3 running cm11 nightlies and coming to slick experience like the z2 is nice.

My phone upgrade cycle is every two years so the new device always snappy. If you are changing phone every year each upgrade is going to feel less great. Diminishing returns and all that!
[Xperia Z2 General] flumps:
I had a g.note and it sucked imo. This device is great, really enjoying it. Wouldn't mind the os using less ram however but that can be tweaked so not an issue. It's just a shame I'll be giving my z2 to my wife once the oneplus one comes out
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
I do want to like it... But when it's hard to hear the phone ringing or when a text comes through etc it kinda makes it useless as a phone.

Also I am having great difficulty in copying a number from an email to the phone dialler.

If I select the number, press the icon on the top to copy then go to dialer a long press won't bring up the paste option. But when I've selected the number and go to share>copy to clipboard it works. Yet however i copy it, I can paste it into other apps no problem.

Historically, how good are Sony at fixed niggling things like this?
[Xperia Z2 General] xtbk9999:
Which Email app are you using?

I just did exactly what you have described above without any issues.

Phone number copied from stock Gmail app and pasted onto stock dialer. Can't believe the problem of what you're having.
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Stock Gmail app.

Same from chrome, I press the copy button and won't paste into dialler.

Yet say from LinkedIn profile, if I hold a phone number it goes to the dialler automatically.

As I say if I select the number and press share (as if you wanted to send it in a text or put on facebook) but select copy to clipboard it works. Doing it that way also has a 'copied to clipboard' pop up yet doing it the other way doesn't, yet it does copy to clipboard as you can paste it into other apps. Weird
[Xperia Z2 General] waynekirby:
As for voice quality and loudness, go to settings > call settings > speaker enhancement (or something similar). Vastly increases the quality of calls.
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
I've changed phone dialler to exDialler and that means copy and paste is fully functional now... In fact if you copy a number and then directly open dialer it pastes the number in automatically.

Also means you can swipe to call or text which I like from the galaxy range.

So at least that's a couple of niggles sorted. Fingers crossed for the sw been updated for the notification volume
[Xperia Z2 General] jadaress1:
Have you tried the app mp3 amplifier to increase the volumes on notifications and ringtones if you use mp3 ones that is.
[Xperia Z2 General] KevinB88:
To paste sth to dialer you have to type one number and than you can paste the copied number.

Gesendet von meinem D6503 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 General] Codana:
I bought mine yesterday and brought it back today. Vibration is waaaay to loud. You can hear it from a distance of several meters.

But eventhough it's an amazing smartphone. I ordered it from an other shop. Hopefully the new device will be fine.
[Xperia Z2 General] stress40:
I agree about the ringtone and alarm loudness, in part. I think they could do with being a wee tad louder. However, listening to music with headphones is fine for me. As far as everything else goes, it is just awesome. I primarily bought this phone for the hardware specs and the potential for modifying. :victory:
[Xperia Z2 General] Raspster:
The Sony software is basically similar to android stock so saying you hate the interface is saying you hate the stock android look and feel and to be honest, I love the stock android.

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Also, I would take the hardware part superiority over the sound quality. I had the z1 and managed with the sound just fine on that and the z2 has better sound than the z1. I don't need my phone to be a stereo! That's what headphones are for ?
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
I never said I hated the sony software, far from it, I do like its simplicity and with the choosing of a couple of apps I can get the few features that Samsung use in Touchwiz without the rubbish in Touchwiz.

But.... There are bugs.

All I'm asking, historically are sony good at ironing these out promptly.

Btw...today my rear panel cracked. Think the phone is getting its own back on me.
[Xperia Z2 General] shinematt:
Personally the call quality on my Z2 is so good I often find myself asking the other person "are you still there?" because I think we've been cut off! Haha

But I understand your frustration. I personally don't mind discreet notifications for example - it allows me to feel like I don't HAVE to know what's going on as soon as it happens, I feel less "obligated", if that makes sense.

But it's all about needs and preferences ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] malek777:
Take it back and get the m8. It is very loud
[Xperia Z2 General] raducanmihai:
You can copy/paste from Chrome to stock Sony dialer this way: select the number you want and from the 3 dots menu choose "share/ copy to clipboard" . Go to the dialer and long press: paste.

PS: If the app already has "share" menu (like Gmail), just select it and from the long list choose "copy to clipboard".
[Xperia Z2 General] JMonkeYJ:
Oh no!! :( How did it happen?
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Don't know. Just noticed it as I came to use it.

Annoyed is not the word.
[Xperia Z2 General] Codana:
How do you mean cracked? Broken glass?
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
TBH with you guys the notification and ringing volume is so low, but when it comes to third party app like wechat, it uses both speakers and it is damn loud.

I heard it and I wondered like what was that cause it was damn loud. then I checked it out it was wechat. so I think this can be easily fixed with a firmware update.
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
I really don't understand where all this low notifications volume business is coming from. On mine, it's plenty loud. Much louder than my Z anyway. Sometimes it's even too loud. Is this a general problem?
[Xperia Z2 General] flumps:
My volume was very loud and since flashing custom rim with volume enhanments it's kinda too loud if you know what I mean
[Xperia Z2 General] amon87:
Hi everyone. Not that I am disappointed with this device, but I have already sold mine. The problem of mine Z2 was that I have found dust under the screen. How stupid of mne I thought Z2 was also dust proof ;) Maybe it was just one spot, maybe more, but it was enough for me. I have paid enough money for a phone I expected to be just perfect. But it wasn't. I quit using HTC after many years of problems and I was hoping that Sony will be just great. But no. It wasn't.

Long story short - I am planning to buy another one, as I think this phone is absolutely perfect - but I have to be more cautious next time.

The point of this post is to ask you peaople - does anyone found dust under the screen of their Z2's?

Cheers!
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Yep, rear panel has a single crack from left to right about a third down from the top.
[Xperia Z2 General] edge3uk:
My first Z2 had a small black thing in the middle of the screen. I thought it was dust but the guy in the shop said it looked like a tiny crack in the lcd panel. There's a photo I posted of in a thread somewhere.
[Xperia Z2 General] Raspster:
Well, I got my Z2 today. So far, so good. The screen is better but not as good as all the hype. I had the Z1 and for sure, it is better than the Z1. Volume is lower compared to the Z1 but I think that's because it's not completely on the bottom of the phone and more on the front. (laying down flat - less volume..?) Anyway, guys, any way to get the STUPID battery icon back to the old one or without the percent without rooting...? That battery icon is terrible!!!

Figured it out. There is a setting to change or allow different icon on the taskbar. You can take out the % and the stupid "+" to the right for stamina mode. This way it can still be on and not the icon. Just a battery icon with no %. NICE!!!!
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Well that the phone sent of for hopefully a warranty repair on the back panel.... The assistant in the shop said the Sony rep had suggested a SW update for the low volume is coming and they are not to accept phones back with the low volume for now.

Regarding the crack, I'm stuck between a rock and hard place... Insurance may refuse it as they see it as cosmetic damage, warranty may see it as accidental and not caused by a sub par part.

Will see what happens.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3
[Xperia Z2 General] Ariozo:
I am more than happy with my z2, and i had all galaxy even s5 and htc,Sony,LG...but so far i have no problem at all with the z2. Good quality overall and things work like it should. :)

Skickat från min D6503 via Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 General] Raspster:
Did anyone here get the white one? Wondering if they corrected the staining issue around the edges. Because of that video and comment out there about that, I got the black one. I always loved my white z1 over the black but I didn't want to take any chances. For sure, there is an enlarged plastic area (compared to z1) between the screen and the metal bezel. That's the plastic that people are saying will stain with the white.
[Xperia Z2 General] eve7:
Two people in a different forum said they work in construction and have the white. And didn't have any problems.

Last minute I changed my order to the white from the black.

I think if this was an issue a lot of people would be talking about it since they got their devices.
[Xperia Z2 General] goodpenguin:
I really don't understand the low volume of notification sounds but mine is pretty loud compared to my previous galaxy s2. It actually uses both speakers and is quite annoying when the first time you go online then all the messages come in at the same time because the notification sound won't stop until my phone receives all the messages. My unit's from taiwan and I have the latest firmware. Overall i'm very pleased except for the case that I bought because it doesn't have a slot for the magnetic dock.
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
Well it happens with mine and others it seems. Simple as that.

Ringtones aren't too bad but notifications for sms etc are appalling.

I use a text based log on/off system for work. If I forget to log off at the allocated time I get an auto text to remind me. If then I don't reply they then call me to check my wellbeing. If this happens on more than a couple of occasions I get kicked off the system and unable to use it again and then lose my job. If for some reason I didn't take the call (out of coverage etc) then the control call emergency services.

That's how serious the low volume of notifications are to me.
[Xperia Z2 General] Raspster:
ahhh, my black one has a small paint chip off the bottom left corner. Hope this will not continue or get worse. I must say, so much better without the built in screen protector. I really feel like I'm touching glass now. I had the Z and the Z1 and this is a BUGE difference. The volume for SMS and stuff. They got to fit that. It's obviously a bug as sound in everything else is top notch! I'm sure an update will come along and fix this soon.
[Xperia Z2 General] Michealtbh:
Users with volume issues - have you enabled X-Loud? I had a Z1 and it could be enabled in the sound > sound enhancements menu (iirc)
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
I did the test: with XLoud ON and then OFF (with CA+ ON) = no influence on ring volume. Of course in Xperia Z xLoud made ring significantly louder, but here not.
[Xperia Z2 General] goodpenguin:
Maybe I got used to the notification volume of the galaxy s2 so this is an improvement for me. Maybe you can choose a higher pitched sound and enable the vibration. I can't hear the notifications of S2 in my pocket as well so I regularly check my phone. I use the Cosmic notification sound, maybe you can try that if you can hear it better.
[Xperia Z2 General] Pesetio:
I have played around with the sound settings quite a bit and I think ClearAudio+ enables X-Loud, even if you uncheck the X-Loud box.
[Xperia Z2 General] Tomo1971:
I've decided that once I get the z2 back from repair I'm going to sell it on.

It is a beautiful device, so much more than the galaxy range (but maybe not so much as the M8.) but I just don't have the confidence in it to be my work phone.

Not sure how the back cracked... Heat? Took a knock while in my pocket? On its own? If it was a knock I certainly can't remember it. The awful attitude of Sony customer service has made me want it gone too. They basically said the phone has no faults (with the tones) and anyone who has posted on the Internet is making it up to get at Sony. Yeah... Erm.... Ok.

Ive liked the z range since the first one... Looks fab, ip rated etc... Gorgeous. I had hoped by the third incarnation it would of been more suited to me, seems not....
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
130% SRGB. All image are designed for SRGB standard (99.9% of the colors in nature), and enhanced range is color distortion, oversaturation and red hues. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52446659#post52446659

Lack of OIS

Weak sound in headphones

Large energy consumption (3200 mah batery life less then 2800mah S5 and 2600 mah M8)
[Xperia Z2 General] feis:
Lol are you insane, cant commet about s5, cause i dont have it, but z2 is miles ahead of m8 in terms of battery life.
[Xperia Z2 General] Codana:
Weak sound over headphones? How do you mean that? With the standard headphones or general?
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
FBReader Video 3D Games

HTC M8 2600 mА·h 22 h. 10 m. 13 h. 20 m. 3 h. 20 m.

Galaxy S5 2800 mА·h 17 h. 20 m. 12 h. 30 m. 4 h 30 m.

Xperia z2 3200 мА·h 15 h. 20 m. 11 h. 00 m. 3 h. 30 m.

http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/sony-xperia-z2.shtml#battery-life

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low power=bad sound detailing, scene etc.

And in the reviews at gsmarena xperia always been bad sound

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCP1E6K1xg (russian)
[Xperia Z2 General] goodpenguin:
Sound using the NC headsets are great! But I will try using a different brand if there's a big difference. Overall I'm happy with the stereo speakers and the sound output of Z2. If there's one thing I don't like is the voice call. The voice on the end sounds lacking. It's like there isn't enough bass on the voice or sounds semi mono. It's a good thing that the voice is clear but the voice quality is so so.
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
I don't trust any of these reviews and yea I don't understand and for me this phone is the clear winner in every aspect,

Really you want OIS? and it showed that Sony's image stabilisation is enough and HTC removed it too since they were getting blurry images.

Everyone says that Sony noise cancellations headsets are the best at market right now. and it is very true. speaking of battery life. it is the best.

OMG I was really frustrated about this and Now I am a happy citizen :D Only issue is that ringer and notification sounds aren't that loud cause they're using only one speaker. I know they'll fix that too with their next update and boost the sounds too. So keep the faith in this phone ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] feis:
Lol, i dont give a **** about single review on gaming time, in which btw z2 does better despite having bigger screen. I have both devices, and in real life performance m8s battery is left in dust. In about week of usage i never managed to get more than 5-5.5h sot on m8, while on z2 i can hit 7-8h sot everytime.
[Xperia Z2 General] le_lutin:
From Trusted reviews:

"When set to play a looping SD-quality video, the benefit is clear. The Xperia Z2 lasts for 15 hours of video playback, which is a whole lot longer than the Samsung Galaxy S5 or HTC One M8."

http://www.trustedreviews.com/sony-...y-life-and-verdict_Page-5#kUPTbZbmMkBJc03C.99
[Xperia Z2 General] Codana:
I tested it with my Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 and Shure 535 from my friend, no complains at all? Sounds better than with my old Samsung Galaxy S3.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejtam:
I tried upgrading my international N7000 to CM10.3 following the instructions in

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_n7000

but now the phone won't even boot into the recovery, all it shows is

Samsung

GALAXY Note

GT-N7000

/ \

/ | \

/--*-\

When i tried flashin from my Mac iusing Heimdall,

the download finished on the mac, but on the N7000

it still showed the blue line etc. I waited a lng time and tried

rebooting, but got the above.

Re-flashing in Heimdall had no effect.

I then tried flashing

hardcore-speedmod-ics-recovery-n7000.tar

using Odin 3.185 from my VMwars Fusion XP install,

and that seemed to finish ok, but no luck either.

I looked for the latest CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery, but I cannot find any

odin-flashable format for it, and of course I cannot use the sdcard

as I cannot even boot into any recovery as is.

Can anyone suggest next steps?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackwu696:
1st things 1st. Why would u use heimdall or odin? And what is your current ROM before trying to flash CM 10.3, was it stock? You should have looked for CWM recovery or Philz safe kernels as base when doing ROM flashing ESPECIALLY custom roms. From what you said, then can you still boot into download mode? I have no knowledge of heimdall so just download Stock Firmware, flash it with odin and see if you can boot your N7000 first.

The worst case scenarios is you are experiencing emmc bug-brick. go to the thread and read carefully to deduce your type of 'brick' and find solutions there. Good Luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejtam:
I was on a stock 4.0.4 (but rooted). I originally tried flashing the cwm from the sd card, but after starting to load it it also just hung,

so I looked for an alternative..

I found a post on stockroms (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997) but the links all point to hotfile.com. which my browser says it cannot find. is hotfile dead? Is there an alternative?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackwu696:
Go to sammymobile.com if I'm not wrong. Download the stock firmware there. Rooted but do u have cwm installed? Rooted doesn't mean you have cwm installed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanbrapp:
same problem

i have the same problem , only mine loads into the recovery menu , ive tried finding a working odin to nstall it back to factory.

when i had this problem last night , i wasnt sure what i done but i managed to install a custom rom and that worked but now i seem to be getting status 7 error ,

my computer wont recognise my phone so i cant do anything that way . any ideas or links to solutions will be appreciated
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kael ruch:
i have the same problem
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackwu696:
I'm sorry so did u succeed or did you not succeed in installing the custom rom? If your custom rom boots fine then all u need is to search for solving status 7 error thread. My advice to all noobs is to always try n avoid installimg anything except stock rom in odin. Always read and re read before flashing anything that's beyond your knowledge. Basic knowledge of flashing cusroms is :

1. ALWAYS make sure you're on SAFE and COMPATIBLE KERNEL. Most rom threads ALWAYS Include threads/links to a specific recovery/kernel to use. Read n RE READ that.

2. Wipe everything IN RECOVERY mode before flashing a rom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanbrapp:
fixed miine

im not Sure what i did , i unbricked (soft) and successfully installed kitkat not sure exactly how but it worked.... still have root too ... had and error about needing to wipe data for suib i think but thats the only fallback i fell into
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackwu696:
If you're able to boot up properly n prompted to wipe, then do it. But do it in recovery not on device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sejtam:
Ok, I downloaded one of the stock kernels for my internatinal N7000, but flashing that with Odin 3.185 hangs about 3/4 through (has now been

sitting there for >60 mins).

Looks like I am screwed?

The file I found is KIES_HOME_N7000XXLT4_N7000OXALT4_1103517_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5

I f I wanted to try flashing this with Heimdall, I'd need to know partition numbers I think

Where can I get those?

Or should I get another file?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackwu696:
Before that, do u have KIES installed? KIES is NOT compatible with odin and will cause potential trouble. So is some firewall and antivirus apps. You need to disable all of them before using odin. Please search the thread http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ for stock rom site.