yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z2 General] Ryland Johnson:
Just a note, You do realise that hi-fi speaker manufacturers have been selling speakers that produce high and low end frequencies that no human ear can hear! They don't tell you that but in reality 'some' top brand speakers costing 10k are only appreciated by our family Labrador.

Same with small QHD screens, the human eye cannot see that level of definition its a ophthalmic impossibility (with that size of screen)!

To that end I would NOT be sold on the hype.

I also find it tedious to constantly compare top end mobiles as they all offer some thing we will either like or dislike, there is no best just our personal preference.

Second grip while I am on the old soap box. The SXZ2 has not even gathered dust of the shelves and some posters are already debating the Z3? Appears odd and only builds consumer greed and disappointment. The Z1 is still a top leading mobile as is the Ultra.

So.............lets celebrate the choice and differences and be content with what we have now.

Sorry for the negative post. :crying: Got out the wrong side of bed this morning :silly:

Regards,

Ryland
[Xperia Z2 General] BeriaddaN:
Hello all.

I am new here, slowly learning and found this thread that meets my search results in order to ask.

I am currently an iOS user (iPhone 5s) and until the end of the week I will be switching to Android at last!

I've been given some advice from people to first check the support and custom ROMs that are/going to be available for a phone before deciding which one to buy.

I dunno if I am going to flash a custom ROM on day one but I will do it eventually! (Still reading and learning how it works.. :) )

(For the ROM I am thinking Cyanogen! I've been informed it is very good and it keeps android as pure as it can be, that is what I want )

So here is the thing..

Right now in my country I can buy the Sony Xperia Z2 for 325 Euros and the LG G3 (I am talking only about the 32gb with

3GB

of RAM) for 375 Euros.

Unfortunately the difference in price between those two is big for my wallet.. :/ (there is also the LG G3 with 16gb and 2GB RAM that costs same as Z2 but has only 2GB.. )

Also the resolution in G3 consumes a LOT of battery!

I am leaning towards the Z2 but is the G3 worth it in the end? (I cannot decide :P )

And I don't mean only by the phone as a phone but for Android 5.0 too and ofc custom ROMs!!

Any advice?

Thank you in advance! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] VergiL09:
Hi! I have faced that situation in the past (choosing between Z2 and G3 3GB RAM), and I finally chose Z2 because of many things, like waterproof. trust me, once you go waterproof, you'll never want a non-water proof phone again, and two decent front facing speakers are SIGNIFICANTLY better than a single high quality and loud back/side facing speaker. And as some reviews say, the QHD has a miniscule advantage over FHD while bringing much more disadvantages (battery life and worse 3D performance).

As for custom ROMs, no idea yet, haven't played with my Z2 yet :D
[Xperia Z2 General] BeriaddaN:
Thank you for the answer :)

Just wanted a second opinion before I chose..

The whole waterproof thing doesn't intrigue me and I do not care very much..

I was worried for the UI and of course the new Android update!

A colleague of mine has the G3 and he got Android L a few days ago!

Hope the Z2 get's it too soon.. (Although if I decide to flash a custom ROM, the problem is solved)

Also I believe due to it's ppi the G3 consumes battery very quickly.. Major disadvantage if you ask me.
[Xperia Z2 General] TheiPhoneKiller:
From experiance overall the z2 is a better product than G3,g3 suffers from poor battery and overheating problems ,g2 is even more reliable than G3 especially with cloudy G3 rom
[Xperia Z2 General] yuskhayru:
Each device has thier own advantage, go for the most advantage device. Look around, make sure that device will suit you and your environment. :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z2 General] romeokk:
I own both G3 and Z2 to use with my private and company sim cards. Z2 is obviously faster, has better battery life, and has better speaker quality. However, I prefer G3 more than Z2 since it has more advantages to my daily life. First, it has bigger screen but a bit shorter than Z2, the width of G3 is more but not that much to make me feel the different. Second, G3 is slower but its slower to an acceptable extent. Third, headphone slot has higher output and clearer sound. Last, stock walkman player on Z2 is annoying where you have to reshuffle songs every time after you manually select a song.
[Xperia Z2 General] styxter:
For me z2 is better than g3. If you are going to buy z2 go with the dock even it cost more you'll never regret it. The only complain in my z2 is stock camera and video sound quality needs massive improvement and flaps that's all. Though the flaps is durable enough for one year with daily 2x a day open and close based on xperia z usage.

Here's what I like from z2

Battery with heavy video usage can attain up to 5 hrs normal usage for me starts 730 to 8 up to 11 pm with playing, surfing and Facebook.

Sound just replace the stock earphone with a better quality cause I used xperia s head phone. (during selling of my old phone I swap it)

Waterproof so much possibility to do

Performance what I always says when you go beyond Snapdragon s600 with 2 gb ram above. You can attain Buttery smooth.

Design premium aesthetics premium feel

Hate of z2

Average camera photo quality needs massive improvement on software department

Video mic needs also to improved

Flaps if possible usb flaps must be removed but not compromised with water proof features
[Xperia Z2 General] GretaLewd:
Had a look at a G3 in my local phone shop.

One obvious dissapointment compared to the Z2 was the display, which looks a bit dull, lacking much contrast.

So you have a QHD display which eats battery but looks dull :(

Sticking with my Z2.
[Xperia Z2 General] djgigi94:
The best choose

I choose xperia z2 to lg g3 for these things:

1) Better battery life than lg g3

2)QHD is immature for video perfomance and 3D performance on G3 but the FHD is perfect in Z2

3)Lighter and very faster system UI on Z2

4) Camera have more manual control than lg g3(if you can use good these controls , you can have a better results than g3 i think)

5) The signal strength is better on Z2 in low signal places (lg g3 have some problems to swap signals...it's very slow)

6) Waterproof and less problem to heat than lg g3

7) Cheaper price...MORE QUALITY AND LESS LAG :good:

8)Best music quality

9) More natural sharpening of screen (I think lg g3 have a oversharpered screen)

Lg g3 have now only faster (and laggy) updates and a more colorish UI...but is very heavy and isn't very smooth like xperia z2. LG G3 need a another launcher to demostrate less lag. And lg g3 have a faster and better focus...For the rest....Z2 WINS! i think now is a flagship killer like one plus one ;) the difference between z2 and z3 are little(with 4.4.4 update)...and z3 (or z3 compact) are for some people the best phone choice for now ;) For some ugly sample of z2 in some reviews,are because the 4.4.2 firmware produce a very bad quality of photo. The 4.4.4 update improved a lot photo quality and everything on z2 ;) Only one problem is a low notification sound ...root with locked bootloader(if you want loose DRM keys...but there are some guides to have backup of these ;)) is the way;) I wait for lollipop for others improves of phone ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] Linuxslate:
Just something else that no one has mentioned.

I am not sure what bands a LG G3 has. I am sure there are different bands in different markets, but the Z2 is basically a true world phone, supporting more bands than almost any other phone I researched.

I suppose this does not matter much if you never travel beyond your home country/market, but I personally like having a phone that I know will work (including 3G, and even 4G in most places) if/when I travel -- Either by roaming, or by dropping in a new SIM.

If it is not a world phone, it is really not fair to compare it to the Z2.

Others also mentioned things like Water Proofing, and Stereo speakers.

It's reasonable to compare the LG G3 to an iPhone 6P, but the Z2 is really a very different device.
[Xperia Z2 General] _delice_doluca_:
Not relevant to the subject but;

Hold press the song you want to listen and choose "add to the next"

Then click to the right arrow to skip the current song and listen to your demanded song without cancelling shuffle list.

Sent from Xperia Z2
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Advice: never buy an LG G3 if you compare it to the Xperia Z2 ^^

Xperia Z2 beats the LG G3 in all the ways !!

I am happy with my Z2 for sure but yes i use years Sony it is just an awesome company, they are sometimes slow with updates but they just take the time to bring it out with less bugs what others dont do like: Samsung/LG and HTC and look what Sony make also: ps3 and 4, tv's, audio/dvd systems, just awesome :D

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
I find the LG G3 UI to be cluttersome and somewhat overemcumbered

I quite like the Z2 UI

Im especuialy loving my modded stock rom

Feels as fast as CM11/CM12
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Yes exactly bro [MENTION=4895687]Envious_Data[/MENTION]

Z2 UI is light and speedy and i like it in my own modded stock rom also (MW Revolution 2.1) ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[HTC One Mini] s00:
i installed HTC Sync Manager_3.0.52.0 and HTC.Sync.3.3.63.

When I connect the phone to computer and open HTC Sync Manager_3.0.52.0 work well but HTC.Sync.3.3.63 does not recognize The phone.

why?
[Off-topic] LaDY Vengeance:
I've been browsing several forums on the web and I've noticed a strange trend. People who have been there for the longest always complain about the lack of activity when compared to the past....but completely ignore new members. Thus, pushing them away and the "noons" eventually stop posting.

It's funny because they start complaining again and begging for the old members to post again. This holds true for a lot of forums out there. Why is that? Any other strange human behavior you want to share?
[Off-topic] LaDY Vengeance:
Lol....."noons". I meant "noobs". Damn you auto correct!
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
Thread closed before it gets inundated by trolls...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeynox:
Hi does anyone know what I can do to fix my text messages that are coming in out of sync. If I send a message then the one I receive is being put ontop of my original message and its putting them in different places in the text
[Motorola Droid RAZR] quanqw:
My Razr use stock china firmware but it doesn't have google play. Can anyone use stock canada or autralia rom help me backup your system.img by adb, see this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2450045 and send it to me. Thanks for you help very much.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] quanqw:
Nobody uses xt885?
[HTC Sensation] NiTrO_Vlr:
Recently have installed "[ROM] Android Revolution HD 7.3 | ICS | High Quality & Performance | Legendary"

View attachment 2745315

I did a clean Inltall. Using 4ext recovery (latest build)

Everything is great, but I can't seem to make the battery work as it supposed to... Whenever I'm charging it, it never charges to 100%, it goes up to a max of 80%, then if I reboot, it starts showing 100%, I did the Battery Calibration routine a couple of time, didn't work for me :/

Any suggestions ? :confused:
[HTC Sensation] Mrsofsof:
Try wiping battery stats in 4ext
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
most people(including me)have this issue

but after some time it reaches at 100%

no solution for it yet
[HTC Sensation] NiTrO_Vlr:
Should I change the kernel in order to make the battery life as long as possible? if yes, could you please link one?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
if you are coming from a fresh install give to the battery 4-5 circle charges and then see how the battery behaves

don't change kernel for now
[Micromax A116] REX340:
I made a costome rom from stock rom of 4.1.2...but there is status o error,istallation aborted...

how to get rid of this prb..please can anyone help??
[Micromax A116] edwardpage:
this will help u out..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1551884
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chaoman:
I have a simple question to ask involving back up everything after a hard reset. How to accomplish this? From the instruction given on the T-Mobile website, it instructs only copying the files outside the mobile device to the PC but does not talk about the files on the device itself.

I am wondering if anyone has a better idea on making a complete back up of my T-Mobile MDA (US) for quick restoration?

Thanks a lot.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] harleyxlc:
The easiest way is use a backup app that backs up the unit to the miniSD card. You have a backup and can use it even if you are not at your PC. Three of the big players are Sunnysoft, Sprite and SPB.

I go one step farther and backup my miniSD card to my PC every week or so, just ot be extra safe :)
[Droid RAZR M General] HereToStay:
Hi all, sorry if this question is a bit pre-mature given the update just came out. I was rooted prior to the update and had VooDoo OTA installed. Long story short, the update went horrible but I was able to recover to stock and receive the update again (which worked fine the second time).

In all of this, I did lose root and was wondering if there is a way to regain it now or do I need to wait for someone much smarter then me to figure this out? Ultimately, all I really need root for is wireless tether.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.
[Droid RAZR M General] paul1338:
Is your bootloader unlocked? If so you can just flash root and it'll work.

CWM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2747535

SuperSU: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
[Droid RAZR M General] smokie75:
Is your bootloader unlocked?

Also, off topic and purely for personal reasons, which wireless tether do you use? I seemed to have issues making any work properly when I was rooted and running stock ROM.
[Droid RAZR M General] HereToStay:
Sadly, bootloader is locked.

For wireless tether, I was just using the stock tether but did the "entitlement check" change to use it. Need root to do it again.

Given that I have a locked bootloader does it mean I'm out of lock period or just until someone figures out how to get past it (assuming this happens).
[Droid RAZR M General] paul1338:
As far as I know there isn't a way to root the latest OTA on a locked bootloader. So yes, it would seem you are out of luck. :(
[Droid RAZR M General] kashif87:
Just got OTAd. Alllllot faster n mature than JB.goodbye to weird visual n sound jitters.

Only problem is,

CANT LIVE WITHOUT ROOT

any ETA for that baby to come?
[Droid RAZR M General] reyxlp:
Do you have a different source for the CWM file? When I follow the link to that page and click on the file to download it, it opens a new tab and displays as HTML/text rather than saving as .img downloaded file.

Please help - thanks!
[Droid RAZR M General] smokie75:
Right-click; Save As ?
[Droid RAZR M General] Murph28:
Can you install supersu from stock recovery? I have a unlocked bootloader.
[Droid RAZR M General] smokie75:
Ummmm.... No... You need CWM for that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trozzul:
i see that the Galaxy s3 (virgin mobile) is getting cheaper on amazon and i would like to buy it but since its virgin mobile i doubt there would be many roms for it. i did a little research and i see that the sprint has the same model number as virgin, i also saw a thread where someone tried to flash sprint Cyanogenmod onto a virgin s3 and worked. pretty much my question is, will Sprint roms work on my virgin s3? or would someone recommend i go for another phone all together, i have been thinking about a LG phone or either a Sony xperia SP/ZL/Z.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes all Sprint ROMs work on VM and Boost.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trozzul:
is there any specific things i need todo? maybe flash the boot.img separately? im not using it for phone service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
What ROM are you wanting to install? You need to do the same things to do that a Sprint customer needs to, no difference. No difference whether using for phone service or not.

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trozzul:
i dont have the device yet so im not sure on a rom i will use, i have yet to use samsungs new 4.3/4.4 stock rom i might keep it up on that. i own a t989 Galaxy s2, im guessing same process? no locked bootloaders? i dont remember if some of the s3's came with a locked bootloader, maybe it was the s4's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Odin recovery, flash root... Pretty easy. No locked Bootloader that's AT&T and Verizon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trozzul:
thought so, AT&T and Verizon can be pretty harsh. not sure what made them do this all of a sudden. Greed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
If you flash any Sprint ROM, you may get assert errors in custom recovery. To fix this you must remove all asserts from ROM, rezip, then flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trozzul:
so i had this problem with my Galaxy captivate i would get the assert errors/error status 7, and when i did remove the asserts. i would get a status 6 error. and nobody would help me out, i googled it and not much came up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
I just did it to a Boost S3 a month ago. Now runs AOSB flawlessly, except for only having 3g and MMS or 4g and no MMS. Virgin and Boost kinda the same.

sent from my GS3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reco1:
Just wanted to ask all s5 users who had the s3 before do u feel that it's worth to upgrade from s3 to s5 ,performance and features wise ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adie1234:
S3 to s5 will be like winning the lottery for u.lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dedalmapeti:
Definitely worth it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester09:
You have the international S3, right. I had that one.

It will be a huge step up. Battery, screen, memory, camera, stock software are much much better.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldie:
For battery alone its worth the upgrade
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reco1:
thank u guys for your opinion it was realy helpful for me :D i think am going to consider getting the 4g qualcom s5 since am realy tired of the exynos crap on my s3 lol of course u all know :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester09:
If you have the option, pick Snapdragon. Much more dev support and CM is coming sooner or later.

Exynos has no development at the moment...:silly:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhitey:
I just upgraded from S3 to S5 last week

Still got a stupid grin on me face now :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ave666:
Enjoy your s5
[General Questions and Answers] Lowery91:
Hi,

Can anyone please tell me if they know of someone working on a KitKat update for the Star N9599/HDC Galaxy Note 2.

Or would someone be able to assist me with the porting of it from a similar handset?

Regards,

Daniel.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] babybrustenberg:
Anyone has tested them into not-cyanogenmod rom???

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Android Development] The Zel:
Thanks! Are the apps working only on cm11 or also on roms based on cm (like liquidsmooth)?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] iH8ra!n:
You need to test it! But as stated: to use ThemeStore and the Great Freedom theme you need to have CM11's Theme Engine in your Settings app. The patches got merged into CM's git repository on 8th May.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Marsou77:
MusicFX.apk installed like a normal app works fine in AOSPAL Remix (AOSP based)

Camera.apk force close when installed like a normal app, I haven't test the other way.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] DaGr81:
CameraNext works in normal install. no need to move it to /system/
[Nexus 4 Android Development] iH8ra!n:
Also uploaded OnePlus One's bootanimation to the GDrive-folder. Installation instruction added to OP (#1).

Enjoy! :)
[Nexus 4 Android Development] costin85:
None of these apps work on stock rom in case you were wondering.

Except for the Galerry app. That woks.

Cheers.

Gallery app:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/themes-apps/cyanogenmod-11s-gallerynext-to-t2752066
[Nexus 4 Android Development] sheennick123456:
camera app works flawlessly on CrDroid build 34...

Green Freedom theme did not install

Thanks for the share
[Nexus 4 Android Development] The Zel:
Camera app works on liquidsmooth
[Nexus 4 Android Development] iH8ra!n:
Uploaded 4 new fonts (--> /system/app), GalleryNext (-->/system/priv-app), updated GreatFreedom.apk (-->/system/app).

Stay tuned!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] haget83:
i got force close on theme store

other apps works good on cyanogen mod rom :good:

thanks
[Nexus 4 Android Development] knochnkopf:
Theme

I installed the theme store and the theme, but couldn't get it to come up in my theme chooser. It would display like it was there, but wouldn't let me apply it.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Hubaqu:
Theme Store and Great freedom work perfectly with mahdi rom and hells doctor, thanks OP!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] iH8ra!n:
CM11S Screencast

Also Screencast (Screencast.apk --> /system/priv-app) is it worth to look at!

Enjoy and Stay tuned for more updates! :)
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Rohit02:
Great freedom app gave message app not installed on mahdi latest. And what is theme store do I need to install both so that they work coz I only installed Great freedom apk.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] shylittlezerg:
On latest Liquidsmooth, theme store works if I don't scroll down to themes I already have
[Nexus 4 Android Development] webwalk®:
Thanks all apps seem to work on my i9300 paranoid android installed just like apps. Audiofx and themestore do crash after a couple of seconds
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Hubaqu:
I did like this, downloaded the apps,moved Great freedom to /system/app,set permissions and then installed. Did the same for theme store only after I rebooted!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Vol7riX:
Does the camera app works an latest mahdi?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] TheKnux:
Oh you're using SCR free? I thought you're talking about the legit CM Screencast apk.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] schrickz:
messaging is my default sms app, already checked hangouts archives, it's not there either ..

reinstalling but still the same ..

totally weird ..

?

••sent from my thumb to your eyes••
[Nexus 4 Android Development] shayne77:
Is the OnePlus worth the effort in trying to get an invite? You can buy them here in Australia but at a premium price compared to oneplus.net? (A$530+del) Thinking of getting one or a Nexus 5.

On topic, the tearing I describe on unlocking the lock screen happens more often than not now. It's actually quite annoying.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] Wassupdog:
Okay, Thanks :D.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] LuqmaanMathee:
No prob?
[Nexus 4 Android Development] ricardopvz:
Can't play the video.

Definitely! It's like the nexus on steroids !

Do you have a custom lockscreen wallpaper ? If yes, then go to Themes > Locck screen wallpapers > Clear.

And see if it still tears.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] shayne77:
Looks like you've fixed it. The animation of sliding down even looks smoother. So far, no tear away's.

Thanks for the tip RE: OnePlus. I will def get one. Know anyone with an invite??? LOL! I just can't stomach paying about $200 more than I should be!
[Nexus 4 Android Development] ricardopvz:
No, I don't. I'm still waiting for my shareable invites. But you can go to the OnePlus forum, they launch contests every week. Right now is the World Cup Lottery.
[Nexus 4 Android Development] concaopp:
Yea haha its very long time ago. Im just a user who followed you whenever you got an update lol

Now meet you again. So happy to me that i can continue following you again
[Nexus 4 Android Development] FatalIll:
Is there a way to customize the wallpaper or anything else? Or am I just blind