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[One (M7) General] Paul_Bags:
I know that you're right, I'm just angry at the reality of smartphones. My 7 year old computer, that wasn't all that pimp in it's day, can have the latest OSes installed and until about a year ago run the most recent games. The M7 is one model behind current flagship (I did not realise it was a 2 year old model), only recently came down in price (I've had mine about 5 months), is basically a computer... and yet it's locked to htc to release android updates (although I tried an aosp rom for about 5 minutes, and faaaaar prefer sense). As old as the M7 is, as older as android is & an apparent boon to customisation, in my view it still has monumental UI design flaws that even apps & custom roms can't solve.

Microsoft has terrible market share. Yet I read somewhere that windows phone is actually free for devices at a certain power level and above. So I don't see much reason for manufactors not to release WP for their products. Maybe I'll prefer it to android, maybe I won't; but beside the hardware what I currently have in my hands doesn't really inspire me to buy htc again when my contract is up. Although if there's still no windows phones in the market at that time my options will be apple or blackberry.

In short nothings good enough for me, when I buy a phone that's basically a computer, costs as much as a computer, has reviews like it's the next massieh, but runs what now appears to be a much overhyped os that fails in some way at everything it does... Yeah, I expect android updates for at least the next two years, otherwise what's the point in speading this much money on a phone? And I don't think a windows phone option is too much to ask.
[One (M7) General] wolfsstolz:
one yeare before i have read that HTC will release a WP dualboot system for M7 in next time, now 1 year later i cant found it .....

I think i must wait 5 years ago before i will have a dualboot for my HTC One M7.
[One (M7) General] zelendel:
You might as well stop waiting. The HD2 was the last of the great dual option devices. The boot loaders have gotten far to secure for it to ever happen.
[One (M7) General] lewonsky:
This may not happen officially but unofficially yes .
[One (M7) General] DJW6927:
You're wrong there bud which is why no one can remember.. The HD2 was WINMO and had android ported to it via a couple of methods, then WP7 which was an even bigger achievement due to the dissimilarity of the file systems ( which is one of the dual boot complications).

Plus some further licensing complications which would no doubt cause another sh1t storm in western countries.
[One (M7) General] BinaryXeroMedia:
That is what he said. The HD2 was a windows phone. So no he isn't wrong. Also it has been possible with everything that people said was impossible. 3 years back I was told that we couldn't save the TA Partition on the Xperia devices. Guess what? We can. People said that the HD2 will never run Android. Guess what? It did. We will see WP ported to the Android Version of the M8. But it will be a while. Whilst this is happening there will be no point. Our mobiles today are starting to be released with 64bit processors so to have a 32bit Windows Phone when you could just buy a new 64Bit Android phone this year is beyond me. We won't see WP on Android M8 probably for at least another year until a developer finds a way to create a custom boot loader to trick WP into thinking our android is in fact a WP M8 (W8). By then I don't see no point. I would suggest that if anyone wants a HTC One W8 then see if someone will trade their W8 for your M8. Just because it is ATT doesn't mean it won't work abroad. You will still be able to use it but you will lose some features. It is more likely that the W8 will have Android ported instead of the other way around. Only time will tell and I hope that MS will release their boot loader in the near future to allow devs to port WP. But again this is highly unlikely as ATT will complain and sue like they always do.
[One (M7) General] Nailyouh:
WP10

Okay guys, Windows 10 for phones has been released (dev preview), too sad we got no progress with WindowsPhone on our lovley m7 :(
[One (M7) General] :
still no progress

Has anyone found a solution to porting windows phone to the m7?
[One (M7) General] dd98:
I can safely say that we will NEVER get Windows Phone 8/8.1/10 etc. on our m7
[One (M7) General] lattenlui:
Can you please explain why? :confused:
[One (M7) General] dd98:
Firstly the bootloader of our phone is very hard to hack, look how long it took beaups and jcase to get s-off for us. We would have to find some exploit that will allow us to load a custom bootloader which brings me to my second point. We would need to "port" over the M8 for Windows' bootloader which would be even harder as HTC and Microsoft have locked down the boot loader even tighter on it compared to ours. Thirdly, porting over the system itself would be extremely difficult because of its different filetypes (e.g. android uses .so for libs, Microsoft uses .dll files.

I could go on and on forever about how WP8 on m7 would not work. From a development point of view we will never get Windows Phone on the m7
[One (M7) General] lecamtran:
:D :D :D
[One (M7) General] saketh91:
lol:p which launcher is it? :p
[One (M7) General] Homonkuli:
i also want to know D:
[One (M7) General] dtbinh:
It's paint launcher.
[One (M7) General] pauliusval99:
No, it was not a WP device. It was a WM device (Windows Mobile). Remember how WM was discontinued and they started making Windows Phone from scratch? They were in fact testing the very early builds of Windows Phone 7 on our beloved Leo, and that's why it became easier to port it over. Someone in China leaked the beta drivers from Microsoft.

Android was another talk - it's open source so you don't need to search for proprietary drivers. But Cotulla still did a great job developing the bootloader, I just can't imagine how many problems he faced...
[One (M7) General] lewonsky:
any progress????????????
[One (M7) General] alray:
imo wp8.1 on M7 will never happen
[One (M7) General] firedroidx:
Ugh :(

This is kind of sad for me... I just purchased an M7 off eBay and three days later I dig up my trusty old Lumia 520. Of course, I completely fall in love with Windows 10 Mobile. I thought hopefully some dev would port it somehow from the Windows M8 (is it W8 or something?), but I guess not :crying:
[One (M7) General] Burllz:
is somebody workin on this? id love wp on m7
[One (M7) General] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
No and there won't be any progress, because it's near by impossible to get it working. There are so many things which are missing/needed that no dev want to use their time on research those things
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
So, my phone has 4.3 CML1 on it.

I am running an unlocked bootloader but the stock recovery. And I am UNROOTED.

So, I can't boot into recovery, and I can't flash custom recovery via odin (get auth failed).

Also, I don't think I can ODIN to stock firmware since the download counter > 0.

Any ideas? Ideally I would like it to be unlocked, custom recovery. But if the best I can do is just get it stock firmware that is fine (selling the device on eBay)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
U need to be rooted to have custom recovery. But how do u have unlock bootloader on 4.3 and unrooted??? . Reason im asking is cuz wen taken the 4.3 OTA ur on lock bootloader and CANT UNLOCK it. All u can do is root and flash a TW 4.3 ROMS. You CANT flash custom recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Yea, it is sort of a long story. It was my device, and I unlocked it and ran CyanogenMod ROM on it. When I gave it to my wife she wanted stock. I could only do that by restring stock recovery and locking bootloader. But the locked bootloader never took, it reverted.

So, here I am. 4.3, unlocked bootloader, Unrooted, stock ROM and stock recovery.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Strange. In order to get custom recovery. U need to be rooted. Now where it gets tricky. Since its still 4.3 idk if the recovery will stick. I dnt want to tell u yes go ahead and then have ur fone brick. Its up to u if u want to take that chance.

---------- Post added at 01:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 AM ----------

If u have this. I think ur bootloader is lock

Go into download mode

Product Name: SCH-I535

Custom Binary Download: No

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

WARRANTY BIT:0

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Any reason adb flash of custom recovery wouldn't work? Even if it doesn't stick, might be enough to get rooted, or might just revert?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You can not unlock the bootloader if you are on the VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1 TW 4.3 otas.

You can only use Saferoot to get root access and Safestrap to flash other TW VRUCML1 based roms. You need to be on VRUCML1 to use Saferoot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Right, mine says:

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: yes (31 counts)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
It was unlocked before it was upgraded to NC1 (which I did manually)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Does download mode have the words:

WARRANTY BIT:0

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
warranty bit:0

bootloader rp swrev: 1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Ok. Your bootloader is not unlockable, as I said previously.

Since you can access download mode are you also able to boot into the stock rom? If not, do these steps to get your phone back into working order. If you're planning on selling the phone, just Odin flash VRUCML1 tar and you should be all good. You can not boot into recovery because of whatever attempts you did to unlock the bootloader, which is not possible on TW 4.3 OTAs. I assure you, you have a locked bootloader.

Basically, there is no and (likely will not be) a bootloader exploit for 4.3+. Here is some general info on the status of 4.3 and root/roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
It boots into stock just fine. When it boots the first splash screen says SAMSUNG Custom and shows an unlock symbol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Aight, everything for obtaining root has been laid out already. The presence of the lock symbol on boot only symbolizes that there was some modification that wasn't reset before the phone was last restored to stock. It's nothing more than that, although it is harmless. It is not an indication of an unlocked bootloader. If it was, you would not receive that error with Odin when flashing a custom recovery (assuming it was meant for Verizon S3 of course). With Safestrap installed, only TouchWiz 4.3 VRUCML1 roms can be flashed. This means no AOSP, at all.

If you just want to see about getting a working stock recovery again, try Odin flashing the VRUCML1 tar. This will wipe the phone again and should restore the stock recovery. It may also get rid of the lock symbol but that's probably beyond the scope of what can be done once on the official 4.3 OTAs.
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] husky69:
Hi!

As I'm cycling a lot, not always keeping to paved roads, I need a decent bike mount for my Z1. After ditching a Richter mount (too little fixation) and breaking a Haicom bike mount just by using it (no crashesm accidents, etc.) - anyone around here having a little hint for me?

Preferrably I'd like a mount that doesn't have tolerance thus eliminating rattling, gripping the phone tightly with a perfect-fit-form and allowing access to all flaps so I can connect to charger is necessary.

Any hints anyone? :cool:
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] Aaron_035:
Same here. Tried looking on eBay. Nothing that I can mount my z1 in while its my case.
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] ravi_buz:
I use this on my motor bike and it was really good. Our roads here are really bad and this did a good job.
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] husky69:
Finally, I found one that'l fit my needs, I'd say:

CLICK

Little drawback for most members here: It's a german webshop, no english version available. Looks like a small manufacturer who produces equipment for motormikes, and they do claim to guarantee 100% offroad capability. They even have an extra mount for a magnetic charger plug that looks quite durable as well :D

Given that it's a small manufacturer who won't produce large numbers I'm willing to pay the rather high price,
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] wedge905:
There's only one good brand of mounts. And that is Ram Mounts. They are a bit pricey, but not too bad. Especially if you consider the mount like insurance for your high end phone. No other mount comes anywhere close in safety.

I use their X-grip in my car, its plenty sufficient for your bike. I know people use that one on motorcycles without a problem. But if you want extreme safety, they have a waterproof and crushproof sealed enclosure, that still supports the touchscreen and allows a charging cable to be routed in. Now thats epic. I use that one in my rally car.
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] ScuzUK:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2668856
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] MisfirGeek:
Maybe not the cutest one but I can fully guaranty this one to be one of the safest, flexible (used with few bikes) and cheapest ones.

I built this one for an Acer metal, switch to a Xperia S and now Z1.

Thousands of miles on roads and tracks. Some falls (me) but never a glitch to the phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27800860

There's a bit of DIY but it worth it.

Envoyé de mon C6903 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] ngarcesp:
just bought this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Finn-universal-smartphone-mount-for-every-bike-Made-in-Austria-/151198930589

more info: http://www.getfinn.com/

i'll make a review at his arrival
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] MisfirGeek:
Looks interesting. Let us know if it's as good as it looks.

Envoyé de mon C6903 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] husky69:
Hm.

Going to get my motorbike soon and definitely won't have experiments with the phone mount then. I'll stick to the mount by Bikertech I mentioned above...
[Xperia Z1 Accessories] @ARC-S@:
I use a bike mount i made myself by using an unused flashlight mount and an old but tough phone cover and glue gunned them both together lol... It doesn't look classy at all haha but as long as it works...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Cole:
So, a lot of people are posting that unlocking will cause tons of issues, among which are X-Reality not working, X-Reality not working only in Album, DRM Keys being lost (only true one that I know of), and (most serious one I've heard of) the Camera no longer working.

What's the deal? I unlocked my bootloader, and things seem to be fine. Anyone who has unlocked their bootloaders, are things fine for you?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prazvt:
I think the consensus in other threads is that everything seems to be working (outside of DRM keys), which is good news. My Z2 is being delivered today; so I'll update as well once I unlock mine.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robt772000:
Please keep us informed. I'm not really interested in DRM keys but x-reality is cool. I would hate too lose that.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksekhar:
As far as I can see, X Realty is not lost after unlock. I actually can see some difference with enabling and disabling X Realty. Again, it could be placebo but I don't think so :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robt772000:
Thanks. I'm unlocking now.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamalaggi:
Don't forget when you unlock bootloader your warranty becomes void.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackos:
The warranty may or may not be void.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stubbadub:
How so? I would like to root but the warranty status is the only thing stopping me.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jackos:
From developer.sonymobile.com:

So basically it depends on the repair center. And if you relock the bootloader (without) restoring the TA partition this also may look like you never unlocked the device... Unless someone is going to check for the DRM keys. That's why I wrote "may or may not".

It's highly unlikely someone will release an root exploit for 4.4.2, so if you want root just unlock the bootloader. I did - no regrets.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robt772000:
X-reality is gone I think. I opened album and looked at a photo with it off and on. Nothing.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Cole:
If you're so inclined, I hear you can easily reflash stock and lock the bootloader to get it back. You can go see if you get it back when you do.

TBH, root was a bigger deal for me, lol.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prazvt:
EDIT:

So, I flashed the stock firmware ftf with flashtool and the bootloader is still unlocked.

From what I can tell, X-Reality is working...

1. Video:

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2. Photo:

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I'm haven't rooted the phone again yet, but presumably if these things are working now, they would be working after root right?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Cole:
Yeah, the root shouldn't mess with anything. The kernel you're installing to get the root access might though.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prazvt:
Yeah that might be true. At this point, I'm just rooted and x-reality is still working.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robt772000:
Anyone check to see if bionz is broken?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prazvt:
I haven't seen any options specifying bionz so someone with a locked bootloader would have to chime in
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Cole:
Uhh.. What's bionz?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prazvt:
Sony's image processor for the Z2; I'm guessing in smartphones, it may just be software built into Sony's camera app.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheTrooper:
I will have my Z2 tomorrow so I will check, but on Z1 on 4.4.2 unlocking bootloader didn't wipe DRM keys. A lot of people still sustain legends that unlocking bootloader will always wipe DRM keys forever...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acheney1990:
OK so mine says "boot loader unlockable: no", does this mean there is no way to unlock it and root the device?

Sent From My Xperia Z2.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] deathdreams:
Seems I am an idiot today and can not find out the right phrase to insert into google to find out what the latest firmware is for the the Tab Pro 12.2 US edition.... Any kind soul out there willing to enlighten me?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] dodo99x:
Try the firmware section on sammobile.com
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollerdyke44:
hi

i want to know if only the exterior glass of nexus 5 can be replaced. My phone has a cracked screen but the touch response, colors etc everything works fine so only the outer glass (gorilla glass?) is damaged. I want to know if only that can be replaced as LG ask around 150$ to replace the whole component.

can i order this? is this possible?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/C-Front-Out...-Google-Nexus-5-D820-D821-Tools-/171311153201

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollerdyke44:
Bump?? :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
im pretty sure they are fused together and if you replace 1, you replace both.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkuczyn:
Unfortunately you will have to replace the whole thing. When my screen broke It was functional completely aside from the proximity sensor (due to shattered glass). I tried taking it apart afterwards to no avail.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Charlus97:
Well, you'll maybe be able to replace only the touch screen (without the LCD) but it wwill not be easy has you'll probably need to heat it to be able to remove the glue, etc.

Probably better to buy a lcd + touch screen :/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollerdyke44:
ohh

so the ebay item i linked is completely useless?

Thanks for your help guys :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geo2160:
It's not impossible to try and replace only the glass. A friend of mine has done this with his galaxy note, which also has a glued screen+digitizer+glass assembly. However, the replacement glass is pretty bad and reflective and dust has started gathering beneath it. The touchscreen was also affected: some areas don't respond so well anymore.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokke9191:
I've replaced just the glass on a different phone. It's the biggest pain ever. You'd have to separate the glass via a heat gun, while trying not to break the digitizer. Then remove the glue. Then adhere the new glass to the digitizer with loca adhesive. Loca is hard to deal with, bubbles, and can get into other components ruining them. It must be cured with a uv light. And even if you can pull it off, no way will it be 100%. Strange glares and whatnot. Some try to do it with double sided tape, but that leaves a gap between the glass and digitizer, which causes strange touch responses or it'll be totally unresponsive. And be prone to break the glass easily without loca. Trust me pay the $150 and let lg replace the whole assembly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AverageCanadian:
It's too bad it's like this. Probably the most likely thing to break on a phone and they make it so difficult to fix and compared to the price of the phone, expensive to fix. Certain things should just be easily fixable. Oh well, such is life.
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
Just released to the Tegra Zone! When can we see this on the MOJO? Thoughts?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.portal

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.halflife2

Wait...Were they just released, or am I just noticing them because they were updated today?
[M.O.J.O. General] christoph80:
They were announced at the end of last week. In the announcements it was stated as released for the Shield only for both. I'm sure at some point it will be available on other Tegra 4 devices.
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
Dang. That's what I get for not hitting my usual news sites in a month. Thanks for the heads up, though.
[M.O.J.O. General] zektor:
They were just release afaik. Someone needs to rip the APK and try it on the Mojo. Or, we need a way to spoof the Play Store into thinking the Mojo is a Shield. I'd buy it just to try :) I love Portal. I am sure it would work fine on the Mojo.
[M.O.J.O. General] nukeboy95:
I have a ripped copy on my Nexus 7 flo, it crashes getting to the menu.
[M.O.J.O. General] astuermer:
I can confirm, HL2 is working on the TegraNote 7 with a MOGA Pro controller attached via Blutooth ;)

Not working on Nexus 7 (2013) and Galaxy S5 (native and with GLTools).
[M.O.J.O. General] nex86:
has anyone tried it on a Tegra 3 Device? Ouya anyone?

Just ordered a Shield anyway but it won't arrive in the next 2-3 weeks. (Shipping from Hong Kong) ...
[M.O.J.O. General] PHYSC-1:
They ie.portal/half life 2 for tegra 4 are a waste of time for now on the mad catz m.o.j.o,they are not telling anyone next to the game icon on the list that they are only useable with android 4.4 kitkat,therefore i bet loads of these upcoming and current games are,also the shadowgun deadzone game i tried and says only for tegra 3 devices,it's a right [MENTION=1439417]rse[/MENTION] to list games but not tell you what they do/do not work on,bounty arms isn't working with the m.o.j.o controller either,so it does beg a big question that is why are mad catz selling the C.T.R.L as an android phone controller as a seperate item if the compatability is all but none existant in the current games,they really need to get to it and release 4.4 kitkat for the mad catz m.o.j.o and a controller compatability update to flash with software via the usb port under the batteres.:mad:
[M.O.J.O. General] zektor:
A friend of mine is supplying me with Portal from his Shied to test on the Mojo tonight. I will let you guys know if it works...I am very curious.