yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 General] amankapoor4:
Been using it for sometime, and think this was posted in discovery thread also.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Shah2:
Hi People,

I'm having some problems with my MDA Vario with upgraded 2.26 US ROM. Before my upgrade I never had this problem. With the new ROM I have.

My problem is that sometimes my phone losses connectivity with the GSM network. This would not be unusual if coverage in the area was bad or something like that.

But the matter of fact is that nowadays sometimes when someone call me the directly are forwarded to my voicemail. My phone doesn't respond at all, no missed calls or even the network coverage icon in the top of the Vario that usually gives dots if it looking for reception and network coverage. It's like it gets stuck or something, but only the GSM part. Because the PDA functionalities are working ok.

So in short MY MDA VARIO has good reception but still sometimes my phone doesn't ring at all and forwards every call to my voicemail and after some time I might get a sms/txt about a voicemail is some has left one behind.

I hope people who also have this issue might also have found out a solution for it. I have tried to search this forum but without any luck on this specific matter.

People who are in Holland and have also upgraded to 2.26 ROM are you having the same problem?? please let me know.

I might have to consider to downgrade my Vario to the UK ROM 2.23 I believe if this matter is unsolvable.

Thanks in advance everyone who will reply.

Cheers,

Shah
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] arnamag:
Same here

I have the exact same problem, coincidentally (?) also with T-Mobile NL... See Explanation and Help - Please [2 Parts] :(

Some people blame it on GPRS: AKU2.3: GSM connection dropped while making voice calls

But I'm not buying that theory (yet), because I'm not running any GPRS apps, and to the best of my knowledge my phone will not automatically start GPRS connections if there's no app asking for it.... :?

Upto yesterday I was running this:

Operator: T-Mobile NL

Qtek 9100 G4

ROM: 2.24.10.1 WWE

Radio: 2.25.11

ExtROM: 2.24a Mr.Clean

In a desperate attempt (can you imagine the flaming you receive when your wife has tried to call you twice and only gets your voicemail :shock: ) I have now downgraded the Radio part only to the Qtek version 2.07.10 (which is the latest one they included with the Dutch version) taken from AKU 2 ROM 2.18.7.6 ExtROM 2.18.7.106 Radio 2.07.10 (you probably need to register to download this)

I have really no idea yet if this helps. The coming days will tell...

If anyone's interested to try this I can post the Radio ROM only (2.1 MB).

Cheers,

Marc
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Shah2:
Hey Marc,

Did the Radio Rom update work for you? pls let me know. otherwise I'm going to downgrade to the UK version of the ROM for my vario.

Thanks,

Cheers,

Shah
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] arnamag:
Shah,

It's not conclusive yet. I haven't heard from anyone yet that I was unreachable, but then again: maybe they don't even bother to leave a voicemail anymore... :wink:

Marc
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Shah2:
hey Marc,

I have downgraded my phone to the T-mobile UK official ROM as u might have seen in my signature. There is also a topic on radio only updates. http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=52952&highlight=

I'm not sure if I'm going to try this out on the US T-mobile 2.26 ROM just yet. Just to let u know I'm not having any problems with the UK rom. very strange. I might try to change the rom again in a couple of days. but will let u know what happens.

Cheers.

Shah
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] arnamag:
Shah,

so far I didn't have any problems after the downgrade of the radio. Maybe I'll try other ones later on, but for now I'll stick to this one.

Marc
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rectifiercc:
Was just wondering if anyone else is able to get a gps lock in airplane mode. Seems I can only get a fix on my position if i use mobile networks. Once I get a fix I can go into airplane mode and continue getting a fix but initially it won't lock unless i use the mobile network to kickstart it. I'm on an aosp rom btw.

This is no good for me when I'm hiking in the back country.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mstrswrd06:
Can't say I've tried it myself, but there is an app called GPS Airtime that might help you out. It was made for the Droid X but it looks like other people have had success with it on other devices.

This is an on-demand app that will monitor for a satellite signal while you are in Airplane Mode. If it can't find a satellite signal within x seconds, it will temporarily turn off Airplane Mode until one is found. Upon finding a signal it turns Airplane Mode back on again.

It'd be worth looking into, at least.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rectifiercc:
Yes I've tried gps airtime without success. I guess I would like someone to try it with their s3 to see if my GPS is defective or if it's rom related.

Just download GPS status and put phone in airplane mode to see if a GPS lock is possible without mobile network.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] elite-fusion:
Hey guys,

I am new to HTC, been with the samsung family for a while, but now have the M8.

Just wondering what are the steps needed to install a custom rom?

I know that root is required and I found the videos post how to do it, but not sure if that is all I need, or what else. I am smart phone savvy but not very customizing savvy lol so any guided would be greatly appreciated :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] berndblb:
You need root, S-off and a custom recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708628
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
I installed the 14.3.A.0.757 update. Now my Z1, which ran so smoothly and hassle free on 4.3 is giving me stutter/lag more often on the home screen, when opening apps, and in settings menus :(

I did a full factory reset and it just comes back again after a couple of days. Apps themselves also appear to behave more sluggish than they used to. Maybe it's just my perception but I also feel like they open a slight bit slower and are less responsive when open. I like having voice activated Google Now but the increase in lag is bothersome, and doesn't feel as smooth and responsive overall as it used to. I don't run a ROM and I don't even use a 3rd party launcher (there was no improvement with Nova on it, I tried that too)
[Xperia Z1 General] saintgein:
I have the same thing even though i didn't experience the smoothness of 4.3.

I notice apps like phone(book), e-mail/gmail and facebook have alot of lag during scrolling. Just like chrome hangs when i scroll on big pages. This is much worse than on my old xperia S.
[Xperia Z1 General] fjevel:
I see the same symptoms. The phone seems to run slower and slower until I reboot it or it reboots itself.

Was worse on 4.3 though.

-KJ
[Xperia Z1 General] N77NS:
;))s5 and z1

z1 and s5
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
Thanks but I wasn't speaking of the camera
[Xperia Z1 General] jfxperias:
Your photo with the Z1, is just a bad take (not the same exposure, not same position)... it does many better... and I don't think that the S5 is really better that the Z1, on the party of photos... of more, this are of Screenshots, no??? because if yes, you isn't correct... the rendering at level of the screen is not the same, it's a amoled with pixels dead for the black, the constraste is more efficient... compare the with the Z2... Samsung without Amoled, they're lost (screen and battery life( battery life is bad with, imagine without Amoled:D)... Samsung = ****... Sorry ;)

Amoled = Samsung oled

Oled = Sony

Sony have abandoned this technology because the rendering of colors is bad... (false colors)

And it's not the subject...
[Xperia Z1 General] N77NS:
Not just a screen shot, but two such images were taken with autofocus. Z1 and s5 with 16 megap.but certainly not I'll never take ... Sony is not the topic .... but proof enough that Sony makes fade left with much poorer quality

---------- Post added at 02:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 AM ----------

I love Sony but did not receive the quality for the money that I gave you ... and I was very disappointed .... Samsung has won over the picture quality .... I am personally convinced of it when I got now .. . going to be sold and can not take even half the money for which I bought it .... disappointing ..... Camera disaster ....
[Xperia Z1 General] jfxperias:
So, I was right :D... And sorry I'm little stupid :D... reread my post... you are a seller of Samsung :D???
[Xperia Z1 General] N77NS:
I'm not the seller or Sony .... changing .... anyway ... is bad for everything .... the only thing that is waterproof. .. Nothing more .... Rating -2
[Xperia Z1 General] jfxperias:
Auto superior with my rom, in 8Mp

The dogs are in action...

You are very bad;) for take a good ?...

Samsung cheating in all directions, in benchmark, with false colors, with a oled technology, and illegal copy, and Sony provided Samsung for the captors, copy all makes...

Brief, you must go in Samsung section;)...
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
Dudes wt F? This thread is about lag problems I'm having since the update.
[Xperia Z1 General] Gitaroo:
something is definitely not right with the update, stock 4.4 is more optimized and runs better than lower memory consumption but the Z1 kit kat is the exact opposite. My phone feels snappier with 4.4 but some apps are slower especially the Camera app.
[Xperia Z1 General] jfxperias:
My best advice is of

Flash my rom ;)...
[Xperia Z1 General] saintgein:
I made this topic, i hope it helps. :)

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...g-while-scrolling/td-p/691317/highlight/false
[Xperia Z1 General] quailallstar:
This scares me because I just purchased a used Z1 off Swappa and hope this doesn't happen to my unit.
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
I found a solution that seems to have helped a lot. First I uninstalled a few apps that were mildly offensive at always-on resource usage: BBM, Appsi, and Zooper. Then I enabled developer options and changed the following settings to:

Windows Animation Scale: 0.5x

Transition Animation Scale: 0.5x

Animator duration scale: off

Then restarted my phone.

It appears so far that I'm pretty close if not identical to the .681 build in smoothness and speeds. I'm going to leave it for a week or so now to see if any bad lag creeps back in again, but if not then I'm happy again.
[Xperia Z1 General] raziel123:
This is XDA, Flash a Custom Rom man,

your bloatware iunduced Lag will be gone, try Kitslim. I have none of the problems your complaining about and Even though I've underclocked the CPU to 1.958 Ghz

regards
[Xperia Z1 General] rok99:
My Z1's camera app crashes when I try and take a picture, lags like hell and randomly reboots all the time :(
[Xperia Z1 General] raziel123:
What Rom are you on?
[Xperia Z1 General] rok99:
None at all, my bootloader is locked.
[Xperia Z1 General] LJE:
^^ Did you think this was the Sony customer service website?

Get rid of stock rom and install a custom rom.

Complaining about stock standard sony fw on an XDA forum is like pulling up at a custom car and bike show and complaining that your stock Honda civic runs a bit sluggish off the mark.

For real, install a custom rom.. heaps to choose from and that'll fix your problem.
[Xperia Z1 General] raziel123:
I take it your on a stock Rom,

try factory resetting,

to get the Best performance a Custom Rom is recommended,

I've iunlocked my bootloader, rooted and installed a Custom rom, (all bloatware removed), plus a Custom kernel by Doomlord, plus I've underclocked my CPU to 1.958

Zero Lag,

regards
[Xperia Z1 General] saintgein:
Also when scrolling through apps like phonebook/call log, gmail, whatsapp and facebook? That's like the only annoyance to me.
[Xperia Z1 General] raziel123:
WhatsApp and Facebook stutter a little on every phone whilst scrolling for a few seconds, then it scrolls smooth ...

Nothing to do with the phone hardware, they're just poorly optimised in software.

Its minimal anyway,

No Stutter/Lag on Phonebook/Call Log/Gmail

Regards
[Xperia Z1 General] saintgein:
* too quick. :P
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
XDA is a great community resource for finding and troubleshooting technical issues, and many other things not just installing ROMs. Thankfully it's not the actual coders who write those ROMs that behave this way. Imagine how many technical issues would go unresolved and undiscovered if every wannabe who thought rooting his phone made him a member of Woowoo answered every thread on xda with just install a ROM?

I guess it's too obvious to point out that I didn't create this thread in a rooting or ROM section. There's actually 2 very large threads discussing the stock fw here, maybe I'll post in those to avoid people who reply with snarky misguiding answers. Don't be that guy
[Xperia Z1 General] quickpanic:
Hey guys I've experienced the same issues with the update.

I am stock rooted and recovery.

To solve camera crash or black screen. Do a titanium backup and cwm backup

Factory reset from recovery in cwm(twrp won't work,not sure why)

Start and restore via titanium, everything except camera app or data

To free up the lag get system tuner app from play store. Remove bloatware apps and freze system apps that you don't use (ex mirror link, device manager, etc)

Be cautious as some apps are required.

Best way to free up lag is set per app priority via system tuner, and watch the task manager often and you will notice a lot of apps running in background that are not needed, to stop unwanted starts you can edit the startup settings per app.

You can also use system tuner to adjust cpu settings, ram free up settings

And I personally have mine to kill all apps not used in 10 min when I turn my screen off.

Very important back up first before any of this or you may end up with a bigger problem.
[Xperia Z1 General] LJE:
My reply was for the guy that posted before me.

And it wasn't a snarky misguiding answer... This is xda. His problem would be solved by complaining to sony that he has faulty fw, repairing his phone with seus OR replacing the rom with a custom rom. <my opinion of what he should do for many reasons.

He's got an account with xda, hopefully he takes the next step and realizes how easy it is to install a custom rom.

Then maybe even unlocking the bootloader and playing around with his cpu settings or installing/building a new kernel.

And btw, if every one with technical problems DID just install a new rom, there'd be a lot less threads about how crap the Z1 is, and maybe more appreciation of how much work some of these devs put in (across numerous devices)
[Xperia Z1 General] raziel123:
True, if it wasn't for XDA forum and all the Mods and Developers, I probably would have sold my Z1 ages ago,

also a lot of problems could have been resolved by default if Sony didn't include so much bloatware and Optimized the firmware for performance.

regards
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
It was fine prior to kitkat so I don't understand what your issues were then. Sony isn't Samsung, which is a brand that fits your description better. I've since figured out that the animation speeds appear to have been the problem since kitkat and changed them in developer options
[Xperia Z1 General] fjevel:
After the last update I am experiencing spontaneous reboots on a daily basis.

This is getting ridiculous.

-KJ
[Xperia Z1 General] untamedsail0r:
After the update I am experiencing ghost touches on screen. Performance of camera is worse than my Xperia s. I am very disappointed by z1.It can only take gud pics in daylight. At night or indoors it introduces too much graininess and noise. And with cases/covers it causes severe flash bleed. My brother's micromax canvas2 takes better pic than my z1. Worst vfm.
[Xperia Z1 General] tmhson:
well i think the last version 108 pretty much fix the bug, try it and make sure to perform a clean install..
[Xperia Z1 General] dlads:
I think this problem depends on a few factors, theres a lot to consider if you are experiencing lag's and slow downs, first and foremost the rom you're running, then the apps you have installed, the kernel you have.

I personally don't see any lag ever, i like to keep my phone as light as possible and always use stock kernel unless i can find a kernel with stock values but added mods.

Always do a full wipe when flashing a rom and don't restore anything until you are happy with your rom's pace, then you can restore your titanium back up. if the problems come back it might be an idea to either restore them in smaller batches or avoid it altogether and install them fresh from the play store.

Avoid apps which are intrusive, apps with adverts (especially the ones that pop up in your notification bar) apps that have a large footprint on your phone, believe it or not facebook is one of the worst for this, basically I would always go with a paid for version of an app if it ment avoiding adverts, some don't offer this but i'd leave that to you to decide if it's worth it.

The kernel you use can have a massive impact on your phone, i've heard great things about doom kernel but i've always had problems with it, could be my phone but i get random reboots all the time, it's a shame as i've heard such good things about it and i've always relied on custom kernels, i tend to stick with dooms adv stock kernel, this gives me the best battery performance balance, I use set CPU to govern the CPU and i tend to underclock it a little bit, i don't think 2.2GHz is really necessary, so i bump mine down to 1.9GHz.

I also don't use the stock Sony launcher, i use the Nexus 5 launcher, it's faster, more intuitive and more customizable, plus you get the "Ok google" command which is nice :)

Also avoid task managers and battery saving gimmicks, stick with stamina mode and at best greenify and autostarts, these two are the best you can get for strimming back apps that you don't need and stopping them from booting when you really don't need them, for example, several high end gameloft games start with your phone, kill them off with autostarts.

Combining everything that i've said you should eliminate at least some of your lag, if not then i've no idea what it could be, i'm running the latest version of Monx's rom by the way :)
[Xperia Z1 General] saintgein:
What do you think about scripts like supercharger v6?
[Xperia Z1 General] dlads:
On this handset i don't think you need it! If the phones CPU was sub par then I could understand it, but the 800 is a hell of a processor and it deals with anything on the market with ease. Just keep it light, or if you want things like that then it's your journey man, just can't see you seeing the day out if you have all kinds of mods turned on.

Personally I think keeping this phone as light as possible is the way forward, the battery is the one technology of which we can't change, the architecture behind batteries these days has hit a wall, CPUs and GPUs will grow and for that i'm sure, so so long as people don't mind heavy phones, saving battery is the only option.

Dont get me wrong i've used SC on the S3 and it's a decent mod, I just don't think it's needed for the Z1, theres more than enough grunt so long as you take care of your side of things (apps and installation, maintenance and streamlining)
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
I appreciate that you're trying to help but to be honest, with a phone with still very relevant specs like this one, a custom ROM isn't the answer.

I've done some homework since I last posted here and have seen quite a few people reporting a downgrade in performance from 4.3 to 4.4. I think google went wrong somewhere with kitkat. This phone was running like a dream until that update, running completely stock and factory resets, monitoring troublesome apps etc haven't succeeded in regaining that level of performance.
[Xperia Z1 General] pratyush997:
#OT [MENTION=5076195]jfxperias[/MENTION] Dayum.. You've got awesome home :) :Thumbsup:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roscobigfoot:
Hey, so I'm on 4.3 10.4.B.0.569 and there is the 4.4 Kitkat update available (10.5.A.0.2300). It's a C6603 on Three UK (Cust num. 1270-6263). It is rooted via a Bootloader Unlock and has a CWM Based Custom Recovery installed. I cannot update via OTA since the stock recovery is gone, how do I flash back the stock recovery so I can do the OTA? I know it may be as simple as 'Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' but I don't have any IMG for it and can't find any. Any help? I don't want to factory reset and lose data, it'd be an effort to restore.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
The Z doesn't have a stock recovery or even a recovery partition.

To update via OTA, you need to relock your bootloader. Make sure you flash a stock kernel before doing so. ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roscobigfoot:
Ah ok, well what's the best way to go from 4.3 Unlocked BL Rooted to 4.4 stock without losing data?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Probably just flash an FTF with Flashtool (choose one from the general section) without wiping data, then flash the latest advanced stock kernel and root again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LReyes66:
I dropped my nexus 5 getting out if the car and now the glass screen is shattered at a corner. The digitizer seems fin and every where on the screen is responsive.

So I was wondering if there were a place i can order just the LCD screen and without the digitizer/housing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
The digitizer and LCD are fused together.. You need to replace them both!

If I were you, I would send it to a LG Service outlet and let them replace it. The ones you order online may or may not work + you need to do everything yourself. However, if you're good at it, then ordering online will certainly save you few bucks! :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LReyes66:
As the phone is only $350. Spending anything more then $150 won't do it for me as I'd rather buy a new or used phone. I was hoping there was a place to get just the glass part.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokke9191:
The only way that makes sense is if you can get a phone that is as good or better than the n5 for $150 or less.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basill:
I dropped mine, three days after it was delivered, no case as it had not yet arrived :(

The corner of the case was dented and the screen shattered but still fully useabIe.

I was wary about knock off spare parts and my skill with glue and tape if I went DIY so I sent mine in to LG service centre. The cost was £114.67 including Special delivery both ways ( Insured, tracked, next day delivery).

The worst part was the waiting, it took them 10 days to give me an estimate of he cost and three more days to get it back to me. It is good as new now and still has warranty.

I've just checked, thats about $190! So I uderstand your dilemma.

B
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elena_zh:
This is Elena from parts4repair.com,we can offer only oem glass for you,(the original one is out of stock now),and I am a new user,so i can't offer the link for you,maybe you will be interested to visit our website,or contact with us by crm@parts4repair.com.

Please notice that:the outer glass lens is without any function of digitizer or display. and only glass replacement is a professional job, and special tools are required, too. By the way, glass and the screen are bonded together, so both separating them and gluing them together are difficult job. Please sure you can do it before order.

Hope can help you,Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokke9191:
Never try to replace just the glass. You'd need loca glue & a uv light to cure it. The glue could get into other components and totally ruin your phone. And even if by a small chance you can pull it off, it will never be 100 percent. Always replace the whole assembly. - coming from somebody who has tried to replace just the glass.