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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cibhin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53000989#post53000989 This is the thread that explains what i am going oon through. I tried all the possibilities, now i wish to know why these happens? No matter what ever ROM i try, no matter weather its stock or custom all i get is bootloop or the boot animation keeps showing up forever. Some rom heats up while struck on boot animation. I want to know why this happens. Is it because there are no enough space or something?? or due to some faulty installation? I tried a lot of ROMs. Even some ROMs like SJB which was working perfectly. I even tried updating the flashtool to the latest version. If my phone is bricked then i cant even use CWM right!! :confused: I am really confused, it cant be a hardware issue as it was working fine untill i flashed 4.1.b.1.13 FTF as instructed in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2521453 <- Xperience_CM10 ROM !!

:crying: All i need now is a way to some ROM! anything would be fine as long as i can make and receive calls.! _/\_
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hitman33430:
I have an Allwinner A31 10.1" Quadcore tablet (Sanei N10 Ultimate / Ampe A10 Ultimate).

I've been looking everywhere for the 4.4.2 firmware update for my tablet. The only A31 Rom I found was for a 9.7" tablet.

Does it work on my 10.1" tablet?

I'm currently on 4.1, do I need any special files before I try to upgrade?

Does anyone know if there's a specific custom rom for my tablet?

I appreciate your help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sansari123:
I have searched online, and there is no definative reliable content on what portions of memory I can delete safely without loosing the nandroid backup. What I mean is, I have TWRP on my handset. Aside from the factory reset option, what else can I wipe? I am asking because I built a Cyanogenmod unofficial image, and flashed my handset with it. The phone booted ok; I got an error about NFC service stopping. So I restored the phone back to a previous nandroid image. I then, tried to install my image again. This time the phone goes into download mode. I think I saw something online about how doing advanced clean would fix this. So when I log into TWRP I have the following options:

Davlic Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, Cache, and Micro SDcard. How can I know where my nandroid backups reside so I can avoid clearing that portion?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rosli59564:
By default nandroid backup is on internal storage but you can choose to save it on sd card as well. Tap on the top box/menu after you enter restore menu. If you choose sd card and twrp shows no backup then the backup is on internal storage. Explore a bit mate.

Or use file explorer check twrp folder in both storage. There should be subfolder of 'backup' in it.

You don't need factory reset. And just choose wipe cache/dalvik/system/data to install new rom/restore nandroid backup
[General Questions and Answers] hamidzaeim:
How much ram does need to have smooth web browsing in Android 4.4? (minimum and maximum amount)
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
KIt kat requires 512MB of ram so i guess that should be the smoothest minimum, if anything 1 gig Would be so much better, OEM's should be a little generous and Not Give us crappy sizes like 256MB or 768MB of ram.
[General Questions and Answers] joeg1ff:
I'm guessing any phone that can actually run 4.4 will browse the web just fine. Running other applications is another issue though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] km8j:
Play services are a problem with regard to waeklocks, any issue with greenifying it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] aooga:
No, but I would just turn off google now and change the location mode to "device only". It gets rid of google play services draining your battery completely.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] scorchedsky:
Greenifying play services can get messy - I've lost the ability to download apps to the phone from the play store Web interface, broken Android Device Manager's remote locate feature, and broke location reporting and history. If you don't care about any of those aspects of play services then greenify won't be an issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] helius@comcast.net:
Where are you seeing this "device only" setting?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] aooga:
Oops. Samsung changed the name. It's called "GPS only". It's in location>mode.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] helius@comcast.net:
Yup, that's what mine's set at, thnx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Assassin27:
Hi, i've cracked my phones screen and it looks like it is the screen lens. Ive been lookong around on how to repair it and i found out that its quite hard since it is glued to the digitizer. I know i have to use a heatgun to repair it but i need to see if somekne has done it with this specific phone. Anyone know how or know a video about it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M-LinkInt.:
Repair

A very detailed post can be found here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php...cct=/showthread.php&__utmv=-&__utmk=235520898

I know, this process requires buying some tools to get the job done right, but take it from me, it is way safer to go this way than to try with just regular home tools. I spent over $300 trying to fix mine because of a mistake I made when trying to do it without the proper tools. Besides, it still winds up being cheaper than spending ~$110 to fix it with a whole new screen assembly!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Assassin27:
I already have the lens on its way to my house, so i just need a video on how to do it properly on the exact device. I got the lens for about $10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M-LinkInt.:
Oh, so you only need a video??? Would a descriptive picture guide be helpful? I've torn my Skyrocket apart quite a few times, so i know its insides very well. I could put a guide together for you. Can't YouTube it though, since i have a pretty poor internet connection.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Assassin27:
Yess please that would work too! Thank you very much! ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M-LinkInt.:
Sending you a PM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Assassin27:
Whenever you are free because im getting the parts around june 18. Oh and the parts are coming with tools so it would be much easier. But yeah, you can do it when you are available and i can just favourite it and use it when i have my parts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M-LinkInt.:
PDF Guide

Here is a guide. PM me if you have any questions.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/63dtgtapb0a893v/SkyrocketTeardown.pdf

If you have problems viewing the file through your browser, click the download button in the upper right corner.

Another thing I just found is that the link in the PDF to the glass replacement guide is borked so... Heres the link --

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2694976
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jra89027:
I bought this phone for a family member. I did not read the forums ahead of time , but have learned that being on 4.3 is pretty crappy because you cant downgrade. i odined a root image of 4.3 found in the forums. I installed a recovery. I tried to upgrade to 4.2.2 cm11 and it failed. am i not able to install any roms on this phone at all, because of the knox 4.3 restrictions?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
No. Check to make sure you have latest recovery, or try a different one.. Why would you want to install 4.2.2 when there is KitKat 4.4.2?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Afaik, cm still never updated their updater-scripts to include NC2 firmware in the asserts. Youll need to manually edit it in.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] vincexda:
Is it just my device, or does this happen to everyone? When I soft reset my device all the ring tones, notifications go back to the Windows defaults! Is this supposed to happen, and can you stop this happening so after a soft reset the notification sounds keep the values I want?

Many thanks

Vince
[Xperia Z General] danrose13:
Ok so my phone would die after around 5-6 hours of doing nothing, I found by going to device administrators and disabling "android device manager" and then going to settings > apps > all > Google play services. You are now able to force stop the app. After doing this I have now have no battery drain and this don't seem to cause any other issues :)
[Xperia Z General] jerryhou85:
So the battery drain problem is on Google side instead of SONY?
[Xperia Z General] danrose13:
Former it was just Google play services that seemed to be doing some all the time, so unless it's just mine, it seems to be google
[Xperia Z General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Wow , there was no need of a thread for this as its been discussed in every thread here .. :)

Anyways , turning off location worked for me after restarting the phone and charging 100% .. its working fine .. :)
[Xperia Z General] DJFliX:
I believe that you did not fully understand what the OP has stated in his first post. I think he might be on to something. I'm going to test it on my phone and (if I don't forget) I will report back. Turning off location for ADM would actually be a better solution for me than turning off location as a whole.
[Xperia Z General] khaled.h:
ok, and what I do at all is Setting > Locations > Google Location Reporting > TURN OFF Location reporting , TURN OFF Location history .

and the problem just fixed ..
[Xperia Z General] DJFliX:
Toggling 'Location reporting' also toggles location reporting to Google Device Manager I guess.
[Xperia Z General] zivsteevs:
For me disabling google services helped

On xperia z disabling network and wifi location, location history, some other stuff and some google services increased the battery life significantly. See pics.
[Xperia Z General] zviki:
Meh... You charged your phone four times in this 1d and 20h.
[Xperia Z General] fernando823:
What for those of us that make a intensive use of the GPS????

I WANT AT LEAST THE SAME FUNCTIONALITIES AS IN 4.3

GOOGLE AND SONY FIX THIS -MOD EDIT-
[Xperia Z General] r35471853:
i turn off the all in google settings, now my battery is better then before.
[Xperia Z General] samxool:
this!!! Sony broke our phones with latest update.

It didn't occur before, it must be sony, not google. Otherwise every phone in the world would have this problem.
[Xperia Z General] kevev:
I am beginning to think the same thing. I have a friend who has a Nexus 5 and never had this issue with any of the KitKat versions.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Don't you remember the last time you said this and people linked you to various examples of other devices suffering battery drain because of Google Play Services? Or do you just like finding reasons to complain about Sony?

I suggest that you'll be better off posting complaints (valid or not) or suggestions in the Sony support forum for the Xperia Z in future, where someone from Sony will actually see it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53971617&postcount=21

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53889023&postcount=4526&nocache=1&z=9839549507014454

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788806

https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/YsGy-wh8cCg/rVYEL5z4_zsJ

There are many, many more examples if you just do a quick Google search. It isn't the best situation, but it is not Sony's fault.
[Xperia Z General] zivsteevs:
It's just the powered cradle for the motorbike. Had few rides and in between used for 50 min google maps in a car without charging.
[Xperia Z General] ianrobbie:
For me the problem would always creep back after a few days of use.

The way I fixed it was to disable location reporting, ads and automatic backup. I then rebooted into recovery and wiped Dalvik and Cache.

Now it's been over a week and Google Play Services doesn't even appear in the top list of battery usage anymore.

Hope this helps.
[Xperia Z General] alientango:
I just noticed the manage space button under play services where you can force stop it. Is this a kitkat feature? I never had access to it before. It actually crashed on me after I,cleared the cache the first time.. Weird
[Xperia Z General] dovydasm:
I have a few questions (sorry if they're unrelated):

1. If I disable location reporting, will google's android device manager be able to locate my phone?

2. If GPS is disabled in the action bar, are apps still able to use location reporting? If so, do they use wifi triangulation or do they turn on gps temporarily?
[Xperia Z General] robcen:
You are wrong, as it happens on other phones sometimes (very rare issue) when it is in all Sony phones updated to 4.4.2
[Xperia Z General] gerickjohn:
It's not necessarily on EVERYONE's phones. I didn't have this before and when GPlay Services updated I did. So no, it's not Sony's fault. Some people just don't understand that Sony does not have control over Google Play Services and what it does.

I also have access to both a Z1 and a Z2, both of which are running 4.4.2 and just disproves your claim even more.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
LOL. I'm wrong when I posted evidence? Complaints of battery drain on many different devices caused by Google Play Services are everywhere on every Android forum.

Some people are simply determined to pin the blame on Sony, ignoring all evidence to the contrary even when it's directly linked to. The links I posted above were simply a few of many, many results from a quick Google search.
[Xperia Z General] kevev:
I sold my Xperia Z and now have a Nexus 5. It has been 2 weeks and no heavy battery drain. Wonder if Google is just not sharing the fix?
[Xperia Z General] avindal:
Might be, or it might have to do with Sony's Stamina mode...
[Xperia Z General] nhkhanh068:
thank you so macu
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
I am still on Android 4.3, and started experiencing this battery drain about a month ago. Simply disabling location seems to work for me, but someone at Google/Sony should look seriously into this, as we are loosing functionality we had before.

I have a Xperia Z2 tablet, and my sister a Z1, both machines work well and no battery drains by Google Play Services so far. I think, even if this is a Google problem, Sony can prevent it from happening, as they have done in other Xperia devices.
[Xperia Z General] pacoxixon:
New version of Google play services 5.0.88

http://gappsandroid.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Google%20Play%20Services?m=1
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
I have the Z and the Z2... Apparently, this problem only plagues the Z...and Im seriously pissed looking for a way around this.
[Xperia Z General] comax70:
No fix
[Xperia Z General] xXWeresXx:
yes this is a Fu**** problem -.-

i try all!!

my solution is deaktivate GPS . sometimes will work.

or the extreme result:

install this

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playfulgeeks.gservicefix

follow the intruduction and it works for me.

3 day after is Play Service again battery killer but .follow the intruduction again and it works again for 3 days

But its the best solution
[Xperia Z General] swrajjoshi:
I posted this on another thread... hope it helps!

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/kitkat-battery-drain-fix-t2761570/page19#post54446172

:cowboy:
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
We don't have proble when location services turned off. GPS start eat battery only when location services is enabled and it's problem.
[Xperia Z General] swrajjoshi:
For me it drained battery in both modes and after above steps, they behave better. Again, your mileage might be different.

BTW, for me nothing helped, not even greenify or screen wake monitors.
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
Try to use Wakelock Terminator https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.andro.wlt to prevent NlpWakeLock and NlpCollectorWakeLock.

It's almost helped me. Some times (a time in several days) Wakelock Terminator stop works and i have to make reboot.

It's realy good solution. But i can't find any contact of author Wakelock Terminator to discuss cause of stopping of work WT. But only this app helped to deep sleep for my phone
[Xperia Z General] swrajjoshi:
It didn't work for me, tried wake lock terminator for week or so and not even a bit helpful in my case.
[Xperia Z General] infernose:
Did google play services 5.0.89 help anyone on xperia Z? Mine still drains battery on this version, even though many sites claim this version of google play services resolves the battery drain issue.
[Xperia Z General] smok.y:
No, on my xperia it dosnt fix it.

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
Well i have no battery drain anymore on my XZ with the latest Google Play Service 5.0.89, look:

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
Nothing fixes the drain, just have to have the exact conditions again and it will come back. The only 'fix' is to disable all of the functions of the phone and apps that can trigger it.
[Xperia Z General] dreipasou:
It doesn't fix it, it seems, unfortunately. Just wait a couple of days and it will start again. I hope the next Sony update will fix it, although at this point i have lost my hope and am looking for a new phone.
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
I have no drian man, you see it on my screenshots and i do 2 days with my XZ on KK with normal usage !, well i hope you find you new phone soon, i enjoy my XZ !
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
Is reporting location and location history disabled or enabled?
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
Disabled

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
Try enable and you will see battery drain ;) Cause of google play services battery drain are NlpWakeLock and NlpCollectorWakeLock. And battery drain still here but for see it you will have to enable location services.
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
Well why i should enable it of i dont use it ??

Kinda useless but i enabled last time and i have a little drain, but who cares, we have a phone charger isn ' t ?

Well let see what Sony fix in 4.4.4 and so far this discussion is not needed if we get a new update end of August abd as you knkw im not a newbie as you can see and i know what i do. ^^

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
I wanted only say that you don't see battery drain because you don't use location services. And not because to google fix it on last version of google play services.
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
I said and please read better, before i enabled location service and that drained a little my battery but now i turned it of -__-

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Then why say multiple times that there's no drain?

The main problem is that there's excessive drain when location reporting / history are enabled. Disabling them has stopped the drain since the problem first occurred months ago, so of course you're not experiencing it with them disabled.

This is the second time in a few days I've seen you telling people to "read better" when you haven't read the thread yourself. Like I said before, telling people to read the thread thoroughly is fine, but you should at least do the same yourself if you're going to do so. :)
[Xperia Z General] gnesterif:
I've had also a drain, but I've never had location report/history activated, so was this another bug, or are these settings just fake ?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
GPS also drains battery really fast without those options being active.

Are you sure your drain is from gms?

Either way, those options are the culprit for 99% of people. :)
[Xperia Z General] gnesterif:
I've never had location activated either ;)
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Then it's a separate issue, that nobody else seems to be experiencing. :)

Are you absolutely certain that it's Google Play Services causing it? A poorly coded app that accesses Google APIs via gms could be causing it to hold a wakelock.
[Xperia Z General] gnesterif:
I can not really say, but now it's gone, and I don't know after which try to fix, it was gone. But I just wanted to tell, that there could be another problem :(
[Xperia Z General] xeningti:
I tried this. i was on .88 PS before so i boot into recover and cleared cache, then install .89 APK then booted into recovery and cleared cache, and davlik cache again.... reboot.... everything seems stable..... so far!
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
It will always seem stable so far until it happens lol! Its not a random drain something has to trigger it. This is why Sony's temporary solution works.
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
You telling that 2 times also now !

Well i hope that Sony solve it all in the coming 4.4.4

So lets wait and discussing about this any longer have no sense.

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Nobody is forcing you to participate in this thread. If you don't want to discuss it, then don't. Simple. :)
[Xperia Z General] italian94:
The update eho I uninstalled the factory version of 4.4.2 and I have no problems drain.
[Xperia Z General] Anton111111:
A 1.18 version of AppOpsXposed (http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/xposed-appopsxposed-appops-4-3-t2564865) has fixed my battery problem :D

P.s. don't forget to enable wacklock hack on appops settings.
[Xperia Z General] K9998:
It's really annoying since there are many apps require location in Google play services.

For example, ingress, maps, if u r not outside, cannot be located without it.

My nexus 5 is totally drain free with same settings and same installed apps(same version as well).

So it's pointless to say 'fixing Google play services', its more like Sony mass this update up.

And it also will damaging your battery. 4 hours from100 to 0, even worse than my htc g1
[Xperia Z General] AntonyStark:
So why is there a 47 page thread in the Nexus 5 forums about the same wakelocks?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
B...b...but IT'S SONY'S FAULT!

I've posted lots of examples of other devices with the same problems and still people are determined to blame Sony for it.
[Xperia Z General] ninjy:
Version 5.2.08, in case of..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxNu8eof1O79TWU1N2ZJUzVHdUk/edit?usp=sharing
[Xperia Z General] K9998:
First, I do not want to blame either Sony nor Google, I love both and really enjoy products. HOWEVER I gave the point based my own experience.

The reality, in my situation is, if settings or apps are same, play services on XZ will eat battery more then Nexus 5.

Have you compared on two devices, with same settings?

Second, Do not throw search results here as evidence for demonstrated, I can not see any meaning within it.

They said XZ has a problem, You said Nexus 5 have same problem. It is not a solution.

So plz give some details for us to blame on google, at least statistically.

At the end, since now I flashed 10.4, the battery drain is gone. Even with the same version of Play services and location activated, without touch wakelocks. And you still think we should blame on google?

:fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
First, you say you don't want to blame Sony. Then why post this -

Different devices on KitKat suffer the exact same problem. Search results that show other people on forums with different devices having the problem are perfectly valid evidence. Just as valid as any of your posts are in any case. If you want to discount other people's posts, then why should anyone believe yours?

So, having established that, what can we deduce from it? It isn't the OEMs fault, unless Sony is somehow involved in other manufacturers software (apart from submitting patches to the Android project). Common sense.

According to some information I read on pabx's website, the drain is because of a new sensor framework. Reverting back to the old framework stops the drain. I believe / guess that our SoC vendor (Qualcomm) supply binaries like that, so it could be their fault. It seems that many other devices having the problem also use Qualcomm SoCs as well, so it's possible.