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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gintariukeas:
Hello :) i know there are many topics made on this question, but i want to ask you guys whitch one would suit my needs the best:

I am still considering S3 because i like how it looks, dual screen, cases and because it is the cheapest option.

I am considering nexus 5 because of custom roms (i LOVE to theme! I am not really intrested in tech stuff, just in themes and fun tweaks, i would be completely happy with cm11 or something like p.a.).

LG G2 because of camera, better battery life, like how it looks.

I need a phone that would make listening to music experience the best, a good camera and sharp screen.

I am not a gamer.

So, if you were me, whitch phone you'd choose? :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danial.aw:
Personally for me camera differences don't mean a lot... It just comes down to battery ... That's why I love the G2 it has amazing battery (significantly better than N5)

Nexus 5 I would choose if you were a hardcore flashaholic...

S3 I wouldn't even suggest that option as its 2 gens older than the hardware you are comparing it to ... As an alternative I would suggest HTC One which should be around as cheap as that
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vPro97:
Well dual window is also possible on the G2 if you flash a custom Rom! I think the g2 is the proper choice for you
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djoni_gitara:
you are searching for the answer in g2 forum. of course the answer will be g2.

I just want to give advice, stay away from nexus5, for me it is a worst phone I've had.

G2 is a beast comparing to n5, and you have enough roms to flash dont be afraid, mahdi rom which is pure aosp with best audio drivers... my advice.

But if you preffer cheapest option, the s3 is actualy good phone, why not, for me camera is better than on g2 :) low light scenes on g2 and n5 are crap you can keep that in mind
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gintariukeas:
Why it was the worst phone you ever had?

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Thanks for all the answers! :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djoni_gitara:
first battery which is so miserable, poor signal reception and everyone was complaining on my voice call quality. This was enough beacuse I need my phone all day and I do a lot of phone calls. And realy I didnt ask to much.

These two problems was not solved with any custom rom or tweak or anything, stock, custom, hard reseting nothing. And I was not alone with same problem.

other thing which made it crap is cheap plastic look, ****y speaker, poor camera (not that g2 have a so much better speaker and camera but it is a better a little)

better screen on g2, extremely thin bezel, and g2 look like a premium device compared to n5 and in my country they cost the same. So n5 for me is a crap :)

I had note1 and note2 before and can say that these are good devices, with very good camera, screen, speakers, and battery. I guess the s3 is pretty much the same. I left samsung because I wanted something else and that was the only reason...

hope it can help
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gintariukeas:
Bump
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
S3 is outdated due to its So Exynos, and S4 krait in the US version. Samsung phones also suffer from the random IMEI loss when rooting and flashing, you can search this to see what I'm referring to. Also the build quality of the S3 is not as nice as the other two, which ia why I don't buy Sammy anymore. Also the G2 would have the best battery out of the 3 devices.

A Nexus 5 is a G2 but a "lesser" version, its battery is smaller & the screen is also smaller.

Sent from my LG-D802
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easyguy:
The choice was easy for me.

I love holding the G2 in my hand and looking at its bazel(less) size and screen ratio. 1st of all the battery. I used my phone for the gym daily playing videos and streaming pandora to and from work, and it gets me two days worth before a charge and I still have some juice left to spare.

The only negative is the lack of SD card, yes I have unlimited data, but at my gym its a deadzone for t-mobile for some reason, so then I'm force to put contents in my phone, but those 1080p videos really eat up space.

Cannot wait for the G4 LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] getmexda:
My gear watch is stuck on the (firmware upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies and try again }

Here is what I did:

When trying to get the null rom running.

I got into this problem "IF TWRP IS NOT DISPLAYING CORRECTLY LIKE THE FOLLOWING:", as shown here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2537338

So I followed the first step:

DOWNLOAD THE STOCK V700XXUAMK7 IMAGE. (FLASH A FRESH INSTALL, DO NOT SKIP)

I accidentally flashed V700XXUCNE9, instead of V700XXUAMK7.

And then without setting up the watch on samsung gear and without getting into the debug mode, I tried to flash null again and it kept on stuck in the "NAND Write Start!!" message.

So I then tried to flash V700XXUAMK7 and it got stuck too after which I started getting

"firmware upgrade encounter an issue please select recovery mode in kies and try again"

I am unable to get into the download mode or the recovery mode. When I long press the power button, it throws me back to the "firmware upgrade encounter.." error.

Please please help. Is my watch recoverable ?

Update: I reflashed V700XXUCNE9 and its up and running now :) Looks like I was trying to downgrade it and thats where it was failing.

I want null rom on it and looks like it only can be put on top of V700XXUAMK7. How do I go back from V700XXUCNE9 to V700XXUAMK7 ? Can I flash null_03_TWRP2.7.tar on top of V700XXUCNE9 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] emuandco:
You can, it does not care about any bootloader or stuff like that. It just repleaces a bunch of files on the system partition.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] psycho1200:
Lucky you, most of the times its a brick, i recommend you to use tizen the battery life on tizen is amazing
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] getmexda:
Thank you all. I was able to get back to Android and then flash the null ROM. I have the nova launcher running now but I am unable to use internet from my Android phone (LG Optimus G E970). It shows as paired but does not connect to the internet.

Also Play Store crashes when I try to add an account of use existing (says Google Account manager has stopped working).

How do I sync this thing with my phone, getinternet to work, make calls etc. ? Please help.

FYI: I have already checked for this from the FAQ page:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2573449

INTERNET ACCESS

GO INTO "FULL SETTINGS -> BLUETOOTH -> SELECT YOUR PHONE SETTING ICON (ON THE RIGHT OF PHONE NAME) -> TICK INTERNET ACCESS".

ENSURE BLUETOOTH TETHERING IS ENABLED ON YOUR PHONE BEFORE HAND OBVIOUSLY.

But I am still unable to access internet.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Tyronnster:
did you get this working,

Did you add bluetooth tethering on your mobile
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Mickey M Mouse:
Flashing Null on V700XXUCNE9

[MENTION=5909122]getmexda[/MENTION],

Did you come right with this eventually?

I have gone through a nearly identical process as you, accidentally flashing V700XXUCNE9, instead of V700XXUAMK7 and have been unable to get either TWRP or Null installed. You said, "I was able to get back to Android and then flash the null ROM". How did you do this? And did you resolve your issues with the internet access?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kofxi:
How to UnBrick Galaxy Gear !

( U CAN TRY THIS METHOD TO UNBRICK YOUR GG )

Hello friend .. previously im also got the same problem as u all when im trying to upgrade my GG1 but after a long search i found this link . What u need is just follow the instructions as given and the important things is DO NOT TRY TO SKIP ANYTHING !

How to UnBrick Galaxy Gear: h*t*t*p://youtube/fS4878klPAQ

( delete * from h t t p coz im not allowed to post link yet:o:p )

I hope this will help u coz my GG1 has been recover back .. not to original stock rom but it also upgrade my GG1 to TIZEN !!! :good::D

And dont forget to thanks to that guys that send the video and me ( coz i need a credit to post another reply to whom that need a help :D ) and good luck to u all.

AND TO ADMIN : PLEASE DO NOT BANNED ME COZ IM JUST TRY TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ME .... :o PEACE !
[General Questions and Answers] ImRm:
do anyone help me.i port a custom rom.but boot animation not work.plsss help.
[General Questions and Answers] Primokorn:
Did u try to compare (and understand) your bootanimation with the tutorials on XDA? Probably the issue is located in the desc.txt file.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramabaraja:
HALLO ALL MASTER

I NEED I ROOM FOR MY PHONE SAMSUNG CLONE S4 GT-19500 RAM 2GB ROM 16 GB

AND THIS SPESIFIATION ::victory:

HARDWARE : MT6572 (UNIVERSAL541(EXYNOS5)IS FAKE)

MODEL : GT-I9500

BUILD NUMBER : JDQ39.I9500ZSUAMDE

BUID DATE UTC : 20131017-091715

ANDROID V : 4.2.2

BASEBAND V : MOLY.WR8.W1315MD.WG.MP.V82013/07/31 20:33

KERNEL v : 3.4.5-447903(SE.INFRA@SEP-113)(GCC VERSION 4.6X-GOOGLE20120106 (PRELEASE)(GCC) 1 smp thu oct 17 17:15:22 cst 2013

PLEASE ALL RESPON
[General Questions and Answers] ImRm:
my custom rom restart menu not work.how to fix it?
[General Questions and Answers] Primokorn:
Which device? Which rom? What do u mean by "it doesn't work"? Do you have access to the regular reboot menu?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Chib:
1. is it posible to replace the XDA II motherboard with XDA IIi ?

2. where I could buy the new(or simply working) motherboard?

preferably in Germany

thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] JulesP:
XDAIIi board will fit in a XDAII case and vice versa - I have both, one work, one personal. The only problem is the ribbon cable connector for the display unit. On the old type XDAII it is a flat ribbon which slots into a connector (lift the black bar across it to release) while on the XDAIIi there is a plug on the end of the ribbon. Also you will need to cut a small tab from the inside of the black aerial cover to get it to fit properly
[Firefox OS General] xQubee5o3:
[18.06.2014 7:36]

Team Zephyr

Starting Firefox OS project.

You will get more information soon.

Greetz

Mii La Bee
[Firefox OS General] mph_aut:
this sounds interesting
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Eris _2.1_2010:
I take no credit, but I found some sick SwiftKey themes over in Development and Hacking. Here's the link........ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780250

And go thank the developer for his awesomeness. [emoji41]

Sent From My Galaxy S5 Far Far Away
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnzdeniz:
When i play shooter games like Shadowgun or Modern Combat 4 or Zombie Tsunami i have just noticed there was a sound delay like 0.5/0.7 seconds.

Well, i have another bug like wifi drops too.

Should i fix my phone via PC Companion mode?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntax_error.f90:
Long time reader, first time poster. Noticed some stuff not mentioned anywhere else. Think this might be the right place.

Got my nexus 5 near launch, it had a couple faults but I couldn't be bothered to RMA. Couple days back the power connector started playing up so decided to RMA after ~8 months.

Had a few observations of the new N5:

>Arrived with 4.4, ota update to 4.4.2 then to 4.4.3.

>Screen is yellow

>Power button (still) rattels

>Speaker holes are bigger

>Cold GPS locking is *much* faster. Tested indoors in flight mode with no agps. Lock in <60s compared to >5min.

>Camera is *much* better. Images are not as soft, and have less noise. Also theres noticeable difference when takeing a picture from a light bulb. Old phone just has soft 'blob' of light, on the new one the same region is crisp and sharp but has light flares (as I would expect from cheep plastic lenses).

Both phones stock unrooted 4.4.3 davlek, with GPS states app and latest default camera app.

Was wondering if *some* (not all) early batches were subject to bad QC or bad design. Could of course be that I a rouge dud phone. But i can only believe my own eyes: why; amongs other things, are the speaker holes bigger if there were no issues with the old design? Isn't it odd that a single phone had somany defects?

Have to add whatever LG's QC procedure is, it still is poor. The yellow screen is getting on my nerve so will RMA.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wideasleep1:
don't rush that RMA...often the screen lightens in a few weeks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Yeah, even I had a sorta Yellowish screen and after a week's usage, it settled down. Not sure whether I just got accustomed to it or whether it did indeed change. In any case, ever since I've started using custom kernels, changing the color calibration is too easy.

About the speaker holes and design.. they are random. There isn't any upgraded design.

What baffles me is that you got 4.4 pre-loaded on your new device!? It means that it's a phone which was manufactured between Sept-December. AFAIK, starting from the 401 unit (which is January 2014), Google started sending the phone pre-loaded with 4.4.2.

Now, it could be that google forgot to flash the 4.4.2 update on the new device OR there was a unit of the Sept-Dec batch (which I doubt) OR it could mean that Google sends refurbished phones in RMA??

[MENTION=4640946]syntax_error.f90[/MENTION] Could you please tell the first 3 digits of the S/N Number which is printed on the bottom of the Nexus 5's box?

[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] Any input on this m8??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Bad QC and low tolerances for consistency - definitely. You may or may not get bigger holes, rattling buttons, bad GPS, poor signal issues etc
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntax_error.f90:
The new N5 has serial starting with 312k.

It looks like a dec 2013 model, and is probably refurbished. Would it be written on the box if its refurbished?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
I haven't done any RMA myself so I don't really know if that would be stated or not. But officially, google says that they send BRAND NEW devices. Many people have asked them over phone calls and mails and they had assured that Google sends brand new devices as replacement when RMA is done.

I always thought what would happen to all those hundreds if not thousands of devices which are RMA'd. I guess the "brand new device" part is a big bull from Google. Can't blame them though.

I might be wrong and this could just be a coincidence as well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntax_error.f90:
Fair enough. Tolerance brackets for holes and connector patches are understandable, guess the tolerance is really large so it can be sold cheap. What about the camera softness and noise?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I don't know about that. Bad update?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crrider13:
Hi,

I'm wondering if there is any way to copy all the information stored on your SIM card to your phones memory and run it as a kind of "virtual SIM card" where your phone thinks it has a SIM but no actual card is inserted.

The reason I ask is because I have a T-Mobile G2X (LG-P999) and, as some of you may know, the SIM reader can become worn out and stop working on this model after some time. Mine is just starting to fail. Just to be clear, I've researched this particular issue and I know the things I can do to fix it; I'm not looking for advice on how to fix that problem.

It just occurred to me that If I could somehow copy my SIM info to the phone itself and eliminate the need for the physical card, I could bypass the issue altogether. It also might come in handy in the future if I ever had a similar situation. I realize it's probably a long shot, but I figured Id ask if anyone know if this kind of thing is possible? And if so, how I would go about doing it?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pothole:
Ok, so I'm just looking for final confirmation before I install my TWRP2710-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT image...going to just fastboot flash it on there using the files in my Motopocalypse folder, but do I need to rename some file in the system folder or something before I do this? Seems like I had to do that in the JB era and I can't find much for the KK version. Noob question I know. Do I just put my phone in fastboot mode and flash away or is there a step prior to that? Thanks in advance.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bear263:
Just follow the directions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2776515
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iBolski:
Not sure why you think you have to rename something to flash a new recovery. Yeah, maybe the instructions had you rename the recovery image file or something, but no. Just flash it per the instructions the previous poster linked to. It's really that simple.

Good luck!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pistacios:
Or you could just use flashify in the play store...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pothole:
Thanks gents, just the info I was looking for.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onestoploser:
That's what I did. Worked great! ;)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iBolski:
The only thing about Flashify that I don't like is you need to be already rooted.

Otherwise, if you're not rooted, then you can't root until you put on a custom recovery, which means you need to use fastboot to flash CWM or TWRP and then sideload root. Then you'd be able to flash TWRP or CWM. Kind of the chicken and the egg conundrum. :D

Everyone should know how to do it via fastboot because you may not have root to install TWRP or any other custom recovery. It's always good to know how to do things from the command line because there may come a time when you have no other option.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
running official kk on xt926 here.

can i install official cm11 nightlys after flash 2.7 twrp ?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yujikaido79:
I believe they can only be installed when they update them with the new kitkat bootloader. There are some builds by dhacker29 that I have tried that worked but are in progress. You would need to reflash back to JB bootloader to use the official CM11 nightlies.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
how can i flash back to jb bootloader without bricking ?

edit : got it.. :)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
i think it is because back in the day, correct me if im wrong, you had to rename the old recovery file so it wouldnt re-install.

but now that development has progressed, that is no longer necessary.

thats why all the, do i need to rename questions are arising.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pothole:
yep, that's what I was inquiring about.. all sorted now and rocking the device as it's supposed to be used. thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] macroman8807:
I bought my s4 on line with little info on it it was rooted but running stock rom how can I find out what bootloader it's using
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
What does the baseband say in about phone?

Sent from a Shaftamle Galaxy S4

"Thanks Button" is always appreciated!

http://mycolorscreen.com/Shaftamle/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
You can't always depends on the baseband to match up with your bootloader.

To be sure of which one you have get the app phone info and scroll down a little it will tell you exactly which bootloader you have

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] macroman8807:
Thank you I used the app and it turns out I'm on nc5
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
Awesome. XBMC is now my launcher!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] wolfchimneyrock:
how? I have Xposed installed and have installed and activated the module ... how do I choose xbmc as the launcher?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
I assume it's because he repackaged or recompiled the apk to include the launcher intent.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] essdee:
I found a handy app on the Play Store that allows XBMC to act as a launcher without having to make any modifications to the XBMC .apk. I just sideloaded it after installing/activating the Xposed module, and now pressing the home button takes me to XBMC right away. Seems to work perfectly so far, although I haven't yet tested what happens when there is more than one launcher installed.

Play Store link for XBMC Launcher:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.blunden.xbmclauncher

Evozi APK Downloader link:

http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id=se.blunden.xbmclauncher
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] treqie:
I've installed xposed, and the module. The module is activated, but I have no alternate launcher on bootup, or when I press home.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Shinyhead:
I believe you need to launch that alternate launcher first.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] treqie:
And where might that be, exactly? There's nothing in Applications, the module has been loaded and activated.. but there's nothing in xpose itself that points me to anything launchable.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Shinyhead:
I used FiredTV launcher as my alternate launcher. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2782307
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
You need to install another launcher, the xposed module isn't a launcher itself. Install the XBMC Launcher linked above by essdee. I just restarted my FireTV and it worked right away.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mattngsx:
I get "sorry, cannot open" when I try to launch! What am I doing wrong? I've installed using ADB and shell. Both give me the same result when I try to launch.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
You have to install Xposed which is linked in the first link, then open Xposed and 'install' it, reboot when asked then open Xposed, go to Modules and using a mouse check the appropriate module's checkbox on the right.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] elmerohueso:
I tried TV Launcher, but it's not free. Now I'm using XBMC as my launcher.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
Apex launcher

Apex launcher works after using Xposed module. Some Apex features don't work, but I figured out how to link activities to shortcuts with custom icons in the Apex launcher. So I have shortcuts for AFTV launcher, Applications (native app manager under settings), Controllers (native under settings), and Network (navite under settings/system).

Fire TV boots directly to Apex launcher. Home button returns to Apex launcher always. Placed XBMC shortcut first on Apex so its easy to launch XBMC from anywhere by pressing home then enter.

Near perfect. Thanks for the module rbox.

Just curious.... I haven't seen any posts about this so I was surprised to find all of my installed apps in a generic five icon wide grid launcher format under Apps, in between Games and Photos, in the AFTV launcher. Is this normal?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
That is weird. I know you mentioned in the other post you didn't install the Amazon app store. Quite strange. If you read through that post you saw I am working on an addition to this module that basically does the same thing, without breaking everything else like the app store does. I never saw anything that would hint that this was built in functionality to the launcher itself though.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] servo386:
This sounds pretty nice, any chance we can get a screenshot of what your default home screen looks like now?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] nhumber:
i think the biggest issue with i had with apex was it isnt fully remote friendly, for me on a htpc i would like full control with the remote myself. its suprising that there arernt any good TV launchers out there already.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] d_block:
I'm installed the same method as described in the xbmc wiki: 3.3 Xposed and rbox module (Requires root)

So everything went well, until I wanted to go back to the vanilla firetv homescreen. It says that if I exit xbmc with the button on the bottom, it should return me to that screen. Nope, it just restarts reboots xbmc. First how do I fix this and second, how can I remove the apks to get rid of this if it's not what I am looking for? I tried using adbfire app in osx, I chose uninstall apk, and pasted the same .apk that I installed with but it says that there isn't one of that name...