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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] neggie:
what is G3 G4 connectivity????

ok so after getting lots of help from every one here is what i now have

Tmo MDA (US)

new Offical Rom 2.26

registry tweaks and omap clocked to 260 and stable as hell and fast!!

he is a question though what does G3 and G4 mean i see it around here but am kinda lost.

THANX!!
[GiONEE Elife E7] aatifsumar:
Now that's what you call trolling. Two devices released after the E7 are being updated to KiKat today.

http://www.igyaan.in/79125/gionees-s5-5-kitkat/

Mentioned that E7 will be getting it 'in the coming weeks', aka what we've been hearing since March 2014.
[GiONEE Elife E7] simmer14:
just finished installing the indian stock rom on my e7 for this upcoming update on our e7 :D
[GiONEE Elife E7] harishhnaik:
Kindly provide the tutorial to install Indian stock rom..

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Iam on stock Indian rom and recovery.... But still getting error while updating and even tried with unrooted ...still same result....
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freecitizen:
Hi guys.

Trouble with the phone, the phone rings only once and goes silent mode, can somebody come across this and solved the problem.

He would put different firmware, the result is not changed.

Regards
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conephall:
I have the same problem, would appreciate a fix
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokocabana:
This problem has to do with the sound file that you are using. The sound file is missing android_loop metatag if it is only ringing once. If the ringtone doesn't loop in the preview on your phone then it is missing the tag. You can check for the tag on your computer by opening it with vlc player and go to tools->media information->metadata. Here's instructions to add the tag to whatever file you want I find on Google. I used it myself to get my ringtone to loop.

- Download and install Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net)

- Open the ringtone file in Audacity, note you can use mp3/wav files as well, Audacity can convert them into OGG.

- Select Open Metadata Editor for the File Menu

- Add a new tag called ANDROID_LOOP and set the value to 'true'.

- Click OK

- Select Export from the File Menu and select the Save As Type format as Ogg Vorbis Files.

- Click OK through File Save and Metadata dialogue window.

- Copy the new ringtone file onto your phone.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conephall:
But the problem is when it on vibrate! It vibrates once then switches to silent mode. A me development is that it plays sounds even in silent mode
[One (M8) Accessories] aphex2k:
1st world problem here.

Just bought a Spigen Slim Armour Case in green, and very nice it is too.

Also bought a pack or 3 Spigen Screen protectors. My problem is that when I put a screen protector on, as its so flush, when I put the case on it peels the edges up.

Is there a screen protector that goes around the bezel?
[One (M8) Accessories] eric150:
Zagg won't go around the edge but it will be stuck to your screen and the case shouldn't make it peel

Same goes for most tempered glass
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ecakici:
I have cleanrom installed on my rooted htc one x at the moment, it is a rogers phone. I want to install the latest cyanogenmod, are there any precautions I need to take? What is the easiest method of doing this?

Thanks,

Eren
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mr Hofs:
Rogers is at&t HTC one xl. You are in the wrong forum. This is for the international quad-core HTC one X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ecakici:
Baseband

I ended up switching to cyanogen mod but my reception is really low, and the GPS didn't seem to be working. Can I install any radio or are there specific radios only for this ROGERS phone. Sorry i didn't want to create another thread.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mr Hofs:
Post your questions in the correct forum mate, you are wrong here !
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] coal686:
Thread moved to the Rogers HTC One X Q&A forum. Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
There are prerequisites in terms of firmware and recovery for flashing the current aosp ROMs. Please post your bootloader details.

You can use any Evita radio on your phone, it doesn't have to be a Rogers radio. Radio performance can vary wildly from user to user as it depends on carrier, exact geographical location, environmental disturbances, among other factors. Someone in the same suburb (even street) as you can have a very different experience on the exact same radio. What I'm saying is you need to test for yourself. You don't need to stick to your carrier's radios, you should test a variety of radios and see what works best for you.

Sent from my Evita
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
It's hard for me to imagine a Sony product that isn't made of the highest quality.

When browsing around the Sony forums and other places on the net, I keep seeing the same complaints. The magnetic charging ports are falling out which is allowing water to leak into the phone, ruining the phone. The phone also shuts down after downloading a lot of data over LTE or recording with the camera, due to overheating. I also see reports of people being unable to hold conversations because one party can not hear the other.

Are these people over exaggerating or are these real complaints? I was just ready to pull the trigger on one when I started seeing all of this stuff. Can anyone chime in that has had their phone over 1 month and has ZERO issues with it? Maybe there are just a select few that got a bad batch or something.

If you post can you also please post when you bought the phone or when you think it was manufactured. Maybe we can narrow this down to a time frame or specific region.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funky0308:
Just try to buy week 22 or higer (you have a little sticker that you pull out in sdcard compartment.

Yes, there are some things that we wouldn't expect from Sony but that was older batches.

I can record 5 min 4K video so can't see problem here.

All other manufacturers limited 4K to 5min, that's why they didn't have same problems.

Sony decided not to limit duration, so sometimes there will be overheating msg and closing camera.

I don't have any problem you said, I know for those guys and I'm sure that's all true but that's not general flaw and issue, that's perfectly normal...

If you aren't satisfied with Z2 you can always return in or change for another device...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmingli:
I came from M8 and S5, after having the z2 for 2 months, there are couple things I really don't like about the z2, it is noticeably slower, say you click on the camera icon, it doesn't come on instantaneously, the in call voice quality and speaker phone are only ok, not great, volume is a bit on the low side.

The in call quality and dim volume is a deal breaker for me, I am looking to switch to the G3 or Note 4.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Well a huge problem is that I live in the USA and Sony will not cover any manufacture defect because there is zero warranty coverage in the US. I went through this with a Motorola phone I bought from Canada once.

So how long have you had your phone? Do you use the magnetic charging connector at all?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
How long ago did you buy your device? Was it a newer one? I really don't want to get the g3 but it looks like I may be forced to :(
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lawido:
Lets not foget that fact that usually theres only people posting with problems. ofcourse it looks like alot problems when only they post who got issues with their phone.

im having week 20 phone without any issues.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Yea I know that's why I wanted to ask around and see how many people weren't having problems. To me its got the best specs by far of any phone. I think the sound issues and maybe a bit of lag can be fixed with custom roms and what not. I just don't want to end up with the charging port popping out and then I don't realize it and go for a swim. The phone is going to cost me a lot of money and I won't have a warranty.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funky0308:
My advice - don't pay 600-800$ for device without warranty.

You never know..

I have device for a two months, I had Z1 (still have it) and I don't have any problems with both.

I totally agree with that post - nobody will open thread - my device is working perfectly -

All you can see here is problems and guys seeking for help but that doesn't mean it's faulty device.

As I said, I'm perfectly satisfied with Xperia Line and will buy Z3 as well...

That will be perfect device ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Im thinking about getting it and getting an aftermarket warranty like squaretrade.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yomo22:
i've had my phone for over 2 months batch no 14w17 no single fault works flawlessly can record 4k up to 9 mins and doesn't shut down till i turn it off myself and then the warning kicks in i reckon others having problems have conflicting apps downloaded and they just don't know it yet i use the charging dock from day one nothing has pulled out i submerge the phone in water a lot no leaks the phone does exactly what the whitepaper says i use a 64gb sandisc sdhc sd card
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Well that sounds absolutely great! I just ordered a white one from Amazon.com after reading all the great reviews on it. People are saying its the best phone they have ever used. I also picked up a charging dock. May need to get a second one but we will see. Does the phone come with a magnetic charging cable or a regular micro-USB cable?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felimenta97:
I don't own a Z2, but what I can say is that that magnetic conector thing is half Sony's fault, half use of cheap third party cables's fault.

AFAIK, the connector wasn't meant to be used with cables, but only on stationary charging docks. The constant movement of the cable and device while using the device while charge might be the culprit to "invoke" both parties's fault I mentioned above.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovemyram4x4:
I haven't heard anything about any Z2s shutting down from overheating, the camera closing on over temp is common though. How much time it takes before it hits the set point depends on a lot of variables, but basically the higher the ambient temp and/or the more heat generation inside phone(using data, high CPU loads, continuous live view, etc) prior/during camera use will impact it. I live in a warm region and when testing I got 6min of 4k before hitting alarm.

My phone is put on a magnetic dock every night and everytime I get in my and my port is doing fine.

My phone is from week 17 and has a the of center issues but everything works fine.

I didn't add a squaretrade warranty (not sure if could since didn't add it within 30 days of purchase), if I have a warranty issue prior to the US having parts I'll just send it to it's retail country.

Sent from my D6503 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArbiterGR:
I have w17 version and i haven't encountered any defects of any kind. This phone is awesome !
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raniastar:
I have a week 20 phone without any issues and I consider it a fantastic device! come from note 1.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelWT:
I've had my Z2 for a month now and couldn't be happier. No problems with over heating (Haven't done the 4K recording thing though), plug in my magnetic charge cable overnight (well, mostly every other night - what an awesome battery!).

I immediately installed Nova and have settled on Smart Launcher pro.

Also, was too impatient for OTA .402 update, so I did that myself.

When Sony support stops, I'll probably go CM but, for the moment, it's all good.

Michael
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Thing is how to verify this when the box is sealed.

week 22 is may 26 to jun 1

is this date printed on the bar code on the box itself ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valdigre:
I came to Z2 from Galaxy Note 3, before that I had HTC One.

Z2 is the best for me among the 3 devices, it is not ideal but ticks all my boxes.

I have a 14W17 and while it gets warm when recording 4K, I did not manage to overheat it. I made a test yesterday just to check out, Ireland, Dublin, around 20 degrees yesterday in the shadow. I was walking in the sun and recording for 5 minutes, 4k video with steady shot, so even more demanding for internals. The phone was warmish, but not as hot as I thought.

Afterwards I checked and the CPU temp was 61 degrees while battery temp was 37 degrees, so yes, it gets warm but not so hot.

What was making this phone really hot was the AR mode or the special effects app, that lets you put things like falling satelite, ghosts and other stuff postprocessing. Those two made the phone hot, but nothing else is able to make mine this hot and I do not care about those two modes anyway.

I would really recommend this phone but I would never buy it without any kind of warranty. I would never buy piece of electronics that is that expensive, without any kind of warranty.

Anyway, look at M8 forum, Samsung forums. Those people that are happy, usually don't praise the phone on forums, but those that have problems - do... I was really worried and almost certain, I would not buy Sony but I said oh well, let's try something new (never had Sony phone before, only sony-ericsson). I do not regret it for now, even just for battery life it was worth it for me, I don't care about waterproofness whatsoever.

Noise cancelling headphones is a great plus as well!

Z2 should be available later this year is USA I think, if not, maybe Z3? :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOnlyIntruder:
Exactly this, most people come to the forum are looking for help solving a problem or require specific needs but the truth is that these people are a vast minority of all the users of the phone rather than people making threads praising and complementing the device except for example if you look in the battery thread or the camera thread.

I've got a week 15 model and I love my phone, it's the best phone I've ever had, the previous phones I had that I considered the best were the Xperia X1 and the Motorola V3X.

Anyway, don't be dissuaded from the phone because of complaints you see in forums but that warranty issue, that's a bit dodgy, I wouldn't buy something if it didn't come with a guarantee or warranty.

You should be able to inspect the device before purchasing it and if you're purchasing from an online retailer you should have 7-14 days exchange/refund as per distance selling laws (if applicable in your country) if you're not happy with it after inspection, you wouldn't buy a car without taking a look inside/giving it a test drive would you?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
I find this odd since t-mobile already offers the z2 in the US. Isn't it possible to buy off contract from sony within the US as well ?

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Way they do it in my country is they show you a demo model that is tethered with a security cable. You can play with that one as long as you want.

Then if you decide to buy they offer you a sealed box, some may open it if there is a possibility of a sale otherwise not. Prefer to buy from a shop than online.

I understand that there is date printed on the barcode of the box itself, so wondered if there was a correlation between whats printed on the microsd tray and the box itself.

This way its much easier to distinguish newer batches from old without opening the box.

Can anyone confirm ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmingli:
If you are in US with ATT, I advice you ditch the z2, I think the z2 LTE is not optimized for the ATT network, it is something you can not express, you have to use it to feel it, it is like using a T mobile S5 on an ATT network, speed test are all good, but you just don't get the data flow to and from your phone well. A lot people spend good amount of money on the z2, therefor they don't want to admit there are flaws with the phone, also, some people came from older generation phones, these people are truly happy with the z2, the carriers you use also makes difference, too many variables.

Personally, I just can't fall in love with this phone, the only feature I like is "high resolution USB audio" mode, music sound insanely good with an external DAC/AMP.

BTW, my z2 is perfect, no gap, no overheating, no off center camera lens, no falling charging port.....
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yomo22:
it comes with regular depending on your country you might get the dock in the pack i bought mine uk
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
I'm onto my 4th Z2 all were W17 phones. This one seems ok though, no issues (touch wood) although the screen does have gaps top left, bottom right. Camera seems centred, and I'm using 3rd party mag charge cable with no issues yet - but I only use it for charging at night so no moving around with it in place.

I have to admit the only neg I have about the phone is the viewing angles. My S5 has better angles and I swap to S5 and Z2 regular, the Z2 beats the S5 in everything else though. Android 4.4.4 should bring camera tweaks as it did for the Z1C and Z1
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numskull:
Had mine over 2 months, only used 4k recording once, it shut the camera off after 5 mins 4 secs and saved the video, can hear people and they can hear me...... only issues i have is the little door for charger and sim keeps popping open somehow while its in my pocket, so i now refuse to get it wet. And the screen responds to wood (apparently, mine doesn't) metal and graphite, metal = coins, which leads to apps opening/closing/doing stuff, widgets dissapearing and most common is my settings icons in notification panel, adding icons deleting icons etc, all in my pocket without me knowing while i work grrrrrrrrrrr
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omersak:
Have had mine for more than 2 months with zero issues. I honestly feel it's the best phone I've ever owned.

Manufactured 14W17.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadusimple:
My Box Say MAY 21 and on backside I can see 14w2, little round sticker on the box. So what week is that? Also are all phones manufactured in 21 weeks defective?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehaman:
Batch no. 14w17 and my only complaint so far is minor gaps in the top right and bottom left of the screen. Too scared to test for waterproof (unable to get warranty)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kmac_thp:
I came from the M8 and my call quality is horrible. I was all in with this phone because I find the screen looks better than the M8 and I love what Sony has done or didn't do with Android. It's simple and looks nice. Camera takes great pics. But. EVERYONE says they can't hear or can't understand me. I think I had the phone for 5 days before actually talking on it. I can hear ok but they can't hear me. The gf said it's the worst she's heard from all my phones. Last night I called my work phone and left myself a long message. Wow it was worse than I expected. Cuts in and out and really does sound bad. I was quite surprised actually. Those of you that say your phone is perfect or have no issues with it have you heard what your call quality sounds like? Try calling another phone and leaving a message.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osbertc0ol:
You should replace your phone asap. There's many defective microphone on the z2.

mine were fine though..
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Ill make sure to put this thing through the ringer to check for every single little defect. I got it from Amazon so I shouldn't have any issues returning it if there are any issues. Also if the phone works well and has no issues ill be buying a warranty on day 13.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kmac_thp:
Mine is really bad it seems. Pretty much can't talk on it with how bad it was.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paullu:
I had M8 and better than z2 that is for sure.call quality is much much better than z2 also z2 very easy get hot if you use out door under sun.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmingli:
Turn off microphone noise suppression under call setting.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
I have had mine for over 2 months now and all I can say is that this phone is a masterpiece (Rev. week16)

Touchscreen is really really accurate and to those having problems with it accepting wood as an input object try turning glove mode off because glove mode on mine makes the touchscreen sensitive to everything including wood.

Camera is exceptional if you want to tweak with the manual settings, can't really say that I have used 4k yet because well its 4k so it's soo freaking unnecessary for me.

My only concern when buying the phone back in late April was that I thought the flaps would wear down in a week or so because coming from the Z1 which had small flaps instead of one big I thought that this was a bad design choice. But here I am 2 months later with the flaps still just as stiff as when I bought the phone.

Call quality has so far been good too as evidenced by people I call and people that call me and besides wouldn't a part of the blame go to your operator which may or not have bad connections in your area? Just a thought though

No gaps on the glass(up and down)

SO if you - Thread creator - has super bad luck then yes you will probably get a bad unit but then again it's a consumer device which may have had bad handling in the factory in which case if you have your warranty at hand then you could just send it back and get a new one - PROBLEM SOLVED :p
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.R™:
Sources? Curious as some people say they can't hear me others don't so was wondering if it might be an intermittent fault
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norti:
Exactly the same here with a week 16 device and I really love it :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
Looks like W16 was a good production week at the factory :P
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopspam:
I have had my Z2 for over a month.

The magnetic charging port fell out. I agree with other comments that it was likely not designed to be used with a cable as it is only secured with a bit of glue. Having said that, I don't think it should have been designed this way considering that this is a "water-proof phone".

At the same time that the port fell out, my phone stopped charging. I tried charging with the usb port but it does not charge.

What is most disappointing is that when I sent my phone in, the service staff said it would take 7 to 10 days to diagnose and repair. 4 days later, they have yet to contact me.

In comparison, I recently sent my Samsung tablet in as it refused to start up and service staff there said it would take only 3 days to diagnose and repair. True to their word, they contacted me 2 days later to collect the repaired tablet.

Sony's service is TERRIBLE! :mad:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seh6183:
Any idea at all when your phone was made? What week?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enekomh:
Mine is W16 and I have issues randomly. For example, I had Wifi issues this morning but after turning wi-fi off and on, it worked perfectly.

I also used to have problems with overheating when recording in 4K up to the point of not being able to record more than 2 minutes and a half but since this morning I make it over 5 minutes.

I'm starting to believe that the phone simple needs a bit of warming up.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
Wifi problem seems pretty random, glad it worked out though

However I just tested out 4K and it went to 9min 35secs which is pretty good for something I will never actually use.