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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
Hi all, I should take a xperia z but without the box and receipt. Does anyone know any way to test it via imei?

Like for example for the iphone are the imei check, but I do not find for this xperia z.

I do drop a sheet of declaration of sale indicating the price. But to avoid problems and much prefer first check it before.

Sorry for my english, i search an imei check for this phone.

thanks to all.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MinedSafe:
Check with ur mobile operators if imei isn't blocked. Or buy from a trusted source!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
does not have a mobile brand.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
To check the imei number go to dialer and put *#06# and you will see your imei number!

Xperia™ Z (C6602) with tapatalk
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zviki:
And phone will tell him if IMEI is blocked (stolen phone)? [emoji19]
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
ok, i have the imei.

Is an used phone, i want imei check online to be sure.

If is stolen or reported the imei is blocked ? always?

Sorry for my english.

all sites/imei checks i have this result: Very likely

not stolen phone and no blocked imei. his use this phone with his sim-card.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anagramgenius:
http://www.imei.info/
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
I have to pay to see if it is blacklisted. Really work or only lost money?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anagramgenius:
I haven't tried. But check their FB page.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ichinose:
I think this site is better

http://swappa.com/esn

But, you can't see if the phone was stolen, but only if the phone was blocked o is "free"
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
Results:

swappa:

-ESN is not blacklisted.

-ESN is does not appear to be blacklisted suggesting it should be activation ready.

International numberig plans:

-IMEI Validity Assessment: Very likely

Tanks all
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
ho usato imei check a pagamento.

Quanto e sicuro secondo voi? E sicuro almeno 90%?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Please post in English.

Forum rules.

To answer your question, Swappa is a reputable site (XDA promote their service), so it was safe to make a payment to them.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
I used to check imei payment.

How safe do you think? And sure at least 90%?

I used all the ones I've found free (12-15 imei checks and swappa) . I also used "imei.info" paid. in all imei check the phone is ok ,but how can I trust these check ?

((Ho usato un check imei a pagamento

Quanto ci si può fidare? e sicuro almeno al 90% ?

Ho usato tutti quelli gratis che ho trovato (12-15 imei checks compreso swappa). Ho anche usato "imei.info" a pagamento. In tutti gli imei check il telefono risulta ok. ma quanto ci si puo fidare di questi imei check? ))

I've included the text wrapped in Italian because google translator does not translate well.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ichinose:
99%of sites that check the imei are good.if you want, you can call Sony

Il 99% dei siti che controllano l imei sono buoni.se vuoi puoi chiamare la Sony

Inviato dal mio iPaddazzo con un ruttazzo
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeisenbergBB:
I called sony service as recommended. The phone is free and clean.

((Ho chiamato il servizio sony come consigliato. Il telefono risulta libero e pulito.))
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeyMass:
You should always IMEI Check a refurbished phone before you buy it. There are some free IMEI Checkers but the few that provide accurate results will only tell you if a handset is lost or stolen.

I suggest a Full IMEI Check in order to reveal SIM Lock, Blacklist, Contract, Warranty status, cell phone's specs & more.

I hope, I've helped. Take care.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinglazy:
Im currently using the CloudyG3 1.1 and it doesnt have the TV app.

It would be great if someone could provide a working app for it.

Ive tried to extract the DMB apk and install it, but it wouldnt install.

I've also tried to copy the apk to system/app without success
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xharoonx:
when it's Gonna be 4.4.4 and 4.4.3 OTA? FOR non Google play edition.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatindroid:
Don't open new thread for update[COLOR/] it's available here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305490
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xharoonx:
thanku yatin
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed blue:
http://www.androidpit.com/android-4-4-4-what-htc-smartphones-are-getting-it-and-when
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
like [MENTION=2044310]yatindroid[/MENTION] said, there is already an official thread in the general section to discuss about updates so stop posting here and please let that thread die or be closed by a mod.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305490
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kusie:
Hi all,

currently running rooted Stock ROM 4.4.4. and while the video quality os OK I´m very dissatisfied with the sound quality when recording videos. Tried using the (new) google Camera app from playtore which is my standard app and also tried using the free OpenCamera app.

The sound is extremely muffled and it seems like noise reduction or internal audio processing is the culpit.

Is there any chance to get rid of the noise cancelling when recording videos?

I know it must be possible because for example the Hi-Q MP3 audio recording app I use allows me to choose the audio input (raw audio, main mic) and I get much better sound quality using the raw audio unprocessed sound input vs. main mic which seems to be amplified.

Any hints on this guys?

Thanks a bunch,

Kusie
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Did you try and search? Few threads about this.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kusie:
Seems my first search was not good enough, did a new search with different search words and found two threads.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
There's also quite a lengthy thread called something like "Microphone issues" that also covers this issue.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bardochu:
Hello everyone! My father has a F400S and flash a custom rom today. But reboot to recovery fail, after that it's unable to starting up anymore.

So I go to download the flashtool and those stuff (G3 F400S DLL & TOT), than flash it in download mode. However, the model already is defined by 400K, So I search and follow those threads on the forum, and flash the 400K DLL & TOT first then reflash the 400S DLL & TOT again, it can defined by 400S this time. But there is another question, it stuck on the screen show "PRIMARYGPT" text with the v10E TOT file. Please can anybody help:confused::(

Thanks a lot!

[IMG="LG G3 F400S DOWNLOAD MODE PROBLEM"]http://www.fotopu.com/img/1/625628-3.png[/IMG]

[IMG="F400S"]http://www.fotopu.com/img/1/625633-3.png[/IMG]
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OZJeff:
You have an F400S but the LG Tool says it's a F400K which lets you flash a F400K to factory but want to flash to F400S?

I had an issue with my F400K thought it was a F400L after loading one of the custom roms, I had to use a modded F400K .dll to get the flashtool to work, then flash again with the original F400K .dll just to make sure.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bardochu:
Hello! Jeff ! see you again! don't remember me? :D I have ask you a question in your post yesterday. Many thanks! I have slove the problem again!

By using another computer and flash it, than it come through!:good:
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kroukes2000:
I have the same problem my Verizon VS985 is reorganized like a D855 How can I restore it to stock
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Webster200x:
To OP how did you fixed it because i have the same problem only on a D855.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheikoooo:
have the same problem on a D855.
[General Questions and Answers] jobsp90:
Can anyone give me suggestions on smartphones which has got great performance and price in the range 10k to 18k available in the indian market?
[General Questions and Answers] ShmilyGone:
OK

U can try Asus zenphone 5.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sampeng6623:
Hi all,

I am new to android development but I have some issue regarding my China's Tablet (Aigopad M80e).

I have rooted the tablet by searching around internet and after i root, I found that I could not install any application.

I found my Storage become 0.0kb so that i couldn't even able to do anything even I uninstall the existing apps, the storage is still the same.

Some internet guide said about xbin or download root File explorer to delete particular file but I couldn't able to install it at all.

Any way to delete whole ROMs? or any other solution? It's really had me so much.

Appreciate so much.

Thanks.
[XDA Assist] sinarkk:
I want to know how activate auto focus function for Micromax A74 as there is no Auto focus function available in the phone. And i would like to know a better ROM the same phone.

Please help

Sinar
[XDA Assist] Sib64:
Hi,

I suggest you these links:

-

[18-Sept-13] Micromax A74 Canvas FUN: Discussions & All Things Thread

-

[MICROMAX A74] All Things & Development

and finally if you use by "search all forums" and type "micromax 74 roms" and you will find a lot of answers.

Good luck ;)
[XDA Assist] sinarkk:
I have already gone through those links earlier but not found a solution for autofocus , as this phone comes with no autofocus. Thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
I just sold my htc m8 and got the htc m8 dual sim

Firstly I must say the implementation of dual sim has been excellent, much better than any dual sim fones I saw before, However the battery life when compared to my previous m8 has been really bad. I am using all the same applications and every setting is the same since I just transferred everything.

My m8 used to last about a day and a half with 4g, gps and average use, in contrast the dual sim lasts only about 14hrs of similar use.

My question is that- is the battery life less due to it being a dual sim or there is some issue with my fone as the battery capacity, processor, ram and everything else reflects the htc m8, I will try to upload the battery stat pics later.

Any help, explanation or opinion is welcome.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheKingKong:
Hi,

Dual Sim phones does use more battery.

Can you please share if like most other dual sim phones, it is 3g on Sim 1 and 2g on Sim 2?

Some online specs are saying its 4g on Sim 1 and 3g on Sim 2.

If it is the latter, it will definitely draw quite abit of juice
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
No it's 4g for SIM 1 and 2g for SIM 2 I had to change my SIM from the tray since my 4g subscribed SIM was in SIM 2
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
View attachment 2839871View attachment 2839871
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
Lost almost half the battery in 6hrs
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbouza1:
thats not terrible theres a lot of little tweaks you can do. turn off nfc, change advance wifi settings, lower brightness, greenify some apps, just google the topic and youll find ways.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
Any news regarding some suitable for M8 DS custom recovery?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
K turned off nfc, WiFi battery saver on, and reinstalled Facebook since I wasn't using Facebook today and it ate 16% of the battery in the background. Let's see if there has been an improvement. And no jauhien I couldn't find anything for m8 dual SIM custom rec. I don't think this is a very popular model for the time being at least.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokaf:
where you bought it?

Price?

Country?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
I bought the fone from Dubai it's scarcely available there but I found one retailer for $770 the single SIM is easily found for $650
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
rbouza1 thnx for the advice I also let my fone run out of battery before charging for calibration of battery, the consumption is much better 3 hrs only 10% View attachment 2841535
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lexo1972:
Hello there guys!

Anybody of you lucky people that own this fantastic phone can tell us if the dual sim management is dual stand-by or full active?

If it's the second one, the higher battery drain is for sure! By the way if it's a dual stand by the battery consumption should be the same as the M8 single sim...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
Lexo it's full active and geokaf I just downloaded cpu-z on my phone it shows my fone region as HTC m8 dual SIM Europe so I guess it's a European model and available there
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yiwsg:
It's the wake locks who kills your battery during idle.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
I think the wake does reduce some battery but I am trying to achieve the same battery life as my single SIM m8 without making many sacrifices. (Which had the same option enabled.)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
It is DUAL STANDBY ;)

It is not DUAL ACTIVE..

Screenshot of CID Getter application please - no need in your guessing..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrenalize_:
Hmm, that's a shame they've gone back to dual standby, however I'm not sure I've really made use of it on my M7 dual SIM anyway!

Can anyone confirm which LTE bands the M8 dual SIM supports. I've not seen a spec sheet - does it give them on the back of the box?

It should also be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland very soon but I've read a lot of articles saying that it only does 1800MHz and 2600MHz LTE - however probably about half the mobile operators in Europe use the 800MHz LTE band. I think Mobily in Saudi use 2600MHz for LTE - would be really good the know the real answer!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doublehp:
In theory, HTC is the best person to ask: http://www.htc.com/us/contact/email/

In practice, when i ask them similar questions, they some times phone call me to tell me ... we are sorry, we don't know.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
It is not written on the box.. you can figure it out from CID of device..

If you go for EMEA modification - you'll get

LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600

And why they have gone to Dual Standby is simply they want to sell on European market.. moreover to keep the same shape as Single SIM M8.. ;)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doublehp:
I am on the phone with HTC; I asked them about "LTE bands for M8 Dual sim" ... they said first ... "800 & 2600"; then, reading http://www.mpdigest.com/issue/Articles/2011/apr/skyworks/Default.asp , I explain them ... there are 6 sub-bands in 800, and 3 in 2600 ... and ... a few MINUTES later, he says "bands 3, 7 & 20".

These bands numbers should be given directly on ALL documentations for the phone. It's a shame they are not listed directly in the basic phone description. Really, they spend so much money on telling you the exact resolution of screen, and camera; who cares having 1 more pixel than other products ? But, when it comes to know about network bands ... takes days to find the info. It's a shame.

Could not ask about standby, because I did not understand what you talk about.

And, just after asking this, the very first answer the guy gave me was "hmmm ... difficult question, this phone is not sold in France ...". Hell, the fact I call from France, and ask a question about a phone not sold in the country ... makes it a complicated question for manufacturer ???

This bands question is critical and relevant. Because, knowing bands is critical to know if phone will work at a particular location. It's relevant because it illustrates that HTC does not want to help you to determine if this specific model will fit your needs. They just sell you shine and gloss; they don't even tell you "it will fullfill your needs".

=> HTC hardware is better than average, but the software, and support (and hotline) make those phones ... not easier to use than any other brand.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dogmatick:
So let me get this right

M7 is dual Active (which I have)

M8 is dual Standby

What happens then when you're connected to data on the 4G, will it receive calls on the second 2G sim ?

Can you turn the 4G side down to 3G to save battery when needed ?

Seems really silly though to have taken such a back pedal on the Dual model, especially as the M7 was so well received. Can anybody suggest reasons that make it worth upgrading from the M7

Secondly the E8 Dual Sim, is it the same spec as the M8 one ? (Assumption is the mother of various things)

Ta muchly
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrenalize_:
The real benefit to upgrading is the LTE. The E8 is very similar but the dual SIM is only released in China so far. It only has FDD LTE ON 1800 and 2600 a lot of European operators use 800 for LTE so you need to be careful. Some say M8 in Saudi does 800 LTE, but reports on German websites say M8 does not! I can't comment on the dual standby as I haven't got my hands on either yet.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
Yes, you will ALWAYS receive the calls on either SIM..

Moreover the internet session will remain active if you receive call on SIM 1 - however the internet session will be interrupted when you receive call on SIM 2.. ;)

In order to cope with "dual standby" feature of M8 DS, you may want to forward calls from SIM 2 to SIM 1 - when out-of-coverage.. If the calls on SIM 2 important and they must be answered - not returned..

There's a huge difference between M8 DS and M7 DS..

Some of them are:

DDR 3 of RAM against DDR 2 in M7, great BoomSound with the best audio amplifiers instead poor Beats in M7, extreme power saving mode, 2600mAh battery, standard charging current is 1.5A.. ;)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doublehp:
I have M8. Sound quality is good, but not that powerfull. When using speaker mode in car, it's not ... "amasing".

It does not charge at 1.5A. It takes up tu 1.5A on the USB plug. The charging current to the battery is limited by many factors:

- max current delivered to charger is, current taken from USB (1.5A in best case), minus current used by system (between 100 and 800mA).

- battery itself has a max charge current which is model specific; the more current you want to batt to accept, the bigger the batt will be (physical volume)

- at many points of the charge curve, the current can not be the max one. At some key voltages, the charger will limite the current to specific values

- charging current for a batt must be stable, so if usb can give 1.5A, and since the system uses usually between 200 and 600mA, charger is unlikely to send more than 900mA to battery.

=> full charge should not take less than 2h30. But this is controlled by software, so, it's ROM dependant. For example, a good recovery ROM should make a difference when phone is on, and off. If phone is fully off, then, sending 1.5A to the batt is acceptable, if the batt is designed for that.

So, compared to other phone, yes, it does recharge a bit faster; but, there is an other key point for me: if your charger is at least 1A, and you intensively use your phone (full CPU, full GPU, 4G + data + wifi AP), then, phone will still be able to charge the batt.

2600mAh is not that much. Really.

RAM: yes, the M8 is amasingly fast to use. Really amasing. CPU is fast, RAM is fast, and internal memory is fast. Some particulat things that used to take between 30s and 50s on HTC SEnsation, now take ... 0.5 to 2s. Some things that are CPU and storage demanding are now 10 times faster.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
OMG.. ;)

Here you go:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
Missing Manual .. https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpopnb36bgywsvx/HTC One (M8) dual sim_User Guide_WWE.pdf
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingcedz:
I have this phone this week too, imported from Saudi Arabia (I think) but the model is marked for suitable to be used in many countries including Europe. Presumably the ones on sale in Germany, Swiss & Austria are the exactly the same.

I had HTC M7 Dual Sim before this. despite that M7 Dual Sim is Dual Active, I prefer the M8 becuase of the performance upgrade as well as the LTE capability, which is an understandable trade off as there isnt a chip out there support dual active LTE yet. I have been a great fan of how HTC implements the dual sim on their flagship over the years, they are the only company that really knows how to do it properly.

speaking of LTE, the only downside is it supports Band 3 & 7 on FDD-LTE. I guess that's the compromise they have to make to have frequency freed up for 2nd SIM.

The battery life shouldnt suffer too much. at least it has been overall ok on mine. The advantage of Dual Sim Dual Standby over Dual Active, is that Dual Standby doesnt require simultaneously active dual radio, which consume less power over regular use. I almost never accept 2 phone calls on the 2 lines at the same time, so Dual Standby is perfectly adequate for me.

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 AM ----------

for me M7 was getting too slow, the memory, CPU GPU all had significant step up between M7 and M8. Also, after the Sense 6.0 OTA M7 has reached it's end of line in terms of OTA update. the Android L upgrade will not include M7 Dual Sim but M8 will be as they already released the roadmap.

that's why i upgraded.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
What's dual active and passive I didn't understand that bit.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
1. Passive - does not exist..

2. Active - whilst talking on one SIM, you're able to receive an incoming calls on the second SIM..

3. Dual Standby (HTC M8 DS) - whilst talking on one SIM, you're out-of-coverage on the second SIM..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syd91:
Oh Thanks lol. I don't really see the advantage of active so the m8 dual SIM is good enough for me.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackPit666:
how can you change it the M8 DUAL that it works with all bands?! :confused:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jauhien:
By the way the Sunshine S-OFF works fine for M8_DUGL..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tito kastros:
Do you know if it´s possible to convert dual sim m8 to google play edition? With dual sim working of course.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrenalize_:
I doubt it - HTC never did a GPE version for the M7 dual SIM, and the few custom roms usually had sense on them.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheKingKong:
Hi!

Can you, or anyone, confirm that

1) the SIM 2 is 2G only, and not 3G.

2) what the bands for 3G on SIM 1 (in case the places I'm traveling to do not support LTE on band 3 and 7, 1800 and 2600, and I need to fall back on hspa)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhd.abdulla:
HTC M8 Dual sim high battery drain

I bought the dual sim unit yesterday. The batt life is terrible. I dont know what to do. I paid around 800 USD here in Saudi Arabia. I have switched of one SIM and trying to check how it performs.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lge73:
Mine has a great battery life, better then One M7 dual sim (it s normal because M8DS is dual standby).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebighunt:
Hi

I've my voice and sms simcard in the slot 2, my data in the slot 1.

If I use hangout as the sms client, then, when I send an sms, it uses the sim 1 and not sim 2.

Do you know how to do it?

Thanks

Pascal
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrenalize_:
Hmm, I guess hangouts is not dual SIM aware (I don't know of a non-builtin app that is!) and so uses the system calls to send an SMS which go to SIM 1 (i.e the same as a single SIM phone). So I don't think its possible unfortunately.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abs0lut3z33r0:
In which countries has the dual sim m8 been launched?