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[HTC Droid DNA] tamlin42:
So, I live in a rural area, and this isn't likely to change for the next year or two. We have a marginal DSL connection, which has problems that ATT is extremely apathetic about solving. So I've come to rely on my DNA on an unlimited plan to tether. We actually have an LTE tower here, which is great! However, as 4g phones have become more prevalent, naturally the quality of my service began to suffer. I believe I'm roughly 2 miles from the nearest tower.

In the beginning, I would get 20 down, 5 up. Way more than I was used to and plenty for streaming Twitch/Netflix and surfing the web. The connection was rock solid and of course great for gaming. Lately, I'm lucky to get 5 down, 2 up. From 8pm to midnight, There are periods that I'll get .5 down. Point 5. One half. 500kbps. 2 bars of 4g. 500kbps. Even right now, at 5pm, I'm buffering frequently on a 2Mbps twitch stream, doing nothing else with the connection.

So I guess I need to end with a question. Is this a tower issue, can it possibly be that congested? Is it the radio on my DNA somehow? I'm running the stock ROM (rooted, s-off, unlocked stock ROM from the forums here.) and latest radio. Is there a radio version that's reputed to perform better? I'm not much of a phone guy when I'm at home, so if there's some way I can arrange it to be more reliable, putting it on a high shelf or something weird or crazy, I'm open-minded. Is there a ROM that'll make it easier? I used to run Viper, but I didn't use all the features so felt like stock was reasonable.

Basically, any suggestions for improving my LTE performance are welcome.
[HTC Droid DNA] Uzephi:
It could be the tower is congested. I know if I go downtown Phoenix area during the day, I cannot get above 250kbps, but uptown areas like Glendale and Peoria, I never go below 10mbps. It is because downtown towers are congested.

If it is the tower like my experience above, no radio flash will help you.
[HTC Droid DNA] tamlin42:
Thanks for the input. That's pretty much what I'd concluded about my location as well, even though we aren't a high population area. It's a one-intersection town in the midwest. I suppose the tower could be located differently from where I believe it is, but that one would be even less populated.
[HTC Droid DNA] sabres032:
What is your 4G coverage like in an urban area as opposed to at home? I'm also s-off, rooted and on stock ROM and live in the country. I'm almost smack in the middle of two towers, one two miles to the east and one a mile and a half to the west. When I'm at home my speeds are 15 down and 2-3 up with one to two bars. When I'm in the city area my speeds are almost 35 down and 15-20 up with full bars. In populated areas Verizon lines to have many towers covering an area so the phone can triangulate between the towers to get the best speed and coverage. Those of us in the country usually have only one tower in town and towns are sitar apart so the phone can't triangulate a signal. Once the line tower becomes congested we have no other towers to fall back on and speeds are effected. Which sounds like the problem you describe.
[HTC Droid DNA] tamlin42:
that makes a lot of sense sabres. I don't get out much so I can't really gauge how things work out of a home situation, unfortunately.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlShannons:
Hey guys, I was curious if there is any method to take a long exposure photo on our Z1. I guess hardware is capable of doing that for sure. Tried to search exposure options in stock camera and Google camera, unfortunately didn't find anything. Is there any mod which would let me take a long exposure photos? Found some apps @ google play, but only one worked and could take photos @ 0.9MP 1280x720 so thats way too low.

Looking forward to answers.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punkt:
as far as i know this is restricted by android system itself, although hardware would be able to handle it
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlShannons:
As I said above, there is one application that is working like it should (setting delay/aperture) but the major problem is that it take only 1280x720 resolution photos, far too small (but still it does the job, photos looked like on my old panasonic). If I could take photos with at least 12MP or 21MP it'd be awesome.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punkt:
i know there apps for this ;)

some time ago i was looking also for this feature and i only can remember that this apps do not take realy long exposure images as you get them out of a dslr or normal digicam. i also read that this is not possible because android os system is not supporting this feature yet. think the problem was/is that you cannot fully control shutter time.

maybe i am wrong, but then there would be a lot of apps with this image mode and i also think sony would support this on their phones too.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tonian1878:
i think those apps that claim to do long exposure are using video instead of photo as a form of long exposure trickery. e.g. taking 10 seconds of video and merging it into 1 single photo. why they are limited to 720p or 1080p.

not a photo expert so i could be wrong
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlShannons:
Anyways I will just wait for new google camera api, this is going to be a one of its features so.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron76426:
Can you please tell mi name of those apps
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlShannons:
It is free app "Light camera".
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron76426:
Thanku?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyal:
The sole reason why they were able to do this is because they are utilizing the viewfinder. Which means they are taking pictures from viewfinder not directly from the camera and also hence the reason why it's only too small. The viewfinder size I think depends on your display hence if you have a 4k screen I think you can get a 8mp shot with this.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hermantje:
I remembered I read a very detailed explanation on why long exposures aren't possible on Android devices without some workaround, so I googled and found the answer. This is what the developers of Camera FV-5 say (an app that features 'long exposure' through viewfinder capture):

I guess we'll have to wait for Google to release an Android version that supports long exposures for all devices, or Sony to provide drivers with an update.

Can't come soon enough I'd say..! :cowboy:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyal:
Cool! Hah! I was right :D I'm not still sure though but I think it's doable to forward the full camera output to viewfinder but I'm not sure how it would work out. Maybe they could hijack the buffer from /dev/video*

Anyways I'm not app developer hence I can't do this.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shem2409:
It is a shame this is not part of all new Android devices. I had a chance to test the 8 sec long exposure on Oppo N1 (review here) and the results where just extraordinary for a smartphone.

Check out the samples from Oppo N1 below (of course tripod was needed for 8s exposures):
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FR∑∑MαNFṙomβlα©kM∑Sα:
Camera sensor on OPPO N1

oppo n1 has a sony sensor????

then hardware is not a problem in long exposure its software only!!!!

BTW in lumia 830 u can have 4 second exposure!!!!

and my Mini pro (non exmor)had a 1/2 second exposure and results were sexy!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Dare{D}evil:
Hi ,

Am running PAC 4.4 ; My AT&T s4 is rooted. Everything was running fine except for the occasional bugs and restarts cause of them. But today suddenly, it just went fro sleep mode to off.When i turn it back on; just vibrates and displays the bootlogo and shuts off again. I will have to remove the battery and put it back in for it to start again

Tried going into download mode but it just shuts off when i make a choice of pressing the volume up to confirm , sometime after going into download mode.

It wont start with the usb connected. Any help is appreciated.Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bluediablito:
Hello all

i am having gps problems.

Can anyone please help me. I am running sac rom and on nc5d.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] geebee1932:
Hello. Can you be more descriptive on what issue you are having? I recommend a program called "GPS Stats" from the playstore. My GPS is not all that accurate when I use it for running or cycling. Aside from that it seems to work well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] kettir:
I dislike the current version and lost my backup. Any help is much appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Sgt.CM:
Did you mean 6.14.1? here is a link:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/uzrwd92de51m6eb/Maps+v6.14.1.apk

I tried it and it appears to be original.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] kettir:
Thanks! You're a lifesaver.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
Tried to do a backup with Titanium Backup Pro today and got a message that the External SD could not be accessed. Couldn't access it with Root Explorer either. Took the card out and connected to PC, could read/write to card and all my data was there. Put card back into phone and used the file manager in TWRP Recovery. Again no luck. Tried "Mount" in TWRP but when I tap "ExtSD" it won't put in a checkmark and it can't be selected. I have no idea what to try next. I'm rooted on 4.1.2. Stock, TWRP recovery. Any ideas on how to fix will be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
Shut down your phone and take your card out and insert it to your pc. Transfer all your files to your pc and then format the sd card. After that transfer your items back to your sd card and put back into your phone. Boot it up and you should be good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Have you recently updated to a new sd card?

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
The phone can't see the card so I can't format it with the phone. If I format it with the PC which format should I use. Fat32, NTFS ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
Card has been in phone for about 18 months.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Fat32

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
Yep, Fat32. Thanks [MENTION=4635005]ShapesBlue[/MENTION]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Not a problem. Just trying to help out where I can. :thumbup:

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
Did as you suggested and it worked, Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
Thank you. Done and ExtSD is accessable
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Your quite welcome. I had the same issue when I got a 64gb SD card and had to format it for my phone to recognize it

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denyboy:
I do understand the basic concepts of encrypting.

My guess is that encryption is done for /data and /sdcard and perhaps some other data.

When i encrypt my phone. And im using G3 custom rom on G2. Will i be able to flash zip file from internal memory. Directry or via adb.

So basically has anyone done this?? Any explanations or suggestions????
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsgeek:
Did you ever get anywhere with this? I really want to get the G3 UI, but I have forced encryption policy applied for use of corp email. I have yet to get encryption to run after loading a custom ROM, nor have I been able to get a custom ROM to install on an already encrypted phone.
[XDA Assist] ghost.87:
need factory image/stock rom for my bricked vonino q8

as i read xolo tab qc800 is the indian version of that so i think also the xolo stock rom could help

please help

thanks
[XDA Assist] :
Hi there!!

I'd be very careful flashing something not specifically for your device, it could be very bad. ;)

We have no info on your device on XDA. I'd contract the manufacturer for firmware. And you can ask if anyone knows about it here....

>*Android Development and Hacking*>*Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] sub078:
Like Object...

How I can play java game on imate JAM? I don't remember the software to be used for... help me please!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] shoonari:
install one of the java machines.

sorry,dont remember a links,i'll write some of them tomorrow :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kikato:
There's a lot of disparate information on how to do this so wanted to share what worked for me.

Heimdall was way better than Odin in recognizing and flashing ROM's. You need to watch a tutorial on youtube on how to use Heimdall manually in case you can't find a ROM in the right format (compressed as "tar.gz").

I used a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM, which was packaged for Odin. Had to decompress the files and set them up manually in Heimdall for flashing.

Once Infuse 4G was running with root I downloaded/installed ROM Manager from Google Play and transfered the Carbon KitKat ROM 4.4.4 (2014-07-06) and GAPPS 4.4.2 (2014-06-06) ".zip" files to the root folder via USB cable from PC (phone connected as USB Mass Storage).

In ROM Manager you can select the ROM you want to install when the phone reboots. At some point I was able to also install GAPPS before finally booting to Carbon KitKat.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
so how were you able to flash carbon and the gapps? why did you use 4.2 gapps with a 4.4.4 rom????
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kikato:
Used ROM Manager from Google Play to install latest versions of KitKat (2014-07-06) and GAPPS (2014-06-06) from Carbon website. ROM Manager can also install Clockworkmod Recovery.

Files for download at the website have no version numbers, but the phone showed upgrades for 4 of the Google applications.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
okay so you used rom manager to install CWM recovery.....and you selected to flash carbon via rom manager which then took you to the recovery then somehow you were able to flash the gapps.........but how was it able to directly flash on GB CWM version did you have to flash carbon rom twice in order to get the updated CWM version then flash carbon again to get the rom then flash the gapps then wipe cache and dalvik cache?

also you made a "root folder" in your sdcard?

PS. did you use heimdall one click or the more complicated version?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kikato:
I can't say if the Carbon ROM was flashed twice, but it seems the phone rebooted more than once during the whole process (from rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 to KitKat 4.4.4).

ROM Manager only requires to save ROM .zip file(s) in your phone SD card, read somewhere to use root folder or topmost location in SD card (not a folder named "root"), but you can use Recovery to select the location of the .zip file to install.

ROM Manager boots into Recovery to install .zip files, whether is Carbon ROM or GAPPS.

After the Carbon ROM was installed (and maybe a reboot), before booting into KitKat, I was in CWM Recovery and used the menu to install GAPPS.

Recovery has a "wipe data/factory reset" menu option.

Used Heimdall 1.4.0 to manually flash a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM that was packaged for Odin, but there are other ways to root the phone.

It can take a while for KitKat to install so give it some time.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] SirAndroid:
I thought you had to go to ICS before KitKat. Can you really go straight from GB to KK?

Also when I downloaded "Rom Manager" and tried to install CWM it did not list the Infuse as being supported for installing the CWM Recovery saying I had to find and install one manually.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] OfficerJimLahey:
Apparently can be done as long as you disable lagfix.

CWM for the i9000 is supposed to be a valid substitute. I don't use the AT&T version of the Infuse (mine is Rogers), so it didn't work for me at first - still had to flash with ODIN.

Interestingly, as I remember after flashing with ODIN and rebooting into recovery, it was Blue CWM, not Red (which Red is what you usually get by flashing only the ODIN/Heimdall images).
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kikato:
I didn't have to install any other version before flashing KitKat, only had to root the phone. I rooted by flashing a "rooted" GB 2.3.6 ROM, but there are other ways to root the phone.

When I tried to install CWM Recovery with ROM Manager I got an error so I went ahead and flashed with whatever recovery the phone had.

Is possible the rooted GB 2.3.6 ROM had CWM Recovery already, or ROM Manager was able to install CWM Recovery after all (phone rebooted more than once, I kept trying until it worked :D).

Read you must use "Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III" in ROM Manager since they have similar partitions.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kikato:
ROM Manager no longer has the i9300 Galaxy S III option, but you only need to create a Recovery shortcut in Apex launcher and flash from a Carbon ROM .zip file (KK v4.4.4 nightly for Infuse 4G, dirty flashing with no wipes).

The Carbon ROM includes a Carbon Delta, which doesn't update nightlies (it always says "system is up to date").

Have not seen other KitKat kernels or TWRP touch for the Infuse 4G, currently using CWM Recovery 6.0.5.0.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrebecca_kelly1993x:
Hi,

I have compiled a note 3 kernel and packaged up a boot.img. I would like to flash via CWM Recovery with a zip file. How do I take the boot.img that was generated and place it within a zip for flashing? Is there some signing that needs to take place? I've noticed a META-INF directory in some kernel binaries that I've downloaded and checked.

Thanks for any help!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrebecca_kelly1993x:
solved

I'm not quite sure yet on how to zip the newly packaged boot.img into a zip for flashing with CWM, but I did figure out how to flash regardless. CWM simply does this too.

adb push boot_repacked.img /sdcard/

adb shell su -c "dd if=/sdcard/boot_repacked.img of=/dev/block/platform/dw_mmc.0/by-name/BOOT"
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
Here's my problem:(. My wonder's battery runs out in 1 hour and 30 minutes in WITHOUT USAGE!!!!!!! I'm using cm11 (4.4.4) and Hurtsky's kernel. Please help me. I can change rom but want cm11 theme chooser so....

Thank You:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MayB4ck:
Try changing roms, kernels, undervolt your CPU a bit. Check your battery if its damaged or bloated. Replace ASAP. I had that issue until i got my new battery
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
Actually i used almost every rom in xda. Btw my battery is new:banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
İ just noticed that my battery stayed at 1% for 5 hours. İn the morning it was vibrating and i couldnt stop it so rebooted it. And by battery life bevame 74%. Maybe its the battery monitor which is buggy. Hiw can i solve it.(i calibrated the battery)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MayB4ck:
Change your kernel. If you use kitkat 4.4.4 use k^kernel. My battery life is awesome ( taking about 46 hrs to drop to 10% from full charge and also i play games on my phone . A LOT ) Man, i love my Wonder
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
Thx for advice.:) Downloading...
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
I tried k^ but wifi didnt turn on:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MayB4ck:
Works just fine for me :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
But with dark cm11 battery life increased a bit and I'm still at hurtsky's 2.4.:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
Interesting isn't it:banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] denizsen97:
I think it's solved:D I installed Arco's cm11 and calibrated the battery and installed an app named battery saver trial. Everything is normally working now:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] TiTAN-O-One:
Yea abt tht, im also using Dark CM with K^Kernel (408MB OCUV) and my battery -1% in just abt 5 mins. Even as im typing, the battery did went down from 45% -> 43%. Fix?

Sent from my resurrected GT-i8150
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MayB4ck:
Sounds like my battery is pretty awesome in those situations XD. I don't know, but i only have one issue that doesn't really concern me. I have the Play Services battery drain thingy. But when i play big games, like real racing 3 or whatever big game i have on my phone. My battery gets like -3 percent in 20 minutes. Check your battery, I would say. Try calibrating. If your battery is old. Consider a replacement. I got 2 original batteris in my country for 5 EUR
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Harakhti:
Lucky you, I got one for 15... :p
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] TiTAN-O-One:
Well, i got frustrated and switched to CM9 EOL. Now it is SLIGHTLY better, but still drains quick, how do you calibrate batteries anyways? Im using CWM 6.0.4.9 and theres no wipe battery stats option.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Samir96:
are your wonder screen is rev 3? coz mine was rev 3 and a saw a comment bfore(i dont rmember where) that rev 3 is quick draining battery.

Sorry for my bad english. i will try to improve it day by day
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] qjai:
Anyone know if there's any sgs5 Roms for 1337m? Don't seem to see any. Preferably unthemed. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lakland:
Www.mrmad.de
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] qjai:
Hmm why isn't this on XDA?

Any English sites? Lol. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Lakland:
Use google translate. I used the rom and it was cool. But I returned to stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SelfElevated2:
Just a FYI, you can use any rom for any of the S4 variants except i9500.

There is a really good rom that's basically a full s5 port with all the features working in the i9505 android development section called Phoenix rom. It's made by the guy that actually ported the s5 features to the s4

~Sent From My Insane S4~

---------- Post added at 10:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349584

~Sent From My Insane S4~
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] i31us:
interesting....worth a try..
[XDA Assist] taburetloic:
hello, my player (YP-GI1cw/xeg boot on samsung logo with the yello warning pannel and do nothing else. I have access to the download mode and i ever try to flash with odin all the purposed solutions i can find in the xda site and all are failed !!! :(

i only pass in cwm and after i try and other .pit file i can't flash cwm one more time. Actually i have the download mode with this file: (YP-G1Intl.pit) and nothing else work with odin.

Need some help please. :(

and sorry, i don't speak and write english very well :o
[XDA Assist] :
Hi there!

This thread has everything for all Galaxy player S's.....be sure you use files for your model.

>*Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0*>*Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0 Android Development*>*The Samsung Galaxy Players/S Wifi (All Variants) All-In-One Thread [25.06.2014]

---------- Post added at 07:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:09 PM ----------

If none of that helps, you will need to ask for help here....

>*Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0*>*Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0 Q&A

Good luck!! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] castiman:
Hi guys,

I have a problem with my S2 (i9100)...I don't understand how it's possibile, but my phone suddenly it has fallen in bootloop, after unaffected reboot. (I wasn't using it).

So I have tried the instructions at bootloop in this thread http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/kernel-t2291756

After the wipe of dalvik cache and cache I wasn't able to enter into recovery mode but only in download mode and thus I have tried to flash philz kernel but ODIN failed the flash :(

And now in ODIN i can't flash anymore but it's stuck in "NAND write start".

Please can someone help me? Thanks!

My Device: GT-i9100

ROM: WizzedKAT v. 3.3

KERNEL: Apolo 4.14 Regular