yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czrtst:
Without sunglasses it´s absolutely readable in direct sunlight.

But if the phone is getting too hot the display will be dimmed (like mostly other phones do) and then it´s really hard to read anything. ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martan1981:
My brightness is on auto. I think the different opinions are here because of different perspective of direct sunlight. What I mean by it, it's direct sunlight during a really hot day in my country, which could be different.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ra9na:
Last Saturday was a very sunny and hot day here in Germany and I had absolutely no problems to read the display. Heck I could even see very good colours on the display which was very hard with my last phone (HTC HD2).

But if you look around, reviews of the phone are telling the same story. It is one of the brightest displays on the market (the JDI one). If you can't read the display of a Z1C, you won't have a chance to read ANY display =) !
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlanJC:
Without any screen protectors it's quite good even under direct sunlight. With a thin plastic film style screen protector, then it's a little darker but still readable. With a glass protector then it's borderline useless unless you angle it away from the sun or cover it.

It's all about the light refraction and adding additional reflective layers. The thicker the screen protector, the worse it gets.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonwon:
Thank you everyone for the replies. Now I know how many nits I need in a phone display, 500 or more. When I move to Europe if there are no better phones this will be the one I'll buy.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iruwen:
There's no difference in readability with an Orzly glass on. Vice versa, there was no noticeable increase in readability after removing the stock film protector.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlackEm:
Just use the auto brightness so it will automatically adjust the brightness of your screen if it detects high amount of sunlight so you wont crap out.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notwigga:
auto brightness works great for me too, and i too have no problems with direct sunlight :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] juntjoo:
Anyone know why that might be other than buyer misreading a number? What is the first thing I should investigate here? Thanks

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] juntjoo:
I just realized that I don't have imei number and that they could swap my good one out for a bad one and send it back to me no? Is that a scam people do or is that a silly idea? Shouldn't T-Mobile be able to provide it to me even with it being on an old phone?

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] elesbb:
How did you sell it? Like through swappa, ebay, craigslist? Did you include the original box with it? Compare the ESN/IMEI with what's on the box. As well as compare it to whats underneath the battery. He could swap it with another phone that isn't the one you gave them. But its pretty easy to tell. I really don't know the full situation so i can't give you a very thought out opinion about the scenario.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] fffft:
I can't imagine not making a note of the IMEI before selling a phone. But anyway, do you have a backup from the phone? A good backup will contain the serial number and IMEI. Otherwise the original receipt. Or ask your carrier to check their records.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] juntjoo:
Buyer hasn't got back to me. Hopefully they've figured it out.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] IcOpRo:
I sold my TMO S5 that I had unlocked and I was using on ATT to someone on Swappa, they guy never closed the sale and after having the device for over a month he sends me a message over swappa stating that the device was reported stolen, and now he doesn't have signal. I talked to the person I bought it from (A store around here) and he was like I sold you that new it cant be reported stolen, long story short today I received the S5 back after I had to refund the guy his 510.00 and the store I bought it from is waiting for the phone and he said if he has to replace it he will do what ever he can to work with me.,

I think its bull and I honestly believe that the guy who bought it for me just put insurance via TMO and then reported it lost or stolen and now he got back his 510.00 and he only had to pay a deductible to get a S5. Seem like a great deal for him. No matter how much I tried to contact the guy asking him to close the sale he never ever replied.

Sorry about the post was kinda venting out a little.

Hope you can solve your issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] hutson23:
Why did you refund his money if he never closed out the sale within a month?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] elesbb:
Last i remember, you can't put insurance on a phone that T-Mobile did not sell the person directly. You would have to buy from T-Mobile in order to get insurance added to the device.

If you got the device back, why not test it? Also, go to T-Mobile and show them the sale on Swappa. Personally, i think the guy you got the phone from is the one who reported it stolen. Hell, they themselves could have actually stolen it from the store.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domoarigato:
Hello xda!

Just picked up an lg g3. Shot some slow mo video, but cant seem to get it to upload in slow mo. The quality is also jaggedy on my end.

Did a quick google search and couldn't find anything. The only way to get slow mo to play is in the default gallery app.

I know with samsung and apple they have default editors, but it seems like lg dropped the ball on this one... Unless im missing something? I would like to avoid having to upload to a third party video editor.

Thanks for any advice!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domoarigato:
bump
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domoarigato:
seems like a dead subject.

buncha of people posting similar questions, but no solution.

did LG drop the ball on this part of the phone?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suljo94:
slowmo video is normal video that is recorded at a higher frame rate and then slowed down you can't upload it because most sites have max frame rate count or they just play it in normal speed. the quality is because some apps use data compression to not overload there servers unfortunately that breaks quality

as far as I know all oems make slowmo videos like this
[Moto X Q&A] DBThanatos:
Hello Moto X part of XDA.

While I have a low post count, I'm a big lurker in XDA and not completely new to all this... well. I am new to this phone.

I just received my moto X second hand, and I have a couple questions. I have read The complete Moto X guide and Im still not clear in a couple things

My device is already bootloader unlocked, but not rooted yet. I have android 4.4.3, I thought of rooting so and flashing a new ROM.

So here are my questions:

1. I can see the list of features of the ROMs, but I do wonder if they keep the original moto X functionalities (the active display, the dedicated cores/activities)? Or is it not mentioned because is common knowledge that by using a custom ROM all those things are gone?

2. Can I somehow edit the navigation bar? I come from samsung phones (yeah... I know) and I got used to having the buttons from left to right as "menu", "home", "back". I know this can be done in some ROMs (i had my moto G that way) but I was wondering if there's any way of doing it in the stock firmware?

3. Does the write protection on the root folders only apply to Bootloader locked devices? Since mine is unlocked, once rooted, I wont have a problem to write the root folders?

Sorry for the noobish questions, but I find surprising how different the moto G is to the moto X regarding the developnment.
[Moto X Q&A] Verttex:
1. Some ROMs based on other devices might not have Active Display. Some ROMs do. Check out the Moto X Android Development subforum and read the threads there. I also know that some ROMs use a AOSP active display replacement.

2. Most ROMs allow you to edit the navigation bar but you can also do this with Xposed.

3. Yes.

Let us know if you have any more questions ^_^
[Moto X Q&A] DBThanatos:
Thanks a lot for the quick response. I think I'll stay with the stock firmware for now, while I get used to the phone, but I will root it and try with xposed. The main reasons I want another rom was precisely because of the navbar and tweaking the looks of the thing, but if xposed will allow me that, i see no reason to have a whole new ROM just for that.

Once again, thanks a lot for the quick response!
[Moto X Q&A] Verttex:
You should be able to just install a custom recovery and flash SuperSU and then install Xposed. Not as simple for us locked devices :P

Happy rooting!
[Moto X Q&A] MikeNaples:
Then you should install CyanogenMod and Gravitybox. You will have the best stock rom with constant nightly updates and the ability to do all the customization (Gravitybox) you need.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Huh? :confused: CyanogenMod isn't stock....OR stock-based.

This means no Active Display or Touchless Controls.

Additionally, there are still some known bugs.

And finally, although nightlies will continue, this project is no longer being maintained for the Moto X because dhacker quit the project.
[Moto X Q&A] MikeNaples:
I disagree!
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
You may disagree... Its your right. ;)

But the post above yours is 100% accurate. ?
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
To which part? Anyone who knows anything knows that CM is not stock based! Its based on source code from github as stated in the OP of that ROM here: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-11-moto-x-t2719646

Confirmation that AD and Touchless Controls don't work are here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53977187&postcount=248 and here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52543363&postcount=67

Confirmation that dhacker is no longer maintaining the project can be located here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54462994&postcount=303 or here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54417178&postcount=294 or here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54417194&postcount=295 (you can also check his TWITTER account)

One still-known bug (listed as recently as July 17th) can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54221828&postcount=276

So I'll ask again: what do you disagree with?!?!

I'm not badmouthing CM or it's (now non-existent) maintainers...I LIKE CyanogenMod. But everything I said would appear to be 100% correct. Especially about CM not being stock based (this is beyond obvious)....
[Moto X Q&A] sorullo_xgrx:
Talking about customization on the X here is a example of Active Display. I wish moto will implement this later on though I think it might impact a Lil on battery life. Well for now I'll just test it. http://youtu.be/qk4-RpC8mUM
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
I don't get it???
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
That was pretty cool. I would like a nice COLORFUL active display. I just doubt that was running off the low-voltage-core. There wasn't any relevant info in the description of that video...
[Moto X Q&A] sorullo_xgrx:
Well I wanted for the clock to be able to choose different colors within the app. Maybe a xpose module.. But like I said it might impact in battery life though I'm not completely sure.. Maybe I'll just use darker colors ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ramshield:
Hi guys,

Im looking for a custom ROM for my phone, it is already rooted and at the moment running Cyanogenmod 11 Beta 3.

But I was wondering, is there any ROM with (preferbly android 4.4) Google Play, or something which I can install it with, because I really miss that.

Kind regards.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Thomson2412:
You can flash gapps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Frederick888:
You have to flash the GAPPS manually. Otherwise even you individually install the Google Play, it won't work normally.
[Xperia Z2 General] sony_84:
Hai ,

i am a new user of Xperia Z2 , but i am an old user of Sony :D

Rooting Z2 before 17.1.2.A.0.314 is easy ... but since 17.1.2.A.0.314 it's not easy for locked bootloader.

I found in this site http://www.ilovexperia.com/2014/07/root-now-accessible-for-sony-xperia-z2.html and i tried it ... i can root my Z2 ...

the zip file seems have a trouble , with the adb ... you may change the adb files with another. and it works.

I am not he maker of the script , just go ahead to that web. :D
[Xperia Z2 General] stress40:
Yeah m8 search... you can even use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53484343 :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z2 General] sony_84:
oh.. i'm sorry for my mistake ...i searched but i didn't find similar post .. or i might not read carefully..

thanks for the information
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkygroover:
Samsung galaxy mini S2 ( GT-S6500) when switching the phone on its just sticks on the start up menu and vibrates a little. took it to a shop and he said it may be a software problem.did try downloading S/W again but doesnt work. Screen says `failed attempt `. Anything else I can try?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaas1429:
i rooted the phone with odin and from metro pcs jumped to tmobile, and i bought an unlock code and the first time i entered the code it said unlocked, when i restarted the phone asked me for the unlock code again and the same code didnt worked, i unrooted with superSU and still the same, i dont know what to do, please help me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Planterz:
Rooting and carrier locks/unlocking are completely separate things.

Your phone doesn't work with a T-Mobile SIM? T-Mo and MetroPCS are the same company and use the same network, and in theory, phones from one should work on the other without unlocking, or should be able to be unlocked by one or either of them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaas1429:
i want to use the phone in another carrier like AT&T, that the problem
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romhaja:
I once did an S-OFF but I full wiped my device& flashed a costum rom and now at the bootloader screen its says S-ON.

Every thing fine here, but when im trying to S-OFF my HTC ONE M8 after saying yes at the firewater I got a message like this:

there really isn't a helluva lot to do here. bye bye

but im going back to the bootloader device and still S-ON. anything that I can do to S-OFF my device? im clueless.

Thanks in advanced :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
Can you change your cid? If yes irs still s-off but somehow changed to s-on normally it can't change to s-on by its own.. so try to change your cid and if it works you still have s-off
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robocuff:
There's a hack available that more or less hides the fact that you're s-off. It will do exactly what you're describing. It'll show you as being s-on when you really aren't. Also, if you run firewater after doing the hack, you'll get the same message you got. Perhaps the rom you installed came with the hack? Can't say that I know of any that do but perhaps you should ask first in the thread for the rom that you flashed. Just a thought.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romezry:
It's told me that at two roms insert coin and renovate . I will try to get back to stock soon.

I didn't Check if I still can change my CID but I have the super CID still
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
If supercid is still there you still have s-off

And normally the Roms doesn't change the s-off/s-on flag maybe the firmware did it...but yea you should be Still s-off if supercid is still there :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedeha:
Which baseband ist the best dir germany?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reemar:
i think that you should extract your mobile network provider modem from their kdz http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=36

your official mobile network provider modem should be the best modem to have..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedeha:
Any ideas? Pls make me a best germany baseband ZIP.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lawlrus:
Also this should be in Q&A

Mods might move/delete this with it being in the wrong forum subtype

Sent from my Vs980 running SlimKat 4.4.4
[General Topics] AlanJC:
I upgraded the radio ROM on my Universal to 1.13 from 1.11 on the AKU3.2 ROM, and have not been getting any pushmail since.

It could just be a mail2web problem, or it could be an issue with the 1.13 working on AKU3.2 I suppose.

I can still make calls, use PIE, and Opera, and Agile with no problems though.

Any ideas?
[General Topics] AlanJC:
I have just tried an Orange SIM and a T-Mobile USIM, and I am getting the same issues on each.

Opera working, Agile Messenger working, push mail not, and will not sync with mail2web, just says waiting for network. PIE also fails to work now I have checked it with something not cached.

It is also failing to sign onto the new WLM Mobile beta that was working fine on Saturday.

Strange coincidence maybe, but seems odd that GPRS/UMTS works fine for Opera and Agile, but not PIE or push :(

I need a non FTP link to the 1.11 radio ROM now I think :(
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DominikHolecek:
Hi guys,

first of all let me apologize for this stupid question. Personally I hate these questions too, but I have my device in service for 3 weeks, therefore I'm not able to continue with my research... :(

It's already a long time since I've bought my G2 (D802). Of course, the first thing what I've done > go to custom ROM ... :) :p (It's my habit since Xperia Arc S) I think that I was dissappointed of my new LG G2 even then. Games wasn't fluent and lagless as I supposed they should be. It was another good reason to go to the custom ROM. But unfortunatelly and surprisingly it was even worse. So I find another thing why is that so bad. In that time custom ROMS wasnť based on Kitkat sources (kernel), so I hoped that everything will be fine after developers merge source code. But the improvement has never become (in that form I hoped for) In that time I became reconciled that I will never play games on my G2 as smooth as on my iPad.

That's the reason why I'm looking for the best ROM for games. (I'm a heavy gamer)

So my question: Do you know any good rom for Gaming? Could you recommend me something?

I tried Mahdi. PA, Beanstalk, Slim ROM, CloudyStock, Pro, Flex, G3... But none of these ROMs is fine... :rolleyes:

(I can't understand how can be Cloudy ROMs so popular (Nothing against Cloudyfa ;)) because they have too many lags in games !!! I think it's more laggier than stock...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vPro97:
What's the definition of "lagless" for you, and what games are you playing?

First of all, you have to realise and acknowledge that this is a smartphone. No matter what, it's still a phone and it's not made for heavy gaming. Second, you have to realise that despite the fact that many developers (ie Gameloft) has a lot of experience with games, they're too lazy too optimize them even for the most powerful chips out there. The games utilise 100% CPU speed even if they don't need it at all, and then the CPU throttles down because it's becoming too hot. Logic/10.

Thirdly, you have to realise that the ROM is not what makes the game fluid or lag-free. It's the kernel.

Since the G2 (like ALL other phones) is cooled passively (it has no fan whatsoever), it's important that it runs as cool as possible to prevent overheating and throttling.

My advice to you would be the following:

Install your favourite ROM and a kernel you can tweak heavily (gpu/cpu). A good bet would be dorimanx.

Go to kernel settings, and chance max frequency to 1.27 Ghz or around that. Change governor to performance.

Change GPU to 450 Mhz.

Try playing a game =)

I used to play Asphalt 8 back when I first got the phone and I got about 30 FPS? Anyway it was smooth as butter, and I see no real reason why you want to put a custom rom on your phone. The good 'ol days where nothing was better than custom roms are pretty much over. Stock is just fine, root it, use a custom kernel if neccessary and use xposed. Will solve it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DominikHolecek:
Of course that kernel is the most important thing in performance (because of sequencer laws, etc...), but nowadays we have no (except render) custom kernels for AOSP/ CM ROMs, so my question was focused on a ROM → I connected it to the whole... (And furthermore each ROM has own kernel. + ROM can cause lags as well)

Unfortunately these times are gone, at least I think it. There were lots of updates, which increase the performance consumption (Simply they add tons of new features and stuff, but they ,,forget" to optimize that... :() I played this game, Dead trigger 2, Dungeon Hunter 4 and even simple games like traffic racer with incredibly high count of lags (And it wasn't lags in miliseconds → not always). I thought it was because of my current ROM (Mahdi) so I tried PA and then stock based ROMs (CloudyFlex, Stock) but nearly no changes) Therefore I think it will be the same on stock ROMs too, if it's on Cloudy ROM with heavily optimized kernel, system... (Even Dorimanx kernel doesn't change anything).

Thanks for this tip, I tried something similar but with UC to 1,9 GHz and I didn't set governor to performance (My device was incredibly hot in a while with performance governor), I didn't notice any bigger changes - I expected that lower frequency will cause even more lags and I was obviously wrong. :p For sure I will try your advice.... :cowboy: :laugh:

I don't like the LG's design of system, and I don't like xposed → it causes higher battery consumption and it ,,eats" RAM and performance (At least on my previous device :rolleyes:)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 60nine:
i have 10 xposed modules installed and i didn't notice any additional battery decrease...

as for ram, as stated many times - free ram = wasted ram...

as for the thread - "what's the best this&that" threads aren't allowed on xda ;)

i played rr3 and csr racing on this device and didn't notice anything wrong with the framerate (stock kk v20f, rooted with dorimanx kernel on default)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Oddly enough, I haven't noticed a major change in gaming performance coming from the S4 Pro. Asphalt 8 specifically is buggy, sluggish, etc on my LG OG & G2, but I don't care for android gaming since the apps aren't optimized (too many HW configs, whereas iOS is just SGX & Ax chips).

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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airidas:
First of all, I like to say that we lacked similar threads, so OP started an useful topic. I would have stayed with simple dual-core smartphone, but I bought G2 in November for a reason, to try new games and so on, I woudn't have bought it if I needed a phone only for texting and browsing, like many argue like this. What I observed is that, 2,3 Ghz for a phone with passive cooling is a nonsense because after few minutes of gaming it will keep running like 1,5 Ghz and lower, hell what's the use of those 4 cores if a device would burn out. I never owned an apple product, but on my colleague's 5S, they run very smooth and fast with same graphics on a dual-core, so it all goes to optimazing and not using these ridiculous frequencies. I was expecting a lot from a phone like that, sorry for a long post.
[Galaxy S 4 General] AbdoAdel:
1)Updating:-

Official:always OTA so you don't have to Wipe all of your data every time you want to make an update

Custom:Every new version needs Full wipe in order not to have bugs

2)Fixing:-

Official: Your knox's flag will be Always 0x0 so you can send it to Samsung service center to repair it for free

Custom: Your warranty will be voided and repairing your phone will cost you

3)Using:-

Official:You can use it daily without problems

Custom:May have bugs and you'll want to change it a lot as you will find a lot of awesome features in Other ROMs

4)BUGS:-

Official:- You won't worry about IMEI or GPS or WI-FI or SIM or any other bugs that came from custom ROMS

Custom:You May be unlucky and lose your IMEI or GPS or WI-FI or SIM

Thanks for your reading