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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
I've searched all around the web and I cant find a way to check what frequency band my phone is using

for Samsung phones just dial *#0011# and you can find that info, iPhones also have a way, but I haven't found a way to determine this in my Xperia Z2.

does anyone knows any way?

any app or something?

terminal command?

(4.4.2 Stock rom)

note: I want this because my carrier (Orange DO) is going to change their LTE band (and they're doing some test sometimes) and I want to know which band are they testing.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] excobra:
Try app named LTE Discovery. Its on play store.

I hope it will work
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
it doesn't shows the values for EARFCN,

they're all N/A :crying:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
BTW, the app says: "All the data we obtain is volunteered by users", so I don't have the values because no-one posted it earlier :P

anyone else knows a way?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpenceSouth:
Sorry haven't been able to work with any Orange users to map out their LTE bands yet. If you get a phone that can access the *#0011* menu (or can grab a friends phone whose can) hit me up at feedback@simplyadvanced.net and I'll be able to bake support for Orange into the application.

I want to add support for all the Canadian and UK carriers but it's been hard to find volunteers in other countries to work with.

-Spence

LTE Discovery Dev
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
I don't know the exact UL/DL frequencies right now, but orange is using band 3 for LTE, and 900 for 3g / GSM / EDGE

the point is, they're on a process of migration from that LTE band, they're waiting (among other things I guess) for authorization to complete migration.

What I wanted to know is exactly which bands they're testing, because I've used a nexus 5 D820 (which lacks band 3) and often it gets connected to the LTE and a friends phone says it is still connected to band 3 (Galaxy S4 i9505 using *#0011#)

So there's no way other than *#0011# for Samsung Phones to get that Connection Data? not from data gathered

and..

actually I'm from Dominican Republic :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] higgs_:
What country and carrier?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
Orange Dominican Republic,

Note: if you read the above replies, I don't want gathered data but something similar to the *#0011# menu on the Galaxy line.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamalaggi:
If you go in to the service menu by dialling in *#*#7378423#*#* then go to service info then configuration. All the working bands are listed there.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
I know the working bands, 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/..... etc,

I want to know WHICH band the Phone is CONNECTED TO :P
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] higgs_:
According to wikipedia you are probably using band 3 frequency 1800mhz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks#Americas

P.S. Damn your country has so many different bands lol.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
You're not undersanding, i dont want static information, i want dynamic information.

I have a Xperia Z2 which has band 3, but i also have a nexus 5 D820 (americas version) which does NOT have band 3 and both get connected to LTE why? Because Band 3 is not Orange LTE final band, its a temporal one, and they are testing other bands, i want to know which band is....
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] higgs_:
Oh i see!

You want to know what spectrum u are.

Id guess band 2

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=4998&c=lg_d820_nexus_5_na_td-lte_16gb
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknigt:
And i forgot to mention that a friend has a Galaxy S4 i9505 (LTE) which lacks of band 2 and band 4, and using *#0011# says its using band 3 :p

So, basically orange is using 2 LTE bands, one is obviously and oficially band 3, but the other one (probably band 4 but i want to make SURE) is on testing.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akoposipong:
Hi OP. Did you find the right solution to find the frequemcy your which your smartphone connected to? Im looking for the same. All android apps i tried never show what freq band my phone are connected to. But i found 1 in apple ios app and you need to jailbreak. Its like a field test. Im hoping to find 1 that works with android because my apple is so outdated and non lte.

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Knutselmaaster:
http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/check-band-connecting-xperia-t2914376
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haldi4803:
This works indeed :)

But on stock based ROM you can't write into system folder due to RIL protection.

So either you create a cwm flashable zip to install this app in recovery, or you use a custom kernel with deactivated RIL.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] dbeth:
The only reason I ask is because today I went in to Best Buy to exchange my Note 10.1 2014 32 GB for another one as the video was sometimes breaking up and not working unless I restarted it.

Anyways, they (of course) didn't have any 32 GB models available, so I had to have one shipped to me. They odd part came in the guy looking into the system says that the model (both models, in fact) had been deleted from their system and they wouldn't be getting any more restock.

Could this be hinting at a new 2015 model coming out soon along with the Note 4 announcement? Just wondering.

Sent from my Note 3 via the Interwebs.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] GalaxyNotesTx:
It's possible Note 4 will be outweek of Sept 3 I'm getting that......Was going to get Tab S but I believe that might bring it out Nov or so Note 10.5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruiser07:
Hello.

I'm having a problem with my s5 video camera. When I'm filming in low light with flash on, I'm getting some strange interference. Look in the corners from the youtube sample. It only happens when I use flash. I tried changing video settings, but no success. It even happens in google camera.

Please advise.

youtube.com/watch?v=AuWNHYOzciM&feature=youtu.be
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruiser07:
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[Shield Tablet Accessories] DroidMahn:
I had a poetic case for my Nexus 7 and I love it. Any news in poetic offerings for the Shied Tablet?
[Shield Tablet Accessories] noodles2k:
Their eta is 15th September.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] gqkevyn:
Which poetic case are you referring too? I emailed them a few days ago and they responded saying they didn't have any plans for the flip case style (slimline), but only making a silicone skin case.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] xyberknight:
Here are a couple I've found in my daily browsing, both the Turtle Series and Revolution series, though middle of next month to end of next month pending which one.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MV9TYUK?psc=1 (Turtle)

and

http://www.amazon.com/Nvidia-Shield...&sr=1-18&keywords=nvidia+shield+tablet+rugged (Revolution)-Only in black atm.

Here's their main website link

http://www.poeticcases.com/nvidia-shield-tablet
[Shield Tablet Accessories] Narsil007:
I ordered this one yesterday and it looks very much like the Poetic Slimline cases. I'll have to see how it works after it arrives, though, but the price is hard to beat and I like that it offers some drop protection for the corners.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] Lomallin:
I couldn't find a better thread, so I was hoping for assistance here. I just got the revolution case, but the screen protector on the inside has an oily sheen when it presses against the screen. Any suggestions on the best way to remove that after popping the tablet back out of the case? It is bad enough that it impacts the display quality significantly.

Thanks!
[Shield Tablet Accessories] lacrossev:
The screen protector is glued on to the inside of the front frame so you can heat it up with a blow dryer or a heat gun then pry it up at a corner and peel it back. Otherwise you can take a razor and just cut around the opening of the frame and it should do the trick.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] Lomallin:
Oh! I'm sorry, I was not specific enough. I was hoping to clear off the oily sheen effect, not actually removing the screen protector. Thank you though for those steps.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] lacrossev:
pretty sure the sheen is the screen protector material itself and not some kind of coating. The oldschool ballistic cases used to do this and one of the possible solutions was to sprinkle some baby powder on it to prevent it from sticking.
[Shield Tablet Accessories] An Droid:
A trick that worked for the Otterbox on my wife's Galaxy S3 might work here as well:

First clean the display and the inside of the screen protector. Get some baby powder and while leaving the top closed shake up the container to get the powder into a fine dust inside. Take the screen protector and hold it above the shaken baby powder bottle(?), open the top of the powder and squeeze the bottle so a powder cloud comes out and slightly dusts the inside of the screen protector.

Put the case back together and hopefully the oily film is gone. Clean/Repeat as necessary.

There are videos on YouTube showing this solution. Some use the powder on the device, I think it's wiser to do it on the case/screen protector.
[Shield Q&A] tempspace:
I picked up the Shield Tablet and I'm trying to run Super Mario Brothers ROM through RetroArch. The display is perfect, but when connected to HDMI through both console mode and mirror mode, I have some latency going to the TV. It feels like everything is shown half a second after it happens, which is a big deal for a game. I am using the same HDMI cable and connector that can hook up to my computer and play the same ROM with no lag, so I don't believe it's the cable or the TV.

Is anybody using any kind of emulator on the nvidia shield tablet over HDMI without lag?
[Shield Q&A] kossiewossie:
I haven't had any issues using PPSSPP emulator hooked up to my TV in console mode. I do notice sometimes the audio isn't sync'ed but changing the setting in the PPSSPP emulator - audio latency to high solved the issue when connecting to TV. so I would believe it could just be some settings you gotta tweak about with to get it perfect.

I would try running something else to narrow the issue down, as it might just be that emulator your using on the shield.
[Shield Q&A] NZtechfreak:
No problems here either, was playing God of War and Tekken Dark Resurrection and Wipeout Pure to my HDTV via the Shield the other night without lag issues.
[Shield Q&A] jasonsplace:
Make sure you turn off any features of your TV that might cause this. I know that my TV has a video "smoothing" feature that will add in additional frames to make video smoother but it makes video games almost unplayable with any console that I've tried because of the delay that is has. See if your TV has a video game mode.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
I have used esfdisk and fdisk and determined my boot loops are caused by a corrupted partition: mmcblk0. The size is incorrect, 30539776 and should be 30535680. As a result other partitions are overlapped, e.i: e2fsck:

* Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p37

Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program?

* e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...

2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p24

The size of all other partitions are correct but maligned. I believe if I can correct partition mmcblk0, the others will not overlap. Does anyone have the savvy to show me how? I've tried sdparted with no success. Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donkeykong1:
I think you need to be s-off in order to edit mmcblk artitions. If you are s-off you can push the partition with dd comand in fastboot but but you need non corrupted one
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
Seems logical. I've been trying to gain S-OFF for days, but on my mac, adb recognizes the device as offline, using various roms. I'm going to use a pc today and attempt to apply firewater or rumrunner. I suppose getting an uncorrupted partition wouldn't be difficult if I could get one donated here. Otherwise, a disk editor (sdparted) might also work.

Thanks for your interest.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donkeykong1:
I could send you my partition, that's the least of your priblems. I had corrupted mmcblk09 and it took me around 1 minute to flash a good one with dd. But I'm s-off
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
Yes you can! Ican probably install it using sdparted without gaining s-off. If you could provide the mmcblk0, I'll at least have that to work with. I've installed mmcblk0p27 using sdparted with success. Thanks!

Here's the code from user harshdev in another forum: while in custom recovery:

Code:

adb push mmcblk0p19_repaired.img /tmp/

adb shell dd if=/tmp/mmcblk0p19_repaired.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19

adb reboot bootloader
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
[MENTION=4780713]donkeykong1[/MENTION]

Here's my fdisk readout on mmcblk0. How does this compare to yours:

~ # fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3817472.

There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,

and could in certain setups cause problems with:

1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)

2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs

(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Warning: deleting partitions after 60

Command (m for help): u

Changing display/entry units to sectors

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.2 GB, 31272730624 bytes

1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 3817472 cylinders, total 61079552 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

isk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.2 GB, 31272730624 bytes

1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 3817472 cylinders, total 61079552 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 256 128 4d Unknown

Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 257 768 256 51 Unknown

Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 769 262110 130671 5d Unknown

Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary

/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 262111 61079550 30408720 5 Extended ------------------------------> should be 1mb

Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary

/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 262112 262143 16 5a Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 262145 262656 256 73 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 262658 293812 15577+ 5b Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 293814 294325 256 5c Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 294327 296374 1024 45 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 296376 296887 256 47 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 296889 300984 2048 46 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 300986 305146 2080+ 4c Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 305148 315387 5120 34 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 315389 317436 1024 36 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 317438 319485 1024 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 319487 442368 61441 50 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 442370 458750 8190+ 74 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 458752 524287 32768 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 524289 526333 1022+ 76 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 526335 534526 4096 4a Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 534528 542719 4096 4b Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 542721 583680 20480 19 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 583682 583689 4 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 583691 584202 256 23 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 584204 584235 16 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 584237 586797 1280+ 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 586799 586926 64 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 586928 588975 1024 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 588977 786431 98727+ 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 786433 894973 54270+ 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p31 894975 1048575 76800+ 77 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p32 1048577 1245182 98303 0 Empty

/dev/block/mmcblk0p33 1245184 1277951 16384 48 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p34 1277953 1310719 16383+ 71 Unknown

/dev/block/mmcblk0p35 1310721 5111806 1900543 83 Linux

/dev/block/mmcblk0p36 5111808 6422526 655359+ 83 Linux

/dev/block/mmcblk0p37 6422528 60948479 27262976 83 Linux
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
No luck editing the size of mmcblk0p4. Edits won't stay and reverts back.

Anyone know how to do this?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
I'm pretty sure you won't be able to change your partition layout without S-OFF,

but

aren't you jumping the gun a little? (and potentially bricking your device completely!!)

Why don't you first explain what the problem is.

BTW, on the m7_u/ul the only EXT partitions are

/dev/block/mmcblk0p35 /system

/dev/block/mmcblk0p36 /cache

/dev/block/mmcblk0p37 /data

so you can only use e2fsck on these partitions, all the others are RAW partitions.

please post a

1) "fastboot getvar all" (excluding IMEI and s/n)

2) what custom recovery (and version) you are using (cause looks like you're on CWM, and you should probably be using TWRP)

3) what ROM are you using/want to use

4) what is the problem
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
well, i haven't run parted/gparted/etc. too risky, way too easy to fully brick your device, but i can tell you that the Start/End/Size/Id of all your partitions are exactly the same as mine, except p4, which was due to the overall size difference (but which didn't affect all the other partitions!!!)

Have you tried this ruu: http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2.exe
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Have to agree with nkk71 here. You have a normal AT&T phone, it should be easy to RUU back to stock from your current settings.

relock bootloader

fastboot oem lock

Run the 3.17.502.3 RUU and you should be all set
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidrol:
Installing an RUU didn't solve restoring all partitions, only a small portion. The upper (1-5) is where the overlap occurred and RUU's dont' effect those partitions, at all. I deleted mmcblk0p4, because it was way too large and should be 1MB. After, a few restarts and 3 attempts at gaining s-off with firewater, the phone now functions correctly! I have tested and confirm a working GPS, phone radio recognizing sim, google sync, etc, etc. The imei and broadband version show correctly in phone info. I cant explain or fully understand why it's fully working. I will examine the partitions again and post the results.

BTW, I haven't tried installing a sense rom (current Android Revolution) to check for the constant boot loops I was getting.

Next step would be to sim unlock and test phone reception and signal strength.

I thank you all for your assistance.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
hmm, interesting, I've never seen that done before, but just for info:

fdisk -ul

...
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 262111 61071358 30404624 5 Extended
...

the rest are exactly like the ones you posted earlier.

but if you actually "dd" the partition, you'll get a 1KB (not MB) file, which starting ot offset 0x200 (ie 1 block) shows the HTC-BOARD-INFO from p5

so seems p4 is only 1 block plus some kind of container for the rest of the partitions.

Anyway, very glad that worked out for :good:

PS: and you were able to change the partition layout with S-ON.... didn't / don't think that's possible
[One (M8) Accessories] Steven How:
Looks like a case that resemble the case I got from my m8 box. Looks pretty glossy.

Sent from my HTC ONE M8 HK
[One (M8) Accessories] Oditius:
Great review.. I use this one: Ultra 0.5mm Slim Soft TPU Skin Clear new Case Transparent Cover But you need to buy a dozen or so, if you don't like scratches. This case will scratch up pretty bad.
[One (M8) Accessories] PcFish:
Great review, that thing in the picture you don't know is probably a remnant of a tab gate. When the injection molding/extrusion happens the plastic goes through the gate, then they break it off of the runner when cured.
[One (M8) Accessories] theandies:
TTT - Added Content
[One (M8) Accessories] Badelhas:
Have you guys tried the Baseus Ultra Thin Clear TPU Case? Best looks imo, at the expense of less protection
[General Questions and Answers] mattloughrey:
Hello, indeed I am completely new to app creation and hopefully despite my lack of knowledge I can get some advice and direction here. Google already have a photosphere viewing app within their Google Cardboard release. There's also an app for the same purpose named Photosphere HD. I am looking to create my own app that does precisely the same, for no other reason than to create a photosphere gallery of my own. It is not a commercial application. Is there code available that is open source that I can use to make this happen? If so is it possible that I could realize this myself, using an app creation tool like mit appinventor? If I am being very naive, my apologies, I am simply trying my best to figure this out and get some assistance. Cheers for now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cam1:
Hi,

Is there an app/other method I can use to make audio play in the phone's earpiece speaker? For things like playing music files, not just for routing a VOIP call for a specific app.

I have a rooted Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 KitKat.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalculatedRisk:
There is an app called earpiece that does exactly what you all for in the play store. Works flawlessly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cam1:
Thanks for the fast reply

I tried the Earpiece app and it works but i noticed there's no way to adjust the volume of the earpiece speaker. I tried adjusting the normal volume as well as the ringer volume. Does anyone know a way to adjust the volume using this app?

Edit: The volume changing works. I tested the apps functionality in the youtube app at the time of the post. I restarted and tried it with the stock music player and it worked great.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalculatedRisk:
Hmm, it seems you are right. I last remember it working perfectly but it seems that now volume control doesn't work for me either. My apologies, this is the only solution I have. Hopefully someone else will be able to offer some advice.

EDIT: Spelling
[Off-topic] SWAPNIL:
http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/5007/Britney_Spears_Underwear_Help

Sally Struthers offers some help to Britney Spears for all the trouble she has been having being caught on camera without underwear.
[Off-topic] vijay555:
You might be better off with Robb's Celebrities.

V
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VivekSuffa:
Hi, i have an Sony Ericsson Arc S Lt18i, It was running perfectly on 4.0.4(ics), the phone notified me to update to latest version, so i did, but during the update process the phone got bricked, now its not turning on, not charging, no display.Its completely bricked.The only thing i can see is , when i push or hold power button , the green notification led starts to blink.

I have tried to flashed many .ftf files via flashtool on my phone , i get a successful message of flashing but the result is same, the phone is not responding at all.

Please help me..:crying:

Details:

its SI no.(printed on back of phone under the battery) are: 1246-7912
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kakada777:
Did you succeed in restoring your device
[T-Mobile LG G3] balthuszar:
hey guys, i know this is going to sound kind of piddly to most of you, but all the sudden my g3 has stopped making the sound when you uninstall an app in the app drawer...any idea how to get it back? i'm not sure when it stopped, or what i did, i just thought it was the battery being below 15% that caused it to stop, but now i'm at 100% and it still doesn't do it. thanks for the help!
[T-Mobile LG G3] BACARDILIMON:
Never had a sound on mine

AWESOME G3
[T-Mobile LG G3] yutsoku:
Are you 100% sure it did it before? Have you checked your sound settings and volumes? Mine makes no sound when uninstalling unless I have touch sounds on