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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taranis:
Hi,

I'd like to buy a phone with good overall performance, stable CM11 and very good battery life (replaceable battery is an advantage). My N4 batt life is terrible.

1. LG G2 or Note 2 or Xperia Z1 Compact - which one would you choose?

2. How CM11 performs on Note 2?

Note 2 is older than G2 and Z1C, but still is really comparable.

Any help will be appreciated.
[General Topics] nmonger:
After a 4 day business trip to Atlanta, and non stop use of my Wizard for MSN, Phone calls back home, TomTom navigation and taking photos it decided to die on me half way across the atlantic on my flight home. :-(

It wouldnt boot up, and wouldnt respond to having the AC adaptor plugged in. I took it back to Vodafone DE expecting to have to leave my beloved Wizard in the hands of the repair department and to return 2 weeks later to pick it up.

Well, I was in for a nice suprise! Instead, they packaged up my old Wizard (I was given time to say my tearful goodbye) and they then handed me the VPA Compact III at no extra charge or an increase in my contract duration!!!

Nice one Vodafone!!
[General Topics] Elwyn M3100:
It's nice when Customer Services get it right isn't it :D :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taranis:
Hi,

I'd like to buy a phone with good overall performance, stable CM11 and very good battery life (replaceable battery is an advantage). My N4 batt life is terrible.

1. LG G2 or Note 2 or Xperia Z1 Compact - which one would you choose?

2. How CM11 performs on Xperia Z1 Compact? How about of Screen On Time on CM11?

Note 2 is older than G2 and Z1C, but still is really comparable; it is cheaper too.

Any help will be appreciated.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwhryz:
Tried CM11 M9 on my XZ1C, and it's front facing camera is terrible.

Pictures taken from low light over adjusts the whites, grainy and just terrible.

Same results using Google camera.

The rear camera i think is too dark.

Restored back to stock.

This is the only thing that's holding me back on going for CM atm.

Never tried nightly builds, had a terrible experience on my previous phone

The battery life on stock 4.4.4 is great.

Still going after a full day of texting and occasional calls and social media visits.

And that's not even on stamina mode :)

No ideas with the other phones you mentioned.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdana:
After a month of nightly builds I can say nothing but credit to cm.

Its the best firmware for this phone in my opinion.

No lag,WiFi connects at higher speeds,almost everything works,stable ,finally a customizable ROM for this phone,the only thing that is not working is the vibration intensity i cannot change it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
I have the z1c and my girl has the g2. If you're looking for good cm11 performance, the g2 is a better bet having tried both. Its okay on the z1c but I find the camera lacking. The g2 has much more development going on for it too. However they're completely different sized devices, you'd have to decide which you like more. The note 2 is also good, but a bit dated (in my opinion) compared to the other two.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
I'd say the Note 2 might suit you as you are aiming for stable Cyanogenmod or other custom ROMs. Note 2 has been out for a while and it means developers had many time playing with it. And being a popular phone, there must be like a lot of mods for it.

G2 and Z1C doesn't have removable battery. But they do have a strong battery.

As for CM on Z1C, can't tell, still love stock. Why would you install CM when stock is just as smooth, more stable, and you lose all the Xperia goodies, especially camera features.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Dude are you seriously recommending an Exynos 4 device for "stable CM"? Ahem, just no, they have huge battery drain issues due to their badly reverse engineered RIL and generally poor quality of the code drops for the entire Exynos 4 platform from Samsung.

[MENTION=4239839]Taranis[/MENTION], If you're after stable and feature complete CM you're gonna want a Qualcomm device like the G2 or Z1C.

Obviously asking in the Z1C forum you're gonna get some Z1C-biased answers, but I honestly believe the Z1C is the best thing to come on the market this far. It has a large battery for it's screen size and resolution, you could easily go 2 days if you're not a heavy user, I usually have about 40% left at the end of the day (running CyanogenMod myself). It has microSDXC support. It's small and the build quality is top notch, the metal edges feel great in the hand. And on top of all that it's waterproof!

Regarding removable battery. If you look at the LG G2 wiki page you'll see that the Korean version has removable battery, you'll also notice that the removable battery in the Korean version has a significantly lower capacity compared to the international version (2610mAh vs 3000mAh, or roughly 13% smaller). This is the case with all removable batteries, because by making them removable the manufacturers have to adhere to strict rules regarding safety, usually meaning thicker shells leaving less space for the battery cells. Not only that, but in order to be user replaceable there needs to be a mechanism for removing the back cover to reveal the battery, also taking up precious battery space.

I strongly believe that the benefits of a non-removable battery outweigh the benefits of a removable battery. Really, how often do you actually carry a secondary charged battery, and couldn't you in that case just carry an external battery pack instead?

EDIT: Oh and another plus for the Z1C: It doesn't have silly back-buttons like the G2 :p, but that's a personal thing, I just think they feel weird.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taranis:
Hi,

I'd like to buy a phone with good overall performance, stable CM11 and very good battery life (replaceable battery is an advantage). My N4 batt life is terrible.

1. LG G2 or Note 2 or Xperia Z1 Compact - which one would you choose now and why?

2. How CM11 performs on G2? How about of Screen On Time on CM11?

Note 2 is older than G2 and Z1C, but still is really comparable; it is cheaper too.

Any help will be appreciated.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai777:
G2 runs pretty well on CM11, there may be bugs here and there but they dont mess up the experience.

Screen Size - N2

Screen Quality - G2

Camera - Z1

Battery - N2

Stylus - N2

User and Interface - G2, N2

Button Placement - G2 (biased)

Speaker - G2

I am biased but I would say G2 as it gives most bang for you buck.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinay_bunty:
G2 is far better in performance and display quality...camera z1....note2...outdated
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gr8B8M8:
After toggling Power saver on on the quick settings in any app that is native landscape forces portrait mode. after exiting the app and switching from power saver on/off the orientation sticks until toggled again.

It currently has started happening in ViperOneM8 OTA update 1.8.0.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Sounds like a bug in the custom ROM you are currently using. I would suggest you ask again in the corresponding discussion thread of ViperOne ROM ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anilthakurta:
Hello,

Is there an app for a non rooted device that can detect apps that wakes my phone up? I saw a few threads, but they are all for rooted devices.

Best regards
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
Go to settings, options and than the appmanager, in it you will see all apps that are currently running and see which one it could be, or maybe send a screenshot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anilthakurta:
Thanks.i didnt knew that. I will try to kill some apps from there and see if my phone keeps asleep.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
So I'm running stock 4.4.2 Rooted, and as of 2 weeks ago, I'm unable to connect to wifi at my gym. The signal strength is strong, yet I try to connect and after awhile of attempting to connect over and over again nothing happens, but sometimes I get an error saying "failed to connect, network to slow" or something along those lines. My wifi works perfect fine at home though. All info I could find just leads to factory reset which won't happen for me. I've deleted that wifi over and over and put the password in again several times, no change. It's only me with this issue though and as I said, friends with the exact same setup can connect perfectly fine. This just happened out of no where one week after working fine.

Well now that I think of it, over a period of two more weeks before the no connection at all issue, it was starting to turn into a crawl for speed but only for me.. Stock everything Rooted, and stock kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
.....have the gym reset their router..... cause if you can still connect to other WiFi out there then i think it less of your phone and more of the router at fault here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
Well, then why is only my phone effected? People with the same version and Rooted and such don't have this issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
is your phone ND8 or NDC??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
ND8
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
my only other suggestion would be to flash Ktoonez(might have misspelled his username) TW Kernel and Tweaker and to Flash the NDC modem; from personal experience NDC modem gives me better 4g signal....yet it also gives me better WIFI signal as well as connectivity, some will say it doesn't affect WIFI but it did for me so you can try that since you don't want to Factory Data reset it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
Well my phones disconnected anyhow. I can only use wifi really so I keep it in airplane mode with wifi enabled
[T-Mobile LG G2] CaliPanda:
Help! i have the t-mobile variant, D80120e. did the 4.4.2 update, then rooted with towelroot, now i dont have the Download mode, i am trying to restore to the Stock firmware (Unroot) but its not letting me go to the download mode. i tried installing the TWRP recovery, but just soft bricked my phone, so when i try to restore through the device, it boots up to the lg screen and pops up an error on the top left of the screen. when i try to go in to download mode, (by holding the volume up, and plugging in the device) just boots up with the LG Logo and shows the battery charging, and my pc recognizes it. is their any way i can restore to stock firmware or unroot the device to its factory state?
[T-Mobile LG G2] markdgal:
I had the same problem I believe. I fixed it with this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2582142

Everything worked. Make sure you use the sbl1.img, rpm.img, tz.img, aboot.img and twrp for TMO LG G2 D801. Do not use the downloads in the thread as they are for a different version of the LG G2 (D802 international version).
[T-Mobile LG G2] staylecrate:
It took some doing for me but with the Tmobile G2 I was able to find 2 modes to get into when loading Power + Down button get me in to download mode and Volume up +Volume Down to get to Reset mode.
[T-Mobile LG G2] rfunderburk39:
Do you remember where you located the files:

sbl1.img

rpm.img

tz.img

aboot.img

I'm waiting for the stock kdz to download to search thru, any help would be greatly apprieciated. Thank you in advanced.
[T-Mobile LG G2] markdgal:
try http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2/D801BK or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2681089 - post #1
[T-Mobile LG G2] rfunderburk39:
I had hoped to keep all my files and data. No luck, with that, but this method did allow me to restore the download mode and then i used the lg support tool. Back up and running
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
After having some problems with my Xperia T (random reboots, reboot loops, crashes) on stock Android 4.3 I decided to give it a go and try to install Omnirom 4.4

I tried to follow this procedure to install Omnirom

1. I unlocked the bootloader using Sony's guide

2. Got root through towelroot

3. I installed TWRP, which seems to be recommend for the Xperia T, TWRP installed BusyBox Free (no idea what this does, but TWRP recommended installing this.

This is as far as I got. The problem I have is that I don't have access to the internal SDcard (my phone does not have a removable sdcard) when connected via USB to my computer.

The internal SD Card does not appear as 'mass storage' in my windows explorer, nor does the phone give me the option to access the internal sdcard as a storage device.

Therefore I cannot copy the Omnirom zip and the GAPPS to the internal sdcard.

I'm stuck here. I tried searching the web, but got no solution.

Anybody who give me a little help here?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Mad Marty:
I think you can mount the SD-card from TWRP, then you can access it from your computer. Not a TWRP user myself, but that's how it works from CWM
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
Going into -> TWRP -> Settings -> Storage Info

I have 2 options:

- External storage location

- USB-OTG location

What is what? And where should they point to?

Currently they are set to:

- External storage location: /storaga/sdcard0/media

- USB-OTG location: /storage/sdcard0

I can see the contents of the 'sdcard' but have no idea what to mount where.....
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] WhiteNeo:
Seems right.

USB OTG is when you plug in a usb stick to your phone. So pretty unimportant. :)

Why cant you download the Omni zip with your phone?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
Pluging the usb cable in the phone and pc doesn't seem to do anything. Windows Explorer doesn't show the internal memory card as a storage device, so I cannot transfer the Omni.zip

Pluging the usb cable in the phone also doesn't charge my phone ...

Even PC Companion doesn't find my phone. It keep searching and searching but doesn't find it.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Antiga Prime:
If you have ADB drivers installed (from the Flashtools folder, for instance), you can access your entire phone through ADB while in recovery. Mounting USB storage to transfer files between TWRP and my PC has never worked for me; it has worked on CWM though, although I haven't used that method in ages since I prefer ADB.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
Ok, I didn't manage to get ADB working on Win8, but got it running on Elementary OS

Let's investigate how to transfer files via ADB....
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] WhiteNeo:
adb push computer/file/path device/file/path ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
Ok, I managed to get the omni rom .zip and gapps.zip to the sdcard using the adb push command.

I tried to install this via TWRP and select the zip file. Unfortunately when selecting 'reboot to recovery' in TWRP nothing seems to happen. The phone reboots, Sony and Xperia logo appear and the phone just starts as normal....

I can't get the phone into recovery. I tried to push the volume up, volume down, holding the volume up/down, push repeatingly .... etc nothing seems to work...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
Some more info

- I verified that I'm root

- I reinstalled TWRP

- I downloaded and installed the recovery image in TWRP (for the xperia t this is 'mint')

- I tried other recovery tools such as Clockworkmod, but my device is no supported

- I tried 'Quickboot tool' to get into recovery, doesn't make any difference....

What am I missing?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Dinobe:
I forgot to thank everybody who helped me out on this.

I managed to get access to the sd card, push customs roms (CM10 an CM11) and flash my phone. Unfortunately nothing helped fixing my Xperia T reboot problem. I flashed it back to the original Sony rom and returned it to the shop, up to 3 weeks without phone....
[HTC One Mini 2] KiKaKat:
Hello, how can i get s-off for my HTC One Mini 2? My HTC One Mini 2 is rooted. I have tried the SunShine Tool, but it is not working for me.

Can you help me, please? Thank you.
[HTC One Mini 2] csoulr666:
Currently there is no way to S-OFF this phone. Support for the device on Sunshine might come in the future
[HTC One Mini 2] KiKaKat:
Hmmm. Not Fine. For HTC Devices the Filesystem ist not writeable without s-off. I want to delete the HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3. It ist the Boot Sound. It there a other way to make the Bootsound silent?

Thank you.
[HTC One Mini 2] HandyBesitzer:
1. Everytime you shut your phone down you mute the media sound.

2. you let an app do that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antweb.silentboot
[HTC One Mini 2] KiKaKat:
Thank you. But it is not working.
[HTC One Mini 2] HandyBesitzer:
OK. I never tested it on the mini2. it worked for my desire years ago
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vRS Carl:
Now that HTC are releasing a Windows phone version is it possible to convert like you can convert to a GPE?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HRodMusic:
might want to search before you post broski
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vRS Carl:
I did. But due to the unique search function on this site it didn't come up for a conversion.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
if there would be a way someone already had posted had..but no way for now so wait be Patient and don't ask anymore.

Thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stephen:
Thread closed.

It is too early to start looking at this just yet. There is no system dumps etc available to see about porting. Please be patient.

Many thanks,

Ghost
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
Hey there everyone :)

I'd be thankfull of someone could bring me some help with this problem. My phone has gone throw many shutdowns, in which somehow, the problem always solved itself, being that I left it charging the whole night, or that I tryed it out after a few days.

I own a Samsung Galaxy Y Pro since a couple of years now, and last night, while I was checking on my WhatsApp, it turned off itself. It usually happens, and annoys me, but turning it on again solves it... most of the times.

Now it didn't want to fully start. It got stuck at the black screen with the Samsung typography. I tryed to do a factory reset, and it only worsened the trouble. It froze at

-- Wiping dat...

Formating /data.

I left it like that a couple of hourse with no progress. I tryed to turn on the phone normally, but now it always takes me to that menu. I'm stuck, and it's the only way I can communicate with my family, so I beg someone of you to help me out, please.

I don't have any knowledge about Odin or sorts, nor programs to deal with the problem. So I'd ask if someone could explain me step by step what to do (or direct me to the thread where the troubleshooting is explained).

If you need some answers about my phone to understand the situation, I'll answer happily.

Thanks for reading this, and hope you have a nice day <3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konohanz:
have you rooted your phone?

if not, you may have to flash new stock rom from odin..

first you have to download stock rom base on you country here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/

then you have to download odin here https://mega.co.nz/#!UdRRyCAT!H4FyVxYynNWvXqRNmnpMGQRCP-dG3uykgP2pT4rh8Ek

for detail you can watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVLyjeqPtn0

i hope it would help you mate :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
Hey there and thanks for answering!

My phone won't turn on normally, so I can't get the Triangle Away nor sync it with Odin. If I plug the USB to my phone at my computer, Odin won't recognize it neither. Any idea of what to do?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Have you installed latest driver? http://goo.gl/jzrFmO

Have you put your phone into download mode?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
Hey there broke920!

Yes, the phone is now on downlaod mode, and the drivers you gave me made Odin regonize my phone (thank you!). How should I proceed?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
You need to do this:

1) unzip rom file to obtain tar/tar.md5 file

2) click on PDA and select tar/tar.md5 file

3) click on START

;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
It's throwing me this error.

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> B5510LUBLF1_B5510PSNLF1_B5510LUBLF1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I am using Odin v3.07 and the rom that konohanz posted up there.

I don't know if this could help, but this is on the downloading screen on my phone.

PRODUCT NAME: GT-B5510L

CUSTOM BIN DOWN: NO (0 counts)

CURRENT BIN: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL.

Also, now when trying to access the phone normally, it shows an icon of an android, a box, and an arrow. Please help me out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Try with another version of Odin like 1.85 or 3.09 and disable antivirus software.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
Both of them throw me the same error.

I may add that I think I messed up with the PIN. So maybe if I get that right, it will work out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konohanz:
if may i suggest you try this one :

1. download latest philz recovery here https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/philz_touch_6.48.4-i9300.tar.md5/

2. make your phone to download mode

3. plug device then open odin you had

4. choose pda and open philz_touch_6.48.4-i9300.tar.md5

5. click start

if work you may flash rom that i use now here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-neatromlite-themed-aroma-mods-t2060403

download v7.9 and then flash it with philz_touch recovery and all will be normal, even better than the original stock rom you'll see :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aria07:
Thanks everyone for your answers! I solved the problem, educating myself with the Odin program through the help that konohanz and broken920 gave me. Flashing with Odin worked, thanks to you two for the quick and accurate answers! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konohanz:
great job dude, you're welcome :victory:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] yanivbe:
windows boot screen replace with my JPEG

can it be done ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] r3bel:
you need to replace welcomehead.96.png and/or welcomehead.96.gif in the \Windows folder with a copy of your image in the appropriate format.

(or welcomehead.192.png / welcomehead.192.gif if you're using vga mode)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] pyraxiate:
when i try this, it tells me that its write protected ....... any ideas why? WM6.1 L26V9. Thank You
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
If you do a good search and read, you will find a thread that already says how to change it step by step

Good luck