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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S1L3nTShaDoWz:
Hi, I've been wanting to get a Nexus 5 for ages now and well I'm having tons of trouble resisting. This phone just gets to me, I currently have a Nexus 7 and well it feels all out like it was made by the Gods and I can't shake the urge to wanna have an N5. The downside with this for me is I have Verizon so sadly I can't use this device to its fullest extent, would it be worth it to maybe buy one just for a week or so (wifi use) just to shake this urge to wanna use a Nexus phone? I absolutely adore how the Nexus line comes with stock Android and is just perfect out of the box and I also loveee the back of the phones/tablets in the Nexus line, just so perfect! :D & Yes I know there may be a Nexus 6 (most likely will be along with an N8) but if there isn't? Would it be worth it? I'd have to sell it back in the end but aye, at least I got to use one.

Sooo? Worth it? Also does this phone have the build quality the tablets have? I adore the quality of my N7 and wish my M8 had the same quality/materials and plus besides just that I'm dying to try out the Android L dev preview and just all the other things the N5 offers whether it be for a week or for a year. Ah honestly I could rant on for ages about why I wanna try one so bad so I'll just leave it here, worth it yeah? no? Am I retarded for wanting one so badly over my current phone?

Oh and one last question, does the N5 have the snappiness that the M8/iPhone 5s has or is it just like your average modern (1 yr or earlier) smartphone in terms of speed/snappiness and ALSO what is the highest it can be overclocked (CPU & GPU)?

Sorry for the overwhelming number of questions and <3'ing of this, I adore this phone and want one so badly I mean it's honestly horrible how bad I want to try one LOL.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matrix_19:
I have both (N5 and N7) and the Nexus 5 has a better build quality than the Nexus 7, definitely snappier, better touchscreen, less issues than the N7, etc.

About the snappiness of the N5. I can't compare to the iPhone (It is always hard to tell if an iOS phone is snappy when we all know it is using screenshots to fake its smoothness) however, well, it's common knowledge that the N5 (using ART) is, overall , the snappiest phone ever made in the android world.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S1L3nTShaDoWz:
I figured the phone would be better than the tablet considering its got the superior hardware. I have a disassembled iPhone im working on and it's quite snappy and I also have an HTC one M8 and it's snappy too, even snappier than the iPhone 5s. I would use ART too but that means no Xposed and no Xposed means no ease of use features :( soo sort of ruins it for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
How do you figure the iPhone uses screenshots to fake its smoothness? That is the first time I have ever heard anyone say that, and forgive me but that doesn't really make any sense, unless I'm missing something. It uses hardware acceleration, and seeing as though iOS only runs on one device, it's heavily optimized for the hardware. That's why it's so smooth.

I had the iPhone 5s for a while and can say that it is only slightly smoother than the N5, but it is noticeable, especially when scrolling in 3rd party apps. As far as snappiness/speed is concerned, I actually think the N5 feels just a little faster, but that is likely due to iOS's animations.

@OP- as much as I love the N5, it's hard for me to recommend it to you for a couple reasons- first, you can't even use it to its fullest since you're on Verizon and that alone makes it hard to justify. Second, there's a few other phones coming out soon that I would wait to check out first, mainly the new Moto X and the upcoming Nexus phone, whatever the naming convention is going to be this time around. But, if you have your heart set on the N5, it's not like it's going to break your bank.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Why do people ask us to tell them what phone to buy? There are 2 obvious issues with this.

1) We are biased. 95% of us would recommend an N5. We have one and we like it.

2) We are not you.

Come on guys, make your own decisions. Read the forums of all the phones you want and see what issues there are and which you "could live with", then decide which phone you want.

Try this...

Score every pro as a 1.

Score every amazing pro as a 2.

Score every known issue as a -1

Score every major known issue as a -2

Score the cheapest phone as a 0

Score every $100 that another handset is over the price of the cheapest phone as a -1

If "latest technology" is an issue for you, score every month the phone is old as a -1

Whichever has the highest score, buy... or dont.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
True, sometimes flipping a coin works!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doctor_droid:
[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] - dont buy a nexy now... Wait for newer sexy nexy....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
on verizon, you can connect to lte and get data on a nexus 5. but phone calls do not work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokke9191:
Buying one to use as a wifi only device for a week, then selling it, sounds pretty stupid to me. But to each their own I guess.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dontrun:
I would go for a Nexus 5 cause its rumoured that the Nexus X will have a HUGE 5.9 inch screen but its also rumoured that they will make another 5.2 inch one, so wait and see
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
Get a coin. Look back and forth twice then flip it. While its flipping decide head or tale. Wait for it... (Still spinning)...f#ck it.. slap the coin hard to the ground. Voila!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
Hey guys I'm having an issue with my charging flap. Every time I take my phone out of my pocket the charging flap hanging off. It's really becoming a major pain. I obviously wouldn't even dare putting it in water! Anyone have a solution or has anyone else had this issue?

Not very happy about this.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
i have a simular issue, aparently its caused by dust.. or atleast in my case

some people have purchased a replacement flap and that fixed their problem
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hzr34:
Clean flap ring with alcohol and apply little powder. Problem solved.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
Seems rather ridiculous a phone that is "dust and waterproof" is render useless by particles of dust no? IP67? Lol.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
What do you mean by powder? Baby powder?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
ip58 z2 is

5/8 dust

8/9 water

dust yeah its stupid that chunks of dead skin stop a flap from closing, but then again its a sensitive thing, those flaps are sensitive and are easily affected by things
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hzr34:
Yes.
[Sprint LG G2] cgedansk:
I rooted, some weeks ago, with Towel Root and have been running fine. Last night, I used something to let me add TWRP and this morning, when i plugged by phone in, the screen went all cross-hatchy, like a tightly woven Irish wool blazer. It would clear up if I rebooted, but would come back when I plugged it in, or if I let it sit.

So.. I did a backup and a hard reset, and it got a little better. But TWRP is still there. So, I made the mistake of choosing format, which I'm guessing wiped all including the current image, and now I can only get to the LG screen, with the notification light up top flashing blue to green and back again.

There are several similar options for re-imaging the device back to stock, but I'm not sure which will work for me. I'm not sure holding the up or down arrows, power button, and plugging in simultaneously, will put me into recovery mode and let me install a stock image.

Is there a magic bullet, like there was for the Galaxy Nexus? Install an App on the PC, plug in the phone, push a button and it just goes?

I'm dead in the water right now, so some direction would be appreciated. Unfortunately, I can't try all the variations to see which works. I'm hoping I gave enough info to go on.

Thanks!
[Sprint LG G2] famicone:
You are going to want to go back to stock using the LG Flash Tool and a .tot file if you have the LS980, all other variants of the G2 use a KDZ file and the updated version of the flash tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2656275

Then if you get that cross-hatchy screen (which has been dubbed the "white lines issue") You will want to use Cloudyfa's fix.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52414185&postcount=122
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoulReaver19:
Hi guys hopefully here the community may have an answer for me the thing is this one:

Today I decided to finally give a chance to KitKat based roms after months of watching the forum and development from guys like golden-guy, NovaFusion team and Android-Andy (sorry if I typed one of them wrong) and after trying to install my apps and finish customizing my phone decided to restart my device with one issue in every single rom either it was SlimKat from Android - Andy, Omni from Golden-guy and CM11 and Paranoid from NovaFusion team, some apps were uninstalled with no reason apps like Nova Launcher and SwiftKey just to name a few were not there anymore I don't know if it was because of installing Xposed Framework or what but that issue happened to me with all four roms [emoji17]

I went back to stock as I don't have that issue here, I'm sad because I really wanted to try KitKat after waiting a long time but that problem after every reboot and losing apps out of nowhere has forced me to wait even more.

Is anyone here who has had that issue too? How did you fix it?

If not, any opinion would be really apreciated thanks in advance, peace.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
My device bricked on KitKat, better to get rid of your custom binary count while you still can in case it bricks so you can claim your warranty :P

What about 4.2.2 or 4.3 ROMs?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoulReaver19:
Nah buddy maybe you did something wrong, and no, I will stay with stock since 4.2.2 and 4.3 are still Jelly Bean roms and what I want is switch to Kitkat lol, anyway thanks for your reply and hope one day we have a completely fully working rom based on KK
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
4.2.2 and 4.3.1 are so much better than stock 4.1.2 since it has so many more features, they're nearly as good as KitKat :P

I didn't do anything wrong, it bricked when I was charging it in January and I installed KitKat on December!
[General Questions and Answers] truely.da.best:
my phone SG4 is stuck on the t-moile logo on start up, ive already factory reset 3 times still wont work... i visited a post in XDA that told me to download odin and tar files but im having issues downloading and getting back to the tar file to rebbot my phone... please help.:crying:
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gustavo RD78:
Today I had the experience of having this problem

I've read in several places about it, but he is already well known

My experiences and attempts:

*disconnected from the charger it goes into bootloop

*connected to a charger it turns on and works normally

*loads very slowly (original charger and cable)

*battery percentage is crazy (for example to restart it jumps from 14% to 76% and otherwise)

*when disconnecting the charger it works for about 1 or 2 minutes and turns itself off

some search i found in this segment:

Sony Mobile Battery Testing App posted by [MENTION=4185508]droid102[/MENTION]

then...

as well as several people have noted, it is a battery problem!

Maybe any particular type or configuration and calibration? I do not know! :confused:

among several people who reported this problem this is what catches my attention:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2534327 posted by [MENTION=3322866]Osni~*[/MENTION] Osni~*

especially a posting made ​​by [MENTION=4221648]CokeJunkee[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47712547&postcount=5&nocache=1&z=7968423271086067

However I will send the set for repair (still under warranty)

any feedback is welcome!

Att Gustavo RD78
[Sony Xperia ZL] 000@nkit:
This happened to me! My had ZL had already been replaced once and after about a month it started showing the same symptoms. I flashed the stock firmware twice just to be sure it wasn't a software issue, but the problems persisted.... So i took it to the service and now they're gonna replace it again (obviously without any charge)! It is a battery problem and hopefully I won't have to go back to the service center with the next replacement. :(
[Sony Xperia ZL] Osni~*:
Yep, exactly the same as my case.

When the replaced cellphone had the same problem, I called Sony and they wanted to replace It again.

I said I wouldn't send it for replacement because the (then) third one would have the same problem and I would have to wait another month or so without the cellphone (not to mention the warranty was already at half).

I requested the refund, they did it in 2 weeks if I can remember correctly, then I waited 3 months with a crappy phone and now I'm a happy owner of a LG G3.
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
i had sorry for you and in some cases were in the same boat..

My battery also crazy, sometimes it went down to 14% from 92% and sometimes it's dead when it reach to 70% and below..

i know fully discharge and charge again would fix this but it wont be long.. It's gone for about 3-4 days and later.. My phone went drunk again..

in my mind, i looking for a phone with removable battery (samsung is my quick choice). But it's hard for me to leave sony and hard for me to leave "a full of memory phone", my xperia ZL..

i been using sony (ericsson) since K800i was released till now.. The XPERIA ERA was coming..

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[Sony Xperia ZL] Gustavo RD78:
my warranty will expire in about two months

assuming he was sent to warranty I would have to have this extended period... huh?

I will make it clear to receive the product back if he face the same problems will want a refund

even if need to seek my rights

this problem needs a "recall" (since many people had this problem and was contacted)

consumers would look with brand new eyes
[Sony Xperia ZL] rivera_696:
Alternative solution to physical damage on battery flex...

hi, forgive my english, is my firsth post...

This a alternative fisic metod to saved the battery,

my c6506 now work fine!!.

the problem is the battery flex, is a defect in the negative of the battery, n is solved by a fisical "jumper" to the negative terminal to negative flex terminal, as show:

View attachment 2925748

thanks!!

credits to Boyka Nicolas R. Waite.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gustavo RD78:
great news friend, it may be helpful to me if a new problem happen in the future and certainly many others

(My conclusion so far) this problem happens when the device reaches high temperatures that eventually comes to corrupt welds trails Battery
[Sony Xperia ZL] nebixts:
HOW

Hey bro [MENTION=5450408]rivera_696[/MENTION]

thank you very much for this info.

i just wanna ask you.

""the problem is the battery flex, is a defect in the negative of the battery, n is solved by a fisical "jumper" to the negative terminal to negative flex terminal, as show:""

???

what equipment/tools to doing that ??

thanks before and if you could answer it. ;)

:good::good::good:
[Sony Xperia ZL] rivera_696:
Hi, Nebixts!!

Only a pencil type soldering iron, wire solder, stannum and a insulated wire... disarm, and rearm the device...its very important calm and focus, good luck!
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
could u make a demo video for me? Im a lot interested.. hope so this can solve my phone sudden shut down when reach 30% below..

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[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
Funny, I've been assuming the battery failure was the result of a thermal fuse getting popped by heat...

That being said, I THOUGHT mine had died this afternoon, but not it seems to be working again... we'll have to see...

Sadly, I'm unsure that my receipt from the bitcoin store included the serial# for my phone...

I was wrong, it's dead... Not cool...
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
My RMA is setup and I'll probably ship my phone out tomorrow...

I'm not certain I would consider replacing the battery an adequate fix as this seems to be a flaw in the design... thinking I might just try and sell my phone when it comes back and move on to something else...
[Sony Xperia ZL] nebixts:
thanks

Hey, rivera_696

I follow your tips, and now my ZL can turn on again normally.

i can save $40 for new battery if i buy. but with your methode, i didn't buy it. before i know this i have two times buy the battery.

Lol, haha.

once again thanks a lot bro. you save me :good::good::good:

one small question, is it this methode have side effect?

For TS - Gustavo: thanks to make this thread, i can found new way to safe my ZL. :good:

by: nebixts ;)
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
can u tell me how it's been done since no picture or video showing tutorial.. i can't understand how to do it..

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[Sony Xperia ZL] CharlesG70:
HI there,

I had the exact same symtoms.

RMA and battery replaced by Sony. I droped the phone at a Sony store to save shipping and they sent it to the repaid depo.

Got the phone back in 10 days.

works great (except for 4.4.2 play services bug)

Bonus, sent it in with:

Boot Loader Unlockable: No

SIM lock: Rogers (in Canada)

Got it back:

Boot Loder Unlockable: Yes,

SIM lock: NO

thanks again Sony!!!

if you still have warante, then send it in. My screen has a small scratch, so I know Igot my original unit back.

Good luck...
[Sony Xperia ZL] rivera_696:
none my dear nebixt, my xzl works fast and stable....as usual, check te screenshot... sorry danilalalalala, check the schematic of the device,that will help but is very easy...
[Sony Xperia ZL] yamani_25:
It is worked for me :thumbup:, and some attached below can help some one if want to try :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
thanks, finally i'll understand how to work it out..

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[Sony Xperia ZL] tutoiguaran:
thanks

Thanks man, excellent tip... I was able to save my battery :laugh:duh
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
I found it interesting when I got mine back from the repair depot, they'd replaced ~ 4 screws, ~ 3 strips of glue tape, the battery, and the grounding strap...

I need to roll back to 101 and test - I don't seem to be getting DC connections in places where I didn't get LTE... in fact, at this point, I seem to either get LTE, or no data at this point... which is very strange... :(
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
I should get a new battery right?

does anyone know where can i get a good battery replacement for my ZL?

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[Sony Xperia ZL] israelnobrega:
It works!!

It worked to me. Tomorrow i'll post what i've done...with some photos. It's not so hard. Thanks!!!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
Finally it fixed. I changed my battery and work fine again..

My old battery has damaged. No matter what i do still got me wrong reading.. Plus the battery seems has grown bigger than my new battery..

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[Sony Xperia ZL] israelnobrega:
How to:

What i've done before:

- Flashtool

- Sony PC Companion

- Let it charge for 24h

- All the things you'll find the internet

So, lets go:

- Remove the back and the board and will be like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mp03co4hglg3rd/DSC_6496.jpg?dl=0

- A closer pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqhssltap5lr2ek/DSC_6499.jpg?dl=0

- Remove (lift) these contacts with caution: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ekanw1t8zosc6l0/DSC_6500.jpg?dl=0

- Remove the battery (lift it from the right side hole): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ng6uyvyqkkcan01/DSC_6501.jpg?dl=0

**CAUTION: there's a kind of adhesive on the back of battery, so don't damage the back of your battery. Remove it slowly: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vs639vojcdhrhdc/DSC_6503.jpg?dl=0

- That's the part where you'll use the pencil type soldering iron: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5kv14wrr2aklt1/DSC_6504.jpg?dl=0

- But, first, you'll have to remove (lift) that yellow plastic like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xh3jxeijyhus7x1/DSC_6507.jpg?dl=0

- than: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnh4yw9aq5sbxsc/DSC_6511.jpg?dl=0

- And will be like that: https://www.dropbox.com/s/imq6tle8j2fdk7t/DSC_6512.jpg?dl=0

- You'll need a wire like this (i used a wire of an old wall charger and got the internal little wire, like the red one on the pic): https://www.dropbox.com/s/vra1wlju445vima/DSC_6513.jpg?dl=0

- And so... calm and patience. Will be like that (or better than mine ;) ) https://www.dropbox.com/s/98d3irgkeff97a3/DSC_6514.jpg?dl=0

- After all this, assemble you beloved Xperia ZL (Xperia ZQ in Brasil) and:

** Besides a 43ºC, my phone is having a all good behavior. And NO MORE problems!

If I help you, hit thanks button. :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia ZL] exxonn:
Acabo de realizar esto y funciono perfecto con mi bateria, gracias!!!

I just do this and it worked perfect with my battery, thanks!!!
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
This is awesome info to know!! Thanks for this! Wish I knew before I bought a replacement battery. But like danilalalala, my replacement was also bigger than the original. It's nice to know that when this one craps out I will be good!
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
Well guys, it's been fun, but in going to move on from the zl... It's nice for it's price point, but the battery issue is too much.
[Sony Xperia ZL] foomanjackel:
sorry to see you go brother :(

mind if i ask....how old was your phone when this started? you sent it in to sony, correct? ...did they send you back the same phone repaired? or a new one to replace?

thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
My phone was brand new End of November, 1st part of December last year... and it died on September 8th... I did run a mix of stock and custom roms on it... I noticed that the stock roms have a utility to help monitor the thermal state of the system... at least for a portion of the time I ran, I was using a CPU tool to artificially drop the CPU speed down to help with battery life... I never over-clocked it... I only ran the battery exceptionally low a few times... dunno what to say.

They sent the same phone back to me (mine has a Skinomi screen protector installed...)
[Sony Xperia ZL] foomanjackel:
thanks for reply, i have that Skinomi screen protector as well. its still sitting in the box right here on my desk....i'll get around to installing it one of these days lol

is the phone working again after they returned it? good luck to you bro!
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
The phone works perfect. I don't trust how long the battery will work, and I'm not interested in dissecting my phone when/if it fails again.

And I don't want to deal with the consequences if it fails and I'm unable to make an emergency call when I need to...

Also, as a bonus, I can flash this one to be a Google play edition phone if I choose.
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
If anyone's interested, it's on swappa.
[Sony Xperia ZL] abhishek009:
can somebody explain what that jumper connection actually do in technical terms .. does it skips thermal fuse ??

my phone is acting weird with battery level droping and wont charge more than 1% (from its current level) with stock charger ... and i am currently charging my battery after disconnecting it from the board . ..

here is the thread where i have explained my problem

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-zl/help/help-hardware-expert-charging-battery-t2937128
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieltorresmg:
Just one thing to say....

Obrigado!!! Salvou minha vida... rs

Well done!!

Thank's a lot man!!! I even bought a new battery, but when I installed it, the same problem occurred then ... I found your post and finally saved my device... really worked for me.

Let's share!!!