yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
1. power off

2. hold volume up and connect to pc

3. flash kdz

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or just connect to pc if it doesn't boot, see if there is some device in device manager that wasn't there.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
To make things more clear, I've posted a video of going into download mode and showing the flash tool. Maybe this will help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBNnYC0hmzs&list=UUc_6uazlw8MzDK9s4gvdscA
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
Did you install the drivers or not ?

I'll send you few links later, please remind me one more time via inbox.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bill010:
Iam facing the exact same issue right now

Phone was already soft bricked. user to get stuck at the lg logo and download modestopped working , volume + power would bring fast boot so i used adb command prompt and flashed boot,aboot and recovery files and then did a reboot and all i have are these moving gray lines

IF anybody resolved this issue please help with the steps
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] botturgec:
I have a same problem. Please help me, please !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mashed_Potatoes:
Where did you buy the phone? Some online sellers combine parts from all variants and sell refurbished phones under D802 so when you flash it bricks your phone.

Do you have IMEI on box?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidsRugly:
Same thing happened with mine. Got it fixed for 20$ through Jtech service.

Beware people.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aronline:
I have same problem here. When connect via USB, Showing in device manager as Android device. But not showing anything under COM port. I tried to flash via LG flash tool. But flash tools fail to connect device. please help me to solve this. I am a Sri Lanka. If you a place to repair my phone. Please advise.

Thank You.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayandee3:
Same thing happened with me when i use autorec, lines on the screen but the phone work normally, receive calls and messages, the touch works normally, every thing work normal but there's no screen output or colors only gray lines wuth black screen. I think it's a refurbished phone with a different board that written on the cover, and we use the wrong autorec according to the board.

I don't know how to fix it:confused:. Any help :)?
[Google Chromecast] tj2003:
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/06/fi...chromecast-roku-support-here-is-how-it-works/
[Google Chromecast] DJames1:
I tried it. It's pretty useless for me. Firefox for Android on my tablet with Android 4.1.2 can't actually play the video from most video sites (Chrome beta does fine), and no casting control appears. I don't feel like cluttering my phone that has 4.4.4 just to try this.

Update: It turns out that the developers screwed up the beta build and left out the casting support after announcing it. It's fixed now.
[Google Chromecast] DJames1:
An update has been posted, and Firefox beta for Android now includes the previously-announced casting support. I can confirm that it does work. The Firefox beta on my tablet is still unable to play video that plays just fine in other browsers, but the casting control appears and it can cast it to the Chromecast successfully. Since it only supports compatible mp4 and WebM streams that we can already cast by other means, I'm not sure it's very useful, but if you were planning to use Firefox for Android anyway...

It's supposed to support Roku too, with the addition of a Firefox receiver channel on the Roku, so I gave that a test too. It does detect the Roku, and the Roku dings when I try to cast a video to it from Firefox, but nothing else happens.

So still a work in progress...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
My wife has a Galaxy Note 2 running stock Android 4.4.2. She is constantly having problems when sending and receiving SMS and MMS messages:

1. Long SMS messages (both incoming and outgoing) are split into multiple messages, and often converted to MMS

2. Incoming MMS messages don't download - there's just a message saying "downloading".

Re.1: I know that there's a 160-character limit on SMS, but is there any way of either preventing this, or at least preventing them being converted to MMS's?

Re.2: In an attempt to solve problem 2, she disabled wifi to force a connection to the TalkMobile data network. This helped MMS messages to download, but had the unpleasant side effect of "breaking" the wifi functionality on the phone - i.e. the phone would never stay connected to wifi for longer than a couple of minutes (even when sitting 6 feet from the home wifi router) - after that it would connect to the TalkMobile data network. This little bug caused her to accumulate £50 in data charges before she realised what was happening. I have since done a factory reset and this seems to have fixed the wifi problem, but has anyone else encountered this?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kevinoliva113:
Standard Disclaimer: It's your phone.. If you brick your phone, or it becomes self aware and takes over the world, I am not responsible.

MIUI v5 for BLU Studio 5.3ii

Features

Too many to list, but I'll try

Double tap lock ring for music player

Flashlight from lock screen

Long press back button for camera, any screen. (must set)

Move/delete/folder multiple apps.

Set toggles to bar mode

battery bar option

Custom BLU Splash screen (BLU logo)

....and much more

Suggestion: Download google search. Long press menu button. Check remember my choice, then pick google search. You now have google now from long press menu..

Needed: Custom recovery. You can get CWM here. http://xdaforums.com/android/development/recovery-cwm-blu-studio-5-3ii-t2856260

Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzpfAdALNa_gakR5TDRRNUNQczQ/edit?usp=sharing

Installation Instructions

Always do a backup prior to flashing this, or anything else

1) Download MIUI v5, put on SD card

2)Reboot recovery

3)factory wipe/data reset

4)wipe cache

5)install zip from SD

6)choose MIUI zip. flash

7)Reboot and enjoy

First boot can take up to 10 minutes. Be patient
[MDA Compact II General] taihv:
First, i've search on forum but not help!

Now i have a PM200 (MDA compact II) but very strange because it not Chammer, when i detect by JAFWM it show me Wizard with G4 chipset. I've checked again in mainboard and it really G4 have chipset.

In bootloader, it's show me IPL/SPL 2.26.0001

In device information it's show me PM200, i've check imei at http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr and it show me T-Mobile MDA compact II (PM200).

Then, the question is where can i get ROM for this phone?????

I need this ROM because my custommer has killed it by Chammer ROM, now it only turn on with external power. With batt, it only blink! :(

Can somebody help me?

Thanks and best regard,

taihv
[MDA Compact II General] SpeedyTuning:
i dont understand exactly....

you buy mda compact II with this Chipset?

or you flash rom from mda Vario
[MDA Compact II General] hanmin:
go look at the Wiki for Charmer.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raymondadutwum:
Hi guys, is there a way to swap the RAM with a the sdcard or a partition on the sdcard<br />

I'm running a Carbon rom 4.4.2<br />

Please help<br/>
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahhl:
i am facing this issues lately, full page popup featureing whatapps, beeline, line.. so far and sign by google. very annoying. i have done factory reset, but its still there. is there any ads root scanner?
[General Questions and Answers] MattNoir:
Hi. I hope it's not here. But, is there ANY way how to disable that "mandatory messenger" popup, when I try to look at messages through my FB app? I don't have very fast phone and I have a lot of apps installed, which makes it even slower. Browser is not solution I like (no notifications, slow to get there, etc.). So if there is any solution, tell me, please.
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
I'm worried that because Sony made the Z3 smaller and thinner than the Z2 while overclocking the processor, it will run into heat problems quickly.

There's already a huge issue with Z2 recording in 4k as users have complained about overheating issues.

I was just watching this youtube hands on video and noticed this
[Xperia Z3 General] jkr284:
Im definately avoiding this phone if thats the case. Ill be going for note 4 instead with the snapdragon 805 processor which eats 4k for breakfast!
[Xperia Z3 General] naukhaiz:
Overheating while camera use is a huge issue in Z2 and sony has done nothing to resolve that. I went to the mall and checked xperia z2 in all shop abd outlets. All of them heated up n closed camera while taking simple pictures. 4k is another story. Its impossible to take normal pictures with z2 camera.
[Xperia Z3 General] barondebxl:
Sony needs to fix this, I had a Z2 for a few days and i have never experienced a blazing hot phone before like that Z2. It was really concerning hot.

Sent From my Nokia Lumia 635
[Xperia Z3 General] sfkaudi:
No issues on my z2 at all, not even 4k!!!!!
[Xperia Z3 General] ajai_dev:
Not possible 5-8 min is max for 4K recording with my Z2. Every Z2 has limit for 4k recording thermal limit.
[Xperia Z3 General] maple_mak:
That device was very hot because it's charging too much time...

Charging is more heater than no charging when using.
[Xperia Z3 General] AM Radio:
thanks for pointing this out, OP. i was looking for some indication one way or the other as to whether overheating would be an issue. could be, like [MENTION=5153535]maple_mak[/MENTION] was suggesting, that charging might be a contributing factor.

wonder what the app was though.

if it's GPS, that'll suck for Ingress + external battery pack.
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
to answer your question, it was the camera app.
[Xperia Z3 General] s1dest3pnate:
Ding ding ding. This is the culprit.

I wouldn't be worried about overheating at all.
[Xperia Z3 General] Mobe1969:
I dunno why more manufacturers don't make metal backed cases then like the motorola. I mean dissipate the heat. Glass is a thermal insulator
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
Imagine, who will hold super heated metal case? :-S
[Xperia Z3 General] D F:
In fact, glass spreads heat just like aluminium.
[Xperia Z3 General] Bäcker:
no it does not.

Glass has a thermal conductivity of below 1 (which say it barely conducts heat) where Aluminium has over 200 (good conductor). This value tells us how fast heat is conducted (or spreaded to use your words)

What you might have meant is thermal capacity, which is of absolutely no interest in this case. Thermal capacity for glass and aluminium is rather similar and tells you how much heat is needed to heat something up.

As the glass on the back of our phones is rather thin heat will still get trough pretty quickly.
[Xperia Z3 General] Indicious Flow:
If you talk about over-heating issues, you must also consider the fact that 4k recording is not as easy like how 1080p recording works. It requires a lot of processing power. So no matter what phone you are on, and you want to record 4k, there would definitely be this overheating issue occuring. (Tested on the S5, G3, Z2, Z3)
[Xperia Z3 General] brynte5:
so you´re saying that all of those phones you mention, automatically shut down the camera app after a couple of minutes of recording 4k?

the only difference being that no warnings of overheating keep popping up on the other phones?
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
yes, Every phone will shutdown soon or later if you record 4K video for long.
[Xperia Z3 General] brynte5:
yeah ok, but "sooner or later" compared to the z3 (or z2, considering the z3 isn´t even out yet) is the real q here?
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
I believe all Samsung phones (Note 3, S5) have a 5 minute limit on 4k recording.
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXsyK5YCid8

4K heat test: LG G3, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, S5, Sony Xperia Z2 i know its a little older phones, but it summerized some of your question.

Just take a look at it.

EDIT:

Its says that G3, Note 3 and S5 have a cap limit at 5minutes of 4K video reccording, while z2 records till it get too hot (that means it can record longer then other phones in good conditions.
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Yes but for example I don't care about 4( I just want the camera to work properly in my hot weathered country
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
It will work properly.
[Xperia Z3 General] brynte5:
ok, thx a lot for that video.

very interesting.

this problem could actually have been a dealbreaker for me, but it turns out the competition is no better.

another possible dealbreaker though, if i´m alowed to briefly change topic (sorry about that), is the quality of the camera, for both pix and video.

i´ve seen a few samples of the camera on the z3 and it seems great at first glance and i hope it will stay awesome and have the very best camera, but if you compare the camera on the z2 and the galaxy s5, the s5 is the winner, no doubt about it.

the only thing the z2 does better than the s5 is autozooming, but other than that, the quality of the s5 camera is superior imho.

hoping for a fair and well done comparison of the camera on the z3 vs the s5, coming up asap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1_ayEHazg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGeKekTLPw
[Xperia Z3 General] Mobe1969:
I'd consider the samsung next time, for the phone, but I keep hearing such bad things about their touchwiz. I do like how Sony give a leaner, and so seem a way more dev friendly company. Eg, AOSP, the google version of some of the xperias, availability of kernels. I do prefer the Sony design also.

I'm surprised the Z3 is still using the snapdragon 801
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Let's hope cause it didn't happened with the z2
[Xperia Z3 General] brynte5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyHMVDKLJbk
[Xperia Z3 General] G1_enthusiast:
in Sony Defense ( and I hate sony produuct) who give a **** about 4k recording? most TV are still 1080p, most of the time you cant spot a difference.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jonnyn93:
Lol, okay well, I saw this thread and I got a bit worried, I have a Z2 with the latest update, stock everything, :) I'm now in 10 mins of 4K recording and there its not even hot :S soo.......I dont see what the problem is..
[Xperia Z3 General] fain2daniel:
How much memory eats for 10min of 4K recording?
[Xperia Z3 General] tragedyhk:
I am planning to upgrade from z1 to z3. But I worry about overheating problem of taking 4k video. My sister has a z2 and its a bit warm. I live in Hong Kong btw.
[Xperia Z3 General] maple_mak:
Z3 record 4k video's time will more than Z2, of course.:)
[Xperia Z3 General] AM Radio:
4K isn't really a concern for me -- i have nothing that can display that resolution anyhow.

question for me is whether Sony fixed the camera overheating when just shooting pictures.

any news on that?
[Xperia Z3 General] Sunemol:
Z2 4K

After root and low volting i can record 4K in over 30min

30:01min took 11.57GB of space

before i had another Z2 and needed to replace and this still have the camera problem but i rooted and no probs now
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
In my case, i will never record 4k video.

Firstly i dont have any screen to play in native resolution, and even full hd is more then enough for me.
[Xperia Z3 General] fain2daniel:
How do you mean ' low volting' ,how did you do that exactly?

Sorry for my noob q.

When you buy a 4K tv in should we say 2-3 years from now it would be nice to have 4K video memories to play on it.

Just my opinion,i will record in 4K video if i think some moment is worth it.
[Xperia Z3 General] G1_enthusiast:
nobody keep a phone for more than a year now....I switch mine every 6 months, 4k recording is marketing gimmicks just like Iphone 64bit processor....
[Xperia Z3 General] fain2daniel:
I do stick to one model for at least two years cause im to old to keep up with this racing tehnology.

Maybe buy a uhd tv next year or so and would be nice to have old 4k video memories to play on it.

Same was with fhd video cameras back in 2009.
[Xperia Z3 General] electrash:
Yes but still, 90% of TVs is HD Ready only, and it past 5 years. Just saying, I don't want to make war with this.
[Xperia Z3 General] maidguitar:
OK guys, disregarding 4k and whether or not it's useful for now, does the Z3 (and I guess Z2) get really hot and overheat doing anything else?

If you just browse internet or listen to music or whatever, does it really heat up and bother your hand?

What about watching videos on youtube or playing games?
[Xperia Z3 General] Q.Entity:
Define hot. Is hot 30C, 40C?
[Xperia Z3 General] Devries:
My Z3 pop up ”over heating“window after record 4k video 8 minutes
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Which ambient temperature ?
[Xperia Z3 General] Devries:
22℃
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Is it improved over z2?
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
I've only had my Z3 for three days but not had it get anywhere close to hot enough to cause problems, but the camera app does keep warning you about heat possibly causing the camera to close (until you tick the 'don't say again' box) and giving assurance that if it stops during a video recording, it will still save the video.
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Ok, where can I buy a z in the US via online? but a 6603.. There's an option in amazon but it is far too expensive
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
I think there's a thread on here, and you can buy from places like Handtec or Clove with shipping to the US that would appear to take only a couple of days (not sure how much shipping will be though).
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
Ok thanks, thing is that in the Uk us really expensive
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
I've had mine for a couple of days now.

1. The warning DOES show, mostly when the device is on charge and you use the camera. It can be during taking regular pictures, not just 4k. I think Sony is being OVER cautious here.

2. Off the charger and I haven't had any difficulty like this. I did record a few minutes of 4k outdoors at night so it wasn't warm weather. Had ZERO problems.

3. On the off topic question. The camera is better in some areas and worse in other areas when compared to the competition. The pros are

a) it has a large MP count allowing for better digital zooming or post cropping, but this is not important to a lot of people

b) it has a dedicated two stage hardware shutter button for focus/shoot and for quick launch. I didn't think I'd love this but I do.

c) it has AMAZING low light capability... like it can see in the dark! You will NOT notice this in 'normal' dark environments. The room needs to be almost FULLY DARK for you to see this thing work. Just unbelievable, it can actually see in the dark. When you shoot in the dark, the viewfinder will not show anything but a black screen, but after you have taken the shot, open it in the preview or gallery and be amazed. The competition don't come close. The pictures are certainly very low res and very blurry, but it can still catch the rough 'landmarks' of the dark room.

d) I didn't think this would be so useful but I found it super convenient. It's the ability to integrate other apps like vine, youtube and evernote or Camscanner into the main app software so that taking a picture or video in the regular camera directly exports it to vine for example.

e) the background blur and slow-mo modes of the camera app are better than any of the other implementations I have seen.

The cons?

a) the image quality when compared to my modded G2 with xCam app is comparable, often better and sometimes worse even.

b) still suffers from motion blur or ghosting effect of moving objects, albeit better than my G2 which was notoriously bad in that regard.

c) significantly slower in shooting rapid shots, esp when compared to the iPhone and the top crop of galaxies, the m7 and m8.

d) macro pictures still won't allow you to get close enough. Strangely, my G2 could get closer to the subject.

Sorry for the thesis guys. Just loving this device. Simply a beauty to behold. Best looking device of 2014. Will be v hard to best it IMO.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
Being outside the EU, you would get the 20% VAT taken off - but I am not sure the exchange rate is in your favour at the moment.

Your summary of the camera is spot on.

The high ISO in low light is amazing, but ultimately not so useful as it softens everything horribly - but you wouldn't get anything at all on most other cameras!

I took some photos in low light (not no light by any means) and you can see how the high ISO levels begin to ruin things, but only really when viewed at 100%. Look at them at a more common size (on the phone itself or shared on social media), and they look very good.

My gallery is here: http://jmcomms.com/2014/10/01/sony-xperia-z3-camera-test-first-impressions-of-camera-with-pictures/

The big problem, as ever, is that in auto mode it can be near impossible to take a photo of anything moving in all but bright daylight. Even if it detects an infant/baby, it doesn't alter the settings to a point where you'll get a sharp photo of them when they keep moving. Fortunately you have manual mode, but it seems odd that auto mode can't detect movement and adjust accordingly. I mean, if it can detect an infant, why would it assume that said infant will be perfectly still?!
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
Thanks for your feedback. I'm eager to know what settings in manual mode help with capturing moving animate objects like kids. Please share.
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
I'm guessing it's the sport mode. I use it in my Z1 for fast capture.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
I'd say experiment. Sport mode is certainly good, but the anti motion blur can be good too, if it's not too dark.
[Xperia Z3 General] 3Shirts:
It's waterproof. If you need to do a lot of 4K, gaffer tape some ice to it.
[Xperia Z3 General] blindear2010:
i wonder if the build material can help with heat dissipation... has anyone tried temperature readings for z3 (metal) and z3 compact (plastic)? maybe we can see pros and cons of the material. My guess is plastic is better in warmer climates so it does not conduct heat, and metal better in colder climates... but its just a guess.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
I got a warning today (still photos with the LED on torch/bulb mode) that things were getting hot, complete what appeared to be a temperature warning on the camera viewfinder.

Didn't actually close down though, but phone was hot.
[Xperia Z3 General] :
this has to be the most ridiculous method to do a heat test.
[Xperia Z3 General] Zanr Zij:
I got heat problem today. Although I didn't get any message but the phone was too hot. I understood the reason ( heavy 3G usage + high brightness under direct sunlight at 12AM ) but compare to my Note 3, it was much hotter. Maybe because of metal matterial + thin body + high brightness!

---------- Post added at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

To be fair, hard to compare Z3 to Z3 compact due to difference about max brightness + thickness!
[Xperia Z3 General] naukhaiz:
I have been using xperia z3 and there is no over heating problem with this piece of beauty. Amazing phone
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
Can you change this to say you've not had this problem, as I don't think you can speak for everyone and every device. The Z3

does

get hot. It does have warnings, and the camera can warn you that it is about to close down - even for still photos.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jonathan-H:
I agree a problem is a problem whether one person has it, or a million, but I would have to disagree that the Z3 will "overheat" taking still images exclusively. If you're getting a warning, I would guess you've been doing something wrong such as too much 4k recording, taking pictures while charging the phone in a sauna etc.