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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] LastQuark:
Wow! Big difference. The Z3 is like HDR here. Did you use Superior Auto or the Manual Mode?

The shadows and highlights are clear. Nice balanced shot.

---------- Post added at 09:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 PM ----------

Because they used auto mode. Against auto mode of iPhone, there is no comparison. iPhone wins. Manual mode is a different story. It unlocks the power of this camera.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bilboa1:
its gsmarena's review shots

its manual mode in 20mp i believe
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] clouds5:
That's the problem with a lot of reviews. They just use the auto mode which makes good pictures but doesn't unlock the full potential of the cam. I strolled around town yesterday making some pictures, comparing auto and manual modes and I'm really happy with the camera. Changing the white balance in manual mode makes a lot of difference!

I'm not an expert but for me ease of use is the most important thing with smartphone cameras. And the software and of course the dedicated button make taking pictures extremely smooth. You just hit that button while taking it out of your pocket and the important settings aren't buried deep in menus. You're ready to go instantly and it's never awkward to try and hit that soft button.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] phositadc:
There's something fishy about this. The first one has no shadows, the second one does. It looks like the lighting when the photos were actually taken was drastically different....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rv1458:
You're correct, if you look at the full picture, the Alpha photo was taken on a much cloudier day. That said, several comments here and further reading of reviews have mostly laid to rest my concern about the photo quality.

I would still like to know if Xperia devices have historically held up well and continued to operate well. As I mentioned in my original post, Samsung devices tend to get very buggy after about year, in my experience. My wife and I both had GS2's and in addition software bugginess our gps effectively stopped working after about a year.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] degraaff:
Because Touchwiz. Lol.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rv1458:
And Sony's UI is better? Or do you have to get a Nexus to get a bug-free UI?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] degraaff:
I've not been able to find any bugs or stutters in Sony's UI, on my Xperia z2 tablet, which has almost the same UI as Z3C.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Firov:
I've used a number of Android phones, from the Galaxy Nexus to the HTC One (M7) to the Z2 and now the Z3 Compact and I've spent plenty of time playing on a friend's Samsung Galaxy S5 and Nexus 5.

Based on that experience, I say yes. Sony's UI is better than Samsung's, by far. In fact, honestly, given the choice between Sony's UI and stock Android, I actually rather prefer Sony's aside from that stupid "What's New" button, but that can easily be disabled through ADB without root. You see, Sony's UI is nothing more than a very minor tweak of stock Android, and some of those tweaks actually make a lot of sense.

Unlike Samsung's Touchwiz garbage and HTC's Sense (to a much lesser extent), Sony's UI isn't filled with all kinds of useless garbage. They do include some goofy apps, mostly related to the camera (AR Fun? Really?), but those can easily be disabled without root. The UI itself is slim, sleek, and fast.

About the only utility feature they added on top of stock Android was "small apps", which is actually kind of a nice feature to have, since it allows a certain degree of multiwindow multitasking, which isn't generally something Android offers.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bilboa1:
Yes the GSMarena pics are on different days, but the lighting difference isnt the only factor. they have pictures with controlled lighting as well - but they're not as nice for comparison as outdoor pictures IMO because they only talk to specialists.

you can see the issues with the GS5 algorithms and the lesser sensor in the outdoor pic, and you can see the Z3's own limitations as well.

Samsung's drivers always have nicer-to-the-eye sharpness correction and color correction than the Z3. The superior auto (default mode) of the Z3 does a bad job or doing that as well, which is a con really.

But you can go manual and even without touching any setting in manual mode it takes better pictures most of the time than superior auto (yea good job on that one sony lol).

If you edit the image in anything decent you can fix the color balance, white balance, sharpness correction and its actually looking very good. Only the lumias seem to take better pictures (albeit i didnt look too much at the iphone6)

of course, again, its unfortunate that you've to go through manual mode and/or external software to get better shots while other phones can do that by default. I think sony should call manual mode smth like "protune" (this is what GoPro does) and have the default over saturated, sharpened, etc (which they should just call the default mode instead of superior auto ;).

Would please everyone.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] alpha beta gaga:
look forward to hearing your views on this. i'm interested in both phones, primarily how their cameras perform :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Bialynia:
I think superior auto takes great pics, I don't get the bashing. My wife's Z1C pics are really impressive, I've taken some shots with her phone and the Z3C and the Z3c is better in lowlight. They're both fantastic in daylight.

I don't trust the online camera reviews, real world friends posting to Facebook tells a better story.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] fjsferreira:
Hi guys,

here's BEANSTALK, gee/geeb version, built just today. Includes by default jollaman999's kernel v10 with stock camera drivers ported. Geeb users, install the ROM and then a geeb mod kernel.

I'm sure you know the ROM so I'll keep this thread nice and simple.

ROM review by someone on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3BaZpZIzKI

DOWNLOADS

Build 1 - 09 29 2014 - MEGA / Google Drive / Mediadrive

I'll update this once a week, guaranteed.

Official changelog (seems to be outdated) - http://www.scotthartbti.com/index.php/beanstalkbuilds/

Known issues:

- Bootanimation doesn't cover all screen (don't know why, during building the ROM I used the file with the correct resolution)

- If wifi discovery isn't working on first boot, go in to wifi advanced settings, change region and change it to your location again. Then turn off wifi and then on again.

- NFC toggle doesn't work on first boot. Just reboot the phone.

- Lockscreen statusbar isn't transparent, sorry, can't do anything about it, it's beanstalk beahviour.

Thanks go to:

- Beanstalk

- Jollaman999 for his wonderful kernel

- Faust93 for his work on porting the camera
[Sprint LG Optimus G] akahroba:
another nice job :) Thanks mate,
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] BullSpit:
I got this device to review and wanted to share here with everyone. I am very, very impressed with this little beast.

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Aukey®-Amlogi...64&sr=8-1&keywords=Aukey+S82+4K+HD+Player+Box
[Asus Transformer TF700] 3DeX:
Hi, so recently I have been trying to get linux on my TF700 crombi-kk 11.0-20140719. But when I try to launch any linux distro through Complete linux installer app, it opens the terminal, displays following lines and does nothing:

u0_a52@tf700t:/ $

u0_a52@tf700t:/ $ cd /storage/sdcard0/ubuntu

u0_a52@tf700t:/storage/sdcard0/ubuntu $ su

root@tf700t:/ #

I have tried debian and kali as well, small and big images, changing the path (storage/emulated/0 and legacy and so on).

Does anyone have any experience installing linux on this device? Either using simple methods like AndoridOnLinux or Complete linux installer app or some of those proper installation tutorials for dualbooting? What works what doesn't and so.

It is definitely rooted, and it should support loop kernels or whats it called.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AserLaser:
Hello Guys,

I have a Problem with my LG Optimus G E975. I wanted to Flash a new Rom on it but when trying to open cmw it falled and didnt start anymore. I followed this instructions (youtube.com/watch?v=4YZ0i6aFsfM) and it worked again. But now it falled in 5 min tact. I wanted to make a new Rom on it to may fix it. But i still cant enter cmw. So i had to make the same process again. Now i have a phone that cant find the sims Card and restarts every 5 min :( any solution. Can I make the normal Rom on it again? If i make a hard reset i only get the Version after repairing it like in the vid.

MfG

Adrian
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamwalter3:
Hello,

I have a requirement to flash a ROM to a rooted device OTA and without user interaction. I can get the new version of the ROM to the device with no problem, but do not have any ideas on how to automate the flash process.

Thanks,

Adam
[Xposed Framework Modules] Gaboros:
On my Alcatel Pop C7 Angry Birds Epic never worked. It just crashed at the loading. I contacted the developers, sent the crash report many times but they didn't fixed it. A native method caused these crashes so I made an xposed module which prevent the crash.

You can try on different device if you face a similar problem, but it was tested on an Alcatel Pop C7 (Android 4.2.2) and now the game just loads up fine! :)

Download: http://repo.xposed.info/module/hu.gaboros.epicfix
[Xposed Framework Modules] yomyself:
I had the same issue on my exynos note 3 and this patch work great, now i can play it

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

«Sorry for my english»
[Xposed Framework Modules] Rajaks:
Hey i am making an update file for hcl me u1 with kitkat ui of blazing Dragon

Can you make meta-inf ?For me with my name
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] P.Coolman:
I tried asking google but I cant find a thing.

Which impedance has the Xperia P? My old Nokia 5800 supports 32 Ohm so I´m not sure if the Xperia can support this too.

Thanks a lot :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dew.man:
Is there an app/utility that will measure my data usage?

I'm getting ready to go out of the country for a while, and want to stay on top of my usage for data roaming/billing purposes...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] s4vva:
try using spb gprs monitor, i think that should do what you need.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dew.man:
Thanks! Looks like it'll do just what I'm looking for...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] XDAII:
PocketMax PhoneAlarm also has a data usage monitor included, plus you get all the other benefits
[Android] bj07:
I was in Slimkat and tried the new DN3 for the Tmobile Note 2. Some good features in the new DN5 but miss a lot of features from the Slimkat.

Is it possible to get some of the Slimkat features like the pie control. Also the dialer in the Slimkat is the best i have used so far-tired a few ROms and the Slimkat dialer is by far the best - at least for me.

Can i use the Slimkat dialer and the pie on the new DN3 OR use the powersaver from the DN3 on Slimkat. If so how do i do this. THanks
[Android Apps and Games] gvizdon:
Colorless World is a simple addictive game about last bright colored creature in one ugly gray world. Try to escape from this city!

I hope u will like it!

How to play?

-tap right part of screen for jump

-tap left part of screen to slow down

-collect colored boxes to refill you healy

-paint boxes, but don't let them take all your health!

Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Gvizdon.ColorlessWorld
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Holysmoke99:
I have flashed several roms but I lose GPS signal on them all. I restore stock rom and GPS works great.

Anyone have same issue?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenas:
Yes most custom Roms give me the same problem.

Just like wifi not able to get it working.

By now the stock rom 4.4.4 is the best one for me.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justanicename:
No issue with the latest Carbon. Just make sure you have GPS fix on Stock. Than flash custom rom and wipe dalvik/cache.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t4n017:
The only solution I found for this was going back to stock, use the GPS, and then flash the custom rom again (without wiping /system!).

It worked for me and other users as well.

I'm currently on PA without any GPS problem.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Holysmoke99:
no problems with bugs no wiping?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t4n017:
I did wipe, but not /system.

A factory reset is enough (it wipes /data and /cache sd-ext and android_secure): http://teamw.in/whattowipe

No bugs at all, just the known ones..
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiyagiSan:
No. GPS works fine on this rom for me.

So does Wifi and 2G/3G. Stable daily driver rom for me, YMMV.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliospinoza:
My solution was

1. Make a full backup of your stock Rom or any Rom with GPS working

2. Flash a custom Rom and see if the GPS is working if not make a backup of the Rom you are trying to use as default

3. Restore your old Rom ,the one with the GPS working. Then use some app with GPS like Google maps or GPS test and be sure that the GPS is lock in your actual position.

4. Go back and restore the Rom you want to use definitely and the GPS will lock as fast as before.

Is odd but all the times works for me.

Regards
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dntevnlft:
My experience with the GPS issue

I flashed CM11, GPS didn't work. Wiped everything in recovery and reverted to stock using this link (3b in particular). Opened Google Maps and got a GPS lock on my location. Went back into recovery, wiped and flashed CM11. Opened up Google Maps and GPS still wouldn't work...then I read somewhere about turning Location on and off in Settings so I did that...and it worked! GPS works flawlessly now.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenjou_89:
isnt there any other solution that does not involve reflashing stock? has anybody come across an in-rom solution??
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrelgl:
Also awaiting a solution
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiyagiSan:
Yes.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jochy2525:
Hi there, where I can find NON-HLOS.bin?

I try to flash it but it says reported max download sife of xxxx bytes. Cannot load "NOH-HLOSbin"
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiyagiSan:
You will find it inside the stock firmware for your device. Make sure you pick the right firmware!
[G2 General] Gabre:
Frustrated with bad audio on recorded videos, I was determined to find a way around it, because there is obviously a problem with noise canceling microphones.

so I stumbled upon a user somewhere on some website saying how he tried this APP https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeronoiseapps.secretvideorecorder&hl=en recorder where you can choose WHICH microphone to use on a phone, and if you pick "Mic" under options it records perfect!

now all we need to find is another camera app that has thit option as well, as this one is made for Spy recording or something like that as it works without showing what you are recording!

Finally a normal solution :laugh:
[G2 General] K_s_K:
Alternatively you can install XCam LG and buy the settings app off the play store($2). The settings app has an audio noise gate option which fixes the sound issue along with a myriad of other useful settings. Only down side is that its not free.
[G2 General] Gabre:
I had xcam installed, by xdabeb, but no luck with that, although didn't know bout that settings app
[G2 General] Gabre:
forgot to ask, what app is that? Does it give you an option to turn off microphones, and choosing which one to use?
[G2 General] K_s_K:
Its called XCam LG Settings. Sorry but no it doesn't include an option to choose which microphone to record from.
[G2 General] staticx57:
Does xcam settings fix the annoying issue if you record sound louder than say a whisper it will clip and sound like garbage?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] pikachukaki:
Hey im not the user of this phone i don't even know it existed but a friend of mine gave it to me saying he accidently (how its possible) to mistaken attempted 20 times to unlock using motive..now its asking 2 questions....1 where he was born (that don't remember what he wrote) and then add his g-account that again he didn't remember....i can't make factory reset cause i read somewhere that sony dosen't have stock recovery....i can't flash TWRP or CWM cause i can't enable debbuging....any thoughts??

Thanks and sorry about my English!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sveltosss:
Hi guys.

Thank you for all your great posts that have helped me a lot understand the android world as I am coming from 7 years iphone usage.

I'm trying hard to decide what is the best practice for rooting and if needed unrooting my G3. I have read a lot in this forum, but I can't say I feel ready. So I thought I might ask in the forum.

So, first thing to do is root. As I understand this is fairly simple, I just have to follow one of the posted methods.

Now, say I'm rooted. I do all the tweaks I want and then I need to backup everything. So, I suppose I will make a backup with Titanium pro.

Then a new firmware version is released. Now the questions start :)

1. Should I try to upgrade with lg suite without unrooting? What are the possible outcomes? Keep root? Loose Root? In this case can I just root again?

2. Go back to stock (with lg flash tool), then upgrade and then root again? In this case can I just load titanium backup and therefore recover all my data?

3. Just unroot without loosing data (e.g. With lg suite) then upgrade and reroot?

4. Is the backup I have made with Titanium useless if I flash my phone to stock and then remain unrooted?

Am I too confused? Lol

Can you guys give me an idea of how you proceed when a new firmware is out? How long does it take to follow your plan of unrooting-upgrading-rerooting? Is it a matter of minutes, hours?

Thank in advance.
[Moto 360] erasat:
Just got the idea from seeing the Donkey Kong face that was posted earlier, if you like it, fell free to download it.

Galaga

[IMG="Galaga"]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l123/erasat/preview.png[/IMG]

http://bit.ly/1vtZGbU

Pac-Man

[IMG="Pac-Man"]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l123/erasat/preview-1.png[/IMG]

http://bit.ly/1ouBCR4
[Moto 360] Lamar720:
Awesome!
[Moto 360] varun.gid:
looks fab! though little pixelated? any chance of getting it in higher resolution.
[Moto 360] erasat:
Must be honest, the pictures I got looked fine but after editing it to remove the scores and other stuff, it reduced the picture quality after saving, don't have photoshop and just used one picture editor I had on the phone. One question though, are you referring to the galaga face or you think both are pixelated? I'm asking because the one that I needed to enlarge was the Galaga one and that causes more pixelated pictures.

But will try to do it better when I have a chance, will post here when I do it. Thanks.

**Update** I just edited the original image trying to not zooming it and I think it's quality is better, try it now.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth25k:
Hey all- I know the note 4 is going to have 4.4.4 and was wondering if the hacked flash player by surviveland works well on 4.4.4? Im referring to full screen and/or laggy performance in dolphin browser. Im stil on 4.1.2 on my trusty note 2 lol

TIA
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterKanister:
I just can tell you from my S3 running 4.4.4 CM11 that Flash runs fine with Dolphin. Don't see a reason why it shouldn't work with the new Note
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth25k:
Thanks for replying. Had a chance to play with the note 4 at best buy and installed dolphin along with hacked flash lol it worked however since u have 4.4.4 I have a question... at best buy I wasn't able to get sound working most of the time. Does sound work for ur phone every time the video starts and are u able to adjust it using the volume rocker?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterKanister:
Yes, everything works as expected, no problems with sound. Even Maxthon Browser plays flash without issues, Boat Browser does not.

Anyway, you can't stay forever on an old Android version, can you? ;)

I'm also hoping that they keep porting hacked Flash to the newer Android versions, so let's see about Android L...
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth25k:
Unfortunately u are right :( the new nexus 6 is showing promise though. Another candidate for me but yeah Im hoping they can get flash on android L
[General Questions and Answers] zombiej79:
does anybody know where mouse config and idc files are? just got a mouse for my xperia tablet z and wan to change bindings

so in my generic.kl file i have key 314-318 all button select,start,mode,thumbl and thumbr
[Android Apps and Games] Bokeholic:
Hi folks,

A question about 2048 game, I'm not used to play games and have discovered this addicting game, I did reach a good(?) level (32k) and don't want to lose it or restart from scratch...:cyclops:

Can someone tell me which file I need to backup or restore to keep playing from a saved level (if possible),

I use a non rooted Note3 JB4.2

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] croatia1:
Root and then backup via Titanium Backup
[Android Apps and Games] almousawi:
Or don't root and backup using Helium (you'll need a computer, though).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] phathead785:
hello everyone, I have a stock g4 cingular 2.25.11 phone and I have a few questions.

1) How can I make the orange notification light turn off when Ive read the notification such as a missed call or text message?

2)How can I get my Samsung Bluetooth headset to properly work with VC 1.6? Ive tried this program that says enable, and Ive used it but whenever I push the button on my headset it brings up the dialpad and I can hear all sounds through the headset (audio is completely redirected to the headset)

Thank you everyone!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefheart:
Hi. I'm about to move from a Galaxy S4 to a Note 3 and was wondering if anyone had gotten around to replicating peppe130's method of installing custom stock roms without tripping knox using Mobile Odin Pro?

The I9505 method of doing it is in this thread. It works perfectly. It requires some re-working of the original ROM files but I can see no reason why it wouldn't work on the N9005 if it works on the I9505.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vndnguyen:
Interesting

There is similar guide that also uses Mobile Odin Pro: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2540853
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] philmiami:
I got a note2 that is unlocked from a simple mobile store here in Miami

I use StraightTalk GSM 4G LTE sim in it

It upgraded itself to 4.4.2 KitKat and all I want to do is get a root on it, get rid of the AT&T Bloatware

or FREEZE it with my Titanium Backup from the PLAY store

All these weird screwy names of this rom and that rom.....

why can't anyone just put a name of a SIMPLE STOCK rom with root up? Maybe a recovery tool too but just simple stuff

some of us can not spend days loading and unbricking our phones....

I do APPRECIATE all the dev's working on different things BUT it is so convoluted in naming structure that it's impossible to find a single, stock rooted room...thanks

phil
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 32dave:
You can just use auto root to root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DutchDogg54:
[MENTION=4095594]philmiami[/MENTION] - This is not an appropriate thread to have been created in this section. Android Development is strictly for things that "you created" - if that doesn't apply to the content of your post it is not allowed in the development section. Please familiarize yourself with the rules link in my signature.

Moved thread to Q&A where it belonged, thanks.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathan30:
Hi,

I want to make a custom ROM based on sense 6. I want to start with the most stock ROM, without any optimisation or somethings, just root if it's possible.

Where I can find my happiness ?

Thanks a lot