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[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Hmmm Motorola has a say in the design, and certain features but as far as os support that's all on Google. Updates come from google as well as tech support. You can get support from Motorola if you buy from them directly but its always the same with all. Nexus devices. Whatever happened with moto in the past it wasnt with a nexus device so I'd at least read some reviews, play with a demo unit and see if you can give then a chance.
[Nexus 5 General] BirchBarlow:
So what did you end up doing with the iPhone 6? It seems like way more people go from iPhones to Android phones than vice versa and I'm sure even fewer people go back to Apple after they've had an Android phone. Apple were pioneers when smartphones were in their infancy, but now they seem to lead from behind. Every year they just jazz up the phone a little bit and the sheep flock to buy it. There's very little innovation at Apple now.
[Nexus 5 General] Fataldesain:
For me its simple 1. I'm not paying more than 350 for any phone and it must be unlocked. On T-Mobile so there is no subsidy to make it cheaper. 2. Until I use an apple device and it blows me away which probably is impossible at this point thanks to android L.

The nexus 4 and 5 ruined it for me they gave me an amazing phone and price so no need to look. I bought a nexus 4 for 90 dollars this week for my dad if I had to I could use that with no problem I miss that phone. Kinda glad google made a more premium bigger phone and tablet if stores display they will sell a lot I think its just still a lot of the public don't know what nexus is.
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Thought about replacing my daughter's shattered screen iPhone 5c with a N4. That is a great device.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Only if she can withstand the terrible battery life on n4
[Nexus 5 General] BirchBarlow:
Why not just get a Moto G or Moto G LTE instead? Better hardware, better build quality, better battery life, expandable storage, 4G without having to tinker, bigger screen on the 2014 model? Not to mention, the Moto G will be supported long after the Nexus 4 which is two years old at this point.
[Nexus 5 General] ethanfel:
you can't really know that. Nexus 4 will get android 5.0, it will be up to date for a long time. And nothing say that it will not receive android 5.1. I agree that at this point, moto G is a better choice but not for support reason.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
hardware side the nexus 4 is better, at least cpu/gpu wise

futuremark (gpu test).. nexus 4 doubles motoG score

antutu ... nexus 4 scores @ 6000 points more when used with optimised dalvik and bionic libraries
[Nexus 5 General] ethanfel:
Benchmark dont really matter anyway. Both phone are perfectly fluide.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
until you try something like real racing 3.. then you will see what benchmarks were telling you all along.. the motoG will pull about half the frame rate of a nexus 4
[Nexus 5 General] ethanfel:
Yes, but for half the time of the moto G. XD
[Nexus 5 General] :
Your regular phone users will appreciate the surprisingly good moto g battery life over the N4 tho. Performance difference between the two won't be noticeable to them either.

Just my 2 cents. ?
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Maybe. Haven't looked into the G much. We have 3 moto x 2013's in the house, a N5, and iP5c, and I wasn't the biggest fan of the 2013 moto g (which is why wife and 2/3 kids got the X). Tbh, the internal storage is the same, battery not much different, same camera, double the RAM on N4 and a faster processor. You put the same price on both of those and get:

1) how is the nexus 2 years ahead of the G?

2) Why would I pay the same money for a slightly bigger screen but less RAM and CPU power?

But honestly... She's 12... Doesn't matter either way. I just wanna get her off of her iP obsession
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
rom ????

Lol
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
AnTuTu Benchmark is garbage as of v5 and has insensitivity to legitimate change as well as possible device/hardware scaling. It's now a silly tool for the mobile press and the ignorant, NOT a real benchmark that provides scores that actually have meaning.
[Nexus 5 General] Z3US911:
Read Only Memory

your username suits you. I :p:D
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
Yes I know what ROM is, which is the reason I LOL'ed.

You quoted someone who said '32GB RAM' in reference to the writable memory on a phone, and indicated he should have said ROM. Now please, oh learned and wise one, explain why 32GB ROM would be useful on a phone ?
[Nexus 5 General] Atomix86:
Actually, the Moto G is noticeably slower than the Nexus 4, those saying otherwise have clearly never used both. That doesn't make it a bad phone though by any means, its still my favourite budget droid I've ever used and the screen size is within the comfortable 4.3-5 inch range.
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
Because he could store more "stuff" on it ?? ;)

o_O
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
Ok, do you also not get the meaning or READ ONLY in Read Only Memory ? If the phone came with READ ONLY MEMORY, how would someone be able to write stuff to it ?
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
Referring to the internal memory of a phone as the ROM of the phone is a popular and well known practise ...just google it yourself.

Get it now why it'll be useful?
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
Oh look what Google found -

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/terms.php?define=ROM

http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=rom

Oh look, it says 'can only be read, not written to'.

When used in the context of phones, the word ROM usually refers to the software image / firmware you write (flash) to the phone to upgrade it / replace with custom ROM.

The internal memory of the phone that you store data files, system files and user files on is RAM, (Random-Access Memory).

Now so that you can follow....

Z3US911 said "you mean rom i guess " in response to someone saying he/she would prefer his / her Nexus 5 to have 32GB RAM

My point is that having 32GB of ROM (READ ONLY memory) would be quite a waste as the user of that phone would not be able to write anything to that memory... because.it.is.read only. Follow ? Good.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
The internal storage is RAM?

lol

Looks like you didn't Google RAM either
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
Finally....someone who talks sense...help me get this guy straight ....looks like his username is perfectly suited to him.
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
I .Said.In. Common. Use.

http://www.xiaomishop.com/14-xiaomi...2gb-ram-16gb-rom-5-inch-ips-13mp-camera-.html

And now see the pic ,for God's sake.And now realise that internal memory is often referred to as ROM .

*phew*

Haters gonna hate

Potatoes gonna potate.

And now wallow in self pity as you realise your ignorance.
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
trololol

pedantics gotta pedant
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
What is wrong with you ? Are you seriously ignoring all the evidence shoved towards you ?

Or are you an "uber noob "?
[Nexus 5 General] uberNoobZA:
Oh I am most definitely an uber noob. No getting away from that fact.
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
And what phone do you have ?And how much "RAM" does it have ?
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
I find this a silly thing to argue over.

Internal Storage is internal storage, the eMMC chip in the device.

ROM is part of the internal storage. Custom firmware is referred to as a "custom ROM" as its usually read only, but with busybox/root access, we can mount it, and subsequently, modify it. "Custom ROM" is used to keep things simple even though the Bootloader, kernel, etc is also part of the ROM.

The data partition is part of the internal storage. Its what holds your data. Since the Nexus 5 has no sdcard slot, FUSE is used to emulate one in the data partition.

RAM, random access memory, is physical memory that is separate from the internal storage (moving memory to the internal storage/non-RAM would be called paging/swap).

The 16GB Nexus 5 has 16GB of internal storage (separated into 1GB for /system and 12.55GB (more for 32GB of course, don't know exact value) for data, the rest for other important ROM partitions) and 2GB of RAM.
[Nexus 5 General] mintvilla:
I was all set for the Nexus 6 (had all previous nexus phones) then they announced it.

It is too big for me, i'm 5ft 7, dont have big hands, its just too big for me.

So i sold my 12 month old (bought it day one) for £180 and bought a brand new one from ebay for £230.

Feels great having a brand new version of the phone, i don't use a case, so it had a few scratches and bumps etc so was great to get a new one.

Also i think my battery is about 20% better, so thats my phone sorted for the next 12 months at least.
[Nexus 5 General] Dr Tone:
128GB option is also another nice feature on the iPhone 6. iPhone also works better in areas without the best cell service. I got tired of missing calls and no data on my Nexus 5. So I haven't fired up my Nexus 5 since getting the iPhone 6. Sometimes the basic functionality is more important than the advances features of Android. I must say that iOS has been going down hill for smoothness, Apple needs to get their game together and work out the performance and bug issues. They need a project butter.
[Nexus 5 General] Z3US911:
it's okk man

everything's gonna be alright.

let's have a beer :beer: ?
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
I was within my 14 day window with the iphone, so I returned it to Apple Store.
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
So... Now that the Droid Turbo is being released tomorrow I'm hoping this will be released as a T-Mobile variant.

The Droid Turbo is everything I wish the Nexus 6 was:

21 Megapixel Camera

5.2 Qhd

huge battery

Hopefully front facing speakers

I really like that kevlar too.

If in fact Motorola releases a variant of the Droid Turbo for T-Mobile... I'd definitely hop on that train.

Has anyone got the google fit app or the messanger app to work yet? I'm still not able to get them working.
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
I'll be honest....the droid turbo is the perfect phone for the masses IMHO .

Its the perfect size,killer specs and even sweeter if Motorola continues its trend and provides support. Oh did I mention it is almost stock ? Too bad its only a carrier exclusive device.....
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Ya thats like superman powers but cant fly out of usa :p
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidReborn:
Yeah :p and tbh I really really love its design... Red looks even sexier.... Simply love it
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
It could all be rumor, but they say a version will be released for att and tmo. Moto Play X.

That'll be my device if it does come out...
[Nexus 5 General] dicecuber:
What?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] EddyOS:
I'm in the exact same situation. Whereas the iPhone 6 is good, it's not just a Google device so got a Nexus 5 coming tomorrow and a Moto 360 coming a week Friday :)
[Nexus 5 General] Snoop05:
I think this thread should rename to "We are writing our files to ROM, and storing them in RAM" :D

First, grab some 80's computer encyclopedia and read it before using PC or phone :D

And for the Apple vs Google question:

System - Android is much more free [and unified (phones and tablets)] , you can do normal things that you expect that phone can do, and also things that you think only PC can do. With unoffical ROMs (not RAM :D) you can make your 5 year old device running newest version of android, fast and fluid. Overclock, tweak, new kernel, new libs and drivers, and again you pushed you phone AT LEAST year forward.

For privacy, everything on your device is going to Apple, and with Google it's same. But you also have option, not to use a single Google's proprietary sniffing app or framework, or block their spying activity. Googling (as well as Binging :D) anything is tracked, with your Google account it's one shot kill, without it you still leave IP and there is nothing easier for them to find out who are you. (Chinese proxy servers can help you bit)

Using Google Chrome? CLAP! CLAP! (Try Chromium Windows, OS X, Linux, Android)

Build quality - Glossy apples broke very easily (BAM! buy again $800 phone), i don't have my phone in metal suitcase with foam, dropped it few times and both functionality and look is still 100%. Also, Nexus devices have elegant design and ceramic buttons feels premium enough for me. Point - Build quality doesn't mean Nice glossy look.

$349 price tag is very good for flagship with long support that pack most powerful hardware at time of its release. And i know, what's the problem with Nexus 6. Motonovo.

I really don't know anything about iPhone's battery life, but Nexus 5 with CM11 or L preview can last 4-5 days in my hands.

Camera - Have you seen this? https://github.com/PkmX/lcamera.

EDIT: Only Nexus im buying next will have ARMv8 SoC and 64-bit Android on it. Somebody said its no improvement. Check this http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1410_32v64
[General Questions and Answers] spencermclegg:
Hi, this may be an old hat for some of you. I have an SCH-I545. I would like to put 4.4.4 GPE on the phone. However, TowelRoot, SafeRoot, or any other root method I've tried doesn't seem to work. Am I hosed? Any input would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Accessories] pvchip3:
Can anyone recommend a screen/digitizer replacement? I dropped mine last and the screen broke not too bad though. Everyone I talked to said you have to replace both of them..im not sure how true that is but anyway...im just looking for a replacement from a repbuital dealer...thanks in advance
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] merkk:
I don't mind keeping it rooted/unlocked etc but i want the rom to be stock. Going to be giving this phone to a family member and I just don't want to deal with any tech support issues for the phone so I'd like to put it back to stock so if they need to call sprint, everything is going to look normal.

I'm downloading the RUU_Jewel exe file from here http://d-h.st/QhK - i'm just not sure what to do with it. Last time i flashed any roms on this phone i downloaded a zip file and installed it through recovery.

Does this exe run from my desktop and install over usb? I assume root will be gone if i install this. and s-off will remain off?

thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
Don't run that RUU. Hit the top link in my sig and scroll down to the RUU section for instructions on how to install a RUU. Then scroll down to the bottom of the same post and download the 4.13.651.4 RUU. The RUU will install the stock ROM, therefore removing root and your custom recovery. You will remain S-off but your bootloader will be relocked. It is run from your computer.

Just a quick note. This RUU will change the partition setup for the internal storage. If you have anything on your internal storage and want to save it, back it up to your computer before running the RUU, as the RUU will wipe the internal storage.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] merkk:
Thanks - can you tell me what the difference is between your file and the one i downloaded? The one i downloaded previously is RUU_JEWEL_CL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_Sprint_WWE_4.13.651.3_Radio_1.13.11.1105_NV_3.02_003_PRL25007_release_353492_signed_one_step

And i dont care about anything getting erased - i want to totally wipe the phone clean anyhow so everything should be erased before I give it them.

Thanks

Oh and if it makes any difference, the current rom on the phone is the viper 3.17 rom
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
The difference has to do with some fixes related to the roaming options. I think that's the only major difference, at least that I can recall.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] merkk:
Is there any way to restore it using a rom? I tried resetting it using the RUU file but it's not working. It starts doing it's thing, says it's waiting for the bootloader at which point the phone restarts, shows me the HTC logo and then after a few minutes it says it failed and the phone stays on the HTC logo until i reset it.

Or do you have any suggestions on how to work around this problem?

Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
A ROM will only install software, not firmware. You need to do both, hence the RUU. Install HTC Sync on your computer so that you have the latest drivers. Reboot to the bootloader and connect your phone and computer in Fastboot USB mode. Afterwards, double-click the RUU file to start the installer. Shouldn't have any issues otherwise.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] merkk:
I'm actually fine if it just installs the software - as long as if she calls sprint the interface she sees is the one they expect her to see. She's not going to be bring the phone into a sprint store ...actually she wont even be on sprint, she uses straight talk. So it doesn't matter if the phone is rooted/unlocked etc. Just needs to be the interface support will expect there to be if she ever calls them and they tell her to do something.

thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
Good enough. Just flash a Sense ROM and call it a day, then. I would at least make sure that you update the firmware version to match that of the ROM you decide to use. That's fairly simple since the phone is S-off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ZX64:
there is a tool to do just this in Android Development. I'd start there
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] budco2000:
If this has been discussed already then I apologize. Just like the Note 3, Tmobile hasn't added Mobile Data on the Note 4 either. So I tried the same method as the Note 3 on my Note 4 and it works. Mobile Data is available.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2342370
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffblueyes:
Recently my Samsung galaxy S4 keeps freezing on the keyboard and then the phone stops working and freezes for at least 5 seconds before it even responds to anything and is also quite laggy at times too. Anyone else having same/similar issues?

I'm running the latest stock version of Android 4.4.2
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] raymng:
Hello,

When I turn on my PPC, the Flight Mode is automatically ON by itself, that means the Phone is OFF, but I didn't activate the flight mode before I turn off my PPC... However, if I just soft-reset the PPC, this problem didn't occur.

What's wrong? Please help!!

Thanks.

Raymond
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] raymng:
Anyone help?? :confused:

Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
Known issue. I believe this will be corrected in the upcoming batch of ROMs.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] lacroixdp:
That's nice to know! It's been annoying me for quite some time ><
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] elivne:
it happens only when you turn off the device(during the shutdown).

did you try using a soft-shutdown?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jfrm:
I began to sufer this problem when I add the "change default keyboard workarround". The initial phone panel to enter the pin opens and automatically close in less than one second.

And if I disable this keyboard trick the problem dissapear.

I will try to add a delay in the opening of plugins and trick (maybe with memaid) and report....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
"Default Keyboard workaround" Are you referring to SIPChange?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] raymng:
If I turn the PPC off (by press and hold the power button 5 seconds), then turn it on again, this problem occur.

But if I just restart/reset it, no problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jfrm:
---Sleuth255: "Default Keyboard workaround" Are you referring to SIPChange?

Yes, I mean your anyway fantastic SipChange program, but at the time of answer I don't remember the name.

Thanks for it. And a appologize about my poor english
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frant1c:
So i want to go back completely stock, i've searched a good hour for a D722 (G3 S) KDZ files but found nothing, my device is on V10b-EUR-XX. Btw tried LG mobile support tool to "Upgrade recovery" hoping this will help but all it says "No upgrade items to fix" this is driving me crazy, any advices?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] predragiPredrag:
Go to the http://lg-firmware-rom.com/ enter your IMEI and download KDZ :)

AND PLEASE LEAVE LINK FOR DOWNLOADING HERE, I will going to need it for my customization of g2 mini ;)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeauSmith:
If not, which variant would be the closest? There isn't a Us Cellular forum on here, would ASOP and CM based ROMs work for me?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krusion:
Hey

I've been thinking of getting the 128 GB sand disk micro SD card. I'm one of those people that have too much media and can never decide on which is more important so I take everything with me. I've had a 64 GB card but I think a 128 would be better for me. I had my eyes on the sandik 30 Mb/s one but I've noticed they've released another one..

OLD http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-MicroSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B00IIJ6W4S

NEW http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Adapt..._sim_pc_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=02GXYJZC6GPX250649MH

I have two questions basically,

1. How come the old one is cheaper than the newer one, since the newer one is faster? Is it really faster or is that just branding?

2. Does it slow the device down a lot in general ? Like not just booting up?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BioVolt:
Newer one is cheaper because it is being sold by amazon themselves, whereas the old one is being sold by some other company.

I don't know about slowing the device down. I have 64gb, but it definitely should not affect speed because booting is being done from internal memory. Also, all your apps will be on internal also, unless specifically installed on external.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krusion:
I meant the time it would take to read the media on the card etc. Not the actually OS booting.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srivas95:
If you use a class 10, and only load your media on it(don't load apps), you should be fine and not experience any slowdowns.

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjb152:
I've found that with a class 10 64gb card you definitely see lag when using the stock music app, that changed when I moved to rocket player. That's with around 50 GB of music, just trying to scroll through artists etc.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
[Q&A] [SOFTKEYS] smaller, black, cwm flashable - now with 10.5.1.A.0.283 support!!

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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deathschythe33:
[Q] Xperia Z C6603 - Softkey mod to make it smaller, black, cwm flashable

Hi,

Can anybody please provide a step-by-step beginner's guide for this particular mod?

I just want to make sure I don't mess up my phone, that's all.

Your help is very much appreciated.

Phone: Sony Xperia Z C6603 running Android 4.4.4, FW 10.5.1.A.0.283 with CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.8 installed
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
All you need is just flash the ZIP file if you have cwm recovery.

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