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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
I am REALLY struggling deciding which of these two phones to go for.

I played a bit with a Z3 today and loved it. I have yet to get my hands on a Moto X (2nd ed) as they are no where to be found in the UK (in store).

Both cost more or less the same. The Z3 is a bit more expensive but not by much, maybe £50.

After viewing the phone specs side by side on phonearena they seem very similar. Battery life, camera and additional sd storage were two of the things that stood out.

Thoughts? TIA
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I currently have both and I've been using my Z3 more. The battery life is great and I like the screen as well.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkrai:
I was struggling with the same difficulty

Since the screen on my n4 broke, i was looking for an upgrade

The only agvantages of the moto i found out were the amoled screen, close to stock rom and fast updates. Nothing great in hardware section.

The z3 has many advantages over the moto x like the amazing battery life, sd card support till 128gb, better development for now, etc

1) moto doesn't have much development for now while we have a custom kernel for stock Sony rom with OC'ing, UV'ing and an unofficial cm11 build. Most of the development of z2 and z1 can be ported

2)white balance on my z3 is amazingly accurate! My whites are whiter than almost any phone ive conpared to

3) low light imaging on z3 is amazing and noisy on moto x

4) at the end of the day when i am left with 30% charge i feel great (cell recieption is horrible in goa). I've seen the battery thread in moto x section and they have 2-3h SoT with one day of usage (6h i get on my z3)

5) camera on z3 is nothing special unless it's on manual mode

Now I'd suggest you to ask the same question in moto x thread and then decide carefully!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Use the questions and answer sections for questions that you want answer

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Hi emclondon,

I was gutted when the rumors of the Nexus 6 being 6" were true. That is a phablet and too big for comfort (and my small girly hands). I was so looking forward to it.

I went on the Nexus 6 forum to ask for alternatives. I was given a few but the top three where:

1) Moto X - Online purchase only. Seems like an amazing phone but it cannot be found anywhere to play with it.

2) Dorid - Not out in the UK yet

3) Z3 - Hands on advantage (Westfield Shepherds Bush has a stand)

Although pure android is important, the camera of the Z3 is hard to beat. I travel quite a bit and I was impressed with the camera features.

I was actually offered a great deal from Carphone Warehouse. 1000 minutes, unlimited txt and 2gb with EE for £30 on a 24 mo contract with no money to pay upfront. I pretty much did the same calculations you so kindly noted.

There are not a whole lot of draw backs on the phone aside from the glass screen WHICH I have on my Nexus 4. Despite the amount of times I have dropped it, thanks to the awesome screen and back protector (and the bumper), it is in great condition. I'll be getting the same brand for my new phone.

OK so, I think I have made my decision. THANK YOU guys for taking the time to contribute and helping me out decide what new toy to get!

:victory: happy dance :victory:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhinav.tella:
Both are great, but in my opinion Z3 is better because:

1. Much greater battery life

2. LCDs don't burn in like AMOLED, AMOLED also uses more power in web pages (white background)

3. Better speakers

4. Better camera especially if you use manual mode.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
np TIA, let me know what you went for :)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiger33:
I went with the z3 personally

but not for the camera... (i think the camera is overrated if you ask me!! - originally i had a g3 and i gotta tell you .. having a quick camera with instant focus real makes for a great real world camera... although g3 pictures not as good as z3 in terms of overall quality)

the kicker for me on the z3 is the battery life..

Not just the standard battery life which is about 2 days but also the excellent stamina mode. (which when the battery is low can give you an extra 5 or so hours depending)

I do prefer stock android though so i've tried to make the z3 as stock as possible with the L theme , nova installed, custom keyboard.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanime:
Sounds like what I would have to say too. Getting the Z3 to look stock as possible. Z3 is not a good point-and-shoot phone. My Nexus 5 did a whole lot better.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiger33:
Yeah people really to seem to forget about the speed of the camera and real world usage. (they get blinded by the megapixel count! )
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Well, I picked up the Z3 yesterday. I highly dislike all of the Sony crap in there and having to figure out what I ca dissable and or uninstall has not been fun (still at it).

I haven't had time to play with the camera as I've spent most of the time transferring files over and trying to figure out why the msgstore.db.crpt7 file from whatsapp doesn't want to move to the new phone grrrrr.

I am staring to miss the purity of the nexus' sigh!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
congrats!

Yeah I agree that some of the bloatware is annoying. I just left it as I'm waiting for stable ASOP or Sony branded lollipop release now.

Why can't you copy the crypt* files? did you try copying the whole whatsapp folder? also you could use smsbackuprestore to transfer all your texts across the phone. Very handy tool.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
I used smsbackuprestore, I love that app. So easy to use! In regards to WA, It copies all the files except for of the 9 inside of the database folder, one of these being the msgstore.db.crypt7 file. I get an error as posted on the attached pic.

I should be getting the case and screen protector tomorrow. It is fun learning to use the new phone but a bit overwhelming as I want to take full advantage of its features.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se1000:
Have you tried force stopping whatsapp before you do the copy?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Just triend it, didn't work :(

Everything else copied smoothly :confused:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
alright, lets do this.

You don't need all the files from that folder. so, go ahead and delete the files from msgstore-2014-10-31.* till msgstore-2014-11-05.* but leave the msgstore.db and msgstore-2014-11-06.* and msgstore-2014-11-07.*

fire up your whatsapp app, go to settings > chat and click 'Backup Conversations'. This will create a new msgstore file with current date in its file name. (lets say if you've clicked it now, you'll find a file named msgstore-2014-11-9.* and will replace msgstore.db's contents (it updated it).

go back to the folder and start deleting all files except msgstore.db and the file you've created just now (msgstore-2014-11-9.*) and try copying them , chances are that they should be copied without any problems.

if it still doesn't work, one another way I can think of is to copy the file onto a SD card; or move it to your google drive/docs. and redownload them on your phone.

hth
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
I am going for option two, much easier at this time at night lol. If this one fails, then I'll go with your first option. This would involve having to go through the whatsapp verification on my nexus as I have activated my account on the Z3.

So far, uploading the files to the google drive went well. I am now downloading them one by one on to the phone and hopefully it will let me transfer them into the databases folder on whatsapp :D crossing fingers
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Well, copying the to google drive added [1] to each file and mid way through downloading to device it stopped. So I tried the same but with Box and it worked flawlessly.

Brillian emclondon!! THANK YOU!!! :victory: :good:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
No Problem.

I've seen that you've abandoned you're Nexus 4 Logo. Have this:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
How very observant of you lol. New signature makes its debut :p
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
strangely, I cant seem to add the same to my signature :confused:
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Here ya go
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
Thanks, It as my browser cache. I cleared it and it came up. I'm using a cool looking one :cool:

almost forgot, get a good screen protector for your phone. I got the Nillikin 9H from Amzn. The screen looks super sexy now.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
I agree, nice logo!

I acutally purchased something similar from Ultimate Shield and bought this case in clear to show it's nice brozy color lol.

The ultimate test for ultimate shield brand has been the Nexus 4 which has glass front and back. I've dropped it a few times (with a case) and phone is intact. Same screen and back protector from two years ago when I first purchased it :D Great quality stuff.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
I've used my SGS3 for 2 years with 1 minute scratch because the case didn't cover all the sides. This time I got myself a transparent silicon case which covers all the sides of the phone against accidental brushing.

I'm now deciding whether to get back cover too or not.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
I don't think it is necessary as it doesn't have a glass back, although the extra protection never hurts.

I had a silicon transparent case for my Nexus and it turned yellow with time. The second one I purchased was a Ringke fusion and had a clear acrylic back and black rubber sides. Worked out great.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xing0822:
my nexus 9 charging very slow, 1 hour only went 10%, when it is 45%, it shows 7 hours until full. Also, screen automatically off without reason, can anyone help me?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simmac:
Mine is also charging very slow. I hope this can get fixed with an software update or custom kernel.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Maybe you have something working in the background. If in doubt, Always do a reboot ;)

Are you using the standard charger?

Smashed down on the mighty Nexus 9
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRobbo80:
My first impression was yeah it's slow! But from 0% to 100%. About 5hrs not to bad considering its a 6700mah. Can live with that
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0kpkp0:
It's a 1.5A charger, charging a 25.46 Wh battery. I do not think software can bend laws of physics :)

Seriously I do not know what were they thinking, the original Nexus 7 has a 2A charger, the Nexus 6 ships with a "turbo charger", it's just... :confused:
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuMcBill:
Would I do any harm charging it with my 2A Nexus 7 charger?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
I've tried that and it doesn't charge any faster.. If we're to charge with more than 1.5A this has to be adjusted in the kernel. Faux had implemented something like it on the Nexus 5, where I was able to charge with my 2A charger.

Smashed down on the mighty Nexus 9
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almog123:
happend to me too...
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lotan:
Mine was at 30% last night. I plugged it in and 8 hours later it was at 80%. Something seems a little weird.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwenthold:
I noticed the same thing last night, rebooted it right before bed, put it on the charger at 24%, and this morning after seven hours or so it was at 84%
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottjal:
Does it say "charging (AC)" or "charging (USB)"? Charging at the USB rate is probablly going to be pretty slow. Using my anker 45w charger and a decent cable got it charged in reasonable time IMO.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GalaxyWhy:
Using the HTC charging block i got with the N9 it was estimating 7hours charge time. So i plugged it into my LG G2 charging block and it went down to 4hours. The LG is a 2.1Amp block :)
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmcr87:
70% battery level.

Nexus 1.8 A fast charger - 1,20 hours left.

Htc 1.5A charger - 2 hours left.

So Damn you google for including a slow charger for a 6.7 A battery.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julli100:
htc charger give me 0,46A(one time 1,26A). Orico OPC-4US 4 charger 1,38A. Bug in nexus?

measure by LCD USB Mini Voltage Current Detector Mobile Power USB Charger Tester Meter HC
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipL:
Hi

As a note, plugging into a computer to charge, even with high current USB charging ports can see significantly longer charging times, this is because while the computer is on, the phone never sleeps (stays awake with screen off to maintain the USB data connection), and so apps and other processes are free to do what they like, and it doesn't take much ramping up the CPU on these devices to see most or all of the charging current diverted to just running the device.

Normal USB charging at 500mA when the computer is on, so USB data connection connected meaning the Nexus never deep sleeps will take an age, and if an app is constantly doing something, the CPU can easily be ramping up enough to still see battery drain even when charging.

I use an app called CPU Spy, if when the device isn't being used and is off charge, if deep sleep percentage is less than 90%, an app is usually the culprit and is constantly waking and holding awake the device, so this results in quicker run down times of the battery, and will also slow it's recharging.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmcr87:
I don´t know why but can´t see my nexus 5 on pc with the usb cable from nexus 9. I think something is wrong with this cable....try another cable and no problems. Maybe this is related to the problems with charging in nexus 9, so try with another cable. Hope that helps.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahsoldier:
OMG you're right !

Using original cable : 5hours left to 100% charge

I took another câble (might be the nexus 4 or 7 cable i don't kown) and... 1h56 to 100% :eek:

wtf ?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmcr87:
Yes something wrong with the cable. I discover it accidentally, because I give my girlfriend the nexus 1.8 A charger for the nexus 9. So when I connect my nexus 5 to the nexus 9 usb charger I noticed slow charging times and pc didnt recognice the device.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneXDA:
:laugh: That's the longest product name I've ever heard of.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladovns:
I can confirm that the cable is at fault. My charging time shortened drastically when I change the cable.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stubby_stumbler:
Just bought my tablet today, used whatever juice the battery came with otb... plugged in to charge, checked 5 minutes later and said 9+ hours to fully charge, using original equipment. Found this thread and switched out cable now reads less than 4 hours to charge. Just like magic. Many thanks
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lfrst05:
I checked it with a multimeter - the N9 is limited in hardware or software to only draw about 1.45A.

It will not draw more regardless of what powersource you provide - even if its 5V/30A or something like this.

If it's a software limitation we can hope for an alternative kernel but it still depends if the hardware is even capable of handling more that 1.5A.

At this rate a completely powered off N9 would take about 4.5 hours to charge from 0% to 100%. (6700mAh / 1500mA).

Of course charging will be slower if the device is running and consumes power.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mptpro:
Yeah, same problem here. Switched USB cable and voila! Better charging times.

I've been through some many "quality" USB cables and it's hit and miss with quality. Any opinions on good quality USB cables?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THE_KINGDOM:
How is it possible that the cable that came with the unit is charging the device slower than a third-party cable?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thioen:
Is it possible to use a "turbo" charger such as the one from nexus 9? Of course, to get much better charging time.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marctronixx:
this has been asked several times FYI.

you can use the charger but the tab will not charge at the faster rate.

the nexus 9 does not have a turbo charger. you mean from the nexus 6.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AskeKaiser:
So, should we contact Google about this?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity90:
Fast charging kills your battery, be glad

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HIGHWAY SIGNS met Tapatalk
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami1:
This is true, I charge with it off I find that is better.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metaphz:
Anker® [5-Pack] Premium Micro USB Cables - $12.99

http://www.amazon.com/Anker-5-Pack-Premium-Assorted-Lengths/dp/B00MLSY6MM
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bofh999:
LCD USB Mini Voltage Current Detector Mobile Power USB Charger Tester Meter HC

Oh Bone check this out

Liquid Chrystal Display universal serial Bus Miniature Current Detector Mobile Power Universal Serial Bus Charger Tester Meter .....

even the acronym:

LCDUSBMVCDMPUSBCTMHC is kinda WTF
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inick73376:
It's funny b/c I have the same problem! Hopefully switching out the cables fixes the issue. :D
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dongemus:
Not helping me, 1-2%/ hour (screen off & airplane mode) is bad for a tablet I bought this morning :(

Anybody find another fix?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheenswizner:
My nexus 9 charging only while switched off otherwise I tried everything !!

No solution found. ?

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I am now using original charger with original 1 meter black original htc USB cable and now its start charging better than before .

Make sure adaptive brightness in display should be on while charging or for better battery life.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolling_thunder:
Mine charges like crap. Takes forever, battery runs down while charging even if I'm using it. This tablet is annoying

*update* 10 hours on the charger and I'm already up to 79% so there's that. Let the good times times roll.

Thanks Google/ HTC

*update 8/25/15* Such a weird device. With a new high quality cable, and original charger, charging seems to have stabilized. About 4 hours from 7% to full. So thats good. Now I've had mine since February, never had the random restarts, now last 3 days, I get a random restart once a day.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobyman7035:
for the fastest tablet in the market, this n9 still has some very key missing specs..ie. hdmi out, no microSD slot, only 2gb RAM, no wireless charging, no QC2.0 either :facepalm:

i hate how slow it charges..even with the nexus 6 stock turbo charger it takes like 3 hours to charge from 0% to 100%?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gursewaksinghsandhujatt:
Use v6 supercharge mod. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metaphz:
I would love all of those features also, but you can't really hang HTC/Google on the QC or Wireless charging. They wanted to provide a 64bit experience and chose the nVidia SoC platform which does not support Wireless or QC like Qualcomm SoCs.

The 2GB of RAM was definitely a big mistake when they decided to go 64bit.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jib@rmi.ge:
Cannot claim it is a universal solution but mine behaved similarly - in fact it also occasionally just fainted in the middle of activity to later show zero charge. After recalibrating the battery it is now much better: At least it does not have any unexpected blackouts anymore.
[Shift General] jakfish:
Hello, All,

On a x9500, I have Vista Business/All Drivers successfully installed. Two issues:

1) I can use Windows Update and pull down all available updates, but they do not include SP1/SP2. Any reason why?

2) More importantly, after installing current versions of Chrome and Opera , neither browser allows me to click with the touch pen. I can move the cursor to link or menu, but have to hit the buttons on the left-hand of the case to enact a click/double click. What can I do about this?

IE 7 does allow full touch access, but it nags me to update IE, which I can't do without the SPs.

Many thanks,

Jake
[Shift General] jakfish:
Forgoing Windows Update altogether, I was going to install SP1 manually. But as it downloaded, I found too many complaints about it in this forum, especially about wifi issues.

So I passed on any SP, and with regard to the touch-less browsers of Chrome and Opera, I set up Midori Portable. Midori works fine, with full touch, so Vista is about as set up as it can be.

Wished I owned a copy of Win7--that seems to be the much better deal :)

Jake
[Shift General] B-44:
For wifi- there are driver updates, posted somewhere around here.

Search for 114.134.168 or google shared folder.

Should boost your connections like a charm.

But always remember to install as administrator in VistaSP2 compatibility mode.

Win7 will be a good choice, and Win10 will give your Shift a turbo.

Technical preview is available, but only valid till 02/2015
[Shift General] jakfish:
Many thanks for your post and while I had found that folder of driver earlier, I hadn't known they were updates. No wonder the wifi works well in my Vista Business :)

Vista's sluggishness is startling--when I bought the machine, the previous owner had installed a fully sp-ed Vista Ultimate, which was also brutal. Will look into Windows 10, thanks for the tip.

Right now, mostly running Hardy 8.04. Had to build a wifi script to get the sd8686 to work with WEP. Ubuntu 8.04's Network manager doesn't play nice with WEP, only WPK2.

On another partition, I have Xubutu 14.04 running. All hardware functional except wifi. Have installed many different OSs but none recognize the sdio card except pof's magic setup for 8.04.

Jake
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajil.s:
Hello,

I currently use an International Note N7100 and directly receive ROM updates from Samsung. Currently contemplating on buying T-mobile from a carrier.

How good is T-mobile in providing ROM updates? How much delay is between Samsung release and T-mobile release?

Thanks
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[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr droid1751:
Need root for droid maxx 4.4.4
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlossigot:
hola
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr droid1751:
I'm new to this so bare with me

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Anyway to downgrade form 4.4.4?
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr droid1751:
I'm new plz help me understand how all this works

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Is there a way to unlock boot loader on droid maxx without root?