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[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Simona Simmy:
what is overpriced ??!?!? I paid £250 for honor 6 ..
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] King p1n:
The Galaxy Alpha
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Simona Simmy:
well if u know where to buy .. u can get cheaper.. I got my alpha for £300+postage £4.50..
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] kktkaran:
tomorrow i m going to buy Alpha Gold ,

Alpha display is very good and best ever

may be its issue with wallpaper / Lockscreen resolution by touchwiz

Note 4 has same problem

http://xdaforums.com/note-4/help/issue-wallpaper-quality-t2947161

[MENTION=5923527]Simona Simmy[/MENTION] , i think u got fake Alpha , korean version or Goophone version Alpha , u can see it on youtube
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Simona Simmy:
no mate no ..alpha is real.. my standards are higher than your .. there is no any fake .. for alpha .. u must see honor 6 or P7 display first and then this..
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CuraeL:
The screen does suck for such an expensive phone. There are different kinds of amoled displays. And this one is not one of the top-tier ones. It's like Samsung opted for the semi premium feel on this device. The screen is obviously not their best. The screen is clear and I found to adjust the colors a bit in display settings gave a nice result. - This is how ever really an objective opinion, colors.

Having used a 1080p screen, on even bigger devices this 720p pentile display disappoints me in a major way too. It's one of those screens that really makes the pixels stand out when you get remotely close to the phone. I don't like that in an expensive phone. But hey, most of the time I don't get that close to it anyways. On normal use it looks just fine. I would have just expected more from a top-tier Samsung device. Pouring money into the metal frame and then leaving the screen with older technology is only covering half the distance from Samsung. But yeah, deal with it or return the phone. This phone has a great size and I'd say for the design and such, none touches it atm. The pentile display could have been better. :/ It's just like, I have a red icon on my home screen, and I can see on the lines of it that the pixels "stiches" finely into the background color in a pattern. I can't see it when I take a screenshot and transfer it to my PC, this is so common on smartphones and it's really disappointing when you know you can get loads better screens. But oh well. I thought 720p on a 4,7 incher would be almost if not as good as 1080p on a 5,5 (OnePlus One), but it's just not. But I suspect the pentile amoled technology has something to do with that too. Colors are great, the rest is just balls.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Simona Simmy:
You have the RIGHT words .. that is WHY I wud never spend so much money .. I searched for cheapest.. on ebay...

Well it is mid-range phone and price is hight bcos logo ''samsung'' is printed on it .. same like sony was doing years...

Ill keep it bcos of design.. best design of smartphones.. there is another beutiful slim phone

Vivo X5V http://www.vivo.com.cn/vivo/x5v/
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ronnie498:
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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermaster:
I've tried two different ROMs but the problem with battery seems to be in two of the latest Roms one is near 2.5.4 (the latest one if I quoted wrong) and second one is X-note v4 and now v7 these are ones that happen to have battery draining problem.

It happens whenever i use camera and then close or get out of it and after an hour or so whenever i check all ic is my battery is dead. Is there some fix for this problem or are we stuck with it forever?

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermaster:
Bump
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlatOutRU:
It's a 4.4.2 firmware problem. This qq camera daemon makes phone hot and drains battery like hell. Sonetimes i have same problem: the only temporaly fix for me is to pull the battery out of phone for a few mins
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermaster:
I'm looking for proper fix is there any fix that can take care of this forever? You need not to take battery just restart your phone or max shutdown that will do the job till next time.. wonder what is causing all this and how can it be few of us only? Whilst the firmware is out in millions of phones in various varieties of phones...

We really need this fix if anyone has fixed this issue please share so others like us can benefit...

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermaster:
Still looking for fix...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dsilx:
how can i root this because i got it as a ipod like thing and wanted to put the android lollipop bulds i saw on it but dont understand what i need to do can anyone help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Before doing anything, you need to confirm which s3 your have. You should also make note of the bootloader and baseband version on your phone.
[Asus ZenWatch] skarocker650:
Just got a Zenwatch and the vibration works, but it is a very quick single vibration for notifications such as texts or emails. Its very easy to miss. Is this normal?
[Asus ZenWatch] paullu:
Yes it is normal but for me good enough
[Asus ZenWatch] paullu:
You are right.I just come back from outside sometime can't feel the vibrant:o

Update: some messages come in watch didn't vibrant that is why.
[Asus ZenWatch] GuestK003:
I can see that being an issue if you wear your watch loosely.
[Asus ZenWatch] Faxman:
I am hoping that developers will soon build some apps that will allow custom pattern and repeating notifications. I have found couple of apps that come close but need a bit of Android Wear tweaking. Definitely an app I would be willing to spend a few bucks for.
[Asus ZenWatch] BlastTyrantKM:
I feel it's too weak, as well. But after having mine for almost a month now, I've grown accustomed to it and don't miss nearly as many notifications as I did when I first got it. But I still miss some now & then, unfortunately. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a software update or possibly a third party app might give the option to increase vibration strength
[Asus ZenWatch] Faxman:
I think that this app with a bit of Android Wear love and maybe some customizable vibration options might be the ticket. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.intoorbit.renotify

Feel free to join me in trying to convince the developer to go for it.
[Asus ZenWatch] CSX321:
I used to use the Augmented Smartwatch app with my old Sony, and it had the ability to customize the vibrations there. It also has some Wear support, so I need to investigate and see if it can also do that for Wear devices.
[Asus ZenWatch] Faxman:
There are a few devs that are working on various ways to augment and repeat notifications. A perfect solution for many individual use cases are not far away.

Here are some of the apps I've been toying with. Note: some don't prominently feature Wear support but all have it in one way or another:

Vibration Notifier fairly simple and elegant. Supports virtually any app in your device. Doesn't add additional visual notifications on the phone or the watch which is nice.

Light Flow a powerful app that is designed primarily for notifications via the LED but the developer is currently working on full wear integration and should be releasing that in the next few weeks.

eNotify designed for custom notifications of email and SMS down to the level of different notifications for different contacts. Very customizable but daunting with so many options and settings.
[Asus ZenWatch] aussieglis:
I use Tasker to add vibrations/custom notifications for stuff I need it for. 3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000 as vibration pattern for example wont go by un-noticed!
[Asus ZenWatch] Faxman:
Can you also make those notifications repeat every x minutes or until the notification is cleared?
[Asus ZenWatch] xmeatizmurderx:
The vibration seems very strong to me, I've never had an issue and if it was stronger it would be bone rattling. No offense but are you guys that are having trouble feeling it larger people?
[Asus ZenWatch] aussieglis:
Yup, I'm 99,9% sure that's possible in tasker. I don't have need for that though so I havent implemented it myself :)

Haha, I weigh 114lbs and have tiny wrists. But I don't think the vibrations is THAT strong. They're really short at least. Making them longer or giving them patterns makes them much more handy for my use. :)
[Asus ZenWatch] hecksagon:
I like Vibration Notifier on the market. It lets you set a vibration alert to repeatedly go off at a given interval for notifications until you clear them. It also lets you set the length of the vibration pulse.
[Asus ZenWatch] cyrilp:
Hi,

I have just added a "make notifications vibration stronger" in last SWApp Launcher Wear version:

https://plus.google.com/+CyrilPreiss0/posts/CUX1DsHCTTw
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fsdfsr:
hello,

For some reason I would like to revert to touchwizz original firmwire. I'm trying to follow this tutorial : idroidspace.com/official-stock-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s5/

the problem is that my country/carrier (switzerland/sunrise) is not listed in on the samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G900F

Anyone knows what i'm supposed to do? My device is a sm-g900f with baseband g900fxxu1ang2

PS: sorry i can't post links since I'm a newbie
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flasher4401:
I can't find it either. I suggest to flash the open austria firmware (AUT). Moreover I can't see any advantage in the branded fw.

Latest:

Model: SM-G900F

Model name: GALAXY S5

Country: Switzerland

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 2089850

Build date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:08:46 +0000

Product Code: AUT

PDA: G900FXXU1ANG2

CSC: G900FAUT1ANG2

MODEM: G900FXXU1ANG2
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tschakk:
Hello everyone

So I have a m8 and converted it to the GPE edition. I changed my CID & MID and installed 4.4.4. My phone was rooted and I installed custom recoveries and went back to the stock recovery.. Here is what went wrong.

Today the update 5.0.1 came, when I tried to install it the update was failing and said my Version is not the right one. So I found out, that I flashed an old recovery and because of that it could not install it. Ok, downloaded the original OTA of 4.4.4 extracted the recovery.img and flashed that one. Now the verification check went trough..

It startet installing and after 5 minutes the update failed! Saying something like, it could not create symlinks on the system... I tried again, and now it stops with this error:

fileexist(): check the existence of /system/lib/libgoogle_recognizer_jni_1.so failed, error no such file or directory() installation aborted...

My system partition is broken now and i cannot start any system anymore...

I would like to save my data or install anything that my phone is working again, but I want to keep my data.. My phone is encrypted! :/ I tried with custom recoveries, but they apparently don't support disk encryption on the m8...

I think I cannot flash 4.4.4 with RUU as this would also delete the data... adb backup only works if the system is up, because the shell command tells me that a system dialog will appear and ask me for my password....

Anybody has any suggestion how to save my data?

Thanks!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exocetdj:
should be in Q&A mate

I have requiested the mods to move this
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
So first things first. You are not bricked, you are just stuck. Bricked means your device cannot boot, cannot turn on, cannot access any bootloaders or recovery.

You messed something up and it is failing to boot, it isnt bricked.

Second, running disk encryption on rooted devices is especially dangerous for these scenarios. Disk encryption attempts to prevent many of the things running roms, custom recoveries and such put on the device.

Now, I cannot recall if a full GPE version can do this or not, but from Fastboot you should be able to flash just the system partition. But being you are encrypted it may fail to access your old data. The command for that would be:

Fastboot flash system system.img (if you were able to obtain a system.img)

Again that works on Nexus devices, I cant recall if the GPE fastboot accepts it as well.

Wish you well, but honestly I would expect to lose your data. The reason the update failed the second time was because you are Rooted. 5.0+ has a new OTA system where any changes to the system partition can/will fail the OTA.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
First, your phone isnt bricked, its not bricked as long as you can access HBOOT, second, why would you encrypt your phone? uhg... I dont know what to tell you, try RUUing to stock, but dont expect to keep your data...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tschakk:
I also had the idea with just flashing the system.img from fastboot. but that doesn't work..

target reported max download size of 1830617088 bytes

erasing 'system'...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.010s

i now try to flash it with dd directly to the block..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
You can only flash boot and recovery individually, you would have to put system.img and android-info.txt in a zip and flash in ruu mode
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tschakk:
UNBELIEVABLE! :D

I could restore the system with dd... Just copied the system.img from Android 4.4.4 to the block device.. now the phone is booting up and i can see my data... uffff.. :victory:

so now i will do a backup and then go on...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tschakk:
Solution

If someone should encounter the same issue, this is what I have done to fix it:

I didn't want to lose my data, so I did not reinstall the RUU.. I couldn't get my data with ADB backup, because you need a system display to do it. And I also couldn't find any recovery which supported device encryption for the m8.. So I thought to backup my data partition with 'dd' to an external SD card and then if necessary I would reinstall the full system with RUU..

$ cat /fstab.qcom #to find the needed partitions
$ dd if=</dev/block/DATA-DEVICE> of=/external-sd/backup.bin

Now I knew I had a backup and was on the safe side. So I wanted to try to rewrite the system partition with the system.img from 4.4.4 GPE RUU. But fastboot flash didn't work. I always got this error message:

$ fastboot flash system system.img
...
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.010s

So what the hell, I used 'dd' also for this... :

$ cat /fstab.qcom #again to find the needed partitions
$ dd if=/external-sd/system.img of=</dev/block/SYSTEM-DEVICE>

And this actually worked, my m8 booted up with Android 4.4.4. First thing I did when Android booted was a full Android backup with adb.. To be safe to have my data back, because I didn't really know how to extract my encrypted data from the bin file I've created before... Then I just installed the update to 5.0.1 and this time it worked...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDA Visitor:
This is Malware and a fix is available - this app must run on windows - I have "AllWinnerDemoFix-v0.61.7z" from unknown site.

I had the same problem and I got it from the Google Play Store...

read this very carefully...take out words dot, slash, and question mark - put in dot, a slash and a question mark after the slash...

www-dot-mediafire-dot-com-forward-slash-questionmark-vnilkhruda1mktv

the file is a 7z.

Also YOU MUST HAVE THE CORRECT Android Debug Bridge DRIVERS INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM TO ACCESS THE ADROID TO START WITH . . . Find the Correct drivers! This is very difficult...most ADB DRIVERS DO NOT WORK FOR THIS TABLET.

I have no Idea, now, where I got these drivers from, but they DO Work for me. Email me without solicitation and I will email them to you.

File names:

Android 64bit drivers--20111201--This-Driver-WORKS

Android 32bit drivers--20111201--This-Driver-WORKS

mwyoung1@inbox.com

Good Luck

Michael Young

BTW - Pass this on...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Your thread will be moved to appropriate section.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shobuddy:
I'm on Lollipop and would like to know what the icon with the red arrow pointing to it in the screenshot means.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RolF2:
phone owner photo
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shobuddy:
Thanks! Why is it there sometimes and not there other times?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttheodorou:
the icon is the new user mode in android l. you can log in as a different user. it is like users in windows. unlock your phone and click on it to create a new user and oplay with this new function of android.

TIP: you can add your own photo an the user account to make it more beautiful if you want
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RolF2:
and for me it's always there
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shobuddy:
Thanks guys :)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] nags92:
Been considering buying the LTE model since i'm returning my Nvidia shield tablet.

Which functions will i lose specific to this tablet if i unlock the bootloader ?

I know i will lose DRM keys and camera functionality, would someone be able to confirm please ?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] jutley:
You can backup your drm keys anyway if you need to relock boot loader pretty much same as the z ultra procedure I think.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] nags92:
Ahhh okay. But I thought you needed root and to be able to do so you need to unlock the bootloader as there isn't a exploit to root yet ?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] jutley:
Not sure about root but I want to unlock bootloader just so I can install a generic UK firmware and did of bloatware and O2 startup logo but will not root so I can use my banking app.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] frostmore:
there is still no exploit to gain root and back up DRM keys.

the current root method available is for unlocked bootloaders only.

and once you unlock you cannot backup drm keys.

so either wait for an exploit to be found in lolipop or unlock the bootloader to gain root.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] infinitylook:
So what functions will lose?
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] willumpie82:
i'm also currious to this,

can anyone confirm what functions still work

X-reality (i dont realy care about this)

camera speed/improvements (don't care either because it looks silly to take pictures with a tablet ;) )

active noise cancelation with the MDR-31NC, for me really important, basicly the main reason of buying this Z3TC)
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Sean09:
Anyone able to confirm that unlocking the bootloader kills remote play? It does for the phones apparently.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] francanna:
Hello!

In order to flash a no brand firmware you DON'T need do unlock your bootloader. Just use flashtool and a nobrand firmware

Inviato dal mio SGP621 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G4] sgtcasey:
I just a few days ago received my MDA and I'm somewhat overwhelmed with all the information available out there. This is the first PDA type device I've owned so I am learning about WM5 and all the stuff you can/can't do with it.

I know this website is a good resource, but are there any other websites or whatever that you folks would recommend as a place to learn more about what the MDA can do?

One thing I'm curious about is whether or not overclocking does anything worthwhile. I'm familiar with overclocking a normal PC CPU and the risks involved. Are they basically the same as with a PDA device? How do you know when you've gone too far on the MDA?

Dave
[G4] sgtcasey:
I just flashed the device successfully to WM6 using the Wizard_MB_1010811_21911 ROM and mun_rus's very nice utility since my device is not CID unlocked.

It's late so I'll have to check it out more in the morning but so far everything seems to be working fine. :)

Dave
[G4] rob61280:
Try it at 240 to start with this is generally considered a safe speed

R
[One (M7) Original Android Development] Orginator:
Hello everyone,

for those that flash kernels back and forth and might want an easy way to get back to the stock kernel, enjoy this reset kernel that you can easily flash! :fingers-crossed:

What does it do?

- Reset the Kernel ,all modules and some bins on your device to stock GPE 5.0.1 (Lollipop)

- Clean up some files from various custom kernels (ElementalX, Bulletproof etc.)

How to?

- Flash the zip with your preferred recovery (Tested with clockwork-touch-6.0.4.8)

- (Optional) Flash stock recovery.img (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)

- (Optional) Retrieve the next OTA once its available and enjoy!

Files (Downloads)

1) Reset.Kernel_M7_Android_5.0.1_GPE.zip - MD5: 3820a12d40c4a9290915aa88d02b5b3e (The flashable reset kernel)

-> google drive mirror

-> zippyshare mirror

2) recovery.img - MD5: 9974387870d40b53aa3c4591c0025a16 (Stock GPE 5.0.1 Recovery, pulled from the last OTA File)

-> google drive mirror

-> zippyshare mirror

Looking for a GPE 5.1 Version?

Click here -> [KERNEL] Stock Reset Kernel - M7 - GPE - [5.1]

Looking for a GPE 4.4.4 Version?

Click here -> [KERNEL] Stock Reset Kernel - M7 - GPE - [4.4.4]

Looking for a Sense 4.4.3 Version?

Click here -> [KERNEL] Stock Reset Kernel - M7 - Sense - [4.4.3] [6.09.401.10]
[One (M7) Original Android Development] datrix:
Thanks a lot!

It will be very useful when will be released new OTA.
[One (M7) Original Android Development] pikul:
Great, im gonna need this, thanks you.
[One (M7) Original Android Development] lewonsky:
whenever i flash this my wifi stops working as in cant conect to AP.

I am on skydragon GPE 5.01

Edit : May need to restart the router
[G3 Themes and Apps] DelBoy:
Hi guys,

Play store 5.1.11 is out.

Changelog:

Download link: APK Mirror
[G3 Themes and Apps] Pfeffernuss:
Mentioned in this very thread already, six hours ago.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safinoor:
Hello to all

I Have A Problem .

My Nexus 7 2012 Device Can Not Start , Automatic Going To Recovery Mod And Get This Error On Display :

E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery / log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery / log
E:failed to mount / cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)​

Fastboot Not Working !

Please View Attachment Image .

Please Help Me , Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safinoor:
Up !
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Hi, safinoor...

It looks as though you might have some kind of partition corruption... If this is the case, then it's beyond my technical abilities to help you.

However, you mention that you can't access fastboot...

So what happens when you... Long Press VOL DOWN + HOLD.... whilst holding, Long Press POWER BUTTON.

Hold both buttons for a good 30 seconds, and this should 'break' you out of whatever state your Nexus 7 is currently in (and from your screenshot, it looks like the stock recovery from the last version of KitKat 4.4.4 - KTU84P), and boot you into the bootloader, and hopefully from there, you **should**, hopefully, be able to fastboot flash a factory stock image.

Hope this helps..

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for Touchwiz 5.0 on our galaxy s4?

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