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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrashTestDroid:
Some obvious reasons: it's not popular, it's Sony (self explanatory) so it's normal to have less dev interest, Z3/Z3 Compact is a better phone for many ppl, some Z2 have locked bootloaders so that kills a bit of interest and possibility. And despite that the Z2 has plenty of developers working on it. Dunno what you're worrying about.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
In my personal opinion as a *Dev/ROM maker/call it as you like*, I think that this device is already a very well made. Performance of mobile smartphones these days are far better than before (I call myself as a Dev of these section for Z2, but I've made only one ROM, pretty funny xD). When I was very regular person in Xperia X10/Play/Neo V/J sections, there was a work to do. Even after when some older flagships become abbandoned by Sony with updates, many people ported some things from newer smartphones. For now, Z2 is nearly the newer flagship, only Z3 came out, which is - in my opinion - not so big different than Z2 (of course it's fresh and more popular cause of marketing etc. [read: money]). Moreover, Android is now very good on strong devices, we have Seeder and Greenify, Xposed and many more basical, user-friendly apps. All we need (I think that way, sorry I always prefer minimalistic) fast, responsive and clean system as a base, then some additional apps or scripts (possible by envoirnment I wrote a while ago) and that's all :). Sorry if this is too chaotic post, or didn't in your style of thinking - I just shared mine. Cheers pal! :D

PS: and the same as CrashTestDroid said - I think we DO have plenty of devs and nice community - looking at Z3 sections - it's smaller a lot :).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisPNE:
I think it's because this phone is brilliant out of the box.

My previous phones I've flashed countless ROMs etc but I haven't felt the need to mod the Z2 at all.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romdroid.:
The phone works good with stock so no need for roms
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptmaniac:
i guess samsung/lg/htc sell much more phones than sony, and that's probably the reason their communities are bigger.

more dev's doesn't mean more quality anyway, albeit small we do have great dev's coding for our sony devices and a very helpful community here on xda. we have all kinds of roms, kernels, multi roms, recoveries, very creative xposed mods, flashable custom mods, themes, fonts... what else do you need?

imho it's a great device and a great community already :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lee480:
HTC don't sell more phones than Sony. LG, Sony, Motorola sells around 9-10 million phones per quarter. HTC don't publish the sales figures, they previously head though. (self explainary).

The reason is simple. Stock ROM is already awesome and Xperias are popular is the pacific - not much developers residing there.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandemic:
Hi

Well the Z2 forum have alot developers, and we doing a great job around here, and okay the M8 forum etc have more support well that is maybe a reason to fix the stuff inside those roms and the Z2 is just great out of the box with less small bugs, so no need to worry because we have also a life to but that dont say we aren't here, we are always here to keep an eye on those great forum ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PRO>KOMP.<:
+1

No need custom rom! :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
WOW, i didn't expect that number of comments.

i am really grateful for you guys you made me love my phone even more

i was asking for why it has low number of roms because i was having Note 2 and i was installing a new rom every 2 days .. i love trying new roms and adding new stuff to the phone.

but as you said, the case here is different. the Z2 is perfect without any rom.

sadly the only problem i face is i can't root the Z2 cause of the bootloader lock. there are too many mods i want to try but i don't want to unlock the BL. "don't want to lose camera quality nor the noise cancellation".

again, thank you all for helping
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
you can root without bootloader unlock

check the prf creator thread near the top of the general section

and as of my testing noise canceling doesnt break, only X-Reality, supervivid, Bionz and Some Xperia Services Such as Playstation remote play
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
you meen this? if yes, thanks i'll try it
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Yes.

It explains how to obtain root on the latest firmware
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juicejuice:
Another thing to keep in mind - to my knowledge the Xperia Z2 was never picked up by any of the US carriers. Therefore it had very little presence in USA.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niaboc79:
Having 200 nearly identicals ROM is useless.

Other brands doesn't have more devs, they have more users who are mixing things they found to do ROM.

All main ROM are done, CM, AOSP, Paranoïd, ...

Also great stock base one. [emoji2]

In conclusion, quality is better than quantity.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
DiKeJ my old friend, nice to see you here. :good: :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandemic:
[MENTION=2200537]neoxx3m[/MENTION]

Aah nice to see you here also buddy, long time ago like by [MENTION=4038103]DiKeJ[/MENTION] ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
And Pandemic aswell? Great day for me! :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
Hoho! Nearly like Christmas, so much happiness to see you guys here also :). Long time huh :). Was thinking about if anyone still remember me here, but even on Z2 community (where I relased only one work) there are still known people and old fellas :D. Much appreciated guys, hope you're well in your personal life and also have some free days for looking at XDA, more free time than me, though :D. Wish you all the best with your closer friends and families! Cheers! :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandemic:
Yes bro [MENTION=2200537]neoxx3m[/MENTION] i have 2 a 3 months my Z2 and builed already a rom for it like for the XZ ^^

Yes for me either a great day :D

Yes bro [MENTION=4038103]DiKeJ[/MENTION] indeed it looks like christmas restart again lol [emoji14]

Yes i still remember you like [MENTION=2200537]neoxx3m[/MENTION] my old fellas or better said good friends ^^

All good in my life, i have now for 2 a 3 months the XZ2 after leaving the old XP and XZ forums and have now also a son from 4 months old and all the best wishes to you also :)

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
Oh Goddd! That's amazing brother! I'm sorry for off topic but it's great news! When he grows up, teach him how to develop same awesome way as you (if he likes it of course) :). I'm now 20 so few more years and I hope I will create my own family too :). Once again wish you good life on your new pathway :).

For now, I think we should stay in topic, but IMO it's been already explained :).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandemic:
Yes bro [MENTION=4038103]DiKeJ[/MENTION]

It is a wonderfull boy and when i always wake him up he always smile and by my gf he always cry haha but that is not everytime, and sure i will teach him when i get retired here and then he become Pandemic Jr haha but yes you are 20, i am already 28 and sure you will just take the time, i will send you a pm of my son and thanks brother i wish you that to so letd back on topic !!

Here are great DEVS you all just need be here 24/7 like i am ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djclark25:
It was very different for me coming from a Galaxy S3 where I had a huge ammount of custom ROMS to chose from, including stock Sammy, AOSP and CM. As well as plenty of kernels to chose from.

I decided to get the Z2 based on look and hardware spec and one of the worry points before I bought it was the lack of development. I have used Existance and am currently using Moonwalker and they are both great ROMS but as far as what I would look for, these are the only choices. The CM or AOSP ROMS based on Lollipop seem to have a lot of issues which I know will get ironed out in time. I follow Temasek on twitter who makes CM ROMS for Sammy phones and he has great working CM12 ROMS for the S3 and Note3 that dont have many issues.

(On a side note how Temasek hasnt been poached by Google or Samsung i will never know. This man releases a ROM, user will report bugs and he will release about 3-4 updates in the next few hours to fix those bugs!! I dont think his girlfriend has much of his time :) )

At the moment I am sticking with 4.4.4 and will wait for Moonwalker based on lollipop but am thinking about unlocking my bootloader to try some different kernels. As I use Quickpic for photos and MX player for videos I wont miss the Image and Video enhancements built into the Sony Apps. i think that is another reason for less development, the fact you loose features if you unlock the bootloader which would turn some people away from developing ROMS as people may not want to unlock the bootloader to install it, and then loose Sony built in features.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgv2800:
Thank you guys!! Thanks for bringing amazing an awesome work for our beloved Z2. I am atm running the Existenz 4.5.0 rom, and I must say that the battery life is AWESOME!!!. Thank you everyone for an amazing work!!! :D

Please devs press the thanks button. For me its like an autograph :P
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djgigi94:
I had galaxy s2 and galaxy s3.... Developers are so much there,there are so much roms ,kernels eg. But i don't feel with samungs the balance between features and performance with aosp and stock based roms. I often change roms and kernel to search a very good rom to had for performance,stability and features. Sometimes i had found roms that satisfacted me ,but after a little period of use, the roms become very unstable. With xperia z2,with locked bootloader, i'm very happy.I have features root or not(also a aosp features thanks to eXistenz rom) , incredible stability (i have over 500 apps installed, no lags), excellent battery and performance with stock kernel (in samsung side for have a good balance between these , i have try a lot of kernels with a lot of settings).And i change rom rarely...only for try interesting features and quality of fantastic rom of developers of this phone ;D There are a less developers ,yes i know....but there is so much quality ;)and i won't unlock my bootloader for now, i don't need a fluid aosp roms o a great kernel with a lot fuctionalities ;) because the stock rom is very fluid like aosp and kernel is perfect to mantain stability and battery ;) Goodbye hours to search a perfect rom in a lot of sites :D welcome peace and stability ;) i prefer this...less roms ..MORE QUALITY!:laugh:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiac100:
Probably because most Sony users like the stock xperia rom and so no need to flash custom roms on it. The last time I had a real need for modding was back in the x10 days because there was a lot wrong with the stock rom back then.

I suppose it's no surprise there's more custom roms for Samsung and LG. Most users dislike their bloated laggy stock roms and it would appear even htc fans don't like sense as much as they make out they do lol.

Ps... Htc don't sell more phones than Sony. Just to correct a quote from someone else made here
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skellum:
Good to see you here DikeJ, you've contributed alot on X10. I've installed some of your Dixperia rom when I still have my X10. Though I haven't tested your rom for z2 I know that you can make a difference of creating an amazing rom like our previous device.Good luck man
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
Thanks buddy! That's so good in here so I can call this place a second home :). But try my ROM if you want to remind some old times, I think it's worth it :).

Also, for OP: [MENTION=4193492]Ahmed-07[/MENTION] , if you want to use much more things from our community, but you afraid of loosing some stuff when bootloader unlocking, you should check this out -> http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672

It should help you in all way it is :). Cheers!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
[MENTION=4038103]DiKeJ[/MENTION] I am willing to install Z3 rom and audio mod. is my sequence is good?

all i need to do are downgrade to 4.4.2 >> root >> backup TA partition >> install ROOTED update package

Now i have root and locked bootloader on latest build,

and if i unlocked the bootloader now i will be safe and i can use the DRM FUNTION RESTORATION mod, Z3 rom and any other mod? am i right?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
Z3 ROM you mean some devs' work on z2 android developping right? not z3 official straight from sony servers? If yes, then I think your step-by-step instruction should be good I think. The most important to follow carefully steps in drm function restoring to gain it after BLunlock, then use any ROM or mod you want (at least drm function's thread state that way :)). Hope you won't break anything, but still - better ask OP of those thread so he can answer better :).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
i mean this rom

i should use the drm restore mod before any rom or mod after BL unlocking?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiKeJ:
This ROM should be ok, it's in our Z2 section so no problems should happen. About DRM restoring - I think it should be as you say -> blunlock -> restoring lost functions -> using rom and mods you like. For me it's logical way, but be sure to follow steps in thread about drms as I might be mistaken :).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
Sorry for being a noob but the mod creator said that we can't flash any newer rom rather than 17.1.A.2.69

does that mean i can't install any rom and if i installed any rom i will have problems? because most of roms are build to the newest Sony builds .. like the Z3 rom for Z2

EDIT: Does he mean we can't flash newer FTF using flashtool but we can flash the pre-rooted packages with recovery? so we can use any rom, mod?

and what does that mean?

sorry for being a noob again :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
We all were once noobs, so don't apologise for that. The best way to learn something is to ask! ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
yeah i can understand .. but asking stupid questions isn't good so you have to sorry :D btw i am learning new thing every minute on XDA .. the Z2 root tutorials are long and hard but i am getting it

it made me miss my note 2 .. root with app with only one single button :D

and even iPhone it's easier :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Well when your trying to root a device with rediculesly amazing secuirty

You have to either find a loophole or an exploit and the only way to root the latest update for the Z2 is a Logical loophole

Make sense?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
rooted the device and installed recovery on the latest build with no BL unlocking .. actually it's very easy methods, it's just long.

the only problem is the NDR Utils app now force closes
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
NDR Utils isnt well made in my opinion

And whats the point of that apps these days?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
i found it on my phone after installing the dual recovery using installer .. and i don't know how to enter recovery without it :D

.. btw i updated tha app from playstore and it worked but i get [Unable to read XZDR.prop]
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Its a different app then i was thinking of

You can hit volume up or down when the green light shows when rebooting your phone
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed-07:
doesn't work .. no light?

tried this app .. doesn't enter to recovery it just boot to android

FIXED: Was using wrong recovery file hehe :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3f1f37:
I don't think the Z2 has low developer support, it has a handful of quality developers [MENTION=599722]niaboc79[/MENTION] [MENTION=1077833]infected_[/MENTION] [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] [MENTION=5169444]AndroPlus[/MENTION] to mention a few whose work I personally follow, honorable mention to [MENTION=2902434]Pandemic[/MENTION]

There are other guys who also bring their skill sets to the table and offer this community something fresh and new, and no disrespect to anyone who strips apk's, makes flashable mods, themes or anything like that.

Even though your work might not be as popular, you are adding to the experience and making better for a community of people and that sacrifice is appreciated.

Before my Z2, I only had HTC flagship devices and while they do have a wider developer community, you will find many ROM copies, that only offer different visual presentation but the core of the ROM is the same.

For 2 years I was part of Team Venom, who are among the pioneers of true HTC custom ROM development, they have taken the Sense UI to a level that no one can.

With the Z2, we are so privileged to have [MENTION=599722]niaboc79[/MENTION], he is a one man Team Venom and for me, that is all I need.

One solid developer or team, who can offer a quality ROM that goes over and above what the OEM releases.

So in the end, less in more.

(Sorry for the long winded reply)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajeev:
Agree with you my friend... ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluheart:
I am happy that no dev just dumps up any ROM with hairline modifications here.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Its somewhat interesting that most of the Roms are 60% working or more

Even the couple that arent on XDA (that be Official CM)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoevo:
Simply because this phone has everything u need.

Sent From Xperia
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waynekirby:
Don't forget the entire of FXP team, they're the main reason our AOSP development is what it is.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vavill:
I don't see many friends that buy Sony smartphone around me. Because, ,they rather buy Apple Samsung HUAWEI Lenovo Oppo Xiaomi than Sony in China
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
Alright folks, as many of you know, Android L is finally here after a long wait.

As we all know, at this time, Xposed is not supported on Android L, so for those of us who need options for exploiting Tether/WiFi just in case a flashed app/mod doesn't work, I wanted to pose the question.

I know some of you out there have had, or used FoxFi, and for those of you who have Upgraded to Android L and need the Tether/WiFi service, have you used FoxFi post updating, and if so, how is it working out?

Thanks in advance.

~kprice8
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjiggywiggy:
FoxFi works fine on at least unrooted Lollipop, so I assume it'll work fine on rooted as well.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
Thank you for the Reply Sir. Can you tell me, do you or did you have, the Free or Full Version?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjiggywiggy:
I have the free version.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
Thank you for that as well Sir. Couple final questions.

Did you run a speedtest while you had it? If so, what were the speeds you were getting?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjiggywiggy:
I'm not sure what you mean by speedtest pertaining to which device, but on my S5 running FoxFi I got 30/15 and on my Nexus 7 connected through FoxFi I got 28/15.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
I meant on the S5, being this is the sub-forum for the device in which I am asking the question.

I just noticed, the Play Store has FoxFi and PDANet now.. Which of them did you use?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjiggywiggy:
FoxFi. Just so you know, when I turned off FoxFi and tried connecting to WiFi it would connect but nothing would load, then I'd try rebooting and it was stuck on boot until it said "system has stopped." To fix that I just wiped cache in recovery, but idk this might be a FoxFi thing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] telveer:
FoxFi (Paid version) works fine after Lollipip OTA on Stock Unrooted VZW GS5.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damnsamsung:
Hello to all,

Phone is Galaxy S3 running JB 4.3 stock. I ''played'' with options, more precisely I was clicking Developer options, until the end (7 times - activate it)... because of my stupid curiosity. Now, with developer options being enabled, I'm having problems with phone doesn't recognize USB, whether I want to connect it to PC, or charge via charger.

w.w.w.youtube.com/watch?v=-qnsU1yiH_w#t=22

On this link it's showed how to disable developer options, but you can't do it on Samsung phone (!!!). I know I have to do factory reset, but before that I want to backup everything I need. The thing is that currently I'm having 13% of a battery available, and I need to fix this USB/charger issue to be able to further work. Now it's turned off (doesn't charge in this state too), because if I run out of battery I'm scared I won't be able to start it up again.

P.S. I tried to check/uncheck USB debugging... nothing happens.

I know this is a 100% software problem, and I hope you guys know the solution. Googled it earlier, no similar topic.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damnsamsung:
Sorted it out.

But what a crazy 1-1.5 hour is behind me. First activated ''Revoke USB debugging authorization'' at Developer options. Haven't recognise USB/charger. Then went to App manager -> All -> Settings -> Force stop. Then the party began. It randomly activated handsfree, car mode and S-voice. Then it locked itself while partying in backstage. Then it couldn't recognize my drawing pattern. Don't know my pin, can't type google account because of processes pooping from behind. Shut down, took me to ''downloading do not turn off target''. I was seconds from literally reset it through the window. Then it suddenly recognized pattern, I restarted it, and now it works like a charm. In short: never do force stop, especially on Settings.

Now I'm gonna backup all, and do the factory reset. And I'll have trauma clicking on android version for some time...
[Android Apps and Games] olegoil:
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You don't need to use just filters to find a person meeting the criteria you entered, also you are able to inform you about a person you see in real.

With a fingertip on an user on the map you are able to send him/her a message, to winkle, give a gift and so on.. Also we included the ability to rate, to write comments and oppinions to clubs and places on the map.

Features:

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- wink virtual Your lovely person

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- look, what clubs are in every city and what is happening there

- leave feedback on the clubs

- write posts for discussion, which will be visible to your friends

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- reviews of institutions

- recommend venues

- news feed, in which everyone can write something interesting

For Android: here to test
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
Is there anyway to get lollipop icons on a Sense rom without changing the Launcher ?

Done some digging cant really find what i was after...

Thanks