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[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalamees1:
So I got my new Z3C and was thinking: what if we can make flaps and audio port more waterproof?

Doing pressure sensor test I get reading around 1000 and it's increasing by about 30-40 when I press against screen with closed flaps. But it normalizes after 1-2 seconds and goes back to initial reading meaning tiny amount of air escapes. Does it mean my phone is not totally waterproof? Don't know.

Since this phone is just fresh-water proof (meaning no using in pool or sea) and I really want to use it worry-free in all kind of water that I dare to go in myself I really want to improve waterproofness.

I'm not worried about front and back since glass should be all.kind-of-things-proof. This leaves sd card and sim card covers, audio jack, mic holes and speakers.

So what I thought of was to "grease" flaps' rubber o-rings with rubber compatible oil/grease to make better contact with phone body or use some kind of silicone spread around rubber contact area before closing flaps to have semi-permanent seal and be still able to open and scrub extra stuff off without doing much damage.

For audio jack I thought to make some kind of plug - like pressy button but with a bit bigger "head" that has soft sticky rubber underneath so when pressed in it makes a seal with the edge of audio jack or even plug that is covered with silicone all the way.

Speakers and mic holes could be protected with bits of strong adhesive tape - it's easy to get sticky stuff off the glass and it'll be possible to hear some sound even with speakers covered. Not sure about mic holes because side plastic has matte finish but some strong adhesive should still stick?

So the question - has anyone tried something remotely related? Is it thinkable? Have I missed anything important? What materials (grease, silicone) should I use?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
If anyone has done something similar? Probably... But no one ever posted about it on this forum. You can use the phone in the sea and swimming pool, as long as you rinse the phone afterwards. As for modifying the phone, I wouldn't do it. It might cause you to lose your warranty.

In terms of waterproofing the phone even more, I'd look at waterproof cases made for other phones with almost similar dimensions and see if you can do something about the case instead.

Sent from my D5803
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalamees1:
Plenty of stories of people going in the water, damaging their phone and fighting with sony about warranty.

It's hardly modifying, adhesive sticker on glass is easily removed and thin film of silicone should be also easily removable.

Yeah... getting water inside causes that too.

That's the option. But I haven't seen any slim waterproof case that could be comfortably used all the time.

Anyway, curiosity is strong and I'll most likely try different options.

PS. can someone test pressure sensor - is reading staying high when screen is pressed or it fades back to normal with all covers closed?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serajr:
I've just used mine in pool all weekends since I bought it without any issue and even without afraid of doing that! The same with my wife's Z1!

And I'm contantly opening/closing its usb port due my xposed modules development (debugging purposes)! Maybe some unlucky day I will screw it... who knows!

Ofc we always need to be sure all ports are properly closed before going to have fun! ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
Sorry, I forgot about the pressure sensor part, it's normal that the numbers go back to normal after you lifted your finger, it works like that for everyone.

If my mind serves me right, I've seen Sony ads with the Z3C being thrown in a pool or something similar, so a pool really shouldn't be a problem. And yes of course people will have to fight for their cause at Sony, they won't just put any phone under warranty, else people would exploit that.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalamees1:
I probably expressed myself bit vaguely. Thing is that pressure reading on my phone returns back to normal WHILE HOLDING screen under pressure. Initially pressing screen creates greater pressure inside the phone, reading rises but air escapes quite quickly (1-2seconds) and pressure reading normalises. After releasing finger screen pressure sensor shows lower readings for a second until extra air seeps inside to equalise pressure again.

Hope it's clear enough.

Also, does it mean that I got less waterproof phone that it should be?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadman Khan:
I dunno about you but i've been using my camera in the pool for a while now :P and even for hours at times
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graffixnyc:
I've used mine under water as well. OP if you're really worried about it you can send it off to liquipel and have them make the phone even more waterproof
[ZTE Z7, Z7 Max, Z7 Mini] flamery:
I found I had over 7GB of junk files on my phone, this is not a nubia issue but an android OS one. There are other threads on this issue but I guess all Nubia users would be affected.

Here's how to check, have a look at how much space these Two directories are using:

Storage/sdcard0/dcim/.thumbnails

Storage/sdcard1/dcim/.thumbnails

(easiest way to do this is connect to pc and mount as storage drive and check through windows explorer)

If you want to reclaim this space then its easy. Must be rooted!

In your root file explorer, go to both directories delete the .thumbnails folders then create a new *file* called .thumbnails in the same directory. Reboot and your done. There is no impact gallery still works perfect!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] ^^rac:
Hi guys

I just want to find out....

I have a hotsync cable, and just want to know, if it will damage the phone (Himalaya) If left on for a long period.

Or is it better to disconnect the device after fully charged.

I just want to know, because sometimes i leave the device connected to the hotsync for a whole day.

Any thoughts ion this one??

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
Hi,

I have a rooted Galaxy S3 I9300. One fine day, it just died on me, and is now perennially stuck on the Samsung logo.

I have CWM recovery installed, and I can boot into the recovery and the download mode just fine. However, in the recovery, I see that I am not able to mount even a single partition, including data, system etc. So flashing a new ROM etc. is out of the question. Also, I have tried flashing ROM's and PIT files using ODIN, and each time I get a big red FAIL message.

Also, using adb, I am unable to manually mount any partition, giving me the error message that there is no such file and directory.

At this point, I know people will say that my eMMC is fried, but here is the thing - I can access whatever files are there on the memory using adb. It's just mounting that is the problem. Can anyone suggest what the solution to this problem can be?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Try downgrading the bootloader to BLFB before flashing a full stock firmware and pit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
Should I use this zip file to flash via CWM?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36433966&postcount=105

Also, will I be able to flash the Android 4.1.1 firmware over this bootloader, because that is the version of the full recovery firmware available on XDA?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Yes, but I would advise finding an Odin version as it's safer flashing the bootloader that way.

If the bootloader will flash then use the 4.3 rescue firmware and pit file from the general forum. Flashing 4.1 will result in your efs folder not being read.

Bootloader is irrelevant to firmware, earlier versions have less warranty checks but don't use BLFB bootloader to flash a lot of things as it isn't SDS safe
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
OK. I will flash the 4.3 firmware once I reach home.

I have downloaded the 4.1.1 rescue firmware too. Can I use the PIT file included in this firmware to go along with the 4.3 firmware?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Yes.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
Now suddenly, my phone has stopped booting. No boot screen, nothing. I can't even charge my phone now. Does that mean the device is gone beyond repair? :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 西村大一:
You can try and search the i9300 forums for an unbrick method that uses an SD card to fix the bootloader and get you up and running.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
I tried searching for that, but doesn't that require a JTAG device or something?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 西村大一:
Nope

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If you give me a couple of minutes i will find the thread for you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
Please do, because I have been tearing my hair out but couldn't find a thread which wouldn't require disassembling the phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 西村大一:
Here you go http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/galaxy-s-iii-gt-i9300-hard-brick-fix-t1916796 but it requires for you to dissasemble the phone and I can make you a copy of the file needed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parag14:
Ah! I have read this thread already, but I don't think that I would be able to do this by myself. I would probably need a professional to do this. Thanks for your help, though, but looks like I'll have to buy a new phone now .. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 西村大一:
If you can deliver it to me i can do this. Where are you from?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mons1990:
Hi guys, i have a fast question. With Sony's default app can I move a contact from Local to Google in a faster way then copying the data and create a new one? Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshsp98:
Does ADB backup do the whole OS, or only apps i.e. when I restore it, can I do so in a custom OS like Cyanogenmod and then end up with my stock OS and all of my apps, contacts, sms etc.?

I'm on a One M8 using EE mobile network (UK)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshsp98:
never mind, found a way to do so
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishek ranjan:
I am using Micromax canvas 2 plus mobile... i am new in rooting process, few days before i changed "build.prop" in my phone and it was working fine but now i replace the default "build.prop" file and rebooted my phone and stuck in "BOOTLOOP" problem. please friends help me, i am totally messed up.

i have a backup of "build.prop" file in my PC and in my mobile also but i am not able to fetch it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qoejohn:
Try use aroma file manager
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
The gameplay mechanics are simple: Tap to make the miner jump from one rail to the other while avoiding the gears along the way. Initially I wanted to make an 'endless' game but decided along that in development, because there are tons of endless games out there, to instead create a game with a real end and not just a score race.

Basically, the game is one huge streamed level that you must progress through to reach the bottom and see what lies there with change in scenery, graphics and a few 'hidden' easter eggs along the way.

Here's the Google Play Link​

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And QR Code:

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Screenshots:

[IMG="Reach The Bottom"]http://i.imgur.com/FsRUXJZ.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Reach The Bottom"]http://i.imgur.com/AWbollF.png[/IMG]​

This is my first game, and since I had absolutely no programming or gamedev experience in the past, it was a real challenge for me (even tough the game mechanics are simple), but it was a really fun ride and I gained a lot of knowledge along the way.

I mainly created it in order to learn and to make the 'foundation' for future games and ideas that I have planned.

I would really love to hear your feedback and criticism especially on:

Is it too hard or too easy?

How is the performance (especially when the bottom ad is loaded. If it causes performance issues I might remove the ad entirely)

Do you believe the ads are too intrusive and if so, would you rather have them show up less (like once every 5 game plays) or pay a few cents to remove the ads entirely?

On a scale of 1-10 how 'fun' did you think it is?

Any improvements that you would like to see.
[Android Apps and Games] rahulchowdhury:
Nice game, and I liked the graphics, also the concept. Performance was good on my Nexus 7 2013 Edition, however it lagged a little bit in the middle.

I will play around with it more and let you know if I encounter any bugs. As of now it was fun to play :good:

Rated 5 stars on Google Play, cheers! :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] taptouchart:
Ah, knew there was a motive to all those posts.

Well I played your game, it's not bad, I like the graphics, but I think the interstellar ads are too annoying, they appear way to often, as well as the video ads.

I was also hoping that the miner would be able to jump in to the middle as opposed to just the left and right walls.

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Suggestions:

1) if possible try and make the file size smaller, 33mb is a lot

2) the ad at the botom of the screen lags the game, do something to fix that
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thanks a lot for the feedback and for the 5 stars, really appreciate it!

I think I know why it lagged in the middle, and I will fix it in the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] Thinkdev:
Great UI and nice App....:):angel:
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
I don't have control over the content in the interstitial ads. If they show videos that's a choice my google AdMob.

1) Yeah, it should be smaller unfortunately given the large size images I can't reduce it's size. The game itself is only 10mb, but Crosswalk is the other 20mb.

2) I will remove the bottom ads entirely in the next version, they lag the game a lot.

Thank for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] eagleeyetom:
I would move the rate button somewhere else. I always clicked on rate instead of new game while playing, lol. Also the game should start with the main screen not directly into action. Anyway, I'll feature it in the portal :)
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Wow, thank you so much for featuring it on the portal!

Thanks for the feedback, I will definitely make the rate button smaller and move it lower below the play button. I already have a nice list of improvements that will come in the next update and this is one of them along with starting the game on the start screen instead of the game screen.

Thank you again!
[Android Apps and Games] Khoga:
My GoldDigger disappeared randomly . You can check on screens. :<

When i got to the bottom i couldnt do anything. Everytime i pressed on the screen only jump count raised by one ^^.

yours achievments raised my lvl up to 11 from 5. lol

* Game isnt smooth on my Galaxy Note 2. Spikes are horrible :(. What kind of game engine do you use?

* You actually can't pause/resume/exit to menu at all :(.

* There's also a problem with gears. Sometimes you put so many of them... one on top of another.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback and for downloading.

All your issues are due to the physics engine I'm using (Coocoon JS native) which I will fix in the next update by using a different physics engine (Box2D web). I'll also add a menu button when you reach the bottom.

Thanks again for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] rajit:
looking cool .. :D Downloading and will rate it :D
[Android Apps and Games] atomomega:
Downloading right now...
[Android Apps and Games] Bushcrafter:
Nice job! Keep up the great work!:)
[Android Apps and Games] malim20:
Really nice game, you should add moving obstacles, like small mine creatures or something moving up, also how did you create this without prior programming skills? What did you use? It really is quite addictive but I think you should at least change the gameplay a bit, so it doesn't get stale like some other 'runners'?
[Android Apps and Games] devilozzo:
193Mb of RAM.. with Lollipop with RAM-bug it's inusable.
[Android Apps and Games] atomomega:
Ok, I played it and liked it. My feedback:

1) For some reason my tablet got stuck on the splash screen. I had to reboot.

2) The music and the sound buttons don't seem to work quite right i.e. I had music enabled and sound disabled and all I could hear was the effect when jumping and when getting killed.

3) When the old man gets killed, the spark trail from the axepick goes on, as if the character was still descending.

4) The background is fun but sometimes I find it out of context (or maybe I'm just too picky :p)

Tested on a 10" ASUS TF300T. Will test on smaller devices.

Great job! :)
[Android Apps and Games] sizzlingtycoon:
Here's the gameplay video...!!! ;)

Awesome game mate...!!! :highfive::good:

"

Reach The Bottom

" Android Gameplay
[Android Apps and Games] Entangled Multiverse:
Cool game!! I always thought reaching the bottom is easy and then came this... very well made, would't have noticed that it's your first game if you didn't say so
[Android Apps and Games] isorropisths:
Development.

I'm trying to do the same thing, but i don't understand Java and the way it works. I have a background knowledge of C/C++, Pascal and etc but i don't. How did you manage to learn Developing for Android? Did you follow any Tutorials, books, online teaching or something?

The game BTW is very nice, "Jumps" should be somewhere in a better position. Loved the Immersive mode. Game starts straight away though.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
That should be fixed now. I just made an update to the APK in the Play store it should reach your phone/tablet soon.

The problem was with images being uncompressed as 32bit PNGs instead of JPGs. The performance should be increased dramatically now.

Thank you for downloading and for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] devilozzo:
Thank u too. No problem mate :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] taptouchart:
Try Unity3d (its free), games such as Crossy Road as created using Unity3d, there are some great tutorials on youtube and it's simple enough to use, it allows you to create games with Javascript or C#, once you've created a game it can be ported on to Android or IOS.

Hit me up if you need any help.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thanks a lot for the feedback :)

1) The splash screen thing should be fixed in this update

2) The buttons are a bit confusing. The "music" button only stops the music while the "speaker" button stops all sounds including music.

3) I know about the sparks, but let's assume that they are magic sparks that don't dissapear instead of me spending several hours to fix it. Maybe in the future.

4) Could be. After all, I used a lot of elements from different place settings.

Again, thanks for the feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] Doctor Psiho:
It does not for Android 2.3.2

Why does it not for this?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] limecow:
Love it!

I'm loving killing time with this game. I think the difficulty is spot on. Not too hard not too easy. I wish I could pay more attention to the background, I didn't even notice the Up house the first time I got that far. It would be cool if there was a mode where you could just look at the amount of background you have uncovered so you can enjoy all the little easter eggs.

I would gladly pay $2 for an ad free version of this but as far as the ads go I don't think they are too intrusive. Things run great. Sometimes the guy rotates 90 degrees when jumping to the right side and his face is scraping against the wall. It makes me laugh, so if it wasn't intentional I say leave it! Haha.

Thanks for developing this. Ps I found Nemo but that's as far as I've got.
[Android Apps and Games] airmaxx23:
I found a pretty significant glitch. When you grab the stopwatch to slow time down the guy's head is against the wall and if you don't jump again you can get to the bottom without doing anything. The 2 pics have different jump totals because I accidentally let the screen time out the first time.
[Android Apps and Games] YodatheGIANT:
The game is pretty laggy on my LG G3. the support beams sometimes load wrong and the cogs like to load on top of each other, but it seems to work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thank you for downloading and I'm really glad you enjoy it.

Yeah, I know about the part where he becomes invulnerable by not coliding with the wheels. That is already fixed and will be pushed in the next update. A lot of people already reached the bottom and made the top score in the leaderboards like that. My mistake, but I;m still glad they found it fun.

As for the guy standing on his hat, initially I fixed it, but then it was too funny and left it in... and thus the bug where he doesn't die. Now I have fixed the bug, but still left the guy to travel on his hat :)

Thanks again for the feedback and for playing :)
[Android Apps and Games] SolarRiftStudios:
Great game. The graphics are very well done and the gameplay is fun.

My only suggestion is that maybe you should add some sort of pause function. I also had some trouble getting the music/sound effects to work, though, I'm not sure if that's a problem with my device.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Heh, already a few people having the top score in the leaderboards due to the this bug. It's fixed now it should no longer happen.

Thanks a lot for reporting it and for taking the time to screenshot it :)
[Android Apps and Games] ArtGaming:
really nice graphics
[Android Apps and Games] Beat_Slayer:
First of all, thanks for the great game, it's very addicting... :)

Now the two bugs I noticed, the clock that slows down isn't centered, it's a little to the left, you can pick it up from the left side without jumping on my device, and when I pick it up the miner slides with the head, instead of the tool.
[Android Apps and Games] MadMonkey119:
Such simple mechanics for quite a bit of fun. No performance issues or bugs on my Galaxy S3. Love how clean the game and specifically the main menu looks.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Hey, thanks for the feedback and for playing the game :)

1. I will center the stopwatch in the next update.

2. The miner sliding on his head is "kinda" intentional. When I first noticed the bug it made me laugh, so I left it in and will remain in.
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Awesome! Thank you for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thank you! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Doctor Psiho:
Hi.

Because it writies this..Приложение несовместимо с вашим устройством...

i dont know why...
[Android Apps and Games] sylsau:
Nice concept well realized.

Good job man !
[Android Apps and Games] alessfan:
Nice! :) Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] schbits:
YESS

On my MOTO X none bug or something , congratulations
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoy it. If you like it, please rate it :)
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Awesome, thank you for playing and for the feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] Degineth:
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it :)
[Android Apps and Games] oleh_petrenko:
Very nice and beautiful game!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Doninn:
Looks nice.

Like the graphics.
[Android Apps and Games] PUTWORLD:
Great game! Pretty addictive as well. Rated 5 stars.
[Android Apps and Games] hegodev:
Nice game. I will try it.
[Android Apps and Games] Super Car Plane:
For a first game , this is really impressive :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Vectormonk:
Nice game, I like it :)
[Android Apps and Games] Big Stake:
I like your UI :good:

Very nice!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammad.aamir1996:
Hello. I currently reside in Pakistan and I'm using LS-980. I'm using the GSM Sim. Although I'm able to use H+ with max speeds of 11mpbs, but I can't get LTE working. My SIM Card does support LTE, but in my phone it isn't working. Please help me out. Thanks in advance. And I'm using CloudyG2 2.2, the one which uses G3 rom as a base. :)