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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] techguy2002:
Once you've upgraded past mdk there is no going back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rip Syntaxx:
Yeah, but back to the original question--is there a list of ROMs 'flashable' with Safestrap?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
I have a Galaxy tab2 and its a total Turd. Just picked up a Z3v phone and Im beyond happy with it. Are the tablets worth getting ?? I dont really care about development any more, just want a solid performer
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SANGER_A2:
I had a galaxy tab 2. This is in a different league. I've had it a year now and no issues. Never had any issues without enough memory or that it's struggled with. Really really fast. Light too and awesome battery life. Very high quality. Check how little the price has dropped since launch compared to samsung tab pro. Shows how good it is!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
What model# are you talking about, there seems to be a few versions out there, Also does it take the standard Micro USB for charger
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdetroit:
I'd buy another Sony in a heartbeat. I have the following tablets.....Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, LG Pad 8.3, and the Sony Xperia 2. The LG is great when I'm out all day and just want something small...the Note Pro 12.2 is my work horse, and the Sony is the device I go to when the Note is too big and the LG is too small. The Note 10.1 has been officially retired as of this afternoon when I gave it to my mom. All in all, I Sony is not as heavy handed with their UI, and I love the form factor (thinness) of the device.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Again the question is what model to get as there seems to be some variations. What about the changer is it microUsb
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gramps50:
I haven't had mine that long but I would buy another one. Hoping to get Z4 when they are released. Also have a Note 10.1 2014, which will be for sale shortly, & a Note 8 which is normally what I take if I leave the house.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mru55:
I was keen on the Z4 because of the specs and super lightweight!

Then I couldn't wait and bought a Z2 with LTE, including voice phone. (I rarely call d use a headset).

My wife has the original Z and loves it. Never an issue.

The Z2 has the headset port open = no fidgeting with the plastic cap. And the Z2 has a magnetic charging dock, which can be bought for a couple of bucks.

If LTE is important to you, Sony is the choice since they typically have the highest number of bands (frequencies).
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SANGER_A2:
If you mean tab 2 model. I had this one It used a stupid Samsung iphone-copy cable for charging. If you mean Z2 tablet, they all have the same processor and RAM. I bought the 32GB wifi version. For £410 a year ago and it's only dropped £10 in a year (if you buy from Amazon). There are three main models. SGP511 (16GB wifi), SGP512 (32GB wifi) and SGP521 (16GB wifi & 4g/LTE). There are some with different model numbers but similar specs if you are buying from foreign countries. Depends where you are from.

The Sony can be charged from micro-usb, but you have to lift up a slot to get to it. I use the magnetic charging contacts on the bottom as they are always exposed. Never had any issues using it with a cheap magnetic charging cable I bought on Ebay. Not the strongest magnets in the world if you want to use the tablet while it's charging, but I don't do that. I tend to charge it overnight. If I did use it when charging I'd buy a magnetic charging dock.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Yeah Im interested in the Sony NOT the Samsung. Im ready to use that Samsung as a wheel chock for my truck:mad:
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SANGER_A2:
I managed to sell my tab 2 10.1 on ebay for £100 with some accessories a few months ago! :) It was in perfect condition though and had Samsung case and a Dock and several cables though.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0058:
I also went from an Galaxy Tab 2 towards this tablet. I'm not a really big fan of Sony's UI but it's much better then Samsung's.

My next tablet would probably be another Sony (if the bezels are smaller) or a Nexus tablet.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Does anyone have an issue where SMS and MMS takes a long time to send and receive?

I tried different apps. Google Message, Hangouts, Stock messaging app, and VZW messaging app and all the same issue. Tried resetting the phone and it works for a little while but then takes a long time again. This happens on Wifi and LTE/3G. Also cleared app data and cache on all apps. Nothing works. Finally did a factory reset and just like a normal reset, works for a little while then back to the same issue. VZW says no issue on their ends and they even refreshed my signal. I also pulled the SIM card out for a minute and put it back in.

I am on 12B right now. I had Amplify Xposed module installed but I stopped it and uninstalled it. As of right now I only have Pandora patcher and youtube ad remover installed in Xposed.
[Verizon LG G3] RMarkwald:
How long are you talking here? Are you texting a phone next to you or in your house, or how do you know it is being delayed?
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
20mins to an hour delayed. I only know because I got a call saying we sent that an hour ago and your just getting that message now. So then I texted myself and it was delayed a good amount. It only has been happening the past week or so. No new apps except updating apps but now I have done a factory reset with no apps.
[Verizon LG G3] RMarkwald:
Wow, that seems like an awful long time. Since you did a factory reset and tested it, it doesn't sound like it is your device. Do you have other devices on VZW that are experiencing the same thing, or just yours?
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
As of right now, just mine.

When I called VZW they tried to reset something on their end and it didn't help either. I didn't think it was my phone but there is nothing else I can think of. The only thing that I did think off was Amplify but I uninstalled that and no luck. And once a while during a group chat, it would show the singly chat with that one contact and it will ask me to download it and it won't download. WIfi or LTE. I have 3-4 bars of LTE and going outside didn't help either.
[Verizon LG G3] hawkswind1:
I'd call support again and text back and forth with a tech so they can verify the issue if you haven't already. If you text with them and the issue occurs they are forced to fix it, as opposed to offering some ideas for a fix and ending the call. Seems like a provisioning problem on Verizon's end, or possibly a bad sim card.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Thanks. I will go to VZW and see what they say. All they had me do was go into safe mode and still didn't come though. What's weird is that it doesn't happen all the time but once in a while and when it's doing it, it stays an issue for a few hours then it's back to normal for a little bit.
[Verizon LG G3] Byonik:
FWIW, my son has been having very similar issues on his Galaxy S3 this week. So it may be a VZW issue. He's in the DC area.
[Verizon LG G3] RHChan84:
Thanks. I was right outside of DC when I noticed these issues and it followed me when I came back home
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoXxToR:
Hey guys,

i've got the G800F branded by T-Mobile.

PDA	G800FXXU1ANL2

CSC	G800FDTM1ANL1

I would like to flash the unbranded DBT version.

PDA	G800FXXU1ANL1

CSC	G800FDBT1ANJ1

since i dont want to trip the knox counter i've read that flashing the same firmware wont trigger it. the last letter in the PDA / CSC code is for the version right? since the last letter in the CSC from the DBT version is "J" which is before the "L" would flashing the DBT version trigger my knox?

greetings and thx :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t-shock:
You won't trip the knox since it is stock Don't worry about anything. Just flash it via odin in PDA/AP section and don't forget to wipe data and cache after installing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] damej:
I know there are several threads about this already, but I could not find any solution in them. Here's what I've done, or at least as much as I can remember right now. All of these tests were done after wiping data/system/cache/dalvik/nose/cat/etc

Started off with LiquidSmooth LS-KK-v3.2-2014-10-27-d2lte. Just selecting the front camera would crash the phone and reboot.

Flashed different kernels. Ones I can remember are BMS_34_d2_20150203 (tried some older versions too) and lk_s3aosp_kitkat-v9.19, though I know I tried a couple others. I think BMS was the best one for it, I could select the front camera without a crash, but it would still crash if I tried to actually take a picture. However, this combo worked fine in 3rd party apps like Snapchat, front camera was usable and undistorted.

Then I tried different roms, such as:

Cyanogenmod, (maybe still latest, don't remember version)

Quantum 5.2

CARBON-KK-UNOFFICIAL-20141001-1825-d2lte

Slim-d2lte-4.4.4.build.9.0-OFFICIAL-8262

Slim-d2lte-4.4.4.build.7.0-OFFICIAL-5979

I tried stock, Lean and BMS kernel on most of those roms as well, with varying degrees or results. Pretty much all of those work fine for the front camera in the regular camera app, though with some issues. Right now I've got Slim build 9 and LeanKernel 9.19, which works for both cameras, but if I use the front camera and then switch to the back camera it will lock up. However, none of these work with 3rd party apps like Snapchat, the front camera is stretched.

So basically there was LiquidSmooth, which worked great overall and was just fine in 3rd party apps, but couldn't use the front camera in the regular camera app, or other roms that fix the regular camera app and break 3rd party ones. I prefer LiquidSmooth and would love to just have the regular camera app working properly there, but I'll take whatever gives me a functional phone with both cameras working in all apps. I've seen various "fixes", such as renaming the vendor camera .so file in /system/hw/ (not actual location, but I forgot and it was something like that), or flashing the google_camera_compatibility fix, or various "fixed" camera or gallery apks. I've been using CWM v6.0.4.5 on all of this, though I've heard mention of Philz recovery and wonder if that would make any difference.

Is there an actual fix for this? I've seen people say it works for them, seen people say they've fixed it and seen people say there is no fix yet.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robbamus15:
I have flashed all the factory images of android 5.1 on my nexus 6. The same thing keeps happening and that is when i touch the google search bar on the google launcher it pulls down my search history really choppy and laggy. My entire device is not as smooth as it once was. I ran into the "missing system.img" issue when using the flash-all command so i manually flashed each .img file. Has anyone noticed this issue or know what might be causing it?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] marius.onofrei:
Background:

Installed WM5 with office, then installed office6 (my guess is that it is for WM6) and it worked, but after uninstalling it some files were left on the device (i'm a beginner so i do not know where to look - but i could see the application shortcut in programs).

I've reflashed my device with WM5 but surprise ... surprise, all my applications from the old install where there (office6 included); my guess is that all the registry is still in place.

Problem:

I need to remove office6 as it consumes storage; there'

s no entry in add/remove programs - because the application has been partially removed from wizard. I would even reflash BA again - but the must be some option or something to delete all contents.

Waiting for a suggestion !

10x
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xplode:
you did not perform WM5 hard reset after reflashing read wiki for more information
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Percz:
Straight out of the WIKI.....

Hard Reset

Hold down the Power button (Top Right corner) and at the same time put your Stylus pen in the hole where it says “Reset” (Lower Left corner).

Hard Reset will delete all data you have put on the device, Programs, Settings, Mail, SMS, MMS, etc., so be careful and make a backup before doing this.

After a hard reset, you will have a complete clean new install of Windows Mobile on your device.

Things that are not deleted

* Data on \Storage Card

* Data in \Storage folder
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] kerio:
No thats wrong! This will never work for WM5:(

But you were close -> there is "BlueAngel Windows Mobile 5.0 Home Page" in wiki...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] SandStorm:
On WM5 BA, soft reset, and when you see the 4 stripped colors, press now "record + camera"

You shall be able to see a menu with 3 selections.

The first one set to "no" and the last 2 to "yes"

once you did it, press the "mail" button to format the device.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wooshaq:
Hi, this is driving me crazy, for couple of months I'm experiencing this annoying problem with sound stuttering when screen is off and thus cpu frequency is reduced. This is mostly noticed on bluetooth headset, on cord headset its better, music still stutters but at least for a milisecond and not half of second or so as it was on bluetooth. The problem started some random day on 4.3, I upgraded to 4.4 hoping it will fix the problem but it didn't, due to a fact kitekat had some crazy restrictions now I have a root to give back list privileges.

Music is stored on sd card, i tried two different ones but that didnt help, the one i use now i 64gig kingstone class 10. The player of choice is poweramp with high priority and longest buffer enabled. This also isnt the case, tries some random players but it was the same.

I read something about changing the cpu frequency while the screen is off, i have tasker in which i could probably set a rule that would boost cpu while the screen is off and the music is playing or something but what frequency would be safe? Or perhaps there is a different sollution? I looked all over internet for a decent fix but couldnt find anything. Bottom line is, screen on = good playback, screen off = stutter randomly happens.

Wysłane z mojego C6603 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alireza771:
Hi

First i excuse for my poor english

I had this problem ago

This is because of your sony stock rom that can be laggy

I changed my rom to custom rom ( existenz 3.5.5 )

And everything is ok

Sony stock rom 4.4.4 lags is more than 4.4.2

I advice you to change your rom to a custumized tweakable custom rom
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kyle07:
Hi Guys,

So I'm new to devices with locked bootloaders etc. I have managed to root my D6603 and update to Lollipop with Xposed installed and so forth. I then proceeded to relock the BL with a TA restore to regain camera goodies.

What I've now noticed is that I can't change boot animations or make my torch brighter (editing a file in /system/etc). These operations fail. I can confirm that I do infact have root (Root Checker + several functioning root apps). I was able to change the two aforementioned things while on an unlocked BL, hence my question.

TL;DR

Does having a locked BL limit the level of root access I have? Because it sure appears so.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richy99:
seems to be a lollipop issue not giving full r/w permissions, plenty of threads about this already
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funky0308:
Damm...I wanted to hit reply button but I clicked tnx.. never mind...

I'm using D6603 with recovery and 5.0.2 and everythings is working without any problems...

R/W in system...flashing through recovery...absolutely everything..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wasbo:
Hello Everyone,

For some reason, no matter what ROM I flash, each have the common issue of any sound causing crashes. This includes trying to make a phone call, listen to music, or watch a video. I am currently running on AOSP SlimRom 4.4.2 (not like this is ROM exclusive, it has happened on every ROM I have tried).

This problem occurred once I semi-bricked my phone, I flashed stock, and then re-rooted. After that, it seems as if no ROM has been fully functional. SlimRom has been wonderful and works in every aspect except the sound issue.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be? If you need more information just let me know and i'll be sure to provide it.

EDIT: I also face data drops when I lock my phone (and reconnects when it unlocks), not sure if this is relevant but worth mentioning.

Thank you very much,

W.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BehrendsTech:
I would redo the whole stock, root, recovery but with fresh downloads. What variant are you on?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wasbo:
I would really like that to be the last option before I jump into that whole process. Attached is a photo of my phone's information.

EDIT: I tried to unroot/re-root and the problems all persist.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wasbo:
Fixed

FIX: Flashed a new modem/hlos and it fixed the problem, thanks for the help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MariusPiticu:
Hi.. i have the same problem with the sound + he freezes and restarts. After hi restarts hi freeze after the Samsung logo when the at&t logo apears. If I shoot it down and start it he works for some time. Can anyone help me? :') and maybe give me a firmware with Romanian language? I have 4.4.2 now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MariusPiticu:
Can someone help me to flash a new modem to my s4? Maybe it will work fine after that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raymund15:
The application is there, but no way to access it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] leonciozamora11:
same issue no smart manager

I'm having the same issue is installed on my phone but no icon to launch it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheMasahiro:
Why is this happening to my phone? this glitch happens in chrome too when im scrolling horizontally through images
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raymund15:
someone should really explain this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jonmike13:
Same issue on my Verizon S6. I feel dumb that I have spent 30 minutes trying to access this app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] orphan203:
Same here. Why cant we do download booster as well? Carrier killing a good phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] orphan203:
Found it. You have to put the usage manager widget on the home screen then click on battery and it will take you to the usage manager.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mjridore:
The usage manager is not the same thing as the smart manager.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Timothy_Deien:
360 security app from playstore does the same thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] plaxy:
hmmm I see that the app is on the phone, maybe someone can tell us how to unhide an app as it seems to of been Hidden rather than removed for some reason by Verizon and ATT.

ooooh, I think I see why ATT and Verizon Hid this app. It is installed at Ring 0 , Same level as Knox. Hmmm wonder if we found our Exploit Point of access for Root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Rodman101:
What do you mean it's installed at Ring 0? How can you see that information?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] plaxy:
This is more a windows referance but a program that operates at ring 0 has full operation permissions that allow it to modify read/right code that effects base operation of the device. In otherwords Root access without user permission. If you open up the Application manager, Settings>systems>Storage>used space>Applications. Then scroll Down and press on the app it shows you the App info, usually used to Force stop or Unistall manually as you'll notice most Bloatware Unistall command is greyed out and doesn't work.

But anyways if you scroll down, It'll show you Permissions the App has and is allowed to do, and a nice little note by Samsung telling you this app works at administration level at the same level as Knox and a reason being so it doesn't use a lot of memory. Basically the Smart Manager App has Permissions to pretty much do everything on the phone.

Ps. Looking over the apps I decided to look at Usage Manager the app that att seems to have replaced it with. and it has no where near the Permission level that Smart Manager has. So it seems ATT did not like that app and used theres instead. with them Bootloader locking and Root locking the Device, I Wonder why.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] StolenVW:
I was looking at the feature.XML and there is a thing in there that has disable smart manager/ disable anti malware set to true...of course without root we can't change that line to see if that bring access to it back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Rodman101:
Should I be able to view the main folder like this? I'm using root explorer btw

Edit: not sure if pictures posted, but using root explorer, I can view the main folder and almost all system folders. In system/app there are quite a few apps that have permissions like smart manager. I was surprised to see the permissions on the kiosk app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] plaxy:
yah its really mind boggling the permisions these simple apps have. guess when something is installed at root level in factory they just give em all permissions and hit next.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Rodman101:
Can USB debugging be used to maybe change one of these apps and push it back? I figure you can't because it's r/o, but there are a lot of other high level folders that are r/w
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anestef:
hello i have tv tuner for android its otg fuction

so i have a tablet what is windows 8.1 with the same otg support and same usb as android phone has

when i plugged it in i manager it just not find drivers

so im asking is there any way to make it work?

thanks
[XDA Assist] GhostConn:
Hello all, I have a samsung galaxy s4 model # i377m that was locked to bell. I purchased a unlock code for the phone and used a Kooko-(telus) sim card to enter the code. The code was successful however when I put my bell sim card back in the phone I can't send or receive phone calls properly. The dialer app opens and I can see my call history and browse my contacts but when I go to place a call the phone goes buggy, it will place the call but my screen goes black and I can't hear or be heard on the receiving end. It's really weird because everything else on the phone works, I have full reception and have the ability to send and receive txt and use data. The phone has a custom rom Cyanogenmod 12. I thought the rom had something to do with it so I downloaded and installed the stock firmware and I still had the same problem. At this point I have put cm12 back on the phone and must wait until someone can help me. I'm really lost for words.

Thanks for taking the time out of you're day to help me :)
[XDA Assist] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Have you tried inserting a different SIM into the device?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] razzack3000:
I got mine yesterday 4/8/15 - Im on Sprint and when I turned it on and did self activation I got a black screen... Eventually had to factory reset and go to sprint and get them to re activate it. Also Ive noticed it has been prettty laggy stuttering here and there. Google Keyboard doesn't fix it. Its not thaaat laggy but its enough to notice. My Sprint GS6 edge Black 64gb DID INFACT come with the hair line scratches people are reporting. battery life has been decently good.

Battery:

Full Day 1 GS6 Edge: April 9th 2015

Screen On time: 3hrs 50 min

7AM-1:04PM

Usage - Everything, auto brightness... All edge features on. half mobile data half wifi, NO BATTERY SAVER