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[ZenFone 2 General] Rene_ajax:
can you tell me how to do mail forwarding from the site?? I am from The Netherlands, so...

Really wanna buy from Asus France
[ZenFone 2 General] jonny68:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42414373&postcount=35

ridiculous you have to do this just to get the play store but it works,,,however it's now asking me again to pay for the apps which ive already paid for, anyone know how i can resolve this?
[ZenFone 2 General] jonny68:
im returning mine to Gearbeast i sent them a message and they responded fairly quickly and said they'd send me a European model which they should have done in the first place, they are expecting me to pay for postage too im going to demand they refund me this and pay any other customs fees , clearly they should not have sent people outside China the Chinese model with no play store which is a nightmare.

Asides from that it's a cracking phone, but when available im going to purchase an aluminium back cover whenever i get my European model sent to me.
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
I also purchased a Chinese version from Gearbest. I am currently in the process of returning it and already bought a Taiwanese 2.3GHz version from eBay. The eBay ones seem to be the best so far, as they are the Taiwanese version which means 4G on T-Mobile PLUS its the 2.3GHz instead of the 1.8GHz ... on top of all that, it has the Play Store and Google framework installed. ...... At least, that's what I've come up with reading on the forums the past couple of days. Hopefully they're all true. :D
[ZenFone 2 General] gsmyth:
Can you link to your ebay item/seller?
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
Here's where I got mine: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Asus-Ze...-Silver-Phone-Case-Screen-Film-/381233369909?

Received it in two days. Phone is excellent but battery drain is absolutely awful.
[ZenFone 2 General] gsmyth:
Where abouts are you? What do you thinks causing the battery drain, is it the google play services wake lock? I think there was an update to address issues with the camera, not sure if it includes other fixes also.
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
The item I bought was an auction and no longer exists, but the seller has more listings.

This is the seller I bought the ZE551ML from: http://www.ebay.com/usr/3ckingcom?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

This is the seller I bought the ZE550ML from: http://www.ebay.com/usr/23port?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

The listing of the ZE550ML is still ongoing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141637096336?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
I'm in Miami. Ordered it Sunday evening (morning Taiwan time) received it yesterday morning. Free fedex shipping, case and screen protector. The battery drain is baffling. There's minimal drain whilst sleeping but as soon as you start using it, it drops like a stone. 5% drop in 15 minutes then it seems to stabilize but it's still poor. I think it's Lollipop 5.0 more than anything else but bloatware, Google play services and poor software optimization are definitely playing a role. I'm coming from a Nubia Z7 Max that gave an easy 18 hours with heavy use. So I'm decidedly pissed. I've lost 2% just typing this message!
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
Wow, that does not sound normal. I do not know how many apps you have running, but I have a bunch of them in the background and I get it to last all day with moderately heavy use. I do not play games or watch videos. I just stream music almost constantly and use WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS all the time.

Maybe your frustration is due to the fact that you had a previous MONSTER of a phone that lasted 18 hours ... I'm coming from a 4 year old HTC ONE X OCed that got me 1.5 hours on-screen-time. I charged it about 3-5 times a day, every day. ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
No unusual apps running. Everything is the same as on all my phones. The difference is this one isn't rooted so Greenify and LeanDroid don't work fully. Where the Nubia consumed 4% per hour this one is around 10%. I have a THL 4000 also but it's in a different class to any other phone when it comes to battery life. That sucker lasts for 48 hours no matter what you do with 8 hour scree on time! ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
Damn, that is amazing! I would recommend you visit the PreRoot ROM thread and see if you can do the steps. Although it's pretty simple, I do not know your tech knowledge so I say "if you can do the steps" ... there are too many people complaining on that thread about how complicated the steps are.

Back to what I was saying, the BEST thing you can do is get ROOT to remove bloatware and add battery efficiency apps (like Greenify).
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
Yep it's too complicated for me. I normally buy my phones rooted but this one wasn't. I really hope they give us an update soon to solve this problem. I read that the Intel chips are one of the issues too. Apparently the Zenfone 5 was/is even worse. It's a real shame because it's by far the highest performing dual-sim phone on the market with a reasonable price. This was my Antutu from last night. It's in heady company.
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
I will be selling my ZE551 1.8GHz/4GB/32GB fully rooted, with WW firmware, and all Google apps fully functional soon. You already have a phone lol, but maybe if you know anyone that wants it, I'd be glad.
[ZenFone 2 General] aquaticbullet:
Guys how is the screen brightness level of this phone? Do we need to keep the brightness level to 100% or auto level works good enough in both indoor and outdoor settings?
[ZenFone 2 General] Rene_ajax:
and how did you get WW firmware on a Chinese model [that you bought from gearbest]?
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
I thought you had the Chinese model?
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
I installed the PreRoot ROM and it changed the firmware from CN to WW. It still does not support 4G on TMobile, but at least all the Chinese stuff is gone!

Yes, it is still the Chinese model, but the firmware now shows WW.

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Brightness on Auto works fine during the day. It is kind of lower than I wanted, but its still fairly visible in the sun.

During the night, however, the brightness is too high. Even on Manual mode, with lowest brightness, it is extremely high. I just use a screen filter to force a black cover onto the screen. Once I get to modding the phone, tweaking the lowest brightness setting is one of the first things I will do.
[ZenFone 2 General] Rene_ajax:
So, should I also buy from Geabest then? Now it has big offer!

But can I overclock that 1,8ghz to 2,3ghz??
[ZenFone 2 General] Xcaliber:
You should if you don't mind the Band selections and are okay with 1.8GHz.

At this moment we cannot overclock it to 2.3GHz, but maybe sometime later when there are more kernels available. I believe we would need Unlocked bootloader to overclock it, but I am not sure.
[ZenFone 2 General] @lbert:
Received my Hong Kong - International version today 2.3/4/64. Came with the WW image and clocked in at €300 but the only snag is I had a friend coming over from HK so not delivery cost or customs. I found this more preferable to the China version.

So far the OTA updates all went on fine, the 100GB 2 year Google Drive offer activated.

Listening to Spotify 320Kbps quality with a set of Sony Japan MDR-CD900ST headphones and the quality and very acceptable indeed. The phone has been switched on for about 5 hours, has installed 2 upgrades, added a 64GB mSD and downloaded 5GB of music and is still at 65% battery. No crashes or issues.

So far I think this phone is a winner for the money.
[ZenFone 2 General] goolac:
FM Radio that is built in is really solid! This was a total shock to me as most of my past phones were AT&T and the radio chip was disabled.
[ZenFone 2 General] litening:
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Today, 04:43 PM |#39

Senior Member189 posts Thanks: 9

I ordered mine from French Amazon yesterday. Delivery to NL not a problem (2-3 days delivery). Also checked out UK Amazon. There it was not possible to ship to NL.

BTW, got the 32GB, 4GB internal memory with the 2.3 GHz processor. Price was €258,- no shipping charges.

Hope this helps
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrvk:
It's almost 2.5 years and still my beloved nexus(WiFi 32 GB) is performing brilliantly thanks to all the tips tricks and custom Roms :D. Currently using stock rooted 5.1 and performance seems to be good so far. The only problem I am having with my nexus is the portrait microphone. It no longer wants to hear my voice. Landscape microphone works fine though. Is there any software mod (kernel related?) which will permanently assign the landscape microphone for audio input? I know I can rotate the screen and use it but most of the time tablet is in portrait mode and it becomes annoying. Also there are certain voice calling apps which force the orientation in portrait while calling. All suggestions welcome :)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
Firstly I want to apologize if there's a thread on this. I tried searching and didn't find anything. Google fails me as well.

For a few months now, Chrome has been driving me insane on my stock nordic Z3 (5.0.2 with the .690 firmware). I also have the most recent version of Chrome installed.

Every single time I open the app, it works for about 2 seconds, then completely freezes for around 15 seconds after which a message pops up stating "Chrome is not responding. Would you like to close it?" If I press "OK", it obviously closes the app and the problem appears again when I restart it. If I choose "wait", Chrome works just fine until the next time I open it. EDIT: The freezing problem started happening three times in a row a few days ago.

This happens every single time I open the app, whether launching it or opening it from the recent apps menu.

I'm pretty certain the problem has been around since the v39 build of Chrome, as 38 worked just fine. I have tried everything I can think of to fix it. Uninstalled updates and re-updated it, updating to lollipo didn't help, I also did a completely fresh install today (repairing via Sony Bridge for Mac) and it didn't help either. And apparently I can't go back to v38 anymore since lollipop doesn't seem to support it.

I would really want to use Chrome, as I've gotten used to it and enjoyed it quite a lot. I'd really appreciate the help.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Try clearing the data in settings - apps - chrome
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
I have done this too. Also, the problem persists even with completely fresh installs of Chrome.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Remove your google account, restart the phone and restore your google account
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
Tried it, sad to say it didn't work either. Interestingly it now does the same 15 second freeze, but without the error message in the end. Curious indeed.

EDIT: Got the error message again.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Does this happen on Wifi or on data?

If on wifi is always the same router?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
I Use data 90% of the time, and various routers when on wifi. The problem occurs in all circumstances.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Are you rooted? Unlocked bootloader?

You say you are on the Nordic version of .690, is that the original region for the device you bought and the area you reside in?

Can you revert back to KK by flashing a FTF for your device and region and try V38 again to see if that works still.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
I have a completely untouched device. So no root, locked bootloader and it's always been that way. Thus Nordic is the original region of my device.

I'd rather not flash back to kitkat, but I can tell you that I tried reverting back to v38 before updating to lollipop and it worked normally without the freezing issue.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
This is my version of chrome on Lollipop. Can you update to this? I am also not rooted so you should be able to update to this
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
I have the same version of chrome as you. The problem has persisted during every single update after v38.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
ok without logs I can go no further with this. Is there any chance you can pull some logs off your device?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
How do I do that?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
install a logCat app from the playstore
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
Does this require root? One of the apps I tried is requiring it and the other one isn't doing much either. Should I be doing something to make it work? :D
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Webern:
Maybe try the beta version of chrome in case it's a bug which has been fixed but not yet rolled out to chrome. Perhaps try this first as it'll be quicker!

Perhaps it's some data associated with chrome that's getting pulled down after each restore. Perhaps you can try, on a desktop pc, backing up your bookmarks and then deleting them, and clearing chrome's data on your phone, then trying again? And if that doesn't work try getting rid of extensions (not that I think they should be pulling them down as chrome for android doesn't yet support them, although I'm sure I read years ago that one day they would). And anything else associated with your chrome account.

Another one, perhaps quicker (not sure) would be to see if you can associate your phone with a new google account with no previous chrome use and see if it goes wrong with that one. It would help to rule out account-related problems.

Another possibility is that it's not chrome causing the problem but something it relies on; google play services, for example. Perhaps clear data on any apps chrome could conceivably use.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isshoni:
I'm happy to report that my problem is now solved, though still a giant mystery.

My upper speaker broke and I had to get it replace under warranty. I got insanely lucky as they replaced both front and backside glass pieces, the frame, the screen module itself and of course the speakers. So I've now got a brand-new looking phone :D So happy.

Anyway, I complained about the software being a mess so they also did a complete reinstall and after that Chrome works absolutely perfectly. As magically does everything else too. Not yet a sign of lollipop's previous lagging and rebooting.

It still bugs me, however, that why would Chrome suddenly start having this unreasonable issue. I had tried everything suggested in this thread and nothing worked. My own clean install didn't work. I'm really quite bothered by this.
[Networking] Folle:
Hello:)

I bought XDA Orbit on Ebay and now I'm having a little problem with this pda. It's trying to register to network(o2), when it's finally connected...after few minutes connection is lost(no sevice). I was trying to ceonnect it amnual without any result. I can not call or send messages. I have no idea what is going on. Wwhat can I do to change the situation?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloudspine:
Hi all!

I made a LGBackup of all my personal data before flashing via kdz from kitkat to lollipop. After successfully upgrading, I went on to restore my backed up data, but I was only able to restore call records and sms messages.

Is there any way to get to the wifi passwords that are in the LG backup file, other than doing the following:

downgrade to kitkat

restore LGbackup data

root

copy wifi password file

upgrade to lollipop

root

paste wifi password file

Also, for some reason, google sync did not restore any wifi data when I finished flashing.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] effel_emperor:
Hi guys...I have already flashed Both the Lollipop and it's bug fixing update using Odin...now m trying to flash the latest firmware released in some regions (Build Number BOC5) for my Note 4 (SM-N910F). Now I want to ask by flashing my device these many times will it have any kind of detrimental effects such as slowing it down or hampering it's optimum performance or even putting pressure on the Processor or Motherboard???Thanks in advance.....
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sephkateno:
No the only problem that could arise from flashing is flashing the wrong files.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] effel_emperor:
Thanks Bro....
[Xiaomi Mi 4] dyuce:
Hi Guys

I need your advice to solve the following problem.Does anybody encounter this kind of problem ?

Please help me about it

My phone is version of fdd-lte (China unicom).As I know that version supports WCDMA( 3G ) because in my countary just 3G is operating .When I insert SIM card ,after enter its password ,then I am searching operators manuelly .It can find operator then I select it ,phone is giving error of "cannot connect to this network right now .try again later" .After this warning ,phone is asking for SIM card password again.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinka123:
Changed battery. Nothing changed.

Before I started this process, I was able to turn the phone on, hear the startup sounds, and charge it, no problem.

Yesterday I changed my cracked LCD (and digitizer) with one of these witrigs .com/oem-lcd-with-digitizer-for-sony-xperia-z2 (I'm not allowed to post links)

Followed the instructions provided by witrigs.

However, after having put it together again, when I try to turn it on all I get is 3 red blinks. (This would indicate low / empty battery, right?)

So I connected it to the charger (tried both wallsocket, and USB from two different computer, and different cables.) and all it gives me is a red light.

Normally, this would mean that it's charging, as far as I know, but it stays like that for hours, without any changes. So I was puzzled by this, googled to no avail.

I can not get it in flashmode, nor fastboot mode. However, here is the interesting part. When I disconnect the battery from the back and connect the phone to a charger (or USB from PC) the screen lights up, and shows me the charging animation.

In addition to this, when the battery is disconnected, I can get it into fastboot (Blue led, if I've read correct, I can not get into this with the battery connected.)

With this information, and my lack of real knowledge about how this technology works, I assumed the battery was broken, so to test that a bit further, I checked it with a multimeter.

It's currently showing 4.2v. I don't have another battery I can try with as of now, nor do I have other readings from other batteries. Maybe some of you do.

Anyway, have any of you encountered anything like this before? and or have any suggestions as to what I can / should test or try next? - I'm running out of ideas. (I will buy a new battery when I have money, but it probably will not be here in 5-8 weeks, due to when I get money and shippingtime.)

Thanks in advance for your time, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been talked about before. I searched, but maybe my searching skills are bad, as I could not find anything like this.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinka123:
Please help

please help guys :( :( i dont know what is that :(
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karim-ps:
I have read some similar tread, not involving the screen replacement though, try to change the battery and it'll be up and running again. Keep us updated.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karim-ps:
or if you have a multimeter, try to test the battery voltage and see if it's dead.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ottomanhero:
4.2 V means it's fully charged.It's either that your battery was severely damaged and the safety circuits inside don't let you charge/use it further or some other part of the phone is damaged.
[Android Apps and Games] Fontor:
PongPang is an addictive game where the goal is to make your "ponger" go

as far as you can without being stopped by blocks or objects. To achieve your goal,

you need to create blocks to make your ponger bounce. Show that you're the

best and share your score with your friends when the game is over !

Google Play Store :

Search "PongPang"

Goal of the game :

The main goal is to avoid being blocked by either blocks or objects on your path.

You can create blocks by touching your screen to make your "ponger" bounce above or

underneath blocks. It's up to you to make the right choices ! You can only create

them on empty spaces or by completing half-blocks already there.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiboric:
I've not heard of this app on XDA yet, and as it a pay app was wondering if anybody has tried this yet, I believe the author has only just added S6 compatibility, so might just buy it as support for for his contribution to the small amount of app currently available, unless some tells me its not good. :)

Galaxy Edge Animator
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
lol.. not really useful.. but funny app.. so I say yeah.. and one of the first who support our phone...
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JHumphr:
Has anyone made any progress on this error? I have a theory, I think that it is because people are trying to take pictures to their micro SD card. My theory has held true for me thus far (only 12 hours), and was curious if anyone else had evidence to support or disprove my theory.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raynan:
This might make sense if you are using a third party application that wouldn't have access to the SD Card and it locks up the camera.
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bskarpa:
Mine is starting to do this alot but it's not due to saving pics to the SD card. I've had this phone since it came out and haven't ever had this problem until a few weeks ago and have always saved them to the sd card.

I would like to know why my camera is failing all the time now. It will work for a while after a reset or sometimes it will work once then fail upon opening the app.

Any ideas??
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anush.isaac:
Hello,

This camera issue has started for me in the last few weeks. I too thought it was initially the SD Card, so I formatted it then completely removed it, factory reset my phone still the same.

The Camera constantly freezes or I get a Camera Failed or Server Error message. It is really frustrating and Samsung Support have said that that Warranty expired, guess I am stuck with this issue.

I came here to report this and see if there were any fixes. Again this issue just started recently like the above user pointed out. I am pretty sure its a Hardware failure from my troubleshooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Sceneiskeen:
I downloaded a N900PSPTDNH7 tar file and used odin to push it. It said success. I rebooted and did a factory restore after it loaded. I now have no data. Only way i can get data is if i drop down from LTE/CDMA to just CDMA.

my baseband shows: n900pvpucnc5

version shows: 4.4.4

Build number shows: N900PSPTDNH7

I rooted back when the phone first came out and had been using a stock rom since day 1

Trying ti get to lollipop now unrooted or rooted. Any help is appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] weavr:
Did you enter download mode after turning off your phone and pulling the battery?

Try downloading the NK4 tar (I think you have to take OTAs in sequence so might as well skip one if you can), battery pull then go into download mode from completely powered off. Sometimes it takes a couple flashes from ODIN before it sticks, as well.

Check here for a more step by step guide.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Sceneiskeen:
that worked! Thanks!