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[One (M9) Accessories] henrykrinkle:
Add me to the list.

Purchased the Dot View II Ice on release day (April 10) - hinge tore clean off this evening. Contacted HTC via chat and was told that they do not have a warranty with regard to their accessories. I was told to take it to the merchant from which I purchased and see if they will help me. Of course, I no longer have the receipt (never thought I'd need it for a case) so I'm hoping there won't be any problem.
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
That's what they told me, however on their own retail box they quote a warranty policy, which refers to a warranty on accessories, so they're clearly lying.. Very bad service on their part. I told the lady from htc this but she just kept repeating she couldn't do anything as they don't stock the cases themselves. Poor excuse.

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[One (M9) Accessories] sleby:
just got my replacement yesterday. it says rev. B below the barcode and is slightly differently made around the hinge. lets see if it stays together after a month of use.
[One (M9) Accessories] richie0524:
same issue, mine broke within 2 weeks of us
[One (M9) Accessories] vegetaleb:
So to just conclude: only the Ice version is getting this problem and the normal one not?
[One (M9) Accessories] vegetaleb:
From where did you buy it?

Do you think amazon France (Europe) has the Revision B?

Edit: Talked to an Amazon dude online and claimed that the Ice Dot View they have right now is Rev. B4

The ones who got tearing problems have which revision number?
[One (M9) Accessories] LibertyMonger:
My Ice Dot View case has been great, I love it. I just know I can't fold it back all the way, I think it is obvious it will begin to tear eventually. It doesn't seem to be designed for folding it all the way. I normally hold it like a book or lay something on the cover if I want to keep it open on my desk.
[One (M9) Accessories] vegetaleb:
Any revision number?
[One (M9) Accessories] sleby:
well i don't know, i got mine from expansys.

and i do not agree that it mustn't be folded all the way back. if it was meant to be that way it would be written somewhere.
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
Same here, it should be able to fold.

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[One (M9) Accessories] henrykrinkle:
I got my replacement from Best Buy about a week ago. Sadly, it says Rev A above the bar code so I wager I'll be returning it again in a month or two.
[One (M9) Accessories] vegetaleb:
I got an email from expansys France as they are the official accessories sellers online, they said this cover didn't get any revision in the meaning of correction.

While Amazon chat dude said it's Rev B4

So dunno if expansys France get its stuff from old stocks or Rev B means nothing
[One (M9) Accessories] sleby:
idk, but as i have said before - rev B in my case is slightly different around the hinge from rev A. so they did something..
[One (M9) Accessories] henrykrinkle:
As I predicted, one month in and the hinge on the replacement is beginning to tear in the exact same place (bottom left). I'll be back at Best Buy in about a week. Hope they have the "Rev B" as I like the case otherwise and don't want to give up on it yet.
[One (M9) Accessories] Eggsnbacon:
Had the same issue in about 9 days of use. I returned it to T-Mobile and switched to the Rock View Dr. V case. I actually like it more because the front is a TPU material that doesn't have much friction, so it slides in and out of my pocket much easier.
[One (M9) Accessories] spikeydoo2006:
Had 1 Rev A case that started to rip on the first time opening the flap of the case, and 2 Rev B's that did exactly the same thing.

"Stress " marks are a sure way to find out if any replacement case will do the same. (See pic of Rev B case below with these stress /tear marks).
[One (M9) Accessories] henrykrinkle:
Thanks for posting the pic. - that's exactly how my Rev A looks (the 2nd one). Once it breaks I think I'll just cut my losses and get store credit instead of another Dot View.
[One (M9) Accessories] kitzie:
I too had the same problem as you guys........I found a solution and my case at the hinge point is now sorted out.

What I did is apply superglue with a pin head and carefully glued in the spit area....it's been fine now for a couple months and the split area is now firmly glued.

I fold back the cover and all is well....try it out....worked for me.
[One (M9) Accessories] sleby:
As i was predicting my rev B also started to tear and completerly torn through after a couple of weeks. I am returning it and getting a refund, since i dont have the energy to deal with this issue again. Does anybody have the premium version and is that one ok?

It is such a shame that htc cannot make a proper case for such a premium device..
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
Same here, just off the phone with the store, the replacement did exactly the same and tore down the hinge.

Being an industrial designer I never got this design and had my doubts from day one about the construction. The way they made it it was never going to work and tearing would be imminent.

Glad I was proven right, otherwise I might have doubted my skills, but as you said, for being a premium product which isn't cheap either, this is shameful.

HTC are keeping very quiet and are ignoring basically all my requests for info or warranty claims

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[One (M9) Accessories] sleby:
i am also an industrial designer and i also cannot believe how stupid the design of this hinge is:)

is there any closeup photo of m8 dotview hinge? as far as i know that one works just fine.. idk why they changed it.

where did you bought it?
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
Bought it from carphone warehouse in the UK. I've got an m8 with dot view and can confirm that that case never gave me any problems after much intensive use.

The problem is they precut the hinge to make it stay open better as the complaint many users had with the m8 case was that the flap didn't fold down flat and was quite stiff..

But making basically a predefined tear in the hinge was always going to backfire.. What where they thinking...

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[One (M9) Accessories] dottat:
I will add to this...

Do NOT buy this case if you live in the US. Digital River and HTC both play a game where they blame the other. No one will accept responsibility for warranty... back and forth you will go between them forever.

Took only 3 weeks for mine to snap off.
[One (M9) Accessories] hgoldner:
Both of my Dotview Ice cases had the same thing happen within 8 weeks. Since I purchased mine with a debit card and do not retain debit card receipts once the statement clears, AT&T will not exchange for a new (third) one. I even showed the rocket scientists there the statement (which says "AT&T store [location]" and they said "How do we know what you bought?" I said, "That's why I have a Verizon account."
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
I've just returned my second one after both tore hinges and managed to persuade them to give me a refund as I am really not interested in this case anymore....

Shame on htc to not sort this out or issue a recall of their product as it is clearly design faulty...

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[One (M9) Accessories] dottat:
Rather annoying to have to pay all those shipping fees too.
[One (M9) Accessories] p50kombi:
Luckily I got it in store. Although it did cost some petrol money.

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[One (M9) Accessories] bakemcbride21:
I'm on my third HTC Dot View Ice...yeah that hinge stinks...lol Luckily I am on a state/gov't contract at work...so the warranty isn't an issue for me. Will be interesting to see how many I go through in the 1 yr warranty period! The 3rd one is starting to slightly separate within the hinge....meaning its just a matter of time before this rips, too.

But I love the functionality of the case and since I have no issues with warranty replacements I'll stick with it.

FYI...My M8 dot view is still in very good shape after 18 months
[One (M9) Accessories] bakemcbride21:
And my 3rd one finally ripped off....warranty replacement #3 on the way! LOL
[One (M9) Accessories] maven37:
I have the Dot View Ice for the M9. Had the dumb case on the phone for just about 2 months during which time the rubber flap started tearing off the clear case. Now it's almost all the way torn. I'm not a rough user, but since I can't text, use apps, or take a photo without opening the darn flap, you would think that they would stand up to regular use. My carrier, AT&T, from whom I bought the case along with the phone won't replace it. They told me to go to HTC. HTC told me to go to AT&T! I'm pretty pissed to be given this runaround by these supposedly reputable big companies.
[One (M9) Accessories] EvoGuy2010:
Mine just ripped off lol. I don't really see a point in dot views anymore. Just rocking a clear back gold spigen case.
[One (M9) Accessories] dlads:
Have had this case and yep you guessed it, mine ripped too. Great case, not a complete fan of the functionality but it was nice to have and looked cool. Plus I have a dock specifically made to accommodate that care. Now I'm using a spigen and obviously it doesn't fit in the dock. Won't be getting another dot view.
[One (M9) Accessories] Aganar:
Have had a Dot II case for about a week now. I'm just waiting for it to tear, based on everyone else's experience...

Quite a pity, too, because I really love the case.
[One (M9) Accessories] henrykrinkle:
I just returned #2 which, like the first one, started to tear after about 3 weeks. Opted for a gift card in lieu of replacement. Shame the case is junk as I really liked the functionality.
[One (M9) Accessories] bakemcbride21:
And replacement # 4 arrives today...almost 6 weeks with this one...lol
[One (M9) Accessories] ggeronikos:
On second case now

I am now on second case and just like the first is splitting again. Will try retiring again but really do not want the same case again
[One (M9) Accessories] joekiddo:
Mine tore after 3 weeks of use. Such a bad case tbh considering its an official HTC case.

I'm using the Spigen gold hybrid one now and loving it!
[One (M9) Accessories] Conkreet908:
Ice Dot View Case Hinge Tearing

I got my case free because it came with newly purchased M9 from Tmobile (I left verizon because I wanted my unlimted data and did not know that T-Mobile was offering it) and it lasted me two months. Mine started to peel away after I dropped it at the gym. i was using the back cover as a case but i jut ended up throwing it away since it was getting very dirty. I liked having the LED effect but the case overall if really flimsy.
[One (M9) Accessories] Aganar:
Six months later and mine is still fine. Kinda hoping it will break, actually, so that I can get a wallet case.
[One (M9) Accessories] redoano:
You are the man here bro! I had doubts if superglue would make it worse, but got my courage after seeing your post and did exactly the same thing, applying superglue carefully using a tooth stick. Now, after some days, it is still fine. It is folding where it is supposed to fold, when I fold the cover all back the phone, not from the deep point, where suffered tearing before. For those who want to try: make sure you apply superglue carefully and equally all the tearing line and then just leave your cover for some time.
[One (M9) Accessories] kychan7476:
i'm using (1st generation) dot view case for my Desire Eye for 1 year plus, no tear and still functioning well to protect my phone from drops (waist height, 4 times with a broken tempered glass screen protector). Highly recommend it.

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i'm using (1st generation) dot view case for my Desire Eye for 1 year plus, no tear and still functioning well to protect my phone from drops (waist height, 4 times with a broken tempered glass screen protector). Highly recommend it.
[One (M9) Accessories] matmaneyre:
I'm on my second dotview clone from eBay in 12 months. 90% cheaper than the real one with all the functionality. The coating does start to deteriorate on the back after a couple of months and with my first one the rubber started to loosen on the front after around 5 months, but for £2.99 I'm happy to replace it when required. It's pennies compared to the OEM version, which I've never been able to understand how they charge so much for
[One (M9) Accessories] sawdoctor:
Just been looking at this myself can you recommend it ? It's a lot cheaper, thanks in advance :good::good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svbnet:
I have a strange issue with my Nexus 5 (Android 5.1, non-rooted): When taking a panorama, I cannot move the phone side-to-side no matter what orientation it's in. In any mode which requires me to take multiple pictures (i.e. the "dots" method), I can move the phone to the top and bottom dots with ease (again, in any mode like photo sphere, vertical panorama, square panorama, and so on). However, no matter what I try I cannot move it to the left and right dots, or any dots in the corner. This is regardless of orientation. If I do try and move the phone left or right, Google Camera perceives the image to be rotating, and sometimes it will also "drift" slowly to the left or right.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paultbear:
perhaps you have a failing accelerometer. The component that senses movement of the phone seems to be faulty, at least from your description... I don't know of any other software to check it out.

there might be some diagnostic in the app store
[Nokia X] :
Q&A for [RECOVERY][Nokia X] ClockWorkMod Recovery 6.0.4.8 [2014-04-16]

Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer.

Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [RECOVERY][Nokia X] ClockWorkMod Recovery 6.0.4.8 [2014-04-16]. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[Nokia X] jerrinjms:
How to Stop Nokia X Recovery from Overwriting after every reboot/restart :-

This is the most important phase comes after recovery installation, most of the blog with Nokia X Recovery installation guide won’t show this step. But if you don’t go through this steps, your newly installed custom Nokia X clockworkMOD recovery will be replaced by default stock recovery. So lets checkout how to do this…

1) Open any file manager with system folder access, like Es File explorer or Root Explorer. (If you don’t have it, install it)

2) Head over to this location >>> System/etc/

3) Search for the file named install-recovery.sh

4) Now rename it to install-recovery.sh.bak

5) You’re all set.

Doing this step will stop your Nokia X from overwriting custom recovery after rebooting.

So that’s all, a complete step by step guide to Install Nokia X ClockworkMOD Recovery.
[Nokia X] prashantsharma324:
Thank you but later it worked :)
[Nokia X] zurik:
Hello, all the links at cwm tread had broken.... can anyone upload cwm6048 please? And it will work on stock firmware?
[Nokia X] thinhx2:
please build twrp 2.8.70

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagentooboy:
So I have 2 Note 4s. One is Verizon the other is T-Mobile. Both have received the Lollipop update through Kies.

The Verizon one has issues with the Mic. It works in the camera or on speaker phone but not in normal call or with the "OK Google" screen. I am guessing this is a software update and I have told Kies to re-try the update (we will see how that goes). Samsung says to send it back to them but I don't want to be without a phone for 2 weeks. I have seen several posts about the Mic issue with the lollipop update. (if I find a fix there WILL be a nice clear guide on how to fix this). Anyone have any thoughts on this?

The T-Mobile one is working fine but when I put the Verizon SIM card in I can get it to connect to LTE but no voice service. In settings -> About Phone-> status it says "Voice: Not registered/Data: Registered". I was thinking about flashing the Verizon radio on it but I am worried that I might cause more harm than good. It seems that the whole issue is Verizon is blocking any non-Verizon IMEIs. Does anyone know more about this?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AwaisKhan:
Hi,

I have the HTC One M9, which i recieved today, after unlocking the bootloader i rooted & tried to install the arm64 xposed.

It didnt install and it came up with the error about it being for arm not arm64, yes i used the attached files and yest it was the v21.

I then tried to install Android Revolution HD, it cam up with an error about some permissions, after booting it was stuck on the HTC Logo, then i tried to fix permissions & still nothing, i then tried flashing a firmware file for my phone which is about 2GB and recovery just turns off and restarts...

My phone has an unlocked bootloader & is S-ON.

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AwaisKhan:
Its okay, fixed it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyhors3:
here's a screenshot of my display settings:

here's a screenshot from this video I saw:

I know there are apps to disable it, I am just wondering why doesn't my phone have the option?

SM-920F

5.0.2
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dd66:
Use Galaxy Button Lights on the PlayStore, it does the trick!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ZPaul2Fresh8:
In order to keep the Root Progress thread as clean as possible, I took Kenny's advice and created a new thread. So to bring others up to speed, the Galaxy Note 4 variants from AT&T and Verizon have a root, but it's only temporary and resets after a reboot. Also system write is inconsistent.

This thread is for people to share and discuss their ideas and theories of how to make our temp root into a permanent root. Don't be afraid to share or ask any questions you may have because this is the place for them here. Now let's get brainstorming!​
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] CJ74753:
Continuous "Custom padlock" on bootup

Well I'll join in...

Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but I've successfully got my phone to continuously have the "Custom" message on my bootup screen and I enabled Factory Mode which is enabled at each boot. I managed to edit the /efs/FactoryApp enabling "Factory Mode" and changing some file permissions and not have the system restore the changes to the /efs/FactoryApp folder. When I edited it earlier pressing the power button caused a complete shut down, so I was hoping this was progress, but now pressing the power button brings up the power menu like normal. Is this partition handled differently or is this any progress? Can someone with more knowledge of the system file system comment on this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ZPaul2Fresh8:
Anything is worth mentioning. It's interesting. I've just got my Note 4 warranty replacement yesterday so I'm timid to tinkering with it just yet. On my previous Note 4 I wiped out the EFS while playing in one of those "secret menus' LoL.

My thoughts on how-to obtain permanent root: We'll obviously make use of the temp root from KingRoot, then my idea (if feasible/logical) is to find the flag/eFuse and modify the result or expected result to keep it from reverting back. Now if it's dependent on an eFuse it may not be feasible if it's blown from the factory to lock the bootloader, but if it's like Dan Rosenbergs [MENTION=4229979]djrbliss[/MENTION] findings then the eFuse may be blown to unlock the bootloader. It's been a while since I read his findings so I may not be 100% accurate but it makes more sense the first method from a security point-of-view.

Now this was all before dmverity was introduced into KitKat 4.4.4 I believe, so things probably have changed for the worse in our case. I wonder where the weakest link is? I say this because obviously Qualcomm is great at securing their high-level chain of commands lately, but with the Droid Turbo gaining root(same SoC) then I have to believe that a kernel exploit is possible permanently and our road block is Sammy's software. Now with that being said, how tough can their software really be if their flagship S6 (Exynos) was just rooted? BTW good job [MENTION=3669069]idler1984[/MENTION] on that! So you see where I'm going with this right? There's got to be a hole somewhere in Sammy's software after the bootloader, I just don't have a full overview of the boot process as far as where the Qualcomm bootloader hands off to kernel, then to Samsung's KNOX or activation lock etc etc...

Speaking of KNOX (Just rambling here) but has anyone who has used KingRoot ensured that they have turned KNOX and Activation Lock off? That would be funny is that's all it took to retain root :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] dagolith:
Don't read too much into the custom message you can trip that a variety of ways even before now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] CJ74753:
Well my main point here is that I edited the Factory Mode flag to enabled and was able to force the system to keep it set by editing the file permissions. While this don't work with all the files/folders this might be something to look at. I only wish I understood the file system more so I knew if we could possibly keep the system from restoring apps and removing root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Jaytronics:
Here is a message I sent Droid.Ninja az I did not want to clog up the other thread with stupid ideas. But, that has been taken care of by others and their talking about off topic stuff. Any way here is a partial quote of what I sent him a few days ago. I hope that there is something useful here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ZPaul2Fresh8:
1. I've not used King Root yet as I'm on Lollipop so I can't comment on that issue, maybe someone else can add their experience.

2. From what I've been reading the system reverts back to the original state, which leads me to wonder if there is a backup of the system/partition elsewhere that is uses to compare or uses if there's any modification done to it? Xposed needs a reboot because it initializes in boot up.

3. Learn ADB in and out. One of the best Tools you could use. Give up on the unlimited data, it's overrated :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] CJ74753:
From what I understand we never get to touch the actual file system of the system. This explains the bootup process of Android http://www.androidenea.com/2009/06/android-boot-process-from-power-on.html So upon bootup it copies the system data into RAM. Some how there must be a way to edit this and force the memory to write to the actual partition like how an update would have to do. This is why I was curious about my editing the /efs and making the changes stick by changing the file permissions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] cstayton:
in answer to #2, there is two possible explainations for this:

1. those reporting that the system reverts are actually see the "Updated" apks in the /data/app not the actual apks they deleted from /system/app or /system/priv-app. (I'm also on 5.0 so cant test this theory)

2. Samsung is using an initramfs or modified version of it, this would explain the complete revert to stock and possibly even the loss of root as the /system partition is "loaded" into ram and that is where all modifications are being written to including root so once the device reboots ram is cleared and reloaded from the mmcblk0xx firmware partition. (there have been conflicting reports of actual system files reverting).