yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G4 Accessories] vansmack:
I have a fisheye lens from a previous smartphone. I'll give it a shot tonight...
[G4 Accessories] 20degrees:
Link to lens?
[G4 Accessories] vansmack:
I bought this one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HLYEES2

And have only used it with a Nexus 5 to mediocre results - will try it on the G4 tonight.
[G4 Accessories] sharpehenry:
I was think of getting one as well but seems like this phone lens area is not magnetized. My nexus 5 has magnet around the lens so that lens just sticks to the phone but not. On G4. I know that because nexus 5 always sticks paper clips on my lens but G4 doesn't.

I guess clip on will do..
[G4 Accessories] HaVoK C89:
I'd love to see some samples with it if you could post some up?

Sent from my LG-H810
[G4 Accessories] sharpehenry:
Amazon has deal with some kit wide, fisheye and macro for $7

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...20&ascsubtag=b736caf7981f4185822b097dde24c680

Coupon code NQNLZX8V
[G4 Accessories] MrDerrickC:
By adding another element to the camera you are actually decreasing the quality of photos. Only improvement you will get is varying the focal lengths, if that is what you are after then attachable lens is your solution.
[G4 Accessories] frogduck1:
I've seen some with a stick on metal ring and magnetic lenses which may work better. But then as others have said, I'm skeptical of the optics quality. If anyone has seen anything like this with decent optics let us know :good:
[G4 Accessories] vansmack:
I purposely didn't buy an expensive one knowing that the optics simply aren't great, but it's a great little toy for $10....

Focus is the real challenge...both phones I've used with the lens have struggled with auto-focus and OIS - the lens just tricks the internals. However, the manual mode of the G4 made it much easier to use, but it's still hard to tell on the screen. These are little low light as I was racing sunset after work. As with most photos, they're much better (as is focus) in better light conditions. I also didn't crop these to provide the full effect - you'll likely have to crop photos with this superwide fisheye. I struggle to keep my fingers out of the shot some times.

https://goo.gl/photos/5FqFAVJipR4geFjy7

https://goo.gl/photos/rRoTSHyZqaSUz5LR8

https://goo.gl/photos/orHVjwbRGsoKbjSk8

https://goo.gl/photos/s38XgRpKnCRBgish8
[G4 Accessories] R4NDR01D:
Element seriously need to make a case like this for the G4. Especially since the big seller for the G4 is it's photo capabilities! They could PROFIT. I'd be first in line.

I had a ZTYLUS one for my S4 that I wish was available for my new G4 as well too. Siiiiiiiigggghhhh. The first world problem of owning a new phone.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
I don't like stock sony dialer and i tryed dialer created by Wajk (http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/mod-dialer-mods-1-0-t3115001).

But it not usefull for me because it don't have additional not latin letters in dial pad. Therefore i build dialer from CyanogenMod. And this dialer add additional letters to dial pad depending on the system locale.

REQUERIMENTS:

Xperia™ stock Lollipop 5.1.1, 5.0.2 (tested on Xperia ZR but must work in all Xperia with stock Lollipop)

Root

Deodexed / Odexed

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

For Lollipop 5.0.2 use version 5.

For Lollipop 5.1.1 use version 6+.

With recovery:

Download zip archive Dialer_Without_inCallUI_recovery_v*.zip and install via recovery

With adb:

Download and unpack Dialer_With_InCallUI_v*.zip

Set execute permission for installD_start.sh and installD_wraper.sh is needed

Execute installD_start.sh

Known issues:

Sometimes problem with proximity sensor - fixed

empty name for SDN contacts

You do everything here at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any broken devices/sdcards/your house going down on fire and everything else.
[Sony Cross-Device General] alexdonwarez:
do we get the call settings like the cynogen rom, for instance call connect vibrate and call waiting vibrate????
[Sony Cross-Device General] Wajk:
great!

CM Messages app also working on Stock Sony LP?

Can you try it and if working, share with us?

thnx
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
It seems like i don't understand you :D A small problem with the translation. Often I don't understand English :)

Do you mean messages app from AOSP on stock rom ?

If yes i can try from CyanogenMod if need. Don't know have it difference with AOSP.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Wajk:
Yes, sorry for my english :D

It has some extra settings (Unicode, etc..)
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
I don't use this features. But i tried now and call waiting vibrate, vibrate each 45 sec works fine. Ability to enable call waiting vibrate we have too. But i can't test it now.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
I will try...
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
You can try http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/mod-cyanogenmod-messaging-app-stock-t3152431

But please don't forget that it is still beta version. I build it half an hour ago ;)
[Sony Cross-Device General] ponchofiesta:
Sounds very interesting!

But what is "SDN" ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
I understand it is the contacts that come from the mobile operator.

As a temporary solution you can use the following app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wolfen.deleteblankcontacts

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rachunek.android.simcard
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
small update with one fix
[Sony Cross-Device General] ponchofiesta:
Does it work with 5.1.1 too?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
Updated

For Lollipop 5.0.2 use version 5.

For Lollipop 5.1.1 use version 6+.
[Sony Cross-Device General] deepu28792:
I like your work, however is it possible to remove the stock dialer and phonebook app ?
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
It's easy. Rename Phonebook.apk to Phonebook.apk.bak in /system/priv-app/Phonebook/ folder and reboot.
[Sony Cross-Device General] deepu28792:
Thanks [MENTION=1220222]Anton111111[/MENTION] it worked.....
[Sony Cross-Device General] Nitin69:
Anton111111 just beautiful, working great on m2 dual, with Z5 STYLE 4.5 Rom
[Sony Cross-Device General] acabreram:
Hi maybe you could update this for mm?

I like your work!

thanks buddy
[Sony Cross-Device General] Anton111111:
I don't think. My xperia zr will not have mm. And I do not plan to change the mobile phone in the near future.
[Sony Cross-Device General] danhtao:
How can I add Group name for contact ?

Tks in advance.
[Sony Cross-Device General] :
You can just freeze/disable it. Use link2sd app.
[Sony Cross-Device General] Macko mia:
hey is call recording available in this...
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Edit: This is just a fun project. Every octa core phone throttles. That includes my S6. Its AnTuTu score from 5 back to back runs with similar 32C start ranges from 65K to 52K. That means a similar drop in performance. Also overheating & throttling are two very different things. Z3+ & S6 both throttle so that they don't get too hot (or 'overheat'). Glass backs on both don't help either, but I like them anyway. I was just trying to speed up the cooling process- not to cool down anything as the phone doesn't 'overheat' in the first place. You won't notice this throttling with regular usage & all these temperature numbers are for internal temp, not surface temp. I hope this clears up my intent. *End of Edit* 07/21/2015

This is probably the easiest way to decrease throttling during heavy CPU workload. All I had to do is insert few foil layers between the phone & TPU case. Attached picture shows plots from three scenarios - no case, just case, foil & case respectively. Oh, NFC will get blocked out by the foil. But I don't use it much anyway. Cheers.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
#Reserved#
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] nfs2010:
Very interesting thread, mate! It made my lazy as* to sign up just to post my results. Oh, I used this copper foil with a case. You won't need that much, btw lol

amazon dot com/Louis-Crafts-Copper-Foil-Inches/dp/B0042SWM98

My scores (normalized like yours) from 5 consecutive AnTuTu runs (& my initial temp was also a bit higher than yours)

Initial Temp (C) Score

0 34 100%

1 48.1 91.10%

2 49.1 86.86%

3 49.8 84.80%

4 50.1 83.00%

4K Test:

Outdoor-> 4 minutes in 96F / 35.5 degree Celsius weather (starting CPU temp was 37C as I was using few apps before the recording started )

Walked back home two minutes later and then

Indoor -> 9.5 minutes (CPU was still warm at 41C)

It really is the easiest fix ever for extreme users who use case anyway. Thanks!
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
That's freakin' awesome, dude :good: I never knew copper foil existed. Since I can't afford diamond foil, I'll go with copper :D I'll take the whole roll though as people are (primarily) using it for shielding their guitar pickups. Thanks a lot for your tip.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] MarkMRL:
Have you guys considered the fact that the phone might, and let me say it again, MIGHT get hotter because we're in summer and it's seriously hot outside? I just checked the forecast for Austin TX, OP's town according to his info, and he has 37C over there. I think that MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT have something to do with the phone getting hotter than usual.

Just saying.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pacattack81:
What do you think about putting foil around the actual battery? Some people have suggested putting paper around it. Does anyone think either of those things are safe?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Yes, it's quite hot over here in ATX. I added an extra comment to my first post. I hope that makes things clear now.

The foil will short out the internal components and your phone may get toasted . Please DO NOT try it. But I really wanted to open the back and put some thermal compound like this one. I'll try it some day!
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pacattack81:
Thanks I was very close to trying it out. Funny you should mention the thermal compound...there's a guy on YouTube who opened up the nexus 5 and put some on the CPU and a little piece of metal

heat sink. I have the thermal compound but I don't have the piece of heatsink to test it out so I haven't tried it. One day I'm going to try it though as I have a nexus 5.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
That's great! You'll have better luck with the compound on the N5 as it has plastic back - I guess? On Z3+, I'll probably get bottle-necked by the glass back regardless of the internal enhancement. I could be wrong though if the heat sink goes all the way to metal side frame. It's certainly worth a shot.

As battery wrap, you'd probably want something that's thermally conductive AND electrically non-conductive.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pacattack81:
Yea, there's got to be something you can wrap around a smartphone battery that could shield in the heat. I just bought an oppo find 7a and it has a removable back. Maybe some sort of insulation can be put on the inside back cover so your hands don't feel the heat when the phone heats up. Any ideas for either the battery and/or back cover? What's thermally conductive, but not electrically conductive?

---------- Post added at 09:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:08 PM ----------

I can't post links yet, but what about putting some cotton insulation inside the back case? I would think that might shield us from holding a hot phone. Also, what about reflective insulation tape? I think that might actually work. Thoughts?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Wait, we're not on the same page. I was trying to avoid throttling (not shielding the heat). Z3+ back side heats up where the CPU seats (very small spot somewhere underneath the top row of icons). The idea was to take that heat and spread it laterally over a bigger surface area to speed up the cooling process. Without the foil, I still don't feel the heat as my fingers don't touch that hot spot. The foil also indirectly reduces the hot feel from that tiny spot as the heat gets spread more uniformly.

But your case sounds different. You want to avoid the heat from the battery (or the CPU) ? Battery already has a pretty big surface area. And you probably don't want to keep the heat inside by using thermal insulators as that can be very harmful for the battery. You probably want to establish an even faster heat transfer to the environment so that equilibrium point can be maintained at a lower surface temperature. Is that right? A metal back cover can help in that case.

Also here are some electrical insulators that are thermally conductive - but I'm not quite sure about the availability of those :confused:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...ductive-thermally-conductive-material.125368/
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pacattack81:
I've tried TPU cases, but I still feel the heat. Maybe a metal case would be better. These look interesting.

amazon(dot)com/gp/aw/d/B00HNKD6A6/ref=pd_aw_sbs_107_1?refRID=1VRK3Q399HJZXA2GHWCJ

amazon(dot)com/gp/aw/d/B00L71LNS4/ref=pd_aw_sbs_107_1?refRID=1BQ362P6XMYRJET82TFG
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Interesting! So why does your battery heat up in the first place? Did you try to compare your battery temp (using CPU Z, etc) to others'? I thought battery only heats up during charging.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pbergonzi:
That was genius--thank you.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] kamranhaghighi:
I've attached a heatsink with thermal paste (cheap one) to my nexus 4 once :D it didn't make a difference

too bad i sold it i can't try it with my Peltier (TEC) :D

and my note 4 here is cooler without my tough armor :D (ofc it is, that case is a monster) i think i bent my phone while taking it out :D will try it with foil as soon as i get one, hope it doesn't damage it :S

a copper plate would be better! or simply a thin heatsink :)
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] fredrik8:
I tried this maybe a year ago, phone was a lot cooler but I lost my reception. I noticed this after few days, everyone thought something had happend because they couldn't reach me. I was busy gaming ?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] an3k:
Because the phone is opened from the back (http://www.witrigs.com/blog/sony-xperia-z4-teardown/) we should crowdfund a metal replacement made of aluminium but in the same glossy style and color the frame is and with a copper base which directly connects to the thermonuclear fusion core (aka Qualcomm) so that the heat is as best as possible transported from these to the whole backplate. The only difficulty will be the holes for the camera and LED light to be waterproof. And while we are at it, we could make the backplate a little bit ticker than the glass currently is so that the tiny height difference between the glass and the frame is gone too.

Ok, we can argue about the color and thickness but you get the idea. Should we do that? Once we got them funded we can sell them and get rich :D
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
That'd be excellent & throttling would probably be gone forever. I'm in :D But some dudes might mix up fast heat dissipation with 'overheating & throttling & battery drain' - all in one sentence :p The rear area that gets warm on Z3+ is actually very narrow & my fingers don't touch that part at all. But we've already seen a ridiculous amount of whining over that. Can you imagine the whining as we try to expand that dissipation area to get rid of throttling?

I think the thickness would be debatable as some may want to keep the slightly raised lips on the back to keep their phones from sliding around.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
lol - good point. It depends on the antenna placement - I think. I didn't experience any difference in reception. I usually get 0-1 bar at home. So I really didn't have anything to lose in the first place lol
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] ChrisJ951:
If you do this and have the phone on max brightness, does it auto-dim when loading xda's website?

Due to all the ads and issues with the website it always causes the screens brightness to throttle when loading, and then go back to full brightness afterwards.

(Try loading a couple of different topics when doing this)
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
[MENTION=3559896]ChrisJ951[/MENTION] Not sure what you meant by brightness throttling. We're talking about CPU throttling here.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] ChrisJ951:
CPU and brightness throttling are both caused by temperature. You can tell how much throttling is going on at any given point by how bright the screen is.

I guess to rephrase my question does the cpu still throttle when loading xda with the foil on the back?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
I see. My brightness is always set to minimum (adaptive, slider 0). Probably that's why I don't see any difference.

To answer your question, you shouldn't have to use anything to avoid throttling while doing something as simple as loading a website. But it also depends on the CPU temp ('msm_therm' from CPU-Z for example). I think throttling kicks in when that number exceeds ~45C. So you could use 'trepn' to profile core frequencies while loading XDA. Start with a cold CPU (~30C), load XDA, & check the frequencies (& 'brightness'). Do the same task starting with a warm CPU ( >50C say after doing a 4K clip).

In general, the 'fix' will extend the normal region by keeping the temp under 45C for a longer period as you could tell from the plots (first post). So yes, it should help. Depending on the 'tasks', you may still run into throttling and at that point even the simplest task will have to face throttling until the temp. drops below the threshold.

Of course, on a rooted phone we could raise the thresholds for throttling (check out this post #4 at the thread below) but that's something you have to do at your own risk ;)

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-u/issues/xperia-s-overheating-lags-t1914539
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] EnderIII:
This makes me wonder.

If instead of a glass back protector, we got a thin aluminum one. Would that keep it cooler?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] projectseahorse:
will this work with regular foils that we might all have in the kitchen or are copper foils necessary? Thanks!
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
[MENTION=6836848]EnderIII[/MENTION] Aluminium back would have helped, but is anyone going to make it?

[MENTION=3368600]projectseahorse[/MENTION] Things got better after updates & I stopped using foils. To answer your question, I used kitchen aluminium foil (Raymond). Give it a shot first. If you need more, copper is even better (check post #3).
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] [NUMINIT]:
I wonder if copper tape would work equally well. I'm thinking of putting some on the inside of the case. That way, if I need to remove the case for NFC for example, the foil stays in the case instead of flying around being a pain. It could of course be that the heat melts the adhesive and I'll just end up with a sticky case in addition to loose foil.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] pacattack81:
I tried putting foil tape around the battery since that's one of the components that gets hot and now the battery doesn't work anymore lol. At least it was just a spare. The phone wouldn't boot up either. Maybe it wasn't the right type of foil tape. I suppose I could line the inside of the case with it, but I didn't want to mess anything else up. Below is what I purchased.

DEI 010408 1.5" Cool Tape - 15' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E283S0/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_ILQ9vb0935HNQ
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] Xenotium:
My phone actually heated it...

Found old Pentium 4 cooler and double-side-taped to my phone, of course using thermal paste in between:

imgur (dot) com/Zj0oU07

(I did it before finding this thread, anime overheated my CPU :)

PS: Please forgive me if I did something wrong by posting it here.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] arpeggio16:
This is awesome! It's nice to know that XDA gets rather scientific sometimes. I know this is a Z3+ thread, but in the name of increasing the heat transfer rate out of the phone, would it help in non-octa core phones? I'd like to try this with my Xperia M, since it heats up to more than 50 degrees C especially when overclocked. :D
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] eturk01:
It will be interesting to test the Nexus 6P and see if Huawei decided to use the aluminum body as a massive heat sink.

that would be smart!
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] Streetrayzer:
[MENTION=4873740]Xenotium[/MENTION]:

But your method is not really usefull for daily use, isn't it? ;)
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Why wouldn't it help :) ? Give it a shot. Also check out post # 3 . Copper is a better deal :good:
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] [NUMINIT]:
Can confirm that copper tape does the job and the adhesive keeps it in place even when very hot. It's a bit tricky to apply neatly, though.
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] arpeggio16:
I only have access to aluminum foil at the moment, but it's worth a shot. Any suggested testing procedures? I'm testing for heat dissipation, not for throttling. :)
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] schecter7:
Well, in that case your hand is the best thermometer you could use ;) Since heat dissipation & throttling are somewhat related, why don't you run 4/5 back to back benchmarks & check CPU temp (using CPU-Z, etc) anyway just like the way I did in post # 1? Btw, the case (in Z3+ scenario) doesn't improve performance (you're not interested in that anyway), but it does give a 'cooler' feel :good:
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ General] johngreen537:
My Fix

I've been reading XDA and using roms since way back in HTC Hero days, but this is probably one of my first posts!

I've had every Xperia flagship since the Z, and have never been disappointed, until the Z4/Z3+. It's terrible for lagging and throttling.

After trying the standard fix in this thread, i was happier, but not chuffed really. My main issues are really simple camera usage (even for normal pictures, after a while, the app just falls over) 4K is basically pointless and games etc stutter and lag like no mans business.

Sony Warranty have had the phone 3 times, first two, no fault found (even though i included pictures of the infra red thermometer hitting 53 degrees on the back of the handset) and eventually the phone was replaced. The replacement was no better!

Then, i accidentally bought a Z3 case, and turns out, barring a few cut outs, it's fine for daily use, which gave me an idea. I went on the hunt for an aluminium case, solid as possible, but for the Z3, not Z3+. I found this:

amazon co uk/gp/product/B00ROSLNWK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

I'll add, I've absolutely no affiliation with this company, or it's merchandise!

Then bought some of this:

maplin co uk/p/akasa-5mm-thermal-gap-filler-a00nn

Trimmed the gap filler down and spread it evently and thinly over the metal surface area of the case. The case is MUCH bigger than i normally like, but, if it allows the phone to be used normally, i'd be chuffed.

Results. Staggering to me. I ran a 4K video test, from cool, until the app closed. 4:37 on the standard handset, 32 minutes!!!!!!! 32. not a typo.

Not sure if tables will work:

Table 1. Benchmarks and percentage of loss since first run: NO cover.

quadrant	antutu	percent loss since 1st

1	23129	49346	0	0

2	24125	42048	0.85210554	-14.78944595

3	21178	39007	0.790479471	-20.95205285

4	19728	40061	0.811838852	-18.81611478

5	18939	39569	0.801868439	-19.81315608

6	20666	36801	0.745774734	-25.42252665

7	20480	37392	0.757751388	-24.22486118

8	18970	35538	0.720179954	-27.98200462

9	19602	35765	0.724780124	-27.5219876

10	19294	35966	0.728853403	-27.11465975

Table 2: Same data, WITH cover:

run	quadrant	antutu	percent loss since 1st

1	29704	48820	0	0

2	28566	46775	0.95811143	-4.188857026

3	26691	46337	0.949139697	-5.086030315

4	27228	46191	0.946149119	-5.385088079

5	24245	44356	0.908562065	-9.143793527

6	25851	44526	0.912044244	-8.795575584

7	24431	44040	0.902089308	-9.791069234

8	25513	44403	0.909524785	-9.047521508

9	26736	44199	0.90534617	-9.46538304

10	25223	44084	0.902990578	-9.700942237

All tests are equally performed in the same circumstance. Full battery to start. Reboot, clear all background apps, run back to back benchmarks, without any gaps.

Absolutely stunned. It's still (IMHO) not as good as the Z3, but for £20, I'm over the moon with these results. Gone from a 27% throttled handset, to 9%!

The best bit, is the photographs. I can take pictures, basically until the memory card fills up!