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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] nfollmer:
My phone has been working fine for a few months now, after several flashes (cant pick a ROM:) ) anyway, a few days ago it started acting funny. It would freeze just doing normal everyday tasks, then it would just start working again like nothing happened after about 2 minutes. Now today, it freezes on my welcome splash (the one after the htc, the windows splash). and it just sits there. Sometimes, if I let it sit for about 10 minutes, it will start up-VERY SLOWLY, and if you go into any menus, it freezes. I tried to re-flash, but it wont establish an activesync connection. Is there anyway to get the phone to flash in my situation? Hopefully, I could flash it back to a cingular rom and send it in for warranty.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] starkwong:
Did you tried to hard reset your Wizard by resetting while holding Comm Manager and Voice Command button?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] nfollmer:
Yeap, runs through the set up, gets to the screen where it says "customizing in 3...2...1" and shuts off.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] nfollmer:
Well, today, it completely died. Won't turn on, tried a new battery.....nothing. Do you think, since it won't turn on, I may be able to sneak it by Exchange By Mail???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] nfollmer:
Fixed it! For some reason, the first time I tried a new battery, it didn't work. Tried it again just for the hell of it, and it fixed it. Strange.....
[ONE General] ranjib:
I cannot recommend the oneplus anymore. Even with the latest update there is nothing done on audio recording quality.

You cannot record videos (and also only audio aka soundcloud) with this device. It scrambles the audio signal when it comes to loud surroundings/audio input. :(

No one is working the last 12 month on this issue.

My old Samsung Galaxy I9000 does it better....
[ONE General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Already an existing thread:

http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/general/video-sound-quality-pretty-bad-t2895277

Thread closed
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WTFIT:
My D800 took a slow boat to somewhere and is gone over the horizon. However, before it left, it did a image dump and left me some files that have the B01 File, B02 File etc, and MDT File extensions, like adsp.b01 and cmmlib.b01 with an associated cmnlib.mdt. There are about 50 or so files.

Do not know what is in them but some are pretty large, several gigs. Any way to open these files and determine what they are and if they are recoverable?

TIA
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] inshadesofgrey:
Lenovo, just launched a new smartphone Lenovo Phab Plus, for around $400. As of now, it's only available in china, but will its way to online retailers soon.

Display - - 6.8-inch full-HD display - 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution. Pixel density of 326ppi,

Processor - 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor

RAM - 2GB RAM.

Storage - 32GB

Sound - The Dolby Atmos Surround Sound

Camera - 13mp with dual led flash + 5mp selfie

Dimensions- 96.6 x 186.6 x 7.6 mm, weighs 220 grams

Choices-Comes in Metallic Grey, Midnight Blue, Neon Pink and Elegant Silver platinum colours

My view

I owned the lenovo vibe 2 and the lack of development really frustrated me, as the lenovo software was horrendous. Not sure, if times are changed. I guess if enough people buy this, we'll have some custom rom to work with :)

source

EDIT:

Huawei, earlier this year had also launched Huawei P8max.

Similar specs to the lenovo phablet above, but P8max comes with 3gb ram.

specs in the photo attachedhttp://gadgetblaze.blogspot.in/2015/04/huawei-p8max-with-68-inch-display.html
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AndyYan:
615 is a horrible, overheating piece of crap, and Huawei's Kirin lacks any sort of dev love. Moreover, they are not advertised as flagships. Believe it or not, these devices will never get the popularity and dev attention like the ZU, unless they one day announce a partnership with CM.

It takes more than a big screen and sleek design to be called a “ZU successor”.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] inshadesofgrey:
"It takes more than a big screen and sleek design to be called a “ZU successor”."

Agreed. But it's widespread availability that made the ZU development so active. I don't see why the Lenovo can't get traction (with a $400) price tag if its made available in all major continents.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Benjiro:
How about double to triple the battery life ;)

Sorry, but in my eyes, the Mediapad X2 is a real successor to the ZU. The Mediapad X2 now has also got its own forum ( http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2 ).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] inshadesofgrey:
c5 ultra

Stock ZU has crap battery though.

I have held the mediapad x2, and though i love the display, and overall feel of the phone, it's really just a tad too big. I know the different on paper is small (ZY 6.4' vs 7') but the 7' tablet against one's face looks slightly retarded

I am thinking of buying the C5 ultra as my daily driver, with ZU has backup. C5U is 13mp+13mp camera with front/back flash!

It's 6' vs 6.4' on the ZU but small price to pay for flash, better front facing camera, and dual sim.

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-c5-ultra/specifications/
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Benjiro:
Its just as the ZU. The X2 does look bigger, because of the 1cm but visually while making a call, there is little to no difference between the two. Both look like your holding a house brick near your head *lol*.

But who still uses a phone to call? *lol* ... A phone for me is emergency's / special stuff only. If somebody has something to tell me: WeChat, Mail, ...

In my opinion, if you go for ZU + C5, your probably going to use your C5 all the time and forget your ZU all the time. It becomes a hassle with two medium/big devices, especially if both are smartphones / drain batteries in a few days.

If you want a phone that does not look silly, just get a small Nokia dedicated phone that fits anywhere and last forever :)

You do realize that the X2 also has 13mpix + flash ;)

The Xperia C5 Ultra has a price tag almost idential to the X2.

But for the rest its behind in almost all aspects. In my opinion your better off just selling your ZU, pocket the cash and pay a bit more for a X2 :)

Now: Keep ZU + 400 Euro for C5. Your ZU will probably not be used a lot anymore, as it becomes a hassle over time to deal with two medium/big devices that both need charging every few days.

Or: Sell the ZU for maybe 200 Euro. Buy a X2 for 350 a 400 Euro ( only 150 a 200 euro in reality ). Have one device with twice / triple the battery power of the ZU.

I know that you can argue that two devices ZU + C5 = double battery power but that argument does not hold water. If your ZU has 4/3/2G/Cell active, it will still drain a lot of battery, even when not used. Unless you want to constantly link your ZU to your C for data connection. Like that does not seem bothersome all the time ;)

Anyway, my opinion. Join the Church of brotherly X2 love. Welcome my brother. :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AndyYan:
To sum up my opinions about the devices above:

Phab Plus: 615 is slow and overheats, and $400 is asking too much, even with a relatively big battery. History shows only flagship Lenovo devices get a little dev attention.

MediaPad X2: a feat to cram a 7 inch screen into a body like that, but 10% wider than the already unwieldy ZU, and the Kirin SoC instantly kills devs.

C5U: Sleek and more pocketable / hand-friendly than ZU, but while MT6752 offers performance similar to a SD800 device, paying another $400+ for marginal performance difference and (slightly) weaker dev attention isn't a good idea in my eyes. Unless you'll sell your ZU for it ;D

...which is why I said that the true ZU successor doesn't exist yet. Make compromises in aspects as you see fit.

And one last advice from a flashaholic: DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING OTHER THAN SNAPDRAGONS (and maybe Exynos's).

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Benjiro:
No offense but if you already consider the ZU unwieldy, then why are you even here? From your asking, you are better off in the Samsung Note forum.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AndyYan:
The ZU is at the verge of falling off my hand, but nonetheless with 1cm less it can still be carried (not used) in hand if I stretch my palm. That 1cm is a difference that crossed the threshold.

Also, yes I do prefer the size of the Note series to the 6-and-above category, but you know what, I enjoyed the Galaxy Mega 6.3 just as much as the Note 3. Nearly as much screen size as the ZU, and small bezels at all sides gives it high screen-to-body ratio and an even smaller footprint. In my mind this is how the 6-inchers should be designed.

Your mileage *will* vary though, because we Asians are known to have smaller hands ;)

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] vipfreak:
Used to be a Lenovo whore but after the whole spyware crap and crap bloatware they add, I'm boycotting them... MEH.

A 7in tablet as a phone yes is stupid, a 7in phablet with no border is not.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AndyYan:
Portable tablets with small bezels are always welcome, that's why I still kinda missed my Nexus 7 2013.

That said, Android tablets still need some bezels to avoid misidentifying touch events and to provide a better grip in landscape mode.

But with an oversized UI like that and full phone capabilities, I don't class the MediaPad X2 as a tablet.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] inshadesofgrey:
Just held the C5 Ultra today. Man, that's a well-built phone. Slightly smaller than the ZU (6 invs. 6.4in), and though i am very protective of my screen real-estate, I am actually considering the C5U. I can't imagine selling the ZU simply because of the amount of dev love it has received. I can use it as my 'guinea-pig' for the latest/greatest.

I can live with the absence of a flash (i have a really tiny external flash that plugs in the headphone jack), and the garbage camera (have an RX100 m2)

For me, 6.4-6.5 is really the most i can manage, as a primary phone. I am hoping to test out the P8 Max soon. My friend has it, and he says it's simply an amazing phone
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Leechoonhwee:
Yeah it's really amazing if you're coming from Z Ultra. It's an upgrade to every area of the Ultra and the updates are frequent compared to Sony.

The softwares are useful too. They have per app permission, optimisation like Greenify, etc all builtin so I don't really need to root the phone but I did anyway lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] vipfreak:
I'm thinking of giving up my idea of a +6in phone and hoping the Blackberry Venice is real. I'd sacrifice screen size for a physical keyboard. I can't believe I'm entertaining that idea though... How far we've fallen...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] davedfx:
I just came across this thread on The Lenovo Phab Plus. I passed on the Ultra Z because of the lack of a camera flash which i really need for my tasks.

I'll post some info here for your reference. It may be OT

I just bought the Lenovo Phab Plus to test it out 7" phabs. Cost me around 330 usd in the Philippines and seems like a good deal. Build is good and feels like my Iphone 6 plus. This Phone is tall compared to my Huawei Mediapad X1

Antutu Benchmark v5.7.1 result

32123 Phab Plus

25731 Mediapad X1

35953 Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE

Camera quality is piss poor and video exposure is dark and contrasty. But i think software updates will fix that.

Hybrid Dual Sim slot I don't like. I sacrifice a sim slot for a microsd card. Huawei P8 Max is also Hybrid.

Huawei Mediapad X2 Is not hybrid.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androFRUST:
Hi guys,

Looking to get a secondary phone. Question, is the Z Ultra still worth a buy, considering the lolipop update? Any performance numbers or whatever issues? Its between this and the C5 Ultra. I want a big display and sadly, the Zultra is the only decent 6.4inch display. Which is better? the MTK6752 or Qualcomms older SoC, in terms of gaming and overall user experience. THanks!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] AndyYan:
If you ask me, I'd get C5U instead of ZU, mainly because ZU's touchscreen responsiveness has been hit or miss for me, especially under multi-touch scenarios. The bold appearance and slightly smaller footprint of C5U also counts. You do have to wait quite a bit for custom ROMs, if any, but MT6752 can fight on equal footing with SD800/801, the former being somewhat stronger in CPU but beaten in GPU.

Question is, isn't a second-hand ZU *much* cheaper than the still-fresh C5U? I bought my ZU second-hand for ~$120, while C5U still retails for $350+ here.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androFRUST:
thanks for your feeback!! i have decided to go for the C5 ultra.. hopefully all is well!! thanks man
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Leechoonhwee:
Get the P8 Max, it's a much better deal compared with the C5.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalChris602:
According to John Legere, today is the day he will start cracking down on an estimated 3,000 heavy abusers, some who are using up to 2TB a month of data, by means of hacking the tethering ability on their phone. I wonder how many of you here will be hearing from John and the Executive team at T-Mobile? ;)

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/issues-insights-blog/stopping-network-abusers.htm
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] twe90kid:
Game over...

It sucks that this is happening. I live in a place where I only get 3mbps download on my home DSL.

Comcast refuse to wire my house because it's too complicated. So occasionally I use tmobile and hidden tether. Tmobile provides me about 20mbps download at my house vs DSL.

Yes, I use hidden tether, but I never maxed over 50gb/month.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalChris602:
I dont think you have to worry about tethering 50GB a month. I think it's the people who are using hundreds EVERY MONTH lol. But for those who are using that much, time to figure something else out. If anyone here gets contacted, please update us!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rudbwoy:
I'm with twe90kid. I've never reached the 50GB barrier yet either.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Yoshi1221:
I have been with T-Mobile for about a month and never touched the tethering option, lol. It won't affect me too much. Wi-Fi and data are around the same speeds for me
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rile1564:
From the below quote; I'm hoping he's not going to use this as an excuse to lock down phones or deny service to rooted phones.

"They’re downloading apps that hide their tether usage, rooting their phones, writing code to mask their activity, etc. They are “hacking” the system..."
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dkb218:
From his Periscope, this applies to anyone using some means of hiding tether - no matter the overage. Once you go over that 7GB limit, its slow down time and I'm happy they finally did it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ungraph:
Note that Legere is fully aware that thieves will continue to justify their actions and switch the blame to T-Mobile.

I hope he find a way to crackdown on all the data hogs out there.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalChris602:
I agree. Even when I did use to tether hack, I think the most I used was around 50GB. 2TB is complete insanity.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] wing_addict_usa:
Good riddance
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] nano303:
You know who you are people.

"It purifies my heavens, and makes my thoughts Pure"
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] widto08:
what's the 7G's he's talking about?

I'm on the truly unlimited with 5 G's of tethering. I have the tether hack app too. I normally tether about 1-4 G's to my tablet thru the built-in tethering. The only time I use the hack is when I'm away from home for an extended period of time, once or twice a year, and have yet to go over 7 G's while doing so. On the other hand I regularly use 40 - 60 G's on my phone a month. What's the 7 G's they're talking about?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] denson9874:
my wife and I both have the unlimited 2 lines with 7GB hotspot for 100/month by which we use practically none of it. Its included with the unlimited plan.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] widto08:
Ummm. Might want to edit out your phone numbers
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] denson9874:
already had those numbers changed but thanks for looking out
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Supamike88:
I don't think he cares about people rooting their phone. That doesn't cost them money
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sublimaze:
Rooting per se doesn't cost carriers money. But what people do with root can translate to lost revenue. From a purely business standpoint, limiting (or outright banning) people that tether truckloads of data is completely reasonable.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] pcriz:
I'll keep tethering, these warnings come about every 6 months. Folks will express their opinions, share some misconceptions about what tethering does to network health but never seem dig below the surface and see that the majority of people that tether AREN'T cranking down insane amounts of data. Heck I can easily hit 60gb a month without tethering. Some will say that is detrimental to the network. I would love an objective look at the amount of users and a break down of how many users use what amount of data.. Or ya know keep tossing vague scare tactics our way.

You want to stop tethering stop making it so easy to defeat with client side provisioning and user agent sniffers.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] supercobaltss:
I used to use mine for home internet i would hit like 100GB a month. I was talking to the TMO Rep and he said most of the employees do it too.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Jammol:
Lol John is going to end of firing his work staff. How ironic would it be if it turns out that they are tethering all the devices in the stores because of internet bill on the LAN Line!:confused:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] getbuzzin:
Don't mind me, I was sent by John himself to infiltrate xda to figure out how you thieves are stealing our precious data. We may or may not have technology that can now detect when customers who've reached the tethering limit are "stealing" extra gigabytes from their phone's plan. Does anyone know how this WiFi router thing work? Thanks in advance, Agent 4357B.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mardukeme:
Sorry, no hablar inglés!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] trevor7428:
So I received this text from T-Mobile

You've used 100% of the paid high speed data on your T-Mobile plan. Your Smartphone Mobile Hotspot speed will now be limited to 128 kbps until 09/24/2015. Smartphone data will still be at full speeds. Buy more at

http://t-mo.co/Upgrade-4G

From:889

Kind of sucks. I only tether to my android tablet only, to watch Netflix. Which uses so much bandwidth.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rudbwoy:
Even though The Note 4 is a large device, I'd rather have my kids watch Netflix or YouTube on the iPad... Staring at the small device WILL affect your eyes.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mlock420:
Thank you!!!

2.tb of data and counting

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Thank you too!!

2.tb of data and counting

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Lol

2.tb of data and counting

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Lmfao!!!! Get em!!!

2.tb of data and counting
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlkaliV2:
Edit: I didn't notice you said it was your kids you preferred to watch it on those things. Their eyes are more sensitive because they are still developing. You are correct that children should not be using small screens during developmental years.

But adults? That is just preference.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mike96789:
There are some that actually use the data legally and can rack up a lot. For those on the military and get sent some where for months at a time use the data to watch Netflix, Hulu, etc because we don't want to pay an additional bill. When I go for training I use Chomecast as my primary means of entertainment to watch tv, movies etc and this uses a lot data. My only hope is that they don't screw the people that are using it legally and only basing their decision to throttle or cancel data based on usage.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Ace42:
What kind of Fascist company is this? They want to end our lineage over this mess. XD

"Customer experience is my top priority & that means eliminating anyone who abuses our network.*#byebye"

Sent from my XT1528
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlkaliV2:
Delete - I was out of line. Disregard previous comment and I apologize to Mike for my response.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Warrior1975:
First, thank you for your service. God bless our armed forces. There should be exceptions to certain rules, this should be one of them. You guys deserve free unlimited data and tethering,especially when you are deployed. Stay safe, and thank you again!!

Sent from my SM-N910T3 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] jinda628:
I got the same push message saying I'm 6 of 7GB currently and will slowdown to 128kbps once limit is reached. I tether everyday on my tab and laptop because I'm in the project site and the local network is too slow but only hit like 25-40GB max a month.

I dont think my consumption is gonna change a lot even if I can't tether anymore, I will just have to use my cell instead of the tablet when I hit the limit.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] railshot:
I am just curious about the logic behind calling people who use tethering thieves and abusers. They pay for an UNLIMITED data. Yet, if they want to tether, T-Mobile insists on charging them again for the privilege. This typical double dipping first pioneered by Verizon and since then somehow becoming acceptable. This is equivalent being charged more if you decide to connect a second PC, a laptop, or a tablet to your home wired internet.

For the record, I am on a limited plan and have used tethering only to see if it works (just in case I need it). So I am not really affected by this. It's just this type of "we charge you again because we can" is the reason I left Verizon before.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sublimaze:
T-Mobile's "unlimited LTE data" plan is specifically for phone data, not tethering data. That plan actually limits tethering to 5 GB/month. This is not new.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Jammol:
Not calling you a thief but I have one question for you.....

Did you READ the TOS Agreement that you SIGNED?:confused:

Yes? It's not a double standard. You knew what you were getting into.

No? You should always read the TOS of anything that you are signing away your name to. (It's still not a double standard)

Also just a heads up....

dou·ble stand·ard

noun

a rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups.

Yes it sucks that you are limited on tethering but it isn't unfair. What's unfair are the companies that advertised Unlimited Data and then cut it off once their network can't handle what Unlimited truly means.