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[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalibi:
The ~35% price difference between US ans UK purchases of Nexus 5X had me thinking about finding a way to get a Nexus 5X from US.

My concern is, will I have any issues with the device, if I use it in a european country (I live in Greece)? For instance 4G not working or other connectivity issues.

What should I be aware of before making that move?

TIA
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Dennis_:
Greece uses LTE bands 3 and 7, and UMTS band 1.

The US version of the 5X has these so you would be OK in Greece.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalibi:
Thanks man. Now all I have to do is find someone from US to bring me one :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TecQuality:
what about Italy? should be the same?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aexelphone:
Should be the same! I think most of the European countrys use band 1,3,7 and 20

You can see the bands for italy on wiki (I´m not allowed to post links yet so im gonna describe where)

search google for "lte frequency bands italy" and use the link List of LTE networks in europe.

Greetings
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tidbits:
You guys have to consider warranty as well as exchanges. Might be cheaper, but in the long run could be more expensive. Don't you guys have 2 year warranties?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TecQuality:
my carrier has 3 and 7 LTE another carrier has only the 20.

2 years here in Italy.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tidbits:
If you don't care about the warranty then I day go for it if the spectrum is there. You won't have a warranty buying an out of market one.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalibi:
It's a risk for sure, but the price difference I think justifies it. My concern now is whether service centers for LG here in Greece, will service US devices or they'll respond that they have no spare parts for the US model.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tidbits:
That's only if nothing goes wrong. I believe if you look at LG Nexus 5 section you might be able to find your answer if the do cross warranty. Something tells me they won't, because it doesn't work the other way around. From what I have seen people who bought international versions here had to send it to where the device was intended for. Sometimes the importer might give a limited warranty or some sort of warranty plan you can purchase.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealFuryous:
The Nexus 5X includes IR laser-assisted autofocus. Does this mean it includes support for IR blaster functions or could an excellent developer enable the function later?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clninja:
The laser is used for auto focus only . I dont believe it has the functionality capable of doing IR blast
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] UniversalKID:
So, for anyone who tried to flash, let's say the Nordic version over, let's say the French version of 5.0.2 firmware.

This should work with all firmwares.

This is what I did.

I had 5.0.2 installed, French version. I downloaded the Nordic Generic Version from SAMMOBILE, and decided to flash it over the French version.

So, download complete, now it's time to extract the files from the downloaded package. Ends up in error, file corrupted, but still after I press cancel on the pop up message, it continues to extract the tar file.

Ok, open ODIN, connect the phone [ Samasung Galaxy Alpha SM-G850F ] in download mode, insert the tar file in ODIN and press START.

After the flashing is done, FAILED at the last line [ flashing hidden image ]

At this point, the phone won't start and on the screen it shows a message that I must flash a ROM with Kies, because there is no OS installed. [ FALSE: The OS is still present ]

Now, I put again the phone in download mode and flash with ODIN - CF-Auto-Root-slte-sltexx-smg850f.tar.md5 [This is the file that roots the phone]

I put the phone again in download mode and flash with ODIN - recovery.tar.md5 [TWRP 2.8.7.0]

NOW, and only NOW I let the phone restart. After it restarts, it is upgrading all the apps, and after the Finishing Boot message, it boots normally, I go through the set up guide and check the firmware, and of course it is : G850FXXU2COI3_G850FNEE2COI1_G850FXXU1COI3_HOME [ Nordic version ]

Of course I knew that I have other firmware since the set up guide started by asking me to choose the language, and the first selected was ENGLISH, not French.

That's it.

Good luck.

Flashing CF-Auto-Root-slte-sltexx-smg850f.tar.md5 and recovery.tar.md5 will VOID your WARRANTY by rooting and tripping KNOX [ 0x1 ]
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nrg_52:
The easiest way is the following:

Open the firmware image in total commander, delete the hidden.img file from it. After it, rename the firmware (delete the md5 from the end). Thats all, flash with odin is working now without any error, knox still 0x0. :)

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én SM-G850F-el
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] UniversalKID:
I just tested your suggestion. It works.

Good find, nice job. Easier and no need to root or flash a custom recovery.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sandrino1983:
I follow your instructions but now i have KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1

WHY?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] UniversalKID:
Flashing a custom recovery will trip KNOX. I said that in the first post.

You said you followed [MENTION=2790700]nrg_52[/MENTION] instructions. I don't see how that can trip KNOX.

Are you rooted? Are you sure your KNOX wasn't already tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sandrino1983:
I haven't flashed a custom recovery.....i flashed with odin an original firmware using the script wrote by nrg_52....

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I'm sure...knox was 0 with french official lollipop not rooted. then i flashed my original carreer firmware lollipop for warranty (i have finger sensor burned) but now is 1. That's all. I flash android phones since samsung galaxy i7500....i've done this many times....
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nrg_52:
Flashing an official samsung firmware with odin and this method (deleting hidden.img) does not trip knox. I do it approximately ten times already with this phone (lollipop firmwares from sammobile) and my knox is still 0x0. More hungarian forum member follow it, and it works without tripping knox.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én SM-G850F-el
[Motorola Atrix HD] ph3dia:
My Z2 broke on me today so I'm planning on upgrading to a Nexus 6P. In the meantime I have the option of using my old Atrix HD with a broken camera or buy a Moto E 2015 for $50 dollars from a friend. What would you guys do?
[Motorola Atrix HD] mm166:
If you don't need camera then I would stick with Atrix HD, I'm using it now and then and I have way better phones. It's still running great! $50 is still money and you won't get much better phone. :) Oh, I forgot - my Atrix has maxx battery, so also you should consider battery life - if it sucks on your AHD (stock battery?) then I guess Moto E is better because battery life usually is important.
[Motorola Atrix HD] palmbeach05:
+1 to that. Plus, the upgraded battery (looks like you got it yourself just like myself) is right now running for maybe $15 on amazon, delivery within a week
[Google Chromecast 2015] tghe-retford:
A lot of claims have been made that the new Chromecast cannot do 60fps for YouTube videos and whilst from experience that was the case with the original Chromecast and will continue to be with the YouTube app, it is possible (kind of) to get videos to display at 60fps on the new Chromecast via screen mirroring. I say "kind of" because I have noticed frame drops and some sound sync issues every so often because the video output is not optimised. If Google wanted to, I would theorise that it would not be an issue for the YouTube app on Chromecast to run at 720p@60 or even 1080p@60.

If you wish to verify (or rubbish) my claims, the method on how to do it is below:

You will need

- 1x Chromecast 2015;

- 1x Laptop or PC with a resolution at 1920x1080 with Google Chrome and the Google Cast (Beta) extension installed. As a junior member, I can't post a link but it's easily found on your favourite search engine using the phrase "Google Cast (Beta);

- 1x video which works at 1080p@60fps (Sonic ones are good to give the video encoders a good test);

- (optional) video capture device which records at 60fps if you wish to show the world that it works.

Ensure your Chromecast is working, on YouTube, select a video which has a quality option of 1080p@60fps. Select the Google Cast extension (the button in the top right of the Chrome window which looks like a Chromecast button) and select options in the menu. Ensure that it is outputting at 1920x1080. Also feel free to test with the bitrate options (I set it to 10000Kbps although from experience 1080p@60fps work between 2000-6000Kbps), ensure the "Maximum capture frame rate" is set at 60 and also ensure the "Enable frame size/rate auto-throttling" option is turned on or you'll get sound sync issues.

Now using the Google Cast extension, select the drop down arrow (don't get it to cast youtube.com otherwise you'll be stuck at 1080p@30) and select the "cast this tab" option before selecting your preferred Chromecast. Now play that video and put it in full screen mode (right click and select the "Stats for Nerds" option to verify that the YouTube video is running at 1080p@60fps).

All being well, with the aforementioned issues, it should be outputting at 60fps as opposed to the standard 30fps. Something very welcome for video game footage. Seems to work better if the tab your video is playing in on Chrome doesn't lose focus. If it does, I did find frame skipping occurred more often.

I uploaded a video to YouTube to verify the claim I made.

[YOUTUBE]uT1X4P_Z9Eg[/YOUTUBE]

Hopefully Google will take note and at some point in the not too distant future, 60fps will be available on Chromecast - at least for the new ones.
[Google Chromecast 2015] wq0913562:
So, what about the new Chromecast Ultra? Does the new Chromecast Ultra play YouTube videos at 60fps?

[MENTION=536564]tkdsl[/MENTION] :

Saw your video review of the Chromecast Ultra:

https://youtu.be/IeuNO3K97mQ

But unfortunately you did not mention if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps.

Can you please tell us if the Chromecast Ultra plays YouTube videos at 60fps?

And [MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION] :

Can you please create a proper forum for Chromecast (i.e. separate from Android TV) and create a proper sub forum for the Chromecast Ultra?

Regards
[Google Chromecast 2015] tkdsl:
Hey, I tested it with this 1080p 60fps video and it looks great.

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=razDmmVyCpM
[Google Chromecast 2015] wq0913562:
Thanks, but "looking great" = actually playing back at 60 fps?

Can you confirm that?

And would you also be able to confirm if the Chromecast Ultra plays 2160p60 YouTube videos at 60fps?

I saw in your video that your monitor apparently only supports 3840x2160@30Hz via HDMI. Do you happen to also possess a UHDTV that can do 3840x2160@60Hz so that you could test if 2160p60 YouTube videos are being played back at 60 fps?

There are lots of users on the Internet who would like to know that.

Regards
[Google Chromecast 2015] MTMTE:
I'm curious if the new Chromecast can "for sure" do 60Hz as well.
[Google Chromecast 2015] wq0913562:
[MENTION=536564]tkdsl[/MENTION] [MENTION=4280615]MTMTE[/MENTION] Google has confirmed it now, see:

https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/chromecast/O5lrzBkGBFs/nD50w1EaBQAJ

:good:
[Google Chromecast 2015] tkdsl:
This is the Chromecast that we needed last year really.
[Google Chromecast 2015] wq0913562:
And we need this year's Chromecast at the price of last year's Chromecast ;).

Charging twice as much is quite a lot...
[General Questions and Answers] pranit pawar:
I've install cynogennod 11 in my nokia xl and aslo the flashed patch of lockscreen now my device cpu locked at 700 mhz i don't know how to solve tell me stepwise please! !
[General Questions and Answers] theyo #D.A.T.:
http://xdaforums.com/nokia-x/general/roms-problems-thread-t2942759
[General Topics] anomandrus:
Hi,

I have a problem with my ASUS P535 (Winmobile 2006) and my Qtek 9000 (Universal). After synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server I cannot remove the password. In Start>Settings>Lock the option for the pass is inactive.

Shot at 2007-08-06

Anyone have any suggestions apart the hard reset? :(
[General Topics] sotmysoft:
You must change the registry:

HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\

Change Dword entry 00001023 from "0" to "1"

After Softreset you can uncheck the Password prompt.

The works only if you remove the Exchange server, if not the security will be change back by the next Exchangesync.
[General Topics] anomandrus:
Thank You for the fast reply. One thing i don't understand is how do I arrive to that registry? What exactly is the path? I am using Resco Reg editor, and I am not an advanced user so forgive my question. :(
[General Topics] anomandrus:
OK I managed to find it. The thing is that I had to uncheck the lock option in settings BEFORE the soft reset. The other way it didn't work. Anyway BIG THANKS TO YOU MAN!!!! Cheers!!! :) :D
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james_lpool:
Hi, i keep getting continual issues with my wireless charger.

there are 2 main issues i keep getting:

when i put my phone on the wireless charger quite often i will have to place it on the charger twice for some strange reason, this has happened for a long time now, if i place it on once, often nothing happens, so i then have to take the phone off the charger then place it back on and it will then realise its on and start charging.

The second issue i keep getting a lot is, sometimes when i place the phone on the charger it may start charging and then instantly say charing has been paused, then instantly start charging again, then instantly pause again and so on.....

Often i have to restart my phone to get it to charge properly, sometimes even after a restart it still does the same thing and i end up giving up and just plugging the cable directly in.

Does anyone else have the above issues or know how to solve them?

Is it a dodgy charger?

Thanks

James
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlene17:
I had the same issue with my previous s6 edge and found that setting on the screensaver in display allowed the wireless charging to function proprerly even tho doing this turned my phone into a hot one.

Then I discovered that (I don't know which kind of wireless charger you own, I have a samsung one (ep-pg9201) with a green/violet ring on the base with green in idle state and violet when charging) when the charging state is turned off and the screen displays "charging has been turned paused", moving a bit the phone or rotate it until the ring turn violet resumes the charging process.I just didn't need screensaver anymore.

I've replace my s6 edge by a s6 edge + and I'm still in the process of calibrating the battery but I found that usb charging is damned too slow, taking ages (4, 5 hours to gain 20% of battery) so I've not try yet wireless charging but only fast charging. I just hope the guy who sold it to me didn't screw up the battery and it's lifespan.

Anyway, on my S6 edge I've managed to reach 4 days on a battery charge, I' not sure I'll reach this with the edge + as this phone has real issues in that department.
[Android Head-Units] lmsoares1976:
Hi guys I have an unbranded android HU but after installed a lot of apks it started with some delays.

I think to do an factory reset but I am afraid to lost HU settings as radio region, car model, etc

It will erase this kind of data?

Thanks a lot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stlior:
Hi,

When installing/updating android apps, permissions such as "Location", "Camera Access" and other permissions can be turned on/off by using the hidden "Access Lock" app (or some 3rd party apps which are usually a better GUI wrapper to the Access Lock).

But what about other permissions such as "Device & app history", "Identity" and etc...

I don't see them neither in the "Access Lock", or in other permission control apps such as "Permission Manager".

For example, I have an app which requires:

Identity (specific: Find accounts on the device)

Device ID & Call Information (specific: read phone status and identity)

Is there any way to turn these permissions off ?

Thanks,

Lior
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stlior:
Jumping Message...

No answers yet :(
[Sony Xperia M2] GuestD2238:
Hi

How can i remove the shadows in the home launcher? (In the notification bar, and in the navigation bar)

And how can i made all widgets resizable?
[Sony Xperia M2] Dzepar:
You can't on stock Launcher, try different Launcher.

Xperia M2 D2303 on LP 5.1.1
[Sony Xperia M2] aidy.lucas:
Not possible without Xperia xposed and xposed working

D2303 5.1 lollipop customised NCB rooted de-bloated LB t2u nut dual recovery x-reality+supervivid
[Sony Xperia M2] vichanchan:
Worse camera quality

Do you guys experience worse camera quality after upgrading to lollipop?

My camera gets worse after upgrading and whenever i zoom in, it looks like picture with crayon, the picture's edge is blunt. It's not sharp anymore.

Anyone experience this?
[Sony Xperia M2] aidy.lucas:
Nope camera all good here

D2303 5.1 lollipop customised NCB rooted de-bloated LB t2u nut dual recovery x-reality+supervivid
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimdae:
It seems gamepad support changed in Android 6/M. My cheepie bluetooth gamepad, which worked fine previously, only has a couple of buttons that do anything now. My XBox 360 gamepad seems to have more functionality, but the right analog stick acts as though it's just stuck to the right and some other buttons don't do anything.

Anyone else having similar issues and/or have something that seems to work better on the new Android?

Hoping the official release will be fixed. We'll see.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 88gt:
Quick history on this phone...

This is my former Razr Maxx Hd, my wife is using it. It is unlocked and rooted.

My wife has been complaining about the phone just dying on her with 50-75% battery remaining. So Thursday I started to look at it and realized that the back was bulging out. She also had an HD Maxx that she dropped in the water, I took the battery out of hers and put it in mine, everything was working fine, until this morning. The battery icon shows that the phone is being charged but the circle widget doesn't, and when I click on the battery widget the battery app, indicates that it's not charging. Other than a factory reset what else can I do, to try and make this thing work. I have tried different cables and chargers all with the same result.

Thanks for your time.

Josh
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spott07:
I see two possibilities here with massively different causes.

First, it may actually be charging, but some or all programs aren't aware of that fact.

Second, it may not be charging at all.

I can't think of a simple way to test which is the case, without running the risk of leaving you with a discharged battery and no way to charge it.

As additional information, when you turn the power off and plug in the charger, does it load the simple battery indicator screen and/or show any evidence that the battery is accepting a charge?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 88gt:
Sorry for not responding, I found the cause to be a bad battery. When I would plug the phone up without it powered on the battery icon would display a question mark inside it. I thought that maybe I had a bad flash so I made a factory cable and was able to reflash the fxz. That didn't help though, so I purchased a new battery from eBay, and it works flawlessly.

Thank you though for replying

Josh
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipercoyote:
Im debating whether to get the fire stick or the nexus player since the nexus dropped to $49

Which one is better. I only plan to use kodi basically
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UniX1rm:
Nexus
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisrita:
I just went through the same decision myself. Choose the fire stick if you need Amazon Video and willing to work for it, since adding Kodi will be more of a hassle. Choose the Nexus if you don't need Amazon Videos, as I think it should be faster and you can install Kodi direct from the app store and be done in 5 minutes.

Since I already have a Roku, and the Nexus Player is only $10 more than the Amazon stick, I went with the Nexus Player. I already have two, so I know how easy it is to install Kodi in it, and I know it would be a hassle to hack the fire stick to install Kodi (but possible), and I have doubts about the fire stick being as fast. It's also nice to have a remote with voice input when you're browsing YouTube. And Android TV is nice to have if you have a newish HDHR device. The only thing the stick has going for it is Amazon Video and $10 savings (if you buy the old model).
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morphfxf:
Fire TV Stick:

*Mouse Toggle* - HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you sideload any apps that needs a mouse/keyboard.

HBO Go

Disney

ESPN

FOX

A&E

HISTORY

and many many more apps than Android TV.

Nexus Player:

Fewer apps but new ones are being added slowly.

missing most of those apps.

Quad Core and 1 GB RAM make it much faster and less annoying to use than the fire tv.

USB OTG

Latest Android Builds and Bug Fixes.

Both can sideload apps and run Kodi
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipercoyote:
seems like the nexus is the best choice but the only thing is that xfinity tv go doesn't work with the nexus..:( I really need that to work
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Otisrhw:
Nexus player and with marshmallow ( releasing very soon) update you can format a hard drive, thumb drive or SD as internal storage! I would recommend a fly mouse remote and flash lollirock 2.1. You can also flash dev preview of marshmallow us it to format your drive then downgrade to lollirock until zulu does the new 6.0 rom, that way you can expand your storage.

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Us *use
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[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darnell_Chat_TN:
After you get your Nexus Player, have a phone call with Amazon Customer Support. You will need to have an actual phone conversation for the best results. It takes some hunting around Amazon's customer support pages to find how to get a call going. But on the call, tell them you have a NP and are upset it has no Amazon Prime app from Amazon for NP. Depending on how much you have spent with Amazon. They will best case give you a free Fire TV Stick or worst case they will probably give you a $5 credit to your account.

Several of us have done that. Some get the free stick if they buy a lot and have Prime, others have received a $5 credit if they have Prime and don't buy much.
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipercoyote:
Thanks a lot! Now we need Dish
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brattak:
Its possible port from z1c to z3c the widget tools, instruments, ( wifi/ bt/sound ecc.)

Thanks