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[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Call Audio fix made for Korean variant users N920K/L/S (tested on N920K)

look post #3 here

http://xdaforums.com/note5/development/n920i-dr-ketan-rom-l1-t3195076

Reported to mod to close/move thread as issue solved and we needs to keep development section clean.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xstatik:
Have you found a good rom yet if not i can only give you the name of the rom cos i didnt cook the rom myself try google sm-n920k genius rom ok, it should be in samsungviet or something like that i send you the call audio fix tomorrow ok im not next to my comp atm sr
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Dennisg34:
I'm currently on Verizon with the G4 and planning to go to T-Mobile so I can have some gosh darn freedom with my phone. How do you like this phone? How's the UI? I haven't owned a Sammy in almost a year now since Verizon is stingy as hell with them. Camera decent? Debating on this phone, the V10 from LG and possibly one of the Nexus phones if T-Mobile gets them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Dennisg34:
Bump
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] chavist:
I like it, but am pretty bored with it. Not enough newness outside of camera features. Go with a S6 edge plus if you are upgrading to feel like it's worth it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] DangerousDave:
I have had Samsung and HTC phones. I can say this is the nicest phone I've had.

To answer your specific questions.

I think the UI is great. On the previous Samsung phones I've had I immediately wanted to root them because I hated the Touchwiz interface.

Not so with this phone I think they have improved Touchwiz a lot. You can always change the launcher if you want as well.

I also have not rooted and gone to a custom rom because I really like using Samsung Pay ( I happen to have a card that works with it right now)

The Camera is very good - if not one of the best right now.

The functionality of the S-Pen is also very nice, quickly jot down notes etc,

You can also root it if you so choose.

All in all I think there is a lot like about this phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devinance:
Please help me about this : error executing updater binary in zip
[General Questions and Answers] mukintaras:
Dealing with this problem for a while now. Nexus 5, Android M, everything always updated to latest. Approx 50% of the time none of the pictures are loading (app icons, screenshots, album covers in music). Appears only when connected to home wifi (never actually tried on other wifi connections).

Turning on VPN on phone solves the problem.

Using cellular internet solves the problem.

Clearing cache of Play Store and any other in-system changes on apps doesn't solve the problem.

Changing DNS to Google's doesn't solve the problem.

What else should I try?
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
There is no bootloader when I press power or camera button... There is only White scereen. What can I do?
[HTC Tornado] ericjm:
please indicate what happened exactly before that white screen so we can help you better.

did you try putting it into bootloader mode? long camera then insert usb cable and wait til red, blue, green screen appears.
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
White screen, damn, high chance that you screwed your bootloader, what did you do?

Don't tell me you flashed Typhoon ROM into Tornado ?
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
I'm sorry I did it... Now what can I do? Actually I Formated BinFS partition then only three color screen not any thing. Then I tried load C500 image on Sd card because I can't anything on tree color mode. I think when I load c500 image I can introduce my computer and I can load wm6... (My Wm5 rom locked :( )
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
If you are on 3 colour mode, it means you ARE on bootloader, you can easily load an official ROM back.

Well, it is very hard, almost impossible to revive your phone, ill try to find around to see if your phone can be saved
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
OK, just did some research, you need to use JTAG flash, google for it, it seems very very complicated and I don't really understand

and this is what Phil posted at modaco

1) You'll need to MAKE a JTAG adapter for your PC serial port (and get all the wires in the right places etc)

2) You need to know where the JTAG points are on your mainboard are and in what order to solder the wires from your adapter onto your mainboard

3) You need a version of JTAG which support the ARM926 core

4) You need a valid bootlaoder image

seems like you really got a paper weight now
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
Well, can I do anything without Jtag Adapter?
[HTC Tornado] nav1:
Most likely you can't do anything other than JTAG to save your phone. Why did you flash wrong ROM on your phone anyway?
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
I suggest that you send it back to service centre, you might screw it up if you use JTAG, you need to solder some wires
[HTC Tornado] ericjm:
tsk, tsk.. another paperweight.. :( the question is....

WHY??? :confused:
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
C500, typhoon ROM?

We MUST make a sticky, DO NOT FLASH TYPHOON INTO TORNADO !!!!

You are the 5-6 person who loaded Typhoon into Tornado, why?! Does Typhoon looks like Tornado ?
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
I Don't know :( I think, when I flash typhoon rom to my tornado I can connct to pc... Because I formatted Binfs my computer can not connect my tornado... And there is no any services in Turkey... Becase HTC is new here...
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
Then send it the phone to me and then send me the repair cost if you want me to do it for you, there is a HTC centre in Malaysia
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
If I send it to Malaysia it will very expensive. I can buy a new Sp5 by shiiping and repair cost... Thanks for your offer karhoe...
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
Just curious, how much would it cost?
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
I bought it 345$... If I send it to you how much I pay for repair cost?
[HTC Tornado] malatyaspor:
If I send it to malaysia I must pay 135$ for just shipping :(
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
Not worth it, then you might as well sell it off as broken spare part
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsahino1:
Hi im using Android wear lg watch r.

I use to replly my whatsapp messages through mybwatc but most of the times the watch dont understand what i say (in hebrew or English) and type something wrong.

Is there any option that i will send voice message through the watch? I don't want it to convert it to text...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pss53:
Hi Folks,

Anyone had any similar problems? When my Z5 is connected to my VW Golf it constantly disconnects and reconnects, tried rebooting the phone, un-pairing and re-pairing still no joy

Just wondered if it was a bug sony needed to be aware, it's as if it's a power save feature that turns it off and on?

Cheers in advance.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Mine stays connected to my van fine
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phazonclash:
I use one of these in my car -> http://www.amazon.com/SoundBot-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-Wireless-Streaming/dp/B00RH29CJO

No problem so far, it stays connected
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oleaug:
I´we got the same problem with my Z5 and Pebble Time
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eRadicant:
I also have bluetooth streaming issues. Connections initiated by the phone seem to work fine. Those initiated by the car do not. Have zero issues with a Nexus 5. I believe the issue may be related to the "Throw" service.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambiting:
My Z5 only connects to my Nissan Qashqai 50% of the time. My previous HTC M8 would connect every single time, but Z5 has to have bluetooth turned on/off to work with the car. It's incredibly annoying and I hope it can be improved with software :(
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0062:
Sony will probably have to fix it in next update...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
I have the same issue with a garmin watch but only since the update I had yesterday, same with the car stereo again since yesterday

Sent from my Sony Z5 ooossshhhh
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pss53:
Tried disabling the "throw" function and it's still doing the same.... really annoying !!!

Hope Sony are reading...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komugi:
My Bluetooth keeps my device awake, which renders my Android Wear kinda useless
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redandblack1287:
I have a 2014 mini and the Bluetooth doesn't have any connectivity issues, but I definitely have bugs with music skipping, especially if I have maps open or something. Better than the initial 5.0 Bluetooth bugs but still really annoying. Probably my main gripe with this phone so far other than the fingerprint scanner
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
I have exactly the same issue as the OP with my garmin watch it connects then disconnects every 5min or so, whats weird is if i unpair and repair the connection is good for about 3hrs then starts playing up...

I also have a nexus 6 which i've tested with lollipop 5.1.1 and marshmallow and it works perfectly, my HTC M8 i used to have did exactly the same issue's as this sony, its got something to do with the trusted device settings i think the nexus doesn't ever ask about trusted devices both the HTC and this Sony do so it can't be just coincidence...

Is there anyway to disable the trusted setup on the device ? Garmin are saying to connect via there garmin connect app and don't actually connect with the phones bluetooth directly, i've tried that still doesn't work properly... frustrating...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magadaner:
I also have the same problem in my BMW.

Additionally, when I start call using built-in handsfree it suddenly switches to the phone's speaker then after 10 second back to handsfree.

Hope Sony fix this soon.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
Does anyone know if its possible to install a apk or whatever it needs to be so that you get rid of whatever modifications sony have done to the bluetooth process the only reason i ask is i know through my nexus 6 that the bluetooth works perfect from google so replacing the Sony setup with the pure google setup should cure the bluetooth issue's or if there is anyway to disable the trusted devices issue that i'm sure is causing my bluetooth problems this is annoying me enough to consider getting rid of this phone... Excuse me ignorance i'm not clever enough to understand if this is an impossible task...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
Don't know if this will work for others but last night i unpaired everything bluetooth on my phone switched the bluetooth off restarted my phone switched the bluetooth on and re-paired and now the 2 things i had issue with are working flawlessly since about 6pm last night... ???
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gcgspain:
Similar issue with pebble time, every so often it disconnects. My only doubt is which of the two is failing the pebble or the phone.

No problem with car in-calls or audio bluetooth.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallguy_uk_98:
I have a Z5 and I have pretty much the same issue with a 2010 Jag XF, phone connects via BT for a differing period of time then disconnects, sometimes reconnecting sometime not.

I've not had this happen during a call, and not with other Sony Xperia Z's I've owned.

Also I don't appear to have this with other items connected Via BT.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sindregars:
'I aslo have problems with the BT. The z5 will pair with my garmin edge 520, after that it can't find it no more and can't connect.

With my Stereo amplifyer, NAD D3020 it can connect as it does not require pairing but the connection is poor and i get alot of artifacts when i play music over it.

For the Edge 520 it stops everytime it ask for Trusted device.

My phone is in for warrenty repair, Was for a cracked rear glass, but i told them about the problems with the BT too. The phone is on it's way back now. Hope this will fix the issue. If the BT don't work, the Z5 won't be usefull for what i want to do with it.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
I know with my garmin, garmin told me not to connect with the phone directly just the connect app, weirdly my watch has been working perfect for about 3 days and now this afternoon is playing up again I've installed nothing new or changed any settings baffling

Sent from my Sony Z5 ooossshhhh
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuonorosso:
Similar problem here with my Android Wear and my Cartio Strip. Continuosly disconnect, B icon on status bar disappear, then re-appear after 1 - 2 min.

Someone known how to disable throw?

Thanks
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kklarse:
Xperia Z5 Premium with the samme issues

My Xperia Z5 premium is constantly dropping the connection to my Fenix 3 and to my VW Golf 7. My OnePlus One never had any issues with bluetooth. Have to say I'm pretty disapointed with Sony. If the issue isn't sorted out, the phone is going back to the dealer :(
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuonorosso:
This is what happen to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgA45nP8Nk4
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gimmetaffy:
There is definitely some bluetooth issues in the current Z5 software. My Z5 does not like to connect to my cars BT, or a BT headset. When connected, the range/quality is not that great either. I also have Z3 and M4 Aqua. Their bluetooth is MUCH better by comparison. Hoping Sony updates the Z5 BT soon.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spice boy:
I've had a Bluetooth issue with my Z5 Premium since the day I turned it on... I don't use it for any media streaming so that feature is turned off. When I'm in my works van (Peugeot Partner 2015 model) it will stay connected for hours if it's not used for any calls. as soon as I use it to make or receive a call the Bluetooth will turn off on the phone after about 3-5min (the time changes wildly every call) and then come back on after about 15-20 seconds, this cycle is repeated for as long as the call is active.. I watched my phone whilst on a call and saw the Bluetooth symbol vanish from the status bar at the top and then reappear after 15-20 seconds and then it magically reconnects the call to my Bluetooth in the van. The call remains live during this "reset" type process.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nec_d:
omg....BT...what an epic fail! so many years and still cant be stabilized.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] massica:
i have the same Problems with my Sony Z5 and my Garmin Fenix and my Audi S3. the phone doesn't remain connected and that is very frustrating.

with my Motorola Moto X 2014 i haven't had such Problem wie Fenix 3 and my Audi.

Sony please repair it, Problems with Bluetooth are normaly from the past
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nec_d:
Confirmed constant disconnections with Ford bluetooth. It connects for 10-15 seconds and then got disconencted. Serious BT problems with Z5 series, sony needs to check this!
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hinrg:
Try go to paired devices and disable media audio that's the only way i could stop my z3 from disconnecting in my car. (Cant play music but at lease i can use the BT for voice)
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nec_d:
My car bt has no media audio profile, but disconnections are there.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nec_d:
OK issue resolved.

i've captured a btsnoop file until first disconnection. The problem is that Z5 is trying to send a VCARD with the phone owner ( settings --> users --> you) with encoded photo:

The picture size is very big for the receiver (in my case ,ford BT car audio) and is crashing the BT stack.

workarounds:

1. remove the picture

2. crop the picture and reduce the size.

i've made a 5minute call today with no disconnection at all.

:D
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricodredd:
That's a pretty cool discovery, nec_d. I personally haven't had any Bluetooth issues but then again, I don't have profile photo either...

Looking forward to hearing how this works out for the folks having problems.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spice boy:
That's an awesome bit of investigation!

Sadly, this is not the cause for in my case, I have no profile picture in my user profile.

The long search for answers continues for me...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craig910001:
Land Rover discovery 16

Hi,

The main issue for me, I connect it works fine, I turn off the car , restart it and it takes long time to pair... sometimes I need to go through pairing process again

I just moved from Z3 to Z5, and yes I can support this issue is only on Z5

Regards

Craig
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kklarse:
I have the same issues on my Xperia Z5 Premium, unchecking "Media" under bluetooth settings for the connection to my car "solved" it for me. Can't use my phone to play music, but at least I can use my phone now.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrostySonic:
I just got a Z5, and am having a similar issue with my Pebble Time. It'll go most of a day without disconnecting, and then will start doing it every hour or so. :(
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abrahamjones:
I am also having it with my Bmw i8
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricodredd:
Sure...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abrahamjones:
Meaning?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jygar:
Evening guys, thread also available on the Sony Forum link
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rk_nVidia:
Do tried deactivating throw feature in connection settings.

Maybe it helps?

Gesendet von meinem E6653 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
No problem here either my phone remains connected, have to trusted your car in the Sony settings, pop up after you pair?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelvie:
FWIW, I also have the same issue wit my Xperia Z5. It doesn't reliably connect to my car, nor does it reliably stay connected to my Android Wear watch (it'll think it's connected, but when you go to do anything from the watch, it will fail).

It also has a lot of trouble connecting to a Sony Bluetooth speaker sometimes too (the BSP10 that came with it from clove.co.uk)
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craig910001:
For me .. since the upgrade to 32.0.A.6.200 on the Z5, most Bluetooth issues are resolved. It connects Sony SmartWatch 3, Land Rover audio system and to home Amp.. Main thing here, it remembers all the connections and no need for re-pairing each time.

The downside ... I think my battery usage has increased , not getting thur the day

Craig
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelvie:
I actually suspected Throw was the problem here, and I hope it's not a coincidence, but I haven't had any bluetooth issues since I've disabled the "throw" package on my Z5.

You don't need to root, but you'll need adb, and to enable USB debugging; with it connected, just run:

adb shell pm hide com.sonymobile.playanywhere

And It'll disable the "throw" application entirely.

My watch has not had a problem connecting to my phone anymore, and my phone insta-connects to my car now.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F_Spindel:
How can I undo that command later if it doesn't work?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelvie:
Replace "hide" with "unhide"
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kklarse:
Disabling THROW made no difference for me, still having problems.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasp64_v2:
I found the following S O L U T I O N:

Deactivate address book and media i the blue tooth settings of the Xperia Z5 for the Bluetooth device you want to use. Only activate telephone. This worked very fine for me.

My situation Golf VII with Discover Media Bluetooth and Sony Xperia Z5. I always lost the connection after 2 minutes or 5 minutes or 20 minutes and again and again, or 5 times in the first ten minutes. Now since I changed the settings and deactivated media and address book everything is stable since nearly 3 hours driving. Might be that only to deactivate address book is sufficient.

Thanks a lot to nec_d, who came up with the idea of the photos in the address book, which showed me the route. The contacts are still in my car audio from previous transfers. So it is no big deal to deactivate adress book.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wellsy989:
Got exactly same problem connecting to my Ford Mondeo. Takes ages to connect or just doesn't work.and have to turn Bluetooth off and on to get it to work
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daryan:
I don't see any option to disable the address book download. I have a single option in the BT settings for the car connection, which is Phone audio. If I disable that the whole connection is disabled. This is a shame because I suspect you are on the right track with the address download being the problem. Does anybody have more expertise on how I can disable that feature?

---------- Post added at 09:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:07 PM ----------

Disabling the Throw feature sorted my Fenix 3 issue but the car problem still remains :(
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poonjack:
Have the same problem with my z5 premium too.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilzj:
Maybe there are different issues with bluetooth.

I use bt Headphones from Sony (SBH-50 and 52) as well as several different bluetooth speakers like JBL. Those really work fine once connected. But it does not always autoconnect. I never had any connection loss during a call or listening to music.

I also use a Garmin Fenix 3 which can do smart notifications, and with this watch I have my issues. Connection comes and goes, sync does mostly only work if I also open the app. Also the battery of the Fenix 3 gets eaten up very quick, nothing compared to my Galaxy S5 I have been using before. Also as a side note, I do not use Stamina Mode.

Furthermore I use a bluetooth keyboard which mostly works fine, but also there sometimes it seems the connection is there. The phone does not bring up the touchkeyboard, but the bluetooth keyboard does not seem to respond or the phone does not receive any entry. I need to restart the phone bluetooth, than it works again instantly. Also the keyboard worked fine on my S5 and still works fine on my android tablet.

I hope this gets resolved with MM update, which hopefully arrives soon. Otherwise I might need to watch out for the new phones of 2016, and there I was giving Sony a shot...

How are you handling your bluetooth issues? Are there alternatives for you?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonixxx:
Been having bluetooth issues with my Z5 since I got it as well and it's my biggest annoyance with the phone for sure. The Throw feature is definitely not the cause. I've had that package disabled.

The problems I encounter are my Pebble Time Round will constantly disconnect and reconnect and lose connection again for a while. Sometimes it'll finally stay connected and not happen for another day or so and other times I have to reboot the phone, which fixes the problem for a while before it starts happening again.

And with my car's bluetooth, sometimes the phone doesn't automatically connect when I turn the car on, which is a huge annoyance because I don't want to have to pull out my phone and muck with bluetooth settings while I drive (that's the damn point of having bluetooth connected).

Doesn't happen all the time, but the Pebble disconnects often enough to bug the hell out of me. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daryan:
I am with you 100%. The annoying part is that there doesn't appear to be any logic to it to aid troubleshooting. Sony support are worse than useless because they refuse to acknowledge a problem unless you use a 100% Sony ecosystem and, with quality like this, who would want to go there!!?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pss53:
Anyone any further with this? It's continually happening on my phone/car, constant disconnects, I read somewhere SONY say they are going to release some fixes for it on the Marshmellow update, can anyone confirm?

Am close to selling it as I need my phone working in the car at all times... Massive safety failure on Sony's part this.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theprince1991:
remove me please