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[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sci2:
You can enter the service menu the same as other Sony phones, *#*#SERVICE#*#*, but there's no way to change anything that I can see. I found the location of the files, but I can't edit them without root. Hopefully soon.

I agree here - I don't think my shown strength is really indicative of actual performance. Even using LTE discovery, it will show 40% signal strength and I'll have one tiny bar. I get great speed and connectivity even with barely any service. It must be just a relationship coded in between dBm/bars that differs from other phones.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Dennis_:
LTE signal bars (all signal bars really) are pretty meaningless. Each manufacturer creates their own algorithm.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-do-the-bars-on-your-smartphone-mean-we-asked-an-expert/
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cj1171:
I get that. But when showing people my battery stats, my bar is mostly orange and red so people are like oh that's why your battery sucks (despite it being mostly green on my Nexus 6p with the same dBm), you have terrible signal...and somehow some people have mostly green and yellow. That's why I'm wondering if their (Sony's) algorithm may vary by regional customization?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanger:
Make sure you get E6653/E6853 version (According to Xperiablog's post HERE), I'm getting LTE on T-Mobile with 40mbps download.

Almost tripled from what I used to get with Xperia Z2 on 4G
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kansasboy001:
Does anybody know if the z3 plus which had both band 12 and volte worked on t-mobile band 12 too? It's just $200 cheaper for me
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergeantluigi:
How are you doing this? I'm on 4g (LTE on lte discovery) almost always i have 1-2 bars MAX and the most download i've gotten is 10-15mb which is crappy from my z1s on t-mobile. Sony just asked me to "repair software" using the pc companion that way it is "more compatible with the us" and not taiwan which was where they manufactured the phone. I'm in NYC
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misbehave:
I've also bought my Z5 from Amazon and the phone also came from Taiwan.

I am with T-mobile, but my phone only show 3g or H+, never show 4g or LTE, plus it keeps disconnecting.

Any idea what I need to set to get the connection right?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazeazn:
you probably have the wrong APN. redownload them via the settings.

settings>more>internet settings

and make sure network type says "LTE (preferred)/WCDMA/GSM"
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Dial *#*#4636#*#* and in phone information click the 3 dots on the upper right and choose band, use usa band.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misbehave:
Thanks so much, that fixed it!:good:

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Thanks!!!:good:
[HTC Typhoon] slamming_sammy1:
Hi there,

i was able to get my hands on a cingular 2125 (faraday) which runs wm5 and it had the time in huge font when you press the unlock button, this is so cool because sometimes i just want to see the time and it's perfect since it's so huge, the C500 does display the time but it's so small.

my question is, is there a way to add this time feature to the C500 ?

thanks.
[LG V10 General] hovercraftdriver:
My first thoughts after having V10 for couple of hours (most in comparison to Nexus 6, but not all). I didn't need a new phone, but just get bored after a while and upgrade fairly often:

- I like the feel, width is nice and feels noticeably smaller in hand. Don't notice the extra few grams weight and feels balanced in my hand. Like the grippy feel and will probably go without case a while because of "durability". That in itself will make all the difference in size anyway as I used an Incipio case on N6. Not as much to protect it, but I like to set my phone on center console of F150 as I drive, and need a grippy back to keep it from sliding off when stopping/accelerating quickly...V10 fits that need without case and N6 had too slick of a back. The above size comparison is done without case on N6 though.

- Screen not as bright as N6 at comparable settings (40%) sitting in my office. Gonna have to see about that one as I don't want to sacrifice battery too much to get brightness level I like. I really like how the screen looks though. I get around the big icon thing by using Apex so no that's not even an issue.

- Phone is every bit as much, if not more snappy than N6, which is rooted on Marshmallow using beans Pure nexus rom. That gave me great battery life, soo I will update my battery life after a couple of days with this phone.

- Call quality is amazing compared to N6. Not sure if HD/call over VoLTE is reason why or not...I had it disabled on N6 because I couldn't get good call quality in my office due to tower location. Which leads me to this, V10 has much better 4G/LTE signal on VZW than my N6, at least sitting in my office where I was on fringe before, with data and calls hit or miss. Sucky thing about N6 was it would get just enough signal to not switch to 3G, will be interesting to see how that works on V10.

- Plugging in the phone gives me a "fast-charging" notification but doesn't seem to charge as fast as N6, by a decent margin...will have to do a real time comparison to be sure.

- Double tap to wake is faster on V10.

- 2nd screen seems useful to me, either for contacts or favorite apps, as I like to keep my home screen clutter at a minimum. Will see which one makes the grade permanently, hopefully no butt-dialing.

- Camera is pretty nice but I'm not much of a photo buff, but few I have taken around office and outside this afternoon look pretty darn nice.

- Speaker is louder than my N6 for incoming ring tones but kind of tinny. Haven't played music or used speaker phone yet.

- Overall, I like the phone a lot after playing around for a couple of hours, but will be doing a lot more fiddling over the next few days and hope to update this post accordingly.
[LG V10 General] clockcycle:
The LG v10 like the LG G4, disables quick charge when you have the main screen on. Speculation is to save the battery from the added heat lowering it's life expectancy.

The v10 charges slightly faster (2800mA) than the G4 (2200mA) in quick charge mode, and slightly slower than the Moto Nexus 6 (3200mA) in my experiences.

EDIT: Below I included screenshots today while charging using a Tronsmart car charger. 2840mA screen off, 980mA and dropping while screen on.
[LG V10 General] mikeyinid:
I use my Samsung adaptive quick charger because it charges noticeably faster than the provided LG quick charger.
[LG V10 General] Ceasare:
I have a tmo nexus 6. I am considering switching. Is it worth it?
[LG V10 General] Kzini:
I came from the N6. That being said, I have come from a long line of Nexus phones, since the N4, actually. But since this isn't offered through the carriers, I figured I'd try something new. Loving it. Google is offering many way to give a stock experience these days. The launcher and most apps through the play store I mean.
[LG V10 General] Ceasare:
Thanks, does the screen have to be turned to full brightness to compare and operate outside? That's my only fear
[LG V10 General] techrider6262:
I too came from the n6 to the v10 and I have say that v10 is easier to see in the sun without having to turn brightness all the way up.:good:
[LG V10 General] DM725:
I guess many of us were getting bored off our Nexus 6's bc I too am a convert to the V10. Most of the pros of the LG V10 were cons of the Nexus 6 and the only thing I miss so far was the dual front facing speakers.

I had an HTC One M7 before the Nexus 6 and I loved that phone. The V10 is winning me over similarly as well. Stock Android is overrated if the manufacturer gets it mostly right and packs in this many features.
[LG V10 General] dfve:
i wished i could find a dialer like i had on my htc m8 sense
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] variant0:
hello

I am using the latest stock ROM as of this date.

I've read That android Lollipop versions, slow down a lot when encryption is enabled.

Does anyone notice any slowdown with encryption enabled on this device?

I am willing to enable full disk encryption on this device, but ONLY if it doesn't take a performance hit...

Any comments?

Thanks
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eiric:
Hi, any feedback about it? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CultureCoder:
Hi everyone, this is my first post on XDA.

My S3 had a broken screen, so I wanted to get it fixed. The repair shops quoted quite a hefty price for the repair (even though it was just the glass that was, not the digitiser) so I bought a kit to repair it myself. The repair went smoothly, and I didn't need to do anything to the actual LCD display. However, when the repair was finished, the phone would not turn on. I assumed it had a flat battery (it was on 5% when I started the repair) so I plugged the phone in. The phone's LED lit in an orange colour, that i've never seen before. So I left it for 1 hour, then I came back. The phone still had an orange LED lit. The phone would not turn on. I kept the plug in and took the battery out and the phone vibrated. Then I plugged the phone back in and a red LED lit. I've left it like that for 2 hours, and the phone would still not turn on. I plugged it back into my PC and the LED lit green. The phone would still not turn on but the PC showed "GT-I9300" as a Media Device in the File Explorer but it didn't have anything on it. The phone now displays a green LED whenever I plug it into any normal charger. When I unplug it, the power button makes the phone vibrate when I press it.

Please could you help me? I need a phone.

--

Jonathan
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Red led is charging, green led is charged. Orange led.. Never known it to use orange so i assume its a fault.

It does seem like the phone is booted up and running yet the screen shows nothing. Possibly halted in post?. Have you double checked your work for loose connections etc?. What are the chances of the replacement being faulty?.

I wish I stole my HTC M9.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CultureCoder:
I didn't actually remove or do anything to the LCD, so it can't be lose connections etc.

I left it overnight on the green LED and it still isn't turning on, plugged in or not.

I'm going to call Samsung to see if they can fix anything or if I need a replacement phone (its about 3 years old so not under warranty though)

It isn't turned on, I tried calling the phone and it went straight to voicemail. And I get no startup sounds, nothing.

--

Jonathan
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Samsung will charge if it's out of warranty.

So what exactly did you do if you didnt disassemble it?

I wish I stole my HTC M9.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CultureCoder:
Going to send it off to Samsung. I literally removed the screen's glass and placed a new one on.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Can you do that without damaging the digitiser? I would have thought they'd be "married" in some way or other ie glue.

I wish I stole my HTC M9.
[Shield Android TV General] Patch7:
Starting today, Nvidia is also including the tv remote (normally $49.99) with the purchase of the nvidia shield tv.
[Shield Android TV General] NoXion1:
Well that's crap! They should send me one for free then! I just purchased the dammed thing and all I want is the remote!
[Shield Android TV General] banderos101:
I know the feeling
[Shield Android TV General] Civuck:
Ditto
[Shield Android TV General] NoXion1:
Update on this: I emailed Amazon and told them bc I was within my 30 day return policy, I would return the entire device and reorder, or they could just send me a remote. Got an email back within a few hours:

Hello,*

I do understand your concern about the remote.*

"As I'm sure you can understand, our Fulfillment Centers are vast, and we process thousands of orders each day. In addition to this, most of our processes are automated which makes it impossible for us to take away individual pieces from a set.*

To make this right for you, I've requested a refund of $50.00 for the full amount of this item, including any shipping costs. You'll see this refund to your credit card in the next 2-3 business days."

This is why I shop with Amazon. :)
[Shield Android TV General] tobalaz:
I'll gladly give up my "Coming Soon" copy of Borderlands: Pre Sequel that was supposed to be out months ago for a remote....
[Shield Android TV General] gottahavit:
Returned the one I bought for 199 without the remote and got the Black Friday Special for 149 and remote at Best Buy. Love the 45 day return policy.
[Shield Android TV General] kyrusdemnati:
can anyone tell me how the remote coems packaged, is it included in the box or is it a seperate package. ive ordered and unsure what i will recieve
[Shield Android TV General] gamer765:
separate package for the remote.
[Shield Android TV General] vvveith:
I agree.

Ditto
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
Hi. I'm having trouble with my v10. When I go to the home screen from what I'm doing I get "loading". Example: I'm on chrome I hit home button it goes to home screen "loading" apperes. Its so quick I can't get a screen shot of it. Idk why it keeps doing it

Any idea ?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuhasTheBest:
I get that too! I thought it was just my phone. I'm not sure why its happening, it doesn't bother me much since its so fast but still would be nice to fix it.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
Do you have the weather app on the home screen?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuhasTheBest:
Yes, is that what's causing it ?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iiamcream:
Stock Launcher?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuhasTheBest:
Yeah
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
Well I had weather on my home screen I took it off and thought that was the problem but it wasn't. But I also don't see it as much...and yes stock launcher
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Same problem. I've had the weather app on the home screen since day 1 but didn't start seeing the loading message until last week when I was playing around with my lock screen settings.

I turned off fingerprint lock and changed my knock code a couple times and then changed my mind and turned the fingerprint back on.

I've been getting the loading message randomly since then.

What the heck? It's strange.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I don't have any security on my phone I took the weather off and it still does the loading
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuhasTheBest:
I think it's when you're in an app for a long time and the home screen is cleared out of the ram. When you go into home it has to reload. Just a guess..
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollivierre:
how many apps do you have running, i have never seen this but i greenify everything thats not lg and my keyboard i actually dont even have a lag from when i hit home button to when i see the home animation flipping my apps across my back ground. but one question did you freeze or disable any lg apps, i saw on another post were they had issues with knock on and the fingerprint scanner after disabling the LG home launcher app, but they didnt have the problem when it was enabled even though they were using nova, it use to happen on my note four till turned back on the samsung apps so try that.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I have 18 apps in my home screen. And I'm running everything stock. I did disable some stuuf but nothing lgish
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I added another home sreen and left it blank but it still happened
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
I haven't disabled anything. I have very few apps and I didn't have the "problem" until starting last weekend.

The only thing I can remember changing was playing around with fingerprint vs no lock screen vs only knock code. Went back to knock code with fingerprint and started seeing the loading message randomly.

I definitely don't have more open than I did a few weeks ago. I close whatever I'm not using.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I close everything all the time. I just don't understand it. I almost wanna master reset my phone But don't wanna set it all up again

[ QUOTE=planetbeen;63896167]I haven't disabled anything. I have very few apps and I didn't have the "problem" until starting last weekend.

The only thing I can remember changing was playing around with fingerprint vs no lock screen vs only knock code. Went back to knock code with fingerprint and started seeing the loading message randomly.

I definitely don't have more open than I did a few weeks ago. I close whatever I'm not using.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10[/QUOTE]
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzle82:
I'm on my third device and two of them had this issue. I could always replicate it by going into an app like chrome, turning off the screen while still in app, turning the screen on then pressing home. Everytime I got the loading message, no matter what I did it persisted. I factory reset and flashed stock. I'm thinking it's a bug that only effects some devices.. I'm sure a software update will fix this and the smart notice app restarting like first install after every boot too.

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Did anyone else that has experienced this have a G3 or 4 and transfer data through lg backup?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollivierre:
it might be you have to many apps running at once that arent closing. what are you using to close the apps i noticed even after doing a clear all most of the apps are still running when i have greenify close them. also this isnt exactly part of your problem but i noticed that my phone acted weird like not turning on or screen staying on after i hit the power button when i reset it. but after taking out the tmobile apps it worked fine, i think one of them is causeing a problem once you root the phone cause it was fine the first few days i had it untill i rooted it and reset it to fix the knock issues i was having. so try removing all the tmobile stuff and the blue app thing is tmobile to. i also dont have lock out on my phone anymore it only messes with my rooted apps.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Only apps I'm using regularly are chrome (usually have 4 to 5 tabs open) TuneIn Radio (only open when using it) email, text messaging, camera, gallery.

I've only installed 10 apps. TuneIn, Dropbox, Shazam, my album (Facebook picture uploads), cartwheel (from target), Verizon fios, charging report, flipp (shopping circular ads) and tapatalk.

My main home screen has the smaller weather widget (was there when I got the phone) and one of my other screens has a clock widget.

I really don't think multitasking is causing this issue. No idea what but it doesn't seem like I'm using any more than I was last week yet from the day I bought the phone up until just days ago I had never seen it.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sofiatuszahra:
What the heck? It's strangs.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Here's one for you :

It's not only doing it when I press the home button.

It just did it when I pressed the back soft key from the messaging app back to my app drawer.

I got the "loading" message pop-up right in front of the app drawer window.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvvb:
I used to have this problem when I had knock code instead of fingerprint/pattern
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
Yikes know on wood I don't have that happen to me. My g3 never did this or my Samsung s4 or s3
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Still doing it! It's annoying mostly because I want to know what the heck it is!

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
Yes me too.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayray20:
So....I have had this same problem after using my device after a couple weeks. After receiving my free battery, charging cradle and SD card I charged the new battery and popped it in.......haven't had the problem since. Its been 4 days and it use to happen at least 5 times a day. Try your luck and pull your battery!!!!
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuhasTheBest:
I personally don't mind the loading thing, it only happens occasionally and its very very short to the point I almost don't notice it
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I'll try that. I got my new battery in today
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayray20:
Don't know if it is as much the new battery or just that I removed the battery for a full power drain!!??
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgarcia88:
I pulled my battery..so far I haven't had a loading
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayray20:
I hope this works for everyone and I am not just getting lucky!!! I know how it feels when you have a phone that is so fast and then out of the blue you close your messaging app and you see loading....no matter how quick the message is. If it didn't happen the first 2 weeks why now???!! I hope this works and thanks for your post!!
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Well I got rid of my fingerprint lock and it pretty went away after that.

But..... I have also switched the battery out a couple times since I got my new one in so that could be what "fixed" it too.

I haven't seen the message in a few days....

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zackattackkx250f:
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This has replicated the problem repeatedly for me. I was able to figure another thing out. Clearing the data of the home app gets the issue to go away, but it also wipes out your icons and layout. After clearing the data and resetting the Home screen the problem went away, until I started to add icons and stuff back to my home screen. It's probably a bug with the launcher app.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masondoctorjt:
It must be LG's launcher app as I am using nova and have never had any issues with it being blank, or loading.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shumkar:
Spot on! I had this annoying "Loading..." message popping up way too often for my liking.

Ever since I switched to the Nova Launcher it doesn't happen at all. Thank you for your suggestion!
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetbeen:
Ever since I changed my lock screen back to just swipe to unlock (I had fingerprint +knock code before) I haven't seen the loading message again.

Still don't know what caused it.

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10