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[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
I'm about to switch over to the s5 mini, how well did it hold in the hand compared to the z5c?

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Samsung phones get swarms of devs, meaning aosp goodness. I never keep touchwiz for more than a few hours when I get a Samsung lol if we could get some aosp love on the z5c ID be happy, Sony's ui isn't much nicer than touchwiz
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] milesg:
Sony's UI? Once you've switched to another launcher there isnt really anthing but stock android left.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
You're right. It's lollipop I actually hate. I have really been spoiled with KitKat the last few years I forget lol
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] CTXz:
Biggest downgrade ever?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
How? The only downgrade is losing front face stereo speakers, the s5 mini does way more things right than the z5c. User replaceable battery is worth the CPU shortage any day.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] CTXz:
Replacable battery doesn't do crap if its 2100 mAh, nor does that crappy exynos do. It's laggy , slow and will always lack proper optimization. TouchWiz is arguably the biggest pain. And even if we managed to get CM13 running on it. It still tends to get buggy. If you tought the Z5 C camera was bad, oh boy wait for the S5 mini cam. 1.2 GB of ram makes the device laggy and bad for multitasking. But hey... That's just my opinion after owning that device for two years. It's your choice and not mine after all.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
I just came from the s4 mini after two years and have only felt like I've had to compromise with the z5c. Hopefully the s7 mini come in a smaller form factor if it ever makes it past a rumor.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Why don't get Galaxy Alpha? It's an upgrade ver of S5 mini.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
No SD slot
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Today news from China. Xiaomi is going to out SE model too with 1799RMB price. 4.3" 720P, SD820, 3GB ram, 32GB, IMX258 13MP 1/3" RS sensor(4K and phase detection focus), 2350mAh. Not sure about microSD.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
Just read this as well, that would be the ultimate phone for sure! 4.3" is the sweet spot.

Edit: looks like the full size mi5 doesn't have SD slot so I doubt the mini would... Can't win here lol
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Artanis02:
TBH, S7 Mini would be something I'd look into. As long as it has the same/better specs as the Z5C (fingerprint is a must, as well as waterproofness).
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
I don't think they've put out a phone in a while without water proofness. Htc m10 mini is looking like a good candidate as well if it has an SD slot.
[XDA Assist] :
I used lg flash tool,while it crashed and my tabled doesn't work.What should i do?It won't turn off.I just see black screen, i don't feel the vibrates also.
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] ljv:
So I've been playing around with my GS7 for a week now. I'm not convinced it was worth the upgrade over the GS6. The GS7 is what the GS6 should have been. They took away water resistance and memory card and then gave it back like they were adding something special. I have 1 more week to decide whether to keep it or return it. Really on the fence....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] njKeever:
I think it's worth it. I appreciate that they didn't try to reinvent the wheel but instead just made many significant improvements to an already solid phone. In addition to water resistance and expandable storage (both huge features), there is a better CPU, better GPU, more RAM, bigger battery, and a better camera.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] torr310:
I think it's better to hold off for now. I am on GS6 too and placed a preorder then canceled it. If your area gets Exynos version probably OK, but I wouldn't say worth it.

Root for S7 SD820 version is almost impossible. I will wait for next month to see what HTC is going to show us. Also, wish there will be an update version of Moto Droid line soon.

By the way, GS6 should be on Marshmallow in a few weeks. It is also worth a wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] dangerousjenny:
I would say if you want the waterproofing, SD card and more battery life from what I heard yes. I am getting amazing battery life but coming from s5. If not then you should be good. The camera is seriously amazing too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] wwonka69:
Now that root has been achieved do you still feel the gs7 isn't worth it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] wwonka69:
I had a s6 and the 7 is ten times better.

I'm very happy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] freddie813:
I have a rooted S6 on verizon, as well as a S7 that I rooted. Even with root, the experience and battery life of my S7 hasn't touched my S6.

I bought an S7 for the larger battery, hoping for an increased battery life. I'm not sure if it is the Snapdragon or what, but I have been experimenting and haven't found a daily-driver friendly setup that has good battery life compared to my S6.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
This is what happen been messing with it going back and forth between Jasmine and stock. Well I flashed the stock .tar with odin and then it won't read my sim card anymore and I can't get flashfire to work. The phone status shows custom no matter what I do. Have odin the OB6 and OF1 stock shows an unlocked lock saying custom on boot screen..I did triangle away and that went away for a little bit then came back after a few restarts. And when I root it fails, when I did have the root I'm the stock it wouldn't let me flash. I'm kinda lost now, anyone have any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Sorry, but if you can't flash any official firmware with odin looks like a motherboard problem to me.

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Did you try to go to recovery and wipe cache partition then wipe data/factory reset ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] randy-247:
I flash the jasmine rom but some mudule exposed stop working and i got back to 4.4.4 but my note have the same boot image
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I can flash the official firmware..that's what it's on with it saying it's custom. That's why I'm not understanding. I did wipe those.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
'Cause you still have a modified firmware, that's why
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I flashed on Odin the stock one, should t that revert the firmware? If not what do I do?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I take it this is also causing my sim card problem as well. It does not say insert sim card or anything, only when I go to the mobile data toggle it says to insert one.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Stock 1?

You should flash the original firmware from keis or from this page :

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900V/

and start all over again, that should fix your problems.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
That's what I flashed, well I got it from Google drive that someone else uploaded so it wasnt a few hour download. The one I have worked the first 3 times. I'll give this one a download and try because why not

Btw I wanted to say thank you for helping me out with this. I've been rooting and all this since my eris so I know how it goes and This stuff happens. It's not the first time I've had a problem similar to this. I've tried everything I could think of like 5 times today for the last 8 hours or so tho
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Sometimes files get corrupted try the original. It takes about 2 hours to download [emoji1]
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I just edited this post of you didn't see lol yeah I know it happens that's why i figured I might as well just download it anyway. Yeah freaking 2 hours is just crazy..see what happens and I'll let you know
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
You can always paid the $7 dollars for one week of premium Speed.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Now I'm waiting for the download and playing on it and got this too lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] {davros}:
Snapchat is blocking rooted phones again. Lol

Restart it. Your gonna delete all that shiet anyways.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
I believe that's from verizon or Knox when using the root method of 1.tar and 2.tar, try this one instead : http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/ob6-of1-n900v-note-3-verizon-oneclick-t3333569 after you back to original stock, this is the best method so far, and you will not get any strange warnings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] {davros}:
Ya it is, Knox
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
This or the one I used. I never did the 1.tar 2.tar one I used the latest one click. Also I did the firmware from sammobile and same thing. So he said Knox then what do I do or are my options?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok, you already flash the firmware?

any screenshots ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Yeah I did and it's still says custom..wouldn't let me root. Thing is is that pop up was Knox and said to reset I think that would set it back, cause before I flashed the firmware from SM I did a factory wipe then I'm download mode it said official..but after I flashed the firmware it says custom again lol. I'm gknna. I'm setting the phone back up now and waiting to see if that pops up again. My sim card hasn't been in the phone pretty much all day. Been in my g3. since the note won't read it as of now and yes I've tried putting pressure on the sun cause I know they had problems my other 2 old note 3's had that problem. This happen last Night when I was messing around before bed that's why I didn't mess with it too today.. Sorry and thank you guys for the help again
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Don't do anything yet after flashing , you still have your old data on the phone, now go to recovery and do some wipes, wipe cache partition and wipe data/factory reset and that should fixed.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Here's the screens after I flashed the ob6. I'm again flashing of1 from the ob6 right now dirty tho. That's how I got Knox or whatever last time
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Check this video.

https://youtu.be/_sMnC6UkJBI
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I have wiped/factory reset a ton of times And I seen the video after you're post. Just messing with stuff to see what happens
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Exactly what he did in the video is what I've done a ton of times today...hmmm it's just weird..it's upgrading apps now so i guess I'll see what happens
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
don't, let your phone to do the upgrading apps , after flashing just go direct to recovery and do the wipes..

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try kies method if you still have the same problem.

follow the directions on the video.

https://youtu.be/LqoX7wNhotk
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
It's showing official now!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I need to get kies again. After I sold my last note I removed it like 2 months ago.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
What did you do ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Turned it on after I did the flash but I just did a reset and returned to custom and it didn't even do anything but reset it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
So, the phone is still on custom or official ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Also now I just tried to root and it rooted this time while still saying custom....this is just weird
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Custom..root went through this time tho
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok but what about you sim card ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
No go on the sim card. And I did wipe/reset 4 times. I'm installing kies now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
try this one is for the note 3 , download kies 3

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/kies

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that's weird, I just don't understand, after flashing the stock firmware and doing the wipes everything it should be working fine.

something isn't right here , we are missing something and I don't no what it is, well I need to go to sleep, sorry that I couldn't help you with your problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
This is the one I downloaded. Went to do the update and it said battery is to low, gonna give it a break for a bit and let it charge
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
No no thank you very much. Yeah unless I'm missing something myself but have told you everything ice done or seen or know..hmmm I'll try and think of I may have missed something..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
just follow the directions from the video and see what happens, tomorrow I will do some research about this issues.

Good night!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
So I was going through the phone looking at stuff and noticed the imei is unknown also baseband....hmmm so looked those up and people have had problems like mine from those missing but idk how it would have been erased or how to fix it. This sucks too cause I was going to sell my lg g3 today
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Good morning! let's continue with this problems, I was searching for IMEI Baseband problems and I found this:

"Note 3 No IMEI / Baseband#

Problem: I was wondering if you could help me out with my phone. About 2 weeks ago I took it to a person to fix the screen and soon after receiving it it started blacking out but I thought this was not a big issue. Then last week I woke up and it had lost its IMEI and Baseband. I have tried rooting it, flashing it using different Roms but it had failed, in conclusion I think the guy that fixed the screen messed up the hardware. Please please help me. Thanks

Solution: A missing IMEI and baseband in your phone is usually caused by a corrupted IMEI folder. One best way to resolve this is to perform a factory reset before installing a new custom ROM. You should also try to flash different modems on your phone one at a time until the problem gets resolved.

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And also this :

http://www.technobezz.com/fix-samsung-galaxy-unknown-baseband-version/

http://esbuzz.net/trends/video/how-...te3-and-maybe-work-for-other-androids-working

To repair you IMEI you need to fix the unknown baseband first.

Good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Thank you. I was looking but did find these well I was looking for it. In gonna watch that video and give it a try
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Now here's my problem, if it's not one thing it's another. I redownloaded it as well
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
How you do go to recovery on your phone ?

Take your SD card out and wipe wipe wipe
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I just pull the battery and hold up+home+power. I'll do the wipes now and try
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Think that could be why the root program is saying that? I've never seen that before when I was rooting
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
So what happened after wiping your device ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Nothing just wiped I'm restarting my laptop right now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
The root tool just keeps giving me that same message
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Also it says custom again without any root or anything lol this is just insane
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Forget the root method for now, you need to fix the IMEI and unknown baseband firts, that's the problem on your device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
But I need root for that process in the video
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Check this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657519&page=6

Edit.

I think they can help you.

to fix the IMEI and unknown baseband, your device doesn't need to be rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I read most of those and it's saying of it was sent the "nvbackup" but I was thinking I do have a back up from flashfire of the stock rooted of1 I was trying to test the xposed on it. And it was working fine when I backed it up then I flashed to the Jasmine rom with no problems, was later on after doing other flashfire back and forth til it happen. Even tho I'm sure those back ups won't help at all.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
These are what I have backed up from flashfire
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
You still have the backup from Flashfire on your device????
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Yes sir on my sd card..I alway move them to the sd card after so it won't be erased if I wipe internal
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok let me search for any possible solutions..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Also I just got root to give on it as well!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok if flashfire is running restore your backup, if not, let's try to flash this using Odin and let me know if you see any change on the baseband and IMEI of your device.

http://www.mediafire.com/download_repair.php?dkey=6zgrtjk389p&qkey=4g2p1rm4od89c0j
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
still the same. I was looking for the modems for 5.0 last Night as well
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok here for the N900VVRUEOB6 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934556419

and here for the N900VVRUEOF1:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347806841

Try first OB6 and check for any change.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Nope still the same thing..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I really wish flashfire would work so I could just flash and be done
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
You have a really big problem my friend, so you're telling me that after flashing both modems nothing happen and FF still not working?

Well, try to downgrade to latest firmware of KK, I downgraded to N900VVRUDNJ6 when I lost my root on LL trying to set up the MultiSystem crap.

I think you have corrupted files somewhere on your device that is causing all this problems.

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Check this :

http://techbeasts.com/2014/07/13/fix-samsung-galaxy-unknown-baseband-version-guide/

you are going to need this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2530523

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2545557
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Yeah...well when I was reading the one you posted ealier with the NVbackup the dev that had this problem said he went in on a file explorer and replaced the filed that way. Well now that I'm rooted again I might be able to do that but he got his from a good copy from some one else. The files were dev/block/ then 17 and 18.. I'm gonna do my looking around and research myself. I'm gonna read what you just posted as well
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
This page have a bunch of videos that can help you.

http://www.woowix.com/how-to-restore-imei-on-galaxy-note-3(2bzmODpSEYQ)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
I just unlocked the secret codes of my device by editing the file "efs/carrier/HiddenMenu" using ES File Explorer by enabling the option "Root Explorer" on tools.

1 Open Es File Explorer

2 Go to tools and enable Root Explorer

3 Look for the file "efs/carrier" on device and open both you'll see this "HiddenMenu" just press once on the file.

4 Choose Text and ES Note Editor

5 Edit "off" for 'ON" and bingo, save it and reboot the phone, now you can use the secret codes. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Mine already said on!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
that's good, check my posts of how to repair your phone now the you have access with the secret codes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I've been up all night reading and looking. So this guy got these 2 from him and just copied, rebooted and was good. OK well I was reading other stuff I'm there as well but there is so much and only on page 5 lol. Was going to ask if you could do some checking with the file explorer?

^ this is just to show you what he did, if you read before this one they are saying the files have wrong dates, the size is wrong or 0 which mine are as well.

v~ if you could check in these screens if provided and either screen yours as well and tell me what the folders have in them and size too.

This is of in the dev/block folder

These are in the imei folder

If we can figure this out for anyone that has this problem that would be great. I would want this to happen to anyone else.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Also just cause I have nothing to lose at this point wanna copy me the 17 & 18 files to try to copy and over write from you're phone..why not of you would mind?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Ok let me check

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Files 17 and 18 from "block" rigth?

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I just found a extra folder in your efs folder.

This one:

".Files"

I don't have that folder on my "efs"

?

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Can you open that folder and take a screenshot to see what's inside?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
This is my efs :
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
also, in your "dev folder" I don't have the ".secure_storage" folder
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Duh!!! nevermain I just enable my hidden files ...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
yeah I have mine enabled lol sorry have had my little one. Inside you're block folder were the file sizes 0?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Also does you're imei only have one file in it? Only reason I ask is because when I was reading that stuff people were saying from flashing the files had either become corrupt or missing or moved to the wrong folders
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Yep! 0.0 bytes. .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Only one file .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Check yours. .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Hmm weird, yeah mine does too but before it's in the folder it has a file size..I downloaded 2 from that page and but had a size
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
Does the mps_code.Dat file of opened only say vzw in it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aaroon200:
Yes. Just VZW

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From what folder did you get this files?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
This was from the link you sent me about the de note one I was reading. I still haven't even been through the whole thing yet
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
This has really got me for a lost right now...guess more reading, research and messing with files for now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] thunderblaster88:
I'm about to do some file checks and pulls with Droid explorer