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[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pure.by:
Hi everyone!

Since 5 days ago I have the following problem:

A permanent Alarm icon suddenly appeared in my status bar along with mysterious alarm times shown in QuickSettings and on Lockscreen. See screenshots (they've been made with a 10 seconds time gap in between).

Alarms do not seem to be caused by any app that I can think of. When I click on the alarm in QuickSettings nothing happens (normally the responsible app would open).

What's strange is that the alarm times shown in QuickSettings and LockScreen are different and absolutely random. When their time is almost reached they reset themselves (alarm shown in QuickSettings auto-resets about ~12 h ahead, on LockScreen — about ~15 minutes ahead).

Obviously, I don't have any alarms/reminders/appointments/scheduals set in any app.

OxygenOS 2.2.1 (clean install), rooted, Boeffla kernel,

no Xposed

.

I have tried: setting alarms in Timely and Google Clock and letting them go off, uninstalling Timely alarm app completely and Google Clock (system app) updates, wiping ART+Cache from recovery.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaluNoPeleke:
I have the same strange problem.

There seems to be an alarm set to 1 minute in the future.
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pure.by:
Can you provide more information please? What OS/kernel you're on, what apps do you have installed that may create alarms?
[XDA Assist] Blackt3ars:
Heya lads,

Well as above mention i have tons of ideas and plans for a mmropg apps which i wanted to make but of course im here to gather resource and learn some stuff ( tools , program , platform etc. )

as i know the one im stumble upon is the simple tools call RPGMARKER.

but i wanna know some other tools.

Wish any kind heart =3 devs here love to share.
[XDA Assist] Art Vanderlay:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

I don't know much about your background but I think everyone will tell you that the first thing you should learn is coding with java and android studio.

There are many materials online for that but how far you go depends on how dedicated you are.

Try posting your query in Android Q&A,Help and Troubleshooting or in the friendly Q&A thread here->[Ask Any Question][Newbie Friendly]. Experts there may be able to help you.

Good luck :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S1MB4D:
hey all,

I had a bootloop issue today. I cant get into recovery but I do have a clockwork backup.

I can still get into download mode

I was on resurrection remix KitKat (Resurrection_Remix_KK_v5.0.3-20140213-i9100) with clockwork Recovery v6.0.4.7

Can you please help me restore my phone :D

Also could you please confirm that I wont loose my 2step authentication keys.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenjyTec:
You could try to get your phone in download mode and flash the clockworkmod recovery you used for the backup via Odin. Then boot to recovery and restore the backup. Hope this helps.
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Okay, yes. I'm a GOW junkie (I don't spend..............anymore :D) but after the MM upgrade, I find that in the chat window, the keyboard obscures the chat input so I cannot see what I'm typing. I've tried the stock LG G3 keyboard, Swiftkey (my default keyboard I use), Flesky and Google keyboard. All of them experience the same issue. The only way to circumvent this issue is to use Swiftkey and undock the keyboard so it's above the chat window.

I've tested another game called Mobile Strike which uses the GOW engine and it does NOT experience the same issue. Only GOW.

I have a Nexus 7 (2012) and I recently flashed a MM ROM (from a Google developer) and it does NOT have the issue, so it appears to be something with the G3 MM upgrade. Before the upgrade, when I was on stock LP, the keyboard issue didn't exist, so it has to be the G3 MM upgrade.

My upgrade was done via an official OTA that I received over the network (I didn't side load it or retrieve it from the forums or a download site), so it's what I received from VZW. I've done a factory reset and that hasn't fixed the issue either.

I'm not about to downgrade back to LP as I like the MM upgrade, and with the Swiftkey, I have a way to get around the "bug", but I wasn't sure if others running official MM on the G3 are seeing the same issue? I've emailed MachineZone (the game devs) and they were of little to no help. Not sure if I should contact someone from LG or VZW on this.

Thanks!
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Okay, update on this.

It appears the issue has to do with the game from Google Play. When I installed it from Amazon, the issue goes away.

Hmmm....
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Are both the same version # of the game? Just curious since I've found in the past that on Amazon they often stop updating their apps at some point, but I haven't used their app store in a good long while so... ? :)
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
No, they are different versions. They were both updated in March, but the Google Play version was updated around March 17th, and the Amazon version was updated around March 22nd.

MZ did acknowledge that there were issues with the LG phones not working correctly after the MM update regarding the keyboard and they were looking into it.

So, in the meantime, I've switch to the Amazon version for now on the G3 and all my keyboards work. That is, until they break the Amazon version. :p
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
LOL!
[Verizon LG G3] Alihia:
Keys

Is there anyway of downloading through Amazon onto a Samsung tab a 6
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Not sure about the Samsung Tab. You have to get the Amazon App from their web site and download it there. You also have to make sure you enable in system settings the security setting that allows installing APKS from unknown sources since the Amazon Underground App is not on Google Play.

Also, an update on my issue. After several updates, the issue with my keyboard in the Google Play version has persisted. However, a few months ago, I started going through all the settings and saw one setting which was turned on:

Battery->Battery Saver->Game Optimizer

When I turned this off, the issue with the chat window being hidden disappears. Not sure why this doesn't affect the Amazon version. Just another example of MZ and their abhorrent lack of QA when releasing updates.
[Verizon LG G3] SailoRboB.No1:
GoW buggy keyboard.....

Hi, I to have been having issues with my GoW in game keyboard, I'm going to start from now and work my way back, currently I have a xaomi redmi 2, and they roll out with KK.......

I got pretty frustrated with the GoW keyboard issue and went as far as to install a emulated MM rom but I still have the same issue, so I am convinced that the problem lies with MZ, their developers need to check their shight, I been playing GoW for the best part of 2 and a half years and in the earlier days the keyboard issues didn't exist, previously I first had my GoW account on my Samsung S4 for roughly a year and then I had it on my LG G4.....

Yeah I am still pretty frustrated about not being able to communicate within GoW if you find a workaround for this lemme know.
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
If you read my response just before your post, you'll see how I fixed it. :)

Basically, turn off Game Optimizer in the G3. That will fix the keyboard issue.

I'm no longer on the G3 and I quit GoW months ago. MZ got WAY to greedy with the updates and within a few weeks, my trap account was invalid and the only way to get it back to where it was would have been to spend tons of money. No thank you.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
Ok I'm Kinda mad here... There are things I don't understand and I will probably never....

How on earth, would every review on the internet including youtube videos give the upper hand to the S7 camera which has SONY IMX260 R EXMOR that has 7.18 mm sensor size and a	1.4 μm x 1.4 μm unit cell size while the Z5/Premium has the "exclusive cutting edge" RS EXMOR IMX300 with 7.87 mm sensor size and 1.1 μm x 1.1 μm pixel size ?

And please don't tell me about image processing ? Why on earth a giant Japanese corporation such as SONY specialized and leader in photography, videography, pictures and music Entertainment without forgetting their BIONZ image processor that compete or even wins over Nikon EXPEED and

Canon DIGIC can't do image processing right on a freaking CMOS sensor ?

Now yeah the Z5/P pictures are decent and although very good on a very sunny day.... I'll remain quiet for the low light part....

So to sum it up... a Samsung with an IMX260 12MP sensor is on par or outperforms a Sony IMX300 23MP ( 25MP ) sensor...

Funny isn't it ?
[Xperia Z5 General] hawker_gb:
It's not funny at all.

Still,I find that Z5 camera is best on market atm.

Xperia Z5 via Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
Very easy good hardware and bad software.

Sony can't compete software wise with who had nexus phones.

Samsung LG know better about android and how to create a better software cause they took lot of info from Google while they have Nexus phones.
[Xperia Z5 General] EQ2000:
Well money talks. S7 just cant match Z1+ line. Take a look at original S7 full resolution photos. Photo IQ is awfull on the S7. Over-sharpening that creates awfull halos and contrast, to much texture detail, texture extraction that gives a gritty look and to much noise reduction that makes for a blurry image with lost detail and plastic look. S7 has borderline the bad CRT chromatic aberration look and reminds me of old cheap digital cameras.

I'll quote one of my other posts wher one can see that even in an unfair comparision that favors the S7 my Z1 just performs much better. Much better and if making things more even by choosing 2048x1536 for my Z1 photos and same or similar for S7 my Z1 just walks all over the S7. Z5 does no worse unless in SA or the NR goes wonky.

And here are more S7 samples.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/25837956126/sizes/o/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/25208922064/sizes/o/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/25404249180/sizes/o/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/25021532094/sizes/o/

:cool:

And here is low light.

:cool:
[Xperia Z5 General] NJ72:
The sensor is just one part of the camera, there are so many other elements that can make it better or worse.

That's like saying one restaurant has better steak and complaining as somewhere else uses better cows - it's all about the cooking of the meat and the accompaniments that go with it.

In photography's case it's about the lens system, the image stabilisation and the post-processing. As posters above have said, the software controlling the Sony sensor in the S7 is great, no doubt.

Answer me this: if you give an amazing camera to a bad photographer will you get a better photo than giving a bad camera to a good photographer?
[Xperia Z5 General] chrisftlse:
Answer me this: if you give an amazing camera to a bad photographer will you get a better photo than giving a bad camera to a good photographer?[/QUOTE]

Let me answer :

Are you able to drive faster in a Bentley than in a Renault even if you are a bad driver ?

Yes !!!

Same with photos quality (not photo skills)

I agree that the human factor is there but can not excuse all Sony conservative attitude plus Sony do not want to let 3rd party improve their lack of dev.

But still happy with my Z5 result... It is a phone and we do not have to expect the same quality as a Reflex
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
I understand what you're trying to say but is it justified ? Is it possible that SONY can't make a software that control their own sensors ? Is it acceptable that other companies using SONY sensors whether modified or not, can make better use of it ?

SONY that has been in the photography industry since decades can't deal with their own driver and post processors on a mobile phone ?

Again the pictures on the Z5P are good but try going zoom to 100%... most of the details are missing compared to rivals.... not sure if it's lack of sharpness whatsoever but certainly the post processing needs work.

Look at their Z5 camera promotion bragging about the auto-focus speed... I literally had to find one single time I could get a a clear photo of somebody moving.

Don't get me wrong I'm a huge fan of the device but it just puts me on my nerve that we have the best hardware and the " best " brand name yet we always have excuses for the camera behavior.
[Xperia Z5 General] NJ72:
In my opinion it's quite obvious with the Z5 premium that Sony spent more time focussing on the display than the camera's image processing. Sony could do a lot more with the camera than they do, but there are numerous other factors Sony consider when designing a smartphone. Evidently they either A) do not have the skills, B) don't rate it high enough or C) think they nailed it when it comes to the camera.

I agree that Sony should have done more with it, but I bought the phone knowing that they hadn't and I'd buy it again over Samsung's TouchWiz interface. I prefer my DSLR for photography, for me the rest of the phone is more important.

And, in answer to your first question, yes - what I said is justified. Whether it's what you'd have done if you were part of Sony's dev team, who knows, but what they did is make a very good phone with a camera that could be better.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
Well to be honest, SONY only brags about their camera performance in their devices.... This time in September they mentioned nothing but the 4K screen and the IMX300. No major change to the device design, software is close to stock android and the IP68 has been there for ages.

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z5/

See ? They are so proud of their camera that this is the only marketing card in their hands for now. As for lack of expertise, I really doubt but I can nothing but believe that they thought they nailed it when in fact it's still horrible in low light conditions.
[Xperia Z5 General] FYLin21:
The big problem I have with the Z5 is its shutter lag and no burst shooting. So you're left with rapidly tapping the shutter button which only gives you about 3fps. On the S7 you get a burst mode at over 20fps.

It's ridiculous how their ads show an instantaneous shutter but it could be no further from the truth. Even with Marshmallow the shutter lag is still pretty bad. This seagull was standing on the bridge when I pressed the shutter and the camera captured when it already started to fly away.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5hcj2jeazzjs77/DSC_0988.JPG?dl=0

Even HTC M9+ Supreme Camera has faster shutter and better manual options than Z5. It uses IMX230 and is a pretty bi
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
This is what I'm talking about... you see... in your pic nothing looks OK, what was the focus doing ? i can't find any part of the pic clear....

One thing I noticed is that even Whatsapp camera looks awful. I understand that the pic is compressed and the post processing is non existent but on my Xperia Z the difference wasn't noticeable that much.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
Sorry but I tend to disagree. I dont think OEM release need google assistance. In fact SONY is very conservative when it comes to camera software. I bet they know how to unlock raw mode and compatibility yet they don't want to.

It's obvious that the post processing has been inconsistent across the Xperia line. A bit of trial and error if you want my opinion....

What you say about bad software is correct however unjustified. I can't accept it from an industry leader such as SONY.

OK the camera is almost perfect in manual mode if you want to go hardcore and adjust every possible value and mode for a snapshot but I don't want to spend 2 minutes for that :

Look at the difference between iPhone 6S and Z5 camera.... this lack of details is what makes me go nuts.

[IMG="Da hell..."]http://cdn0.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net/art/cameras/Sony/Xperia%20Z5/Comparison%20screenshots/z5-vs-iphone6splus-01.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia Z5 General] FYLin21:
This has been zoomed a bit using "clear image zoom" which just oversharpens things. It could be fine if they just use something that rounds off the edges for up sampling, but you see a lot of jagged circular blobs throughout the edges. I had taken a few pictures of this bird standing there but the camera kept overexposing the scene. Then I brought the exposure down and tried taking a photo - the bird a still standing there the moment I pressed the shutter.

The only thing to get around no burst mode is using 4K video. You can capture 8MP stills while you film but sometimes it causes the video to stutter and it takes a long time to save them. The stills also look worse than the video itself - the contrast is lower with washed out colours. It's better to grab frames after filming but you'l need another app to do this and I'm not sure which one as I do it on my computer using Media Player Classic. You can also crop to 1080p which is better than using the digital zoom in the app - unfortunately the bitrate of 4K video is a bit low so you can see some artifacts when cropped to 1080p ...

Is the shutter lag due to software or hardware? it's hard to say. Low resolution photos from Facebook messenger can be taken instantaneously, but all the third party apps I've tried exhibit shutter lag - I think even worse than the stock camera app... and don't forget only 8MP works with third party apps.

If the images were downscaled to 8MP or something, they would be good compared to some other cameras but that defeats the purpose of having 20/23MP.

Imagine seeing the loch ness monster and you took a photo but the shutter lag means your photo doesn't show it because it dove into the water :P
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
I will give you a small example why sony is bad software wise,

In lollipop we had fingerprint scanner test in the diagnostic menu and the test was not working.

So instead to fix it in marshmallow they removed the test completely lol.
[Xperia Z5 General] danw_oz:
No, and it's no surprise, it has been the case forever.

There was never any need for Sony to stupidly try to play the MP race again, seems they didn't learn from the point and shoot and DSLR MP race/nonsense. It's all marketing BS to say hey we've got something that no one else has.

Push the boundaries of the ideal MP for a certain sensor size, then you will always have problems with different types of noise entering your photo, due to sensor heat and the sensors small size and not being able to dissipate that amount of heat effectively, as a result to clean all this up they end up having to have pretty aggressive noise reduction algorithms, this also keeps the jpg photo size down a fair bit, handy for a phone unless you want to run your storage out in no time flat. Approx 25-35MB per photo @ 23MP low light high ISO these could have been even bigger.

Realistically would have just been better off running at 12MP and requiring much less noise reduction because due to less heat build up in the photo sites of the sensor.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
Ironically their sales and marketing strategy is flawed to death and it's chaotic but they wanna do marketing they do it the wrong way.

Seriously they should start recruiting...
[Xperia Z5 General] Barthlon:
post like this really make me wonder about my specific device.... because i am totally with op here: the camera may be very good (the best?) in sunny/ bright conditions, but is just useless in darker situations (not just pitch black.. darker..). a camera like that can NEVER be called the best on market.. i would say :)
[Xperia Z5 General] EQ2000:
They should have less NR in low contrast areas for photos as right now it is quite aggressive. Seems the area noise reduction aint so 'clever'. Previous Z phones perform much better in low contrast areas with no smudged out detail. My Z1 for example outdoes my Z5c easily in detail clarity across all contrast variables while keeping noise as low or even lower and resorts to less post-processing. I assume some can be attributed to not as wide sensor (26mm vs 23mm) and 1,2um vs 1,1um pixel size and perhaps the focus system (less electronical noise). They might heat up differently to. Will be interesting to see how the Xperia X performs since AFAIK it uses same or similar sensor as the Z5. Also seems Z5c uses more NR in superior auto vs manual mode despite same ISO.

But despite that it stands really good against competition and overall it just beats them.

Here is an example of the area noise rduction system it uses akin to BIONZ X algorithms just that it is to aggressive. Look at tree trunk and streetlight pole. High contrast area is sharp but low contrast area is smudged by the NR. The problem is it failed to detect that there are bushes infront smudging them out. This is the area NR not working as intended.
[Xperia Z5 General] EQ2000:
Kinda hard to make out what you are reffering to but "disaster"? Z5 series applies to aggressive area based NR in low contrast areas, as for the rest the photo is quite good and natural looking. Certainly better than most S7 photos you can find of similar ISO, shutter speed and scenery type. Atleast the NR can be countered partially with texture detail and clarity filters to bring out contrast in smudged areas. S7 you cant do nothing to repair photos as they are beyond reparation.

Click on images to view them in Flickr default display size. Atrocious and beyond reparation. The Z5 IQ despite smudgy NR in low contrast areas is head and shoulders above the S7 IQ. Z5 looks to the DSLR side while S7 looks to the cheap old digital camera side.

S7. Atrocious, the borderline bad CRT chromatic aberration look. Like relief filter applied shifting pixels due to horrible post-processing and subpar sensor.

Z5. The area based NR problem is clearly visible yet it looks much more natural and better despite being taken in much worse lighting conditions as evident by shutter speed and postition of sun and shadows.

As for the highlights you made that is pretty much what I already noted though the left side is from lens problem, that unit has decentered lenses thus blurred sides, right and/or left. You can see that in S7 to depeding on unit. Such a unit should be replaced. And all cameras have to do some detail extraction in low contrast areas (shadowed/non directly lit areas) and thus wont be as detailed as lit areas.

Take a look at S7 photo with shadowed areas, see? Noisy, smudgy with blotches and horrible even though ISO is low. Atleast the Z5 smoothes it out mostly OK. (left and right side) ;)

One more time! You see? (right side trees and bushes)

You still cant see it!? Well some more then!

To the right!

To the left!

To the left!

And all around! :laugh: :cool:
[Xperia Z5 General] Timaustin2000:
I'm with EQ. Many people here seem to equate "Detail" with "Quality". Nope.

Pictures from the S7 give me a headache. They're not good. Sorry, they're just not. They're over-sharpened, harsh, full of tiny errors and surprisingly noisy at night. That's the trade off for trying for detail over everything else.

I'd take my Z5 over the S7 any day of the week, even if it isn't resolving the same level of detail. Detail does not automatically equal better.

The Z5 produces images that look natural. There's no over-sharpening, there's no aggressive HDR halos, colour at night is spot on and noise in low light (at 8mp) is extremely small. I enjoy looking at pictures I take. I need a lie down every time I browse Flickr for S7 pictures: honest to god, they hurt my eyes.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xeon:
I haven't tried the S7 but I'm collecting feedback from reputable websites and reviews. So far all praising the S7 over the Z5. Paid websites ? maybe...