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[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] advertisingfree:
I need to buy an external memory card for my XDA IIs and I don't know which one is the best one (I can see that the SD is the cheapest one.) Are SD, micro SD, or mini SD different in using with my XDA IIs? What about size? I don't see any post mentioning about 4gb. Has anyone tried 4gb SD? Thank you very much.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jakubd:
Use search button. Subject was discussed multiple times, even this week (on WM6 forum).
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Rudegar:
here are some pictures

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/CDE/_COMPSD.JPG
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] 7assoun:
SD cards .....

don buy sandisk's 4gigs they wont work !
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jdc:
This should actually read:

Don't buy SDHC cards, they will not work.

TopRAM makes a 4 gig non-SDHC card that does work (I picked mine up on ebay).

But yes, this subject has been discussed quite a bit already. Search the blue angle forum, you will find the threads on it.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] advertisingfree:
I bought a 4GB Transcend SD and it works. However, it doesn't work directly in my laptop XP Pro. Thanks for all of your answers.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jdc:
Really? That's a new one on me.

At least it works on your phone, enjoy!

One thing I've noticed is that the phone is slower when doing any R/W operations on a 4 gig 'partition'. When I split my card into a pair of 2 gig 'partitions', the phone saw 'Storage Card" and "Storage Card2" and seemed 'run' faster when working with the card.

It may just be me. If you notice similar results, post to the forum.

Personally, I'd like to know that I'm not nuts. :D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] OtakuboyT:
I have a Connect3D 4GB SD card and it works great.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] zhenius:
how do you partition memory cards? what program did you use?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jdc:
I ended up doing it under Linux using fdisk. I tried a few windows programs and none of them would do it.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] advertisingfree:
It is a 4GB but I think only around 3.7GB can be read. Well, I split them into 3 parts. The main one, which is for programs, is 500MB. The other two, which are used for storage, are divided equally. And yes, it runs faster.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] zhenius:
so i cant partition in windows? thats bad.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jdc:
Oh good, I'm not nuts, at least on this. :D

So does it show up as Storage Card, Storage Card2, and Storage Card3?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] advertisingfree:
Yes. It is like you have three SD cards.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] hectorcrk:
hello everyone, today it seems that it is a bad day for me .......

in the noght charguin my mobile phone, but I meet that does not go out of the logo android

you can already leave it 5 hours that it does not stop starting.

Seeing that does not go out of the this ringlet that it has and I throw the following thing:

- wipe data/factory reset -------------------he does not want either

- rom across the sd, who says that he does ---------------------not install it

- across the fastboot I have managed to put the rom, but it remains there - not working

- I decided changue the recovery------- not working

is the question that of the million that him ago pa that is started normally??????...thanks
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aquaboy11:
When I use the command phablet-dev-bootstrap, it tells me some repositories were not found. I used grep to filter them out: http://pastebin.com/9Lin3zCs. I have tried getting the failed repos manually from different locations, but I am failing to find the external/gpg repository. Any ideas?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
So.. yeah, about to buy a z3c for like 150 euro or so.. they look like new and all, but can't really trust the sellers if thier screen or motherbord were not replaced or some**** like that.

Anyways, is it worth buying now? Should i get a:

Nexus 5 fullbox for 100e/125 instead?

A lumia 930 fullbox for 150e?

Will it be waterproof? What's all that mess about the screen cracking and ****?

And besides that, this will be my first Android Smartphone, what should i do with it after i buy it? It will be the international model unlocked. Will i have the latest Android version? Do i have to root it? How will i root it?

Thanks a lot guys, i heard this is the best place to ask.

Andrei.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazy Guy:
1-) Yes. Yes ut worth buying, even in 2016, it's a pretty decent phone with high-end performance.

2-) You have to check the device yourself, if you notices a "movable" back glass, then this device us f***up, don't buy it.

3-) You can check waterproofness by dialling *#*#7378423#*#* » Service Tests » Pressure Sensor, and press a little bit hard on tha screen, if the number went up for like 5-10 degrees than it's waterproof

3-) Root is not necessary if you don't really need it. And no normal user would need to root his device. Root is good for people with knowledge in how to deal with it.

4-) Yes, you'll have the latest 6.0.1 Marshmallow build officially from Sony.

And you're welcome :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didgesteve:
A phone is a very personal thing, it makes a statement about who you are and what your taste in gadgets is.

The Z3 compact is a pocket phone, it's small, discrete and stylish. For people who who don't want to look like idiots holding some massive screen to the side of their head, so big they can't see.

Asking people to help choose a phone is a bit weird. It's like asking someone you don't know to decide what you're going to wear. It's a personal thing.

The Z3c is completely waterproof, unlike either of the phones you mentioned above. I have dropped my phone in the bath when using it and it was fine.

The camera is outstanding, but you do have to get it out of Auto and put the .iso down to 50 or 100

There is built in noise canceling, missing from most phones. You need to buy the headphones, but it works well and sounds good when you're on a train or in a crowd.

The screen is an IPS, meaning you can view it from many angles, not just directly in front of you.

People ***** about Sony screens cracking because unlike other phones, when they crack you can't use them any more, so you have to pay for repair.

I don't think Sony phones are any better or worse than other manufacturers, they all use the same Gorilla glass. They all break when you drop them or sit n them. I had a Z1c that had a cracked screen, six months after I bought it, Sony repaired or free of charge. Sony will repair it free if it's a genuine fault in manufacturing, they will also charge you to repair it if you drop it or sit on it, they know the difference.

Personally the Z3c is still a good option to buy. It has just as many features as the latest Z5c phone other than fingerprint recognition, the battery lasts longer and because it has been out longer there are loads of custom mods and roms that you can load onto your phone to make it cool.

Read this thread completely.

Don't do anything until you have made a backup of your TA partition.

You don't have to root your phone, it's only if you want to install particular apps to do with tinkering under the hood. Titanium backup is the only one that springs to mind that is really important. This thread touches on rooting

Android6 or MM has just come out for our Z3c, but it's still really buggy and flakey, I would leave it another month for all the bugs to get ironed out before switching to that.

My favorite stock rom is Slim 5, best combination long battery and easy to use.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
Moist thank you.

Beautiful advice,

A most sincere moist thank you.

I'll keep you updated, maybe tomorrow i'll get it if everything is fine after following the advice you gave me. I think i'll grab the green/turquoise one.

I'll really excited to learn what will I be able to customize regarding the device, being my first android smartphone, third smartphone in general, after a HTC 8s, which i still use, and a lumia 925 which had one hr SoT.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HvdW:
Whatever phone you want to buy, alwaays choose last years top model.

It brings you good performance for a reasonable price.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
Help me..

Ok, so i've brought a green z3 compact, d803. A very moist thank you for the advice.

But, after tinkering with the smartphone, nova launcher, arrow launcher, installing my microsoft apps like onedrive, office, skype, heredrive, outlook, i've realized i'm stuck with several applications that do the same thing.

I don't need two photo viewing apps, i certainly don't need 3 or 4 mail clients, I don't need most of the google apps like hangout, plus, etc. I don't need 70% of xperia/sony preinstalled apps. I can't even delete chrome when using firefox?

Why can't I control what's on my device and uninstall what i do not need?

PS:

How can I upload my files, messeges, contacts, backups only on onedrive, not on googledrive(my first android device again guys..)?

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How do I select to install and stock everything firstly on the SDcard and only if needed on the device?

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Do I need an antivirus?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logan.in:
You can uninstall some Sony apps and disable most pre-installed ones: just go in settings - apps - all, select the unwanted app and tap on "disable" or "uninstall".

To upload files on Onedrive you can use the browser or install the Onedrive app: it's not integrated in the system, since it's not a Windows phone. Regarding your contacts, they're synchronized with your Google account by default. If you want to save them on Onedrive, you have to make a manual backup and upload it on Onedrive.

You can't install apps on the micro SD, unless you are on Marshmallow (Android 6.0.1) and you have activated that function (search on xda). Anyway for some apps you can move some data to the SD: go to settings - apps, select the app and tap on "move to SD". Note that this is not available for all apps.

You can select the SD as default storage for Camera and maybe some other apps, but you have to set it in the single app.

You don't need an antivirus as long as you download apk from trusted sources (Play Store, apkmirror, etc).

Everything I've said it's valid for a stock rom without root.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
I see, but how do I uninstall them?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logan.in:
You can uninstall system apps and some pre-installed apps only if you have root access. Search here on XDA for more info.

Anyway I think disabling them is enough, as you won't see them in the app drawer, they won't running in background anymore and you won't receive notifications when updates for those apps are available.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
They still appear în appdrawer
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
Sketch îs disabled and forced to stop
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazy Guy:
If you really want to have the freedom to uninstall pre-installed apps, get the latest updates so fast, have a very very very good performance, and a little bit "stocky" experience, you should definitely try Sony's Android 6.0.1 Concept!

You can install it manually by flashing a FTF via Flashtool or just by installing " Concept installer" on your PC.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logan.in:
I think it's an issue related to Nova Launcher.

Here's my drawer, on stock launcher, with Sketch disabled: you can see the icon is not there.

Try to delete Nova cache or reinstall it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heynando:
TLDR

STAY AWAY FROM THE Z LINE DUE TO HIDDEN ADDICTION

it's a great phone in almost every aspect. It's been 2 weeks since I bought my z3c, and guess what, the screen self-cracked, yes you've read it right, it cracked itself. The phone did not fall. It didn't suffer any damage at the region where it cracked. It just happened out of nothing. Since the start of Sony's Z line, that is Z1 Z2 and Z3 and other Zs, users have XPERIANced - pun intended- this weird phenomenon where the screen cracks itself during the most random situations or even when the phone is idling. This is a VERY SERIOUS ENGINEERING problem, this type of issue should have never passed premature QA tests, nor reached production line, nor persisted during three whole improvement-iterations. Until they fix this issue, all Z line phones are doomed and I recommend you to stay as far as you can from one, even if it doesn't belong to you, because the screen could decide to crack itself whilst it's in your hands and then it would be your fault.

ps in my case, the crack was so strong that it went from edge to edge, that effectively disabled part of the electric circuit built-into the glass, meaning the touch only responds on one part of the screen, the bottom part. see pic. stay away from this crap.

READ THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR MORE INFO

http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/general/sony-xperia-z3-z3-compact-glass-survey-t2900149/

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/11/08/sony-will-repair-certain-cracked-displays-for-xperia-z-series-suggests-leaked-info/

https://www.facebook.com/Xperia-Z-Cracked-Screens-370754419718137/

http://www.gizmobolt.com/2014/10/27/xperia-z3-self-cracking-screen-issue-appears/
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panzerox123:
Yup, I use one and it is amazing
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panzerox123:
Really weird... I've had mine for about a month now, even after falling of the table once, with a very very thin case, the only thing that cracked was the tempered glass screen protector. I think it depends in your luck. This phone can either be really strong, or really weak l[emoji19]
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heynando:
I agree, for lack of a better scientific term, it depends on luck, but I would never recommend that to someone.. or at the very least I would make it very clear that it does indeed depend on "luck".
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmn.apashu:
Ok, so.

I bought myself a sony z3c with 125 euros, it had it's screen replaced, the back was flimsy (probably replaced as well), it had only 9 hr talked on so it was pretty new but abused, it was not waterresistant anymore. I have sell it with the same price within a mouth and got myself another one. This time it was a brand new one just warranty replaced with 130 euros or so.

To sum it up. It's a great phone and i appreciate all the feedback and information. I am pleased I've got it, but what I don't like:

- The screen it subpar my former lumia devices and a couple other Amoled my friends have.

- The camera is again subpar comparing to the CarlZeiss I had on the previous phone.

- I think i can put the build quality? Materials used? Don't really know how to put it, it's excellent but not quite as premium felling as, again my last phone. Don't get me wrong.

- Hmm, the OS, android comparing to win 10, it's much more complicated in a unnecessary way. But hey, I got all this customization about with launchers, skins, roms, icons, and especially apps, extremely dope. Too bad I can't change to whole settings menu. I keep feeling that there's not need for a 3 button layout with back/home/recent, not using to long press or gestures or meh, again, things i've kinda fixed with a payed NovaLauncher.

I would love a z3c with SailFish OS to be honest.

This was by no means a rant. This is the best phone I've used and I am very happy with the purchase. I have compared it to lumia 925,930, Samsung galaxy s6, A3 (2016), and an iPhone 6.

Moist thank you guys.

Regards.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bad4life07:
I went from a nexus 6p to a red D5803. Pretty satisfied with my decision. The z3c is snappy and quick. All apps run fine and I don't see any cons with the z3c if bought for a good price.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webwude:
I got a Z3c, gave it my wife. Bought a Z5c. First impression was great but then I rooted it. Got a huge idle drain and phone went hot often. I sold it and bought another used Z3c. Now I am back and satisfied. I just miss the better camera of the Z5c.

Gesendet von meinem D5803 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jkay7:
Hello guys,

With MM finally rolling out for D6633 too and so far no (reliable) sources for pre rooted zips or ftfs I was wondering if any of you knew how to create a pre-rooted, recovery containing .zip or .ftf.

My specific questions (never used PRF before, so better safe than sorry:)

*what do I have to include?

*any guides on PRF?

*any other advice that you have?

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laercio_lalau:
Link Bro https://goo.gl/PrvOD9
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laercio_lalau:
Thanks for Recovery [MENTION=2822871]Wolfbreak[/MENTION]
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FeliipeeSC:
É baseada em qual região
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laercio_lalau:
Algeria
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabriasat:
is it FTF please ? can i get a prerooted FTF file not zip ?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] vantelyn:
Hello dear friends,

I bought a HTC One M8 from China. The phone is originally made for USA T-Mobile but it comes with a changed RUU with Android 5.0.1 which can not be updated. The MID is 0P6B13000 and CID is changed to supercid already (111111111). I would like to install on it a European RUU (latest version) originaly made for MID 0P6B10000. I don't know if there is any actual difference between 0P6B10000 and 0P6B13000 or if their RUUs can be exchanged with one another. Can I already download a European RUU and directly install it? Should I not do it? Should I change MID and CID as those of an European version? Or should I restore the factory CID and leave the MID as it already is? I have also read that before installing a last version RUU I have to update the firmware, is that correct? If anyone with good experience can give me good advice and if possible usefull links of tutorials and downloads I would much appreciate it.

Thank you in all advance!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
To flash an RUU, you need to pass CID check

and

MID check. SuperCID means you will pass any CID check. But you still need to pass the MID check. That means, if you want to flash the Euro RUU, you need to change the MID to 0P6B10000.

Guide on changing the MID is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708581

That is a slightly complicated question. Euro version is probably desirable for most folks, since it removed the T-Mobile branding (exception might be if you are actually using T-Mob US as your carrier, and want WiFi calling).

The other issue would be, what bands does your carrier use, and which version supports those bands (as flashing the RUU will change band support). Again, for many folks Euro RUU is probably better. But it depends on you carrier (what bands they use for 3G and LTE).

If you want to flash an RUU to update from LP to MM, then yes that is true that you need to flash the MM firmware before the MM RUU. Otherwise, the RUU will fail with Error 155.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] avg2424:
Don't you have to s-on before using the RUU also?

You also don't need to change your mid, just change it in the android-info.txt unless you plan to use international roms to get the full benefits (some Roms setup based on mid)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platinumlayer:
Hi, tonight my Nexus 5 updated after that, he called on google setup screen (as if it were the first boot), and began to see a message saying that the store was full, when I see the 16 GB only 128 Mb was available. I tried to flash the Nexus Toolkit original system, but gives error ... when I try to enter the recovery, gives error mounting partitions. Please help me!!! Note: he's no longer under warranty.

Model: Nexus 5 D821 (E) 16 GB, red

sorry for my English, I am Brazilian, and I wrote this using google translator. :crying:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
What error are you getting from the tool kit? Have you tried wiping data? Have you tried manually flashing without a toolkit?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platinumlayer:
invalid argument error in recovery, failed (remote write fail) in fastboot, and nexus toolkit
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
The bootloader is unlocked?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platinumlayer:
Yes! And relock does not work. when you restart, it is as if nothing had happened.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
I think the emmc is dead because the amount of available memory is minuscule and the bootloader cannot be relocked.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platinumlayer:
and there's no way to pack without changing the plate? in Brazil it is very expensive, and care is even more expensive. Perhaps LGNPST?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
You could try since you have nothing to lose.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platinumlayer:
in your opinion, this maybe work? http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/howto-repairing-corrupted-data-partition-t2577447
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Not sure if that will solve the problem. If you have no warranty and you've tried everything else, you could try that method.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cami159:
Does anyone know how to root bluboo picasso?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaad34:
With KingRoot, rooted successfully.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poissonrichard:
yes, it works fine. but you loose the OTA updates with the root... :(

Mine says : "your-system-was-damaged-wireless-update-is-disabled" when i try to update via OTA (wifi)

And with the unroot of Kingroot, it is the same !! What can I do to get the latest firmware releases ? Thx.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apk5656:
if i were you i would flash the stock rom
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alessa:
thank you but or find rom stock? and with what flash program?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poissonrichard:
You will find all you need here

www .needrom.com/download/bluboo-picasso/#comment-253042
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxnet:
root?

https://youtu.be/tXvkl3NqqXs

zip is coment video
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugac:
thanks!

working great!

OTA will work after this root method?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxnet:
I do not know, I have not the phone still, I think there is an update ke few days ago, test
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugac:
OTA update not working... it says "Waring your system was damaged, wireless update is disabled!"

So how to unroot > update > root again?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxnet:
2 things, unroot, you can from the app (SuperSU)

and if you do not find the update and load it manually

http://chinagadgetsreviews.com/down...stock-firmware-bluboo-picasso-smartphone.html

pardon my English
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugac:
"flash tool" not working on win10 x64?

because cant find corrent driver for ADB interface.

I want install TWRP recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dioxnet:
you do not have another computer with other windows,

I have the same Windows 10 64, and flasheado, mtk

look for the network

1 downloads, 2 mobile to connect 3 install

https://androidmtk.com/download-universal-adb-driver

http://www.needrom.com/download/bluboo-picasso-twrp-3-0-2/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugac:
afetr few search found solution:

here i found USB preload drivers (almost same as ADB) and "how to" info

https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-440.html

After this guide i flashed latest FW from here http://www.needrom.com/category/bluboo/picasso/

TWRP not needed, unless you want to flash rom's from .zip in your phone directly.

But now, i dont know, if "dirty flash" possible with TWRP, because flashing with flash tools automatically wiped whole /system and /data