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[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] doministry:
Well. You can always buy a GalaxyNote 7 which will eventually explode on you. For 800 dollars. Duh!

Anyway:

1. 5.2 is OPTIMAL. Most of the people don't need huge bricks in their pockets. But you need mode? Buy Z5 Premium.

2. The statement about the photo quality without any proof, and with plenty of proof in the net stating otherwise, is so childish it doesn't even qualify to this forum.

The app is great, just use the brain.

3. OIS on a smartphone is a toy. I mean who the f... cares about an OIS, if Digital Stabailization is working on XZ 3 times better than any OIS on any smartphone (proven in tons of videos). Again, instead of reading comparative charts use your brain and think.

4. 3GB is absolutely plenty.

5. They should work it out.

And for the Sony, it also has the best design and UI. Samsung looks like crap inside and is unstable.

LG is designed like sh..t, UI looks tacky. The camera has features but the performance is not there yet.

Why did you come here? Strange reasons I believe.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
You're clearly a Sony shill. I've owned a PLETHORA of phones, so I am loyal to no brand. I go for what is the best option on the market. I am here because I have had an interest in Sony since the Z5 Premium was announced, but with US carriers dropping them (obviously for good reason), I didn't jump on the opportunity to try one out due to poor resale value.

1. You say 5.2" is optimal? For YOU maybe - some people disagree, otherwise phablets wouldn't exist and do so well in the market.

2. Without any proof? You're right, it's hard to find proof when all the recent camera reviews exclude the XZ, probably because it is nothing impressive. Looking at the photo comparisons that do exist, namely the GSMArena comparison tool, there is no tangible benefit from the XZ. It actually LACKS detail compared to the iPhone 7 and Note7 in most situations which is SAD. Sony rocks the camera world but clearly sucks with their phones.

3. OIS is a joke? You're an idiot. Digital image stabilization is not going to make a difference or even work with full resolution photos. EIS can work well with videos, yes, but it is NOT a replacement for OIS. The two should work in tandem.

4. 3GB may be "plenty" for light use, but there is ZERO REASON for them to include 3GB of RAM for $700! That is the whole point of this thread. This phone is spec'd WORSE than a $400 competitor!

5. Oh, they should work it out? No they won't you moron. The past phones still have no official fingerprint support.

This phone is a joke for the price.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] doministry:
You call me an idiot.

Seriously, I have no time for discussion with trolls.

You're clueless kid, this forum will trash you anyway.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] halfdozen:
The phone doesn't seem so expensive over in the UK, cheaper than the Pixel at similar specs and includes a microsd slot.

For the OPs question, I think Sony phones are great compared to other flagships. Reliable and long lasting devices, awesome battery life, not much preloaded bloatware and no slow home screen system. At least from my experience with many many devices (for dev), the Sony is always my go to phone for constant usage, as things tend to just work.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Linux4ever85:
I am also getting this phone. Need a replacement for my OnePlus One. I am buying it from UK which comes out way cheaper than buying here at USA. I also will be getting the free headset which cost about 150 USD. Getting phone for 641 with fastest shipping from UK to USA. The price comes out about 500 dollars for the phone.

If you are worry about bank asking for a fee for currency conversion, i suggest to use amazon.co.uk. They do the conversion on their side and will charge your card using your local currency.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GigaSPX:
So are you not with Verizon anymore? I have the S7 Edge as my upgrade from the Z3v, but hell the power saving mode and performance is better on the Z3v. I've never complained about any sort of lags from the Z3v, but I occasionally get it on the S7 Edge.

Despite the TC's anti-Sony statements that any other people babble on about 3gb is not enough, the XZ still intrigues me. The fingerprint sensor is actually confirmed working IF you flash another region's firmware.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] doministry:
The sensor reenabled in USA

http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/10/0...-owners-can-re-enable-the-fingerprint-sensor/
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jambu95:
Agreed, anything around 4.8~5.2 inch is the sweet spot for normal sized phone, OIS is a great addition, but it's not a dealbreaker without it if Sony come up with something comparable to that, more ram doesn't hurt, but it hurts when it's not being used.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] R_Fated_Circle:
Guess I'm one of those people not in there right mind as I just ordered it a few hours ago
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Heinous:
I had the Xperia Z and then the Z3 and both were great. The Z3 was fantastic. I might even still be using it if T Mobile hadn't dropped support on it.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jambu95:
Not sure when will it arrive, upgrading from Xperia Z, good ol' phone served me well, 3 and a half years.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningglasses:
I flashed CM 12.1 ROM but the wi-fi keeps dropping. It only happens with one router though, but no other devices do it with the same router. Any ideas? I've tried both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Allek84:
Maybe its problem in drivers for the wifi for CM?

Did you do clean install of rom?

Sent from my D6503
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningglasses:
What do you mean clean install? I used

fastboot flash boot boot.img
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningglasses:
Anyone else reading, I found a quick fix is to switch on and off the airplane mode and this seems to help. Also switch on and off data connection by itself.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] black96ss:
Is there anyway possible to reset the flash counter to offical? Trying to ditch the custom logo on boot if of its possible.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] liomojo:
hi i tryie to upgrade my t-mobile pro but when strating the upgrade the active sync connection was lost because windows started to install drivers for a new device and it took tooo long and the upgrade stoped and noow my device is dead. a hard reset it and it showed me press 0 to restore but nothing happened . the screen shows usb v1.01 all the time the usb is connected and thats all . please help how can i restore my phone and is it possible. please help
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] PsiDOC:
You're stuck in bootloader. Been there a few times myself.

This post will help you out of your problem. It's worked for me every time

Regards,

Psi
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] liomojo:
thanks it worked for me too thanks again
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benraines:
I just got a LG G4 and the Power on and volume down are not working...

It doesn't have a screen protector.

I tried removing the back cover.

I have to take the battery out and plug in a charging cable...

I have also tried doing a factory reset...

Not sure how to boot in safe mode since the Power and volume down do not work...

I've googled and tried a few things out, but I'm out of options..

I was told this happened after a few updates that LG pushed out. But not sure if that is true or not...

Open to suggestions, before I decide to sell this phone..

Thanks
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benraines:
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[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Camchilovang209:
Any Suggestions on what to do With my SGH-I537? It won't reboot or anything Just stuck on At&t Logo. Only thing I Can do is Go into downloading mode ? Any help.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devo7v:
Read the stickies.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-active/general/galaxy-s4-active-firmware-guide-t2892445/page1
[Remix OS Player] engsrini:
Played with RemixOS looks really good and light weight with dual boot to win10.

However i couldnt able to do screen cast thru google cast app.

It always fails with the message screen cast ended.

any help is appreciated.
[Remix OS Player] tailslol:
the player does not have access to exterior accessories for the moment.it can just access internet.
[Moto X Q&A] pinguin_stoney:
Hello everybody, this is my first post here and I hope I'm at the right section for my question.

I unlocked my moto x (2013) and installed cm 12.1 almost everything worked fine, accept the gps and I got frustrated from the "Unlocked Bootloader Warning"

* To make the gps working I gave the following commands using fastboot:

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

* Also I used the next command to get rid of the "Unlocked Bootloader Warning:

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

(I used a .bin file that was provided by a site with a explanation how to get rid of the warning)

After this, the phone won't turn on, only when I hold the power button for a long time the phone starts vibrating, and than it will continue vibrating with a ± 20 sec interval. When I hold down the volume up and down buttons simultaneously the phone enters the boot-menu There I can choose to start normally and the phone works, but every time I turn it off it won't turn on again and starts with the vibrating sequence .

Did I do something wrong ? (apparently I did) or could it be the .bin file ? any help will be appreciated :)
[Moto X Q&A] hbenz2008:
Reflash stock bin
[Moto X Q&A] pinguin_stoney:
Thanx, my pc (winxp) gave me a blue screen while flashing, but on my macbook it works, and also with another bin file (not the stock one) the phone works again. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaguy501:
I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Straight Talk, SM-S975L, running 4.3 jellybean. I want to unlock my bootloader but not sure how, I've tried watching some videos on youtube, but it hasn't been much help all it shows are S4's that are the i9500 models, I guess I might be missing something, so if anyone could help me with this, I would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Supposedly the bootloader on that model is not locked. Was this one of the threads you read?
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] droidenforcer:
Umm..! Motherboard of my SPV got shortcircuited last to last week

so can anyone tell me what is its cost(INR)? And is there online store sort of thing to get it fixed In INDIA?

Pls no service centre suggestions

Thanks :)
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] DeepSahota:
1200 Rs
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] droidenforcer:
Dude service centre is charging INR 2290 for it Umm is there any site where i get it repaired?

THANKS
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] DeepSahota:
Listen dude I'm moving to Europe so I can't help you but I have a contact and he's going to be in New Delhi at Tuesday

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You can buy new phone in just 3500 rs
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] droidenforcer:
Thanks for your help but i live in Varanasi

but Still Thanks :)
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] Ch374n:
Its spare parts not available online

Any online where i can get it's circuit board?

:confused:
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sparkplug619:
I have the MTK drivers installed, when I plug in my phone, it pops up in device manager as "MediaTek preloader usb vcom (android) (com3)" which I believe is exactly what it should say, but there is a yellow caution sign next to it as well as an error on my taskbar stating the device is not recognized.

I have tried to flash anyway and the flash tool just refuses to find it. Ive uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled 100 times, manually pointed to the drivers, tried power+vol up, which gives the most action in the flash tool followed by an error.

upon inspection of the driver under device manager I am presented with an error under the log which I believe is the reason it is saying it is unrecognizable the error is "The USB device returned an invalid serial number string descriptor."

I been at this thing for 2 hours now... any help is appreciated!!!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sparkplug619:
problem solved.... I just booted up Ubuntu and flashed twrp from there. no problems whatsoever.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
I had gotten the note7 in store originally. Got the 256g. With that promo.... traded in for s7e and got the vr headset on the way...now I've gotten my note7 v2 and another 256g sd card on the way... But here's my question how do I get the gear vr bonus content. When I no longer have the s7e.... please and thank you for your reaponses.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] rcobourn:
I believe there is a number to call, provided with the bonus content, for changing IMEI in event of a warranty replacement. Hopefully they will take care of it, haven't received mine yet either.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
See I'm worried because mine has not shipped yet... what if they catch on to me doing the multipromo because of the recall
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] DVS_Sokar:
Change it only have the headset ships. You don't need to do it before. But per the documentation they will change it and it can take up to 3 days.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
See that's my thoughts kinda hard for them to cancel shipment once shipped... So then I'll call and see if they can change it
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] rcobourn:
Worst case you lose the content bonus.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
Don't want to lose the content though
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Jamonguyen:
I ordered the VR on my replacement note 7. This is the statement in there email they sent me

"Once you receive your Gear VR, your Oculus content bonus will be available as a digital download from the Oculus store. Please make sure to create an Oculus account and download your content before 11:59:59pm PT on 2/28/17 when the download expires.*

Don’t forget, if your original Galaxy device has been replaced by your carrier or retailer and is not the original device you used to register for this promotion, you will need to call Samsung Customer Support at 1-800-SAMSUNG and provide them with your new IMEI and Wi-Fi MAC address in order to be able to access your Oculus content bonus. Please allow 72 hours after you update us with your new device for this content to be available. "
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
I received my email saying the gear vr has shipped. So I called Samsung told them that I wanted to switch the imei of the bonus content from my s7e to my note7. They said no problem. Had to give them both imei's... But all good and my second sd card was just prepared to ship.....
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] DVS_Sokar:
Well I am now revising my statement. Change it now if you want. Apparently once approved the order is sent to Prizelogic for fulfillment. At this point it's out of Samsung's hands. So it doesn't matter anymore. You just are going to need the IMEI and WiFi Mac of the old and new devices and allow up to 3 days.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
You are right
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] KillaHurtz:
I just told T-Mobile I couldn't access the content and they added a $100 credit when I first got the S7 Edge (two of them).
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
What do you mean you just told tmobile you couldn't access the content???? What exactly took place? Did you call or go to store?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] KillaHurtz:
I called customer care and told them the oculus content wasn't showing on either S7 Edge. They credited me the $100 total.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Tinythejuggalo:
Tmobile or samsung
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] asusm930:
Hey guys. I have kenzo on the latest stable rom and USB doesnt seem to be working. When I connect to my pc (WINDOWS 10 32-BIT) the phone charges but nothing else happens. There is no option to change to mtp mode on phone AND nothing shows up on my PC and nothing on device manager

How do I fix this because I want to unlock my bootloader in the future and if the PC cant detect my phone then I'm screwed. Thanks so much in advance

and yes, the mi flash tool, adb drivers, you call it, all is installed
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Him2may:
Is your problem solved???

Is yes please tell me what you did.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] djyoshii:
Hey guys,

So before I go ahead an attempt to unlock my bootloader and root my phone, just wanted to clear a couple of things up first.

This is my first Huawei device, previous one was a Sony, so I'm a little unfamiliar with a few things.

1. Is unlocking the bootloader required for root? If not, could someone point me in the direction of a guide to root only?

On the Sony, as long as I had a compatible firmware, I could root without unlocking the bootloader.

2. Will I lose any DRM Keys, proprietary features (Force Touch, Themes etc) through unlocking the bootloader and/or rooting? If so, can these be restored afterwards, while retaining root?

Again, with the Sony, unlocking the bootloader would result in losing DRM Keys related to visual enhancements, and were required to be backed up (via TABackup) prior to unlocking the bootloader. These could then be restored after root, and function as normal.

3. If you do lose features, and they can't be restored while keeping root. If I flash a stock ROM back on, losing root in the process, will these features also be restored?

Thanks
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] prismfire:
1) I used the SRK Tool (http://xdaforums.com/p9-plus/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-bootloader-root-t3405999) and it showed step by step on rooting. Unlocking bootloader seems to be one of the steps before rooting. Maybe you can ask somboons about it.

2) For me, unlocking the bootloader basically resets my phone. And added a warning just before the phone bootup to android (from cold state or off state) that the bootloader has been unlocked and the phone is not trusted now. Just need to restore the apps and other data through the HiSuite backups after unlocking and rooting seems to be fine. Not sure about DRM keys, and others as didn't try those out before doing bootloader unlock. But I did lost my remote set up as it was not part of the HiSuite's data backup.

3) Do a backup with HiSuite should be able to help you. Just need to identify in the HiSuite that the apps and their data is being backed up.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] djyoshii:
Thanks mate, I did have a look at that thread as well, and another (less detailed) post. Was just wanting to confirm if there was any other method without need for bootloader unlocking. Figure the less things to modify, the less chance of something going wrong, which has worked well for me so far.

Any way to remove that message while retaining root? Sounds similar to the 'yellow triangle' back when I had an S2, but that was able to be removed, is this the same?

Not too worried about backing up apps & data at the moment, I haven't fully set up my phone as I realised it would most likely be lost upon rooting. But thanks for the heads up! :D

Sorry I was more thinking along the lines of, if any P9+ exclusive features were to be lost during root, could they easily be restored simply by flashing a stock ROM again? Apps & app data seem to be easy enough to restore via HiSuite/Titanium etc
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] prismfire:
The orange colored message i read from somewhere that it's Android security implementation standard or something. There's red message also which renders the whole phone can not boot in unless being reset.

In terms of the exclusive apps, not that I know of. Checked with my friend who kept her device as it is, without all the unlock and rooting, and compare with my device which went through and upgrade, unlock and a rooting process - no missing apps noticed.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] Abdo2:
Thanks guys

I read ur conversation and I have been wondering if it's safe so thank you. But I still have 1 question "if I change my oem can I still use my 2 sims"?
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] djyoshii:
So i've successfully rooted the phone, and yeah I get that 'your device has been unlocked and isn't safe' message on boot. It's not too much of a bother, besides being unsightly, but I don't really reboot my phone too often anyway.

I haven't noticed anything missing either, a few minor bugs have started to appear, but that might have to do with Xposed (I would guess).

Thanks for the advice & help!
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] prismfire:
Dear Abdo2,

I'm not knowledgeable about the term oem here.

But if it is an issue of dual sim usage, I presume it's built into the ROM? What I know is all P9+ are hybrid dual sim, so it should be part of the ROM that you have.

I'm using VIE-L29C636B170. And it have the dual sim support in-built...although I've not used it yet.

See if anyone knowledgeable to your question passing by here can answer you. If not, maybe you can try the question & answer thread. Or post as another new thread if really no one got your question.

Regards.

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Dear djyoshii,

Good to know.

About the security message, one of it is mentioned here:

https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot/verified-boot.html

For minor bugs, I'm not sure what you have. I've 3 games and 1 app that behaves not like when I used my previous phone (on Android 5.0). That's around 3-5% of all the apps that I used (meaning, majority works fine). Of those some of them related to Android 6.0 issue (actually the apps not updated for the Android version well). So, for me generally I would think it's marshmallow thing.

Regards.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] gazzacbr:
Hi,

long time htc user (always totally unlocked) but looking to get a p9 plus for my wife (this is the important part).

can someone give me a simple answer...

if i only root the phone (for titanium backup mainly and maybe some cosmetic mods) will i be able to unroot it and return it under warranty?

phones here in Dubai are all unbranded so no problems there.

I have no need to unlock bootloader (yet ;) )
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] prismfire:
Dear gazzacbr,

From what I tried (been a while since I last did this), one will have to unlock the bootloader first before rooting. Apparently rooting is the last step of the whole process (if you are using the SRK tools). Now, to go back to the status of unrooted, I just use the superSU's total unroot option to unroot. And to go further back to bootloader, there is an option within SRK tool but my last attempt failed to relock the bootloader back. Didn't spend so much time to play around with the unlocking the bootloader after that. So, I just use as is - unlocked bootloader with no root.

One thing you need to note, for titanium backup, I end up just using their own desktop application called HiSuite. It does backup app and app data for you. Not system apps' data though. For theme customisation, MIUI do have a friendly Themer app that you can use to change the look. The corresponding theme files (*.hwt) are zipped, so you can always use 7zip to open and edit the assets inside to the one that you want.
[Huawei P9 Plus Questions & Answers] gazzacbr:
Ok, thanks for the good info [MENTION=1390443]prismfire[/MENTION]. As long as it could be rooted sometime later then thats fine. Will pick up one this weekend.

Am going to be jealous though as I guess it's a step up from my 'old' M8