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[Note 7 Questions & Answers] The Phone Company:
Stopped reading after "androidcentralsucks"
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] androidcentralsucks:
Yawn
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] winol:
this "androidcentral....." does not know what he wants, a good phone or get attention, or something I cant imagine, four phones? really? and keeps moaning and cying? and, has the patience to write endless pages with complaints and half baked reasons to keep complaining!! any other would switched to other device, and stop all this boring crap, so, I think there is something fishy about this poster......
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Sirdragonx:
Not to mention that someone offered to buy the phone from him and he just insulted him and called him a fan boy.

Sure, he wasn't offering full price but if it was me with a phone like he describes, I would sell the thing as is, take the loss and get an iPhone!

He's an IT guy, I'm sure he can afford it. It guys make good money!

And honestly, if you care so much about sending a message to Samsung I would have been done and never bought another Samsung product after the second exchange. The only one to blame for you having a sh#t phone is you for being ignorant enough to exchange it 3 times. Now that's true fan boy behavior. Maybe your the upset fan boy.

OK, go ahead and insult me. Oh and don't forget to call me a fan boy. Did I forget? Don't forget to remind me how stupid I am for owning a Note 7 or how stupid and ignorant I am. Oh and I'm a fan boy too...... Lol

It's all good, at least I wasn't dumb enough to exchange a phone 3 times when I was an apple person to begin with. Sorry but the truth hurts. You only screwed yourself and unfortunately you're not man enough to admit it!

OK now let the insults begin because I am sure you are going to go off on me again like you have everybody else. Actually this is getting kinda fun.

We get it! Your phone sucks! Samsung Sucks! Did I miss anything. Oh I forgot, I suck too... Lol

He wants attention, not a new phone!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] :
Let's get this thread back on track here please. If there's an issue to be discussed, then discuss the issue. Let's keep things respectful as well.

Sound good?

:good:
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
By reacting we're playing in to his (or her) hand. ;) S/he joined two days ago (IT person?) and hasn't posted outside this forum. So contributing to the forum in any constructive way clearly isn't the reason s/he's here. What's funny is that in life people who look for bad and are inherently negative always seem to draw the short straw. Across a dozen Samsung mobile devices since 2011 I've had only one issue. A grey market i9100 I imported from the UK developed a crack in its chrome-tastic bezel. Samsung UK fixed it under warranty which included replacing the entire display. All I had to do was pay to ship it there. Karma's a funny thing. ;)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] androidcentralsucks:
yup... ;)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] winol:
I think there is nothing left to say, that is, something useful and constructive
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] androidcentralsucks:
Yawn..
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] :
Since there seems to be no further discussion of value to be had here, I'm left with one option...

Thread closed.
[Android Auto General] lordxenu:
Hi all,

Quick question, does anyone know of a simple lock screen like PIN I can install on my joying android head unit ?

I have to take my car in for a service and leave it with the garage for a day, and I don't really fancy them having access to my email and all my google accounts.

I don't see any option to enable locking in the security settings on the head unit.

I would want to remove it afterwards too.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Nova5:
No phone attached, no access. Aa is a second screen, nothing more.
[Android Auto General] lordxenu:
it's an android head unit ... it's not using the AA launcher.

even without any data connection, then can still read previously downloaded emails on the unit.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] zooperaj:
Hi all experts,

Can we project phone screen on car's dash screen and operate phone from dash screen?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] TLS2000:
The answer is yes, depending on what you're willing to spend.

Pioneer AppRadio devices allow for that, if you have a rooted phone and use AppRadio Unchained or AppRadio Unchained Reloaded. You'll more than likely need to use mirrorlink or chromecast to make it work, and it will be very buggy, dropping connections often.

Another option to get a decent, but not perfect Android experience is to get an Android Auto compatible deck in your car. I use this now, as it's a much smoother experience than using the AppRadio was. Pioneer decks that support Android Auto are also compatible with AppRadio.

The third option is to get a dedicated Android deck in the car and use tethering from your phone to give it data.

I highly recommend the Android Auto option. It's not a compete mirror, but it's smooth and integrates well with most cars with proper adapters to allow steering wheel controls.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] zooperaj:
Thank you for your valuable reply!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] TigerTiger:
Do you know where a WM device saves the contacts?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] v3patel:
Pim.vol in root directory

To the best of my knowledge it is in pim.vol in root directory.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] shaolin95:
So 3 things prevent this phone from being perfect for me.

#1 Lack of NFC (but I knew about it so nothing I can do).

#2 Bad Wifi speeds at 5Ghz

#3 GPS not working until reboot issues.

So for the Wifi issue, from the same location that I was getting over 100Mb downloads from my Note 10.1 and 60-70 on my Xperia Z Ultra, this phone was barely making it to 25-30. That created issues as it will start buffering even watching 1080p youtube videos.

Switching to 2.4 was more stable but barely enough speed.

So I went into the developer options and dsiabled the option that says " Use Legacy DHCP client" and now my speeds are over 60Mb from the same location. No more buffering or slow app downloads!

Not sure if it will vary since the devices picky but if you are having a similar issue, then it is worth trying.

I am currently testing a couple of things for the GPS to see if it helps. At least this morning, it was working but we shall see if it works tomorrow and so on.

Regards
[Huawei MediaPad X2] E--Man:
Thanks for posting, and keep us updated especially on the GPS issue!
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
I have problems with this setting on wlan now. If there is a strong unknown 5 ghz wlan in the near and I want to stay in a known 2,4 wlan.

My x2 tries to swap to the stronger and faster wlan and recognizes that it does not know a password for it. Then it will return to my known wlan and login automatically.

This happens regulary after a few seconds.

At home I have one 5 ghz wlan and 2 with 2,4 ghz. All have the same SSID and password. So no problem there.

Any ideas to force my device to stay in the 2,4 wlan on the other location with the unknown network?

If I switch back to the 'old' lollipop dhcp client setting the problem goes away.

It just tests once the new network and if the password is not available, it stops checking this again and again.

On my nexus 6p this problem is not present, so there could be a solution for the x2, too.

My device: 701->703 B211 xposed 86
[Huawei MediaPad X2] Steamer2499:
It would be so nice to find a GPS solution
[Huawei MediaPad X2] E--Man:
Huawei is able to find a solution to this if they wanted to and send an update, so it's disappointing that they make no efforts to do so!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hpark21:
I do not know whether it is coincidence, but I updated couple of days ago and all of sudden, starting this morning, the Android system is draining battery at alarming rate. It does appear that this happens only when I am on cellular network and not on wifi.

I have been off the charger about 2 hours and my battery is down to about 50% already.

The phone is running very hot. (I took it out of the case) It does not appear that turning off cellular data affects this at all.

Rebooted the phone couple of times to no avail, at this point, I am considering factory reset of the phone, but would like to get some opinions on what may be the cause.

I saw the thread on the "android system battery drain", but this does not appear to be related to what majority of people are reporting as this slows down the phone significantly enough that the phone is almost unusable at this point.

Cleared cache but don't think is helping. That said, when I was trying to get to the recovery, the system said "Installing update" and then "No command", before getting me to the cache, I am wondering whether the "update" did not clean up itself...

Thanks.

EDIT: Looks like the system cache clearing did help after all.... System appear to be working normally now. Will have to see..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hpark21:
Ok, well, back to the drawing board. The phone behaved ok all day long. Came home, I did 2 things, turn on wifi, and then turned on bluetooth to test out a headphone and then shut off the bluetooth. High battery drain again. Phone got hot and everything is VERY sluggish.

Shut down, cleared the cache again. Will see what happened.

Is there a way to go BACK to previous stock ROM WITHOUT factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hpark21:
Found out the issue, it was Oculus update which caused the issue. Looks like the bug caused the "Oculus Room" to install it self over and over again. I manually ran the Oculus home app, and it prompted me to update, which I did and it appear to have fixed the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ssgunner20:
Flash your decice with version from sammobile.com
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] big_sw2000:
I have this exact same problem, posted about it yesterday but had no help.

I don't have Oculus on my phone though. But phone behaves for a most of the day, then does as the OP describes, still cant see why, but its only since the update.

Steve
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] samsungisover:
Verizon GS4 i545

Rooted,

OF1 stock deodexed ROM,

xposed active.

Somehow the manufacture id was changed to Verizon instead of Samsung so no drivers recognize phone.

Anyone know how to edit and fix?

thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] samsungisover:
Edit to ask:

Can i just edit the build.prop file in /system?

there's an entry that says "ro.product.brand=Verizon"

if i just change Verizon to Samsung will that fix it without breaking anything?
[Moto X General] PabloMSDN:
Well, hello everyone, as I don't have that many posts. I cannot create a new thread in the Development Section. So yeah, sorry about that.

But I decided to create this thread to make some people's life easier when it comes to find this fix. So, here it is!

Edit this line in the Build.prop file (better with Root Explorer) and then, reboot the device:

persist.audio.handset.mic.type=digital --> replace digital with analog

Hope you have fixed everything! I'll be here to respond to any comment or issues you may have. Theoretically you should not have problems, but no one knows. If I don't answer quickly, sorry, I have a life and I'm most of my time busy.

Have a nice one!
[Moto X General] LenAsh:
FYI - this isn't something that would be for the Development Fora - it's therefore fine here in General
[Moto X General] riyosakura:
I did this. Video recording noise is fix. But im unable to switch to loudspeaker.

Switch it back to digital, loudspeaker work fine. Do you have any solution for this?
[Moto X General] kmiloxdxd:
hey, snapchat won't record videos frontal neither rear camera, what to do, CM13, Moto x
[X Play Themes and Apps] diegomartinezlovey:
Thanking G+ User William Li

The new command center from the moto z force that run in every 6.0+ devices.

For no Root user too .

Credits By Kane
[X Play Themes and Apps] Prosis:
Nice one, thanks!
[X Play Themes and Apps] dfranco51207:
not working in stock rom with pixel launcher .
[X Play Themes and Apps] diegomartinezlovey:
yes, i have same issues...but work fine with nova or google home
[X Play Themes and Apps] jhashiv:
Link to play store is broken can fix that.. Thanks
[X Play Themes and Apps] diegomartinezlovey:
Just download the file attached and install
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-Ge:
So my question is quite straight-foward.

When you bought your Xperia SP?

Did you use screen protector all of this time?

Did we really need screen protector or not? Please share your experience, with or without it.

I bought mine on June 2013, and since that, my screen almost never had contact with fresh air. Always protected using 3rd party screen protector. I'm too afraid to peel off mine. My screen protector had a few quite scratch. So now I have two option, buy new one, or live without it. Need opinions.

Thanks alot guys.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomoms:
One year ago my father almost threw my SP into a brook. Fortunately it didn't land in the water but on the gravel that constituted the bank of the brook. The phone now has got some scratches on the left side of the aluminium frame and on the screen there's only this small and superficial scratch (look in the phone's corner in the attached photo). Even if the impact wasn't a very strong one, I'd still say that the screen protector isn't needed unless you often hit your phone with violence :)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnoSparks:
I bought mine in December 2013, and similar like you, the screen is fully protected the second it was bought from the Sony centre.

It has also been replaced a multiple of times. I used the plastic one, which is also the first one, for quite a long while. for about a year if i could pinpoint correctly. It worked fine back then, no peels at the edges and such, just that i discovered we can find glass screen protector on ebay and decided to use glass one ever since.

Coincidentally; i am currently waiting for a new one to arrive

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So stories aside, i think you would be better off with a screen protector. A slight scratch on my screen would bother me so much — not that i am obsessed with having a scratch free screen to show off to people, it's just that a single scratch could distort the content on the screen (ie that RGB stripes that you can see) and that bothers me so much. If it is on a screen protector i can accept that because I know if i replace a new one the thing will go away but if it is really on the real phone screen then that's another story of indefinite frustration.

So yeah, TL;DR: Get a screen protector

But yeah; personal opinion should not dictate other's choices.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revontheus:
Yeah, considering the SP has a flat screen, a tempered glass would provide great protection from accidental drops while giving you that "naked" display feeling compared to film protectors.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExclusiveBFS:
It's almost my third year with my xsp. I haven't used any screen protectors except the first few months, but there's not even a single scratch or anything looks and feels bad on my screen. I dropped it a lot, even from the second floor but screen is still fine.

But use one anyways.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkumar326:
XSP Screen

XSP has scratch less glass. Unless you hit it with nail, it won't get any scratch. I suggest you to not to cover it. It looks beautiful without cover.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luizzeross:
I bought mine more than three years ago, on July 2013. On first month, without a screen-film, it started to get minor and almost invisible little scratches, probably from walking long distances with it shaking on my pocket. So I decided to put a screen-film and have been using it since then. Never changed the film, I will soon.

About covers or frame-bumpers, I would recommend one. My SP got a crack on the lower blinker glass after a drop in the garage. After the rubber cover I dropped it a lot of times and the glass is still ok.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aamie1:
I have had mine for just over 3 years now. It came with a screen protector in the box. I messed up trying to install it and as dust was stuck between it and the screen, I removed the protector within less than an hour.

3 years later, the plastic surrounding the screen is in quite a poor state but the screen itself is immaculate.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] G4B33:
What do you think about that? Is that really important? My hands are very shaky tough, I have a z1 compact now, and I can't really get clear photos at night.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] myseg:
I have the original MI 5 and now I can't imagine life without OIS....

Night pictures are significantly better, video shooting, when held by hand is better, and overall photo blurriness is lower.

However the dual cameras have some advantages too, like on the huawei P9, but as seen on the redmi pro, xiaomi hasn't done much to make the second camera count...

The MI 5s is a better phone than the MI5 as hardware goes, but imho the dual camera setup is just a gimmick for now :rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
Why would they omitt ois on the regular 5s? So the mi5 had it?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] troublecro:
Mi5 regular has it yes
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] paul1508:
Are you 100% sure, the normal 5s (not the 5s plus) lacks OIS?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] G4B33:
Let's just say 99.9% :crying:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Klanac89:
100% no OIS
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] jlmcr87:
It have electronic image stabilization like the google pixel: http://en.miui.com/thread-376042-1-1.html
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] literadesign:
I wouldn't completely agree on this. The combination of colour and BW sensor produces better night time photos, as BW sensor is much more sensitive and when combined with colour info from the other sensor it can produce a better overall image in challenging lighting conditions. If they've implemented photo app as they should, results should actually be better.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] BPSoft:
What's interesting is that Google Pixel with the same IMX378 (without OIS) competes with the iPhone 7, thanks to its software engine. I am thinking... it could be possible to import their engine to mi5S? It's something like camera app related or deeper?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Hendrickson:
If you want good 4k video it's a deal breaker. I have the Mi5S and made a comparison against a S6 Edge+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su6ldDSR47o
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Kant1:
Your video is very impressive !! I had almost bought it and now I don't know what to do ! Maybe the Axon 7 ...

Thank you !!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] literadesign:
Comparing it side to side one sees the difference, but looking at just MI5S it seems good just as well. I wouldn't worry too much. 5s uses Sony's sensor. A very good one.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] patoberli:
It depends if you make video in 4k or 2k. In 2k you have electrical image stabilizer (EIS) working, which is a help. In 4k you don't have it though. For photos it's also disabled.

As the Mi 5s (currently) runs on android 6 and the google Pixel on 7.1, there is no chance to port to image engine at the moment. Only time will tell if that changes in the future.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Kajcha:
This is a deal breaker for me.

I really thought I found the perfect phone.

But seeing how shaky videos are, IDK what to do now...

In my country, the 5s is about 350e, it's new, not many are selling it yet.

But the 5 is about 260-280e and there are a few sellers.

I love the 1080p 120fps, but the lack of OIS on the 5s is killing me.

Should I get the regular Mi 5?

Should I just swallow the fact that the 5s doesn't have OIS?

I hear it's EIS but only for 1080p and only for video.

I've seen photos, I'm confident I won't mind in that area, but the 4k OIS, or lack of...

Do you guys think I'm making this too much of a problem when it's really not?

I was searching for the perfect phone that was also not too expensive. That doesn't charge for the name.

This is really making me sad... Almost had it.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] patoberli:
Do you even have something that can play and display 4k videos? I don't, so I don't make any 4k videos in any case.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Kajcha:
I do...

LG 4k OLED.

I paid big money for it. Would hate to see shaky video on such a nice TV.

Imagine sitting down with someone, watching videos from travelling or something, and seeing how shaky your phone camera is...

When I spend big money on electronics, I expect them to provide good quality.

However, I dislike spending money on brand name. That's why I don't want to spend x2 more on a phone by Samsung, or similar.

Xiaomi is 1 of those brands that doesn't really make you pay for the name.

My TV is different, since, when I bought it, it was 1 of a kind. Truly outstanding quality. OLED was exclusive to LG.

Also, my monitor is 4k.

That's why this is a deal breaker for me. The lack of OIS on Mi 5s.

And that's why I'm really torn apart, whether to get the Mi 5. It's older phone, but the CPU isn't that big of a difference. It's like 5% difference on energy savings.

However, the bigger pixel size, looks to be good and photos are better, even without OIS and even in low light, on the Mi 5s.

Still don't know what to do.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] patoberli:
I anyway wouldn't film with my mobile, for that I have a camera which also has built in zoom function :) But I know what you mean.

The Mi 5 is also a good phone, also it's only a bit older than 7 months, which is still very new. You might want to check out the new Oneplus 3T or Meizu phones, maybe they have an OIS.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] thecresta:
I feel the same, I'm happy with 2K EIS.

Maybe a clever Dev will find a way to unlock EIS on 4K, it sounds very possible.

I feel many people are waiting for the grey version to become available again, once they have shipped we should see more development for this device.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Guides, News, & Discussion] Pvcabr:
That would be awesome. Google Pixel's estabilization is incredible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] soninja8:
Woke up this morning to my S7 Edge being extremely hot. I immediately took it off the charger because I thought the battery was maybe overheating, but it now appears to be a CPU usage issue. It will not go below 50% usage (often staying at 90-98%. The phone is continuously hot and battery drains ~1%/minute without usage. I have tried restarting the phone multiple times without change. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Update: the issue appears to stem from an Oculus automatic update. Uninstalling the Oculus app solves the issue. Read more here: https://goo.gl/Mt5FJy (thanks AVKillah)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] colpliscol:
High CPU and battery drain

I woke up to the same thing this morning. Phone running hot (processor-based problem, not the display or the charger). Have rebooted several times. It doesn't help. I can't find the offender app. Android processes are taking up most of the battery usage according to the battery monitor. This has never happened before.

Anyone have a fix?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] xdathekilljoy:
Same here! Just late last night before bed.

The phone is running hot, lagging, keyboard constantly closes.

Trying to install anything hangs forever. Reboots and ram clears are not helping.

Haven't tried full cache wipe yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] soninja8:
Already tried full cache wipe through recovery. No change. Thinking about factory resetting but I have so many settings that would be wiped out...