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[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longtimeforumtroll:
Long time lurker looking for some advice.

After doing some research, I'm seriously considering purchasing a moto g Turbo.

The community here seems really active and positive, with new updates coming pretty fast and I would like to get involved with development.

The price difference between the 2015 and turbo is only about 20 euro at the moment, but the performance difference seems pretty huge, which means I'm leaning towards the turbo.

All of my previous phones have had issues with the usb port, which is no big deal to replace in general, and in this case it couldn't be easier, except I don't see a lot of replacement parts for the xt 1557 model available online. How difficult is it to get parts?

It seems like when there are parts available, it's almost always the sim card / mem card flex cable. Is this a common replacement?

With official lineage os support are we likely to see a resurgence? with the device aging as it is, are we likely to see more or fewer repair options avaible?

Can anyone offer advice or recommendations?

Have you had to replace anything? Which parts? were they pretty expensive or quite reasonable?

Thanks in advance!
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firdous95:
Since the phone is similar to moto g3 getting replacement parts will not be that big of a problem. Motp g3 is quite popular. And moto phones do not break so easily u can buy moto g turbo without any problem.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longtimeforumtroll:
Thanks for the reply :)

My understanding was that the g3 was a very popular phone, but that the turbo had a somewhat limited release. (which we can see with the number of rom/kernel variations as well)

I am only a little nervous, but I've run into a number of hardware problems in the past, where quite similar didn't work.

Has anyone tried replacing the moto g turbo usb port with a replacement from the g3?

I can't see them changing the build, and I've watched teardown videos, but I can't find a hi res

image of them online to compare.

From the form factor of the body, it looks like they should be 1:1 interchangeable, but there could be a minor difference that would prevent this from working...

Are there any other things that I should watch out for? Early signs of problems? Any particular model number to avoid? I'm looking at the xt 1557.

Thanks again for any insight and input.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ojas25.8:
Nothing much really, when I got my xt1557 year and half ago , this was one the thermally good octa core phones with good performance to price ratio. Right now it's a little "not newly launched" so unless you are capped by price and need to go for 2015 launched phones you can see other devices too which are newly launched as they would sustain interest for long. Of topic suggestion , but wanted to state a point.

And ya coming back to topic , I have even dropped phone multiple times from 1-1.5m height approx. never had too much major damage. The phone is quite strong and well built, and the glass too is tough enough. Overall good phone. And yes the osprey to Merlin ratio of ROMs is...M. lil more than surprising so consider that too if you want. But yeah even now all apps and all work smooth enough :)
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longtimeforumtroll:
Thanks Ojas,

Which rom are you running? I doubt that I would stick with stock for any length of time, but I believe that the community here is very active in bringing the latest to the phone.

As far as newer goes, I'd rather stick with a larger company, and then the price tends to climb when you factor in ip67, if you can even find it. Even then, the roms available tend to be heavily modified for bloatware/poor skinning/heavily restricted options, which brings me back to the g3 turbo.

I would love to pick up the g5, but then the price goes up again, and there's no ip67.

It seems like a silly question, but do all cases / screen protectors that fit the g3 fit the turbo as well?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ojas25.8:
I don't know, I don't use case myself... So kinda have very minor almost none noticable in usual vision dents around. And ya right now me on stock as the custom ROMs, right now I kinda face a WiFi download issues so decided to use stock for while for getting lil peace of mind or whatever. That issue isn't very big tho. Most of the users either don't mind or they don't face that, I don't know. But for me I do kinda get little problem as I have to keep the checking downloads again and again in case I need to resume. I think this has a little workaround by selecting the app req as not optimising battery. But anyways, android N has recently come so things are getting closer and closer towards perfection slowly. And ya about ip67 and all. It's about usage and all. One doesn't usually go dipping their phone around. But yeah being even splash proof and lil waterproof is okay as you can wash the phone (never did myself) or spray some water over it to wipe screen or cool it down I don't need to worry as it is well waterproof.only there waterproof factor comes into being for me. As for custom ROMs, most ROMs are stable and also official. And are updated frequently enough. Only little things left, tho it has come a long way, the earlier android N builds were very contrast in stability etc to the ones exist now.

Btw it doesn't kinda require screen protector. The gorrila glass is tough enough

And ya drop height, I think 1.5 m is too much time it around 1 m
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longtimeforumtroll:
It's reassuring to hear that it's a pretty tough / well built phone, and always good to hear a long term opinion rather than a review from someone who's only had the phone for a few weeks.

The ip67 is for both dust and water, something that are of a concern to me, same goes double for the screen protector, although just having the glass is very nice.

I've had some slippery phones in the past, so I don't mind carrying around a little extra protection in the way of a rubber case and screen protector. Just not sure if the cases / screen protectors for the regular moto g3 will fit the turbo models.

:D I guess that's also why this thread started out by asking about replacement parts/ where to buy / what fits both models / and if they're producing them or not.

Thanks again for the feedback.
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kankanmeli:
Been using this phone for over a a year now, we have 2 turbo's in my family, and another 5 turbos among relatives.

All have been functioning excellently. No problems with any device whatsoever. The xt1557 is built like a tank, and yeah the IP rating definitely helps.

As for replacement parts, they are quite cheap and easily available through moto direct service centres (atleast here in Bangalore). Not all parts from the G3 are compatible with turbo. As explained to me by the service centre guys: "The 2 models run different SoC's, hence their circuitry greatly differs. For exacmple, the USB circuitry in G3 does not support the turbo charging functionality, hence not cross compatible".

Although Lenovo has clarified that xt1557 would not be receiving any official updates, the recent "official" lineage recognition was enough for me to stick to this device for another year. The device does not feel like it has aged, the battery, camera, performance are still more than sufficient for my usage (i do not game).

Go ahead, buy it.:good:
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ojas25.8:
Merlin isn't slippery it has ridges on back cover
[Android Apps and Games] KaP94:
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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] OnagerMK5:
For some reason my AM will play a song for between 30secs-1min and then crash. I am running AM on Tilt. It is driving me crazy so I will really appreciate whoever can help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Hey, did anyone achieved google assistant on your galaxy s7? Can't get it. Beta version of google play services also does not work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] horr1blek1tten:
I believe we need to accept an ota for that apparently from what I've been reading.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Hurricane Andrew:
My understanding is that it's a server side switch, no update required. I think they may have jumped the gun with the announcement last week since I've heard very few reports of assistant becoming available not only on the S7/S7 Edge, but even other marshmallow/nougat devices as of yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Does the region of your phone affect on receiving an update? Or only the interface language?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] AzzyC:
You can get Google Assistant by downloading Lucky Patcher and patching the Google App to have Google Assistant enabled. Fully functioning thank you to the patch modder. Give it a go! It worked for me, but I prefer Google Now as the screen search is so handy and I've become fixed to it.

Good luck and let me know if you have troubles with the app!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Briankbl:
Is root required? Can you walk through the steps? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
I tried without root. Unsuccessful. "Pattern not found! or patch is already applied?!"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Maybe because i have signed up to a beta testing of google application? Its v.6.14.14.21.arm64 now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] AzzyC:
I'm sorry for assuming you guys had root. I believe so that it requires root to modify the odex
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] PalmCentro:
No need to root anymore to get assistant!

I got assistant yesterday on my stock S7!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Oh man, can you please tell me your version of google play services and google app? Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] PalmCentro:
It's not related to the version, It's server side.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Really? I thought it is a combination of these factors...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Hurricane Andrew:
It's server side, per Google themselves. Reports today are that the rollout has been accelerated, but still nothing for me though there are lots more reports of folks who have gotten it last night/today.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Finally i got it.

After an update of google app XD.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Drunkula:
I have it on my stock (not rooted) Verizon Wireless S7. It came over with the Nougat update, or shortly thereafter. So far I don't like it. But that is probably more about unfamiliarity than anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] AzzyC:
Same tbh. I also didn't like that you can no longer screen search as freely. Google Now still doing wonders for me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Updated Google app and running the correct Google services framework, but no Assistant

I tried it with Google Allo and didn't like it there so not really fussed, but wonder why it hasn't activated for me

EDIT -Changed primary system language to US and it worked
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cactiw:
Also assistant cant identify songs yet.

Thats strange. Why google can not just copy program code from google now?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] kufel:
Yeah, i had assistant on my s7 edge but after samsung replace motherboard which obviously factory reset my phone i can't get it any more.... Beta tester for both play services and Google app....

Cleared data of both apps as well, long press invokes screen search and no assistant settings in google app....
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajroxxx:
Devs,

The performance of le 2 is very bad when it comes to gaming.

It is the same in every stock eui to miui and all lineage os ROMs like AICP which uses lineage is kernel.

As per my finding this is due to severe thermal throttling in eui as well as in lineage os 13 and 14.1.

Firstly the two A72 CORES don't run while any task making it like SD 650 and clock go soo down at reaching 34° to 35°c and at above temp all A72 CORES ARE DOWN in lineage is and only one works in stock eui, same goes with GPU under clocking starts at 32°c making gaming experience horrible,

Even kernel auditor don't have any control in any of the ROMs and in lineage is 14.1 27 Feb build it is told it have core control but it can make all A72 cores run couldn't control clock speeds and result is the same ,

So I request devs please make a kernel from scrap and don't take hints from eui kernel and give us good gaming experience.

Thank you
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivamg95:
My findings were exactly same as yours, the cpu and gpu, both are underclocking for even slightest of temperature rise. This is bad, but the good news is, I figured out a way, by which we can disable this poorly configured thermal throtling.

Delete this file here: /system/etc/thermal-engine-s2.conf

I don't know it it is safe or not, but I have been gaming with my device after deleting this file for about 10 days and there is no explosions yet. Hahaha.

Also, if you want, instead of deleting this file, you can modify some parameters so that, it starts throttling after some really high temperatures, instead of current values, but I like deleting that file because some thermal throtlling algorthm is always embedded in soc anyways.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajroxxx:
See your findings are correct but I myself renamed thermal config s2 but it didnot have any effect and at 33 ° I can see GPU under clocked at 432 MHz and CPU under clocks itself , and at 35° the lagging in games can be seen easily

Will try deleting the file also ,hoping it can have any effect
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivamg95:
My cpu temp have gone over 60°c but I haven't seen any throttling in cpu or gpu. But when, that file was present, those temperatures were never reached because of thermal throttling.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jelixis:
Deleting this file is an absolutely terrible idea. Modify it instead.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivamg95:
At first, I thought the same. But yesterday, i have played asphalt 8 in bright sunlight(to test if there is some thermal throttling left embedded in soc). And I was right, it throttles down the gpu, big cores, small cores, even some cores went offline automatically. After the device was cooled, everything wqs back to normal. So, IMO, there is no harm even if we play in extreme conditions with the file deleted, thermal throttling will kick in when its needed. Although, I advise modifying the file to others. Hahaha
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jelixis:
Thermal throttling happens even in the best chips. Most of the time, it's integrated in the lower level portions of the chip.

Just let it be, really. Thermal throttling is the way of the chip of protecting itself from heat damage. PC processors, for example, shut down when removing the fan and reaching critical temperatures.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajroxxx:
Ya true it is present in every chip but optimizing is Also a thing right.

In le 2 the two A72 cores don't run at all above 30°(except when opening apps while it is cool ,so after 33 or 34° they are not used in anything,and 34 is average temp of the phone while using ,that means it just exactly works like a loweclocked SD 650 which even more throttled with each degree rise in temp and at 36 ° ( which is avg temperature while gaming ) phone turns off one more A72 core meaning three A72 cores are off and one a72 is throttle to around 800 mhz and even all a53 cores run at half clock speeds and till that time GPU also reaches below 350mhz and lower a and it impossible to run even minor games like subway surfers lag free,

And since lineage is kernel has taken hint from eui kernel ,it performs exactly the same as stock kernel which leaves us with no choice left.
[MENTION=3208754]codeworkx[/MENTION] please look into this issue and please build a kernel for gaming performance as SD 652 is getting wasted due to thermal throttling, [MENTION=3208754]codeworkx[/MENTION] I am sure you know this issue better than me ,please find time to work on it.

[MENTION=5938530]shivamg95[/MENTION] deleting the thermal file couldn't help this
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivamg95:
Deleting that thermal engine file, did help. Don't know why it doesn't work for you.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajroxxx:
It is not working and would have been not working for you also just check with kernel auditor,

I have check it thoroughly .

I think you don't know how to check

Tell me the process you check
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shivamg95:
First i make the soc heat by playing games or running benchmarks, then i open kernel auiditor and check if maximum cpu freq gets lowered or automatically or not. But it doesn't happen after deleting that file. Also, the gameplay seems very fluid then before. I also check for gpu max freq.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] blueasteroid:
Hey, I have Cool 1 (same Soc) and yes, very dissapointed because in second 1 starts the throtling...

I have Kernel auditor. Which settings should I force?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] FridrufHau:
hello, very nice threat.

I had some different experiences.

For me throotling starts slightly at 37° and bigger at 39 or 40 ... this results to throotled big cores at 1248mhz and a gpu to 432

to avoid that I made some underclocking settings which gives my setting antutu score of 69000 instead of 82000 and a geekbench score of 1000/3500 which is giving me cool and fast gaming enough

https://xdaforums.com/le-2/how-to/kernel-adiutor-settings-8h-sot-colour-t3721254
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gesaugen:
I've flashed my i9300 with new rom (MM 6.0). I've used "nano" openGAAPS.

For calendar and reminders I'm using "business calendar" app from store and after flashing I have problem with editing reminders: the problem is that when I choose a reminder to edit, the edit panel is one from google calendar (only gives me date and time change) but I would like that edit panel is from business calendar so that I have other options to change (such as how long before given time the reminder will sound itself (ex. 15min before, 1h before and so on)

so, is there way, and how, to force that my default app for changing reminders is business calendar?

also one additional problem: in business calendar app I can see all the calendars I'm using. So problem is that google has synced my phone with gmail account and drawn all the calendars from my account. So basicly i have 6 calendars: 4 from gmail account, 1 "my calendar" (i think that's the default business calendar calendar) and 1 local calendar that is "my calendar" that I'm using. I can only delete that "my calendar" and others can't be deleted from business app (but I don't need them and i would like to delete them) so I would like to have only 1 calendar - "my calendar"

yelp?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
If you read the reviews of the app.. It's the app causing it.

Beamed in by telepathy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gesaugen:
It can't be app... It worked like charm before flashing.

I choosed on purpose the lowest possible gaaps package to avoid google calendar bloatware and it stills high-jacks my calendar...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Umm.. Allow me to elaborate..

Each and every version of android is completely different from the last. You can see the android version from its API. Newer API's need updated apps as the code is different and optimised from the previous version so the way the app "calls" to the API is different and the older apps cannot take advantage of it.

Couple that with brand and model differences, the way the API calls the hardware will be different and optimised and older apps will not be able to take advantage of it.

And you can take into account that you phone was never made to run anything higher than 4.x, the API will struggle to communicate with any part of the phone software or hardware. OEM code is illegal to use in custom roms so it all has to be totally written from scratch, of which the app will not know about and will not be able to take advantage... You get it..

If you want complete compatibility then you need to buy a newer phone with native support for the new API's.

I hope this clarifies roughly why you are experiencing issues with an otherwise known to be good app. Basically the app and rom are to blame, more likely the rom itself.

Beamed in by telepathy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gesaugen:
shivadow, thnx for answer.

also I've discovered what is the problem: the copied calendar isn't compatible to new OS so business calendar tries it's best to read event as "whole day" and it redirects editing of the events to the google calendar. The new events that are added to the local calendar which is default calendar of BC can be edited normally.

So I'm copying manually events that are important so that I can delete copied calendar...

also one strange thing is that copied calendar has messed up reminder starting time of events: if an event is set to begin at 19h, it sounds alarm at 7h. the other day it sounded the alarm at 00h and it was set to start that day at 12h...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Like I said, compatibility issues with the api..

Beamed in by telepathy.
[Android Apps and Games] flyingdoctor:
Hi fellow XDAers

I am a website designer recently been tasked by my company to help out a project that is not dissimilar to Uber's ride-sharing service. I am just wondering what tools / programs do I need both for writing the apps (aside from the obvious Android Studio and JDK) as well as on the server-side (what database to use)?

Thanks!

FlyDoc
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] sdw1988:
This is a custom kernel i compiled from samsung source code, obtained from their website, that will allow using a terminal emulator app to "setenforce permissive" So far I havnt had any bugs or issues but haven't been running it long. Decided to post it here to allow others to try it out and give feedback with any issues they may find.. Enjoy :')

XDA:DevDB Information

Custom Kernel for Galaxy Grand Prime SM-S920L, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Contributors

sdw1988

Kernel Special Features: Ability to '"setenforce permissive" Enabled

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2017-03-06

Last Updated 2017-03-06
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techgod:
HI all,

CUrrently I am on Official Lineage OS. Earlier was on Unofficial one but had to flash Official due to play store issues. Now, I want to goto OOS 3.5.6 but when i flash the OOS official 3.5.6 zip via TWRP, it gets stuck in the flashing process. Patching system unconditionally is the message. What should I do?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbiwalkar:
You are on the right track. it would take a lot of time to go back to OOS after being on custom roms. THe phome might take aroung 15 - 20 minutes. It also may heat crazily . don't worry. just dont let the battery die.
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techgod:
It was stuck for 3 hours...so was worried
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanDroid09:
That's way to long.

Re-Download the zip and try again. May be an issue with a corrupted download.

You're doing a full wipe right?