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[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] salocin82:
Hello,

I'm thinking of buying a small phone, since I find it uncomfortable those that exceed 5 inches.

I was watching and analyzing those who have good battery, camera and features and I think the best that there are currently on the market are these 2: the Iphone SE and the Sony X Compact.

I'm not going to use it for games of any kind. What I most look for is that it has good battery life, a good rear camera (selfies do not bag) and, if possible, you can hear well with the headphones on.

Obvious that it is 2 different operating systems and, leaving aside that, since I like to use IOS or Android, from their own experience, comments or whatever: with which would they stay?

From now, thank you for you help!!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Halftrack:
I haven't ever owned an SE so I can't really comment on it vs the compact. However I do know that the compact has more picture storage potential due to the SD Card slot (SE doesn't have one). The SE uses a 12 megapixel shooter vs the Compact using a 23. I am note a huge taking pictures kinda guy so no complaints from me on the camera but I guess that's not saying much. Anyway below is a link to a video comparing the two. It's a little outdated as it has the compact running marshmallow (it has Nougat now) but does a decent job of comparing the two. https://youtu.be/U5g7LTCJqaY
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Jooosty:
Sony. Water resistance, SDcard. That's about it lol.

The SE may perform smoother as it is powered by the 6S internals.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] SXUsr:
If you're not bothered about customizing then buy an iPhone, if you want customization then buy any Android.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] switcher:
iphone fails

- missing notification led

- no customizing and no jailbreak in sight, closed source system

- no slight to unlock (stupid doubble press home button to unlock since apple removed slide to unlock)

- less ram, no sd card, memory not expandable

- 1600 mAh vs 2700 mAh and no quick charge

- smaller display hurts your eyes,

- ligning connector incompatible (how many cables do we need ?)

- easy scratches on alu frame,

- banana bending,

- design from 2012

- steve jobs is dead

etc ;)

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[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] andTab:
How is the dev community for this phone though?

There doesn't seem to be any official Lineago OS builds and only one AOSP ROM ...

I would buy this phone in a heartbeat with Lineage OS support but without it seems like one would be dependent on one single developer for ROMs on this phone.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ondrejvaroscak:
You are welcome to join the dev community and help to bring LineageOS to this device. Otherwise buy yourself a Nexus...
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] andTab:
Nexus phones have ****ty hardware, so no thank you. Then I will get an iPhone.

Don't need a phone with a manufacturing defect that has thousands of phones failing and Google telling you that you are sadly 21 days out of warranty.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] ondrejvaroscak:
Problem solved :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] everdred:
I have owned both of them and I found the iPhone SE to be the absolute perfect size for 1 hand use. The X Compact is good but there are still times where the opposite corner can be hard to reach. The SE also feels great in hand and is built with high quality materials. I inevitably returned mine and got a X Compact instead. They are both great phones and if OS doesn't matter to you, I would go with the SE, but I personally prefer Android and it's customization so I returned it.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Aviad1928:
Well you're comparing two different Systems, iOS doesn't require as much RAM as Android.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] switcher:
maybe in the old days, but have you seen IOS 10.3 on the SE today ? Compared to the SE the XC performs much better

and the iphone 7+ is shipped with 3gb for a good reason
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Aviad1928:
haha honestly I haven't seen an iPhone since 2012, maybe you're right
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] drrobo:
I own both, they both have positives and negatives. I actively swap between the two because of that! The iPhone is smooth and beautiful, great quality hardware, but iOS feels much more restricted and the screen is very small (even for a small phone fan like myself). Camera is awesome; super quality and quick in all conditions, although selfie camera is only 1.2mp. Not that big a deal though since the pics still look good. X compact on the other hand has a much more vibrant screen which is bigger (but not too big!), very snappy and excellent performance compared to other androids, the system is overall much more customizable, great camera too with wider lens and better selfies. But overall the phone feels cheaper in hand (plastic body), and like all android phones it doesn't have the super polished behaviour, look and feel of apple. As I said, positives and negatives for both! For me I use Google Apps for everything, which is more restricted on iphone obviously, and I like being able to read news clearly on my commute on the larger brighter screen, so I use the x compact more. But sometimes I go back to the iPhone se just because of the smooth shiny experience :)
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] eksasol:
Hello, I really wanted a powerful and fast phone with clean interface, so I bought an iPhone 7 as the first non-Android phone in 7 years, so I'm very experienced with Android. I just wasn't impressed with with the Pixel for it's price. I also have a SE. I need some functionality in Android that's missing on the 7 and looking for a companion small phone that I can alternate with if needed, so I'm looking to get rid of my SE to fund for the Compact.

What I do learn from using iOS is that it's more primitive than I thought, despite the clean smooth experience. Somethings are just a joke on it I don't know how they get away with it when millions people are paying for it. But it has it's benefits as well, I do enjoy the A10 chip performance and not spending many hours to setup my phone. And some things just work better, like the Fine my iPhone. On the Honor 8, I could just bypass that lost phone screen :eek: . I see too many bugs on Android with skinned devices, and giant devices, which made me really tired of dealing with them. The Pixel just doesn't do it for me in term of pricing, all the issues I'm hearing about, the availability. I would say the Android market abandoned me, not the other way around, and this pushed me to iPhone.

My last Sony phone was the Xperia Play. I'm hoping the current Sony's OS is not too far away from stock Android.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] DannyJames84:
I bought the X Compact for my wife as a Christmas gift - the other phone I was looking at was the iPhone SE.

After she tried out a loaner iPhone for about three weeks she decided she preferred Android, chiefly due to more free apps being available/costing less than the iOS version.

From everything I gathered from the numerous reviews, it essentially comes down to which platform you prefer. The iPhone SE has a slightly better camera in low light (night), but that looked like the only hardware advantage. If you go with the x-compact, try to wait until B&H photo has it on sale for $270. It's done that 3 times in the last five months.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] spy_owl2:
I was also seriously considering the SE, but that is the big reason I got the X compact. The Sony open devices program is a major plus for me. I look forward to actually owning my own device and have freedom of messing around with it, maybe even trying out Jolla's SailfishOS when it's available.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] volcolm:
The only thing that concerns me about Android is there seems to be vulnerabilities exposed on the net or viruses (adware that calls back to someone's server in the background and monitors SMS messages) through legitimate apps.. seems there's a security flaw announced once a week. How is development for security patches on it, given the frequency of malware?

Not sure about ios but I kinda like having open source android., So long as devs are on top of things and not just adding feature fluff.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] eksasol:
Android now have built in permission management so you can deny that app from accessing your personal info. It would be nice to have a built in feature to block internet access outright, but generally only MIUI based roms have that. I don't see it as an issue aside from people who download dubious apps or sideloading from questionable sources.

If you are that concerned you should get a phone that is promised monthly security updates, which is a Google Pixel. https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/ I was surprised the X Compact (international version) have timely monthly security updates.

I would say the closed source nature of iOS potentially makes it more insecure, with open source at least you have much more developers looking at it and alerting the issues.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] volcolm:
It'd have been easier to state that the XC already gets monthly (security) updates as the GP, but I digress. This is good, probably better than most manufacturers in that regard. My last phone was a buy once, throwaway after a couple months because Huawei decides "Want latest Android, your phone is obsolete -- buy a new Mate instead". Before folks say "Wait, they update their Mate line now!" - watch a "beta" ROM come online from Huawei after a year of not releasing any updates for months (once new phones are around the corner), the poof, scrapped ROM/patch (and now your phone is obsolete/vulnerable) because hey go buy new shiny phone to get the latest "update". It's infuriating, a phone should be "supported" for at least 3 years. Usually the good XDA developers make a phone last much longer than that!
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dylandart:
Hi everyone, I have a big problem. I had nougat(unofficial) yesterday on my mate 8, and today I want to have the stock firmware nougat. But now with TWRP recovery, I had deleted the S.O..... I try to install the NXT-AL10C00B129SP02 with TWRP and with fastboot but don't work... The error is "failed to mount system (invalid argument)". And Huawei eRecovery don't work.. what I do??
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Hey there.Last month I was make first review of Coolpad Torino [R108] on XDA...

I was looking for some custom rom,custom recovery for this device,but nothing.

But,we can do something with stock rom,no?

1. Install Nova Launcher

2. Root Coolpad Torino

3. Delete bloatware apps

4. Install Xposed Framework

I'm not responsible if you do something wrong and brick your device!

Let's start!

1. Install Nova Launcher

- From Play Store download or pay Nova Launcher

- After instaling N.L. we must set N.L. as default launcher

- Go to Settings-Apps-All

- Find "LauncherL"

- Then tap on it,scroll down and tap on CLEAR DEFAULTS

- Then one time tap on CLEAR CACHE

- Now tap on home button,select N.L. and tap on Always button

- Thats it.You have Nova Launcher,enjoy!

2. Root Coolpad Torino

- Download KingoRoot for android from link down

- Install it and open program

- Tap on Root button and wait

- If KingoRoot give you some Error tap on Give another shot

- You must try to root your device a few time

- After rooting replace KingoSuperUser with SuperSU

- Dowload Root Checker and enjoy

3. Delete bloatware apps

- Download System App Remover from Play Store

- Grant app with SuperSU

- Check and delete next apps:

1. Facebook (Download again from P.S. later)

2. TouchPal

3. All TouchPal keyboards

4. Drive

5. Hangouts

6. TalkBack

7. Google text-to-speech

8. Google Play Movies & TV

9. Google App

10. Chrome

11. Exchange Service

- Don't touch Cool Manager,that is security app

- You can brick android deleting that app

4. Install Xposed Framework

- Download Xposed Framework setup from link down

- Then downlaod Xposed Version 87 and uninstaller

- Reboot your device and enjoy

So,that is all for this device.If you have some question just ask!

Hit Thanks button,its free!

Respect,

Senior Member,

StefanBuljic

Links:

1. Nova Launcher: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en

2. KingoRoot: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en

3. System App Remover: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en

4. Xposed Framework: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

5. Root Checker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=en

6. SuperSu: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
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[General Topics] spaha-bih:
So how it is going with the root. Looking forward to do the same thing.
[General Topics] lloco73:
This phone is a good one but is not developper friendly.

Please share:

what xposed modules work?

What theme you use?

What recovery?

Your firmware version.

Enviado do meu Moto G4 Plus através de Tapatalk
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Xposed: Whatever you want

Theme? I don' t undrestand

Recovery: Stock,we don't have anything for R108

Firmware: V048

That's it!

:)
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
My R108 is already rooted.Everything is fine,system working perfect with root support.But,you must try to root a few times,maybe you get error first time!

:)
[General Topics] lloco73:
Not all xposed apps works. Gravity box does not work

Theme: CoolUI8 has a theme manager and you can also apply themes made by you, just google coolui8 themes.

I have v047 updated from Coolpad_Max_Lite_V42_042.P0.160811.Y91_S00_U00-LC_Southeast_Asia and flashed with coolpad flash tool YGDP.

If for any reason you cannot boot your mobile just use the above rom
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Ok,thanks for rom and xposed,but,Nova Launcher is better than CoolUI
[General Topics] lloco73:
I also use nova launcher, use it on all my devices.

Do you use the stock dialer or use other?

I love the dialer of LOS/RR of Nougat but on this mobile i'm searching for an alternative.
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Dialer?

Yes I'm using stock
[General Topics] lloco73:
Can you tell if you can enable google backup on the options?

On mine i cannot add backup account

Enviado do meu Moto G4 Plus através de Tapatalk
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Emm,I don't know how to explain...

When you power on your device first time you have SetupWizard

When you enter your gmail you have to check/uncheck some options.One of them is google backup.

You understand me?

If you checked that option in SetupWizard you have backup of your account [Apps,Gmail,ect...]
[General Topics] glenskie_05:
Yeah I like nova launcher...
[General Topics] lloco73:
here is what i said. No backup account for google on this mobile.
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Settings>Accounts>Google>exemple@gmail.com

Check every ring in this section

That's it.After factory reset,you have backup of your account (apps,gmail...)
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
Aha,that thing...

I understand now what you saying

I don't know why we can't create google backup account...

Anyway,with or without that account you have backup of your data!
[General Topics] lloco73:
yah, that's it.

Tried with a full reset and backup for r108 is not present altough all my other devices are.
[General Topics] StefanBuljic:
I don't know...
[General Topics] lloco73:
I think this option is broken.
[Off-topic] Angelos N.:
Is there any website like xda for desktop development? (Apps/OS/Mods etc.)
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] moreyru:
Hi

I recently buy this LG V20 H910PR. The phone is awesome but the Claro firmware sucks. Can I update the firmware with the latest one in lg-firmwares.com?

The phone firware is: V10J-CLR-PR, build number NRD90M, Android security patch level December 1 2016, the one in lg-firmwares.com is H910PR10j_00_1205.kdz.

I want to know if I can install this to my V20.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] forbeisgunn:
Hi. Did ypu flash it already?

What's the difference?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cbucz24:
Can anyone help?

I fell asleep around 11pm last night, phone working fine and has been. Around 1am I woke up and turned the tv off with my phone because i forgot to set the timer.

now I wake up at 8am and its dead. tried pulling the battery for half an hour. tried different usb chargers, cables, and plugs. absolutely nothing is working????
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Swizzle82:
Spare batteries? Reboot often?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] MaitiuD2:
V20 Doesn't like to hit 0 Battery

I just got this phone and I usually like to train/tweak my phones before switching to them so I'm not actually relying on the phone yet. I ran into the same situation with the battery hitting zero 2 days ago. First, even when it's trying to boot it tries to set the brightness, so best to leave it face down while charging (it keeps the screen dim). I plugged it into a USB port on my computer. Once it charged for a couple of minutes it tried to boot but would keep restarting until it got to the launcher then shut down, and restart over and over. I held Vol + & Vol - and it eventually came up to the IMEI display screen. I left it face down for about 10 minutes then hit the power button to restart. When it booted into the launcher it was at 4%. I plugged it into the wall charger and left it charge to 100%.

Hope that helps you if you haven't sorted it out already.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maddler:
Simple but effective.

Thanks!
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] JeremyChen:
It's really useful，thanks!
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
Glad it works and helps :good:
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bicet:
Really nice work!

Thanks

I've a quick question, do you know how to change the quick settings that appear on one row? I would like to have 7 instead of 5 :)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
If you mean like that then here you go ;)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] k.s.deviate:
[MENTION=7621877]Pharrax[/MENTION], would you be able to work with [MENTION=4985007]v.konvict[/MENTION] to brew up a combination of both your mods? Would love to see your 5 row with the dark notifications.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
It would probably best if he implemented it in his aroma zip, try asking him in a pm :)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bicet:
I mean the top one like those.

BTW thank you for your work ;)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
Haven't figured out how at the moment but I'll look into it :)

No problem :good:
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] samtab37:
Thank ! Work 100% !
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
Update

Updated OP with new mods, for example Center Clock. Download link in the Mega Folder from OP.

I'm open for feedback and reccomendations or wishes for future mods. Just keep in mind I'm new to this so I cannot make major themes on my own.

Have a great day :)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] EuEra:
thanks
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] cultofluna:
Simple & useful...Thanks for this....
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] albireox:
[MENTION=7621877]Pharrax[/MENTION] for some reason the 5 toggles/Center clock doesn't work here. Flashed the stock systemui before. Strangely enough the 5 systemui or the center clock mods work ok separately. I'm on the FreedomOS 2.6.1.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
That's strange, I use that as my daily driver on FreedomOS 2.6.1 too :confused:

What kind of error are you experiencing? And can you post a screenshot of the /system/priv-app/OPSystemUI/ folder?

I could try to reupload to mega, maybe the file got corrupt some way
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Lancez:
can someone upload the center clock mod here? I'm unable to download it from mega, thanks
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] albireox:
There is no error. The problem is I can't have the 5toggles and the center clock at the same time. When I flash the 5qsccOOS41.zip I have only the 5 toggles and not the center clock.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] albireox:
Here you go...
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
Why can't you download, can you describe?

But here you go
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
That's strange I use that without a problem and same setup.maybe try manually changing permission of the file to chmod 0644

Op3 as well es fos isn't officially supported
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] ram4ufriends:
I had the same issue as well....Any version I tried went to bootloop..Dirty flashing ROM didn't work either....Had to clean flash again :(
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] egren58:
Device:eek:neplus 3T

Rom: stock 4.1.1 with google pixel nav mod

Request: center clock and remove from lockscreeb.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maddler:
Thanks mate!
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maxteelo:
Hi, can It works in oos 4.0.3 too?? Can you add dark notification background?
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maddler:
is that just me or the download stays in queued status for ever for anyone else?

EDIT: tried with Firefox and that works fine. Something odd with Chrome.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Joooscha:
Ok. Thanks anyway. I would try to make it myself but Everytime I tried it went wrong. Would you try to make a version with a System.apk from FOS CE? Or do you think, it's something else that couses the error than the apk itself?
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
The issue is somewhere in the data partition when something goes wrong so restoring only that would fix it, haven't figured out where exactly though

Sorry I won't work for OOS 4.0.3 but yes I might add that sometime later

Basically the file should be the same for OOS and FOS so I have no idea why it works for some and for some it doesn't, I'm a bit lost about a fix, no idea what to do :confused:
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] samtab37:
Don't work with beta 4 for me >< (with v3)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maddler:
just tried on V3.0 on Beta 4, didn't work. Had to restore my backup.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
It looks like Version 3.0 won't work on all devices, not sure what the issue is so I can't really fix it. Sorry for any inconvenience that may have caused.

For now just make a backup of Data Partition before flashing and restore if anything goes wrong (also flash stock SystemUI)

Probably some problem with the beta. Everything works well on my device.​
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] maddler:
No problem mate! ;)

If you're not willing to accept some level of risk, do not flash any mod ;)
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
Test Build

Okay I tried a different approach on signing (@ungeeked mentioned it somewhere)

If some people could try this version and give me feedback on if and where it works it would be appreciated.

Remember to make a backup before flashing!

This file is build for OB4

Includes:

5qs Tiles

Black Qs Background

Center clock

Clean lockscreen
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] egren58:
Does this replace currently modded system UI or will it only edit ehat needs to e done?.
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Pharrax:
It will replace current SystemUI
[OnePlus 3T Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bewildered Wolf:
How did you changed qs background to black?

Changed system_primary_color ans secondary color ?