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[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] flyer_andy:
Unfortunately there isn't really a way to force a change LTE bands without physically moving yourself to a different geographic area, as far as I know (aside from some pretty deep hacking of the NV memory with QXDM...but I'm not sure if anyone's figured out how to get the Axon 7 into diagnostic mode and/or found the Windows drivers to make it connect...so even this might be impossible).

T-Mobile is in control of what band/cell ID your phone will use, in light of the various cells the phone can "see," I believe. Do you know what band your phone is using? If you're on band 12 in an urban area it's not uncommon for it to be pretty slow as T-Mo doesn't have a lot of spectrum in that range so it can be a bit congested. I've found that when in down in the city my phone can be a lot slower than it is here in the mountains just due (I think) to all the additional competing users.

I'd suggest downloading the app "LTE Discovery" and then checking what band you're on...then take your phone outside or somewhere else if necessary and see if you can get it to latch onto a different cell/band and see if there's any improvement in the Speed Tests. Obviously, this won't fix your core issue but at least you'd know if it's your handset at fault or simply T-Mobile's problem of too many users on too few airwaves.

Also, do you see better results at various times of the day or are the tests pretty much always abysmal?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sbi1:
Thank you for your detailed response!

Indeed, band 12 based on LTE Discovery and unfortunately the slow speed is typical throughout the day, regardless of day/time.

I'll check again (speeds and bands) when I travel.

Thanks again.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kitcostantino:
in Oconee County SC, T-mobile data is either excellent or non-existent. Anywhere mountainous has virtually no signal. Salem SC, Mtn Rest, SC have zero service at all on Axon 7 on Tmobile. Looking at tower locations I can see why. There are only towers in the most populated areas. Its kind of a letdown to finally have service in my office, yet have nothing at all (no voice, no txt, no email/data) in 30% of my work area. Really hoping Tmob/Sprint deal happens and their networks are merged. mind you, axon 7 will still be useless in that case as well. i still love the axon 7 despite this. Anyone in Upstate SC have a better apn set than the defaults of RR?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joair1:
Sounds like the problem is connectivity more than axon 7
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] pikeylfc:
So I want to unlock my bootloader and I noticed it can't be selected on Sony website. Do I click the xz or what do I do?
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] fastbootJapan:
unlock

you can select XZ

it works with XZs
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] pikeylfc:
Thanks. Gonna give it a go
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] nahsha:
Hi guys, its a silly question...do we still lose DRM keys when unlocking bootloader? Like with Z series?
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] manilenio:
Sony provides the ability to unlock the bootloader of the XZs on their website... If I do so, without doing any other changes, will this result to losing DRM keys or whatever else that's important? Hope anyone can clarify, thanks.
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
i really want someone to try this to save drm keys :(

https://xdaforums.com/xzs/how-to/dirty-trick-t3759905

i don't have xzs in my country otherwise i would have tried my self!

xzs is basically XZ so if android 6 of xz can be flashed on xzs before unlocking bootloader and then running dirtycow script!... iam 99% sure it will work! both always run on same buildnumbers and kernel versions!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david2descent:
I need help. I am using bubble upnp on my lg G4. I have Samsung tv and to cast the video, but subtitles are not showing, stop and resume is not working, and seeking to position is not working. Volume control works and changes tv volume. Pause works. I can't get seeking to work. On tv, it says not available. So how do I get it to work? All these functions work great with my Samsung tablet. Also have remote control enabled. All the default settings for the app are set.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] littlefuzz87:
Hey guys,

Is Netflix offline viewing available on the tablet? I own the z2 tablet and its currently not available for my model and was wondering if it the z3 compact is the same.

Cheers
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] spapster:
Netflix offline

Offline is working. No problem at all
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Since i got as a gift this phone (used) i got an issue with the boot logo.

It seemed to be a stable bootloader and a stock recovery, also a stock rom, but when i turned on this phone, always all the boot logo disapears and shows a black display during the process. When the boot animation starts it's all normal. I'm almost sure the phone has never rooted or flashed before.

As an extra, yesterday i've unlocked the phone's bootloader successfuly and tried to flash a TWRP recovery into it.

When i tried to flash the recovery the adb tools tolde everything was fine, but when i turn on my phone it's like never flashed that before, the original recovery appears like nothing happened.

Also, when i unlocked the recovery and tried to flash the TWRP recovery, the ADB tools showed these messages during all the process.

(bootloader) slot-count: not found

(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found

(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found

(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found

What can i do? :(
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flopezm:
Are you using win10 ?, and are you using commands

Enviado desde mi XT1563 mediante Tapatalk
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Yes & yes
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dio-Genes:
Can you do this:

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot reboot bootloader

?

When you are there then you should do this (while the new recovery image is in the same folder as adb)

fastboot flash recovery xyz.img

Then you should have the new recovery working.

If you can't reboot the bootloader using fastboot command, then you need the appropriate drivers. I'd advice to install Motorola Device Manager or something similiar. All steps are well documented over this forum...
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
I can do that, and aperently looks that the new recovery has successfuly installed, but no. When i get into recovery, the phone shows me the stock recovery.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dio-Genes:
Using the most recent TWRP?

Sometimes I had to flash several times, too, before it snapped...
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Yea, the most recent. I'm thinkin about the idea of flashing the recovery by the app. But TWRP doesn't have support for my device, only fot the Moto X Style
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dio-Genes:
Did you check for the drivers again. Especially for the ones when the device is in fastboot mode...

Does it show up when bootloader is running like

fastboot devices

Does ist show up and is it connected?

Which USB Port are you using? 2.0 or 3.0? This seems to make a big difference, you only should use 2.0 though it worked for me with 3.0 either. But, for example, the Motorola Device Manager doesn't see the device when connected to 3.0 USB port (over here).
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
1. Yes, i've checked

2. Yes, it appears.

3. Everything's in order, except those i have mentioned before.

4. I've used always 2.0

Anything more can you suspect?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dio-Genes:
Well, no, nothing more that I could suggest...
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Do you know how can i get the missing files showed at te console (Writen in the post)?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
What do you do after flashing TWRP? If you boot system your TWRP will be overwritten by stock recovery, so you need to boot TWRP straight after flashing it to keep it.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
And how can i do that?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
since you flash TWRP in fastboot mode you can boot TWRP after flashing it from the screen you're on, just navigate to "recovery" with volume buttons and press power button to confirm.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Oh, i forgot mention i can't enter into fastboot mode by that method
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimale_ldz:
really, why? You can also enter

fastboot reboot

after flashing TWRP and hold power + volum down buttons straight after your screen goes blank to re-enter fastboot mode. I'm not sure if this is enough for TWRP not to be overwritten though, but worth trying out.

EDIT: or you can try this: https://twrp.me/app/
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
Thanks for the suggestions, but don'd worry, i ussualy get the fastboot mode by entering

fastboot reboot bootloader/recovery

But i'm afraid that the buttons issue will cause troubles if phones get bricked.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Analog Kid:
Which "latest" TWRP version are you using exactly? As far as I know, there's only one version and it's unofficial
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acibo123:
To be exactly 3.1.0
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Analog Kid:
That's 3.1.0-r1...?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lmasieri:
Media volume sync worked for like a day or two and the. Randomly doesn't work anymore. Anyone else has this issue? A call to Samsung was a waste of time.

Things I've tried :

Re-paired the device

Tried a different device

Reset the Bluetooth app settings to default
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] jenno007:
Exact same issue. Disable the absolute volume in developer options and it will let you use it again. Drove me nuts
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lmasieri:
Thank you! Worked like a charm
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Joseph529:
Hey I'm having the same issue but the method you suggested didn't work for me
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Curtisngl:
Also having this same issue with no luck from the given solution. Tried Samsung support and nothing worked. They want me to reset my phone but I hate doing that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] jocbaz:
Media volume sync (needs to be turned on every time)

MEDIA VOLUME SYNC (NEEDS TO BE TURNED ON EVERY TIME)

Hi all,

I'm actually not having issues with the "MEDIA VOLUME SYNC"; however, what is getting to my nerves, is that every time I have to turn it ON; every time I connect my Bluetooth devices; ...and let me tell you this.... "That is so annoying" .

Why is that Android does not save and keep such a setting, by Bluetooth devices connection? that should not be something that complicated to keep on/saved, based on your preference selections.

Anyways, I'm just here to report that, we need to have these setting to be able to be kept, and not have this feature enabled/(turn-on), every time we connect our Bluetooth devices.

Is there any developing work in progress about it?

Thank you

:good::good::good::good::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tigersaid:
Damn what this is annoying.

My Turtle Beach Elite 800 dose not work with this, I cant lower or increase the volume with the headphone.

BUT!

With my Mad Catz F.R.E.Q.9 I can :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Deoideson:
Bluetooth media volume sync option

The Bluetooth media volume sync control will only be allowed to be switched on or off when a compatible Bluetooth audio device is connected - a Bluetooth audio device which allows the synchronisation of volume levels with your phone.

I tried this with a Bluetooth audio dongle receiver (Smartbean) which had BT 3.0. This didn't support the synchronisation of volume levels and so the annoying thing was, even when the option was enabled in settings, turning it off will permanently turn off the sync function until a device with the option for volume sync is connected.

For me that was when I tried to connect my Sony BT headphones which had BT 4.0. Once I had these connected, the option for Bluetooth volume sync was once again enabled.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] aladin:
I want to Upgrade my BA to WM6

But I have some problems at BA's LCD. My BA's Touch screen broken. But anything is normal.

Can I upgrade my BA without touch BA's screen? ( example : touch BA's screen when calibrate screen after upgrade ROM , Touch BA's screen when click "Next", etc)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] aladin:
Anyone can Help????

Can I Upgrade to WM6 without TouchScreen????
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] incubus72:
hey, that's not a problem.

my BA does'nt have a touchscreen anymore. i hardly miss it.

create a simple text file (0 bytes - doesn't matter) - named "welcome.not".

copy this file to the storage card - and reset your PDA.

the "welcome" screen might apear anyway - but if so - it will close by itself.

with WM5/6 you can use your non-touch-screen device a lot better than with 2003!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] c_shekhar:
Wow! wonderful solution. It works great on my magician also...thanks...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] aladin:
Woooowwww....

Thanks a lot man...

Very Nice
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] xplode:
this should be added to wiki :)

Tested and it works in WM5, WM6, WM6.1
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] dehylus:
Hi, this work in english rom. But my rom is spanish and "welcome.not" file not work. Any ideas?

Grettings.:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salvaparalyzer:
Hi everyone.

I have a Moto G Turbo with root access. I've had this phone for more than a year and never had any storage problems. Last week my micro sd 16gb stopped working suddenly. I tried the sd in a pc and another 2 android devices and neither worked. I thought the micro sd maybe had it's life cycle complete, so bought an Adata 32Gb class 10 micro SD and formatted as Adoptable Storage. Things worked normally for the day but after a few hours of usage I noticed I could not download photos from any app, neither could take a picture.

I couldn't even save GTA SA. (Different apps had different errors, but the result was the same, save failed)

I tried to create a file within the sd card with Amaze file browser and couldn't. It gave me a message about not having permission. But if I create a file in the root folder, have no problem.

So I restarted the device and noticed the completed download notification from the pictures I tried to save before reboot. The pictures were there as soon as the device started.

This is happening oftenly. Several times a day I got to reboot my phone to save something.

It has been more than a week, I tried searching in many places (not only this forum) but cannot find something similar happening to anyone. Maybe I'm searching the wrong words idk.

Tried many fixes including the modification of plataform.xml and nothing worked.

I don't have idea why this is happening, but I had the feeling that it has to be with supersu permissions.

Hope someone knows something about this or how to trace the problem to it's root.

Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy J2 Questions & Answers] rokhisdroid:
Hey Developer,,I need custom rom MIUI for samsung galaxy J2 SM-J200G, anyone please give me opinion about that, and custom rom MIUI for my phone. Thnks before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cjranucci:
Strange issue with my phone. Got off the plane in KC, turned it on, then walked into the terminal. Was using work email and hit the home button to get back to the home screen. Nothing. Recents button doesn't work either.

Rebooted the phone and everything works. 10 minutes later, home button and recents (left soft key) stop working. Another reboot, good for 10 minutes, same problem.

I want to do a factory reset, but work forces me to encrypt my SD card. I uninstalled AirWatch, go to Decrypt SD card in security settings. Get to the page to execute the decryption and push "Decrypt SD card". Nothing happens. Thinking it might be a dead zone at the bottom of the screen because the button was right above the home button, I flip the phone 90 degrees. Press "Decrypt SD Card", nothing.

Now I can't factory reset or I can't access my SD card.

Thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Will it let you copy SD contents to a PC?

Then you could just wipe and copy back / encrypt again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cjranucci:
Hmmm, so it would decrypt to copy? Are you sure I wouldn't get an encrypted copy on my PC, then wipe the phone and be unable to decrypt? I guess if I can see the files on my PC, then they have to be decrypted....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
That's what I'm saying, find a way to copy them obviously decrypted, to the PC, then you can wipe and sort everything out

Afaik the main storage on the S7 is encrypted by default, and it has no problems copying things from there to PC decrypted

Can't speak for SD Card, not tried
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cjranucci:
So that worked. Data is over on my PC and I can read it, so it is not encrypted. Perfect, right?

Time to factory reset. Go into settings and click the box to format the SD card as well and hit factory reset. Nothing. Nothing happens. What the hell is going on here? Can't use Home or Recents button, can't decrypt SD card, can't perform a factory reset. Malware?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cjranucci:
Just going to reset it from the recovery menu I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
No idea what's wrong, possibly just something has corrupted, strange one, have you got any screen overlay apps installed like blue light filters? They can do that

If you can view, open, read the files on the PC they're no longer encrypted
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Bright.Light:
I noticed yesterday that indeed the home button and menu/recent buttons were working strangely

- HOME opened the google now, even though Apex is the default home app

- Menu opened recent, both with long and short click

After a reboot this seems to be corrected, but I still find it strange. Not rooted that device either.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Thelgow:
Late response but my s6 and s7 have had this happen with airwatch. Something glitches when time to change my pin.

The phone will just turn off, screen only. Turn it on, log in and home and recent buttons don't work. Trying to manually change the pin will make the soft keyboard not come up so you cant change pin/pass, but clipboard works if you happen to have something useable in there.

Best option, although I am one of the admins, is launch chrome, request desktop, go to our airwatch portal and clear/force a pin change. Phone flickers and home/recent works again. I have to do this every 60 days or so. It's happened 4 times now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] :
Maybe there's a UFO near you.

Joking aside, do you have Direct access turned on and set up, under Settings - Accessibility?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] sanjsrik:
Hi,

Has anyone successfully used SideloadVR on their S8+? I downloaded the app, even a third-party "game" but after the initial screen, nothing seems to happen. The controller isn't recognized and while the game is "playing" I can't move around at all in it.

Is there something I need to be doing to make the game work or something more to make SideloadVR work? There's not a lot of information about the SideloadVR usage except to say to install and use it. Unless I am not looking in the appropriate place.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] marloweloy:
I have the same question. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] caj27:
It would be awesome if I could get it to work on S8. It worked on my old Note 5.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] kewlpanda:
Will it be be released on October 2017

I found this website with information about mi mix 2 http://www.xiaomidevice.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2.html
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] martin042068:
GSM Arena posted the first full review:

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz_premium-review-1610.php
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] kiosk123:
look at video comparison (XZP-XZs-S8) http://www.gsmarena.com/vidcmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=8593&idPhone2=8599&idPhone3=8161
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] zeph_syk:
First thoughts, S8 wins. What do you think?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] martin042068:
Sony camera is much improved and very competitive with the other flagships from what I've seen around the web. I've got no issues going with the Sony.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] martin042068:
If the parameters were the same, I would give you the reason, but this is not the case.

XZP: ISO 800 , 1/32s

S8: ISO 250 1/10s

Honestly the Xperia XZ Premium does a better job considering that the iso is higher
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Aerocap:
http://www.meltystyle.fr/xperia-xz-...tphone-et-on-y-a-participe-exclu-a603618.html
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Aerocap:
If you take everything into consideration, no I don't agree at all.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] shineyads:
Unfortunately the s8 looks a lot better than the xz premium in these tests.

I dont want the s8, but decent alternatives look limited at the moment!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] kiosk123:
I dont think...

Look at the heart, photo from S8 is overexposed, on Xz Premium is darker and have more details...

Or look on brushes, photo from xz premium looks more detailed, on S8 looks like watercolor...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] shineyads:
To me the heart looks underexposed on the Sony and the brushes in general are noisier than on the s8 (although neither are fantastic).
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] Valinorian:
I dont like the lowlight photos. Really dark...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] kiosk123:
Its because Sony have only 2.0 aperture, maybe have noiser photo but more detailed
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] shineyads:
For me there's no point have detailed photos when it's so noisy though.

Will be interesting to see if the Oneplus 5 has a dual camera setup and the quality they can produce.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] shineyads:
Stuff have posted their review... and they're not overly enthusiastic about the camera either (although battery life seems OK)...

https://www.stuff.tv/my/sony/xperia-xz-premium/review-0
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] figo_rulz11:
Hmm I'm bit a bit disappointed yet again I was really hoping for good things. I don't want the S8 because I hate curved edges. So I'm left with waiting for the Google pixel 2 or sonys next flagship in September/October which will be an improved on this..! Urgh I hate waiting lol. I think Sony really need to focus on their algorithms like the pixel takes excellent shots!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] shineyads:
I strongly recommend you have a look at the HTC U11 that was launched today - it seems to be everything that I wanted the XZ Premium to be! The camera beats the S8 and Pixel (according to dxomark) and it supports hi res audio too. Benchmark wise it beats the XZP (if benchmarks are your thing). It doesn't have 960fps slow mo or a 4k screen, but realistically I think those are more gimmicks than something that would be used often (although if the XZP supported Daydream then it would make it more useful), but it does have it's own gimmick of squeezable sides which can be used to take photos, launch apps, etc. The only downside is the battery is slightly smaller at 3000mAh, but HTC seems to optimise previous phones pretty well from what I have briefly read.

There's a hands on review here (it's still being written, so keep checking back if it hasn't been completed yet...

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_u_11_hands_on-review-1609.php