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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
OH..got an A3 as my business car last trip back to the UK...Was like Sh*t off of the preverbial shovel (as we say in Yorkshire!).

Loved that week...Mmmmm! :rolleyes:

Soz, was drooling there...:D

Back to my basic Murano...:o
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jgermuga:
Eos vs A4 Cabriolet, $7,500 less + DSG and a hard top with sunroof (no quatro option though).

Guess which I drive? :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
SOD OFF!! :D hate these people with nice cars....:D

OOps..anyone think we have gone off topic a bit here...:eek:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Steve-C:
Generally I love the Kaiser (as I'm sure some know from a certain thread!) and I have no way to compare it to the Hermes. But I do have to agree on the IR thing. It was great for quick file transfers and Activesync. OK so I have now spent a day fiddling with the Kaiser and got my laptop and it working just as well over bluetooth but it was still nice as a backup incase the USB ever failed as you can't establish a new partnership over bluetooth, only IR / USB. Another thing I did use IR for was as a remote shutter release for my camera. Bit of hacking and it saved me UK£25 on buying the proper remote. So there are still applications for IR.

Also the camera flash(light). I came from the HTC Universal which had these things too.

Overall, I knew what the Kaiser had, what it didn't and made my choice with that info so I can't complain, just agreeeing with the OP on a couple of points that I can relate too.

Oh, and I drive a Vauxhall (GM) car, never bought into buying a badge! :p (though you could buy a Skoda, it's the same car, just a lower purchase price!)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Farsquidge:
Totally agree with all your points on the Kaiser Steve, as to be honest, I TOO miss the IR for its compatibility to Vcard transfer to people with older phones.

A Skoda??? :eek:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Steve-C:
Audi A4 £23k, VW Passat £19k, Skoda Octavia £14k. Same floorpan, engine, errr everything really. Is a badge really worth £9,000?! (And the Skoda comes with a flappy paddle gearbox as standard...) Off topic...nah! :p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] petervbeck:
IMO the d-pad is muuuuch better than the tytn's. the only thing i was missing when i've started using Kaiser was the comm-manager button,

but with Hbutton it's no big deal to map another key to Comm-Manager.

I never liked the Email and Internet button at the top...now i'm quiet happy with all buttons in one place...

No need for flashlight...never used, and if i ever use, plamp would be enough bright i think.

And the Keyboard feels much better with the fingers...just love it... :)

my car: opel omega..... no further comment...:rolleyes:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jgermuga:
My biggest form factor nit compared to the 8125 is that the stylis needs to be retrieved from the left side while the keyboard is open, which makes it difficult to pull out if you are right handed as your left hand is in the way. On the 8125, it was in the upper right hand corner while the keyboard was out and pulling the stylis was very handy. Not sure how the 8525 was set up, but I think it was the same as the 8125, right?

Besides that, the 8125 had stereo speakers, which I sometimes used for music but really made the most difference when on a speaker phone call. And the normal 2.5" headphone jack was a plus. Why HTC does not include a USB adapter (which csot more to ship than the purchase price) is beyond me. It's like someone said, "Hey, let come up with a proprietary headphone jack so that no one can use a third party headset without buying an adapter, which we don't even sell???

Do they think they are Apple or sumthin?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sambartle:
I knew that would be a controversial post..

I actually agree that the D-Pad on the left is better... However.. the phones crap for playing games anyways.. and once they had ruined it on the hermes i'd have preferred it to stay how it was as I was used to it and my accessories would have worked.

I'm now wondering if the reason my screen is so poor compared to the hermes is something to do with the screen protector then if no one else sees it as a problem, I used a custom crystal-clear harder more plastic one on the hermes.. on the kaiser I used the one supplied with the phone (the crappy rubbery plastic one supplied in the box - im not sure if it comes with all tytn2's or if Orange add it), maybe that is in some way affecting the screen?

The stylus I might get used too.. but at the moment I definitely prefer the thicker one from the tytn and never had any problems with it coming loose (though I lost a few from putting them down and walking off)

Infrared is useful for all kinds of things.. I can use it to talk to older phones, older laptops for a modem connection, servers for a terminal.. all sorts of stuff. Its almost essential. I didn't actually know until the first time I tried to use it that it wasn't there!! Its a shocking ommission in my eyes.

Its like removing the dvd drive from every pc and saying yes dvd's are old you should all burn and use hddvd or bluray now.

The build quality is better, or feels it.. but I think time will tell how robust the hinge is, it certainly doesn't look as strong as the hermes fixing..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sambartle:
Id actually forgotten that little issue in my original post.. you are right though that the hermes one was in a sensible place and the kaiser one is not..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] XtreMe_G:
i have to agree with the OP on the keyboard. The kaiser keyboad has a nicer texture to it, but when it comes to actual typing, the hermes has a better "feel" to it. Sometime when typing on the kaiser, i'm not sure if i did press or not press the key, cause once in a while a key wont go down with "click" to it. but then its still miles ahead of the keyboard i had with the blue angel. if i could type with that blue angel, the kaiser is nothing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] sunyreza:
I got a SM-G935FD model less than a month ago. Everything was going fine with performance and network. But 2 days ago i factory reset my phone to get rid of "the unauthorised action...." notification. The notification is still showing and also my network isn't working now...so i can't connect with internet now.....phone is unrooted. Should i update my marshmallow to naugat? or any tips...plz help......I AM VERY FRUSTRATED NOW.....HELP....HELP...:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] sunyreza:
Please.....HELP ANYONE......HELP...:(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ayyehr:
serial number

hi i everyone. please help me to rewrite my serial number without rooting my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RossTeagan:
Try any of the steps here (there are 6 methods) and let me know if you managed to fix it

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] JeffDC:
Look at this. Very informative.

https://xdaforums.com/note-4/orig-development/fix-drk-dm-verity-factory-csc-serial-t3422965
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Varunian:
Hey there. I'm using rn4 India version powered with Qualcomm.

I want to downgrade my phone such that the security patch update is not more than March 1st 2017. I found old roms of miui8 in en.miui.com and the guide says I can downgrade through the updater app. I want to know if it's safe or not... Just don't want my phone to bricked
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] simonhcai:
I've installed android pay and it's saying I'm either rooted or have an unlocked boot loader,I bought s8 plus direct from Samsung and haven't done anything to it anybody else have this problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Power the phone down. After it is completely shut off, hold down the Bixby button, volume down button, and power button until you get a green screen. Then press volume up. That will take you to the bootloader (Downloading screen). At the top there should be a list including the firmware version, CSC, etc. You will see something about a fuse blown. Don't worry, they all say that. What you want to look for is Knox and the characters after it. If it says 0x0, then you're good. If it says 0x1, then Knox is tripped and Samsung Pay won't work.

---------- Post added at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:49 PM ----------

Sorry it will say "Warranty Void" not Knox. I think the S7 said Knox. Either way, your looking to see whether it says 0x0 or 0x1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] amer27:
Indeed I had the same problem. Got the phone from EE and because it had an unlocked boot loader, Android pay would not work! And you want to know how I got it working, by rooting the phone! You see when I have a custom ROM installed, I can hide root which allows android pay to work perfectly! Downside is you have to root, which is something I don't know whether you want to do or not. This means samsung pay and secure folder will never work again!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Solution = use Samsung Pay instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] simonhcai:
I don't have any Knox issues and I can't use Samsung pay as my bank isn't included yet which is crap because I have gear s3 as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] johnc0865:
I have a gear 3 as well. I would change banks I can use Samsung pay at merchants that don't take Andriod Pay or Apple Pay. Love it
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
I'm not a developer, but ran across this while surfing xda. I realize that the pixel isn't a Moto device, but could someone take this example and fix it for the pixels that are locked tight?

Link (concept): Moto G4 Play Amazon bootloader/root

What they're using for example/to gain root: initroot

This is just a thought and I'm not quite sure how to use it, but I know there has got to be someone that does/could use this to gain at least root for the locked bootloader pixels from VZW.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
Nope, only affects Moto bootloaders.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
well, what about the initroot? would that work for us? i'd love to be able to find a way to root/unlock the bootloader far from selling the phone and getting the google edition pixel, lol.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
Same answer, Moto only.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
okay, but why? lay out some facts here please. i don't understand why.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
The vulnerability is in the bootloader that only Moto phones use. Our bootloader is different.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
but if you look at the stuff on the github, they're using dirty cow. is dirty cow patched by google? god, I wish I could find exploits that would let me gain temp root, but unfortunately, i'm not good at that stuff.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
Dirty cow was released in 2007, Debian patched the old kernel in 20l6 and canonical (ubuntu) followed after that for there live iso. Ubuntu is built from debian
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
if it was patched in 2007 then why do older phones still use the exploit and why does frp bypass still use it?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
Where did I say it was patched in 2007 ?

Android kernel is based on Linux, Linux is the kernel not the operating system

The current kernel in gnu/Linux is 4.12, earliest kernel patch for dirty cow was 3.2

Android I believe now is like 3.10, but, I don't know when Android patched it.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
haha, sorry. you said it was patched in 2016, found in 2007.

yeah, maybe they didn't and it'd work... or something. if I knew how to do this stuff I'd test it out on my own phone, but unluckily i can just throw around ideas and hope someone picks it up and tries it who are more knowledgeable than me.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
I think Android kit-kat and lollipop you can still use dirty cow, I am not that positive with that though anymore, I believe (could be wrong) that is how kingroot and others work for older phones/tablets
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
I'd love to see if this is something that could work on the pixel. I'd love to be able to unlock the bootloader and have my go at this phone, but I'm not even sure where to start looking..
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
Why would you need this for the pixel?

The pixel is easy to unlock the bootloader and root, unless your on Verizon or the other one in Europe.

You couldn't pay me to use Verizon and that is even with a corporate discount.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
yeah unfortunately i have a vzw pixel that was locked from the beginning. shipped with 7.1.1 and all that jazz. that's why ive been looking for exploits and shiz.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] piperx:
Fortunately, I have never, and never will buy a phone from a carrier.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] ztotherad:
yeah, i just can't afford to pay the 900+ for an unlocked phone. unfortunately, locking the phone down for VZW was stupid on google's part and hopefully they'll see this mistake next time, but doubtful.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
Just got my s8 Exynos and sold my iPhone 7 Plus. And damn this phone is laggy. Lags and stutter everywhere and the battery is a joke.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] macmobile:
Too funny. Get your 7 Plus back - soon! [emoji6]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Deleted member 7979271:
This super accurate problem description is a joke. Should've stayed with the "easy to use" iPhone 7 Plus with their infinite battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
You're right. I should!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Vcaddy:
Why do X-iphone users always come here to guilt others on their inability to bother or take the time to understand and learn the new OS they just moved to ?

Better yet, they always threatin to go back to using iphones as if the whole world gonna fall apart by such a decision.

OP: use whatever device makes you happy and dont guilt/ blame others if you think you made a bad decision :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MonsterAndroid:
I have no issues ... mine runs smooth! US Unlocked!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Charkatak:
I have personally never thought an Android to be a mistake. I have used Nokia phones, then bought my first Android device in 2008 from T-Mobile (HTC Dream) and this is how it all started... I did have few iPhone that I used each one up to a month(just to test it out) and I found the device to be boring (my personal opinion) and I realized that I am missing so many convenient features on iOS compared to Android. By the way, none of my Android phones had bad battery life and I charge my phone not earlier than after 38 + hours, but usually at the end of second day. The only thing that I have noticed with iPhone is that it is for people that don't like adventure, don't like change, don't like being in control of the situation and like being told what to do, instead of making a decision of their own. (IMO)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
I'm not a Apple fan in any way. I've had nexus, galaxy s2, s3, s6, s7 edge, note 2, note 4 and some HTC, LG and many more android phones.

I only changed to iPhone 7 Plus because of my work. They bought me the phone and an Apple watch.

And I was surprised when I started using s8 when it comes to stutter and bad battery life. Much worse than s7 edge and iPhone 7
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] macmobile:
So there must be something wrong with your device. What about a factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
I did. Did also uninstall almost all 3rd party apps and lowered the resolution to HD+.

I'll report later.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dieselhazza:
I had an exynos S7 edge and had enough of the lag. Now I'm using a Sony XZ Premium and no lag at all. It has been amazing for me. Battery life is better than my S7 Edge too. I won't be going back to a Samsung device anytime soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Vcaddy:
OP:

imo android is not for everyone, it is for those who like to be in charge of whats going in the background and having much more info and control over the os than say apple.

On the other hand iphones os controls and background apps are regulated by apple policies, servers and etc to make it fool proof Which is a must for the simple average user.

Example: many of the threads here mentions 100% of your device problems ( lags, stuttering, ****ty battery, yada yada) while 99% of the time the reason for such stutters is bixby mapping apps or a corrupted SD card or a user introduced malware app ( kinda makes sence why there is no external storage on iphones and must be connected to itunes for any downloading etc..)

Again, judging from your andoid history that you mentioned, and the way you reacted cause you have no idea why your s8 is having performance issues, imo iphones suites you better.

Cheers !
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
I agree to disagree. 90% of all my phones has been Android. Take S7 Edge as an example. It worked flawless. Only issue I had with it was the sensitive screen when typing.

I tried my friends Pixel and also one OP5, can only say that there's no lag nor stutter at all. How come it's only S8? Make a fast googling and you'll see all the complaints about the same issue that I'm experiencing.

My last two cents, it's not android, it's TouchWiz.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
So the problem is fixed now? I deleted 60% of my apps, lowered the resolution to HD+ and now I've got 6h SoT and no stutter nor lag.

This one thing was not missed on my iPhone. I could use any app from the app store without worry about the performance and the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] macmobile:
^If this is all you are able to get out of Android, nobody can help you!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] supreme329:
So every time I install a new rom I do a fresh install of all my apps. The biggest pain is setting everything back up page by page.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] gustav30:
Titanium backup. Backup all of the launchers you use before a rom flash. After rom is flashed and your apps are restored, use titanium to restore data of the launchers.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Thisisabadname:
Evie Launcher saves your layout to your Google account. You can backup and restore as you please.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
I received my Honor 8 yesterday and so far I'm mostly pleased. Compared to the past 4 Moto G models I've owned, I'm extremely happy. I just hope support is better than my efforts to contact them so far. I was trying to register it so I'd get that 3 month screen protection and for now I've given up. I first tried to call them and sat on the phone for an hour only to be disconnected without ever talking to someone. I then tried to register it using the login I've had for some time. When I try to login with that I get an error that a problem occurred and try again later. Sooo, I tried registering with a new email but it requires them sending you a code to register. I tried 3 different email addresses multiple times and I never receive the code after 24 hours. I then sent an email, which over 24 hours later, I'm not sure they even received. If this is an indication of their support, then I am a little worried.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
Thanks, I guess I'll just have to wait. That is about an unlocking code, mine is about the code needed to just register the phone but that one and mine are similar because apparently there's no one home at Huawei.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SharxX8:
Quite frankly, i wouldn't bother If i were you. The hardware is great but software is meh and support is abysmal.

That's not news around here though.

Also, their website structure/ registering procedureshave got to be the worst.

If you think that's bad wait till you try to get your bootloader code.

Luckily there are ways around that and while not free I'd definitely go for it.

Otherwise prepare for quite a few headaches in that regard ?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
LOL, Just from what I've seen, I'll have to agree. I finally got an answer from them that was obviously run through a translator. It gave me a link to click that took me back to the page I originally tried to register with. So I tried resetting my password once again and it actually sent me the registration code. When I used that it told me I was in the wrong country and redirected me to a page that looked identical to what I previously looked at. So I used my new reset password and I get a new box advising me that something went wrong. So, I give up.

I do love the phone though, compared to the Moto G4 I had, it's quite a step up.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
I didn't have any problems getting my unlock code.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gopinaidu77:
Most people these days having issues with unlock code. Like some Doesn't get a code , some get but the code doesnt work .
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
I'm not wanting an unlock code, I'm just trying to register the darn phone. In case you've never tried or haven't in a while, Honor requires you to get an AUTHENTICATION code just to register your watch or to activate the free breakage coverage. If they don't send you that code then you can't get any web based support.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
But using the Chinese site is far better to get the unlock code,

I got mine without due of 14 days :D
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
I solved my problem by using a Hotmail address. It wouldn't work using an AT&T email or Gmail but I did get a reply with hotmail. Unless you turn off the authentication feature, everything you do or change requires 2 or 3 of these authentication codes to be sent. It may be that AT&T and Gmail have blacklisted their mail server because it might look like mail flooding with all the emails they send out for every little thing. The good thing is that once you get in, you can disable that authentication feature.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
:good: good
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gopinaidu77:
So does Hotmail worthy ? I see soo much spam filters look hotmail isnt trustworthy
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
I don't like hotmail and my account gets a lot of spam. I use it as a junk email address but I had to use it for this phone. Other than registering this phone I avoid it.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gopinaidu77:
Yo , i never prefer hotmail. If for justs ,i use temporary mails which will auto delete in one hour delay
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] evilpaul13:
Honor sent me an email saying that my US account was being transferred to Germany for some reason. I wouldn't bother trying to register for the screen protection. If you can't get the simple registration you'll probably find it impossible to get warranty service anyway. It's been two or three months since North America got a software update, and it was around Christmas to get the update before that. The Honor 9 isn't seeing a NA release last I heard. And the Honor USA reps (Noah and Trevor?) who used to post here haven't in ~10 months.

If you need a bootloader unlock code I got mine in October or November no problem. But with Huawei seeming to have stopped support in North America I'd try the European site if you need one now. I think we'll possibly get one or two more security patches over the next 12 months, but put low odds on that and expect nothing beyond it. It's a shame the Honor 8 is such a nice phone saddled with such dreadful support from Huawei. If they released security updates I'd highly recommend it. But they don't and I wouldn't suggest spending $300 on a phone that's probably never going to get a software update.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PalakMi:
That's weird (transferring your account)