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[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] Phat-T:
There's gonna be no headphone jack on the new flagship, if that's something you care for
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] reiriop:
I agree with the 6" screen part, but for resolution are you serious? There isn't really a lack of 4K content anymore so if you are watching 1080P SDR that's your fault.

This sounds too good to be true, not buying it until it's announced. Sony has a history of doing what they want instead of what makes sense. Guess we'll find out in about a month though.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] jaseman:
Not happy with the possibility of no headphone jack. But I suppose it makes it easier to make the phone more waterproof...one less hole to worry about.

If they supply us with a dongle...can that cost them less than just putting in the jack???
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I did read that. Very strange all the manufacturers are copying each other and ditching the headphone jack. Just means another adapter just to listen to music. :(

What I fear is what will they get rid of next. Memory card slot??

There was a recent poll on GSMArena with regards to the removal of the jack connection and 84% of users were against it!

https://www.gsmarena.com/sunday_debate_is_removing_the_headphone_jack_the_way_forward-news-29229.php

https://www.poll-maker.com/results2008393xF6234169-51#tab-2
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] reiriop:
Manufacturers always follow industry trends even when people are vocal about disagreeing, but I think those complaining about the headphone jack are the vocal minority because the majority of people probably just use bluetooth. It makes sense that Sony would do this though because all reviews of the XZ Premium complained about how Sony is 'behind' and the phone is 'dated' and bla bla bla, but then an image leaks of a Sony phone that follows the trends and gets rid of bezels and headphones jack and everyone starts whining about it.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] dieselhazza:
Just wait and get the xz 1 premium. It would be a much better buy
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I somewhat understand you. However, it is not right for manufacturers to FORCE us to use bluetooth headphones or adaptors. Bluetooth headphones are still not on par with wired headphones. High end head/earphones are inferior to any bluetooth headphone. I am an audiophile and will never switch to using bluetooth. They simply lack the quality of regular wired ones.

We'll see, I'll wait.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] reiriop:
Again, vocal minority. I would be willing to bet more than 50% of the real world users of this phone could care less about the headphone jack, unless the selfie stick they have isn't bluetooth and needs the 3.5mm jack. Pretty sure you meant to say head/earphones are superior to any bluetooth headphones, but that will likely only last a few more years potentially. Sony isn't forcing you to do anything, if you don't want to use an adapter, buy a phone that has a 3.5mm jack, but soon no good manufacturer will still be making a phone with one. If I want to listen to something in a higher quality I use a computer and a separate high quality DAC, not ideal when not at home but I typically listen to music/audio on my phone just to avoid noises at work or the gym. I'm not agreeing/disagreeing with the removal of it; I could care less either way honestly, I just think manufactures will continue to view audiophiles as the vocal minority.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I understand what you mean, sad but true. Audiophiles are already and will most likely always be seen as a the minority.

That said, I also use a quality DAC with a high end computer primarily to listen to audio simply being 99% of phones simply lack the power of a DAC. Bass and treble also far to weak.

In the meantime I am using phones with a 16:9 screen and a 3.5mm jack. Even the new 18:9 aspect ratio I'm against, many are but there is nothing we can do as soon most if not all manufacturers will adopt. I don't understand the new crave for this aspect ratio, only means we get left and right black letter boxes as well as many applications and games not being fully compatible. Even when using the pinch to zoom method we are losing the image as it's being cropped.

I will stick with the good old 16:9 aspect ratio screen and 3.5mm jack for as long as I can. :D:D
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
most 3.5mm jacks on phones are 192kbps quality... Most Bluetooth (especially 5.0) are much higher than that..

think of 3.5mm headphones being like cat 3 cable and Bluetooth 5.0 being like wireless 802.11ac... 3.5mm jacks are going to become like cassette tapes as Bluetooth becomes the new industry standard for audiophiles. not just on phones, but on everything, as the transmission rate on Bluetooth keeps improving, 3.5mm jacks will become a thing of the past in almost all new consumer products with sound transmission.

Audiophiles are going to switch to digital fiber cables, not the dying, lower quality 3.5mm analog cables.

you want quality, you need fiber. fiber is the new cat6 cable.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] oF2pks:
Just warn that XA2 looks using A/B seamless update process.

https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/device-sony-nile/blob/master/platform.mk#L29

Considering that and the impossibility to backup TA without su, it could take a very long time before a skilled dev takes interest to port a working twrp (with encryption support ?).

Sad because with Treble +microSD +3/4Gb + Sony aosp github =350$, this device could have been the best development device for 2018 : sd630 is also the most friendly soc for battery (14nm 8xA53).

More info https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xa2-review-1714p3.php
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
I think we'll see some development going on soon. not to mention it's shipping on oreo. I'll be getting mine in 10 days
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] oF2pks:
Hope so, already for sale and no forum on xda ( [MENTION=5518280]Enddo[/MENTION] ?); anyway, I never had xperia devices before and don't get few tricks:

-do you loose Widevine (or others than camera optimizations) after wiped TA ?

-does FOTAKernel (?), with an A/B partition update, allows a possible "resident" twrp ?

-kernel defconfig: https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel/tree/aosp/LA.UM.6.4.r1/arch/arm64/configs ?

Because of Oneplus5 Treble gambit, I seriously consider to switch to XA2. Also Oneplus decision to use caf tree for both rom and kernel, is a dead static github repo ( versus active xperiadev caf kernel only ?).

Finally, how is it, that Sony can't elaborate a "digital license", linked to an official Sony account per user, to reactivate DRMs (petition ?), somehow like Microsoft policy ?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
So my Xperia XA2 got here TODAY.. Very pleased
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] Der_Karlson:
I wouldn't "upgrade" to XA2 Ultra.

On the performance and feature side it would be a downgrade. Only in terms of display size it would be an upgrade.

Only if you can't live with 5.5 inches, I would consider a change - but only then.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
Upgrade to the XZ pro. Expected to be unveiled st MWC Monday

I'm using the XA2 and it's definitely an upgrade from my note 4, but still nowhere near as powerful as the XZ premium. I plan to get the pro when it comes out, and give my XA2 to my mom.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] makotech222:
Anyone make any progress or hear any news about TWRP or rooting the phone? I posted a quick guide on unlocking bootloader already, that was easy enough.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] oF2pks:
OC, but thanks to sdm630, XA2ultra gives you ~15hr SOT (6inches), and a funky extra wide angle for selfie camera.

Also back cover of XA2 is plastic and there is hope that anybody could replace his (big factory) battery in ~15mn (check XA1 teardown): totally impossible on other XZx models.

AND finally for people who need their bootloader unlocked, you're not wasting premium (expensive) features after wiped TA (for aosp use)...

Please, can you both report screenshots of DRMinfo(Playstore), so we can compare loss after unlocking.

[MENTION=4165506]makotech222[/MENTION] , actually (today) Sony did not release any kernel source yet, and aosp github does not provide any defconfig for XA2/nile (pioneer/discovery) : https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel/tree/aosp/LA.UM.6.4.r1/arch/arm64/configs

Also A/B + decryption will slow down development a bit. There is no xda forum yet, only hope that [MENTION=359497]jerpelea[/MENTION] will boost XA2's aosp. For info XA1 (mtk) kernel was only release via Sony download section, without any github defconfig.

btw : I don't get why all sdm630 devices are using sdm660 specs in specifics github definitions : https://www.anandtech.com/show/11338/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-660-630-mobile-platforms ?!
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] makotech222:
That's a shame. Its really hard going from my rooted 5x with adblock and whatnot, to this much faster, but rootless phone :P
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] e8onbreak:
Real Upgrade

As stated, that is not an upgrade. However, I would consider the new XZ2.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] makotech222:
Heres the drminfo pics. Unlocked bootloader Sony XA2
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] reiriop:
I was really hoping to see this announced but haven't seen anything about it, I assume they don't want to take the attention away from the XZ2 devices. Do you think they will actually wait as long as IFA to announce it? Seems like a long time to wait on announcing a premium version for this iteration of devices, do you think they would hold an event exclusively for that phone?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
looks like we won't see the new 4k Sony phone until IFA. Bummer
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] amakuramio:
Well xz premium has better performance and is able to have root and drm functions intact. A phone without xposed is a big no to me

Also 60 percent less performance is a lot

If you want more sot with xzp just sacrifice resolution with dpi changer
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] serajr:
Sony drm keys surely got wiped during bootloader unlocking process. You can check that out in the Service Menu.

Enter the code below into the dialer, then select > Service tests > Security

*#*#7378423#*#*

You can also enter in the Service Menu with this adb shell command (2018 devices only):

am start -n com.compal.sony.servicemenu/.ServiceMenuMainActivity

This is how

Suntory blobs

and

Key Provision daemon

should be (from my xa2 ultra, locked bootloader):
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] amakuramio:
Faked drm is like this
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
IF your heart is set on XA2 ultra! just buy it

no need to convince yourself or us ;)!

XZP is probably the best device sony had released / produced in over years and its very popular in android community! which means there will be (if not already) many mods/ thirdparty roms to try! and only time will tell where xa2u stands when we look back at flagships! (which btw xz2u is not a flagship)
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
upgrade
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
on paper it looks smashing! however the actual Hands-on review , i will have to wait for next few months to see speedtest videos.

as far as where xzp is concern! it still beats iphonex on speedtest and unlike xz2p, its slab design and its not bumpy as xz2p.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
faster cpu/gpu, bigger screen, 50% more ram.

I'll be upgrading from my XA2 ?

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] damage98:
No need to root to get adblock, you can use samsung internet and it has extensions, plenty of options for ad blocking.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] tellesdotinbox:
Just don't.

I have a Xperia XZ Premium as my daily driver and I got a XA2 Ultra from Sony to review, the phone was recently launched here, in Brazil.

After three days with this phone, I would say it is pretty decent considering the price (here in Brazil it costs something like US$ 549). I has a great overall look (even better than XZP's from some angles) and a FANTASTIC frontal camera, much better than XZP's (the wide-angle one is quite bad, but the main front-facing camera, the left side mounted one, is awesome). The back camera is okay, no surprises here.

Also, the battery is really good. Using auto brightness I could get 10 hours of screen-on time (Wi-Fi only). I'll test the usage on 4G/LTE in a few days.

Besides that, the phone is uncomparable to a XZP. The performance is okay for the price, but you clearly see that it isn't a flagship. I could experience a lot of laggy animations; the phone struggles with certain apps, like facebook, chrome and some games.

Also, the screen is not as colorful, even though is quite brighter. The back mounted fingerprint reader doesn't fail as much as the XZP's, but is harder to reach. Also, the phone is even worst than the XZP when you try to use it with one hand.

I don't know. I think that what amazes me with the XZP is it's fluidity, something that's noticeable even after all these months. I also tested the Galaxy S8+ some months ago and I can say that the XZP always outruns it when it comes to speed/fluidity. I wouldnt exchange this feature for a slightly better front camera and battery on the XA2 Ultra.

Also, the XA2 Ultra's back reminds you that Sony made no effort while creating this phone. It is beautiful, but only because the absence of side bezels.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] ocujos:
My partner has an XZP and I have a Samsung S8 Plus. XZP is silky smooth and never slows down, unlike S8 Plus! XZP is incredibly fast, no matter what you're doing with it. Great phone!
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] aquaraider11:
When they announced xz2 i instantly went out and bought xzp to replace my old (and slightly broken) xz because i absolutely hated the rear fingerprint sensor and the new style of the chassis, and the lack of 3.5mm jack.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
You are right. I did not get the XA2 Ultra or any recent Sony device. My wife, however bought the XA2 Ultra due to it's price tag, it was her maximum budget. Not a bad phone but as you mentioned, it's really hefty/bulky and heavy.

Decent screen and amazing battery but due to large top/bottom bezels the phone is very large for a six inch device...

Recently I had the opportunity to play around with the new Xperia XZ2 Premium/Compact. Whilst I was tempted, there were better alternatives from the competition for a similar if not cheaper price.

I was not impressed with the small battery and bulky design. Shame as I was quite in love with the screen and speakers.

In the end after looking at so many alternatives, I went with the Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Beautiful phone. Fantastic super sharp OLED screen, stunning dual camera, good stereo speakers, outstanding build quality and on par with Snapdragon 835. Almost 82% screen to body ratio thanks to it's super slim bezels, I made the right choice!

Perhaps if the next Sony release is something like an XZ2 Ultra having slimmer bezels and a non bulky design, I might once again switch back to Sony.

I feel the XZ2 Premium release is not good enough coming from the previous XZ Premium. Aside from a better GPU/CPU, all other improvements are minor. Camera and screen, for example, are only marginally better. Bezels are thinner though still thicker than the rest of the competition. Also no headphone jack.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Questions & Answers] li0nh3art3d:
I agree the XA2 indeed is an excellent mid-range.. The camera is great in good lighting however does not perform well under low-light conditions. Battery life is fantastic, screen is good but my 2014 AMOLED Samsung Note 4 had better resolution, and more range of brightness adjustment (the XA2 could be dimmer when I'm laying in bed, and also brighter in sunlight)

I have the 5.2" model, so size in a non-issue for me.

Snapdragon 630 is fairly good for multitasking and gaming, but still doesn't compare to the 835 or 845. But it's still fairly quick; handles most games fairly well.

As far as the headphone jack, I really don't see the need.. I'm sure there's a dongle adapter to add one if needed. Bluetooth 5 is capable of producing much better sound quality than the 192 kbps 3.5mm jacks can. To each his own though.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afsal@123:
When lineage officially release oroe bulid ..... Means

OFFICIAL lineage 15.1 ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mg712702:
No ETA, it will be release as soon as all bugs get fixed
[HTC U Play Questions & Answers] janek125:
Hi everyone

Please tell me if it' s possibile to run VoWiFi on this telephone?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] UltraMagnus:
Hey folks-

I tried posting this in the S2U2 0.99 thread but there are countless pages and I figure it was like dropping a needle in a haystack. Any smartphone users out there have any experience using S2U2 on it?

My wife's Moto Q will run it, and it will function properly, except it almost appears as if the UI is set to portrait and the background set to landscape. The landscape wallpaper is chosen, but nudged down and left so it leaves equally sized black bars on the top and right side of the screen. The rest of the UI elements look set to portrait, as they are horizontally short (guessing 240 but I don't know for certain) and the slide bar is scrolled off the bottom of the screen. The clock/curtain and the carrier info bar are properly aligned to the top left corner of the screen, but as I said they appear to be portrait as they end at approx 240px.

Does anyone out there use the latest S2U2 with a smartphone (or, better, the Moto Q specifically) and has experienced/resolved similar problems? TIA

Edit: I tried this with and without ddraw and safemode on, and I get the same results every time.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoArg:
I don´t know. Sorry
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ajk511:
i think he is using the dpad function of unlocking s2u2. i think your gonna end up with issues with the looks though. just wasnt meant for a smartphone squarish screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] UltraMagnus:
Wow, everywhere I post this someone without knowledge of S2U2's capabilities tells me smartphones don't have touchscreens. Thanks for the news flash :rolleyes:

Yes, ajk511 is right, mostly. The Q has a 320x240 screen, not square, but even if it did, the S2U2 notes say it supports square screens and smartphones. I'm looking for input from anyone who's used S2U2 with a Q or similar device and experienced or resolved this problem.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] A_C:
I can't tell what S2U2 will do on a Q, but it works perfectly on a Smartphone emulator, except the CallerID part. Could you provide a screenshot of what you've done? I guess you may have to prepare a separate set of wallpapers for your Q as QVGA device needs a 240x320 portrait wallpaper while your Q is 320x240.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mnotz:
Can't speak for the Q, but on my wife's HTC Excalibur it works flawless. I did however make a custom 320 wide by 240 high wallpaper that is running in portrait(!) mode as far as I remember. Slider is visible and working fine with the DPAD.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Shiryu:
I can confirm that s2u2 works without problems on my Samsung i600, after I had set NoPowerSuspend to 1 (before that if my phone screeen has been turned off, it stayed off and I can unlock device only after pluging headset wire into the slot), and CallerID to 0.

Now I have one question: how can I set s2u2 to lock keypad on homescreen only?

Sorry for my English :cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LeoArg:
This work in a Smartphone HTC S620?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] guimau31:
I had a problem with my samsung i320 (landscape 320x240). S2U2 and settings start in the wrong orientation. unlock is working with DPAD, but it's impossible to use settings

Thanks for your answers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bozinsky:
Treo 500v has the same problem.

I started with 1.01 and then 1.05, 1.22b, 1.30 and 1.32.

Always the same problem

BoZ
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] spartamusprime:
I guess S2U should have its own help forum. Anyways The problem I am having is that when I turn the back light off and turn it back on S2U pops up just fine but I also get an error notification "Cannot execute \Storage Card\Program Files\XMT_OnPowerOn.exe" Does anyone know if this is a S2U problem or something else?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] robbi24r:
Running on Q9

I've been running s2u2 on a Motorola Q9c for about 3 weeks now with minimal problems. I love it! I'm just trying to learn my way around some of the power management options, and figure out how to change the size/date of the date. So far so good though, I'm very impressed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ray_jai:
Hi, which s2u2 version are u using?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bakhia:
newest version works fine on HTC Ozone. Trick is you need to use mydialer to change config, its eazier that way.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] irpwnz:
I actually used S2U2 with a Pantech Matrix Pro and it worked fine. The only problem is when the screen dims, then goes to the lockscreen, then the screen shuts off, the phone shuts down immediately! Also I could not figure out how to access the settings because it was meant for a PPC. Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Shiryu:
Try to edit settings via registry values in HKCU\Software\A_C\S2U2 ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RelicXII:
try adjusting your backlight settings, to time out longer.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zenlord77:
It works just fine on my Q..on screen shows the battery charging..;)..i'm using S2U2 v2.41..because it's difficult to editing the s2u2 setting ( b'cause Q is not touch screen..:o ) so i use my mobiler apps to control it through PC...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brewhoxs:
Try this latest version 2.43 of S2U2, it really works fine on Windows Mobile Smartphone 320x240, specially for Motorola Q CDMA or Samsung GT-C6625 Valencia but settings mode cannot be access, so you should try to edit settings manually via registry values in HKCU\Software\A_C\S2U2 and goodluck... ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Themes, Apps, and Mods] abhishekpandey7148:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/the...-0-t3708470&grqid=sioTwAda&hl=en-IN&geid=1021
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Themes, Apps, and Mods] Sagar_zac:
It's not working bro i mean the link
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Themes, Apps, and Mods] arceuss:
try this

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/themes/op5t-unlock-android-phone-7-0-t3708470/
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Themes, Apps, and Mods] Sagar_zac:
Bhai bhai.. This is too old i already have it.. And also have the patched version of auto input
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Themes, Apps, and Mods] arceuss:
i don't know. I just removed googleweblight.com and pasted that link to you. XD
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Guides, News, & Discussion] abhishekpandey7148:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/the...-0-t3708470&grqid=sioTwAda&hl=en-IN&geid=1021
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizzer48:
Hello everyone i droped s6 to water and call mic not working

Its possible to use top of phone mic for bottom mic
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albert_joh:
You can test your mic with this, call to *#0283#

Then you get a screen with 1st mic, 2nd mic.

If you select 1 or 2 you will hear yourself.

I don't know if there is a possibility to only use your 2nd microphone.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godkingofcanada:
No, but you can use a headset