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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] nihutams:
I am suffering from the exact same problem; can those of you who fixed this horrendous issue by spraying your motherboards, could you please confirm that your devices are still free of that "missing sim card" error. And what brand of spray did you guys use? If at all it makes a difference.

Thank you.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] nihutams:
I cannot find anything in stores remotely similar to "dry magnetic heads cleaner spray" if you guys know the brand name of this product or an alternative, please post your replies.

Your help is greatly appreciated!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] nihutams:
found contact/head cleaner at the source; sprayed once then tested, it didn't work. Sprayed second time then tested, it didn't work either but managed to keep the phone alive without loosing the sim for a few hours. I guess will be spraying the third time in a few days...

If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to share.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] btrcp2000:
I bought a "no gsm" uni from a person here with the intent of using it around the house as a connected pda/media viewer/web surfer/email checker. I fully expected to have to buy a wifi card for it, but at the moment it is running okay. I do not have a sim card, as I don;t use it as a phone, but the last few reboots, it has found the radio, which is 1.17. On occasion it doesn't find the radio, but wifi still works.

I used this:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=341-246

Specifically the DeOxit Spray and the Shield which I think is the same is Preservit, neither of which was supposed to leave residue, but both of which did, a pink oily substance. I sprayed anything that said Qualcomm or wifi, based on the picture in the wiki.

I also hit it with some canned air, and there was plenty of lint in there. Right after I did it, wifi came up and I thought I was home free, but then it disappeared. I decided to try one more rom flash before shelling out for a wifi card, and it has been working pretty reliaby ever since (3-4 days, first scary hard reset was today after I froze it with weatherpanel, a program I hate/love). Wifi didn't come back righ away, but one or two softs after the hard reset, and I was back in business. I am running mo3ulla v1.5 that came out in early May. I fully expect to have to buy a wifi card at some point, but for now I'm happy. I wish you luck!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] AIN1:
an advice....

Im electronic technician and I try to say you what happen:

1-the phone signal needs a VCO device (Voltge controled Oscilator) to tune the frequency receive channel for work (detect the service signal).

2-This device is a little silvered metalic box, you can see because it needs to be not covered for a shield, you can see the VCO under a shield with a open little window (uncove this shield and check the area).

3-If you have "wet" (this cause a little shorts), open connections (solder damages, or not soldered components), shorts in wherever parts of all mother board (in bad cases) "the voltage got down and the VCO dont works", also misconnections in the phone antena (the white box that cover the camera and keep the flash) maybe the dust and oxidcrap dont let a good conection whit the mother board.

4-If you have damp or wet plis: DONT CLEAN the area with rags or cloth and DONT TRY TO DRY WITH HOT AIR you attempt damage the mother board chip's with temperature and ESD....try to use a dry theth brush to quit the wet or use a dry compresed air spray (buy it in a electronic's store), also DONT USE ALCOHOL OR SOLVENT LIQUIDS TO TRY DRY THE MOTHER BOARD this cause a acid chemical reactions and destroy sensibly components. REMEMBER: use a dry theth brush and dry cmpresed air to dry the mother board and do it carefully.

5-If you have dirty the antena area, uncove the white box and clean the area use alcohol and theth brush dont try to clean with a rag or cloth, also check the conection pins in the withe box.

6- "If all of that dont works" sorry man! your VCO is damaged or you have a electrical short in the mother board.

7-My advice is: "Try to keep out your UNI from the wet" "Dont damp it" "Dont use your UNI with wet or damp hands" cause the wet bring up through the keyboard, dont expose your UNI to high frequency devices like electrical motor's, high current line's, signal generators etc. these devices can fry the VCO or PLL of your UNI. If you uncove your UNI try to cove correctly again plis.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] bravacudda:
The Fix- its the simm cover microswitch

I may be that the reason many are getting different results, is that your tackling the wrong area of the ph as the problem. I just fixed my TYTN ll using this solution by Tilt Fanatic -Fix for No Sim Detection Problem!-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11199595#post11199595

He figured out that its source is the simm cover latch and the micoswitch that it catches on underneath. Over time this ability to catch onto microswitch, degrades so "the problem is that the outside switch is not fully catching the inside one, which is why the sim isn't being detected". Thus for many people the constant insert and closing of the simm cover inadvertantly fixes the problem. Not the deoxidizing etc. Try it. Use something to press the inner mico switch hard up while turning on the phone. It was an instant fix for my ph, showing it was the correct source of the problem of "no simm card present". Thanks to Tilt Fanatic correctly identifying it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
This section is for HTC Universal only and the post above you has over 3 years:eek:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pegart:
I might as well try here if anyone will see my post.

I'm screwed. Latest stock ROM, unrooted and locked bootloader. I have/had the Google App (beta) installed on my phone but for the past couple of days it was constantly crashing and my phone became sluggish so I decided to uninstall it today. I left the beta program and as provided with instructions there went to uninstall the beta version to install the non-beta one.

It stayed on "uninstalling" for about 10 minutes and I presumed it was just a Google Play glitch and decided to reboot my phone. Big mistake! After the first install it was optimizing apps (but only one, so it was probably the Google App but it never got out of the next step (starting system/app, I don't recall what it said exactly right now)). I decided, stupidly, to reboot the phone since it was stuck and now I'm stuck on a bootloop and the phone won't even go past the Android logo animation. I guess the uninstallation never completed somehow and the app got corrupted(?).

I'm lost and I don't know what my options are except trying a factory reset and/or even unlocking the bootloader and getting a custom recovery and potentially rooting the phone too. But I really don't want to lose my data!! I have no backups.

Is there ANY chance I could somehow manage to solve the problem? Is it possible to sideload an app with a locked bootloader and stock recovery? I'm trying to sideload the Google app back in case it got corrupted but it doesn't work. I get the following errors:

E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
installation aborted

Haaalp!

EDIT: Even weirder. I just let it run the booting sequence again and it got beyond the lollipop logo animation and is now stuck on "Android is starting... Starting apps." message.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanzzLV:
Hello, i bought a NEXUS 5 off of a guy, who said that he plugged in the charger and went to sleep, at the morning the phone was dead, no reaction etc. I tried pressing power+vol up, nothing happens, power+vol down, nothing happens. Then i plugged it to my PC and when i press power+both volume buttons, the pc recognises a "Quectel QDLoader 9008". When i charge, no lights come up, i tried those power+volume combinations and the screen is not turning on even for a second. Only the thing that i can do is plug to pc and power+both vol to get it recognised as "Quectel QDLoader 9008".

Any help would be appreciated!!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanzzLV:
I just disconnected battery and reconnected it, now it does like that:

I hold power button

windows shows unknown device malfunctioned

nexus 5 screen is black, no signs of life
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iskander101:
Seem like Bricked :/

But it can be fixed as far I know with fastboot flashing
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanzzLV:
I did a thing from yt with boarddiag software and still no reaction
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] KARIM9377:
Hi all axon 7 fan

Is there any news about Oreo update even beta test

If not why ZTE didn't released beat for 2017G
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Lol that's not how it works

From what I've been looking, ZTE seems to have 3 teams. They all work very differently.

The U and G team have a closed beta program. You have to sign an NDA and you basically subject to their abuse, by testing beta ROMs. This has been going on since before Nougat came out.

Lately it seems that the U team needed people with a different set of skills so they asked around. But the G team already has some betatesters. Some are around XDA.

The update for the G was supposed to come in April
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] axa2222:
Any Updates on Oreo for 2017G ? April almost over..
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] GodOfPsychos:
https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/s-bans-american-companies-selling-to-zte-t3778509/post76364551
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] GodOfPsychos:
Why did you try to quote me with that. My link already provided an answer.

And for those fishy 8.1 rom guides you posted, we dont have any official lineage 15.1 roms for axon 7 so i wouldn't trust sites like getdroidtips with unofficial versions and just wait until the official one drops.

We have official lineage os 14 here in the forums and many other custom oreo roms which are at least legit.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] laikexpert:
Oh what is this - LineageOS 15?

https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/oh-lineageos-15-t3668956/page34

I will allow 5 people to join a test group on Telegram. If you want to join send me your name on XDA.

author: OrdenKrieger

P.S.

LineageOS 15 is warmed up
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Predatorhaze:
dazte United StatesPosts: 4 ✭✭

April 27, 2018 7:54PM

It's official, Google shut down Android updates for ZTE.

Dear Valued customer,

Thank you for contacting ZTE USA. Our top priority at ZTE is to provide you with excellent products and great customer service. We are following up in regards to the software update. We are sorry you will have to send the device in to update the software on the device. The reason for this is because Google makes the software and we can't release the software. If you have any questions at all, please call us between 9am and 9pm central time at 1-800-617-5065. Thank you for your continued business with ZTE USA!

Regards,

ZTE USA
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] KARIM9377:
this is for USA V what about the European V 2017G is it going to update to Oreo

or they stop all update for ZTE this band from USA cam in bad time we most get update in April
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Sony XA2 Ultra, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Sony XA2 Ultra is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it. :o

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
I've been using the XA2 for about 3 weeks now. I ore ordered it. Overall, this phone has great speed, battery life, a great selfie camera (in good lighting) ?, and the Sony BRAVIA display quality is excellent. True colors, blacks, etc.

However the development is weak 3 weeks in, rear facing 23MP camera is medicore, and performs poorly in dim lighting. The display lacks desired minimum and maximum brightnesses.

The design is nice, interface is easy to use. I like the curved gorilla glass, seems durable and doesn't keep fingerprints as some other phones I've used before.

verdict: it's definitely a nice mid range device for the everyday user.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] SLCoutureRPPm:
Only 2 months into new Android phone. So far, so good. not great, but good. No issues

with phone, and Ilike the much bigger 6" screen for my older eyes. It works real well with a wireless Sony headphone (not the noise-cancelling ones, due to hi price but that would have been better) and a Marley Chant Mini-portable speaker. USB-C port is key, though I hate not being able to salvage my old cords. C CORDS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, SO KEEP THEM CLOSE AND BUY A SPARE, SHORT ONE FOR YOUR PORTABLE BATTERY.

New -C cords means more electro-junk to toss out. Minimalist packaging was nice touch.

I like voice control, but I hate saying "Hey Ggggggoogl". We should be able to customize calling to these personal support devices, like we do for my dog. I would call mine whatever version of Android is running the OS.

Bit overwhelmed by the shear volume of Android apps out there. At first, I figured it would take just few months to sort great apps from crap ones. Here it is, 2 Months in, and I'm about 1/2 done. being retired means not enough incentive to waste personal time staring at screens, when I did that hours upon hours each day for over 40 yrs.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] johnpouria:
Disappointed: I was excited about this phone initially because I love old school 16:9 displays. I still love my V20. But this phone is soooo sluggish. It takes so long to launch apps, to boot, to type...etc. Battery life was bad. I find that my old low end Moto E4 Plus is faster! Maybe when we get root and an assortment of roms this phone will be usable.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] keltenfuerst:
bricked

What can I say: tied to install lineageos according to instructions. Device now bricked, hard. Only reaction to power button pressing is one LED flash. No USB, so no fastboot, no flashing.

Sony customer "support" referred me to "developers", who did not even bother responding. Considering experience with other Sony phones: Never again any Sony device, thanks all the same.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Sony XA2 Ultra keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Sony XA2 Ultra. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
The bootloader is able to be unlocked successfully, so there is hope for development. but I give 2 stars since there has yet to be any whatsoever, not even twrp, after 3 weeks
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Sony XA2 Ultra is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Sony XA2 Ultra exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
The speed is excellent for a mid ranged device. Most apps and games open quickly and run smoothly.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] markwebb:
Speed is tolerable. Slight delay when opening apps and when many are open you get the spinning donut which means a slight delay. This phone is not very fast.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Sony XA2 Ultra. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Sony XA2 Ultra performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Sony XA2 Ultra keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
3-4 Gb of ram is plenty for an everyday user, and this device seems to manage it fairly well
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Sony XA2 Ultra under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] markwebb:
This phone displays lag and jank in many apps including the contacts app which isn't smooth. I don't think they chose the correct processor. If you're looking for a fast phone this one isn't. It is serviceable for those on a budget.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Sony XA2 Ultra stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
This device stays cool under heavy multitasking
[Mogul, XV6800 General] the 0ne:
Hello,

I have seen two threaded SMS CABS for WM6.0 posted. However, after further investigation I realized that they are just modified Treo CAB (One by Cody and one by shogunmark).

So, is threaded SMS possible or will the flash to WM6.1 be necessary?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worthingtonmedic38:
I've been using eXtreme text from www.birdsoft.com works great, cost 15 some bucks if i remember right
[Mogul, XV6800 General] gary42095:
i am using pocketcm and it does threaded texting. i am not too bright with any of this stuff but i am fairly certain thats what gave me the threaded txt. i am using it on xv6800 sometimes it acts up, where i need to hold/hit send a few times other than that no problems...except of course it still notifies you of unread text messages and you have to read it in normal window to remove notify

hope that helped...
[Mogul, XV6800 General] calash:
The one by Cody works fine on the xv6800. There is a slight font issue depending on if you have they keyboard open when you start it, but other than that it works fine.

There are also a few other threaded SMS apps out there to try.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] the 0ne:
I neglected to state that I was referring to the threaded SMS client (Arcsoft MMS Composer) available in WM6.1. I was under the impression that it could be created in to a CAB and installed on a WM6.0 phone.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Sony XA2 Ultra's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
This device performs poorly in low light. luckily the Ultra has a front facing flash.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] mingkee:
It's pretty grainy under low light rooted or not. Root doesn't affect the noise.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] nate0:
I shot an hd video in very low light on Lineage 17 fw 50.2. And Yes poor performance and poor results. That's just the name of the game in most midrangers though.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] jit-010101:
That's not true. Let me give you some better examples:

Pixel 3a

Motorola One Action / Vision

Xiaomi Mi A2 (Lite)

and more. Heck even low end phones produce better result than this Pixel Mess left and right. Upscaled 20MP my ass ...

I'd say the Sony Camera Framework is the worst I've come accross in the recent years in regards to handling Noise and different situations including Manual Control on Stock (heck even cheap ass Huawei/Honor devices are better then this), and yes - its just the Camera Framework (underlying) nothing more, nothing less.

It wouldn't be that bad if their ASOP blobs would be properly working since these give full Camera2 API access including RAW-Support - theoretically -

but as it is now Android 9 was unstable and Android 10 it doesn't competely work at all due to a Hardware Resource Bug.

Mind you that there's hope since there's now an official Pixel Experience ROM for this Device Range on Android 10 - so once it will be fixed (if they ever fix it) it will be usable and the rest of it stable.

But that's a big if.

The should fire the team responsible for camera framework development.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] nate0:
All of which I've never used.

Owned a Nokia 6.1, meh. However it was way better than the Xperia here for the price.

Owned a moto z2 play. Similar results but better than the Xperia.

My point being is that I was on a custom ROM. I DID NOT expect much anyway. I rolled back to the stock Rom and stills were improved and video recording smoothed out too.

I think you'd have to subjectively list those phones all running the same custom ROM and determine which one takes home the medal with camera performance. Otherwise yes my statement was not true.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Sony XA2 Ultra come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] li0nh3art3d:
The rear camera is nothing special in my opinion, however the front facing camera takes excellent, wide angle selfies.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] markwebb:
Rear camera is good, not stellar. Poor pics in low light. Can't compete with the Samsung's or the Pixels. There is also an annoying shutter lag and is not spontaneous.
[Sony XA2 Ultra Real Life Review] Drenyx:
I was out tonight...Lantern festival thing.

figured high contrast in dark would be hardest thing to pull off..full size picture warning.

I'm not the biggest perfect picture taker, but it seems to me the sensor is plenty well able to pick up everything, but there's crap for software HDR to put it all together. If I focused on the grass, the ground was much brighter in the picture than where I was standing, however the lights were all washed out. If I focused on the lights, that's all you can see. There is plenty of noise in the picture, but I could forgive noise if some manner of HDR could merge different light levels.

Speed: (another large image warning)

I know guns are a hot topic presently, but if we can move past guns good/guns bad, and agree stuff coming out of guns moves pretty fast. This was the best timed shot I think I ever managed. Focus is sufficient up front but suffers at multiple distances. The ejected shell from the shotgun is in air, the wad (part of an assembled shotgun shell) is seen flying away from the gun. Zoom in on the upper center of the picture and the orange target can be seen broken into 3 pieces. I was very impressed that while focus was an issue, there didn't seem to be any movement distortion in the picture.

...after describing the details and looking closer at my images in the post, it seems my pictures are getting cut down somewhere along the line. I'll try to update later with a full size link.