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[Touch Cruise General] kaiser2000:
Hey all.

Got my Touch Cruise recently and so far my experiences are mixed. Here's some of the problems I've had - maybe someone can suggest fixes?

1. Battery life is awful. With Wi-fi enabled I get at most 2 days out of a full charge.

2. Screen sensitivity is poor. Even with the stylus a lot of times I have to press the same key twice or the accuracy isn't 100% - very annoying when sending text messages.

3. When on a call the screen goes into standby meaning you can't easily turn on the speakerphone, mute/hold it etc. I've tried turning off all the power saving options I can find but it still happens.

4. Ring volume levels aren't great. Annoying when I'm out and about or in the car with the stereo turned up.

5. Backlight is very poor outside, or even in the car - basically anywhere where it's exposed to sunlight.

I've changed the UI to the SPB one as I was recommended to do on another forum, and it helps a bit, but to be honest I'm very close to selling it on unless I can get the above issues fixed.

Any ideas? Thanks!
[Touch Cruise General] hambola:
You should check out the many posts on this forum, many of them address your concerns. I'll see if I can take a crack at them:

1) Yes battery life is not great, I wouldn't leave Wifi turned on all day. The less stuff you are using the better, for example if you're not using Bluetooth don't leave it on. Same for the WLAN. Don't have applications constantly making data connections either (prob not applicable if you're on the wifi). An example of such an application would be the weather app. Search the forums for tips on improving battery life.

2) There are registry key entries that improve the touch sensitivity of the screen and TouchFLO. Try this thread as a start. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355277

3) There's a registry entry for this, don't use Kaiser Tweak. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355230

4) Are you sure the ring volume is to the max? Is the ringtone itself loud? I'm pretty sure there's reg entries for this too, check out the tips and tweaks thread.

5) Yeah if sunlight is hitting it directly the screen is not very visible. Try turning the brightness up to the max. Supposedly there are screen protectors out there that minimize the effect of glare although I haven't personally tried any except for the stock protector.

Overall your best bet is to read the forums and use the search function. You will almost always find someone who has asked the same question in the past. And welcome to xda. HTH.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] chadddd:
There's a V30+ on auction right now on eBay. It claims to be brand new and the only picture is an unopened, sealed box. The seller seems to be a regular eBay user, not someone who uses eBay for business, hence that's the only thing on their sell list. Is there anyway to tell if it's a fake from just the box, should I try and snag it?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
It's probably not fake, but what variant? Sprint? Is it on the carrier banned list for non-payment? Etc.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] chadddd:
According to the seller it's unlocked. No carrier branding on the back of the box so I'm inclined to believe that at least.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Then it's probably U.S. Cellular model? U.S.Cellular model US998 V30/V30+ is also carrier unlocked.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HSBlueblood:
Hi guys

I need some help to modify a system apk.

I still changed with the AutoDev tool, but when I put the apk it's error.

The APK does that when the charger is removed it automatically shuts off, but I want it to turn off the screen

Someone help me, thanks

Sorry for my bad english

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[Moto Z2 Play  Questions & Answers] Poluo3:
I thought that once the moto mod is connected to the phone, that it will not be charging it until I tell it to. Is there a way to let the phone run out of battery first and then turn on the moto mod to charge the phone?
[Moto Z2 Play  Questions & Answers] victorhbm15:
You can pause it in the notification, but if you start charging from, idk, 15% the motomod it's not even gonna charge the phone to 80%, at most, 50%
[Moto Z2 Play  Questions & Answers] madseason.live:
Manually in setting you can enable and disable charging. But you need to enable it manually, otherwise it will keep 80% or fill to 100% depends on setting you choose
[Moto Z2 Play  Questions & Answers] markthewolf90:
To add on to what Victor said (Although to my knowledge the weakest battery pack gives an extra ~60% charge), using your phone's battery first and then the motomod is honestly inefficient anyways, as using "efficiency mode" apparently gives you an extra ~20% more total battery life. Along with that, these mods arent battery banks, they aren't made you give you a quick emergency charge and be tossed away to charge back up, they are made to be attached to your phone for extended periods of time and maintain your battery power.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techamazon:
#1: The sd/sim tray is so poorly designed it'll actually not slot into place properly and I've used this device for only a few minutes. This means the IP rating is basically useless since if anything sips in due to how the tray is designed it'll leak straight to the screen and everything else. I've tried to use minor force to slot in in the place "properly" but the thing is that the flat part that covers the slot wobbles meaning it is not static, which means we have a topkek moment a la Z1-5 flap issue all over again.

#2: The sd card reader is gimped, less than half (getting 1/3) the speeds compared to say the XZ1.

#3: Now let's talk about the elephant in the room shall we? The glass backside, It's not flat! Meaning it can't sit on anything with a slight decline like your bed, pillow, or anything slippery for that matter. You either buy a derpy case or live with the fact that this device can't even sit flat unless otherwise.

#4: Weight was added for no reason, and a lot of people tend to believe that weight equals quality, but in this case it had no reason whatsoever. And what's the best of it all?! Said weight made it thicker, which means they had plenty of space to add that headphone jack that was removed because they had to follow the fruitcake trend. And because it's rounded in the rear, it makes the actual thickness seem thinner than it's predecessor which is around 2-3mm thinner which has guess what? A headphone jack! And don't give me that BS about needed cooling, the S9 is thinner (about the same as the XZ1) and comes in both Exynos and SD flavors.

#5: Let's remind ourselves once again why the headphone jack was removed, not to mention a lot of regions won't even ship with any headphones (nordic region here) which felt kinda cheap, but at least they provided a dongle!

I got a pair of MDR-EX650AP and WH-H900N if anyone is wondering and both come in handy, trust me.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NightOrchid:
Goto admit I love my XZ2 and I only agree with you on No.2 and No.5...

2... Im using a Samsung 64GB 95mb/s SDCard andthe read speed is rubbish.. this is my second XZ2 and its exactly the same.. so it tells me theres a software issue.. In both the SONY Music app and using the home screen widget, from pressing play.. It takes about 3 secs before music starts playing.. and Im getting lag when accessing phot9os and files on SDCard... theres been 2 updates so far... 145 and 159.. and neither updates have fixed this

5.. Dont even mention the stupidity of removing the Headphone jack from devices ... its been a thorn in everyones side since HTC, the first Android Dev to follow Apple with this "Sheep" like trend on their U Ultra last March 17.. and now its a thing... do you know what really gets me is everybody complains about on forums, yet nobody goes on a Devs Twitter or FB page and says "I was going to buy your phone, but because you removed the 3.5 jack, Ive bought a Samsung instead"... do you know, if everyone started saying that.. we'd have the Jack back by 2019... because regardless of the device you actually buy.. theres nothing worse for a DEV than critisism on their front pages.

Anyway... I think the XZ2 is a gorgeous device, beautifully weighted, stunning.. yes, STUNNING and simple camera, great speakers.. anda great screen, No its not perfect.. buts its pretty good
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] eelpout:
I'd also add the downgrading of the front camera to 5mp from the 13mp in last year's XZ models. Though I wonder if that could have been a space issue at the edge for the module.

It's the one thing (well and the SD card speed) that is keeping me from upgrading from an XZ1. Though if the price gets low enough...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] cheetah2k:
And #6 - no double tap to wake the phone... I am not sure why this was removed since the Sony X series.. its a real shame....
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Allesa:
The camera is still bad ala sony
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Flynnchen82:
Camera isn't that bad. But don't use the Auto Mode!

I've made some comparisons (maybe i can show one later at home) and the auto mode is just bad. It makes blurry pictures, especially the darker areas. Switching to manual mode with auto settings raises the quality extremely. Don't know if that's a bug or whatever...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Famf9983:
No wired video out is a big one for me...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] AlvinZahran98:
I can't deal with the deletion of Video app. I can't play videos other than in MP4 format. I don't like to install those badly designed apps from google play. Any solutions?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] paulle:
Install vlc (playstore). It nearly all types of media files.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] eelpout:
Get a proximity wake app like Gravity Screen from the store and you won't care.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] adwinp:
It gets scratched as crazy; got scratches both on the back & front after a few days of usage.

In comparison, my Xiaomi Mi Mix displayed similar "material usage" after 1 year. Something's definitely wrong.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
Weird, no blur on my H8296 6GB.

Weird, mine is fine.

There is also a bend and scratch test on YouTube to demonstrate it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
Found 2 more flaws -.-

1. The Speakers are not Watercapable.

Took the phone into the shower with me... Sound volume dropped by 70% as soon as the phone got splashed with water.

2. Microphone placement!

They really placed the microphone beside the USB Port... Where do you place your little finger when you hold your phone at the ear? At the Bottom! To prevent this slippery phone from sliding out of your hands. If your placement is bad you will fully cover the microphone and then person on the other end of the call won't hear a thing! Happened multiple times to me before I realized this -.-
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
There are water resistant speakers which break physical laws and transmit the sound through water without any quality degradation?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] GreatLordAnt:
1. Water will block sound waves, not a huge amount you can do with a phone.

2. Not an issue for me as I use my left ear and my little finger is the other side of the USB.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] david_hs:
My most annoying thing on this phone is the XZ2 is very slippery!! Cannot even sit calmly if there is a slight angle on the surface! Have to buy a case to prevent this though...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] tomo100brt:
You are dumb. Speaker grill has some material that prevent water to drop inside and if water stays on grill, sound can't get through that water. Dry it and sound will increase again. That is common for all phones. This is not a flaw.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
"Dumb" is impolite, but I can understand you.

Everyone who had physics in school should understand this behaviour.

Btw.

I hate 2 things

1. The DRM **** (it is my first Sony phone)

So I hope for a drm fix which doesn't reduce the camera quality if used with aosp and gcam.

2. The slow, undocumented sdcard performance of 20mb/sec.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xFirefly93:
The only flaw that stops me from buying anything from the XZ2 line-up is the sad lack of development support, specially custom kernel development.

Sadly enough.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
It is too early.

They made a jump to kernel 4.9 from 4.4.

And they want to bring the older devices to 4.9 too.

I am in touch with Sony to get a 4.9 kernel compiled on my pc for the xz2 to build twrp.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] davidletterboyz:
No.5: The reason HTC done it was because of their wired noise cancelling U-sonic earphone. Others done it for no good reason.

Because of wobble? Lol

All phone speaker suffer from what you mentioned. It's not a flaw.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Geoffxx:
That's some *****in going on here

- the sim tray - who else has the issue, the sim tray is sealed with a rubber gasket

- the 3.5 jack socket - why not plug your headphones into the dongle provided and leave it there attached, hardly a big issue

- speaker - non issue

- SD card speed - what spec and make is the SD card you're using, not all are equal
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Geoffxx:
I have an Xperia XZ2 Premium and had bought a new Samsung EVO Plus U3 128gb SD card for it, the one in my Z1 was very old, anyway I decided to run some tests on the Card on my PC just to verify that is was authentic (many fakes around), it performed reasonably well on my PC turning in read/write rates of around 90MB/s which isn't bad, I then decided to run some speed tests in my phone using several apps from the PS.

The internal memory is super fast to the extreme, however, the external SD card was pretty bad, the max I could get out of it was between 30 and 40MB/s read/write, so I would tend to agree there is something not quite right with the hardware or perhaps Software in the XZ2/P

I used A1 SD Bench and looking through their results link there are a lot of very spurious results over a wide range of Cards and Phones so this does not appear to be an exact science

There is an XZ2 Premium listed with huge speeds but it isn't exactly clear what was being tested

Need to look into this a bit more
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
The entire XZ2 line has this problem. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucas012:
Quando vou baixar um tema na loja miui aparece pra ativar a conta so q n tem mais nada pra fazer

Auto Translate :-

When I'm going to download a theme in the store miui appears to activate the account so there is nothing else to do
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SacredDeviL666:
Kindly go through the forum rules before posting/creating new threads.

Thanks

SacredDeviL666

Forum Moderator.
[Android Apps and Games] svbarbosa:
Glad to see you here! :good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
[MENTION=1902945]poppyto[/MENTION]

Thank you for opening a own thread.

You could transfer the old postings from Samba File Server to this new thread.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
You're welcome :)

Here are the previous messages from the original thread
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
[MENTION=1902945]poppyto[/MENTION],

please remember my postings:

1. During deep sleep of my devices I have wakelocks the whole time (battery is discharging badly). See screenshot.

2. A possibility to save and restore the settings on the (external) sdcard.

3. If I tap on the back key this should NOT stop the smb server.

Thank you for your work.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
1. It looks "normal" in Service mode because the app continues to advertise so it uses battery.

If you don't need the run as Service feature, you could deactive it in the settings (but the app will not work in background after that, only in foreground)

2. Ok cool, I will add it ;)

3. Yep specially in service mode ok, I'll fix it
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
No, that is not normal: during 14h 59m your app has during 98.6% of this time wakelocks. The battery drops normally during night from 100 to 95% but with your running discharges to ~70%.

As you can see other apps in my screenshot they have all >0.2 %.

Your app should detect this unused time during night (deep sleep) and when WLAN is off, there is no need to permanent check.

BetterBatteryStats is a perfect app to detect things.

And thank you to solve the other two points.

You will have a lot of work for this app (fine tuning) :)
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
Ok, I just sent an update,

So, based on your comment about the battery drain:

I add an auto stop after inactivity time (no connection on the server) you can change it in the settings (default:30min), I hope it will resolve your battery issue ;) let me know !

Here the new changelog for 1.5 (will be available in 15 minutes I guess) :

New feature : Auto Stop server after inactivity time (change the duration in the settings, default : 30mn)

New feature : Backup and restore your settings on an external file

New behavior : Doesn't stop the server when button back on the homepage
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
Thank you, your app will become better with each update.

To 1. the server stops with no wakelocks now: good

But the server stops always, it should only stop if WLAN is off.

To 2. Backup is fine but if I select a external path (e.g. SDCard1) the app should remember this selected path if I want to restore, so I do not

have to search.

To 3. ok

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
There could be a bug with access rights to root directory.

With the build-in root share or with a own declared share I can

1. map this share in Windows but cannot access directories or

2. mapping fails with access error 5 in windows.

Mapping and access of sdcard0 and sdcard1 is always ok.

I have this behavior on two smartphones (Sony Z1c Android 5.1.1 stock rom, rooted of course)

With Samba File Server and SambaDroid no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
1. Ok I will add an option for that too

2. Mmmm why not ok

So only "Root" / shows access denied in Windows ?

Maybe there's something wrong with Android < 6.0 (I use 6.0 and more)

Could I contact you directly to solve the case ? (I will need some actions to do)

Stephane
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
There are sometimes difficulties to access the other shares too on my two identical Z1c.

Today I found 6 active connections to my PC even if none are really mapped (PC was new started, see screenshot).

To the wakelocks: stopping the server is NO solution as the samba server is not started again when WLAN comes back.

Perhaps you can find here on XDA how to handle wacklocks correct.

As you can see in the second screenshot LD permanently sends wakelocks (98.6% of the running time of the server), compare this with the other running apps. I cannot help I am no programmer.

Your app seems to have one permanent wakelock (count:0 time 98,6%), all other apps have some counts and a very little used time. So your app prevents Android to go to deep sleep.

Of course you can connect me direct with perhaps a PM (XDA-profile).

Good luck.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
You may mapped "Z:" drives ? Or a backup utility ? I need more information to investigate if there's a bug.

Other apps don't wavelock because they don't need it.

Without wavelock, LAN drive can't work (TCP connections are dropped) when the screen goes off and people want to use it when the scren goes off, the first option to stop the server when there's no more connections since a duration is a good option.

The good way should be to capture the "Deep Sleep" event, but it's impossible with the WaveLock on.

I will think about it this week if I can find a better solution
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
I mapped 3 shares with

net use u: \\Sony-Z2c\sdcard0

net use v: \\Sony-Z2c\sdcard1

net use x: \\Sony-Z2c\root

As the last share does not allow access to me (only with your app) I tried several times to read a directory.

On your app main screen i saw some messages that LD has connected to my PC and displayed every time a new connection. After 6 I stopped the server.
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
You could try this with the Samba File Server app how wakelocks should look.

And with BetterBatteryStats (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats) you see the result after some time in summary-partial wakelocks.

I tried this again with samba file server, waited ~20 mins in deep sleep and no single wakelock from this server was seen.

I don't know how this works but in my opinion Android shuts down WLAN when the screen goes off and no charging (that is my setting in Android) and then the samba server has nothing to do and it should stop his own wakelocks to save battery until WLAN starts again.

Sorry I am not a programmer.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
So to resume the behaviour you would like :

If server smb is started :

if WLAN off : stop wavelock

if WLAN on : start wavelock

Does it sound ok for you ?
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
Ok there's a bug with Root directories, could you track what's happen with the debug interface and send me the result :

From a computer, while LAN drive is launched go here :

http://[B]your_phone_ip[/B]:13000/debug.html?refresh=auto&refreshtime=1&orderby=desc

Then try to access Root sharefolder, the debug page should show/may something

Then save the page CTRL+S from your browser dans send it to me enclosed here

Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
For the beginning that sounds good :)
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
output from your debug interface is attached.

My file manager never ends in connecting/reading the root share. And your app has created now >7 connections to my PC.

I hope you can see something in the debug file.

This afternoon I have only ~2 hours time and tomorrow morning I am not at home.
[Android Apps and Games] poppyto:
Thank you, I opened the debug but unfortunately it shows no issue, I'm back at work tuesday, I keep you in touch don't worry ;)
[Android Apps and Games] svbarbosa:
This is being maintained, but devs deserve to take a break every once in a while.

There is no good alternative also being maintained. Only abandoned apps.
[Android Apps and Games] ozgadgetguy:
Agreed but i don't think I see any update since April?
[Android Apps and Games] svbarbosa:
June 10 on Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] Rushmed:
Hi.

Got a new phone that i dont want to root.

Could netsh be a way to make the app work without installing additional portfowarding software?
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
Hi~

the app is great and is working /w openwrt.

Previously I forget that a IP is hard code-ed in the verigio multi port forwarder and blamed

openwrt and make this post.

now it's solved (see below) and I will remove the bulk of rubbish,

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
(deleted, my fault before)
[Android Apps and Games] Limetak:
Tried the port forwarding through a mikrotik router and then netsh. App says it cant use the port because its already used. Dont want another sw just for that, dont know what to do. :)