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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pierfranc:
What can I say....I like all the things of the phone... Sony XZ2 Compact... Starting from the size to the hardware, the greatest...pics look very nice, also better that Huawei P20 Pro (40 megapixel) in some conditions. Very comfortable, you can take it where you want without any problems. Very fast, maybe some crashes sometimes but nothing that can't be fixed with updates. But there is something which I can't tolerate...we have 960 FPS for slow motion, but not 240 FPS or 480 FPS with longer time videos. Also those 60 FPS recorded in 1080p don't have intelligent stabilization so the images are shaky.

Another thing, maybe the most shameful, it's the lack of recording in 4k at 60 FPS...we have good CPU and camera but we can't do it... While a cheaper phone like OnePlus 6 can and videos look amazing, it has maybe the best videocamera on smartphones. So I would know if an update is possible or I have to sell my phone and get bigger one like OnePlus 6 but I hate that size.. I want a phone, not a tablet, and it should have the right features which it supports, like OnePlus is caring about it, while Sony doesn't seem to...but maybe that's it for this moment.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliasAlucard:
Personally, I despise the new soap bar design that Sony went with the XZ2 and the XZ2 Premium... I'm a big fan of Sony's stylish, futuristic and masculine designs for the Xperia X10, S, Z, Z1 and Z2. But post-Z2, Sony's OmniBalance design deteriorated and went downhill, and it hasn't really been the same ever since (even the Z3 and Z5 looked much cheaper, compared to the earlier Z series), and now with the XZ2 soap bar design, the disaster is complete.

That said, I'm still contemplating whether to get the XZ2 Premium, because it would be cool with octa-core and 6 GB RAM and, and Sony's open devices and AOSP commitment has generally been excellent (DRM camera keys and whatnot, aside), but now I'm looking at other smartphone OEMs. The Asus ROG Phone, would have been my first choice, but it has two very serious problems: 18:9 aspect ratio and no SD-card slot. I'm also not sure how its AOSP / open source custom-ROM development will be. Such a device is generally not a device you install custom-ROMs on it, due to the Asus Aura Sync and stuff like that, and heavy ROG theme throughout Asus stock ROM, but in any case, the point here is, Sony ain't what they used to be. The early Xperia Z series were Sony at their finest, and the XZ2 is actually a downgrade in most ways, its feminine design being a complete disaster for a high-tech device. If I wanted feminine smartphones, I'd just buy an iPhone.

Personally I don't mind the weight at all (if anything, that adds to the masculinity!). Everyone complains about the "heavy" weight on the XZ2 Premium, that's like the least of its problems. I also don't have any issues with the fingerprint reader being placed on the back. If anything, that's exactly where it should be, so that we can get the great power button back (I hated how Sony replaced it with a fingerprint reader on the Z5). The XZ2 / XZ2 Premium have some very real issues and flaws, but the heavy weight and fingerprint reader placement aren't its main issues.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NightOrchid:
Totally agreed with this....

Everything youve complained about OP, you could've found out in store on a demo unit....

My speakers are perfect, in fact, IMO... Speakers are better on xz2 than the pixel 2xl... Goto Settings ≥ Sound ≥ Audio... and play with the settings, the "rumble pack" is a gimmick...

The xz2 is a fantastic phone with new Sony design, it aint perfect and the camera takes abit of work at first...

But on the whole, best Xperia yet... Its about time Sony overhauled their old Z, XZ design

Why dont you buy an XZPremium, just an updated z3 and there faily cheap now
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
+10 totally agree and Sony punished with the XZ2 the Samsung s8/s8+/s9/s9+ hard in the belly, the XZ2 have it all what we need and RAW support isnjust a feature and no headphone jack doesn't bother me, i use always bluetooth headset and get used to it ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] stipi69:
My first tought before buying was xz premiun or xz2... i think i made a good decision alltgough i have not worked with xz premium ( yes you are right i dream even now of aluminim premium casing and 4k display)

My first xz2 was returned second day cause of faulty speakers which is common in xz2 line, i allmost exchanged it for another model, darn i was angry, my second one is awesome

I miss headphone jack Alot though, cause i got two excelent wired phones, but using them means no charging... and my god i cannot get used to back shape, although in hand feel is gorgeus, i come from z2 then z5 nov xz2 it is a heavy maschine compared to z5, alltgough z2 was legendary. Sony should continue his trend with premium line, excellent nearly stock rom, battery is nailed, very good, camera is awesome, first good one after z2.. as far as i experienced z5 in 1 year ownership it sucked ?, hope xz2 is playing nice game with developers, i think it has potencial.

Waiting for that first drm fix ?

My verdict i recomend it highly to all who ask themselves if it is worth it.... Totaly worth it!!!!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Geoffxx:
The headphone jack is a non issue, I carry the dongle in my wallet if I want to use my phone to play music on external amp and if I was going to use wired headset then I would simply attach the dongle to the headset cable (so what), if all headsets were USB C what's the difference ?, for those that need charging well the solution is simple - buy a QI charging stand or a split type C dongle
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] thatu:
I just got this phone, had an Z5 before and a TX before that.

Overall I love the phone, the two things that bother me a little are:

- It is heavy, if you talk on the phone a lot, you will feel it, better use bluetooth!

- The battery isn't great. I cannot get it to last more than a day so far and I am not using it much. It seems that it doesn't deep sleep as often as my Z5 for example.

I hope the latest update fixes that

The design is awesome, it is a super smooth slick phone
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] eelpout:
it is heavier than the XZ1, but then I saw the weights of the new iPhone Xr (194g) & Xs Max (208g) and figured it's a non issue. ;)

hmm, my battery life is fantastic; get around 2 days worth. all depends on what one does with it I guess.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] thatu:
I wasn't comparing with other phones, just holding the phone for a while, you feel its strain on the hand.

I am intrigued about the battery though, I just got the phone and I am not using it fully (playing games still on the Z5 for example), what I am noticing is that when the phone is not doing anything it discharges battery relatively quickly. I am roughly getting 24 hours out of a single charge. Under Batter - Use since last charge

The highest two are Phone Idle 40% and RCS Phone at 27% then Screen and 20%. Are your's similar ?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] eelpout:
noted. but everyone complains about how heavy the new Sony's are, when no one says it about iPhones (they might start now ;) )

not even close.

currently at 79%

Screen 4% (1h 28m)

Phone Idle 3% (10h 50m)

Software update 2%

I'm on WiFi much of the time, which I'm guessing is why my numbers might be different. looks like your phone isn't fully locked on a strong signal. RCS is like a clearing-house of Google services, who knows what all is in there.

this is only the overnight numbers. I charged it last night to do the latest OTA software update which is why the battery is lower than it normally would be as i've been trying to do the update multiple times and it's not working.... grrrr.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] thatu:
Thanks,

My screen is 5h 13m at 20%, Phone idle is 2d 6h 55m at 40% so I think they are comparable. RCS I don't know what it is, been searching without much luck.

I have a dual SIM, one is full strength, the other fluctuates. When I sleep, I turn off Wi-Fi and the graph almost flattens and I turn the Xperia assist for Good night with all the options except Airplane mode

Will keep monitoring thanks.

My update worked fine BTW, also couldn't find anything about what the actual update fixed/added ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] stipi69:
It has all the bells and whistles , great device overall, but my heart today was favorite to XZ PREMIUM, i exchanged it privately, so, leaving XZ2 thread, hope sony releases whatever it has to, i am tired of waiting.... moving over it... Greetings to you guys and developers, maybe i see some in xz p forums ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] reignzy:
Not really
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] santoshcoolhere:
I got used to the fingerprint placement. It was annoying at first but overall a solid phone from Sony. Although whenever I go back to hold my Z3, it feels a lot more lighter and omnibalance design is so far the best Sony has ever produced.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliasAlucard:
Yeah, but it should be stressed, that it's mainly the OmniBalance design of the Xperia Z, Z1 and especially Z2, that were the best looking Xperias. With the Z3 and Z5, while they looked better than the entire Xperia X series, they just weren't as cool looking as the first three in the Z series. I recently bought the Xperia 1. Its design is sort of a mix between the Xperia Z1 and the Xperia XZ2, and while not yet the full OmniBalance we want, it's sort of a compromise. The Xperia Z2 is Sony's best looking device ever, looks like something taken straight out of Voltron or Back to the Future 2; Sony did very futuristic designs with the early Xperia Z series. Hell, the Xperia S also looked really stylish and futuristic.

Now while I still think the Xperia X series look better than anything released by the other OEMs (none of them know how to design smartphones), the Xperia X series just wasn't Sony at its best. X Performance and XZ looked very generic, and the XZ2 and XZ3 looked like soap bars. The soap bar design is still present in the Xperia 1, but it has been toned down quite a lot now, and the Xperia 1 series (so far) resembles the Xperia Z series' OmniBalance design, and I hope Sony Mobile continues in that direction, with a true successor to the Xperia Z2 (though a bit flawed with the overheating camera in 4K recording and so on, really a great device). Personally I like the Xperia 1 design, but I'd take a 21:9 Xperia 1 that other than the increased aspect ratio, looks exactly like the Xperia Z2, any day of the week over the current Xperia 1 design.

Sony has to understand that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The design was never the problem with the early Xperia Z series. By far, the Xperia Z, Z1 and Z2 looked better than anything else on the Android market.

Anyway, I just hope Sony adds the Xperia 1 to the Open Devices list now. That's another awesome feature of Xperia.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
[MENTION=5411430]EliasAlucard[/MENTION]

Xperia 1 will get SODP support for sure. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] adwinp:
The XZ2 has a lot I can complain about, but one thing's for sure - it's one of the most solid builds out there.

It constantly kept falling out of my pockets, face up, face down, on the corners, & the screen doesn't have so much as a chip or crack. At least they got that one right.

One of the other reasons I came back to Sony was their open stance towards supporting the development of custom or aosp-based firmware; it was a good alternative to the non-existing Nexus line, but that's about it - the code released is half-baked, stuff doesn't work, unlocking the bootloader cripples basic functionality (example: screencasting/wireless mirroring). I was hoping to upgrade to the Xperia 1 at some point, but 6Gb of RAM for a hyper expensive flagship & aspect ratio which is quite ahead of its time while other flagships offered similar or better specs for less was frankly, disappointing. The only "feature" which kept me reconsidering was the microsd slot.

All in all, there were a few candidates which caught my attention - initially the V50, but I was not ready to trust LG after the woes with the previous flagships.

Then came the Redmi K20 pro - a very compelling package, but no microsd, & alas, only UFS2. More recently, the Nubia Z20, an affordable beast of a phone, this time with UFS3, but sadly again, no microsd.

Finally settled for 2 Galaxy Note 10+. I was not a fan of Samsung (we used to call it Sh_t-sung), but I must admit, that they did an amazing job.

Not sure how I will process the extravagant pricetag & the fact that preorder bonuses are non-existing on this side of the world, but I'm willing to give it a chance.

That said, it's been a wild ride with Sony & the XZ2, since the Z2, but it's time to jump ship.

Keep the energy flowing - it's a pity no one else joined [MENTION=6031898]MartinX3[/MENTION] in properly getting custom rom development off the ground, but I wish you a lot of fun nonetheless.

Peace!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
Thank you :)

But why half baked code?

OmniROM and SonyAOSP on XDA are working as daily driver, except the camera, which will get an update later from the Sony aosp closed source team. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] adwinp:
I'm not referring to the current state of code, but how much effort needs to be made to bring the code to an acceptable level.

Initial issues with recovery bringup, touch issues, storage (missing exfat), not to mention issues which have long been fixed in non-AOSP (example: selinux/reboot on presence of sdcard), speaker damage on full volume, etc etc.

You know the bug list better than I do.

Still, it doesn't matter now (at least not for me). Maybe we'll meet again in a few years if/when I come back to Sony ;]
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
It's logical.

We have no big expensive test laboratory and develop everything from scratch.

I need to release stuff for 4 different devices and sadly I have only 1 device of them to test before release.

At least work gets done, with enthusiastic effort.

Other guys delivering such stuff have pain in the background making the closed source stock firmware compatible (and they have mostly the maintained device to test).

The higher the android version goes, the higher the pain making the stuff compatible and they have almost no chance on upgrading the kernel versions, which is an important part, too.

Here we doing it from scratch, but we don't depend on the stock firmware and are future proof.

And what do you mean with SELinux?

It's a security firewall which needs written rules.

The full selinux enforcing mode works fine since months.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] EliasAlucard:
I accidentally dropped a 25 kg dumbbell on my Xperia 1 the other day, first time it happens. I panicked and I was like oh no, not my brand new Xperia 1!!!! Then to my surprise, not a single scratch. The display is still totally scratch free. Sure, the dumbbell in question has a rubber skin, so that did help, but 25 kg is a lot of weight.

So there's no question about it, Sony knows build quality.

Yeah, Sony is the best Android OEM as far as custom-ROMs are concerned. It's one of the more important reasons why I still buy Sony.

MicroSD slot is important on general principle. Due to iPhonization, more and more Android OEMs are removing important freedoms like custom-ROMs, replaceable battery and also microSD. So it's important to support the OEMs that don't comply with iPhonization, and while Sony has done away with replaceable batteries in their smartphones, Sony still gives us a lot of the good stuff, like Open Devices (yeah, things can be improved here), microSD and one of the more vanilla Android stock OEM ROMs.

Dude, Errorsung/Samsuck isn't a serious smartphone OEM, lol. They're very hostile to custom-ROMs, that if anything should be enough to boycott Sapple.

The Xperia Z and Z2 are the best Sony smartphones ever made, but their specs are getting dated at this point. Their design is still the best looking design Sony Mobile has made so far.

Anyway it's a shame that Sony is losing cuatomers to Samsung. It's not like Samsung needs more customers you know. This groupthink mentality where people just keep concentrating to 2-3 OEMs, is not good for consumers. Yeah, Sony could and should do some things differently, lower prices is among the improvements Sony could make, and a return to the Xperia Z series OmniBalance design would be great. Sony Mobile sold most smartphones during the Xperia Z to Z2 era, and the main difference now is higher prices and not quite as good looking devices.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiago A:
How you set the launch of the apps in battery settings? Manage automatically or manually? If manually, how you set the three options?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Klanac89:
It depends on which app...

For example Firefox for Android. I use it with uBlock and set it to manually, remove autostart and background. If I don't do this, Firefox will take a lot of battery.
[General Questions and Answers] mvini_ab:
Guys, is there any app or method which allow print both sides on HP 3635 using Android?

I was able to do it using PC but since it's broken I'm not able to do it on Android.

I tried using HP plugin and also HP Smart from playstore.

Thanks for your attention =)

[IMG="using HP plugin"]https://i.imgur.com/RR0dXIC.png[/IMG]

[IMG="using HP Smart"]https://i.imgur.com/LPnZSGR.png[/IMG]
[Off-topic] rorydaredkign:
my mate is super keen on romanticism.. if blake were alive, im sure he would marry him.. yes i did say my mate is male...

all he goes on about is contradictions... and when i proved romanticism was a contradiction in itself, he was like well its meant to be... so now we let him get on with his randomness..

:p

Rory
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] samteeee:
Greetings;

I'm looking for the "Vendor" image for the latest update (5.1.6).

Can someone share or direct me to where I can download it as

Google search didn't help me!

Thank you.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Ajaykumar21066:
Simply download the zip file and extract. you will find so many threads here with the download link.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] samteeee:
I know! I'm used to "Pixel" images and thought that's exactly

what I'd do, but all the files are "Flashables" and all you get is

"Update Script" but not any images!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Ajaykumar21066:
http://otafsg1.h2os.com/patch/amazo..._22_OTA_010_all_1806070151_ad8b19ed516e78.zip

use this link to download and extract you will have all images in it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shatheone:
The phone shut off a few days ago. On that same day, when I tried to turn it on later it would get to the Motorola logo and restart. I left it alone for a day or so and now all I get is the led light. Iave tried the volume down trick which doesn't seem to help, wanted to know of anything else I could try to get it working given the symptoms
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbanti:
let it full charge... then give a try.
[Greenify] ondoin:
Can we see wakelocks on Greenify?
[Greenify] NickosD:
No

You can see very minimal info about them. Only the # of the app, but still not detailed as I'm guessing you are looking for
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
This ROM post is removed

Go here: https://xdaforums.com/tab-4/development/rom-pixelized-rom-v1-0-t3812839
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
I am trying to install, but I get error message that nova launcher has stopped. I even reformatted internal storage & started fresh. Also error message that android flashbar has stopped. Any ideas? Thank you
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
ill look into it and try to fix it thanks for the feedback

Update - Nova Launcher fixed.. try to download again and see if everything works.. i have updated the link
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
That fixed it! Thank you
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
np... can u send some screenshots ?
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] ALIKS82:
Hi

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Hello guys who can throw off for installation TWRP Recovery v3.1.1??? can't find version 3.1.1
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
My Nook HD+ has version 2.8 and this new room installed without any problems. When I tried to update TWRP to 3.1.0 or 3.1.1, it would. Hang at boot screen and I was unable to get to recovery. I downloaded the TWRP from their site. Just Google "TWRP Ovation". You will find several versions, but I would try installing the new rom using whatever version you already have that is currently working.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
do u update through twrp using the img file ? btw do u have fb? easier to communicate there add me : Javi Garcia De Pedrosa
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
Here is the link https://xdaforums.com/tab-4/development/twrp-samsung-galaxy-tab-4sm-t230nu-t3761221

Follow all the 5 steps but for the TWRP DONT USE FROM THE LINK ABOVE !!

Use TWRP v3.1.1-0 from here https://dl.twrp.me/degas/twrp-3.1.1-0-degas.img.tar.html
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
I was trying to update using the "official TWRP app" from the play store, no luck, upon further reading it only works if you have TWRP 2.8.7 already installed. 8 had 2.8.1. I was able to update TWRP using "flashify". Only problems that I have so far is no boot logo as room is loading during normal boot & Chrome continues to crash. With chrome being built in to this rom, there is no option to uninstall it. My opinion would be that we could install chrome from the play store once the rom install is complete. I do not use Facebook, so that's not an option for me to communicate. I will try to get screenshots for you in the next couple of days. Thanks again for your hard work developing this new rom, Great Job!

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Would it be possible to make the rom file with an identifier such as having the date in the title so that it's easier to keep up with & to verify that we are using the most current version. This would be helpful as updates occur in the future.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] ALIKS82:
thanks for the files I'm going to put
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
Ok, I'll add a changelog and dates on the zip packages.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] ALIKS82:
Installed the firmware writes the error constantly POPs up and when I check the firmware version there year 2017 you have another?

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how to add a screenshot to the post?
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
can u tell me what the error pop up says ?
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] ALIKS82:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2544305 com.sec.android.app.FlashBarService has stopped
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] CaganSeven25:
Hey,

:rolleyes::rolleyes:Does works in sm-t230??? And can you send screenshots?
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] secretwolf98:
It will not work on t230.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
It works on my sm-t230nu
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] rtarv321:
I have a sm-t230nu. After install of this rom,the model # gets changed to sm-t231,see screenshotView attachment 4529937
[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] enzo2001:
it says sm-t231 because i made this rom from sm-t231 firmware but since sm-t230nu have the similar firmware it works for sm-t230nu btw is that my font or u download custom font ?