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Just got my Galaxy S up and running on AT&T. It's the unbranded phone - not a captivate.
What is the best stable rom right now? I read about the official version codes, but I'm confused as to JR, JP, JM, etc.
At this point I just want something that's fast and works, so probably something 2.1 based. Later when I have more time I'll play with Froyo.
[Q] SGS South American Version will come whit DIGITAL TV reception
Guys, d u think there is gonna be a way to do it whit software changing, like flashing the SA firmware, or the phone needs a hardware part to receive the T signal ?
[Q] Laggy pinch-to-zoom
Hi everybody!
When i use the pinch-to-zoom function in my browser (the default browser on SGS), it's very slow. It is very laggy and not fast at all. Is there a fix for this or have I missed something?
please help!
Think you've answered your own question there.
If you want it on 2.1 install launcherpro or something.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
[Q] Battery Drain on Mimocan Lag Fix
Hello all
I have noticed that my battry drain very fast after I applyed the Mimocan lag fix with a Sandisk 16 gb card Class 2 (all thanks to Mimocan for this lag fix. Apps run much smoother).
The main problem is when the phone goes in to standby. Last night it drained 22% even with all sync action diabled and all apps killed. Before the lag fix I did only see a 2-4% drop in battery over night.
To compare it drained more then a 15 min call I made before I went to sleep (35% vs 25% of total battery used. I pulled it out of the charger 5 min. before the call, so the data should be correct)
When the phone is activated, it seem like the battery drain is about normal.
I wonder if all/most ppl have this problem or is it just me?
My guess is that the SD card is activated all the time to acces apps data, and thus drain the battery.
Im on the m2 software, but I dont know if its the software or just a common issue when doing this lagfix?
Give a comment, Thx.
[Q] What drivers are needed for Odin?
Like other people, I'm having extreme difficulty connecting my SGS to PC with USB. I have tried just about everything mentioned in the forums, including:
-USB drivers from Kies and other sources (like the ATT Captivate drivers). Usually the Kies downloaded package installs all, but it cannot find the samsung modem driver when I plug in the phone. The Captivate drivers could not find "USB gadget". I tried installing both.
-Reformatting SD card (actually allows me to connect to 91 Panda PC Helper in -debug mode... but that's it)
-Erasing all references to Nokia and Motorola using Regedit. However I did not erase references to Samnsung or Windows Mobile)
-Praying to the creator
-Sacrifice of chicken
-Starting phone while connected to USB
-turning off antivirus.
I tried flashing phone using odin, in download mode, but it seemed that odin could not see my phone. Nothing happened.
Anyone have other ideas?
[Q] Lagging in ALL KINDS of music player after flashing samset1.9
I dont know if it is just an issue only to me, but I am having lags in any music player i tried after flashing samset 1.9.Generally the device runs other apps really fast but the sound and music lags all the time except when I leave the device be to just playing the music. I am using ext4 for a2sd fix. Dont know anyone is having the same problem
[Q] open img files from ClockworkMod Recovery?
Does anyone know a way to open the backup img files created by ClockworkMod Recovery?
[Q] Is the latest fix completely safe for device longterm?
Some people are wary of the stress caused by the latest fix, I am very very new to smartphone's in general and wanted the honest opinions of those who truly know android/device hardware.
There is a lot of well intentioned misinformed posters in any forum. But these things are important to get correct, I would much rather wreck my external 32GB card than the actual phone internal memory.
[Q] Busybox not installing
Hey all,
I am having a problem with busybox. According to the 1.18 installer, I have 1.15.3 installed. But the installer won't let me upgrade because 'the nand is not unlocked'. When I try the older 1.17 version, I suddenly have no busybox installed and have the same message with the failed instalation. What can I do....
Running jm5 with samset 1.9 (ext 3/4 fix not applied).
Alvast bedankt.
[Q] Wake the phone using Menu, Home or Back button?
Like the title says. Does anyone know if there's a way to wake the phone up using the Menu, Home or Back button like they've been able to do with the Desire and Nexus One?
Reference:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696907&goto=newpost
Samsung placed the power button at an awkward place. I assume it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish this. Probably using an app or coded into custom ROMs?
EDIT: Don't have the phone yet but so I assumed it couldn't do it like the Desire. it seems you can wake the phone with Home and Power. I think the thread above details how to enable/disable the other buttons in waking the phone as well. Looks like a simple editing of the keyboard layout and then pushing it back. Thanks.
[Q] Still lag in Contacts and Phone even with Quadrant score 2106
I am now having Quadrant score of 2106 after using RyanZAEXT2Lagfix Alpha1. It is a huge increase. However, i still notice the annoying lag in CLOSING of application such as CONTACTS and PHONE. Opening of these application is also not as seemless as in Desire HTC sense which I previously own.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
[Q] No missed calls, sms, emails showing on icons
Last rom to work was a froyo rom, now any rom i put on dose not show a numeric sign to how many sms, emails or missed calls have not been read, please dose anyone know why?
[Q] ODIN questions
Hi there,
Could anyone tell me what will happen if I did the following:
I checked around but I don't think these minor questions have been covered in the big FAQ
Is it necessary to apply repartitioning when updating to a new firmware?
Will you corrupt data if you upgrade just 'modem' or 'csc' on ODIN?
Will you retain all your data if you don't go for repartition when updating to new firmware?
I've successfully flashed 2 new firmwares. One of them was Russian (jm5) and I was told a bit after than I can just apply the jm1 csc. Anyway, I got over it and just reflashed back to JM2 as it was stable enough.
Thanks
[Q] Headphones and micro issue
Hi,
I am the happy owner of HiDefDrum (+micro) - by atomic floyd - headphones I bought originally for my iPhone. It worked great with the iPhone 3G 16Go (sound, microphone and button).
Now I bought a Samsung Galaxy S last week, and I have problems with my headphones.
If I plug the headphones completely, the sound is weird when I listen to music (as if I heard only an echo of the sound, I don't even hear the voice of the singer) unless... I press the headphones button ! Then the sound is normal.
I can listen to a normal sound when I do not plug the headphones completely (leaving the last part of the plug outside).
And in any case, the microphone does not work.
I thought it was a hardware problem, until I saw that we can access many configuration settings using the code *#*#197328640#*#*
I guess the problem can be solved by modifying some settings in this menu, but I have no idea which !
Can anyone help ?
[Q] Question before drastic measures :) experts please
Hi Guys
I have tried all sorts of lag fixes on this forum, but after installing a couple of apps (10 to 15 in my case). The telephone is sluggish and laggy.
Yesterday i got fed up oflag fixes and firmware flashing hoping that the next version will be the solution so i put it on one of the online selling websites
I really like the way the phone looks and its amazing hardware but i am really not sure whether to keep it or sell it
Everyone keeps saying that the froyo 2.2 update will solve all the problems, so would you guys recommend holding on to the phone till end of september till the froyo is released, or should i sell it now and minimize my losses and try some other mobile phone
Is it true that 2.2 is gonna do its magic regarding lag and the time it takes to load an app, or am I having high expectations
[Q] Couple of newbie questions :)
Greetings fellow Friends from Galaxy
I just moved myself from the HTC Magic section to this one.. It was quite a jump, the Galaxy S Camera and 4inch screen are AWESOME =)
I have a few noob questions that I don't want to spread through many posts, so i've chosen to get them all here, without polution this forum section. Also they might come in handy for future Galaxy S buyers!
My phone is: 2.1-update1 @ I9000XXJF5
Question #1
Well at first glance everyone's trying to fix the "LAG PROBLEM"... I haven't noticed any lag!! What are we talking about? If its a fix.. i want it too
Question #2
The phone came with Android 2.1, but at samsung-firmwares.com and at this dev section of the forum, i saw the JP3 Froyo release. How stable is this? Is it already a daily driver or a total beta? As an Android lover, i'd love to have the latest
Question #3
I've used the One Click rooting solution and then the ROM Manager Clockwork to boot into clockwork rom and make a full-system backup. In my HTC Magic i had the recovery ROM (Amon_RA) flashed into the internal phone memory, so even if i didn't have a ROM installed, i was ALWAYS able to boot into recovery. That was a safety plus. How can i flash the Clockwork Recovery directly to my phone, without the ROM Manager? I'd feel more secure if i could count on recovery even if, for example, i flashed a non-working system ROM.
Question #4
So what is YOUR favourite ROM? My stock has some unwanted apps, and even worse, it's Eclair. I'd like to switch soon, but i don't know these Galaxy S ROMs Tell me what's the best ROM for you!
Thanks guys, XDA is indeed the #1 place for mobile stuff
Cheers
Phk
[Q] Galaxy S stops syncing corporate calender after upgrading it to firmware JG4
Anyone else having issue with syncing stock calender with corporate calender on exchange 2007??
[Q] Restoring File to /system/lib Without Root
I accidentally broke my phone by accidentally removing libgps.so now it won't boot.
I can get into recovery mode and see the device under devices, but I am unable to obtain root:
$ su
su
link_image[1728]: 2453 could not load needed library 'libandroid_runtime.so' fo
r 'su' (link_image[1728]: 2453 could not load needed library 'libui.so' for 'li
bandroid_runtime.so' (link_image[1728]: 2453 could not load needed library 'lib
pixelflinger.so' for 'libui.so' (link_image[1728]: 2453 could not load needed l
ibrary 'libhardware_legacy.so' for 'libpixelflinger.so' (link_image[1728]: 2453
could not load needed library 'libgps.so' for 'libhardware_legacy.so' (load_lib
rary[1058]: Library 'libgps.so' not found)))))CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
I can't cat the file, mv the file, remount /system.
Any wild and wacky work arounds in an emergency like this?
[Q] May I have the latest 2.1's official camera.apk
May I have the latest 2.1's official camera.apk
Just missing this file due to some unexpected problem.....
Could anyone help me a bit
Has anyone found a solution of new firmware (custom or stock)
that fixes this issue where you have no idea of your battery
level and your battery can be ruined because it drains too far?
Can anyone confirm if SONY is aware of this major problem?
How do you use your device with this issue? Any tricks you use
to live with it?
Can anyone confirm when they upgrade to firmware 4.2.2
ie: 10.3.1.A.0.244 or 10.3.A.0.423
they have killed their battery completely?
(ie: it won't take a charge anymore and the phone is ruined?)
> It happens when your battery is 20-35% and u do a battery reset (power+volup)
SO, as long as you don't do this, you don't get the bug?
-Why are you performing this action anyhow?
-Why not just hold the power button and restart your device that way if needed?
Can anyone confirm if a regular reboot (using either the reboot command from terminal or by using an app to reboot) also triggers the bug?
> Installing the 4.1.2 binary does NOT fix the issue;
What if you roll back to stock 4.1.2, or you are on 4.1.2?
Is the bug for sure not there?
Is the bug just on all versions so far of stock and custom 4.2.2?
Is the bug on 4.3?
Does the bug cause the device to think there is more charge than
the battery actually has, thus draining it too low and killing it?
What is the best way to fix the bug once it occurs and is
there any way to tell if the bug is occurring? Someone mentioned
charging it all night is the only way you know you are at 100%?
What devices is the Battery BUG on besides SONY XPERIA Z (ie: model C6602)?
So, to live with this bug, never reset your device, and if you do,
do it before you put it on your charger for a very long time?
Btw, how long would it need to be on the charger worst case?
Battery bug is most likely due to battery stats. Once they are cleared/ reset then the bug goes away. See if u can reset them in cwm or twrp. It has nothing to do with the hardware. I always flash roms on full battery and never had that bug.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Wiping battery stats does nothing.
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
Also, the bug is very real - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348174
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 4
I found a solution don't reboot or turn off your phone
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Maybe I didn't got the bug because last time I had to was about a month ago, when flashing new rom. Well I did flashed some mods as well. Maybe reset stats while on 100% and flash new rom.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
LOL. Resetting stats does nothing! It deletes the batterystats.bin file. That file is deleted every time your phone is charged anyway and doesn't have any effect on the battery percentage that is displayed.
Please read the article I linked you to earlier.
Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk 4
I never had the battery bug!
I've a C6602 and from the original 4.1.2 and the following updates (now the 4.2.2 [0.244]) always the battery was correct!
I've also used all the above-mentioned method of reboot...
because of some games (specially Let's make pottery) and reboot to CWM or normal Reboot with Powerwidget never made the bug!
hope that helps!
The bug is fixed on the latest 244 update.
Hi.
I never had this battery bug on my XZ.
Me too, I don't have this bug before and after 4.2.2
I've had this bug for a long time, but once i've flashed cm 10.2 it's gone.
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sebastianlow said:
The bug is fixed on the latest 244 update.
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Don't think it is
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
MAJOR BUG Check
Odd. Some people have this MAJOR BUG and some do not??!?!
I will upgrade my UNITED STATES phone by flashing an .FTF.
I'll see if I get this BUG or not. Anyone have a link to
C6602_10.3.1.A.0.244 .FTF for UNITED STATES that doesn't
think they have this bug?
> u shud calibrate the battery in order to get exact output.
Anyone know how to do this?
emrause- you say you don't have the bug on 0.244.
Did you flash your .ftf and which one did you flash?
Are you on stock rom? What is your region?
sebastianlow-
I have read several posts that the bug is still there in the 0.244 thread.
Is it gone for you and did you flash the .FTF? Which one?
> It seems that Spanish FW is free from this bug.
I thought if we flash the .244 .FTF there is no difference in regions!?
Can we safely flash it to our United States phone?
Anyone have a link to it? Will anything change to Spanish?
Does anyone know where to get the latest good .244 .FTF
10.3.1.A.0.244 that we can flash to our United States phone?
I was going to use C6602_10.3.1.A.0.244_Generic India.
Is this one not good and Spanish one is?! Will it change
our keyboard or language or radio stuff incorrectly?
kingvortex- Do you have the bug? Which firmware are you using and did you flash a .FTF?
Did you roll back to 4.1.2 or are you living with the bug?
As long as we don't reset the phone around 20-35% with a battery reset (power+volup)
are we ok? Also if we do reset, just put it on the charger for a long time?
Anyone know how long it takes to fully charge a SONY XPERIA Z roughly before it
switches to trickle charge on the standard US plug adapter?
Anyone have quick answers to any of these or any input on this battery bug?
I'd like to flash the latest to my phone. I have a United States Phone.
Is flashing an FTF a good way to update? What method and
which .FTF should I use? Does the region matter? Anybody have any ideas or links?
Anyone know if the New firmware: 10.3.1.A.1.10 addresses this BATTERY BUG
or is this MAJOR BUG still there?
TIA
its a sony kernel level bug, no solution unless you use a custom kernel which is NOT based on sony source, unfortunately, we have no such kernel at this moment
My xz has battery level bug with 4.2.2 423 and 244 versions. it had not any bug when 253.
Does 10.3.1.A.1.10 fix it possibly?
Do they list frmwares and what is in them anywhere? (ie what fixed)
Also, how do you live with this bug? ie- what do you do so your battery doesn't get ruined and so
you know when your phone is running low if the battery indication is not reliable?
Is the trick to this bug to never reboot your phone during the day and if you do, always charge it
for a long time (ie 100% plus trickle charge) and then the battery is always correct?
This is a pretty major bug. Does SONY know about it?
kkd28- Are you going to roll back to another firmware which does not have the bug?
Do you never reset your device so the bug isn't much of a problem for you?
Anyone else roll back because this battery bug is so bad?
Anyone suffering from this bug can kindly post here a few debug info about the battery?
Those relevant files are on this folder: /sys/devices/platform/msm_ssbi.0/pm8921-core/pm8921-charger/power_supply/battery
The charge_full, charge_now, voltage_now and capacity are the relevant ones. The the last one should be the same number as the capacity listed on the Android user interface, but it wouldn't be true if it is a ROM issue rather than a kernel one.
It is possible to analyze the health of the battery with those numbers. There is also a health file on that folder, whose content should be "Good" otherwise you are on a bad shape.
It should be noted that Android will use the current voltage, not the current charge, to decide when to turn off or stop charging a battery. Also it should be noted that as long as the battery is healthy, there is no risk ruining it even with a bug on Android. Those batteries have a swicth which will be activated in case of low voltage and it will suspend the power supply.
There is no risk in ruining your battery except you are draining it too quickly.
It would be even better if one could post the content of those files right before and after the bug happening.
Regards,
Hi!
I've got my Xperia SP for about 6-7 months. Since the release of 4.3 i started to experience massive ammount of problems.
I've rooted my phone, and flashed it with the first possible ver. of offcicial Android 4.3 (Normally i should wait for my Carier to release the 4.3 with branding).
I was quite happy to have a new system etc.etc., but i decided to install Existenz ROM.....
After that, I realised few things:
My rear camera became extremely blurry and "Milky"
My phone started to overheat during simple things
I barely can open a message app, due to 1-2minutes lag in this app
The same thing happend to contacts (Only theese 2 apps)
Many of apps started to crash for no reason
My battery is a one big joke. It can discharge from 40-50% to 0 in less then hour of surfing the web
(The SMS and Contacts lag, doesn't affect only the offcial system apps, but every app, that allows you to reach contacts or SMS)
Also when i turned on my phone for the 1 time, i've got the information to wait for a power off button, then the big power off button appeared, i clicked it and the phone reset.
All theese things werent noticable at first (excluding the camera), but after some time, all of them are getting worst and worst.
I Flashed the original 4.3 system. Nothing.
I Repaired it with PC COMPANION.... Nothing.
Got no else idea... The service&guarantee i think is not possible for me :/
INFO FOR GEEKS:
MODEL - C5303
Android Ver. - 4.3
Kernel - 3.4.0-perf-ga1d7493 ([email protected]#1)
Comp. nr. - 12.1.A.1.201
Bootloader Unlocked - No (and cannot be unlocked)
Either repair with Sony Update Service or reflash stock ROM with my tutorial.
Those issues you mention are software issues and I did not encounter any one.
(But this is for Stock ROM)
About issues with ExistenZe... I've read some more issues.. Best is to wait for a fix from the developer...
You could also try a reinstall of that ROM
Hi!
When the stock 4.3 rom installed, my SP freezd and restarted like an old CGA monitor.
After I installed the eXistenZ Ultra 3.3.0, it stoped restarting, but started overheating.
It overheats only when its in standby mode.
I installed CPU temp monitor from Xposed and it shows, that the "normal" temp is 36-37C, but usually its about 47-51, and some times it heats up to 60-61C while in standby!
If I start charging it cools down to 39-42C.
I checked the memory booster to do not close the overheat system app but I never seen that app running.
Could someone help me?
P.s: sorry for the english
Phone OverHeat with ExistenZ 3.3.0
try another rom
Boot into safemode....
Turn off device normaly but keep the Turn Off option ticked on untill a popup appears and reboot into safemode.
After this check if the heat issue is still present
Dear Xda Forums
I have to say this is the first question that I post, after some years of use of this forums, but I couldn't find what I looked in the search section, perhaps I didn't search correctly.
Long story short, I had a Xperia X10 which was easy enough to root, but with the Samsung Galaxy S3 it was a total madness, specially since I forgot to backup my IMEI, rom and kernel problems, etc...
After testing some ROMs, I settled with the stock ROM, which I quite like and used the Boeffla 5.2 Kernel for Android 4.3.
The perfomance improved greatly, however, sometimes the device just freezes in a black screen, just like it was locked, and the odd thing is that the LED that flashes when a notification is pending, still is flashing, like the device is in perfect condition. I try to unlock it with the home key, wait, then with the power key and wait again, and nothing.
Sometimes it just freezes in the contacts or message apps.
UPDATE: I now see that one of the most serious problems is that the device freezes (black screen+flashing green light) when charging, which is very troubling because I charge it through the night and it is my alarm clock.
The only changes that I made to the stock rom (apart from root and kernel change) was to install Yahoo's Aviate.
Maybe it was very n00by of me to change the Kernel in the stock rom, but if indeed I was, is there any way to flash the Kernel again? Or is it a problem between SuperUser and Knox? ( I have used the terminal to disable KNOX and the problem persists).
Thank you.
I purchased a Z4 from someone the other day and when I got it, it took a full charge, and I've been experiencing some things with it.
1. I had it in STAMINA mode, and it was eating battery. I turned off display effects and turned off the STAMINA mode, and it seems to be behaving better now, but it was shutting off at random when the phone got below 66-68% battery.
2. This screen comes up before the Softbank logo. I know why it's nagging about the sim / SD part (no tray inserted), but the external USB? And what's more odd is that I can give it a full charge and I also updated it using the Sony Companion software. I put it on a charger and let it update the apps and whatnot. It completed successfully. So this part is really, really odd .
I know, I know... people here on XDA HATE the Snapdragon 810 . So I'm probably going to get a lot of "810 sucks, return it, it's crap blah blah blah" posts, but I'd like to hear from someone who's a real tinkerer like me on this one. I feel like with some tweaks this phone could be quite nice as a light / moderate use phone, which is what I want to do with it anyway. Overall, there are some things going for it. Good camera, nice build quality...
I don't know - I'm on the fence here. I could easily swap out the battery in this thing (I have dissembled and repaired many iPads, so this thing is a pushover). I'm not abusive in my use of these devices (tossing them around, getting them wet, etc), and this thing doesn't feel fragile at ALL.
Should I press on and try to get this thing humming, or throw in the towel? What's more, if I flashed it with another ROM / OS, would that maybe have an impact?
I would love some input on this. Thank you guys for reading.
UPDATE 1: After turning off STAMINA and disabling the visual effect for the display, it's holding charge at 78% and not doing the rapid discharge thing again. I think that some of these face-saving "optimization" features are more harm than good, as any veteran developer like me can tell you, if you want to save resources, don't make the machine do anything. Seems counterintuitive in a way, but it's true. I've killed batteries on past phones because of "battery manager" apps. They never work as intended in my experience.
I'm pretty stoked right now about it holding steady on the charge. I'm still debating flashing it with Carbon or Lineage (I'm an old school CM fan). Some input / thoughts on ROMs would be nice to have. Thanks!
I am using this Z3+ Phone from 2+ years with Debloated Stock ROM and still enjoying the Camera Quality. My Suggestions are as follows:
These tips only for Stcok / Modded Stock ROM:
1. Try Greenify App from Play Store. If it not works,
2. Take Backup and do a factory reset. DO NOT Restore Titanium Backup, it is better to install apps from Super Backup or Playstore.
3. If you know how to unlock Bootloader, patched kernel flashing and rooting mobile, you can use the following mods from this forum: FSC & LXT Mods.
4. 4G / LTE will discharges battery very fast, GPS can be set to battery saving.
Useful Links:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z4/general/guide-safe-bootloader-unlock-restore-t3386915
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xp...-lxt-xperia-tweaks-legendary-battery-t3676719
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z4/development/z3-z4-fsc-improve-performance-reduce-t3673753
Nice! Good info to look into. All feedback that is helpful is great. XDA rarely disappoints.
Something seems to detect water in the ports (impedance change, so sensors, etc.)
but if it only happens rarely or not anymore - it must have been a false positive ?
Yeah, not sure zacharias.maladroit... But it doesn't seem to affect charging or USB connection to a PC, because I've updated, then I repaired it, and it went through without issue both times.
My new thing now is getting the Bootloader to go from unlock allowed: No to Unlock allowed: yes.
I've been doing a bunch of reading from other threads, and the My Xperia option isn't available on this phone. The phone is from Softbank. So there must be some other app or something that has locked it. You know what I'm going to ask next - and hopefully there's some way to figure out how to get this thing to allow unlock. Then, logjam busted, and I can go full-bore getting into putting a ROM on this thing.
So far, I've gotten the battery to stay rock solid. It's been at 79% for a few hours if sitting there. The discharge rate is still a tad fast, but I can swap out the battery without issue if that gets to be annoying.
Thoughts? Again, thanks guys for the info given.
All Custom ROMs having average Camera. So, Z3+ Camera Lovers will stay on Stock to get most from the Camera. If your phone is not bundled with any Carrier, then you can reflash stock using Flashtool even it is still bootloader locked. If you are flashing Stock ROM it is always better to do it with Full Wipe.
Wait...
[email protected] said:
All Custom ROMs having average Camera. So, Z3+ Camera Lovers will stay on Stock to get most from the Camera. If your phone is not bundled with any Carrier, then you can reflash stock using Flashtool even it is still bootloader locked. If you are flashing Stock ROM it is always better to do it with Full Wipe.
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Wait... so I can use a stock ROM on this thing instead of the Softbank ROM? What ROMs do I have to choose from? Does anyone have places they can point me to to read more? That would be great...
I see this one...
https://tinyurl.com/yawamgqf
Anybody have any suggestions on one to flash?
Xperia Blog Link for downloading FTF Files directly. You can download any Region Specific, after flashing, it will automatically changes to your country (with SIM inserted only). The difference is only bloatware and regional settings like language and time.
http://www.xperiablog.net/category/xperia-z4/
You can try Xperia Firmware App to download latest, region wise Stock ROM, but you need to decrypt it using flashtool (just few clicks only), Flashtool creates FTF file to flash. Link for downloading Xperia Firmware:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...perifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142/
Link for Downloading Flashtool:
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
Check youtube videos to learn how to use those tools