any one will and still use his sony z2 in 2018 , and why ?
YES because it works perfectly fine and has the developer community support
of course, I actually just upgraded to it from Xperia SP, it has a great CPU, a decent GPU and it still has amazing support here on XDA, we are getting a stable Oreo soon, and I bet we will get android P as well. It even has a very stable MM stock ROM (6.0.1 is the most used android version as of today) the only downside for me is the front facing camera, which was a good choice back in 2014, but now it's definitely not a good selfie camera, I will keep using it I guess for at least a year (or two) before getting enough budget to buy a year flagship...
Yes
Of course because it works like charm even in 2018 and it has brilliant developers that keeps this phone alive with their support
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of course, I actually just upgraded to it from Xperia SP, it has a great CPU, a decent GPU and it still has amazing support here on XDA, we are getting a stable Oreo soon, and I bet we will get android P as well. It even has a very stable MM stock ROM (6.0.1 is the most used android version as of today) the only downside for me is the front facing camera, which was a good choice back in 2014, but now it's definitely not a good selfie camera, I will keep using it I guess for at least a year (or two) before getting enough budget to buy a year flagship...
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snapdragon 801 is really very good cpu even after 4 years , even better than sanpdragon 810, as far for front camera it is really bad.
Great reliable phone
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Still use it today as a backup phone
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SURE
Cuz power enough & live community
Sure man.I have Z2 for 3 years.Still can't find reason to exchange him for a new phone.Z2 is still fast,good quality photos(main camera) and We have there great developers that keeps this phone alive.
Yeah, cause my wife knocked my XZ out my hand and the screen shattered ?
My z2 got stolen last month. Just bought hTc U Ultra few days ago...
any way to root it without downgrade or use flash things ? like with a soft in my pc like i did with my dead LG G2 ?
tried KingRoot_pc_en but it says conect to internet I HAVE INTERNET !!
I have had mine since it came out. People are still amazed by it. Sure it has drawbacks but for what it was when it released it has aged extremely well. It's the best phone I have ever had for sure.
Me I have one I rooted it and unlocked bootloader and have existenz rom on marshmallow 6.0.1 and I have a 32gb external SD as internal storage so I have 48gb of free space for apps but 11for OS so its 37gb. And my camera is very good and my phone just blazing fast. Why do I need a new phone? This will be my beast for few next years. I may change it when I feel the need of it or just a big change in phone market happen.
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Me I have one I rooted it and unlocked bootloader and have existenz rom on marshmallow 6.0.1 and I have a 32gb external SD as internal storage so I have 48gb of free space for apps but 11for OS so its 37gb. And my camera is very good and my phone just blazing fast. Why do I need a new phone? This will be my beast for few next years. I may change it when I feel the need of it or just a big change in phone market happen.
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how did you make external as internal storage ?
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how did you make external as internal storage ?
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Easy but not very good. (*DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK*)First you need a rooted device second you need app2sd I found it on Google play. The one with a blue droid and an external SD image behind the blue droid. Anyways. I just made an adoptable partition of 25gbs because I can't make more than 95% of the SD card as internal. After that you need to reboot and next you need to repair it the same way you created it but this time select repair. NOTE: creating the partition will erase everything on your SD Card even if it was 1 gb partition. Anyways after repairing you can go to storage in your phone settings and tap on the internal storage partition of the SD card theb tap the options menu and migrate data and confirm it. And now you have more storage than normal but not 100% of what you have for example I have 25gbs from the SD and 16 from normal storage. But I don't really have 41gbs of usable space. But I'm sure that I'm using more than 20gb for my apps only. Anyways some apps may get fps drops or stutter you can move them manually to internal storage (not the partition) to get rid of any stutter in that app. It's not necessarily heavy apps that gets that stutter. For example I had a light game that has stutter and gta sa hasn't any of it.
Thanks, (*DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK*)
If you want to know where did I get that knowledge it started from rooting the device which was from Android doctor youtube channel and I asked him about that and he suggested me to try app2sd it may help and after i've tried it I could make it real that my external SD card works as internal without downgrading to Android 4.0 kikat just wanted to say thanks to him because he helped me in an important thing of mine. I can still type but you'll get bored, good bye my friend.
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any way to root it without downgrade or use flash things ? like with a soft in my pc like i did with my dead LG G2 ?
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I used this guide to root stock .291 https://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/general/recovery-root-mm-575-291-lb-t3435214
You will need to install flashtool on your PC but it's easy enough - the only issue in regards to that is you may have to "disable driver signature enforcement" to install the drivers depending on which version of Windows you're using. If you need any help just ask.
Right now I'm running latest eXistenZ ROM (had to do a fresh install from Stock as was having issues) with EliteKernel v3, kernel UV -50mV to reduce some heat and give better battery life.. Also some tweaks to make it more like my XZ which had stock Nougat - latest Xperia Home app + Serajr Xposed + DPI changed to 400. Finished off with Cyberian camera mod and Viper4Android and my Z2 is probably better than the XZ!
but mine its 6503 those are 66** ...
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Easy but not very good. (*DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK*)First you need a rooted device second you need app2sd I found it on Google play.
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i thought it was a mod done by developers , any way i stay away from those apps , they may slow the device.
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i thought it was a mod done by developers , any way i stay away from those apps , they may slow the device.
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They do slow the device and those apps also contain annoying ads when you're in the app but if you have low storage you can use them to benefit of external sd cards with lots of storage. i think my problem is only with migrating data which makes everything primarily installed on the external sd which slows the phone because its acting like its holding the OS. Or its mainly slow down caused by the app.
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As you know, the fact that bootloaders are unlocked leaves an open door for third party firmwares (custom ROMs) to be applied to the phone.
Usually custom ROMs expand the functionalities of the phone and correct some of the software shortcomings. Even though the phone is only recently in the market, there may be some feature wishes and some complaints already.
In short, what features shoud a custom ROM add and what shortcomings should it correct?
I will start:
With the not-so-last gen processor the Play has, it is probably necessary to be able to overclock it.
I would like a minimal ROM (aka without bloatware) as it seems that the booting time of stock ROMs is incredibly high and it is caused by bloatware.
I don't have the phone yet (it's on its way ^^) but I have read things about the brightness setting being too dim and not changeable.
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As you know, the fact that bootloaders are unlocked leaves an open door for third party firmwares (custom ROMs) to be applied to the phone.
Usually custom ROMs expand the functionalities of the phone and correct some of the software shortcomings. Even though the phone is only recently in the market, there may be some feature wishes and some complaints already.
In short, what features shoud a custom ROM add and what shortcomings should it correct?
I will start:
With the not-so-last gen processor the Play has, it is probably necessary to be able to overclock it.
I would like a minimal ROM (aka without bloatware) as it seems that the booting time of stock ROMs is incredibly high and it is caused by bloatware.
I don't have the phone yet (it's on its way ^^) but I have read things about the brightness setting being too dim and not changeable.
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I may be working on an overclock kernel this weekend, it all depends on family stuff plus footy.
MOOOOOOORE MEMORY i dont even need a custom rom, just wish i had more than 40mb free ram at some point lol
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MOOOOOOORE MEMORY i dont even need a custom rom, just wish i had more than 40mb free ram at some point lol
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Doesn't sound right. I usually have over 200 free when the phones idle and no where near full when using FPSE etc.
Disable auto brightness and can set it manual (and increase more brightness).
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As mentioned, a bloat free rom. Pure Android port maybe?
There should be another loader than play, something thats able to load psx,snes,mame (single games) and every other games u installed by opening the pad. With the possibility to add/remove stuff after u install it.
Overclock is mentioned. (Only 1500 in quadrant original??) FPS is okay though.
(I hope wolves - sunderland is canceled, so we have something to look forward too.)
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Doesn't sound right. I usually have over 200 free when the phones idle and no where near full when using FPSE etc.
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I think he's refering to Internal Storage rather than RAM.
Since we suffer from very low internal storage, it would be great if a new ROM would provide something similar to the app2sd application (forces apps to install all data to SD). Might be a big ask though?
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I think he's refering to Internal Storage rather than RAM.
Since we suffer from very low internal storage, it would be great if a new ROM would provide something similar to the app2sd application (forces apps to install all data to SD). Might be a big ask though?
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Sure you can move most app data to the SD from settings AFAIK. Bit of a pain though so installing to SD automatically would be nice.
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Sure you can move most app data to the SD from settings AFAIK. Bit of a pain though so installing to SD automatically would be nice.
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Yuck, I got that wrong I thought app2sd allowed the footprint part of the installation to be mostly moved to SD. Kinda hoped the 30Mb of Asphalt etc cud be reduced to <1Mb or sumthin. Daft now that I think of it.
I agree then, no point in app2sd cuz I manually move the data when I install stuff anyway.
Admin, can someone wipe my replies to this cuz it's only taking up space on what shud be a valuable thread!!
1, faster boot-up time.
2, ability to pick the games you want to have in the games launcher (or a new launcher).
3, widgets from desire.
4, R/L buttons as camera buttons when active.
5, R/L buttons as volume when camera not active, i find the original volume buttons a pain, even more when you have a case/shell on
6, brighter screen for them sunny days.
Rixter757 said:
I think he's refering to Internal Storage rather than RAM.
Since we suffer from very low internal storage, it would be great if a new ROM would provide something similar to the app2sd application (forces apps to install all data to SD). Might be a big ask though?
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Nope im talking about ram. If you guys have issues with storage, fire up adb, connect your device. And input.
adb shell
$ pm setinstalllocation2
$ exit
This will force all apps to be allowed to install to the sd card, and games like ashpalt take less than a mb
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Nope im talking about ram. If you guys have issues with storage, fire up adb, connect your device. And input.
adb shell
$ pm setinstalllocation2
$ exit
This will force all apps to be allowed to install to the sd card, and games like ashpalt take less than a mb
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Nice tip cheers lad. Still not seeing how you are having problems with ram usage though, I haven't encountered any. If anything I am constantly surprised at the amount I have free when gaming etc.
Nope im talking about ram. If you guys have issues with storage, fire up adb, connect your device. And input.
adb shell
$ pm setinstalllocation2
$ exit
This will force all apps to be allowed to install to the sd card, and games like ashpalt take less than a mb
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Nice tip cheers lad. Still not seeing how you are having problems with ram usage though, I haven't encountered any. If anything I am constantly surprised at the amount I have free when gaming etc.
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Maybe its cuz i have 200+ apps installed lol
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As mentioned, a bloat free rom. Pure Android port maybe?
There should be another loader than play, something thats able to load psx,snes,mame (single games) and every other games u installed by opening the pad. With the possibility to add/remove stuff after u install it.
Overclock is mentioned. (Only 1500 in quadrant original??) FPS is okay though.
(I hope wolves - sunderland is canceled, so we have something to look forward too.)
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well with my fone rooted and afew things gone such as timescape
i get 1800+ in quadrant
but as far as custom roms i would love the miui rom
i had it on my x10 and thought it was exellent
i like the look and how fast and vibrant it was
so come on tripNraver or someone else port it over plz
App2EXT
As I hate the original android app2sd... as all widgets get broken by this method...
From what I've heard, since Verizon has fallen asleep.
1. Bare bone rom. Like to where you have to install gapps and other stuff. Only to have the apps android comes with.
2. R1 as take picture and L1 as focus.
3. Ability to add any shortcut to the "game app," forgot what it was called. Whether it be a app or game.
4. No overclock applied. Let the user add a overclocking app if they want.
5. Power control widget in the status bar.
6. And supper user of coarse
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i want a stock android tbh, STOCK; and of-course, an overclocking module
id love an option to disable data traffic automatically when the phones screen is turned off, if this could be built into a custom stock gingerbread rom. the reason that would be awsome is cause it would double your batterylife and save using a widget and having to manually turn it on and off wasting time.
also R1 for taking picture and L1 for focus
having a battery percentage in the status bar would be amazing ( i know theres apps to do this but again if it was built in the rom as stock)
I would love a better keyboard, i came from an iphone and androids keyboard is just not accurate enough.
thanks in advance whoever takes the time to make this possible i understand it takes alot of time and effort to help others but rest assured it also makes many people happy . I wish sony would have released this phone in a more polished state it feels half finished and fragmented with all the apps and games markets
CM7 or MIUI with apps2ext+
Overclocking kernel with CIFS
enough said..
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CM7 or MIUI with apps2ext+
Overclocking kernel with CIFS
enough said..
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I can agree with that
Hi guys,
have been using htc desire 816 for like 1.3 year and it is still working great , just some issues with camera ! anyone else having this problem ? I mean what you do to customize the setting for better performance? I see nowadays a lot of noise in the pictures and not very clear as well! Also thinking of giving the custom roms a try which one is best you think in case of performance & design
What are the must use app to make it stand out , as you can see the device is old and we have to compete with giant devices , so not buying those but using this one to come close in taking selfies and photos and using apps as well.
Also one last thing after the last lollipop update looks like the storage is eaten up by something how to increase the space like before! cause i can hardly install 20-22 apps in total and it fills up!
Thanks in advance and it's good to be back in xda after long time!
I wouldn't use any custom rom, there is no stable one for the device they'r all buggy as hell
use xposed and do w/e you want
as for the storage I use link2sd, it works
Resurrection remix is Fine.
If the camera is your main issue, use Z camera. Touch to focus-snap setting enabled makes It the best &quickest.
Hey everyone, so i recently got a LG K8 (2017) and right out of the box it has a stock android ish look and i was wondering if others have it too. Plus it was lagging bfr even i installed anything. i want to know if anyone else is facing this. secondly is there a way to custom rom or at least root it. Cause i cant find any relevant ones. please do let me know.
Thanks.
Jihad72562 said:
Hey everyone, so i recently got a LG K8 (2017) and right out of the box it has a stock android ish look and i was wondering if others have it too. Plus it was lagging bfr even i installed anything. i want to know if anyone else is facing this. secondly is there a way to custom rom or at least root it. Cause i cant find any relevant ones. please do let me know.
Thanks.
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Are you sure that is stock Android on your K8?
There is not any root method at least not here, only for 2016 model, I doubt it will work with 2017, it will probably harm device.
However it can be possible that phone is lagging it's not flagship but it's not weak device my 2016 K8 works very well. Would you mind to explain lag and when it happened?
Professor Woland said:
Are you sure that is stock Android on your K8?
There is not any root method at least not here, only for 2016 model, I doubt it will work with 2017, it will probably harm device.
However it can be possible that phone is lagging it's not flagship but it's not weak device my 2016 K8 works very well. Would you mind to explain lag and when it happened?
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Its not exactly stock android but the design kind of is. My mom is using the k8 2016 and its way faster than my 2017 version. i figured out the lag issue is because android system itself is taking up 800 mb (this is without me installing anything at all. basically after i formatted i checked and it was 800 mb) and the ram is 1.4 gb so only 400 ish mb remains or 500 which makes it really slow. Also sorry for the really fast reply :3 didn't have an internet connection for a while.
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Its not exactly stock android but the design kind of is. My mom is using the k8 2016 and its way faster than my 2017 version. i figured out the lag issue is because android system itself is taking up 800 mb (this is without me installing anything at all. basically after i formatted i checked and it was 800 mb) and the ram is 1.4 gb so only 400 ish mb remains or 500 which makes it really slow. Also sorry for the really fast reply :3 didn't have an internet connection for a while.
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I don't think I understand you or you don't understand something. I have 2016. K8 and system is taking up 2.6 GB and I have 1.5 GB of RAM so not ever will all system will go in RAM it's not even possible. Are you talking about 800 mb of RAM is taken by system? 700 MB is fine for apps except ones who need a large chunk of RAM, but even then Android will push out something out of RAM to make place for that app. Check for OTA updates, i still doubt phone is lagging, I mean it is budget phone but still..
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I don't think I understand you or you don't understand something. I have 2016. K8 and system is taking up 2.6 GB and I have 1.5 GB of RAM so not ever will all system will go in RAM it's not even possible. Are you talking about 800 mb of RAM is taken by system? 700 MB is fine for apps except ones who need a large chunk of RAM, but even then Android will push out something out of RAM to make place for that app. Check for OTA updates, i still doubt phone is lagging, I mean it is budget phone but still..
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maybe im not able to explain. The phone has been lagging since I took it out of the box. I got the OTA update i did that as well. I formatted a couple of times even. I have used alot of phones till now. Phones with 1 gb RAM tbh is faster than this. I used the k8 2016 and trust me it was faster than that of the new 2017. i hope the screenshots help. Also u can see the notification thing is different.
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maybe im not able to explain. The phone has been lagging since I took it out of the box. I got the OTA update i did that as well. I formatted a couple of times even. I have used alot of phones till now. Phones with 1 gb RAM tbh is faster than this. I used the k8 2016 and trust me it was faster than that of the new 2017. i hope the screenshots help. Also u can see the notification thing is different.
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To be honest I think something isn't right here. Because that is not how LG phone tiles look like, indeed this look like pure Android without UX on top of it, I don't know if LG started shipping phones with pure Android on them or is something else, would you mind go to settings and take screenshot of software info page?
However on these screenshots you provided it's average use in last x hours(to me there shows that chrome use 2.9 GB which is not possible), to see current go to developer options and to "running services.
It is K8 2017, idk why LG decided using stock-ish UI instead UX4.0/5.0 like K10 2017. It has the same (if not better) spect as 2016 version, and I don't know what causes the lag. Either some junk app/screen overlay app/bad software optimization.
From my experience, 2016 version has performance problem with some screen overlay apps like easy touch, bluelight filter, etc. But even on low ram apps still runs quite smooth.
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It is K8 2017, idk why LG decided using stock-ish UI instead UX4.0/5.0 like K10 2017. It has the same (if not better) spect as 2016 version, and I don't know what causes the lag. Either some junk app/screen overlay app/bad software optimization.
From my experience, 2016 version has performance problem with some screen overlay apps like easy touch, bluelight filter, etc. But even on low ram apps still runs quite smooth.
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Yeah I see, I did some digging and in YouTube there is two kinds one with UX and one without it, maybe I'm mistaking maybe both are stock I'm not sure how nougat under UX looks like. However they released k8 2017 and mediatek version runs nougat as I can understand (Russian edition and some other countries) and qcom versions runs nougat. LG never fails to amaze me with their actions, I mean seriously?
Any update in this tread? I've bought k8 2017 just a few hours ago. Besides the lag it also have this pop up ads which i cant get rid of even after removing their free apps.
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Any update in this tread? I've bought k8 2017 just a few hours ago. Besides the lag it also have this pop up ads which i cant get rid of even after removing their free apps.
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Which carrier?
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Which carrier?
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Sun - I manage to get rid of the pop up ads(it's from lg's default browser) but the lag issue remains.
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Sun - I manage to get rid of the pop up ads(it's from lg's default browser) but the lag issue remains.
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Wait, so you bought brand new phone and it started to show popup ads, you didn't install any apps? I can't believe what some carriers do to the phones. Wait what stock browser? LG browser? I didn't seen it a long time on LG phones the seems to be moved to chrome. If it isn't new than you should flash stock firmware. In which country phone was bought, and what is exact phone model number?
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maybe im not able to explain. The phone has been lagging since I took it out of the box. I got the OTA update i did that as well. I formatted a couple of times even. I have used alot of phones till now. Phones with 1 gb RAM tbh is faster than this. I used the k8 2016 and trust me it was faster than that of the new 2017. i hope the screenshots help. Also u can see the notification thing is different.
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Wait, so you bought brand new phone and it started to show popup ads, you didn't install any apps? I can't believe what some carriers do to the phones. Wait what stock browser? LG browser? I didn't seen it a long time on LG phones the seems to be moved to chrome. If it isn't new than you should flash stock firmware. In which country phone was bought, and what is exact phone model number?
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Model number: LG-X240k .I don't think it's the carrier's fault because I bought the phone in an LG store it self. The UI is the same as op. I also notice that Android OS (Android 6.0) takes about 900mb~ of memory without any running apps I have J5 prime with the same os only take about 300-400mb.
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Model number: LG-X240k .I don't think it's the carrier's fault because I bought the phone in an LG store it self. The UI is the same as op. I also notice that Android OS (Android 6.0) takes about 900mb~ of memory without any running apps I have J5 prime with the same os only take about 300-400mb.
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Well you are right it's not up to carrier because you didn't bought phone from them so it's not under contract. It seems they have ****ed up heavily.
Don't look on that, that information is not reliable.
My mom got this phone too, just a couple of days. She asked me to install facebook and messenger app. To be estimated, I finished it for almost two hours. Becuase I need to install shareit and play services as well before shareit will work. Damn phone very laggy or may I say very slow. One app took more than 3 to 5 mins to finish. She got LG-X240.
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It is K8 2017, idk why LG decided using stock-ish UI instead UX4.0/5.0 like K10 2017. It has the same (if not better) spect as 2016 version, and I don't know what causes the lag. Either some junk app/screen overlay app/bad software optimization.
From my experience, 2016 version has performance problem with some screen overlay apps like easy touch, bluelight filter, etc. But even on low ram apps still runs quite smooth.
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Are you sure about that? cuz I have an LG K350Z and it runs overlays app without any problem. I even used bluelight filter on it since last year when I bought it.
SummonerArthur said:
Are you sure about that? cuz I have an LG K350Z and it runs overlays app without any problem. I even used bluelight filter on it since last year when I bought it.
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Pretty sure, mine is K350K it lags a lot when scrolling on recent menu/multitask manager/whatever you called it is which is painful. Must be some lazy ass rom developer from my country's model. Hell not even any updates since sep-15 2017 (v10d), which is worse btw coz system root cannot be modified. This phone is officially abandoned I believe.
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Pretty sure, mine is K350K it lags a lot when scrolling on recent menu/multitask manager/whatever you called it is which is painful. Must be some lazy ass rom developer from my country's model. Hell not even any updates since sep-15 2017 (v10d), which is worse btw coz system root cannot be modified. This phone is officially abandoned I believe.
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LOL, I even play DriftSpirits and Dirt Rally with mine while using an app called "Dimmer" (I stopped using Bluelight filter because it had ads) and I do have a lower fps while using it, but its nothing terrible.
About updates, I dont update since I installed its day one firmware and rooted it, so I can't tell if mine's still gets updates or not.
My main problem with my k350z is that I can't write or delete anything on my SDcard since I started using link2sd.
since then, I had to use my PC every time I need to manage my files.
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LOL, I even play DriftSpirits and Dirt Rally with mine while using an app called "Dimmer" (I stopped using Bluelight filter because it had ads) and I do have a lower fps while using it, but its nothing terrible.
About updates, I dont update since I installed its day one firmware and rooted it, so I can't tell if mine's still gets updates or not.
My main problem with my k350z is that I can't write or delete anything on my SDcard since I started using link2sd.
since then, I had to use my PC every time I need to manage my files.
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Can't you just use adoptable storage instead link2sd? Never had any issue with SD card so far.
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Can't you just use adoptable storage instead link2sd? Never had any issue with SD card so far.
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You're using Adoptable storage on it? I thought about using it but I thought link2SD would be easier.
Is there any bugs in doing it? I think it might not be a good idea since my 32gb card is a class 4.
would you help me in doing it? I already know how to do it but it is good to have someone that did it near in case I screw my phone up.
My XA Ultra has been upgraded to Nougat version about two weeks ago, everything's all right but its brightness is too bright at low level (mean 0% brighness level bar + Adaptive Brighness disabled). At first, for fix that issue, I used Lux but I quickly discovered that Lux can't fix brightness because It actually just creates a filter on the screen and sometimes Lux freezes the screen. And of course, the battery still drains very fast and my eyes get tired of using it
Therefore, I have built a new kernel with some modifications for fix this issue. I have been working on it for 2 days, and nothing happen, everything seems to work fine. So, I'm happy for sharing this kernel to anyone who meet this issue. Please, protect your angel eyes (if you dont want to wear the thick glasses like me)
Link download: https://mega.nz/#!ZuxXRLQY!5nzb6mclJuCvrg8ZPusWB0gZqoQKQ6kWLgzu5mgrYdk
P/S: Sorry for my poor english, I just switched to it for half a year.
Main concern
My main concern lately is that going forward onto nougat, makes it so i'm not able to flash the DRM fix, Granted i never really noticed a difference without it. But im glad this kernel exists now cause dang that sucker is bright on low!
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My main concern lately is that going forward onto nougat, makes it so i'm not able to flash the DRM fix, Granted i never really noticed a difference without it. But im glad this kernel exists now cause dang that sucker is bright on low!
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I think you shouldn't have to bother about DRM fix with XAU, I'm not really realize the difference before and after loss DRM with it (Display, camera and sound same quality) . In my other Sony phone, Z3+, it is easy to recognize the big difference after loss DRM. The reason may come from the cpu of devices. For example, XAU used a stupid cpu - so taking and saving one photo from camera is very slow. With Z3+, I can shot of multiple photos in a second.
Their product is no longer really good and their price is not competitive. That's why Sony is losing a lot of customers in my country. If anyone bought a new Sony smartphone which costs about $300 today, next day that smartphone would lose value in half whether it's still in warranty or redeemable. But that won't happen to the Iphone or Samsung smartphone ...
Lenonard Do said:
I think you shouldn't have to bother about DRM fix with XAU, I'm not really realize the difference before and after loss DRM with it (Display, camera and sound same quality) . In my other Sony phone, Z3+, it is easy to recognize the big difference after loss DRM. The reason may come from the cpu of devices. For example, XAU used a stupid cpu - so taking and saving one photo from camera is very slow. With Z3+, I can shot of multiple photos in a second.
Their product is no longer really good and their price is not competitive. That's why Sony is losing a lot of customers in my country. If anyone bought a new Sony smartphone which costs about $300 today, next day that smartphone would lose value in half whether it's still in warranty or redeemable. But that won't happen to the Iphone or Samsung smartphone ...
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Yeah thats a shame. Sony had a good run. I'v boughten the X-P, XZ and the xa ultra, the only one i find usefull now days is the xa ultra. Kinda seems like no matter what sony does, they just cant seem to climb out of their hole they are in. I remeber the days when i got my tmobile z3. Fanciest phone I'v ever had. Since then nothing has really come close. The XA is good but having to rely on split adoptable storage gets old. Marshmellow liked to randomly corrupt the SD card. But nougat is behaving fairly well!
I am really happy that this brightness issue have taken noticed and is fixed. :good:
But I am really sad that i could not make any modifications to my XAU because of my Locked bootloader and at Rooting status "NO"
I was lately browsing up some searches and sites for me to be able to flash this fix even with a Locked Bootloader /Status at "NO" like unpack repack sin files..
I was hoping for someone could care to help that may repack this boot. img to
.sin file hehe
and anyway ill continue to search some more and try to find a way to flash this fix.. :cyclops:
Gineer roji said:
I am really happy that this brightness issue have taken noticed and is fixed. :good:
But I am really sad that i could not make any modifications to my XAU because of my Locked bootloader and at Rooting status "NO"
I was lately browsing up some searches and sites for me to be able to flash this fix even with a Locked Bootloader /Status at "NO" like unpack repack sin files..
I was hoping for someone could care to help that may repack this boot. img to
.sin file hehe
and anyway ill continue to search some more and try to find a way to flash this fix.. :cyclops:
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As far as I know, there is no way to convert Img to Sin now. Unfortunately when you can't unlock bootloader, you shouldn't try to flash a kernel ... your device can be bricked. :highfive:
Also a fix for stamina mode would be great. You know, after enabling and disabling stamina, touch goes crazy and you have to touch the same spot 5 times otherwise phone doesn't recognise it.
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Also a fix for stamina mode would be great. You know, after enabling and disabling stamina, touch goes crazy and you have to touch the same spot 5 times otherwise phone doesn't recognise it.
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Yes , Sony XaU has a good display screen but the touch panel is not good.
We will probably have to wait Sony fix your issue, it seems to come from Synaptic Firmware, that thing is very difficult to fix.
speaking of display fix did anyone notice that touch seemed to be slowed or delayed. Especially Notices this after adoptable storage. I love the XA ultra but with my XZ laughing at the xa's speed it's a pain not being able t o use it. Love the XZ but tends to over saturate photos and the XAU is pretty dang good. What do you guys do for storage? Pick and choose apps, or adoptable stoarge?
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speaking of display fix did anyone notice that touch seemed to be slowed or delayed. Especially Notices this after adoptable storage. I love the XA ultra but with my XZ laughing at the xa's speed it's a pain not being able t o use it. Love the XZ but tends to over saturate photos and the XAU is pretty dang good. What do you guys do for storage? Pick and choose apps, or adoptable stoarge?
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adoptable stoarge with 64gb class 10 sd
lonewolfbtown said:
speaking of display fix did anyone notice that touch seemed to be slowed or delayed. Especially Notices this after adoptable storage. I love the XA ultra but with my XZ laughing at the xa's speed it's a pain not being able t o use it. Love the XZ but tends to over saturate photos and the XAU is pretty dang good. What do you guys do for storage? Pick and choose apps, or adoptable stoarge?
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With my XAu, the touch is pretty smooth even thought couldn't be better on an iphone. Yes, unfortunately this only happends before adoptable storage or using a fastest SD Card. So, the best solution that I can think of is buying a MicroSDHC class 10 , voted for Samsung Pro Plus 32GB because my Xau is using it
How do you flash this kernel?
With flashtool or with twrp?
any particular procedure i should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
sr.bond said:
How do you flash this kernel?
With flashtool or with twrp?
any particular procedure i should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
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Flash in either fastboot or TWRP.
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Lenonard Do said:
My XA Ultra has been upgraded to Nougat version about two weeks ago, everything's all right but its brightness is too bright at low level (mean 0% brighness level bar + Adaptive Brighness disabled). At first, for fix that issue, I used Lux but I quickly discovered that Lux can't fix brightness because It actually just creates a filter on the screen and sometimes Lux freezes the screen. And of course, the battery still drains very fast and my eyes get tired of using it
Therefore, I have built a new kernel with some modifications for fix this issue. I have been working on it for 2 days, and nothing happen, everything seems to work fine. So, I'm happy for sharing this kernel to anyone who meet this issue. Please, protect your angel eyes (if you dont want to wear the thick glasses like me)
Link download: https://mega.nz/#!ZuxXRLQY!5nzb6mclJuCvrg8ZPusWB0gZqoQKQ6kWLgzu5mgrYdk
P/S: Sorry for my poor english, I just switched to it for half a year.
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May you guide how to modify the kernel?
Hello,
When i flash this je Enel it avoid / cancel root with magisk, or make bootloop
Any fix ???
Anyone can help ? please
I'm laso facing the same issues on my F3216 can't tried multiple app on play store but couldn't find any solution it's very irritating can't use my phone more than 10min.
well, was using magisk v14, flashed as you said with twrp, my whole data is corrupted. thank you
Resultes in format, flashed stock ftf, and flashed ur boot from cmd, it works now but all my games and data are gone due to adoptable storage
Can i flash it for my F3216 Nougat?
##Update:
I flash this kernel to my F3216 by fastboot on PC and it's work!!
thick glasses mode initiated!
since it's too risky to unlock bootloader on this device
but anyway.. great job mate!
I tried to use some micro sd cards I haven't used for a while, but when I switch my micro SD as internal storage the OS says: the speed is too low and my phone would become pretty slow. Before I to find some high speed micro SD card in amazon my question is this:
What's the maximum reading and writing speed the micro SD port in this port can handle?
Which micro SD card model should I buy as internal storage for this phone if the speed supported by the port is beyond 20 mbs/s while reading?
Thanks in advance.
Never use a SD card for running apps.
Use as a data drive only.
Use a V30 rated card from a reliable manufacturer.
blackhawk said:
Never use a SD card for running apps.
Use as a data drive only.
Use a V30 rated card from a reliable manufacturer.
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the sad thing is the apps won't use the SD card as data storage since android 6.0, my internal storage cannot hold all my apps and runs 90% storage full all the time :´c.
hunkdorlian said:
the sad thing is the apps won't use the SD card as data storage since android 6.0, my internal storage cannot hold all my apps and runs 90% storage full all the time :´c.
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Move the DCIM folder to the SD card.
Weed out the trash apps if any.
Find better coded freeware apps that use less memory.
Clear browser data as needed.
Clear any large caches as needed.
You need at least 1 gb of free space.
I have a S4+ that has 16gb internal memory so I know the feeling. Probably getting to be upgrade time.
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Move the DCIM folder to the SD card.
Weed out the trash apps if any.
Find better coded freeware apps that use less memory.
Clear browser data as needed.
Clear any large caches as needed.
You need at least 1 gb of free space.
I have a S4+ that has 16gb internal memory so I know the feeling. Probably getting to be upgrade time.
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thanks for the tips these will help me greatly, by the way, which ROM would you suggest me to use for this old good phone?
hunkdorlian said:
thanks for the tips these will help me greatly, by the way, which ROM would you suggest me to use for this old good phone?
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Don't know. If you were on Pie, which I doubt, stay there. I personally stick to stock for more predictable results.
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Don't know. If you were on Pie, which I doubt, stay there. I personally stick to stock for more predictable results.
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yeah i'm still in pie =0. sadly my bank apps won't support stock android firmware anymore.
hunkdorlian said:
yeah i'm still in pie =0. sadly my bank apps won't support stock android firmware anymore.
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Leave it there. Pie is the best version in my opinion. Android 10 would screw it up.
My 10+ is still on Pie, deliberately.
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Leave it there. Pie is the best version in my opinion. Android 10 would screw it up.
My 10+ is still on Pie, deliberately.
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hopefully Pie will be still valid some years more.
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hopefully Pie will be still valid some years more.
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I'm getting my second new 10+ N975U today.
One reason a searched high and low for a new one was a guarantee it be loaded with Pie not Q!
Twins. Hell yeah. I will see how fast I can load the new one up. Give SmartSwitch a test run.
With the way Android is going downhill with scope storage and bloating, Pie will remain viable for years to come unless you're into gaming perhaps. Older valuable apps that can't run right on Q and above will continue to be usable.
No gross security issues at all... I know as I've ran with this OS on some of the worst websites there are using Brave and Samsung browser. Various adblockers are running.
No malware has made it through in over a year in spite of its "security issues". There have been a over a dozen maybe two of app samplings that were uninstalled with no damaged.
I'm careful with bt and keep wifi disabled... other than that I use it without concern.
At 16 months old it's my longest running OS load ever. It's been heavily used.
Still fast and very stable... no need to reload it yet. That impresses me as well as the fact it continues to fullfill it's mission and remains 100% functional.
Upgrading it would only cause trouble and lots of lost time.
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I'm getting my second new 10+ N975U today.
One reason a searched high and low for a new one was a guarantee it be loaded with Pie not Q!
Twins. Hell yeah. I will see how fast I can load the new one up. Give SmartSwitch a test run.
With the way Android is going downhill with scope storage and bloating, Pie will remain viable for years to come unless you're into gaming perhaps. Older valuable apps that can't run right on Q and above will continue to be usable.
No gross security issues at all... I know as I've ran with this OS on some of the worst websites there are using Brave and Samsung browser. Various adblockers are running.
No malware has made it through in over a year in spite of its "security issues". There have been a over a dozen maybe two of app samplings that were uninstalled with no damaged.
I'm careful with bt and keep wifi disabled... other than that I use it without concern.
At 16 months old it's my longest running OS load ever. It's been heavily used.
Still fast and very stable... no need to reload it yet. That impresses me as well as the fact it continues to fullfill it's mission and remains 100% functional.
Upgrading it would only cause trouble and lots of lost time.
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My only real trouble with my S4 is the battery, in my country original batteries are long gone and the generic ones my mobile turns off at 30% and increasing over the year. I wonder which generic battery is the best of the market nowadays.
hunkdorlian said:
My only real trouble with my S4 is the battery, in my country original batteries are long gone and the generic ones my mobile turns off at 30% and increasing over the year. I wonder which generic battery is the best of the market nowadays.
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Try to find batteries made in Vietnam not China.
If your SOT has diminished greatly, replace the degraded Li before it fails.
If you get a newer phone don't get one running on Adroid 11, it's a dog.
Unfortunately the new 10+ was loaded on Android 10. That OS doesn't seem bad but caused me scramble to accommodate it. I should have seen that coming