You Are Viewtiful
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Just wait patiently for 4.2.7 to iron out all these bugs.
Plug phone to computer via USB and remove useless videos, photos, files etc. or store them on your computer.
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Just wait patiently for 4.2.7 to iron out all these bugs.
Plug phone to computer via USB and remove useless videos, photos, files etc. or store them on your computer.
-Pyromaniac-
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I thought about that but I just don't want to spend the 300+ bucks for it. If it were cheaper which is ridiculous I know, I'd do it. But ehhh, I'll wait. My mind changes a lot. It'll be worff it.
Battersea Power Station
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It's really dumb that I can't open this link on my phone because I've chosen to always open Play Store links with the Play Store app.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8GB?id=nexus_4_8gb
It's a really frustrating oversight.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8GB?id=nexus_4_8gb
It's a really frustrating oversight.
Clear defaults for Play Store app, frustration dissolved?
The Faceless Master
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i dunno how to check if they're DRM'd or not, but they started selling DRM-free music in 2009 and iirc, you can also uppgrade the DRM'd music in iTunes for a fee...
The Faceless Master
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what % of free space is there on your internal storage?
Unknown Soldier
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Android seems to really get mad somewhere around 400 MB or less of free internal storage. Things will stop working for no good reason. I was getting a bunch of weird shit goin' on when my free storage fell that low on my old Galaxy Nexus, trying to install apps from Google Play would give me insufficient free space errors. When I freed it up to around 1 GB free by deleting some games, the errors vanished. My guess is that Android needs a certain amount of free space at all times for cache and other OS or filesystem activity.
shinshoryuken
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I think I want a new phone on At&t and LTE.
Either a one X+, note 2 or optimus G.
What's the best right now?
Edit: after reading unknown soldiers post on the official note 2 thread.. I'm now leaning towards the note 2.
Any opinion on the one x+ or the optimus g?
Coming from a one x & gs3 running cm10.
I want a snappier phone.
Either a one X+, note 2 or optimus G.
What's the best right now?
Edit: after reading unknown soldiers post on the official note 2 thread.. I'm now leaning towards the note 2.
Any opinion on the one x+ or the optimus g?
Coming from a one x & gs3 running cm10.
I want a snappier phone.
The Faceless Master
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depends on size of data partition, when it gets to under 10% free Android gets mad.
Apple 5
shinshoryuken
Member
LTE is a must.
I'm looking for a cheap android tablet (£100) for my parents as a Christmas present. they don't need anything overly powerful just enough for web browsing and maybe playing videos on their tv so something with a dual core will probably be more than enough power
Iv'e found this one: link
and i was wandering if anyone has any experience with it or if they have a better recontamination.
Iv'e found this one: link
and i was wandering if anyone has any experience with it or if they have a better recontamination.
note 2, even multiview doesn't faze it
I'd just go for the Note 2 if the size isn't an issue. There's nothing that the One X+ adds that isn't really part of the One X already.
shinshoryuken
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But the thing is, I really like my one X...a bump in memory and speed would be nice.
What does the optimus g has to offer? Quick browse on XDA made it seem like it can run stock android soon...and playing with it at the store...it seem very very snappy....
Well the One X+ does have the 4.1.2, but if you're going to root it and install a custom ROM, it probably won't mater.
The Optimus G in general has a 13MP camera which I think is its main selling point. Also has the Snapdragon S4 Pro and 2GB of RAM. The AT&T version however only has an 8MP camera so keep that in mind.
One X+ is basically a One X with different CPU manufacturer for cost reason. Optimus G has nothing to offer.
If you don't mind Note 3 will have a massy pixel bump next year, go with the Note 2.
Probably because he prefers it? If it's available, why not
Anyway, the Oppo Find 5 is coming to the US: http://www.oppousa.com/
The Faceless Master
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because AT&T doesn't have HSPA+
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
You already have a One X and a GS3 and you already want a new phone? Also you think those two phones running CM10 aren't snappy?
Why do I have this feeling your are crazy.
Get a new SD card!
Can't on a Nexus S ><
Uhmmm... not sure but maybe 15% or so?
Probably because he prefers it? If it's available, why not
Anyway, the Oppo Find 5 is coming to the US: http://www.oppousa.com/
If that is a clean install of 4.2.1... I'm there.
2500mAh
Unknown Soldier
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Oppo does what HTC can't and puts a decent size battery in it.
shinshoryuken
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With CM10 is it snappy, but there are drawbacks
Bettery wise seem to be worst, especially for the one x.
With the GS3 I've had WiFi issues that was really annoying.
Also, lose in camera capabilities and quality..
uh, yes it does..
You can make a survey link to a spreadsheet, and then make the spreadsheet view only to the public.
The Faceless Master
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oops, i meant DC HSPA+
Err... I think my Nexus 4 has died hours after owning it. Here's what's going on.
I had it sat on the arm of a chair in standby, sitting fine there till all of a sudden, it rebooted and the Google logo came up and it just sits there for a solid 20 minutes doing nothing. The device has been unlocked and rooted, but everything else is stock.
So, I turned it off and back on again. Same result, stuck on the Google screen. So I think, okay, I'll try boot into recovery. I can get into fastboot just fine, but recovery also just ends up on the Google screen.
I then tried to flash CWM Touch instead, which worked. And then I try to go into it and it just gets stuck at the Google screen for a minute and then that goes away and the screen just stays on till I force shut it down.
What the actual fuck is going on here? I've never had a problem with any other device I've ever rooted.
I had it sat on the arm of a chair in standby, sitting fine there till all of a sudden, it rebooted and the Google logo came up and it just sits there for a solid 20 minutes doing nothing. The device has been unlocked and rooted, but everything else is stock.
So, I turned it off and back on again. Same result, stuck on the Google screen. So I think, okay, I'll try boot into recovery. I can get into fastboot just fine, but recovery also just ends up on the Google screen.
I then tried to flash CWM Touch instead, which worked. And then I try to go into it and it just gets stuck at the Google screen for a minute and then that goes away and the screen just stays on till I force shut it down.
What the actual fuck is going on here? I've never had a problem with any other device I've ever rooted.
OriginalThinking
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If you can get into fastboot you are fine. Just flash the stock system image using it and you should be cool. You'll lose root mind. Sounds like you might be stuck in a bootloop, but not obviously so.
Okay. I'm downloading the stock 4.2.1 image now. Hopefully this solves it. Thanks.
Same result. After flashing stock recovery and the stock 4.2.1 image, it gets stuck on the Google logo again and just does nothing. Eventually the logo disappears and the screen just stays on doing nothing.
Any other suggestions?
OriginalThinking
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When I said flash, I meant the factory image using fastboot. Is that what you did?
If you aren't booting correctly there's a good chance your issue is with the boot.img file needing reflashed.
That's exactly what I did.
Booted into fastboot (vol up+down + power), used Nexus 4 Toolkit 1.4.0, downloaded the 4.2.1 image, flashed it to the device. It ran through the flash out without a problem. The device rebooted and again just sat there.
I have no idea how to do that... >_>
OriginalThinking
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Hmmmmm. I'd do it the old fashioned way without using toolkits. I take it you've tried erasing the cache etc etc
2) Extract the content of the Google Image
3) Copy the contents of the factory image to the same folder as where you have fastboot.
4) Boot your phone into the Bootloader mode
5) Open up Command Prompt or Terminal, navigate to the folder you've extracted it all too and enter the following commands waiting for each to finish
Windows
fastboot-windows flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekk15.img (these filenames are for the galaxy nexus, but just substitute the filenames for what's in the Nexus 4 stuff)
fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
fastboot-windows flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk6.img
fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
fastboot-windows -w update image-yakju-icl53f.zip
... You can erase the cache in fastboot? I've only ever done it whilst in a custom recovery.
As for doing it manually through adb? I have no idea where to even begin. Which is why I've always used toolkits.
Let's say boot.img is fucked, because that's looking likely. What steps do I need to take?
^ Thanks
OriginalThinking
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Command is something like fastboot erase-cache, dead easy. Erm, in all honesty if you aren't comfortable using adb.. It's not difficult though, let me try to find you a video for the galaxy nexus because it'll be pretty much exactly the same.
Learning fastboot commands as I go along. Cleared the cache to make sure that wasn't the reason. Looks like it's not. The stock ROM is re-downloading at the moment. So I'll try flashing the boot.img soon.
I have some background in using cmd commands, so this is fairly simple
OriginalThinking
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Basically you need the fastboot/adb files installed on your PC. If you don't have them, let me know and I can share the required files on dropbox or Google drive or something.
You should have downloaded the Nexus 4 factory image. Extract it and look inside for 2 .img files.
One should be the bootloader,
one should be the radio
There should also be a .zip file of the rom
Once you've found these 3 files, put them inside the fastboot folder
Go into windows cmd line and navigate to the fastboot folder, wherever that is located on your c: drive
I have my fastboot folder on the root of C:\
So to navigate to the fastboot folder I simply pop windows into command mode and type
cd c:\fastboot\
Once you are in there follow these instructions.. (but substitute the file names here for whatever you found in the Nexus 4 factory image)
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk6.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-yakju-icl53f.zip
Once you've done this reboot your device (I think fastboot reboot) and bingo you should be back.
You should have downloaded the Nexus 4 factory image. Extract it and look inside for 2 .img files.
One should be the bootloader,
one should be the radio
There should also be a .zip file of the rom
Once you've found these 3 files, put them inside the fastboot folder
Go into windows cmd line and navigate to the fastboot folder, wherever that is located on your c: drive
I have my fastboot folder on the root of C:\
So to navigate to the fastboot folder I simply pop windows into command mode and type
cd c:\fastboot\
Once you are in there follow these instructions.. (but substitute the file names here for whatever you found in the Nexus 4 factory image)
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk6.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-yakju-icl53f.zip
Once you've done this reboot your device (I think fastboot reboot) and bingo you should be back.
Writing this whilst it's on Google screen hoping that it's booting.
Steps taken:
1) opened cmd
2) extracted occam-jop40d-factory-ca7602f0 (factory stock 4.2.1 image from direct from Google)
3) placed the 2 .img files and 1 .zip file into a folder
4) fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10l
<successful>
5) fastboot reboot-bootloader
<successful>
6) fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.33
<successful>
7) fastboot reboot-bootloader
<successful>
8) fastboot -w update image-occam-jop40d
9) device auto rebooted on completion.
I've finished writing this and it's still on the Google screen...
Steps taken:
1) opened cmd
2) extracted occam-jop40d-factory-ca7602f0 (factory stock 4.2.1 image from direct from Google)
3) placed the 2 .img files and 1 .zip file into a folder
4) fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10l
<successful>
5) fastboot reboot-bootloader
<successful>
6) fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.33
<successful>
7) fastboot reboot-bootloader
<successful>
8) fastboot -w update image-occam-jop40d
9) device auto rebooted on completion.
I've finished writing this and it's still on the Google screen...
OriginalThinking
Member
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. This is strange. Not sounding good either. I'm a bit stumped. What you should have done there is as clean an install as you can get.
OriginalThinking
Member
At this point, probably best consulting XDA for any unbricking tricks I'm missing. Normally if you can get into fastboot you are dandy.
Wha? You can freely expunge any application association from the Settings menu and disassociate the Playstore App from the Play store links. It will reset to asking you what to open it with while giving you the choice to set a default, or continue asking you each time.
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, just open settings, go to Apps, scroll to Google Play Store, and click the button that says something like "Clear Launch Default" or something like that.
Okay. So apparently, this might be an overheating issue. I've noticed a red LED appearing. This might mean over heating. I'm going to leave it for an hour, let it cool down and hope it works then.
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