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Now Google Home has officially launched in the UK, anyone aware of a way to get hack a US Google Home to become a UK model, or at least just a UK accent? I know it could be done with the Amazon Echo, before it launched over here, so assumed something similar would happen with Google Home too -...

Ditto here!

Hey gandalf, what is your customisation number for your phone? (dial *#*#7378423#*#* > 'Service info' > 'Software info' > 'Customization Version') Mine is 1282-0226_R2B, supposed to be UK SIM-free, and I'm not seeing the update...

This exact same thing happened to me. I couldn't even be bothered with Sony customer services, I knew what they'd say, so I just claimed on my phone insurance and took the £75 excess hit.

I had a similar situation - my previous Xperia Z was a tank (in a good way), put it in my pocket, sat on it (lightly), dropped it, everything, barely a scratch let alone a cracked screen after 18 months. After a couple of months with the Z2, I thought I was being way more delicate with it, and...

OMG, so you have to be in manual mode to specify the resolution of your photo?? In Superior Auto you can't? Wow.

I've updated to this now, but my camera seems stuck at the 16:9 3920 × 2204 resolution - I can't find how to switch it back to the 13MP 4:3 format... anyone else had this? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but after searching, all my searches...

Maybe it's a fake?

My 4G/LTE version formatted my 64GB card up to 64GB perfectly fine. Did you get the tablet to format it itself, or just stick it in straight from the packet?

I just can't tear myself away from Firefox on the desktop (far and away the best there, IMO), so as much as it feels a bit sluggish sometimes on Android, I still stick with it on my phone and tablet because it syncs nicely.

Actually it's rated to withstand up to 1m of water for up to 30 minutes, a bit more than accidental splashes and a "quick dunk", but granted, swimming with it is a different kettle of fish...

I tried going back to 4.1.2 from 4.2.2 due to bluetooth not working with my car on 4.2.2, but after reflashing it just sat in a reboot loop. How did you downgrade to 4.1.2?

My BMW simply won't pair with my XZ since updating to 4.2.2 - was working fine before on 4.1.2, but when I try to pair now, they recognise eachother, and I enter a code on the car to be verified on the phone, but after I enter the code on the phone, it all just freezes. The car sits there saying...

Can't pair my XZ to my car bluetooth system since upgrading to 4.2.2 - both recognise eachother, car asks for a PIN which I have to confirm on the phone, but after doing that nothing happens. Also some apps (BeehiveIM being one) are force closing as soon as it's run. I could clear the app's...

My Z has a load of very fine scratches (only visible in good light, at a fine angle) right at the point my right thumb unlocks the screen, all in the direction I swipe the screen.

I've seen my battery standby performance get worse these last couple of weeks - I used to get between 5-7 days of standby time on a charge, if left unused, but the last few weeks it only goes for 2/3 days now, not sure what's changed...

Good stuff, I'm not the only one to notice your attitude around here

Ah yes, you're correct, always get them mixed up

Mediaserver is the background process which scans your media - music, photos, videos - and extracts EXIF information, ID3 tags, thumbnails, etc, and adds it all to the libraries. Once it's finished scanning and processing everything, it shouldn't need to run much in the future, unless you add a...

Here's mine, normal usage; wifi and bluetooth on all the time, Latitude updating, two email accounts polling every 15 mins. There was a very brief time on charge (2 mins) when I copied files onto it via my laptop. 32 hours, 15% left, so it would have gone for another few hours I reckon. FYI...

That's news to me - my wifi works with the screen off... :confused:

Got my XZ a few days ago, and the battery life has got better since the start - perhaps the battery being conditioned or something? Either way, I would say it's at least as good, but probably better than the Galaxy S3 it replaced - ie. I have a bit more left at the end of the day than I did on...

I used Light Flow on my GSIII and it caused massive battery drain, so I won't be using it on my XZ when it comes tomorrow...

Sennheiser MM550-X, love em

Actually, the iPhone 4 (with glass back) always fared pretty well against many other phones, in the dreaded drop-test, so it's not as clear cut as that. Funny though, that the iPhone went from a metal back in the first one, to a plastic back in the 3G, then glass in the 4, now metal in the 5...

That's what I thought - looks quite different to my JB notification panel, the clock particularly. Also, why is the phone's date in the screenshot from July last year?

18th June

204 days (though I am getting random lockups and reboots), used my old GS2 charger almost all the time.

So, is Windows 8 RT on the Nexus 7 possible?

If these are carrier specific components in the ROMs, does that mean unbranded phones wouldn't be able to make use of HD voice stuff?

Short of physically replacing something, firmware updates are the only other option Samsung have, so: a) given you can fix (workaround) some hardware issues via software (firmware) and microcode updates b) would you rather your phone be fixed by sending it off for 2 weeks to have hardware...

Most microcode updates are done on bootup - if you watch a Linux startup process, you can see these checks happen. No, it's still speculation.

Yes, I believe it is possible. There is a link, buried somewhere in this 176 page thread, with information on it.

I realise that, but you said "its broken or not broken" - I was merely pointing out it's not quite as simple as that. IF this is the problem (we're only speculating still), then theoretically Samsung could fix the wear problem, mark the bad sectors as bad properly, and the problem shouldn't...

Not quite - if the wear levelling algorithm is poor, and is wearing out sectors unevenly, they may be dying early, and perhaps they're not getting marked as bad, which is why we're occasionally getting crashes or freezes, and the system attempts to write/read from bad sectors. It could be fixed...

I've been getting the lags, freezes, and crashes ever since Christmas, but XXELLA hasn't helped me, it's still doing it.

Well, if ELLA is supposed to prevent the 'sudden death', it's not helped my freezing problems, which I suspect are a build-up to a sudden death soon. Still freezing, either when I try to unlock it, or when it's asleep.

I updated via Kies, re-rooted using CF-Auto-Root, saw the exclamation mark briefly but not after the reboot, but used Triangle Away anyway, and all is perfect - counter has been reset, and no exclamation mark

I don't know if it's just a quirk of my phone, or whether it's related to this at all (my phone, bought in June, HW ver 1.100, is going through a period of random lockups and reboots, so I think it's on the way out), but I noticed the other day that when it's plugged in and charging off the...

That's exactly what is happening to mine - sometimes it goes for a day or so problem free, other times it freezes after just a few minutes after booting, occasionally it's frozen before I can even unlock it! 1.100 hardware here, expecting it to go any day, so am backing up regularly! I'm ready...

Yeah, I factory reset it earlier, but it's still doing it. So I'm officially giving up - looks like I'll need to make a call to Samsung tomorrow...

Well I cursed myself clearly - a few hours after writing that, I pulled it out my pocket and couldn't wake it up, so the problem is still there :(

Just wanted to add that on ELL4 I'm suddenly getting fantastic battery life - I was having loads of random reboot problems (many times an hour at one point, unusable), then it all went away for some reason after lots of fiddling, and since then I'm on 27 hours without a charge, and still 35%...

Well I can't say for sure that mine is fixed, but it's gone from hanging, rebooting itself, and not waking up from sleep from as frequently as every few minutes at it's worst, to having gone for nearly 2 days without any problems, so it's looking good. I'm not sure exactly what fixed it - but I...

I can't say for sure, but around Wednesday isn't unreasonable. I do run AdFree, and yeah, I saw the notice about the new version - it's a different app entirely... still called AdFree, uninstall the old one, and install the new one. Not sure why they did that. I'm at a loss - I just...

Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??

Hooray, UK BTU Jelly Bean released, works great! Now, any news on when Key Lime Pie is due? (joke, hahaha)

Hmm, attempted to flash this via recovery, the installer started, but appeared to flash by way too quick, and now I can't get it to boot, or back into recovery - stuck at the Google logo... EDIT: Learn something new everyday - you need a USB cable plugged in to get into recovery!? Anyway, tried...

Exactly - I may be biased towards the GS3, but they've just basically wasted £1000 worth of phone proving little. The GS3 may have failed due to impacting in a more critical spot, maybe not, who knows. That said, kudos to the iPhone there, it definitely seems to be a sturdy device if you're...

I experienced this slowdown after chucking a load of movies on my N7 - no Nova or Asphalt installed though. Ran through Jay's guide in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855100 and it's real smoooooth now, like new. A hack, it may be, and we shouldn't need to hack it like this...