Warranty repair - Worst experience ever. (Australia)

So I have a hardware issue, the back camera stopped working. If I push that area very tightly, the camera will work (so i'm assuming some loose connection)
So I contact Sony and they've referred me to a company called "Fonebiz" that have been contracted out to do their repairs. First of all, there is only 1 location in Australia and it must be mailed and the turn around time is "around 2 weeks"

Took 1 week for the phone to arrive in their office (their RMA system) a further 4 days until I get an email saying "Software has been modified - Proceed with quote ($445)" payment must be made for them to continue or $45 for reject and send it back (I have picked this)

I call in the customer service, "Yes? how may I help?"

I know I have unlocked bootloader, but this is the software side, how are they not able to repair the camera without doing all this - I understand if that's their process, then it's fine - I'm just here to tell all the people if they are deciding to get the Z5 compact, don't.

What are your views on this?

I'm no longer a z5 compact user - looking at s7edge!

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Question about firmware KII-L23

Hi, i want to know if it is possible to change from KII-L23 to another one, like KII-L21, etc. I just want to install MM and EMUI 4.1 so bad :(

Please help :o

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How does moving apps between "internal app storage" and "sd card" work o 4.4.2?

Hi!

I have a rooted A3500F and cannot figure out which partitions and directories are involved in the aforementioned operation. What the system is showing is very confusing, e.g. with Google Earth:

1) installed in "internal app":
settings: storage available = 2.55 GB, apps (data & media )= 8.31 GB, system = 2.92 GB
app info: total = 206 MB, app =~ 26 MB, data = 180 MB

2) installed in "sd card":
settings: storage available = 2.59 GB, apps (data & media )= 8.32 GB, system = 2.92 GB
app info: total = 223 MB, app =~ 43 MB, data = 180 MB

So system and "app data " do not change. But the rest in the "app info" does not add up! :confused:
First it total + app = 232 MB whereas on sd it amounts to 266. Where the extra 34 MB comes from? Thin air? :)

This is very confusing and the system developers did really poor job in breaking down these amounts for users...

I was able to figure out that sdcard = /data/media/0 = /storage/emulated/0 = /mnt/sdcard and possibly "internal app" is somewhere on /data/media/? /data/app? /data/cache? /data/system?

I wonder what kind of hard limit this "moving" operation is overcoming if everything seems to occur on the "/data" partition and the "/system" does not change? Why is it available in the "app" setting? I use AIO tool to make such move in batch but I'm not sure of the benefits?

Also the "Apps" setting shows 2.9 GB free for the "Downloaded" section and 2.6 GB free for the "SD card" - where do these numbers come from? (it shows in both cases 10GB used and I know that /system takes up 3GB)

It's also weird on my Xperia C1505, e.g. app info storage about AOI Toolbox shows: total 4.4 MB, app on phone 6.17 MB and data on phone 4.4 MB. How could it be that "total" <> "app + data" ?! What then the "total" means?

Apps:
Downloaded / "Phone memory": 643 MB used 96 MB free (total of 740 results from what?)
Internal storage: 592 MB used 1.4 GB free
Running / RAM: 363 MB used 46 MB free (where did 100 MB of RAM go?)
All / "Phone memory": 643 MB used 96 MB free

How are these numbers related to the specs: 0.5 GB RAM, 4 GB internal ?

This is very confusing!

Is this all somehow related to the cache for running apps?

I tried searching for answers on various forums but did not find a good explanation, where it would be simply, unquestionably stated between exactly which directories or partitions this "move" is done.

I would greatly appreciate your help with this problem.

Cheers!

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Great

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Use one Android device to push video to another

Is there an app that allows one to push video from one Android device to another and have it play without having to press anything on the second device?

My goal is to be able to select a video on my phone and have it start playing on my kids Android tablet while we are in the car. This will make life way easier on long drives.

I figure there must be a way via wifi, Bluetooth, or even dlna but I can't find anything through my search methods.

I am not looking to mirror my screen at all, just to send the video to the device.

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True contact doesn't work with Mtc-service 2.2x on Mtcd Kgl

Hi @dsa8310,
I follow xposed thread under Mtcb forum and attempt to use mtc-service 2.2x on my Mtcd kgl with Truecontact. When I make a call with Truecontact, it allows me to choose Mtc-service. However, there is no Bluetooth calling. The screen shows "Calling: xxxxxxxxxx" but there is no activity after.
The cat log shows Java exception in /system/private-app for ...microntek.jar where it couldn't find BTDevice class..

I would like to know if there is any solution for the problem that I have. I am a newbie in this forum.

Thanks and regards,

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Stuck on Huawei logo - bricked?

I was flashing a rom via twrp and the rom errored out. I tried reflashing but each time the rom didn't install fully. I wiped, rebooted and hoped for the best. Now, I'm stuck at the opening Huawei screen. Fastboot does not work. My computer recognizes the watch and shows HUAWEI WATCH under Universal Serial Bus devices in Device Manager. I've tried sending commands via command prompt but it just shows < waiting for device >. Any ideas on how to fix? I greatly appreciate any help. Thank you!

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