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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Since I see there are at least 10 threads a day about people getting stuck with bootloaders, kernel panic issues,

bootloops, softbricks etc , I thought there should be a sticky ( or at least a paragraph added to one of the

FAQ threads in the general section ) about CM9 and KP8.

First off , CyanogenMod9 is still in testing stage and is not a complete ROM / shouldn't be used for

anything but for testing/developing.

Second, ICS 4.0.3 KP8 firmware leak from samfirmware is also a beta ( maybe ? ) / in testing phase and

should not be flashed for anything but for testing/developing.

1) If your only goal is checking out the face unlock feature or the new task manager you probably

shouldn't flash any of these two , you should wait for more stable releases/leaks.

2) If you don't care about what is written above and you are still going to flash it then please do read the respective

threads on both of the ROMs and try to follow up the guides in those threads!

(emphasis on "read"). I can't stress enough how much reading is important on these forums.

quick lines

- When flashing any of the two you should flash the .pit file and re-partition

( if you try to do it without the step above (( seen reports about people trying

)) you'll probably end with a kernel panic after you try to flash back to

something else )

- if you don't do that step properly, you'll most probably end up forced to use

either the two of these or stock 2.3.x ROM

- when trying to flash back to CM7 or MIUI you should first flash back the stock

ROM from intratech's thrad , re-root it with CF-root, then proceed to flash CM7

or MIUI

- even if you do all of the steps correctly you may end-up with some random

issues ( some of which are fixable as reported, some of which are not )

- that's all i could think of writing for now

** if any of the info i gave is incorrect, someone please tell me, I may be wrong

** this should probably be added somewhere as a warning

** if not , mod please close
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Problem is that this post is now lost amongst all the other posts .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Guess no one seems to care , and noobs are always feeling more comfortable posting new threads than actually reading something...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
lol 302 views , 1 reply -.-

why, oh why did i bother XD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetf1:
You mention repartitioning.have the sizes changed? I couldn't see any confirmation that was the case.

Though I agree with your post entirely.I've been to Ics and back
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manups4e:
i'm getting continuously a kernel panic with new xxlp2..with the others leak all was ok...but xxlp2..i can't use it because of kernel panics...i use the repartition many times and it still happends in the end..logcat and dmseg stop when it happens so i can't post them
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
As a long time Androyer myself, I'm happy to announce my wife has come over to this side of freedom from her idevice.

Having 2 Nexi together is very fun, NFCing, sharing ideas, flashing etc. I got my wife her Nexus one week after I got mine, she saw the beauty of the device, and was curious about it. Her first week was very difficult in trying to customize and get used to the system, especially after coming from simple-apple. But with a little guidance and help she saw what Android was capable of doing and customized her own screens.

I'm curious to know if your significant other also has the SGN and how has the transition been? Is his/her screens customized? Did they come from another OS?

Here is my wife's screens, I told her I was proud of her and that I would share it with you guys... she said criticism welcomed!!!! Thank guys, maybe this could be a thread for chicks to get together and share chick stuff? IDK...

Love you Cheekys!

(Mod feel free to re-direct thread if put in wrong section)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r3k0:
My advice would be to get rid of the evil apple icon and stop listening to Britney ;)

nice colour scheme tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deaffob:
I think the screens are looking good. I, myself also focus on the wallpaper. That being said, on the 4th screen, that folder is kinda blocking the bug! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aergern:
My wife went from a iPhone 3GS to a Droid X (rough) then to a Droid Incredible and I bought us both Galaxy Nexus on release date. The ONLY issue she's had is that MoonReader Pro suddenly took over for her Messaging Icon ... and even her SMS widget opened MoonReaderPro ... had to uninstall and reinstall MoonReader to get them both to work. HOW she did this .. I do not know. But for the most part she LOVES the phone and doesn't much care for iOS. And we both use MacbookPro's as our laptop of choice. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
Great, you having said that she's off to fixing the bug!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
They do the darnest things! We use our iPads in bed just for browsing the net and movies but on the go, its our Nexuseses. I know I know... the iPad IS the way to go for movies though... and tethering to our Nexuss for that sweet LTE...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kimasu:
Great thread idea!

I have Galaxy Nexuses on order for us and they should arrive Wednesday. My wife's first and only foray into Android was with the Motorola Devour (I should have stopped her) and she is excited to see what a good phone can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Redflea:
Sell the iPads, buy a pair of HP Touchpads, slap ICS on them (nearing release), and spend the left over $s on a weekend vacation. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] helifrek:
I followed the nexus and got it shortly after release. It was frustrating coming from HTC sense so my wife got the rezound. Well about a week later and after flashing a few roms and mods I was in love and the wife hated the rezound. It was just too similar to the tbolt so she switched to the gnex and loves it. We are both running android revolution hd with nova launcher and love our phones. My wife might steal some ideas from yours :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] str8havoc:
My wife had the fascinate and then went to the IC2. She bought all the hype when Verizon got the Iphone and had to have it. She got and loved it but me being a die hard android fan, well lets just say we didn't talk for awhile. But after 2 or 3 months of putting up with Apples **** and Itunes she has come back to Android and loving it even more.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
+1 we're interested in what apps and/or setups your wife/girlfriend sets up. Post em up to share! So far, every app she's had in iOS she's found in Android. And to tell you the truth, they've updated some apps to greater standards up there with iOS... Especially Dropbox.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
Lol, lmao in bed with wifey:D !!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwerp_:
liked the bug wallpaper.. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheKaz:
Got my wife to switch from a Palm to Android about 2 years ago. She uses the web and phone a lot for work. She wanted a keyboard, so the Droid2 was the option at that time. We also share a family calendar and use Google Talk a lot of communicate w/o calling.

Can't get her to take much of an interest in doing anything to her homescreens, though. Not even sure she has any widgets on the thing...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] civicsisedan:
My wife actually had the g1 rooted and rom'd before I even had android lol.

I had blackberry and she actually had to show me android when I got my incredible.

She went from g1 to incredible and now has the rezound..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zargon335:
I just got my wife the GN after her having a dumb phone for years. I can't pry it out of her hands long enough to grab a screen shot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Ha ha ha I second the Britney bit!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
We also share a couple of calendars. Have you used the video chat option in google talk? We sometimes miss each others call because we never get notified of a connection...

And don't let them know about what we are capable of doing with Tasker. Mwaha ha ha... Ha.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheKaz:
Alas, no front-facing camera for her..m
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] InGeNeTiCs:
My wife had been using a mytouch 4g until I switched her over to a HTC Sensation. I upgraded to the galaxy nexus from the nexus s, and a few days later, my nexus s was missing. She swiped it and is not using it as her primary device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnbibbs:
Hell I was impressed last night when I noticed that my wife started using widgets on her droid charge. Before she left her screens blank. I guess I know what the next step for her should be.

Guess I can't complain to much though she does love the little green robot and got rid of her iPhone within a month of having it.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dranyam:
My wife had the Droid Incredible and literally rocked it till it fell apart.. Nearly two years, and when we went to get her a new one she really loved the DINC 2. She was running cm7 on the original INC and really loves it. I remember when she finally let me root and rom the original INC to get rid of sense. She said "It's like having a brand new phone." I had been trying for around a year to get her to let me root it. I just laughed and said I told ya so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kylebarendrick:
My wife got an Epic 4G about six months ago. She recently swiped sideways on her home screen without realizing it. When she saw the different widgets (pre installed) she accused me of messing around with her phone. That's when she first learned that she even HAD multiple home screens. She still doesn't use them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Redflea:
Wife had a BB Pearl for three years, could not get her to upgrade due to company's BB support. When her Pearl keyboard started to die I convinced her to give a new phone a try..she looked at the 4Gs, and the Charge, and X2. With no pressure from me she dumped the Apple first, saying it was lacking when I said no widgets, and no Swype on it.

Chose the X2 over the Charge due primarily to how it felt in hand, and she's been extremely happy ever since.

Her home pages are stuffed with icons and widgets, she is rooted and ROM'd, and for the first time ever she is looking forward to her next upgrade. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djcr33p:
I upgraded from nexus s to galaxy nexus and my gf inherited the nexus s, went to it from a rooted palm pre plus so as you can imagine she's pretty chuffed! Web is was great but developer support was naff sadly . Nfc (beam) and PayPal is very cool and handy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djcr33p:
PS: she's on cyanogen gingerbread. Doesn't want ics on it weirdly...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I am the wife! My husband and I both have the Galaxy Nexus. However...I am more a flash addict than he. I love being able to change things with Roms and themes. There is so much development for this phone it is amazing. I am even teaching myself how to change things myself. I am a huge fan of purple and figured I needed to do it on my own! Here is my screenie! I love android. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
This is an awesome thread

I own a nexus rom'd to the edge. Lol and just bought my wife a sgs2 because she wanted a white or pink new android so I got her a white phone with a pink hard case lol. Gonna send her getting her nails done fitted to her new phone!! She loves it and I get "goodies" lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
How did you change the carrier name on the lockscreen to "tk's android"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Optimusg2x:
Its a feature in aokp. You can change the carrier name to whatever you want
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
Funny story! Thanks for sharing...

Wife power! Awesome. Chicks with androids are cool.

Lol, should've had pics w/nails, phone and case....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
The wifey, after days of settings her screens, finally turns to me and says... "I now understand why you spend so much time on those phones..."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flavoristic:
Pretty. Good job
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegrau:
Back in the time when I had the first iPhone, I was spending my time complaining about it. Then came the G1 and I gave the iPhone to my wife ; she was looking for a replacement of her old Palm agenda.

She hated it... So I got her a HTC Magic and she was happy, showing everone what it can do. She then went thru a HTC Hero, a Galaxy S and a Nexus One (that's when I got the Nexus S and gave her the One cause she didn't like Touchwiz).

Now, she has a Sony Xperia mini pro and is very happy ; she was looking for something smaller with a good camera AND a keyboard. She didn't like Sony's UI so she installed Launcherpro.

A few years ago, she was making fun of me being geeky with my phone. Now, she's even worse than me, regularly showing me apps she tested and using Facebook, Google+, etc.

I don't have time to make a screenshot of her phone, but just to say she made everything as pink as possible (it's a private joke for her to set it "über-girlie" as she is not like that), yet she's using this live wallpaper (of course, she's made it pink) : Swampwater
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Here is a beta picture ( not yet professional nails)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Genious:
is that a rom or an app that made those folders whatever it is i like it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Redflea:
+1...I play tennis every Saturday morning. I get back between 10 and 11 am, and quite often I'll find her in bed glued to her DX2. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
Phone looks very nice in white with that theme, but I would rick the black personally...... +1 for that pick!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I am running CodenameAndroid's rom and it has an option to change it. His rom is over on Rootzwiki. Pretty packed with features and runs great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Genious:
OP what theme/rom is your wife running, minus the pink i love the folders
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
It looks like desktop visualzier
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Juno-First:
Nice home screen OP.

What apps did you use to do it? ta
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaskil1975:
I was wondering the same thing. What apps did you use to make it(op). Specifically the folders and the text on the side.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rponticelli:
Can we get the wallpaper OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Juno-First:
I think the OP used Simi Folder & Simi Clock.

It just needs a lot of patience & artistic ability to create something nice like the OPs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
Lol... I'm proud of wifey cause she googled pics that she wanted and after seeing how easy DesktopVisualizer was she came up with the idea with those folders and linked them to open with Folder Organizer, who woulda thought eh?

Then she said the pics for the folders weren't matching and took the pics to a simple editor and added the pink borders to match.....

Folder Organizer

Minimalistic Text

Clock is Simiclock

Desktop Visualizer

PowerAmp Music player

Brittney Spears

I put in GummyRom with Franco Kernal
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
So that's her screens... this is mine. Yeeeah buddy.

Just FINALLY got a color scheme that I like. I'm building on this, so I'll post the final later...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SicMe:
2 years later, loling at this thread... So, what's YOUR wife rocking now? Mine, is with a Windows Lumia 920, ready to get back on Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Greedybro:
Mine had my previous HTC legend when I bought my galaxy nexus, 2 years ago. She changed for a gs2 a friend was selling a year ago but it didn't last long. So for Christmas her father was willing to offer her a new phone and said "what about a gs4? ". She replied "i don't want that crap, I want a nexus 5 !". And so she got one, 32gb model!

I was so proud she said that ?

Happy Valentine's day forumers :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmk0:
Hey everyone, searched through the forums and on google and couldn't find an answer. I got a HTC Incredible S and want to edit my android contacts on my computer.

I thought there would be an app with a web interface or something similar I could edit my contacts on my computer.

I have HTC Sync, but don't want to use Outlook to edit/add contacts.

Any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xIceCream:
Have you tried airdroid ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koshoryu:
Kinda curious why you want to use pc to edit when you can it with your phone. Is it because you want to use a physical keyboard?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikebabcock:
Have you tried Gmail? Your contacts are auto-sync'd with your Google account by default; just use the gmail Contacts interface to edit them quickly and easily. That's what I do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmk0:
Thanks for your suggestion, Just tried it then, it looks like a very promising app but has a few glitches which I suppose lays uniquely with HTC phones.

I can add/edit a contact all-right however when I delete a contact and refresh the list it comes back up.

Yeah, have a lot of contacts to add and don't want to use the phones touchscreen. Also I find HTC's interface to delete a contact a little convoluted and have a lot of old contacts I want to remove.

I've been trying to get my contacts from the phone via GMAIL using the Google account associated with my phone and cannot seem to find the contacts interface. I'll look through it again, maybe I missed something :confused:

EDIT: Found It, but it doesn't have all my current contacts in there. Maybe it's because the contacts are stored on the sim card and both programs cannot get sufficient rights.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiW:
I deal with this all the time after converting folks to Android. Here's the thing:

The contacts system on Android is very powerful and flexible. There are 3 places where "traditional" contacts are stored, and on top of that, every app can have contact records that integrate with your built-in contacts.

SIM card contacts - contacts stored on the SIM card (duh)

Phone contacts - contacts stored on the phone's internal memory

Gmail contacts - contacts stored and synced on Google's cloud

All these contacts can be found in the contacts app - but you probably have phone contacts or SIM card contacts, that's why you can't find all of them in Gmail.

Here's what I suggest (I do this with every one who gets a new Android phone):

(based on how it looks when I do it, but how it looks when you do it depends on your android version, skin, gmail theme, etc.)

export all your contacts to a file on the sd card

contacts > menu > import/export > export to sd card

[*]copy this file to your computer

mount your phone's sd card to computer and copy file (should be called something like 00001.vcf or something like that)

[*]delete all contacts from the phone (this is so that you don't have duplicates and so that it doesn't get confusing)

settings > applications > manage applications > all > contacts storage > clear data

[*]go to gmail contacts and import the file

gmail.com > mail (top left) > contacts > more > import > choose file

[*]edit your contacts from your PC on a full sized keyboard for maximum comfort

hmm...

[*]make sure your phone can see your gmail contacts

contacts > menu > display options > choose contacts to display > google > system group: my contacts, facebook > all contacts, etc. etc.

[*]hit the thanks button

---------- Post added at 09:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 AM ----------

oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.

---------- Post added at 09:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 AM ----------

oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
Nice guide, thanks. A lot of people don't realise that Sense ROMs don't sync with Google automatically, so they're not being backed up to the cloud. I'm sure a lot of people will find your guide helpful.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savedR:
THIS. May also tell any new users to make sure they open Contacts and hit menu->More->Settings->Contacts Storage and pick their main Google account as the default location for new contacts, that way anyone they add later gets backed up to Google Contacts automatically.

(The simple fact that I was able to sync my Contacts with Gmail with my old iPhone and 3 different Android phones is the only reason I've been able to keep the same contacts list for 4 years or so. Minus some idiocy that Sense sticks in your Notes, it's worked super well, too, saved me many times from losing numbers.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardy:
I like Gmail. When you change a contact on your phone GMail get changed as well and vice versa.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiW:
I'm actually not seeing that on my N1 running CM7... I get a prompt with every new contact where I get to pick either synced with gmail or unsynced phone storage.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
This is due to CM roms removing this code from the OS as they remove all Google based coding. Same reason there is no sim option
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
That's odd. CM7 is AOSP and syncs automatically to your Google account. I've been using CM7 since the inception and never been prompted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Only if you install gmail. Remember cm roms don't use Google apps by default.

Also don't forget that CM is based on AOSP but they do alot of code changes so its not pure AOSP.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SohamJ:
There is a software called as MobileGo. You can edit your phone contacts.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artov:
Remote web desktop
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khaos666:
I use a plugin for my email client (thunderbird) to sync my gmail contacts, so i can edit them in thunderbird ;)

The plugin is called: Google Contacts
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bodisson:
Because I can't use language-specific characters directly on phone, like Č Ć Š Đ Ž

Yeah, but I DON'T want my contacts to be synced with gmail or any other cloud.

I want them synced with Outlook. And I want them edited in Outlook (see above).

Or if not in Outlook, in any other computer-based address book or contacts editor.

And if my contact is named Đuro Šeširđija, and I want all those crazy characters on phone too.

And I want him to have picture I assigned, not his avatar on gmail/FB/whatever profile.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bodisson:
I humbly apologize if I was rude.

For now latest Kies will do...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coxlufc:
I'm been having problems syncing with google for a few days now dont know whats going on wiped my phone thinking all my contacts were backed up online but for some reason there no longer there but was there a couple of months back? also tried to restore and no luck :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jroumen:
I have my contacts synced to google contacts, you can edit them in gmail and it will show up on your android device. And it helps because you never have to backup your contacts.:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WapGiovan:
This thread is a year old but I will post my query here. If there's no answer I'll open a new thread.

I don't want to sync with google's huge and useless contact list - if it wasn't for that list I wouldn't be in that predicament.

Anyway, I have a list with both SIM and phone-based names I want to edit/modify on the desktop can anyone recommend anything?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kou Dou:
Why don't you try some android PC suite like MobileGo etc?

Here's a link introducing ten android PC suites that might be helpful to you:

tipsotricks.com/2012/02/best-android-pc-suite-software.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bodisson:
Hm... MyPhoneExplorer by FJ Software is my current choice.

"MyPhoneExplorer will work with every phone which is based on Android 1.6 or newer!"

And it has Win Vista / Win 7 screen gadget ;)

And I'm currently syncing with Earlybird address book...

Ah... have I mentioned it's freeware? :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheftSpy:
MyPhoneexplorer should support editing on the Computer.