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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Trust me I don't take that the wrong way I'm all too well aware of these facts but I only pay 35/month for unlimited EVERYTHING. I used 14gb of data last month could never do that with bell telus or rogers.

Aside from that I hate bell because after 12 years of hard service they laid off my father and telus tried to send me a 1300 dollar bill once for minutes I never used..had to go to the bbb to get that reversed.

No excuse for rogers other then don't want a contract or a 100 + dollar bill every month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Woow wish I had myself some of that speed. Have you tried downloading large(ish) files on your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] laglessserf:
teeheehee

Any suggestions?

I have unlimited data on my Fido line so I can (ab)use it all I want :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Well I was just interested in seeing how long large files take to download. While I have a ~2 mbps connection I typically download smaller files at around 500 kbps whereas larger files that are 20 megabytes or more download at around 1 - 1.5 mbps. Try downloading a large game like frontline commando and see how long it takes. If speed test results are accurate should only be a couple seconds will more likely be 4-8 though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
Posting these tests without specifying which baseband you are running makes your test result meaningless to everyone else.

7.8Mbps/3.58Mbps on XXKK6 in Mississauga on Bell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fortysixandtwo:
Rogers 4.0.2 stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RaubRaux:
It doesn't seem you all reach anywhere near the speeds we reach in the states.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Lol I thanked u accidentally but yea we don't. Canadian telecommunications services are garbage. We have some of the highest prices in the world with sub par networks. The same applies to internet. In Canada you can expect to pay between 70-150 a month for a few hundred minutes and 2-3gb of data..its possible to negotiate better data caps but still garbage.

I was actually talking too mobilicity coo Stewart Lyons the other day at an entrepreneurs conference and he was telling me that that was the reason he left siriusxm Canada ..saw an opportunity for a more cost efficient customer friendly model

@sishgupta have you tried xxkk7 in sauga?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
Don't forget, we don't have the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus in Canada. So if most of the speeds are done on Verizon's LTE network, then there is no comparison. However if you're comparing the GN on AT&T or T-Mobile's network, then that's a fair comparison.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
This goes without saying but theyre still getting low-high teens while we get single digits with the occasional double digit. Ive seen a few att vids with high single digits as well but still consistently faster than Canada.

There was also an LTE test on YT that approached 50mbps (lte)..thats 3x faster than my home internet..crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RaubRaux:
Yea, I know there is no LTE but, for instance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buff McBigstuff:
I haven't even cracked 55 on my LTE, but I do get better ping times than you. Mine are between 50 and 60.

EDIT: There's an opportunity for a bad Sammy Hagar joke there if anybody wants to take it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
That's 4G (edit: now realizing you already knew that)...but Jesus H thats freakin crazy..I feel so deprived.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buff McBigstuff:
Don't feel deprived, all I use that speed for is checking my emails. Most of my data usage is by my speedtest app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
much higher? LOL

everyone ive seen with rogers/telus/bell havent gotten over 7MB download and 2 MB upload

sure my speeds aren't fast, but they're just fast enough that i can stream videos without buffering

and you guys are paying a ****load of money on these networks which are barely any better, mobilicity > Rogers/telus/bell

if something like verizon and t-mobile were in canada i would pay for it for sure, but the big 3 aren't really that much better than mobilicity

canadian providers suck
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RaubRaux:
keep in mind, i have some of faster speeds seen on LTE but 20-25 mbps is not uncommon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
@RaubRaux none the less those speeds must make downloading large files (i,e movies) MUCH quicker...and gmail is all precached so I never have to wait to access emails its all instantaneous...loading a new page (importing) takes a fraction of a second.

@subxero123 what speeds are you getting on Mobi (and with what config)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
I knew a few people who are with AT&T and they are constantly complaining about data speeds. It depends on where you live and how conguested the area is.

50mbps?? Holy fast! :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
I just did a speed test at my house, keep in mind i live near creditview and sandalwood where there is only like 1 bar of signal

i got 1.2MB download and 0.371MB upload

but i did a speed test at my school a few days ago where i get like 3 - 4 bars

got 2.1 MB download and 0.434MB upload

but these speeds will get better because mobi said they signed up more customers than they planned for, i remember when i first signed up with mobilicity i would get 3MB download and 1 MB upload easily.

and configuration is fully stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
So far we only have one person from Bell who posted their data speeds. I don't know where you're getting your info from. But I can assure you, the data speeds on Bell, Telus, Virgin, and Koodo are the fastest in Canada. Why don't you post on Hofo and you will get the facts. All the veterans on that site who used to be with Rogers switched to Bell or Telus and noticed a big difference in data speeds, reception and call quality.

I have family members who switched to Mobilicity and they are constantly complaining about dropped calls every week. I even tested out my aunt's phone and the speeds are pathetic. So do not post wrong information on here that the Big 3 are barely any better than Mobilicity. I would love for you to post that on Hofo and see what kind of a response you get from members who are with the Big 3.

I am not defending the Big 3. I hate contracts. I'm not in a contract anymore. But the bottom line is, their network is way more reliable than the new entrants. I want Mobilicity and Wind to succeed. But so far all I hear are complaints.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
blah blah blah, i am on howard forums, with the same username, i already know the facts so stop trying to tell me something i already know.

And i did not say they are not faster than mobilicity, of course they are, but how much faster? Not much, especially considering how much you pay.

and i am getting this info from friends who are with the big 3, speed tests are usually done in mid-congested areas, and if your in a busy area, lol say bye to double digit download speeds.

By the way, where are you getting your information from? I've convinced a lot of my friends and family to switch, and they love mobilicity. No dropped calls, and also clearer reception. bells reception is the worst, and i even did a test with call quality with a few people and they can't tell the difference from rogers and mobi, and in due time, mobilicity's data will become better than the big 3 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
@subxero are you using UGKL1 radio?

@wireless girl while I definitely agree with you that the big 3 have much better networks than mobilicity, I actually NEVER get dropped calls on mobilicity. What I do get is lots of Roaming areas (even close to my home).

That aside though Bell and Telus are actually the EXACT same network...they share towers.

Id really contest that Mobilicty speeds are "****" though in comparison to bell. Again, completely agree that the big 3 have a better network but the Gnex blazes on Mobilicity. desktop Web pages load in under 5 seconds stumleupon transitions are near instantaneous, YT requires about 10 sec of initial buffering for a 15 minute video, and Netflix requires no buffering at all.

Interestingly though Stewart Lyons also told me that theyre going to be building more towers in Mississauga this year...his exact words were "they pay for themselves very quickly"

If anyone's interested i also recorded his presentation on my GNex (didnt really have a good vantage point):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqsn_yY5AcU
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
yeah it is the UGKL1 radio, why? is there something better?

and thats awesome, you got to see Stewart Lyons, wow. I hope they expand to milton and oakville

edit: i just watched your 1080P sample vid

you don't slow down at all at speed bumps XD aha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
After switching from UGKL1 to XXKK1 I didnt notice much of a difference, but then switching from XXKK1-XXKK6 speed tests would should to 2600-2700 down before coming back to typical speeds (as if it were capable of reaching those speeds but was being throttled).

And yea Lyons had a GNex!! Haha thats how I introduced myself!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
Won't happen. These are just rumours.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
I read the same and asked him about it but he refused to say anything. What I can say is that a document was just leaked indicating Mobilicity is looking to cut costs by reverting to their "1 store per market" structure (aka one hq store per city).

That's likely indicative of the fact that there won't be a merger/acquisition anytime this year.

I agree though that Wind and Mobilicity merging would be a great thing but Only if Mobilicity's policies remained in place. Wind speeds are actually terrible...around 1mbps, and they have a fine-print throttling threshhold of 5gb. But that expanded coverage would just be amazing.

And actually bell built up towers on the east side whereas tellus built up on the west side. They each own their own towers and share each others. Lyons actually talks about that as well in the presentation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
That's too bad about the merger part. Mobilicity needs more customers and merging with Wind is a start. I think Mobilicity has about 250,000 customers, while Rogers have over 9.3 million subscribers and growing and Bell and Telus are almost even at 7.3 million subscribers each. Ever since Mobilcity and Wind Mobile came to Canada, the Big 3 subcriber base has grown. I thought it would have dropped. We can only hope that Mobilicty continues to grow.

Yea I heard Wind Mobile suck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] got_milk:
Until they actually expand their networks Wind and Mobilicity will never grow their subscriber base. They have a lot of potential customers that would love to hop on their network but the coverage simply isn't there or they'd have to pay extra to roam.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
I totally agree. I was hoping Mobilicity would have made a bigger dent in their subscriber base in Ontario. And sadly I don't think they have the money to expand. Which really sucks for us because the Big 3 continues to get away with the 3 year contract which is suppose to be 2 years, but Bell changed it to 3 years, many years ago. The rest followed suit and the CRTC allowed it. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
Keep in mind mobilicity is still fairly new, they haven't even been around for 2 years. Remember when other carriers came out? They were horrible.

and 250,00 is the beginning, there will be more, people are just in contracts. My brother for instance, signed a 3 year contract with telus just a while before mobilicity released, once his contract is done he is heading to mobilicity, and I'm sure there will be many more switching over too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigal77:
Im with rogers, montreal and get about 7mb download,2mb upload and about 10mb via wifi

And my plan is 6gb, nights weekend, texts ,250 minutes for only 35 (corporate plan)

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
Yes they are fairly new so this is me hoping that things will get better. I remember when Rogers switched from TDMA to GSM and they sucked! Now they're the most reliable GSM provider in Canada. Well, they built their own GSM towers and Mobilicity, Wind, etc uses Rogers GSM towers.

The crazy thing is people are still locking in a 3 year terms with the Big 3. I keep telling my family members NOT to lock in a 3 year term but they won't listen to me. Their reasoning behind it is "I don't want to pay $700" to buy an iPhone4s outright". I always tell them, unless they are 100% satisfied with their current carrier and phone plan and don't mind locking in on another 3 year life sentence with Rogers, then that's their decision. But buying a phone outright is cheaper than locking in on a 3 year term in the event that they decide to cancel early.

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Wow, nice plan! How's the RF and call quality on your GN?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
Fastest speeds I've gotten on hspa on fido in vancouver

Sent from my Google phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sofia-captivate:
i get download speed of 1mb at home and around 2mb at work. and im also using mobilicity and also work in mobilicity.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigal77:
No issues with anything on gnex right now, never dropped a call
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
That's awesome but damn thats a serious divergence in speeds considering the two tests were conducted within the same minute. What baseband?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lexcyn:
Not sure why my ping is so high, but I am getting great speeds in northern Ontario :) (on Telus HSPA).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snuff96:
Taken in my basement in southern Ontario on bell. I'd say this is my average speed all the time. Kk6 radio as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mohitrocks:
How is everyone getting such HIGH speeds? I'm on Telus and I only get about 4mb download (forgot upload speed, but i think it was 2-3mb/s). What basebands are you guys running on? Does Telus have a HSPA+ network? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wirelessgirl:
Telus is using the same towers as Bell and does have HSPA+. Do you normally get good coverage in your area?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
@mohitrocks

Lol, proves my point
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wongandrew:
11.44down 1.22 up Rogers, 4.0.2 ugkl1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
lol I only put my faith in screenshots
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] big samm:
On Rogers Montreal/Laval on 4.01 stock!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jakob95:
I just got a new replacement INC 2, and I already rooted it and what not. Not I was wondering if I can restore the ROM I had on my old Inc 2 into this phone, if it will work.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] RRF12:
yes it should work
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
it works fine. I had to do it to my nephews phone. Its as easy as swapping sd cards and booting into recovery and do a nandroid restore.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] michaelbsheldon:
copy backup to another phone

Hi,

Yes, it will function if you do that.

HOWEVER, during install, there are hardware identifiers

set in the ROM that are for that phone only. You may

have problems with your Google account or others that

use hardware identifiers.

Just my 2 cents......
[Motorola Triumph] gadgetdaddy:
Does anyone know where your email account info is saved for the stock email app?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Reserved for future use.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] eng_matt:
Good work. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] maxq1:
if you hadn't done so already, adding the line below to one of 'em *prop files (from here) greatly helped on my rom adventures w/ HTC legend. perhaps it could help on this rom too since it's deodexed?

dalvik.vm.verify-bytecode = false
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=v
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Thanks for the suggestions. Still learning these things bit by bit. I will include this in the next patch.

There are some other items I would like to add next round.

1. Meticulus' boot animation MOD should be a easy one.

3. Advanced power menu. Tried twice already but both attempts resulted in bootloop:(. Now looking at another guide by untermensch.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] aillez:
do you interest to add touchwiz 4 to our device ?

take a look at this link

http://www.tutebox.com/3776/mobile/install-touchwiz-4-0-on-any-samsung-phone/

I haven't try yet. maybe you interest it :D

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oops I just see in Meticulus's post

& he add TouchWiz 4.5 in his rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458325

so maybe it's can use as well
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Advanced Power Menu

Just posted an advanced power menu mod. You can have a look at the screenshot below.

This zip will probably not working on rooted-stock roms because it is based on deodexed android.policy.jar, framework.jar and framework-res.apk.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rumirand:
Just installed it. Works great.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Unfortunately I have just founded a small glitch in gps last night. A number of files in /system/vendor do not have correct permission. And it will break gps. If you really need gps, you can fix the permission as below.

If you can wait, I will have a new zip package in a day or so.

/system:
total 80
...
drwxr-xr-x 5 0 2000 4096 Jan 25 12:15 vendor
...

/system/vendor:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 2000 4096 Jan 25 12:15 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 2000 4096 Jan 25 12:15 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 2000 4096 Jan 25 12:15 firmware

/system/vendor/bin:
total 1768
-rwxr-xr-x 1 0 2000 1809276 Sep 16 20:53 gpsd

/system/vendor/etc:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2410 Sep 16 20:53 gps.xml

/system/vendor/firmware:
total 320
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 17626 Sep 16 20:53 bcm4329.hcd
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1221 Sep 16 20:53 nvram_net.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 300352 Sep 16 20:53 samsung_mfc_fw.bin
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Added a boot animation mod (see it in the 1st post). This is more of an example for you to roll your own flashable animation mod. You simply look for the bootanimation.zip you like and replaced the one in the flashable package and then flash it under CWM recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
New version released GB.XXKPF.WT-0.2.0

See features in the 1st post.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] magblo:
Hi! Thanks for your ROM.

Have tried to install it but have problems booting after install and had to go back to the nandroid backup.

Here's my steps.

1. Starting with stock rom (EU version, 2.3.x)

2. Installed rj's kernel trough Odin (working)

3. Downloaded and transfered your ROM to internal SD

4. Booted in CWM, had to mount /sdcard, created backup and installed ROM

5. wiped data/cache and dalvik, then reboot

6. System keeps rebooting, samsung logo appears and softkey buttoms light up but then restarts again. I'm able to access both "download mode" and CWM so I'm ok now

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] BigD18t:
I had the same result, but didn't have to mount just clicked on back up to internal sd.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Let me look into this later tonight. I wonder if you have tried to apply ghetto lagfix (ext4) in the past?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Hi magblo / BigD18t,

I re-flashed the 0.2.0 ROM on my player without problems. Let see if the following a little extreme procedure will help clean up your device before the install. I am worrying that your previous ROM may leave behind some files that cannot be deleted. The installer of the ROM is using a recursive delete to clean the system partition. There is a small chance that some odd files cannot be deleted.

Boot to recovery.

Select "mounts and storage"

unmount /system, /cache, /data and /datadata

format /system, /cache, /data and /datadata (this step will actually format these partitions to ext4, i.e. lagfix). MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FORMAT /emmc and /sdcard, those are your data!

mount /system, /cache, /data/ and /datadata

If you have some linux knowledge, you can do a double check by hooking up your device to your PC and start adb shell. In the shell, issue the command "mount", what you see should be something like below. If you go to each directory, there should nothing in them except for a lost+found subdirectory.

$ ./adb shell
~ # mount
mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 on /mnt/.lfs type j4fs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 on /efs type rfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8)
/sys/kernel/debug on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 on /system type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 on /data type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 on /datadata type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered)

Wipe the Dalvik cache.

Now re-flash the ROM. No need to wipe the data partition again (because you have just formatted all partitions already)

Reboot

Let me know if it works. If it works, I can make that into a flashable zip for people to wipe the device really clean before installing a new ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] BigD18t:
under mounts and storage i only get the option to unmount cache and efs !!

I can format them tho Not sure if i should without unmounting first ?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Do you mean /system /data /datadata are already unmounted? If they are already unmounted, you will not see an unmount option for them and you can go ahead with the format.

Just a reminder, if this doesn't work, you should still be able to restore from a previous backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Just cooked up a flashable package that can be used to format /system, /data, /datadata (dbdata) and /cache. If you are not so sure about the option inside CWM, you can use this package to wipe your partitions clean and format them to ext4 before you install a new ROM.

The package is here.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] BigD18t:
Downloading now and will report back once I've tried it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] BigD18t:
Worked great thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
Glad that it finally works. I will post it as a mod for other to use. Actually, you will get lagfix as a byproduct. I am planning to cook up another one for people who want to revert to rfs.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WT Ho:
I have just posted 2 flashable zips for formatting /system, /data, /datadata and /cache to either ext4 or rfs.

For your information, the installation script of the base ROM is using a recursive delete to clean /system. It won't even touch /data, /datadata and /cache. The reason behind is trying to minimize the damage to your device should a flash fail. But this approach also leaves room for unexpected behavior should some bad data are left behind in some of these partitions.

I suspect some of the bootloop after flashing a ROM is due to some left over files in the file system, these 2 zip will help really clean them up, but use them with care.

Another situation that you may want to use these 2 zip is when you want to go from an ext4 system back to an Odin stock ROMs. Some stock ROMS, will only overwrite your /system partition but not the /data and /datadata partition. So you will likely end up with a hybrid system with /system mounted as rfs but other partition as ext4. To fix that you need to reformat everything to rfs, if you really want a real stock system.