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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Scythe024:
So I noticed a heavily slow speed last night which continued to this morning. Decided to do a speed test to find out my lte signal has me at 120kbps. Called att to ***** them out and they told me I was barely past 2gb but there was no note on my account. Spent 30 minutes trying to correct the issue to tell me its a system error that people have been getting without being top 5% and there's no way to correct it so I'm f'd til the 22nd. They are crediting my account since its there fault but this **** sucks.

So there's still a chance next month it might happen again until this issue is fixed. Not sure if anyone else has this issue, but they are saying ,top 5% is generally 12gb
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jomeister15:
Same thing happened to me earlier this month; woke up one morning, and suddenly my blazing fast LTE had turned into a 100kbs crawl. Never received a 5% message from at&t. At least I get LTE back tomorrow...
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
So a real simple mod for anyone running ICS and wanting a more red experience when sending messages. I changed the incoming text message background from blue to Beats red and the outgoing background to silver.

just flash in recovery.

*UPDATED* works on 4.0.1 and 4.0.3 now

make sure to download the correct file
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
I don't know if you already included this, but here's a red messaging icon for the desktop/dock.
[HTC Rezound] taptaptouch:
screenshots?
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
Awesome thanks man
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
Didn't think it was necessary. just red instead of blue
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
hehe I just found that funny for some reason :)
[HTC Rezound] dclmac:
Stupid question, just flash in recovery? Also will this work for 4.0.3 ics?
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
yeah just flash it in recovery.

it *should* work on 4.0.3 since i think the MMS.apk is the same.
[HTC Rezound] dclmac:
Cool thanks, gonna flash now...

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Poo, messages are fc-ing now...
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
you should redownload it. i changed the color of the outgoing to silver instead of white

wtf didnt happen to me. do you have a file explorer app? if so just grab the mms.apk from the zip and drop it in system/app. change the permissions to match the rest and reboot
[HTC Rezound] dclmac:
permissions...

What permissions do I set?

Edit: I set the permissions to reflect the other .apk's in that folder, still crashing on me. =-/
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
did you reboot?
[HTC Rezound] dclmac:
Yes and as soon as it boots back up, mms crashes. =-/

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If you'd like, I can do a restore and send you my mms file from my 4.0.3 and see if you could tinker with it? Or do you think it's something we could fix?

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If you'd like, I can do a restore and send you my mms file from my 4.0.3 and see if you could tinker with it? Or do you think it's something we could fix?
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Might be that MMS.apk came from 4.0.1 and you're on 4.0.3. Some apps won't work right on different versions. Like some CleanROM apps are NOT compatible with RezROM.
[HTC Rezound] droidxscott:
724- What ! I live in new Ken !
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Is everyone in here from PA? lol
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
ha ha nice

working in export at FS-Elliott right now
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
yeah attach your 4.0.3 mms.apk and ill edit that one
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
guys i updated this for 4.0.3
[HTC Rezound] dclmac:
Nice! Downloading now.... Just flash like normal?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thinguy:
Other than a rooted Nook tablet I don't have much experience with Android. I'm coming from an iPhone4 and looking forward to something new.

What are the must have utilities and apps?

Any tips or must have, must do things?

I've seen doubletwist mentioned and Samsung uses Kies.

Looking forward to Note...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
See the Guide for NOOBS sticky at the top of this forum ^^^^
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
I have never used kies with either my captivate or infuse. Don't see the need with other apps, as well as the fact that you can just drag and drop files onto your phone's storage. Syncing reminds me of an iphone, and is stupid in my opinion. Drag and drop allows you to only add the files you need/want, and is much faster in the long run.

I suggest using Google Music for your music, it automatically uploads up to 20,000 songs automatically from your itunes or windows media player to the cloud so that you can access them wherever.

If you use grooveshark at all, check out Dood's music streamer. Allows you to use grooveshark on the go without paying for premium service. If you have not used grooveshark before, check it out on your computer.

Google voice provides a simple, visual voicemail system, though I think I have read somewhere that the note has visual voicemail built in? Could be wrong.

XDA app is a must, though I assume you use that on your Nook already.

Dropbox is useful for documents, as well as google docs.

The note comes with S Note and other various apps that make use of the S pen.

Dolphin Browser HD is a great replacement browser that I have used with all of my androids.

Evernote is useful for taking notes that can be accessed on your phone or any computer. I hope the S pen can have some functionality with this app.

Root explorer is definitely worth the few bucks it costs to have access to all of the files on your phone.

Titanium backup is a must if you are into ROMing your devices, as it will allow you to restore your apps after every flash with ease. The free version works, but you have to approve every app install. I suggest buying the full version, as the restore process is fully automated and can run in the background or with your screen off, making the process much less cumbersome.

Other than that, we will have to wait and see if apps such as rom manager and such will be of any use to the flashing process once the devs get their hands on the device and start pumping out custom roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rgarjr:
OP, i'm also as green as you on the Android platform. I have an iphone 4s and got the Note just to explore Android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thinguy:
Have you read it? Its just Android definitions and reserved spots for future use. No specific info on tips, advice or apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thinguy:
Thanks, I forget that it can be handled like a normal usb device/storage.

I need to try Dolphin, using Opera on Nook now and it's better than the default but still lacking. The firefox app seems terrible/incomplete.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vizographic:
I use a captivate and have used froyo and gingerbread. I suspect you will find the gingerbread used on the g-note okay but not as polished and as smooth as your iOS. That said, the new android ICS (using cm9 alpha, build 16) is is incredible. Smooth, clean, powerful and intuitive. A pleasure to use, I believe It offers the best of both worlds. The ease of apple and the configurable power of android.

Since you have a nook you can try it out, the nook ics rom is very usable and will give you a hint of the g-note goodness to come with the ics operating system the xda guys will cook up. I have a nook to, and if you have rooted it, the ics install will be relatively simple.

The following list are some Apps you might find worth looking at, and depending on your interest, might even be worth paying for.

Music; I use Power Amp, paid app. clean seductive interface, lots of audio magic for the music lover, and great developer support.

Files; Webdav; paid ver. Nice little app let's you wireless mount your android as a drive so you can cut/paste files and folders as you would to and from any other drive on your PC. Great for lots of audio book files, movies, or just cleaning up your phone. You can use 3g instead of wifi but I've never tried it.

Podcasts; Dogcatcher, paid app. simply the best. Its biggest competition is Mypod. I used it for over a year, but never was able to get comfortable with its interface. Dogcatcher....you can just start using it, and it has lots of options.

Sling player, TV goodness, paid app and home box. Watch anything straight from your home cable, sat., or ota tuner, perfect if your a sports nut.

Launcher; Nova , free app. I am still testing but it is just so sexy and free so I figured I give it a mention.

Radio; Tune in , free app. music sports news radio stations with easy search presets. It is to good to be true but I haven't found a downside yet.

Browser; Dolphin HD, free app. I can't get excited about this one. It works, the speed is good, and it is not going to choke on flash. I would like to recommend Opera but it has been very buggy lately, I don't think it is playing nice with ics.

Google chrome is getting great reviews but it doesn't support flash. Then there is Boat browser and Quick Ics browser both show great promise but not sure about them yet.

I've got a G-note on order, for the lte and its monster screen. The thing is, since I got ics, my captivate is such a pleasure to use and play with I don't know how I'll survive waiting for a ics port.

Oh, and samsungs kies program might have some use but I've never found it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] teiglin:
I'm very disappointed to hear that Opera is buggy with ICS--it's my favorite browser by far. <sarcasm>Fortunately</sarcasm>, we probably won't have a working ICS ROM for I717 any time soon. For the OP, this is Opera Mobile, not Opera Mini--the latter handles all traffic through opera's servers and compresses images to speed up browsing for slow phones or phones with poor connections, but the result is that many webpages with active (javascript or flash) content just don't work right.

Also a word of warning for the OP: if you choose Dolphin, make sure you are rooted and block en.mywebzines.com (and maybe some other related URLs) through your hosts file. The spyware seems to be removed in the latest update, but I still won't trust a browser that, at any time in its history, forwarded essentially all of your web activity to a third party server. There's a long thread around here that discusses these issues in more depth.

Browsers are very much a matter of personal preference though; also, if you use a browser that matches your desktop browser, it makes syncing the two much easier--firefox, opera, and chrome all have great sync capabilities between their desktop and mobile counterparts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vizographic:
Thanks for the link, a very disturbing read regarding the Dolphin Browser HD. I took aggressive data mining for granted, but damn the DB-hd boys are into strip mining personal data...... thanks again for taking the time to post...

OP, please forget i even mentioned Dolphin

(i going to.. ; ) and give Opera a shot. He is right were not gonna be on ics for good stretch, and by the time we are any quirks will be ironed out. It is a great overall program with lots of features. It has usually been my daily driver since the long gone days of windows mobile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
root question?

Since ICS is a ways off, If we root for TiBU, or Root explorer to remove certain system apps, will we get ICS FOTA, or will we not get it without unrooting and replacing all bloat we removed?

So my question is -any advice for those of us who root but want the OTA ICS when it comes out?

Should have put this out first- will the method for the international version for root work for the ATT one?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyberhound:
Well, got my Prime back yesterday. I sent it in two weeks prior due to the screen seperating from the back along the top edge. Needless to say, after seeing some of the threads around here, I was not exactly expecting the best. However, I did the RMA and got ASUS to pay for the shipping and I just paid for the box...and, within two weeks, the Prime arrived back, fixed, no creaks, no light bleed other than the tiny bit down by the home and menu icons that was always there, and in fine working order. The wifi even "seems" a little stronger. I haven't done any scientific tests but it works better and faster downstairs than it did before. So, I am pretty pleased that the issue is resolved.

I'm still a bit leary of the tablet since it started coming apart on it's own, and time will tell, but I can at least say the RMA experience went about as well as it could have.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Wow thats the quickest turn around I've seen from Asus. But I guess your issue was regarding the bezel and did not require any engineering tests. Some of the top tabs were probably broken causing the bezel to separate from the purple back. They probably just put a new bezel and sent it right out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaypm:
did you have to do or say anything special to get them to pay for shipping?

also did you send yours to texas or a different location?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyberhound:
Went to Texas. As for the shipping...during the conversation with the CS rep, I likened paying for shipping on the 25 day old tablet which was under warranty to my buying a new car, having it break on the side of the road in the first year due a major mechanical issue and then having to pay for towing. Yes, someone has to pay to get the car to the dealership (and that may be me up front), but if the problem is a warranty problem, then I would expect to be reimbursed. So, asked that if I paid to get the tablet to Texas, would I be reimbursed if the tablet had a warrantable defect. I was told no, but then the CS rep offered to have shipping paid for if I covered the boxing. I took the deal.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ajamils:
I had a really positive RMA experience as well. Like some other members here, I was contacted by ASUS_USA via pm and was told to return the tablet for RMA but when they found out that I already have an outstanding RMA (called in couple days earlier) they offered to send in a replacement instead of fixing mine. I gladly accepted the offer.

Asus covered both way overnight shipping via Fedex and I received my shiny new TP within 10 days.

P.S. I sent mine to Asus US HQ i.e. California.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jbarboni:
That's just not right. I've been waiting 3 Weeks and they still haven't done anything, I've started calling every other day. And I paid to ship it. Needless to say i'm very jealous...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand33099:
My RMA has been sitting since 02/01/12 in WB5 waiting status for wifi and gps issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pandanak:
I am not sure if Asus has changed their RMA mailing policy or that I just got lucky but a few days ago I also had to create an RMA. After the CSR and I came to the conclusion that my unit was indeed defective he immediately created a prepaid shipping label to Texas and emailed me both the RMA and Fedex label. At no time did I have to haggle for a prepaid shipping label. He just automatically did it without asking. :)

I was courteous and friendly the whole hour while on the phone with him so maybe that helped?

For those who are curious as to why I had to RMA, I believe a cable for my primes display popped out of its socket. Consequently the unit still ran as usual but I was unable to see images unless I plugged my tablet to a monitor via hdmi. I was hesitant to open up my prime in fear of scratching the unit and sadly my return window with Newegg passed just 2 days prior, so my only option was to RMA.

Hope that helps others looking to RMA.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DaFace:
I'm having a horrible time so far with mine. I sent it in because 1) the power adapter wasn't charging after being plugged in and 2) the plastic piece inside the power (dock) port broke off when I was trying to plug it in.

It took 3 days after I sent it in for status to change to WF4 (customer induced damage). I called the phone number, and they told me to wait for an email about it. Two days later, I get the email. I reply to protest, and get a prompt response From Megan Nesmith saying that they were going to check with the technician. That was a week ago, and I haven't heard anything back even when I've emailed asking for an update twice.

I called the phone number again, and they couldn't tell me anything. Theoretically, my case has been "escalated" and they'll be contacting me soon, but who knows how long that will take.

So at this point, I have no idea what's going on with it. I'm just hoping they don't ship it back to me like they threatened to in the original email about it (if I didn't pay by 2/14).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hogwilson:
What town in Texas are you sending to?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kerryking1:
same here 3 weeks and no status change
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pandanak:
The service senter in Grapevine, TX. Admittedly I am very nervious from all the horror stories that I have looked over. However, so far all is well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Noev:
I had the same problem and sent mine in, i should be getting it back tomorrow also just about a two week turn around in terms of repairs. I just had a quick question, mine was only in repair for about one day according to there tracking thing. Is that normal for this type of repair. I know ill have it tomorrow but i'm just curious if this is a simpler fix then i realized. Either way it will be great to finally have it back and hopefully in perfect working order.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyberhound:
mine was in house for two days before it got opened, but only a day in repair status, and then shipped.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chrisaba1:
:D Sent mine out on the 24th of January, in repair status on the 27th. No status change on february 14th, called ASUS and case got escalated, to find out what was the hold up. Got email that very night with a fedex tracking number, says will be delivered on the 16th. Keeping fingers crossed everything is working right.

By the way problem was WIFI/BT drop issue. When I called tech support the first time, they talked me through a hard reset, which did not fix problem, then received a call later that day, rep immediately setup rma and sent me shipping info which ASUS paid for. All I had to do was provide the shipping box.

Very happy with customer sevice, hopefully will be happy with tablet too.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jassari:
Is Asus going to fix the wifi problem ??

Is the wifi problem is from the OS or it is from the hardware ??

o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O_o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wifesabitch:
There is no wi-fi problem.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
I was wondering if anyone else who owns the HK version has submitted the Warranty card ? Am hesitant to fill it out and send it in thinking if there was ever a problem I would have to send it to HK for repairs. Or once submitted can i send to Samsung U.S. for repairs?

It did come with a warranty card but has a Hong Kong address.

Any thoughts/ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] hungelt8:
As far as I know that submitting warranty card isn't needed in HK and all you need, to repair your device, is the receipt. Surely you can bring your device to local Samsung CS for repairing but you will have to pay the repaire charge whether you have sent the warranty card or not.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
Well being that I purchased my device from an online retailer i don't have a "real" receipt. I just wanted to know if I go ahead and register the warranty will I ONLY be able to have it repaired ( if/when necessary), in Hong Kong.

I am in the eastern part of the U.S.A. This device is not even sold here yet nor does it appear on Samsung/US's web site.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] hungelt8:
No. You must have the receipt for warranty.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scarytas:
Unless Samsung hace suddenly introduced a worldwide warranty scheme I would think that a device obtained from Hong Kong would have to be returned to Hong Kong for repair.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] hungelt8:
If you don't have the purchase invoice, even if you send the device to Hong Kong, you will have to pay the repair fee (that means you lost the warranty for your 7.7).
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
I requested an official purchase invoice from Negri Electronics in Las Vegas, NV where I purchased the 7.7 off their web site.

Once I get that via email I will print it and have it for my record.

So....I guess I should register the 7.7 at Samsung/HK web site and then be faced with returning it to HK for any warranty repairs?

I was hoping I could register it here in the States and if needed, get warranty work done here in the US.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] darkforestmage:
I am wondering about the warranty registration as well. I purchased my 7.7 from Negri Electronics too. Say, have you managed to change the time so that it doesn't show the correct time for Hong Kong all the time? I've not rooted yet as I just received it this afternoon but noticed the time change setting doesn't seem to work.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Paten:
It has always been my understanding that if you buy a grey market piece of electronics, meaning a device sold in another country and not imported to your country by the manufacturer, they have no obligation to honor any warranty on it. That's one of the reasons I am hesitant to buy this device right now. If it breaks for any reason, you aren't necessarily covered for repairs no matter where in the world you send it. But I could be wrong.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] scarytas:
In an ideal situation that would be great.

If...a big if it seems...Samsung were clever they would offer a Worldwide Warranty.

Apart from keeping consumers happy by being able to shop worldwide it would at least put Samsung on par with their major competitor...Apple.

It would also make Apple's litigation somewhat pointless.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] hungelt8:
There is no need to register your device on samsung/hk website. As long as you have the purchase invoice, they will offer you repair service for free in warranty term, according to my experience. (I live in Hong Kong):)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
When I first got my 7.7 I changed the language to English and the time zone to "Eastern" and have no problems since. It's in settings , date and time I think
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
The 7.7 will be sold here in the US , aren't we in a "Global Economy" now....I hope you are wrong. Go ahead and buy the 7.7 it's an amazing machine and I have had no problems with it either hardware or software, so far. I bought it end of Jan and got it first part of Feb. I have no plans to root it , and am anticipating ICS !
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] darkforestmage:
Thank you for the reply. I changed the language to English but when I go into the date and time settings the choice for Eastern is displayed but it doesn't actually change when I select it!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] richB7:
Had to do a reset and chose the time zone during the setup process. Time Zone stayed at that point but once again it won't change from my setup choice in settings. Called samsung US support for the tip and they helped even though they had never heard of or had any information on the 7.7.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
Yeah when calling Samsung US for help you should tell them you have a 7.0 Plus..since it has the same ROM, i.e., Honeycomb 3.2,.......otherwise they may not even take the call. They have no information and many of the support staff have not even heard of the 7.7
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] darkforestmage:
I may need to do that! Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
He gets a thanks and I don't? Gheez....if I hadn't started this thread you may not have gotten this info.....LOL
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] darkforestmage:
lol, thanked too haha.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DuhDroid:
Awesome.....these forums are invaluable to us.....thanks for your contribution as well. ;)