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[Fascinate General] cjmanca:
Could I get a karma login? I'm itching to try that fresh gingerbread odin...

Also, I don't suppose anyone has a good suggestion for a 4.2 JB rom/kernel/modem combination for the T959D (Telus)?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You should have that now in your PM.

In terms of 4.2 ROMs - folks here are primarily using slimbean or cm10.1. FWIW I use cm10.1 along with semaphore s kernel (latest for 4.2.2), mem fix for cm10.1, and multi DPI playstore as I change the DPI for CM to 182 (and you need a modded playstore for that to work).
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Updated all the OPs, added a small FAQ - hope that's helpful - also did some proper thanks. :)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
JP: you having any issues with apps just randomly closing as a result of agressive freeing of RAM on CM10.1?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Nope - I was having that on SlimBean though - CM10.1 works AOK for me (Latest nightly).

Can you give me an example of what you are talking about? I can give it a go.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
It's uber strange. Say I'll be listening to music in xiialive and it'll just die like a force quit with no messages. Or if I look at apps in the app manager, they'll be 'restarting' periodically. My media apps are the worst offenders, but stock browser does it too all the time.

I think it's just the kernel freaking out about how little memory it has and killing stuff but no scheduler or lmk whitelist can solve my problem.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Have you tried lmk? I have that for my keyboard and launcher but I don't listen to much music.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Maybe greenify a few memory hogs
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Running LMK and Greenify. Still doesn't help. I think I'm at the point where I've outgrown this phone and need to upgrade (unless CM10.1 Stable can help....). Been eyeing up new handsets too recently. I think a move is going to happen soon.
[Fascinate General] cjmanca:
Thanks :)

I got CM10.1 and semaphore 3.0.0s installed, and for the most part it seems to be working fine, except that I can't for the life of me find the Play Store... I'd really rather not have to install all app via apk. Any thoughts on this?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
http://goo.im
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
See Karma's link above - you need to flash gapps (google apps) separately. Ensure you get the right one for your version of Android (4.2.2).
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
Ive been running the CM10.1 for a while now (the nightlies, and now the "stable"), and I dont think Ive seen one Force Close. This is with whatever the latest Semaphore kernel would be at the time (its 3.0 now).

Yeah, you get the 'refresh' the app thingy, but with 512 megs of ram, its bound to happen. Even so, I rarely get that, but I really dont abuse my phone that much. Some texting, some opera mini, whatsapp, and a weather widget.. lol.

When I last tried slim bean, I was getting weird things, but since moving to CM10.1, everything has been pretty good.

Also just curious, anyone overclocking? If so, what settings are you using.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
[MENTION=1370138]karmatose[/MENTION].....

I think the only phone available right now in Canada that has the Wolfson DAC is the Note II........ you will need to verify.

That is now the one thing I really miss from my humble T959D. Its really noticeable when piping tunes via the headset jack to the car stereo.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
It's not really a Force Close, but the app will just disappear off my screen like i hit the back button or held back to kill... This happens to any app on my phone if 'too much' is going on. Example: my music apps will stop if I get a message on whatsapp or hangouts.

Yes, 1200MHz/SmartassV2/Lock min freq to 100MHz enabled. Not messing with voltages at all. Works fine, minimal battery impact (but I don't really care about that as I carry three spare 1650mAh batteries.

I'm thinking of picking up an s2x for the time being to hold me over and see what happens with the S4 and the 'Google Edition' ROMs. I mean, the only complaint I have about the T959D is the lack of RAM so the T989D should do just fine for 6moz (****ty audio aside).
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
Weird, I assume youve gone to the my apps setting and see your ram situation, and just check to see if theres any real hogs.

Weird LMK aint working either, I ran it for a little, and it did seem to 'protect' my keyboard from being 'swapped' out.

I also run the S kernel with big mem option (who needs 720p recording!) for that little extra ram.

Sad answer that weve all seen too many times, backup, and start from scratch? :-/

Thanks for your overclocking settings!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
FWIW I'm still drooling over the HTC One - plus, Mike1986 makes a ARHD for it (which I ran on my TF101) - he uses modified stock kinda like Darky's did for Samsung - so you get some extra juice without losing the experience the carrier intended but debloated (if you like that sort of thing).
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
No problem.

I'm usually sitting at about 75mb free RAM and I do have bigmem enabled, but I just seem to run into a wall when playing with media apps or running multiple apps at once (xiialive + whatsapp or tapatalk for example). In the background I have a few things running but nothing spectacular (greenify, zooper widget, voodoo app, etc).

I dunno, I think I'm just at the point where if I want to keep up with the latest and greatest I need something a bit beefier.

JP: Not touching another HTC handset as long as I live. I loved my old HTC's in the WinMo days but I hate Android Sense and their lack of updates/abandoning good hardware quickly really turns me off. Plus unlocking bootloaders (HTC Sensation, I'm looking at you...) sucks.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
The T989D is a fantastic phone, other than the audio being mediocre. Even the update from Telus to 4.1.2 is relatively bloat free. I just put Slim weekly 6.9 on last night, rock solid and smooth and really decent battery with greenify. I only went back to slim because of DSP, BLN and lock screen widgets......
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What update from Telus?
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Sorry, JP, the T989D (SIIX) I have right now. Telus and Koodo updated it to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 from ICS about a month ago.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
My bad, didn't catch the number switch in my speed reading :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
One thing with the HTC ONE is that it will support Google aosp, so it should be supported for quite awhile. Same for the S4.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I just can't get past the non removable battery on the One. A 2300mAh battery wouldn't last me a day with the streaming I do on the way to and from work. The lack of expandable storage also kills it for me. Otherwise, nice phone.

I'd take the S4, but I want to see how the i9505 ROMs (aka the Google Experience ROMs) work on the i337 (Canadian GS4) before making a decision. I'll know in December what the plan is after the new wireless regulations kick in.
[Fascinate General] TheMegosh:
I used to run slim 4.2.2 but for the last few weeks I've been on slim 4.1.2, running the edited backwards compatible 4.2 gapps @ 160 dpi. I can't live without the extra ram, and the only features I really miss from 4.2 are the dash clock widget and quick settings tab.

I'm regretting swapping my old HTC incredible s that had 700+ ram for this phone.

Sent using Science!
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Media scan,

Hello,

Just updated to build 7 but the media scan is not enabled after the reboot, can anybody tell how to enable the scan media function.

Actually I copied some mp3 but these mp3 cannot be seen in Play music, it seems that the system has not scan the media, but when the phone is rebooted then these mp3 is seen in the Play music.

My requirement is that as soon as the mp3 are copied the Play music should scan immediately.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmFkZHoubWVkaWFzY2FubmVyIl0.

Try that.been using it for ages.
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
Question out of the blue, what was the rating of the usb charger that came with the phone?

I have one labelled Samsung, and its 0.7A, 5v, would that be correct?

(was looking for a 1A charger and thought the one that came with the phone was 1A, maybe Im wrong)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
5v / .7a
[Fascinate General] cash2387:
Found this yesterday, check under Dev Tools-> Developer Options-> Media Scan behavior on boot.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Just FYI, I think that is only a slim feature.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
RAM utilization

Hello,

Please find attached the screenshot of the RAM.

My observation is the system is utilizing a lot RAM.

Is the same case with anybody or its the behavior of Slimbean.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm about the same on CM10.1 - 332 used, 71 free - I'm running big mem though (screw 720 recording LOL)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Well finally gave up on Slim and went back to CM. To many headaches with Slim from battery drainage to apps randomly shutting down or rebooting to just plain laggy at times
[Fascinate General] nereis:
My old hard case is badly scratched and giving out, if I recall correctly, our T959D shares form factor/accessories with the Vibrant?

I might get a TPU case this time, the hard case was rough around the edges and bulky...
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Yep, vibrant and i9000 cases that don't have the cutout for the button work. I love my Otterbox commuter case. My battery case is also sweet.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Vibrant or i9000 accessories typically work.
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
So, are these files still available? Can I get login info, or a mirror to the KG2 package, etc?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yes, PMed you the info - please don't quote the entire Opening Post though :o)
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
That was fast! Thank you very much, and sounds good, won't do it again :P
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
My pleasure. If you have any questions, please come back to the thread - very helpful crew and lots of guys who have flashed lately lurking about - so likely if you hit issues there's some advice to be had :)
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
Well whaddya know, I ran into an issue! lol.

So I got to step 8 and flashed the speedmod kernel through odin in the PDA area, and it proceeded to go into a boot loop. So i pulled and replaced the battery and attempted to go into recovery (vol. up, down, and power button) but it just goes into download mode. I have previously been able to get into recovery with the three finger method many times before.

Thanks for being so quick and pleasant! Can't wait for your reply.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Its been awhile since i used Odin/Download mode so i maybe off on this...Make sure you are holding vol + & -...if you are just holding vol- when you press power that is what will take you to download mode
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
Hey there! Thanks for addressing my question. However, I am sure I've been holding both volume up and down buttons before and while I hold the power button. Like I said, I've been able to boot into recovery before, but after doing steps 1-8A this method of booting into recovery simply takes me to download mode instead. Its unusual. Thanks!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Think I've done it with trial and error. Pull the battery and try again.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Are you doing it with the usb still plugged in? I think it has to be unplugged for it to work
[Fascinate General] yaaa4:
Hi guys!

I'll try to catch up with you! I'm still on slimbean 4.1.2 with semaphore 2.2.4 (i think). I checked out your profiles and you're all on Cm 10.1(4.2.2) with the semaphore 3.0.0s. I think I'll try that!

But I want to Do a "full format" of the phone, not just install the room with the recovery. Any suggestions? Do I need to upgrade my CWM recovery tool too?

Thanks for your help!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
If you want to do that I would:

1) Back up everything with Titanium AND do a nandroid backup.

2) Boot to recovery (version you have should be more than fine)

3) Factory data reset.

4) Wipe Cache

5) Wipe wipe Dalvik

6) Manually format system

From there you can flash your ROM which I recommend flashing the ROM, gapps, and I would recommend Semaphore (latest). Note this does not format your internal card - so pictures, files, etc there are untouched - you'll need to take more precautions if you want to format the card, but should be unnecessary.

If you miss the DPI of slim, I also flash a multi DPI playstore when I flash the ROM, and then use texdroider to change my DPI to 182 and reboot from there (you need a multi DPI playstore or most of your apps will show up as incompatible).

Hope that helps.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Looks like CM10.2 (Android 4.3) is out now...looks like there a few bugs right now though
[Fascinate General] yaaa4:
Thanks jpmccarthy

I'll try this maybe tonight.

Is it realy dangerous to format the SDcard? I think there is a lot of crap on it (some old files from old apps, etc). Is there something I can do with that? I don't mind to lose data from my phone. I just have to backup my contacts.

Thanks for the tip for the multi DPI. Do you have a suggestion of APK for this?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You can recover, but I had some issues when I've done it in the past (recoverable, but time consuming). The big thing is you will lose your files - you have flashables on the root - gone - pictures - gone - music - gone - well, you get the idea. Maybe after your clean flash install this and use that to clean out unwanted crap.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard

I do. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1839871
[Fascinate General] yaaa4:
Thanks a lot. It seems to work flawless.

I also change my DPI but it seems to be too tiny for me. Can I try any DPI?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Pretty sure anything will work, I ran 190 and 200 for a while - not sure if some numbers are better than others to work better scaling wise with apps though.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
The first time I flashed Slimbean last month the LCD density was set to 182 by default and its fine for me.

I also tried DPI 160 but its very tiny but works well :).

I have not used any app to change the DPI but changed it as directed in Settings>Interface>General>LCD density.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Never changed it in there. i usually just edit the build.prop file to change it to 180
[Fascinate General] Toader944:
Can I get a username and password please so I can download the files.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sent
[Fascinate General] certech13:
Can I get a username and password please.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Wow

Not sure about [MENTION=1370138]karmatose[/MENTION] but I have gotten quite a few requests for file access for users not posting regularly here - assuming all is good and things are well with flashes, but feel free to come back and throw a few thanks here on the thread, especially to Karma who hosts our files, and also offers guidance on flashing as he's done it once or twice ;)

Cheers!
[Fascinate General] certech13:
Hi JP,

Thanks again for the username and password. Everything went well except for the IMEI, it shows 'unknown'. I was trying to copy my old EFS but keeps getting this message:

No enough space!

Required space: 526.00 B

Available space:0.00 B

These are the files I used.

cm-10.1.0-RC3-galaxysmtd.zip

Semaphore_JB_2.1.0s.tar

Semaphore_JB_3.0.0s.zip

Modem_UGJK3_ICS.CM.I9000

gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That's happened to a few people. That happened to me as well when I flashed my wife's phone - if I recall correctly, I started over doing a complete wipe and odin flashing the telus 2.3.3 gingerbread package provided by [MENTION=1370138]karmatose[/MENTION] - and then I was able to do the copy. I'm uncertain at this time why that error happens as you should have enough space.

Any recent flashers able to provide some guidance?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Had that happen once. Just reflashed and all was well too.

No idea why it happened, but reflashing fixed it.
[Fascinate General] certech13:
Got my IMEI back. I just copied the files inside my backup EFS and paste on the new EFS folder.

Thanks jp and [MENTION=1370138]karmatose[/MENTION]!
[Fascinate General] nereis:
Lagfix (fstrim)

took a bit of risk and tried Lagfix (fstrim) 1.5.1 to see if it works with the T959D.

it seems like i9000 and its variants are not plagued by the brickbug, but I am not sure if it benefits much from TRIM.

anyway I trimmed the system and data partitions and the phone rebooted fine, might be a bit smoother or can just be placebo.

Environment: SGS-T959D with Movinand, Latest Slim Bean 4.2.2 Build 8, Gear Kernel 1.0.4s

eMMC Chip (from Got Brickbug app): MAG8DE Revision 0x16
[Fascinate General] cash2387:
Hey guys just wanted to say thanks for all the help over the last 3 years with this phone. You guys are great.:victory::victory:

But last week me and the wife canceled out the contract with Telus and went to Eastlink. Upgraded to a Galaxy S III (T999V).

---------- Post added at 09:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------

I've had that once myself. I ended up just reflashing a Modem of all things and it worked.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Slimbean on the SIII is very good, halo is a nice feature.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I might reinstall and just skip the GAPPS Update and see what that does. If that works goo is hitting the curb.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK - solved it.

I went into CWM and cleared cache and dalvik - then Factory reset. Then re-installed WEUI and selected to factory reset that as well.

The key was when I went to install apps I did NOT select YOUTUBE or MAPS - when it booted I did NOT get a GOO update notice (nor did I intend to do it). Then I just went into play and added MAPS (6.6!) and YOUTUBE.

Done Son!!! :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Good work my friend, you can sleep deeply tonight...you deserve it! ;)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Ha! Thanks. I think I'll still get GAPPS updates but I don't think that gets me anything. Not flashing it. :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
HI - quick note - in my resolution of the signed packages issue yesterday, I noticed today that my IMEI number was wrong - so it got lost on my WEUI installs.

I had a backed up version ready to go, which I copied in, rebooted and all is good again :)

Also, noticed that GPS could use a tweak, changed the NTP server to be 0.ca.pool.ntp.org as per my instructions at the front of this thread on GPS tweaks :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hmm, I've flashed something like 3 versions of this rom and haven't had an issue yet with my imei number.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Mine was intact on a few flashes but pooched on the last one.

How are you finding battery life finn? Mines down to 8% after 11 hours.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'm at 72% after 8hrs. That's probably a little better than usual.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That's pretty good. Mine died but hoping it takes few charges to soak.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Yeah I'm getting somewhere around there as well...... Hmmmm....
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Might just need to do a few charges before we can see what the battery life is truly like.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I will report back today. So I charged from dead last night - unplugged about 7AM. Going to use like I was using ICSSGS to compare apples to apples as much as possible.

So that will be the odd phone call, SMS, email checks, a few word games, XDA. I shut off data during the day (have wireless) and enable data when out of the office.

N00b question, but what does that GAPPS zip file get you? I have not flashed it since starting fresh as I have everything I need - but I'm horrible for wanting latest greatest on every device I have LOL.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
85% at noon
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Very nice!

I just wanted to start by saying thank you for putting all of this together it was very helpful. This is my first time flashing anything and I was able to follow along simply enough.

So I have ICSSGS up and running using the glitch kernal, which worked fine. My problem now is that I cannot restore my EFS using EFS PRO. It is no longer recognizing my phone as a Samsung. Is there another simple way of restoring the EFS or will I have to use a terminal emulator?

My other issue is that I have terrible reception now. I have no service as soon as I am near a building or in it. Is this related or should I try flashing another modem?

Thanks!
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Glad to hear that the info worked for you and welcome to the forums! :)

To restore your efs, I wouldn't use a program. If you manually copied your efs folder before the flash, then I would just copy that folder back to your phone over writing the old one and reboot. It should give you back your original.

As for the reception, it more than likely is a modem problem. You can get new ones to flash in recovery from perkas file stash, which is gotten from google play. Careful though, you should download the ones that have 850 enabled (for Canada) and have ICS in the name.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Agree with Matt.

So, in the first few posts you'll find steps for backing up and restoring EFS. I just did it the other day - I use ES File Explorer which has root options (needs to be turned on and system mounted) and that works easy peasy.

Modems - Perkas is the best, and I recommend the JL3 modem. I'll do the hard work for you ;)

go here - http://perka.zapto.org/

And then navigate to /Samsung/2.I9000/ICS_CM_Modems/850_Modems_CM
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Also agree with jp and matt, kg3 is a good modem for me though.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
4:30 - 69% battery.

So my feeling thus far is that on ICSSGS my battery lasted longer - I would be in low to mid 70s - with the same or more use. Will see how it goes further - my daughter's piano teacher's basement is a deadzone that absolutely kills my battery LOL.
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Thanks guys that seems to have cleared up most of my reception issue. I have my EF folder saved so i will try and copy that over.

I'm looking forward to trying different things now that I'm not deathly afraid of breaking it.

Thanks again!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
If you haven't already, get a jig :)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
CM10.2 nightlies are out as of yesterday.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks karma

Have you tried it out yet?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Nope. it appears too much is broken yet.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Slim has a beta version as well. Haven't tried any for the same reasons as Karma plus I'm on vacation ;)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
That sounds pretty nice. I need to look into that soon.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
What is this vacation thing you speak of
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Was over in a flash guys. Great week though.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Just flashed CM10.2 so far so good will report back after i have let it run for a bit...one thing though make sure you do a Nandriod backup because when you flash it wipes \data in order to repartition and make /system bigger...you can do an advanced restore to restore /data with no issues
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
I have been running CM10.0.0 for a few month, but am finding it to be really slow so I think it is time for an update. I am thinking of going to 10.1.2 but need a quick refresher. Is it best to go back to stock and start over or can I just flash 10.1.2 over the older version of CM?

What steps would you recommend?

Thanks
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Its up to you really...I would just go straight to cm10.2 if I were you...simply

1. Make nandriod backup

2. Flash cm (it will fail first time due to repartitioning) and then newest gapps

3. Advance restore /data

You should be good from there