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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lexrsk:
You will need to have a back up of your EFS folder before flashing to ICS as the IMEI number can be wiped. it is a simple operation to restore but if you have not backed it up first you will be flashing back to gingerbread to recover the EFS folder.

Google backing up IMEI/EFS folder and you should find a guide on how to do this (if not PM me and i will send you a link).

Most of the ICS ROMs are now stable enough for everyday use.

I am personally using ICSSGS 4.2 with semaphore 0.9.1 kernel and it is stable, nice and smooth to use.

If you are not wanting to have a few little issues then have another look in a month or two as there are still some small issues that present themselves to a small number of users. Just search/read the thread for each ROM/Kernel for the known issues and make a decision based on your own reasearch. The threads are long but worth the read to identify issues that would stop you from using ROM X over ROM Y.

We all use our phones differently and then therefore have a different set of required features/stock apps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
No, ics is not faster. Google wasted 1 year on it for nothing. *this is not sarcasm*
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lexrsk:
Could you please explain why you feel that ICS is not faster.

I know that you have a lot of respect on XDA and would greatly appreciate your feedback so that i can understand how it is not faster. Hardware, software limit etc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed Hegazy:
Yes,ICS is much faster
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loquitur:
I was on teamhacksung latest build for while. Currently running on slim 2.8. Definitely smoother than GB.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inagalaxyfaraway:
Gingerbread is much more stable. Speed is about the same. I don't recommend ICS, at least for the time being. Check back 1-2 months later.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ra1DoN-:
Much smoother than every GB Rom that I tried out
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryandabao:
The stable ones I have tried so far are Dark knight v3, elite v6 which are ics 4.0.4 versions and codenameandroid 1.4 ics 4.0.3 by daxinfinity.

I know how you feel about flashing and messing up your phone, but if you learn the basics and ask the right questions I'm pretty sure the chances of you bricking your phone is pretty minimal.

Id be pretty happy to help even with my limited knowledge...:D just send me a pm
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gcuchiha:
If you're a heavy user of the Phone camera don't even think of ICS. Everything else is acceptable but not completely reliable (lots of stability issues and quite a few apps aren't supported .)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk1025:
Weird. Reading all the ICS threads I haven't come across to something like this. I thought it'd be a simple flash like to Cyanogenmod. Which ROM for ICS has the most updates because I'm sure that's the one that will be the most stable and widely used.

I might have to take you up on that offer, thanks. I know it's not that hard, but I have zero idea of how to do a Nandroid backup and from what you guys are telling me ICS ROMS aren't good enough for day to day use. I hate the odd Force Close so to put up with them more than needed doesn't sound like an advantage for me even though it'd be nice to have 4.0.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to switch. I like the layout and apparently the ICS camera is a lot quicker. What's wrong that you have noticed?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
Hahahahahahhahahaha......keep reading my post again and again until u get it. Lolllolololllloloools.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madushan92:
+1... I went back to GB bcoz of the camera, hope fix wil come pretty soon. On ICS when i use 3rd party camera apps, lot of features are disabled and says that the phone is not supported.

Also in stock camera (AOKP M4) there's no option to save to the external sd
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] newestuser:
By default ADW dock looks like this...

After i press on a dockbar it looks like this...

why is that ? :S
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Anon1992:
Sorry noob question. Tried to search it up but got confused.

I am trying to unroot Sgh-i727

using SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane with Odin.

Now the CWM is gone but there is android system recovery <3e>

I don't really know what it is.

(everything is working fine, still able to get on download mode with no problem)

the question is if I return this will this pass?

Or it is still not unrooted completely.

Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nickel Dime Bay:
You will be fine, I did the same and sent mine back in like that while it was rooted :) no problems from ATT
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
3e recovery is the stock android recovery. Its the recovery your phone had before you flashed cwm. If your handing your phone back to att, 3e recovery should be there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Anon1992:
Thank you so much
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benzoman:
So, what is it for, and its there ever a reason to reset it on a GT-P7510?

Googled and googled, searched the 10.1 forums, but couldn't find a specific answer for what exactly it is or why it would need to be reset on the GT-P7510.

From what I could find it seems it counts the number of times download mode was used, but nothing specific about the GT-P7510 nor why, if ever, anyone needed to reset it for the GT-P7510 specifically.

So why is there a few panic posts about it, but no answers? Is it just a stupid question that doesn't need to be addressed because it's a non-issue?

Just really curious. :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuclearmonkeyuk:
Binary counter shows how many custom roms have been flashed. This usually only increases through an Odin flash and cwm flashes don't increase your counter.

An increased binary counter can invalidate your warranty but if you are flashing 9 people out of 10 aren't concerned about their warranty lol

There is a way to reset it which is usually done through adb.

Hope this helps

Monkey
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nakedninja42:
Do you know where I can find instructions for this?

TIA
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
I'd like to find out too, just for future reference.

BTW, could something like this work on our Tabs?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1781471
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nakedninja42:
I wouldn't try it since we don't know if the mmcblk is the same. I asked a dev in tmobile gs2 threads that came up with a solution if he could look at ours, he said it wasn't the same as his and couldn't tell me where to go since he didn't have the device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t.dudis:
Hello,

i want to install stock accuweather widget to pure ICS Rom. But when I use AccuWeatherDeamonService.apk and confirm instal, it says that: Application insn´t install. So how can I get this?

Thanks very much and sorry for english.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbatavia:
I would assume that since it's a system application, it has to be placed inside the system folder. Search the forums for a guide on how to install system applications. I'm sure there is a way to do it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t.dudis:
Same problem from system folder. I´ll try to find another way how to do that. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sreeraheem:
how to obtain multi touch(2) in spice mi 270
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlusAndroid:
Upgrade it to the latest Stock ROM
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] D@rekills4:
When I am using my phone with WiFi ON or browsing the web, the temperature rises upto 45°C and 54°C while charging....

I am not sure if this is the average temperature or its too high.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Beretta93:
Which firmware?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mystic38:
When charging there is always some inefficiency as the battery accepts current.. this is generated as heat. When simultaneously charging and using a high current drain activity (such as wifi or browsing) it is not uncommon for devices to become pretty warm... whether this is similar to others or not i cannot say, however I doubt there is a risk to the device as the semiconductors are typically rated to a minimum of 70C..

you can also always try an alternative charging source..some perform better than others.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pinoypower:
I had this problem when I was on franco kernels. I am now on the latest AbyssNote and my phone had rarely gone over 38C.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] D@rekills4:
I am just using a stock ROM.

N7000XXKL3 and Baseband N7000DDKL1........
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Richy99:
also depnds on the ambient temps
[HTC ChaCha] munishjoshi:
The easiest way, at least for me, to get an app into /system/app is to use Root Explorer to copy the apk into /system/app.

To do this:

In Root Explorer, copy the apk file you want to put in /system/app

Navigate to the /system/app directory

Tap the Mount R/W button on the top right

Tap Paste

Scroll down to the pasted apk, long press on it and select Permissions (you'll see 9 check boxes when you do this)

Check the Read and Write buttons for User, and only the Read boxes next to Group and Others, then tap OK (once you're done, the read/write permissions under the app name should be the same as all the other apps listed (rw-r--r--))

Reboot.

If anybody want any system app,i have backup of all the stock rom apps...let me know if somebody want...
[HTC Amaze 4G] DR.GOD:
hi guys,am planning to buy a htc amaze unlocked from the u.s for use in india on vodafone.is it possible...what problems will i be facing by using an unlocked phone in india or do i need to root the phone in order to use it...i heard that when we use unlocked phones in india the battery drains faster as it keeps searching for the signal...am a bit of a noob so dont know much about this....also in a previous post someone said that thier sensors werent working...is it bcos of country diff...i really like the phone and my cousin has one and says he can bring it ...so any help on this matter would be hugely appreciated...thanks a lot....
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
as long as they use GSM, you should be fine. the U.S. Version of Amaze is a pentaband world phone...it should work anywhere in the world...check your band frequencies with the provider and look in www.gsmarena.com under amaze 4g to see if those bands match, just to be on the safe side.

besides that I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to use the phone. You don't have to root.

here are the bands:

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network	HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 1700 / 1900 / 2100

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
[HTC Amaze 4G] dementor123:
I use it in India and it works fine on BSNL and Vodafone. You don't have to root if you don't want to.

"battery drains faster as it keeps searching for the signal." - this is BS. Of course you can root the phone and get rid of bloat to improve battery life. I get 1.5 to 2 days of battery.

Sensors don't have anyting to do with country.
[HTC Amaze 4G] DR.GOD:
thanks a lot seansk and chem.manish.....looking forward to the htc amaze.....
[HTC Amaze 4G] DR.GOD:
hey chem.manish....just wanted to know how to update htc amaze to ics in india....if i give check now on htc updates it says ur softwere is upto date....
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
You'll need to download the update file and do it manually via hboot.
[HTC Amaze 4G] DR.GOD:
ty...am a bit of a noob in these things...so is there any link or thread or forum where theres a step by step account of how to do it....
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Check my thread how to use the OTA files right in this very forum, just scroll down a bit.
[HTC Amaze 4G] PeartFan40:
Wrong section. Please keep all question/help related threads in the Q&A section.

Thread Moved.

"if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"~Rush

Brought to you courtesy of my Galaxy Note (i717), using XDA Premium.
[HTC Amaze 4G] DR.GOD:
is it possible to manually update an unrooted phone or do i have to root it in

order for the ics update
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
You can manually update, check the bible in the dev section how to.

Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 722ish:
I am having trouble with all the notifications on my note. Email, Twitter, Facebook as well as the hanging/words with friends all only notify me intermittently, and none seem to.be very timely if they do eventually make it through. The only other trouble I have is the creaky battery cover, and I did read a few people mentioning that this only occurred on early phones, could it be the phone itself, or am I just missing something?
[Xoom Accessories] asmanthebell:
Check out my new diving case, now I can use my xoom while off to go diving on the boats I'd call that an epic win

http://www.aquapac.net

http://www.proporta.com

Search for Xoom accessories.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CradleRob:
I have a MHL Adapter and I get video just fine. Now I want to be able to sit on my couch while i use the adapter. Seems to me the simplest way would be to use a 15-20 foot Micro USB Male - Micro USB Female extension cable.

Does anyone have any experience with such a setup? Do you have a recommendation for such a cable?

TIA!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bean1975:
Why micro USB? You can get a HDMI cable as long as you might want (Monoprice is particularly good). If it's not enough you can carry a HDMI signal over a single or (simpler to find) two CAT5 cables w/ RJ45 jacks for hundreds of feet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CradleRob:
I guess the thought was that if I have the Micro USB Extension, then it's one thin lightweight wire that has to travel across the floor.

If I did HDMI, I'd still have to be near power whereas with Micro USB, I could set the power adapter, and HDMI, and MHL Adapter all together and then have a thin and lightweight wire traveling across the floor.

But if it's not possible, (micro USB limitiation??) then HDMI it would have to be.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
If the micro USB works it would be much cheaper than a comparable length hdmi cord.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bean1975:
I would test http://www.amazon.com/Extender-over-CAT5E-CAT6-connection/dp/B003L14ZTC this. It's hard to get cheaper than cat5e.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ceasare:
Just bought 10 feet on amazon! Lovely!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Gavdroid:
I wanted to do exactly this - extend the cable but at the micro-USB end to avoid having the Micro-usb power supply line and the bulky MHL adaptor all where the phone is - much cleaner to just have a thin cable coming out of the phone and headed towards the TV.

I did get hold of a micro-USB extension cable (2m/6ft) but unfortunately it does not work. Directly plugging the phone into the MHL adaptor works perfectly, as soon as I insert the micro-USB extension it doesn't work. I need to have a closer look to check the pins are populated etc, but not sure why this would be an issue - don't think it can be signal strength and if all the pins are populated I don't see why the adaptor would care.????

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hedaleth:
Micro B USB extension not working

I, too have been trying to figure out why an extension cable doesn't work the way you think it might. Today, I tried cutting my 6 foot cable, first making sure I had the right power leads working. Then I went through all the possible combinations of connections to see if one would work. None do. I'm at a complete loss on this wondering what I should try next.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Gavdroid:
Thanks for info....similarly baffled but at least you have ruled out something!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] VonEsch:
Like the other guy said, get your x for of hdmi cable, then just plug your AC charger in where you are. Mhl might use additional connectors/pins/whatever vs micro USB. Or you can go totally wireless and use a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

Also I remember I had a charging issue with an extension. Sometimes one product works better than others. I can't charge my phone with my 20 dollar AC charger from best buy since the ICS leak. It's weird. Hdmi cables are pretty uniform, I would just extend that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hedaleth:
Yes, that works, always has, but that's not the point. Would rather have just one long cable connected to the phone in front of the TV rather than three cables, the device and the phone in a kludge setup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hedaleth:
A partial answer

This allows connecting 6 feet away with a thin, flexible single cable..Also cheap, but shipping takes 15 days.

goo.gl/NzCik
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
I took apart the two cables and the USB has four wires while the MHL cable has ten.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] amblix:
are the mhl wires easily extendable themselves by splicing? I'm thinking strip out a few usb cables and use the wires? Or just go purchase some extremely thin gauge wire (22 gauge) and make it yourself?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hedaleth:
Micro B USB extension not working

The Micro B USB connector only has 5 connections, so there is no way you can connect 10 from the MHL cable to it, so something else is going on.

pinoutsguide.com/PortableDevices/micro_usb_pinout.shtml
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
I bought splices and thought about extending the cable. It's possible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] karansmbox:
galaxy s3

I did wanted to do the same but the extension cable didn't work. I looked at the connecting points and felt that the micro usb from Mel adaptor is to bit longer than usual so I thought that may be the reason and I shorten it resulting damaging my Mel adaptor itself. Now I am going for allshare cast wireless hub. So everyone please don't try to cut the micro usb pin from your adaptor or u will better decide to for my option to for complete flexibility.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Paul22000:
I want to do this EXACT same thing but slightly more extreme:

I want an MHL adapter with 10-25 feet of micro USB cable on the end so I can use it from anywhere in my living room.

Is there any such cable/adapter?

Why do all MHL adapters come with only a 5 inch cable??? It is maddening!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Teej53214:
*bump* I am looking for this too.. but I have a reason slightly different.. I have an AppRadio in my car that I connect my phone to. The MHL cable end is rather bulky and does not fit into the opening of my otterbox that is on my phone... most microUSB wires fit into the opening just fine.. Taking my phone out of the case every time I am in the car is rather ridiculous so I bought the micro USB extension (bought a 6" one).. didn;t even register except to charge... So, and ideas would be greatly appreciated..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Agoattamer:
Get a different MHL adapter. I use an adapter close to the one 7 posts up by hedaleth with my kenwood system in my truck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] triavq:
Which is the right mhl adapter for the note? Did a quick search on eBay and amazon and o keep seeing ones that say its for the s3 and note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ash359:
You have to find one that is compatible with the original note. The newer version has more pins. I could be mistaken I think the one we need has 11 pins.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] abalosa:
Extension cable for micro USB

I had exactly the same problem with my Appradio setup but figured it out. The standard USB connection is four wires but the mini USB and micro USB have five pins. The extra pin is used by smart devices to signal if they are a host or a slave.

But for some strange reason most mini USB and micro USB cables have only connected four wires. You have to look really hard to find a micro USB cable that says they connected all five wires. Here is one that specifies they have five wires, usbfirewire dot com (i can't post outside links directly yet)

The cables with four wires will work for charging and for devices that don't signal host/slave but for the AppRadio, Slimport, and MHL adapters the fifth wire is required.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Snizzoop:
I'm not sure that works.

Here is a link to a 5-wire cable from that site: Micro-B Male to Micro-B Female - 5 wire

You can see near the bottom it says "Not for MHL Use."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CynaKill:
Hi - can you confirm that you can use AppRadio with a 5-wire micro usb extension cable? Got a new AVIC-F50BT head unit for my car and desperately trying to hide the ugly as hell MHL adapter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] drinklime:
I can confirm that it does not work with my Nexus 4 via SlimPort...... without the extension i have AppRadio 3 working with HDMI by itself.

I bought the following 3 foot micro USB extension cable between the SlimPort adapter and phone and AppRadio no longer sees the phone.

Black 3 Foot USB 2.0 USB Micro B Male 5 Pin to USB Micro B Female 5 Pin Cable

by YCS basics

5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Price:	$5.49 Eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime.

When I plug back directly to the SlimPort without the USB extension App Mode works fine. I also tried clearing BlueTooth and making a new connection while only plugged in this way but it did not make a difference.

And I confirmed the USB cable is 5 pin and connects as a Media Device in Windows 7 when used as a USB extension.... so something is preventing the SlimPort Signal from going through the cable.

Also , as a side note, note that when I had a USB A extension running from the AppRadio (different cable that above) my phone did not "Connect as a Media Device" to the head unit (it only got a charge). When I connected a USB A to Micro from the head unit to the phone then it "Connected as a Media Device" but either way I could not get MirrorLink to do anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] drinklime:
--------------------------------------------

The cable from amazon did not work but the cable from angledcables.com worked! Even though the envelope says usbfirewire.com, they have different models of micro usb cables

I got the 12 inch version of :

Item #:	RR-MCB-EXT-XXG5

and i can CONFIRM it is WORKING for AppRadio 3 as an extension between the phone and Slimport adapter.

Of course this says nothing about MHL but its worth knowing that it's physically possible to get the Slimport Signal over a good microUSB cable. Now to disassemble my car again......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AmardeepAujla:
http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-mhl-ext-xxg.html

This is exactly what you need. I've been looking for this in the UK too but they charge so much for international shipping!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CradleRob:
I bought a MHL adapter on Amazon and it works pretty good. That is for video only. The audio on the phone cuts out and transfers to the tv, but it only lasts for 1-2 seconds, then the audio cuts out all together.

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Gaugerer:
I bought the following MHL adapter and HDMI cable from Amazon UK and they work fine with the Note. I get video and sound on my 37 Inch Sony Bravia TV. However, I cannot get Sky Go because Sky have prevented it in their application.

FoneM8 - MHL TO HDMI HD TV CABLE ADAPTOR FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY S2, GALAXY NEXUS, NOTE - HTC SENSATION, SENSATION XE, SENSATION XL, EVO 3D, ONE X, ONE S

Philex 5m HDMI to HDMI Cable

Hope this helps