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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Truth be told, personally, all you need is root right now. Once you get root, rename the bloatware apps from *.apk to *.bpk and do a factory reset.

Getting root is extremely easy, there are several threads in the development section.

Important!!! As far as what apps to rename, only rename what is safe to rename. If you dont know what it is, leave it alone!! I havent seen a list anywhere of the bloatware but its pretty easy to figure it out. Renaming the apps is effectively the same as uninstalling them (after you do a factory reset) but still allows you to put them back should you want to update to the official ICS - just rename the *.bpks BACK to *.apk and remove the root (instructions are on the development boards).

The factory reset is easily done by going to settings->Privacy-Factory Data Reset. This will clear out any apps that are still loading from the pre-cached data created by Android (any apps you renamed may still continue to load due to the pre-cached data - the factory reset removes this pre-cached data and the files renamed to *.bpk will not be rebuilt). A factory reset will still retain your root access.

There are other things you can do as well such as installing CWM (which you should do before you do anything other than rooting or renaming apks), installing custom kernels, installing custom scripts, and installing new roms. But truth be told, most people would probably be happy with the bloatware removed and if that isnt enough, CWM with a different kernel and possibly some script installs. Flashing a new rom right now doesnt really bring much to the table.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crazzysandman:
Well has anyone heard when the official ics will release? I'm thinking about rooting my note but I've just really haven't needed to just yet... So I guess I'm waiting lol had my evo flashed thousands of times but eh I got bored so if anyone has any news let us know yeah?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Samsung has claimed 2nd quarter of this year. Taken literally, that is by June 30th, assuming Samsung doesnt have a different definition of 2nd quarter.

However, I still believe we wont see anything until Fall of this year, perhaps late September or even as late as into November for the AT&T i717 NOTE.

I havent done anything yet with my phone (with regards to rom'ing), I am really more interested in Android Open Source Project releases (AOSP) rather than roms based on the stock rom. While the stock rom can be improved upon, Id much prefer to do it 'right' from the ground up rather than starting with something crappy and trying to patch it up.

My ONLY interest for rooting is to rename the bloatware, namely because I suspect an improvement in battery life might be significant.

The other reasons, things like overclocking and scripts dont really interest me at the moment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
Does anybody know the steps needed to be taken inorder to flash back to gB from ice with a gB nandroid backup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Eric-1987:
Not really. No compatibility issues or anything. Which apps cause battery drain? You sound like a tool. Stop making it harder than it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kevinallen4325:
I flashed the stock att rom through Odin then from there flashed my nandroid
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
Can I assume that your android backup was on an external sd card, and not the internal one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jayzz69:
Is there a way I can root my note to ics then flash back to stock without increasing my flash counter?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] live4nyy:
Maybe look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569206

And maybe try searching next time, took 2 seconds to find. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
i too have been holding off, but want ICS badly

theres several ICS roms out since the leak weeks ago, but they all have some bugs or another (especially the one rom where they couldnt receive incoming calls from people who are in there address book,and solution was to remove everybody out your contacts? seriously?)

looks like we have to wait for official ICS release to have a problem free rom

im on a GB customer rom,and i dont have any of the million FC's people claim to get on their custom ICS roms.But ever since the leak nobody has put out an update for the GB roms,even though GB roms are indeed the most stable now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jayzz69:
Will definately check it out and thanks for replying so fast :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chak29:
saurom rc7.. its the best custom rom right now for i717..

almost never crash.. super fast.. and has many extra features that you can't get from stock rom or unrooted phone..

saurom is not ice cream rom, but its the best running rom for att samsung note right now.. Yes alot better then the att stock rom and the battery life its great!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
wasnt that one geared for the Rogers/Bell/canada note?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crazzysandman:
Yeah i was considering rooting but im being lazy lol ill just wait and see when this so called ics release will happen and if im not happy ill just root and go from there

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
I am gonna wait for the official ICS release too. Yes its too bad that the just stopped updating custom Gingerbread roms. I am still using SolarisPrime A New Beginning and it is a great rom. No reboots or FCs at all. I asked them about updating it on that thread but was never responded to then they closed the thread a few days later. I came from Windows Mobile and on a lot of there roms they were making several varients of the same rom so I am not sure why someone couldn't make a rom that has a Gingerbread and ICS varient.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Yep, right now, there isnt enough out there. Everything is basically kitchen rom style roms cooked up based heavily on the stock rom which defeats the whole purpose for me. I love Cyanogen for this very reason, those guys ARE what make Android rom'ing what it is, once they start developing, we will start seeing alot more than just debloated, overclocked, themed roms based on stock roms that underneath have all the same problems the stock rom does but to a lesser degree. No offense to the devs who have released roms but most of what has been done can be simply done with the stock rom w/ root access, if you are willing to put the time in to do all the necessary tweaks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chak29:
you can use it on att i717 too.. the rogers/ bell samsung note its the same as the att..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Autumnfading:
If you enjoy tinkering with your phone and are okay with dealing with possible bugs (or reverting to stock), and feel relatively confident that you won't brick your phone (or at least that it's not the end of the world if you do), then I'd say go for it.

I personally think it's going to be at least a couple more months until we see an official ICS update. I'd bet it's more like fall when it comes out. I've already flashed the Seraphim ICS ROM, and I definitely like it far better than the stock Gingerbread ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bogdan5844:
Just think about it - the development and resources that go into a simple glass slab is pretty simple. The magic formula, if you wish, has already been brought to the table since 2007 - a black slab with a screen on top.

But a Hardware Keyboard phone, that's another story. In all the reviews of QWERTY phones, you see how they judge the feel, the grip, the resistance, the ease of use, the placement of keys. It's a whole domain of mobile phone research.

What the Desire Z brought new was it's „Z” sliding factor, which allowed it to be very slim compared to other QWERTY phones, especially „dumb phones” such as Nokia's C6.

The fact that HTC has expertise in this domain has been proven with the Touch Pro, the Touch Pro 2 and also the Desire Z. You can't argue the fact that 90% of the reviews praised the keyboards on these devices, although some caveats, such as the Desire Z not having a separate numbers row, haven't gone unnoticed.

Apart from the sliding mechanism, think about space. I saw the photos of the dismantled iPhone 4S. The battery in that thing takes about 80% of its space. The motherboard is tiny! I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar in our phones, too. Add in the complexity of a keyboard slider and you've got yourself a compromise a company with a rough financial year such as HTC isn't really willing to take.

To add new, more powerful components, you need space for heat to dissipate. You need space for fancier processors (LTE, new imaging chip, better GPU, etc) and that's already hard when you want to supply a battery which allows the user to enjoy the phone for more than three hours before it's dead. With the complexity needed to add a keyboard, you lose precious space which would be better off filled with mAh's rather than hinges and keys.

This is my take on it. What do you guys think?
[G2 and Desire Z General] wolek76:
You forgot about one little beauty.... S730/S740 aka Rose...

That was a beautiful thingy :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] regius:
I think it all boils down to this: no qwerty phone was a real moneymaker for them, so they'll just focus on more successful form factors.

It's a pitty, and I hope HTC will have a change of mind on this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mesaj:
I agree with HTC, DZ is enough massive phone, and mostly by metal casing, but people want more moblity. Personally I don't use my keyboard that much, but it's good feature anyway. Maybe one succesor could be released, but if not, they should release update for us. Comparing today's screens, touch input keys are almost as big as our's, so it's good standing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sino8r:
Guys, we already have a thread about this lol! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1609162 I know we are all upset/frustrated by this news but let's remain calm and rational please ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] bogdan5844:
I wasn't announcing the fact, I was trying to find a reasonable explanation for this, given that HTC has not stated one clearly.

Anyhow, one thing is for certain - HTC's devices will remain top of the line. I, for one, hate Samsung's plasticky design, it feels cheap. HTC phones feel good in hand, and you can touch the quality.

And don't even get me started on the screens. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ronmq:
You have another post talking about same issue. :)

Enviado desde mi HTC Vision usando Tapatalk 2
[G2 and Desire Z General] regius:
I have a Wwildfire S and a GT 7.7, and still my mobile office is the DZ, just because it's so easy to use the sliding KB. There is no comparison between writing a lot of emails on a phisical KB and writing them on an onscreen KB, no matter how evolved the onscreen KB is.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MIkeRD03:
I never would buy an Android phone without hardware keyboard. A haptic keyboard doesn't compare to a touchscreen one even with swift or something like that when is comes to input of lage texts.

For a word or so a touchscreen keyboard is OK. But if this will becomes true and HTC does not produce keyboard phones any more, there are other nice alternatives out there..

Mike
[G2 and Desire Z General] g0kb3rk:
HTC was my first choice on the smartphones. Then I decide to renew my phone I will buy Motorola Droid 4. I like touchscreens with physical keyboards.

Sent from my Desire Z flashed Virtuous G-Lite ROM 2.0.1
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android_Monsters:
I love my hercules, but if I need to write sweet, thoughtful emails. Which one do you think I use?
[G2 and Desire Z General] riahc3:
I think your take on it makes absolutly no sense what so ever with past history and current.

Reread it.
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Hey guys.

I just got an email from a friend who sent me a screenshot from htcdev.com website where apparently he saw that kernel 3.0 was released for DHD. I visited the website immediately upon receiving the photo but could not find it anywhere, anyhow..

If someone knows more about this please post. I'm not even sure I should be posting this here, and if not I'll close the thread.

Please let me know if you guys came across this.

Thanx
[Desire HD General] whiperhack:
April fools was long time ago Br0. :d
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Like I said, I couldn't find this anywhere. I was not the one taking this screen.
[Desire HD General] shad0wboss:
I tried searching but apparently can't find it. It seems it was a mistake made by the admin of the website?
[Desire HD General] whiperhack:
Before a Mod will close for sure this thread, can you please ask your funny friend why doesn't he started to download the Kernel?
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
He did and he said download was interrupted at 37Mb.
[Desire HD General] Andy:
I am not going to close this, mere move it to General.

Like shad0wboss mentioned, the likely posted it by mistake and have since pulled it.
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Thanx andy
[Desire HD General] whiperhack:
Do he remember what name had the image that he was downloading? ie:ace30-gb-mr-2.6.35-931a37e.tar.gz is the latest kernel on htcdev.com for DHD
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
ace40-ics-mr-3.0.16-f441f9b.tar.gz
[Desire HD General] whiperhack:
So due to ace40, I think that we will have a light sense4 like on One V.
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
I honestly have no friggin idea bro.. Really confused atm..
[Desire HD General] Andy:
If I filter by device and choose the Desire HD, I get the source code for 4.0 too.

Managed to download it, just put it on my site. Grab it while you can.

ace40-ics-mr-3.0.16-f441f9b.tar.gz
[Desire HD General] dannorth:
Cheers, thanks for sharing :)
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Never said it seems legit.
[Desire HD General] Andy:
In all seriousness. Never click a link I provide. 90% of the time it will be a Rick-Roll. Fact.

That does not apply to the CM7 builds I occasionally do.
[Desire HD General] *Edisson*:
But why we can not use the kernel 3.0 from One V? Because it has practically identical hardware.
[Desire HD General] horsetastic:
There's a lot of sensation dls of the kernel. Can't these be ported somehow?
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Nope. But folks are all over the One V kernel anyway. Just a matter of time now before it's ported. You can check out Nexxx over at Desire S forums. He's building a custom kernel 3 for msm7x30. He's done great load of work and still has a lot to do. You can follow the progress on his git.
[Desire HD General] horsetastic:
Awesome stuff.....well excited about it all can't wait for the breakthrough.....
[Desire HD General] holeindalip:
Even with the onev kernel we still wont have a working camera or camcorder,so dont get your hopes up until dhd kernel arrives
[Desire HD General] horsetastic:
Why's that?
[Desire HD General] trh1341:
Not entirely correct...it is very difficult, but you can reverse enginer the kernel and get camera working..
[Desire HD General] holeindalip:
Because the camera is much more advanced on the onev and uses different drivers,and without dhd ics drivers for camera,as he stated above me will be very difficult or almost impossible
[Desire HD General] trh1341:
And I am 99% sure that we WILL NOT get a lot of the camera features either...it will be as functional as it was on stock firmware...
[Desire HD General] Pedda Lyng:
Can someone tell wether the kernel is real or is it a fake ?
[Desire HD General] trh1341:
It is real. Someone at HTC mistakenly uploaded it and then took it down
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
Here is the link to Nexxx git. You can follow his progress on kernel 3 there. He's done a great load of work so make sure you find his posts over at Desire S forums and hit thanx.

https://github.com/nexx/htc-kernel-msm7x30-3.0/commits/android-htc-3.0.16
[Desire HD General] zachs_xda:
That's for Desire S. DHD has a completely different board and it would take the same effort as porting from One V to Desire S. It's just tedious having to read through and understand 6k lines of C code in board-primou.c, and then creating the corresponding board-spade.c based on the same file from the older kernel. You need an experienced C dev with lots of free time. I don't think anyone's working on a DHD port at this moment.
[Desire HD General] shad0wboss:
But i read someone mentioning about cooking one s/v kernel v3 then porting it to DHD which seems to do the trick though i'm not a dev but i'm just saying that there are many other people at work so it IS a matter of time before we get access to ICS and it is more likely to happen before HTC actually releases a proper RUU for DHD
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
It's msm7x30 so 90% of the work would be done.
[Desire HD General] :
Guys its not happening lol

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
I wouldn't bet on it. ;)
[Desire HD General] trh1341:
Why do you always have to be negetive...its possible and may take time but it DOESNT MEAN IT WONT HAPPEN!!!
[Desire HD General] :
Dnt be silly, Im not being negative :p

I didnt say impossible :p

Gdluck :)

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] zachs_xda:
msm7x30 is only the SoC.

Have you looked at the board source files?
[Desire HD General] hdorius:
Let the time proves everything... :)
[Desire HD General] matthew33:
impossible is nothing.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyXdyRXMsg

Matt
[Desire HD General] :
Muhammed Ali, Legend!

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
It will come, one way or another, DHD will remain up to date for one last time. And then, an end, once and for all..
[Desire HD General] scaryshark:
Just because it's the same SoC, it doesn't help much.

Heck, think of all the tablets on Tegra 2 - if that were the case my Galaxy Tab would have ICS by now seeing as the Xoom's source code has been avalibale for a looooooong time! :)

One thing to note though - HTC have confirmed that our DHD's will get ICS, so we are

Guaranteed

to have feature perfect ROM's as soon as HTC deliver - it just depends on when that might be. I could be tommorow or it could be next year! :D

We just have to be patient...

:p
[Desire HD General] djolebih:
There's no one left in DHD section to develop anything anyway. I don't even own a DHD any more. I hope you folks get good ROMs in future though.
[Desire HD General] ze_yaya:
Awesome work, just need to resize some apps and get the kernel 3 from htc and your done. :)
[Desire HD General] jackzheng:
is this a good news?i hope the HTC will release kernel 3.0..
[Desire HD General] dr.faramroze:
What difference does it make if there's no HTC kernel 3? Meanwhile we can use Virtuous kernel 3.x.x. camera is working.
[Desire HD General] brad808:
Guys this thread is way out of date. The last posts were months ago

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] -SmOgER:
and btw, last word from HTC was that we will NOT get ICS.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marine417:
i finally got my atrix working after the at&t sim card and network unlock pin problem and i got a few questions.

1.) i have cpu master and the battery level seems to drop by 10% and doesn't drop by 1%... is that normal?

2.) is there a kernel out there that works perfectly fine with the stock rom and the webtop feature? i bought the atrix's lapdock so i don't have to bring my laptop or netbook. this is not my first time around kernels or roms and functionality of stock features is questionable.

thank you for your time
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
On stock your phone will report in 10% increments.

If you want to use an optimized kernel you need to unlock the bootloader, and then you can flash one of Faux's GB kernels. You can undervolt with one of these to get better battery life. Your lapdock will work fine with any of the kernels available, but if you are stock you must use a GB (Gingerbread) kernel.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marine417:
wow, last time i posted a thread like this in the other devices, i basically got yelled at for not using the search bar.

thank you very much for your help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
I could have been one of the people yelling depending on amount of beer consumed! LOL

Anyway, if you choose to unlock, there are plenty of ROM's with 1% battery increments, and a whole host of other features which will make you smile. I do implore you to read the N00B guide in the General forum 3 times before doing anything to your phone though! :-)

Yes, I am serious about reading it 3 times!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marine417:
lol i went over it last night and did the unlock and root this morning. i kinda like the stock rom and i get around 5000+ with antutu benchmark which is like 1k or 2k greater than my lg g2x running at max oc.

i didn't know faux does kernels for this phone as well so i'll give it a try.

also, is there a way to get like specific features like the 1% increments or the network tweaks seen in some roms without the rom? lol i dont know if that makes any sense. i know with the sony x10 that was possible but wasn't possible on the lg g2x without flashing another rom.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] est_cap:
Hi! I currently have a Samsung Captivate.. and I might change it in a few months (july/june). I was looking with good eyes the Moto Razr, and (for refernece) I would like to know wich is the exact model that Rogers Canada sell.

i know it's GSM .. and I will have to Unlock it to get it here in Argentina (just as I did with my Captivate one year ago xD)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tech guy 88:
XT910 is the GSM Razr that is used here on Fido and Rogers

8GB internals and a SD slot
[Motorola Droid RAZR] est_cap:
Tanks!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phelixthecat:
As the thread says, I have a wi-fi problem that seems to persist no matter what I do. I was running g2 slim, and whenever I turned on wi-fi, the phone would go into a restart loop until I turned wi-fi off. When I unrooted, stock froyo also failed to connect, but instead of restarting it just said "failed to search for networks". OTA Gingerbread acted the same as G2Slim, unsurprisingly. Downgrade, re-root, superwipe, and reinstall G2Slim, same problem.

The problem seems to be dependent on a particular access point, I'm guessing someone else's router in my apt. complex. At school I can connect to wi-fi no problem. At home I cannot, even if I use a different router.

In the logcat I see various errors associated with wi-fi, but I am not sure what is significant and what is not. Is there a particular filter I should run with logcat to make troubleshooting wi-fi easier?

Would it be worth to mess around with installing different radios to see if that fixes the problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phelixthecat:
Tried a handful of radios with G2 Slim, including stock froyo radios, all cause restart loop.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captainreynolds:
Unfortunately, most likely thing is a HW level issue...

It could be Wifi Calling screwing with things though. Have you tried using wifi without any wifi calling apk or libs?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phelixthecat:
Alright, well at least I can stop chasing it now.

The unroot procedure I used took me down to pre-OTA Froyo, which doesn't have wifi calling, and it still wouldn't search for networks.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] [iop]wah:
Guys!!how can i change my boot animation..I have tried romtoolbox but it did not change it when i clicked install...
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] MIKE PH:
Try renaming downloaded bootanime to sanim.zip then put it in system/media using root explorer if using a custom rom. Back up your old one just in case.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] renato3d:
Do you still have the root acess to your phone?

When i Lost my root acess i unable to change the boot animation via Toolbox like you mentioned.

After update my root acess and upgrade the toolbox this work good until now
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] andynroid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1596639 [BOOTIE] ICS CM9..UnReleased ! Sent from Samsung Mobile