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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
ok dumb question how do I add it. I dont see an edit option in the build prop
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Scythe024:
so how do we exactly know it is enabled in ICS if you arent able to see it to disable it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] webdave:
Well it sure came across that way FYI.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
just added the line to the build prop and my phone will now not boot.............. I added it after the very last line..............rut ro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
This is a known build.prop edit you can look it up. I searched google and others are having the same problem and said addin the line fixed it for them on ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
so why wont my phone boot... and how the heck do I fix it.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
Maybe it will work once we get the official ics Rom

Oooooo sounds like a brick :(

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
Use adb to push the original build.prop back to system.app and the bootloop will stop. This is a known problem that happens sometimes when you edit the build.prop. Not a big deal your phone is not bricked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
ok could you be kind and give me some instructions on how to do it. what is adb?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
That could take all day if you don't know how to use adb. Not being an asshole its just complicated. I am tryin to help you though. Can you boot into recovery? If so the fastest way would be to just reset from inside CMW.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
yeah but if I reset I am going to lose all my user data..... damn what a PIA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
Ok I did reset and no joy. this edit really F'd my phone up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigfau:
Just re-flash whatever rom you are on without wiping DATA. Just Wipe cache and dalvik.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
That's why this should have been about a dev doing this fix not a person who never used adb.

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
yeah does me a ton of good now. My phone is stuck at the Samsung logo because the rom I had installed was not on my sd card. So I tried to install another rom and now its totally F'd up.

HELP ME GET THIS BACK TO WORKING PLEASE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Theoriginalgiga:
Ok, so first caps don't help.

Now someone correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, I haven't flashed my note yet, but this is what I did on my streak when I had issues.

shut your phone down and pull your SD card and drop on your custom rom (or use CWM's USB mode if it's there in this version)

Use CWM, wipe your dalvik cache, format your partitions (I did all of them). install new rom. give it a boot see if it gets in.

Yes you'll lose your info, but what's more important, your info or a working phone? Also would I recommend using the google contacts section instead of any other because it syncs to your gmail, it's quite a nice backup and if I also recall, your pics should be put on your external SD card automatically.

Like I said, that's what I used to do on my Streak, I never bricked it.

another option would be to go learn ADB, it isn't that bad and it's worth knowing if you plan on installing ROMS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
I will have to come back to this later but out of frustration I restore back to a stock tar using Odin and still cannot get past the Samsung logo. boy is this phone screwed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alexige:
I was able to get that line mentioned earlier into my build.prop and restart my phone after flashing the Samsung logo twice it loaded up fine...can't tell if it did anything but we'll see if it helps battery any.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
Hey guys I need some help. I just came home and the phone is still stuck on the samsung logo. I used Odin to flash back to stock but that didnt even work. Please can someone help me step by step
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Have you tried ODIN back to the latest ICS leak? That will format everything and should do the trick:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25980-sgh-i717ucle2-official-leak/

And I warn again, it will format EVERYTHING on your internal drive!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Err0xx:
Wait wait wait. Someone who doesn't even know how to use adb is trying to pioneer build. prop commands? I hope this is a good learning experience for you man - - that's not something I would have done without more knowledge.

I'd try the Odin idea listed above with the ICS leak.

Sent from my Galaxy Note SGH-I717 running Team Perfection's ICS Objection RC2 ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Err0xx:
I'd like to know your battery results. I'm convinced the difference won't amount to much but I might be surprised.

Sent from my Galaxy Note SGH-I717 running Team Perfection's ICS Objection RC2 ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mad383Max:
Here is how. On flapjaxx ICS Rom..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
well by the grace of god I have returned from the dead. My counter is about 1000 at this point......................sob that was not fun
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dotdevil:
Sorry man... this app was not hiving me the notification when I got messages
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
well damn

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well if its proven to save battery, i second this motion for a bounty...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
Just curious how did you do it lol. Good for you now you can sleep tonight I remember having those sleepless brick nights

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
well I still have problems. I used odin to flash back to the first leak. However when I go to root and install cwm (and eventually super user) Its only giving me the android recovery.

And to make matters worse, my internal sd is not showing up.....my head hurts

how do I flash all the way back to stock gb and unroot so I can start this whole bloody thing over. Anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
odin stock GB

should be in that all-in-one thread in development
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
I am all back thanks to the help of Derek. BIG props man. Back running custom rom. I was also able to add fast dormancy =0 and will report back on battery life
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Phoneguy589:
I added it as well just not sure where to check other than better battery stats to see if it's actually disabled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
so whats the proper way of adding it without bricking?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
Root Explorer, long press, open in text editor
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Phoneguy589:
Exactly how I did it...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
So the first time I told you to use the in your build.prop it F'd up but now it works after editing the build.prop? See I told you not to worry that it was a common problem after editing the build.prop. I am glad you got your Note running. Let me know if the build.prop edit works for you cause it did take me awhile to find it for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Phoneguy589:
It wasn't me that had the issue not being able to reboot. It was the OP suzook1. But I never knew about the build pro edit just the code to enter in the dialer. Thanks for that info though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
eh so..... battery life boosted? any early results?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
for me its a win. off the charger at 8am. light to moderate use through the day and currently now at 83% at 5:07pm. Normally I would get 8 to 12 hours max.

pleased as punch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
A fresh flash might certainly factor into your battery life too, just sayin. Give it a few days before you declare victory.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
I might agree except this is about the 10th rom I have flashed in two months. I can tell the life exceedingly better at this point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
You may not be able to tell because like I said before, AT&T disables fast dormancy by default on the Note and my guess is that it has been disabled the whole time you just did't know it was disabled. If none of the developers tweaked it then my guess is its disabled for all of us. Mine was disabled by default and I guess the only way to prove that AT&T does this to the firmware is if somebody with Gingerbread reads this that has never messed with the fast dormancy settin and dial the code in using the default dialer and see if fast dormancy is disabled DIAL THIS *#9900#

If it says enable fast dormancy it means AT&T does disable it by default and that it has probably been disabled on your device the whole time without you knowing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
well mine WAS enabled before the root. I had the international version as well and by default it was on. its not a placebo and its giving me much better results already. good enough for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ridikolous:
I added the line to my build prop it made things laggy. so I restored the original build prop, things are back to normal now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] roadster92:
I think you are right. Checked mine with *#0011# and RRC indicated Idle. So it must have been disable by default. I have the AT&T I717 that may have been the different (OP had international version).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
Thank you! I know I am right about the fact that on AT&T firmware fast dormancy is disabled by default. All the ICS roms are based off official leaks which fast dormancy is disabled on so I am 100% sure its disabled on all AT&T Notes by default. Its a placebo effect. People think just cause they did not disable it with their fingers that it must be enabled. This whole situation is funny that I easily found a way to turn it off and on within a minute for Gingerbread and within five minutes for ICS but people got mad when I asked if they knew how to read or use google. I realize most people knew how to do this already on Gingerbread but its also funny that by reading and knowing that I am right about it being disabled by default the man that had no clue how to see if it was enebled could tell me I am wrong. Kinda makes me wanna quit helping ungreatful people. I already knew about this code just didn't think it would work until i googled "fast dormancy ro.ril ICS" and thats how easy it was to realize it worked for ICS too. I guess I can't complain too much I did get a few thanks for my trouble. I hate tellin people they should read cause I hate when others tell people to read just cause they asked a question but in this case it was clear the OP never put any effort into finding a fix or maybe he had no clue where to look so I guess I give him a pass cause I think it was the latter. Maybe this will show him and others to readup on their devices and learn their platform instead of just doing things the easy way by coming to XDA and asking questions. Learn ADB its a must for anyone that wants to tweak their device.

This post in no way is being mean to anyone. Its just the truth. Don't get mad cause if someone on XDA that had "developer" writen by their name told you to learn ADB and readup on your device to learn as much as possible you would take it as great advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bd11goal:
FD was enabled on mine stock. NY Metro area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
In general, i agree with you. If you're going to start a bounty, you ought to know how to use ADB, and you ought to know if the feature your'e requesting is even supported by your carrier. Lastly, you ought to know if it actually works...and i'm sorry, but "it feels better...trust me" isn't enough. Battery life has to be tested objectively. Even fairly moderate changes in weather, load on the cell tower and other network conditions, can dramatically affect battery life. Unless you were the only one on the tower, the weather conditions were EXACTLY the same and the day before, you took the same exact route while doing the same exact activities for the same exact amount of time, your results don't mean anything. Absolutely nothing.

This is why battery tests are done in airplane mode with a video in playback on a loop, with a bare-bone device.

With that being said...doing anything but the specific google search you suggested would have likely resulted in a failure to find the relevant information. You searched using a term that required prior knowledge of an exact build.prop line. Education is always preferred over suggesting someone do a search on google (especially in a case like this). I absolutely loved the explanation, and available information in this thread. What i didn't like, is the name calling, the Caps Lock text, and the emotional pleas. The user didn't even belong in recovery...much less flashing ODIN leaks.

As far as the issues with the build.prop file goes, the user should have had a nandroid, and should have copied the build.bak onto the SD Card before booting. Why didn't the stock ODIN un-softbrick work? Did the user flash a leak that contaied a bootloader? If so, there's another mark. Also, everyone should set Titanium Backup to run automatically-- preferrably on a schedule, while your phone is charging. I have mine set to run every day at 5 A.M. Which means i start the day with my apps and data backed up, but the phone is still there for use on nights where i stay up late, and wake up early.

You, my friend, deserve major brownie points.

Just my 2 cents. Even if the price of receiving such relevant and valuable information is dealing with a tad bit of unpleasantness, i'd still love to get such an answer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mad383Max:
What exactly does rrc idle mean? Did you run this by chance while connected to wifi then disconnect and check it again? The first pic is with wifi on. Second on lte. I am on flappjaxx b4 Rom and it looks like it is enabled (if that is what rrc status means) on that Rom as shown on my prior post in this thread. Not sure if FJ enabled it or if it was always present.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
well its almost 24 hours later since I took the phone off the charger and I am at 67%

that is a HUGE jump over previous battery life when FD was enabled. Say what you will but I am more than happy with that. As I said when I had my international note, I got a whopping 61 hours of battery life with the same tweak.

fyi I asked flapjaxx about this and even he wasnt aware about FD since its in the modem and as a result, not on their radar screen when writing custom roms

to clarify the post a few back, I had the international version and now have the att version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
Listen

I will look past you condescending comments and just say this. I deserve and have every right to play with and test the bounds of my phone any way I like. I also have the right to come here and try and see if others who are above my knowledge can also help me achieve that goal. I have been flashing roms since 2009 but haven't sunk as deep into the process as others. But that is the whole reason of this community, to help each other. For you to make a comment that I shouldn't be flashing roms in the first place is just plain ridiculous.

And for your info I did nandriod and have a copy made but the phone was absolutely bricked and no "traditional means" were bringing it back. I had to odin back to absolute bone stock gb before I could even move forward and then root and install an ICS rom.

at the end of the day, I got what I wanted. A way to disable FD and it has made a significant improvement in my battery life. Why do you think its been demonstrated so often on the international version.....or should I have not owned that phone or customized it as well in your view......

I am going to ask the mods to close this thread
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
Why do you keep referring to the international note? It uses a different radio, a different SoC...it's not a apples to apples comparison. And theres no telling if that was the one feature that made the battery life on the international note better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
because it made a factor in battery life none the less. And now there are others reporting the same. The two commonalities these phones share is not the best battery life regardless. Its been documented that it made a major difference in the international version and I wanted to see if that transferred to the att version, which for me it did.

not much else I can say
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
I never said you shouldn't flash Roms. With the above context, i was referring to the fact that you should know what you're doing to your device before you do it. I.E. flashing a leaked ICS build with an included bootloader which could prevent you from rolling back. And that you'd benefit from understanding the workings, so you could tell if a developer was needed before you offered up your green-backs.

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Good stuff. I'm not sure if you're aware...I was trying to avoid a situation where you started a bounty, only to find out it didn't objectively improve battery life, or that it wasn't supported by the carrier. Just as well, i explained how it was unlikely you could've found this information via google without having specific knowledge of the solution.

No hard feelings dude.

Also, mind linking to the other testimonials or documentation for the note? If we can test this and it's true that the option makes a difference, a great deal of people could benefit from this, and it should be plastered all over the note forums.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
ok maybe I didnt get that so my apologies. It felt like you were scolding me. Anyways before this gets nutty, I see your points. As I said, I feel the result works for me, maybe not for others but thought they should have the choice to decide on their own.

Have a good weekend everyone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
You too. Thanks for bringing this up.

P.S.

For future build.prop edits, you can copy the build.prop file just before modification, or just before your reboot so you have access to it. If you edit it in root explorer, after editing it with the built-in text editor and saving the changes, root explorer will automatically create a backup of the pre-modified prop file. And since you'll already be in the directory, it's a good time to copy it over to your SD Card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
So who got the bounty the OP offered?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
the OP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
He should split it between the pork dude and whoever brought his phone back to life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
24 hours, and 67% left?????????????????????????????????

at that rate you'll get 2 days off stock battery, really? unless you keeping your phone off maybe?

whats the screen on time...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Suzook1:
nope not at all. I had 61 hours on my int note.

I so far have about 40 minutes of call time. Various pics and text. I have kept wifi off to measure. I am also religious about making sure any running programs are shut after they are used.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
Mine is definitely disabled (stock rom), and I wanted to note that checking my RRC via *#0011# (or by the more advanced *#197328640#), it does not always say IDLE. It will also say FACH, CONN, and some other code, probably as it scans the channels. Bottom line, assuming the "IDLE" code is a valid way of verifying this, you may have to look at it for a minute before you see IDLE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
I think your right. +1 for Porkenhimer. I take PayPal. I almost forgot, you did offer $25 so its only fair.

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I found something but cannot test it on ICS cause I am on Gingerbread. It works great on Gingerbread and I read the reviews and some said it worked on ICS. It lets you access the service menu and you can see if Fast Dormancy is enabled or disabled. Here's the link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.widgapp.HiddenFeaturesFREE&hl=en

Let me know if it works.

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Does anyone have yahoo messenger? I got a couple of things I need to try to access the service menu on ICS but it would be much easier if I could IM and tell someone what to do so I can get instant feedback.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
Mine keeps saying "Connection problem or invalid MMI Code" when I try to dial the *#0011#

It also kicks me off LTE for a minute. lol

What am I doing wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JohnnyQ1964:
Is it 0 or 1 LOL

LOL... :rolleyes:

Suzook1... sorry :( to hear that...

as for the line in the build prop... I've added the ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=# with 1 and 0 (waiting for the right answer)... and have had no issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
1=enabled 0=disabled
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JohnnyQ1964:
Thanks I knew that but, I think I may have missed it... is it better to enable or to disable? Feeling about as smart as a brick right now.

Common sense would say if you enable a "fast dormancy" it would save power as it would go dormant... but, my gut says, if its dormant then when it comes back it will need to search for a connection etc... So I can't logically figure this out.

So common sense ain't so common :eek:

Bell SGH-i717M... on flapjaxxx ICS b5 ROM with 15-toggle, running power saver, 10% screen brightness (most of the time), use Tapatalk mostly, with Pulse, few calls... lasts about 5-6 hours and then hits 24% :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
That was bad info that I passed along based on what a developer told me but I knew I should have done my own test first before posting a false statement. Mine say IDLE no matter if its enabled or disabled. I posted an app link above to see if it worked on ICS and if it does everyone can see if it is enabled or disabled. I know if you use the build.prop edit with a 0 as the value it will be disabled and I can confirm that cause the edit works in gingerbread also and if you apply the edit and reboot it will be disabled afterwords, but I know people like to see it written on their screen as reassurance it is working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
I never even get to the part where it would say idle because the dial codes keep throwing up the error I posted above. Any idea why?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
What ROM are you using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
FJ build 5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
I found a long but very detailed paper which talks about fast dormancy, RRC, FACH, etc. etc. For networks where fast dormancy is supported (like AT&T, the writer of this paper) it sounds like ENABLING it will give you better battery life.

http://www.research.att.com/export/sites/att_labs/techdocs/TD_100036.pdf

Mine was disabled, I've now enabled it so I'll report back if I notice any change in usability or battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animatechnica:
Suzook your results sound amazing unfortunately i cannot get the same after disabling FD - running ucle2 with FJ Mod (build 5)

currently at 79% running 7 hours 1 minutes (normal light use) - 22 minutes screen time

so not any better or worse than before

any pointers to what i might be doing wrong?