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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] simo2103:
Here is simple guide to mod your galaxy s2 and make it like a pure google phone:

WHAT YOU NEED:

-	STOCK ROM ICS 4.0 (MINE XWLP7 ICS 4.0.3)

-	ROOT PERMISSION

-	CWM

-	ROOT EXPLORER

-	SD MAID PRO

FIRST: ROOT YOUR PHONE

SECOND: DOWNLOAD ROOT EXPLORER AND SD MAID PRO (OR TITANIUM BACKUP)

THIRD: DELETE/FREEZE USELESS APPS (DELETED APPS WONT RETURN WITH FACTORY RECOVERY) WITH SD MAID (OR TITANIUM BACKUP)

LIST: apps safe to remove

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html

THEN REBOOT

FOURTH:

REMPLACE THOSE APPS IN SYSTEM/APPS AND REBOOT (SOMETIMES WHEN REMPLACING THE SYSTEM WILL CRASH BUT REBOOT AND ALL WILL BE FINE)

APPS:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qiyuzrut7zcw5op/_2FCgq7WpL

BACKUP: “””ATTENTION! I HAVENT A BACKUP FOR THE TWLAUNCHER AND CONTACTS.APK!!! SAVE IT”””

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kkk6qh9y8z36xz0/cqtx-iQcvm

SIXTH:

CHANGE THE DEFAULT SYSTEMUI REMPLACING IT WITH A REAL ICS SYSTEMUI, FOLLOWING THIS THREAD

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443498

SEVENTH: DELETE ALL JUNK FILES (SD MAID OR WIPE CHACHE ECC..) AND REBOOT

LAST

1)	INSTALL (IF U WANT) DROIDWALL FROM MARKET AND MANAGE YOUR DATA CONNECTION

2)	PUT THIS WALLPAPER IN SYSTEM/APPS SET PERMISSIONS TO RW-R-R

(SUMMER BEACH WITHOUT LOGO)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h64xmzphbf5plje/Ocean_weather.apk

*BE ADVISED THAT IF SOMETHING IF SOMETHING GO WRONG, PROBABLY SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE*

AT LAST:

SORRY FOR MY AWFUL ENGLISH
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NZed:
Or install cm9
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Ciolouse:
+1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zee54:
Or the F1 GalaxyNexus Rom for a truely pure google experience.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] anshmiester78900:
Or anyother aokp rom
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] crlsndrsjmnz:
it would be nice to have the aosp dialer and contacts and not just the icons...but i guess that will never be possible because of the framework differences...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] simo2103:
Ofc install a new rom will be better.... This is for the ones that don't want doit
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
My phone will disconnect 3g and just stay off till I reboot or go in and manually turn off the internet connection and turn it back on..

Sprint is trying to tell me that everybody is having the same problem and there should be an OTA sent out to fix the problem..

Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
I did and ran PRL and profile updates

sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I've done that so many times I've lost count....lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
Mine does it as well . Don't know if its the phone or sprint working on the towers . I called and they told me they were working on towers in my area. They said they shut one off and the other towers around there have to pick up for the one that's getting worked on. But its annoying
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I live and work in completly different parts of the city and it doesn't matter where I am. I can't get it to hook back up for more than 10 min sometimes..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] duvalbmarley:
I had my EVO replaced from best buy today because sprint said my 3g should be working.. new EVO still no 3g ..my 3d has data so it has to be a prl or network problem I'm in Florida
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] nunyabiziz:
Op and others having this issue. it's not the phone but the network. This is happening in areas where lte will be launched in the near future.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I see! So they sold me a phone that won't operate on the old network?

Way to go sprint!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cubbieswin:
Yep, I have the same problems. The 3G connection is a joke. I was dealing Sprint yesterday to get my phone replaced and the guy asked how I liked it. I told him the 3G connection sucks and he said they were working on the towers.

I think it's bull****. I just love paying for ****ty service.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I've replaced my phone twice! I'm glad I'm not he only one that's having problems..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
Another problem I'm having..

Weather widget won't update(everything in enabled) and I'm getting roaming notices every 20 min.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NinjaMom:
How do we know when LTE is live on the phone? Does the icon show?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] klbjr:
Yeah having the same issues as you guys. 3G will just suddendly drop & I'll start roaming for no reason. I'm not doubting that Sprint is working on the towers but it is also something going on with this phone because my wife's E4GT is having none of these issues.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
LTE shouldn't have anything to do with our 3g connection should it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NinjaMom:
If they are goofing with towers than maybe. I'm just curious how do we know when Lte is live on our phones.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Syph3r:
Ever since I tried unlocking the bootloader and installing a recovery my phone will not connect to 3G. It will either have no data connection at all or 1X. I have done so many update profiles and update PRL's and nothing seems to help.

The only way I can get 3G to come back now is if I set the network mode to "CDMA Only" then 3G comes back, but when I first got the phone I had it in "CDMA/LTE" and 3G was fine. I don't know what to do now.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AB33:
Having the exact same 3G issues as the rest of you. Sprint had me reset the phone provisioning with the MSL code, do a PRL update, and Firmware update and nothing worked. My 3G down speeds avg. 0.24 Mbps and cuts out every now and then. The Rep said she would call me back today to see if the changes helped. The bad thing is we are all patient about not having LTE yet but it is ridiculous that our 3G speeds are the worst in the business now and almost nonexistent. ATT, T-Mobile, and VZ should make a commercial saying who cares if you have unlimited data when you have the slowest data and barely have data.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mcobrandon:
Horrible service last 2 days here in Orlando.

Update - Sprint says to place phone in cdma only. They are working on towers in Central Florida.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
They are telling me the same thing...

I'm in Houston..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leo72793:
Ive had it to where 3g is on, dies then turns on in 3 min....Duval County Jax fL i presume?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cubbieswin:
I'm in the north Chicago suburbs. They are "working on the towers" here too. Seems like a crappy excuse for a bad network to me.

Sent from my Old School EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
My wife is using my old EVO 3d and she isn't having any problems..

Think its more than just the network..k
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
It's really unbearable . I lose data about 30 plus times a day . No excuse for this .
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tracyjarchow:
I am having 3G data issues but only in regards to the automatic switch to 3G from wifi. When I no longer have wifi I have tried to turn off the mobile data and turn it back on and is says "Turning on..." for about a minute then says disconnected. If I restart the phone it works perfectly. Going the other way works from 3G to wifi it works as well.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] V1ViD:
Mine just seems to be stuck on uploading... tried turning mobile network off and on and its still stuck?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] donatom3:
The cdma/lte setting actually opens up your phone to the new cdma-ehrpd connection, so yes if you are in an area that's getting a network vision upgrade that setting can affect your 3G.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] V1ViD:
switched to CDMA only and 3G went back to working perfectly, then went back to CDMA/LTE and it stopped working and became wonky. So it seems like if you have 3G issues and you're in a LTE market, switch to CDMA only for the time being?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
I did the switch to cdma and still it constantly looses data
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] onelovekir:
for me i have had all the same shltty 3G service but now i am stuck on LTE/CDMA cuz if i switch to CDMA only my 3G goes away and won't come back. i have called Sprint prolly like 10 times and this last time they said its my phone and that i should replace it, but i know damn well its not the phone...or if it is, it is a software issue not hardware.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 00mred00:
Had this problem...replaced phone...problem solved
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Unsafe_Code:
I'm dealing with similar issues here in Jax FL. I'll be on 3g then bounce to 1x and back to 3g. Sometimes when I bounce back to 3g, I cannot connect to anything and have to manually turn off/on data services...then I'm good for awhile. meh :confused:

Sent from my EVO LTE running MeanROM v.2.7
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] redyns:
It happens with my airrave....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] shorty87:
Is there a way to make the ringer and notification volumes to be linked together so they both change to when I use my volume buttons? The buttons only change the ringer volume and I want it to change both ringer and notification volumes together.

I tried Quick Settings from the Play store which I have used on other phones to "link" the volumes. But it doesn't do that on my SGS3. I have tried a couple other apps that say they do that, but again they don't link the volumes together on my SGS3. Anybody know how to do this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AnarchoXen:
Having trouble with AudioGuru (paid). It doesn't seem to effect the volume either. Alert function not adjusting the alert.

More details.

With the Alert Notification sound set in GoSMS, the phone Alert Notification sound is different. AudioGuru only shows the Phone Alert Notification sound not the GoSMS Alert Notification sound. When muting the AudioGuru 'Alert' only the Phone Alert Notification sounds is muted. The GoSMS Alert Notification sound is not effected thus not muted etc..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Death&co:
I hope we find a fix to this. I'll be checking back but I too would like both these sounds to be at the same level. Thinking I had my phone on silent and then getting slammed with a notifcation ring is not what I intended.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] joshnichols189:
Wait.. they aren't pre linked?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] shorty87:
Nope they aren't.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] joshnichols189:
Weird. I know they are on the nexus and I didn't pay attention when I got my i9300 haha oh well
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Phromik:
I will be watching this thread too. I have tried many apps on the market that said it could link ringer and notification sounds, but none of them worked. Hopefully there is a workaround for this. When I turn my volume all the way down, I assume it will make no noise. Then I had my email sound go off at 3AM when I was sleeping. Not what I wanted at all. Many phones have this option in the sound settings, so I don't see why Samsung couldn't have put that in here. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Kalm_Traveler:
^^^ This.

I've spent the last day un-TouchWiz'ing the phone as much as possible (replacing apps with AOSP ones, launcher with Trebuchet, etc) but this volume thing is driving me batty.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BBOOZE:
I have been able to get the ringer and officiating sounds to "link" using the Go Switch widget. It works all the time when you open the widget and check the box to link the two and adjust the volume while the widget is open but Ive also got it working otherwise but this is spotty.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
Yes! i would love to have the 2 linked. When I first got the phone I couldnt figure out why the ringer was so low and the Notifications were so loud.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chriz74:
Hello, I was wondering, wouldn't be a starting point to check the powervr linux drivers at this pages

http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/powervr-drivers.asp

http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:PowerVR_drivers

to have our phone finally work 100% on ICS ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] BassBlaster:
There is already hardware acceleration implemented, the PowerVR drivers already work in the ICS port and the only problems that are still present are listed as bugs under CM9 ICS port thread :). In conclusion, no, these won't be of any help (I think. Im not a dev :D)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
I am either returning my Prime today or trading it for another (one more time). I have had to exchange at best buy a couple of times due to the horrible screen tearing on the first one in gallery, camera and several other apps. Second prime the bottom of the screen died in less than 3 days and would never come back. Factory reset/ cold boot/ soft boot/ you name it. So now im on my third prime and i am still getting artifacts on my home screen and other apps. I have done the whole factory rest, install from sd, cold boot, soft boot, and nothing will stop this dang artifacting. Is this a common problem with the prime and i should expect it from ALL primes, or am i a victim of bad luck and should try another prime? If the majority has issues with this, i am returning it, but if the majority never experiences it i would love to exchange it and get a good working tab that i can keep. Not to keen on anything else until the S4 Krait hits tabs.

thanks for as many replies as possible as i hope to get a good number of responses so i can determine if its a flaw in all primes or just the ones i have had the fortune of using.

Thanks for your time!

Edit, here is a test that anyone with the app can try and reproduce.

C4 Here and have them happen sporadically and easily produced in several apps and launcher. Beautiful widgets is the easiest. I have been wanting someone to test this but haven't had any luck. Just set the beautiful widget forecast (last widget in the list of BW's) on any screen. tap the widget to access the animated graphics. If you location does not have the moving clouds change it to San Diego as it has been cloudy here for a couple of weeks. While the clouds are moving click either the clock or the recent apps button and usually within seconds you will start getting severe artifacts. I have been able to reproduce this on every prime i have gotten my hands on. I also get screen tearing/flickering in androbench pretty regularly but it is different than the artifact. My first prime, before i had it replaced suffered horribly from the left hand side of the screen turning static in camera and other apps. After that replacement my prime and those i have access to suffer the artifacts on .28 in several apps. Someone please try the BW scenario to a tee and give it about 30 seconds at most and see if you receive the artifacts.

I can't blame the BW app though as i have it happen more randomly in several apps, its just that i can reproduce it easily with the BW animation.

Added a poll just for stats.

-Rope
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MXR2:
mine stopped for now. ever since I did a manual reinstallation of the firmware & did a full wipe, only saw it 2 times on random occasions. Gone after a reboot.

p/s : b4 reinstallation & wipe, reboot wouldnt solve a thing. the damn problem sticks around
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
Thanks! That is exactly what i am after, just some confirmation that it is a wide spread issue. I hate being picky, but my unit gets them pretty bad and i am holding out hopes that this doesn't affect all primes. Im gonna update the OP with a test if anyone else that reads this can try. It almost always forces screen artifacts that can't be reproduced on any of my other ICS tabs or phones.

Thanks again!

Also, i did the whole factory reset, installed via sd, hard boot, soft boot, and nothing gets rid of them...

-Rope
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zephyrot:
This issue is a Graphics Driver Issue (I'm 99% Sure). It was almost gone in .21 (I never had it). The graphic drivers was cleaned up in this latest patch, and after that some users have been having this issue.

It's just a buggy driver / incompatibility with some apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
No ;l
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
Are you saying you have never had the issue?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
not really. I had it maybe once or twice. it was either from an update or overclocking. the home screen icon and recent apps looked like it was glitching. I rebooted the prime n never seen it again. I wouldn't call that a display issue. Only a 1 time thing. never had anything like you described where bottom of screen or whatever died out on me.

Overall, I've been very satisfied with my prime display. its been performing fine for me. very responsive.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
That gives me hope, I wonder if i should try replacing the one i have once more. The screen tearing is the only think keeping this from being a perfect pad for me. I get the tearing in androbench, my home screen, weather forecast and even when unlocking my prime. Also, after following your recommendations on improving performance, all i can say is wow, made it a new machine (-minus the screen artifacts that have always been there even on .21.) So, in your opinion, do you think i have a lemon and my problem is specific to my prime and should replace it? or do you think this is a common problem and should just return it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ThiaiZ:
Was very curious and decided to check it myself, but sorry mate, I wasn't able to reproduce it on beautifull widget. DO you have another app I could try to reproduce the issue ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] proziumwtf:
I have the same problem with Apex Launcher the left side of the screen starts to glitch and the only solution is to restart. It goes away for some time but after a while it comes back. I figured it's a software issue and just stopped using apex launcher. I'm curious if the problem is still there with some of the non-stock roms, but if it's the graphics driver I presume it's there ... Let's hope that with the next update things are going to be better.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zephyrot:
The cheap solution when using Apex is to just rotate the screen, scroll and rotate it back... it will get rid of it :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
It only does it for me if the weather forecast is cloudy.( which it has been here lately) lol. Change your location to Miami or San Diego as they are having some bad/cloudy weather. Once you have a location set with "mostly cloudy" conditions, watch how choppy the clouds move when you click on the widget for the forecast. While the clouds are scrolling, open settings by clicking the clock in the lower corner, let it expand, and just wait. Within seconds my screen will start artifacting all over the place.

Also, thanks and thanked!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dalew729:
Have a BCOKA unit purchased in Dec 2011 (received in Jan) and have never experienced any sort of screen artifacts or tearing. BW weather forecast screen has been showing clouds flowing across the screen for 15 minutes now and still going smoothly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theandies:
I've never had tearing or artifacts and I have an old Prime (BCOKAS arrive Dec. 27th, 2011).

I did have all the blacks on my screen turn red (search for my thread) and had to RMA for that to get fixed but it turned out to be a hardware problem and Asus replaced my main board. I don't think this is a problemwith all Primes though. Maybe you'll get a better one this time. Good luck man.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
The screen tearing is not the Prime's hardware - it's Asus and their incompetence in putting out decent firmwares. I can just about guarantee this is the situation. I had my Prime since launch. It had terrible screen tearing when I first got it. One of their early firmware updates just about completely solved the issue, and it was working great all the way through .21. Then, as soon as I installed the .28 update, the screen tearing and artifacting came back again. So like I said, it's definitely not a faulty prime (hardware wise). I'd suggest either keeping your Prime and waiting for an update that fixes this, or just returning it and getting another tablet.

As for some of the other issues caused by Asus using a garbage LCD, such as LCD mura (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550530), screen bleeding, and dead/stuck pixels, that's another story.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I tried your BW test. the animations look and move great on my prime. I let it sit and no screen artifacts turned up. I did see in the options for BW that it said animations were an experimental feature and could cause possible issues. but none on mines though.

as for your situation, I'm not sure. I would say try exchanging again. but I'm starting to think if its maybe an app or combo of apps you have that's causing this. so this happens randomly, no matter what you are doing or app you're using? or is this only occurring when using certain apps or whatever? its kinda sounding like its your apps. did your prime do this immediately out the box brand new? or did this only start occurring after you installed certain apps or Widgets?

just curious, you don't have force gpu on in developer options, do you? that has caused similar issues before.

like previous poster said, I think this is a software issue. which will be solved through an update. maybe even try a manual install of update through Asus website. its a more thorough install.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
After .28 I had some of this but none since words with friends put out the update. No doubt a combination of running processes, video drivers and in my case ezoverclock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Not all Prime have this issue... however, there are enough that DO have this issue.

Just return the device.... don't decide based on what the "future" update will do.. or hopefully will do.

Don't even bother taking a chance.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] welrope:
Bro, i know you have told me that and my gut says that what i should do as i have kinda been asking this same question in some of the other threads. Thought i would quit hi-jacking and create a post to just see how wide spread this is. I mean dang, i am on my 4th prim in exactly 30 days and only one of them functioned above 75 percent of expected performance. So scared that if i replace it again, i will be out of a 499 tablet as i will likely target practice with it with my 45. lol. Seriously though, i believe you got it right, too many of them have this problem. Sucky thing is i can seem to find an alternative that has what a really want, an S4 krait or a exynos quad and the same docking alternative that the prime has.

So you think there are primes out there that wouldn't have the screen issues i am having? I know i don't think anyone has said they have never experienced it.

Was this a problem when it was on GingerBread?

Thanks,
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] opentoe:
I have had 5 RMA prime tablets sent back for numerous reasons. All of them had light bleed and pixel damage after a little time. If they can't get the very basics togethther then what's the logic in sticking around?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zephyrot:
Asus actually has nothing to do with those drivers. The drivers are being developed by nVidia and only them since they are closed source. If you want to blame soneone, blame the nVidia updated drivers.

Like i said before. Once they appear on your screen just rotate your homescreen, scroll and rotate it back. That should get rid of them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Parastie:
That works sometimes, but not always. Often I have to reboot to get rid of them. I don't have them very often. It's annoying, but doesn't happen often enough to bother me too much.