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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mehran_o0o:
Doesnt do it on mine... But it gave me an account for att phone book.. I just disavled it on the account and sync. ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Do you have an AT&T account setup in Accounts & Sync? if so try removing that.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
I have ran into that bug as well. So did my friend. What you need to do is turn off location services and go back to contacts. It should now load up and there should be an option to start sync. I have tried this on two ions and it worked on both. I accidentally figured it out when I was on the phone with a Sony rep trying to solve the issue. Turned of location services cause battery was dying and I was at a mall during this "fix".

It can't be an AT&T account as it occurs right when you start up the phone for the first time and you are not allowed to remove the account unless you reset all settings.

Edit: It might take a few tries cause on my friend's phone it took about 3 tries before it allowed start sync.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Well I never setup a AT&T account on mine. Must have had location services disabled before I opened contacts already. Glad you got a fix though.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Hey awesome! You guys will have all the bugs worked out by the time mine arrives. Oh but u have urs now and I'm still on x10, Damn.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
I don't have an AT&T account set up. I tried turning off location services and going back to contacts. It still did the same thing, no option to start sync. The funny thing is that the message will show up the first time I go into Contacts and maybe come up a few other times but sometimes the contacts button will go straight to contacts without the message. Without fail, it reappears immediately after a reboot.

I'm not interested in setting up an account when my contacts are already backed up through Gmail. Once we get root, that nasty little app is outta here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Did you already add your gmail account and sync it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
Gmail account added and synced. My wife has the same issue with her Ion.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Hmm. Odd. I'll play around with mine and see if I can get it bring that screen up. By chance when you first setup your phone did you use that ready2go process that had you setup stuff from the computer then it synced to your phone?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
No I didn't. Just sent bluetooth contacts .vcf from my x10.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
I also tried Manage Applications and Cleared Data for the AT&T Address Book but still get this message.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
That was the same error I received. Another method you can try which I'm not sure if it will work is turning off location services using the slides not the settings menu, then calling someone and then pressing home and going to contacts. That's how mine was fixed. For my friend, all I did was go into contacts, get out of contacts turn off location service, then go back to contacts. AT&T reps can't not help you with this nor the Sony reps. Sony reps will guide you to unsyncing your phone while AT&T will probably do the same or ask you to contact Sony. If my method doesn't work for you, try messing around with the sync, internet(both wifi and LTE), location services, and the contact app and maybe completely reset the phone then mess around with it again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
You don't have the at&t address book app installed do you (don't remember if that was a stock app or not)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] souperman7340:
Should be able to go to the app settings icon (not the addressbook settings, hit settings from the home screen or app drawer), then scroll to accounts and sync, then delete the AT&T Addressbook from the list of synced accounts!

Still waiting on mine to ship!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
At&t address book is not listed under sync. I found it in the market but it says that my device is not compatible. Can anyone else confirm this? App shows up under manage applications>all
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
If its installed on the phone uninstall it. Shows its compatible with the ion for me but I don't have it installed and can't remember if it was installed when I got the ion and removed it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
I can't uninstall the app without titanium backup. Your phone should have it too. Check under applications>all. Could you try to install the app from the market and see if the same thing happens?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Ah okay its a service and not an app. I do have it on mine under manage applications all. the Google Play version does not function on the phone (says not supported once you download and run it)

Hmmm....trying to think what could be causing this. I might just reset my phone this weekend and try it again to see if I can get the issue so we can get to the bottom of this. I know when I fired up my ion for the first time I cancelled any default setup and manually setup my google account then removed all the stock bloatware apps I could.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
I think whats causing the AT&T app to do that is because the service isn't able to connect to the main server. Even on wifi and/or lte it has issues connecting.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
So after some messing around, a trip to the At&t store, phone call to tech support and a transfer to a Sony tech, I found a solution. Powering off and back on wasn't enough, you have to reset the device (no data loss) by holding the volume up key and the power button for a couple of seconds. Once the phone rebooted, I turned on mobile data (address book only connects over mobile network) and pressed contacts. I was finally prompted to sync with AT&T address book which removed the annoying popup.

There is now an AT&T address book account under sync. I tried to remove the account but it isn't possible without a factory reset which I'll eventually do. I don't remember seeing anything for AT&T address book when I was first setting the phone up so I'll carefully start over. Hopefully this will help anybody who experiences the same problem until we get root and can clean up all of the AT&T garbage.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
Im glad you solved your problem. I think this should be stickies or something for those who might have the issue when purchasing the phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chihlijohn:
I had this problem when I first got my Ion too....

I solved my after I have set up the Messages App from At&t, I am not sure if this will work on everyone.

At beginning, I was trying to set up Google Voice, and the phone keeps tell me that it can't be done, and ask me to call 611 to solve it, which I did not.. lazy....(sorry)

After that, I was trying the apps one by one to see what they do. And the Message app seems free, So I tried to set it up. After receive the text message and active it, my voice mail seem transfer to Google voice mail, and after I open the address book it automatic synced with At&t ( don't know how and where it really synced to). But after that when I open my contact it will not promp that screen. The only thing is you need to take out the notification for everything on this app if you don't like it!!

Hope this can help!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
somehow a temporary solution: turn off wifi and turn on your data, open contacts app and press BACK button, and then reopen contacts app and then cancel that f*cking sync of the f*cking att address book.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ameranuck:
God. Thank you SO much for that. The only one that worked was opening up the contacts, hitting back, reopening contacts, and then cancelling the sync. I cannot -WAIT- to be able to root this phone so I can ditch this bullcrap.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
I now have the same f*cking problem. Can you help? detail out how you did it? I know under setting and app> there is one app call "AT&T address book" but can't remove. I can force stop but will start all over if I reboot the phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Did you see a couple posts above yours?

That worked for me too when I had the problem after flashing back to the AT&T rom. Haven't had it pop back up since.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] harrypalmero:
Your best bet is to flash the international firmware which gets rid of all AT&T software. Best experience until we can root this phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] redee2go:
What solved my AT&T address book annoying pop-up

I've had this phone for a week and did 3 factory resets already because of the annoying pop-up. Like the other users mentioned that calling AT&T or Sony support will not be able to help and they do not have an idea of how their system in this beautiful phone is working. Anyway, this is how I got it to cancel the pop-up for the people who CAN DO A REPAIR FROM PC COMPANION. THIS WILL RESET EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE PART WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CANCEL OR DENY THE AT&T PHONE BOOK ACTIVATION.

1. Be prepared to erase everything from your phone.

2. PC Companion from Sony Mobile site.

3. Do a repair from the update section.

4. Wait for the phone to boot. I skipped the ready 2 go app activation from web.

5. Keep the data and wi-fi on until you are done activating your google account and syncing all your contacts.

6. Go to your address book. The activation should pop out, but now you should be able to deny it from activating.

I think this will only work for newly booted up phone. The repair I think erased everything and started the phone like it was when I got it. Hope this helps with the other users that are still having trouble. Enjoy your day... smile and have fun... have a great day...

I hope this will help somebody who's annoyed at the pop-up on the address book.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] killerskincanoe:
It u could just install the smart dialer from xperia S. Now u get smart search address book with keypad. Nicer features and still made by Sony and no pop ups ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tqlla:
I know this thread is old, but I just got my ION and I am on Straight talk.

I went to Settings, Apps, All, then disabled the ATT address book.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roots:
Hi peeps

Lately whilst charging my phone from the wall plug adopter it's seems quite than usual. :confused:

Does anyone know what temperature averages for the phone, charging & discharging should be..good or bad levels.?

Can anyone shed any light

Thanks y'all

Edit: I downloaded battery indicator app (check battery readings)..it states phone current temperature 47 degrees celsius & in good health..

My phone feels hot, I'm worried its not sick with fever..ha ha lol

Anyways please assist ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatdefault:
35-50° for during normal usage :) underclock and undervolt the CPU for better battery life and lower temperature.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roots:
I managed to sort the problem..

Thanks for replying

btw I don't anything about how to set what values/voltages on which frequency etc :(

Anywhere I can read up on and learn how do it..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sokre988:
You don´t have to worry about your devices temperature, I assure you that they are really durable :D

..I´ve managed to cook my SGS up to 62C :cool: by playing some heavy games while OC-ed

..but I would strongly recommend you not to do that, because it´s not very good for your phones health or your fingers. (you´ll get burned)

PS.yes, my phone still works very well if you were wondering.

As you can see in the left bottom corner of the battery widget there is temperature showing in Celsius and on the opposite side battery percentage (very similar to the phones temperature LOL )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatdefault:
My phone reaches 65 C when playing MC3 online :p

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Apps like Voltage control and NSTools can control voltage values.

http://bigfatreality.blogspot.com/2012/04/complete-android-undervolting-guide.html?m=1 Really helpful guide for beginners :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yuge:
just wanted to.say my phone was running at 75c for hours in the sun and it was fine

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1ko8:
Custom Rom have a big temparature phone . I Have 50°c with charging or hotter :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roots:
I read some article starting over-hearing can affect CPU, gradually performance gets worse..:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWeeknd:
well let me join the club...i had my running this days on 60c also, dont know if it will effect the battery on a longer term, but for now i dont see any changes, so dont worry 47c is childs play :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysDroid:
Mine gets to 55 playing temple run lol. If I'm home I just take off the back cover
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roots:
Have you overclocked :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimitrije R:
Temperature

So I'll join topic too cos im woried about my phone :) I just got it few days ago, and installed stock JW4 and semaphore kernel. On idle temperature is about 28-33*C and when using WiFi for some downloading its about 41-45*C. I plugged it in with USB in lap, and used 3G network and wifi hotspot and it went up to 55*C in few mins. Got worried and plug it off USB. Also I dont like it cos display is also warm to touch, not only back. So guys is this normal? I had Samsung Galaxy 3 before and didnt have such heating... Thanks for answers!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SenseiBOB:
You guys know how to run a phone hot!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supermaster34:
I also get the same error even when using different versions of apktool. Any help would be appreciated :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
This is not the problem. Please post the complete log which includes everything. The actual problem is stated before all of them
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
I also get the same error, take a look here i have logged everything http://pastebin.com/h0KuHmvv
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
Dude check ur png files.. It seems like ur apktool has probz... Can u compile a unchanged franework?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
Nope i cant. I tried with 1.3.1, 1.3.2 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 version of apktool and none worked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
Use apk multi manager
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
Nope still getting errors even without modifying anything
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
Can u decompile and recompile any othr app?? Other than system ones...?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
Yes i can
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
That means the problem is in ur framework
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pchandra:
Change the aapt you are using.Use it from the platform tools you downloaded.May work.And for ics based it has a diff method take a look in the forums here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
So I just uninstalled all the tools I had and reinstalled AndroidUtility (becuase it allows you to choose different versions of APKtool to use) and i installed the framework and bam it worked but the only thing is i have some weird bugs when flashing.. but it may be a slight user error i overlooked so i'm gonna check into it tonight before i post more into detail about it..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
& that as the complete log in my terminal

so how is it saying that values arent defined in public.xml isn't the issue? sorry i'm just a lil confused but i'd like to know in case i run into similar issues later on..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
Ok i got it working somehow so im ok :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
How? What apk are you working on? Have you actually tested the apk yet? I got it to recompile but my settings are in tablet mode even at 240 dpi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayven18:
I compiled and decompiled without errors framework-res.apk , com.htc.resources.apk and the Rosie.apk. First of all, im on Windows and i think u are not. I downloaded Apk Manager http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695701 and followed these tuts http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1665674 for theming framework-res.apk or any framework and this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664292 for decompiling and editing xml and stuff. The first link is only a guide for theming where u just extract the apk and edit ONLY images, where as the second one is a decompilation where u can edit xml's and smali files. Read the tuts and you will see

EDIT: Yes i tested the apks and they work just fine, ask for help if u dont understand the guide in some part ( u may be in a line where u drag and drop resources.asrc )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
Yeah see I'm on Linux, this is the first time I wish I had a windows partition
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ping-Pong:
just want to let you know that AT&T firmware is ready for download :cowboy:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drawde40599:
Any1 tested?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kennonk:
Isn't this what ultimatum is based on?

Oh Ultimatum is UCLEM not ALEM...nevermind.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ping-Pong:
read again it is I747UCALEM same as your rom
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] LudoGris:
Completely stock ROM to flash through ODIN?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] soul4rent:
to further clarify. the original, stock, launch day firmware has a build number ending with ucalem which includes a baseband radio labeled as uclem.

this is nothing more than an educated guess but from a slight familiarity with samsungs naming conventions of the past the baseband and firmware were probably compiled one last time on the same day getting ready to be placed on launch devices which is why the names are sooo... similar

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i would actually guess it was meant to be flashed in kies. that's the icon next to the firmware. also it's a zip and if i'm not mistaken the odin pda slot looks for some other extension.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
I didn't know Kies allowed you to just load any firmware in it. I thought Kies required you download the firmware on command.

EDIT: Yea, I looked through Kies, couldn't find a way to load a firmware from a file there. I'm downloading it now to try to see if the ZIP file may contain what we need. I'm not the most skilled with it, but if it does......we are GOLDEN

I suspect the Kies icon means they pulled it from Kies. In theory we should be able to extract a .tar file from such if it isn't but I can't say.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] LudoGris:
If you look inside the zip file you will find the tar.md5 which is usually ODIN. Not sure what the dll file in there is for though, and may explain the Kies part.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
From what I can tell Kies does the same as ODIN, just user friendly. Why would Samsung have 2 different files for restore? Easier to use the same files and just add an initialisation file for Kies. I did just email them with that question, see if they get back to me. Maybe someone will find out beforehand, but why not inquire while we wait?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] LudoGris:
Will be interesting to hear what you get back. Don't want to flash this through anything yet, at least till we find out what it is.

Could provide for an ODIN root method.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
We already have an ODIN root method, if anything it might provide a stock reflash that might actually clear the modified counter.

EDIT: LOOKS LIKE A JACKPOT

FILE LIST

about.mbn

boot.img

cache.img.ext4

NON-HLOS.bin

recovery.img

rpm.mbn

sbl2.mbn

sbl3.mbn

system.img.ext4

tz.mbn
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ping-Pong:
guys this is latest firmware provided by samsung and uploaded by samsung to kies.

we have just uploaded it to our fw database to allow you faster download (than from kies or hotfile and so) if you need this 'update' to restore system or make a mod

this is odin flashable as any other firmware you can download from kies

enjoy
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
So to flash through ODIN we would rename the tar.md5 to just .tar and load that into ODIN? Or is there another trick?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Charles::
I'm flashing it now via ODIN. I'm bricked anyway, so I figure, what the hell.

Let you know shortly.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ping-Pong:
that is correct suspiction - aosp build would have google android bot :)

Kies user friendly ? good joke - ive heard about more bricks due to kies app mallfunction that via odin

you can not upload file to kies for flaah - it mut be done by odin

and if this version has another version number than the one your phone got shipped that means at&t pushed an updated firmware

peace, going to bed :) till tomorrow
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] itszcharlie:
Currently flashing, will report back in a few

SUCCESSFUL!

For teh brick'd noobs

All I did was unzip and choose the tar.md5 file into Odin PDA and click start. Easy.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
I meant user friendly for someone to click "repair" compared to ODIN with the plethora of options it has.

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Report back if it cleared your flash counter
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Charles::
Holy hell! It worked!!!

I finally have a functioning phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
What's your flash counter at?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] itszcharlie:
I don't know about Charles, but mine is still same, unfortunately. I'm not surprised anyway
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
With the SGSII flashing original stock cleared the counter, that's why I was curious.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] itszcharlie:
Oh didn't know that, flashing this didn't boost flash count, which is good.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
That's good.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kydkupa:
So i should be able to flash this and fix my phone? I flashed a tmo rom and it messed up my radio and data. I have radio working but data fluctuates from edge to hspa+.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
Yes, it already has fixed a bricked device. It should revert you back to proper stock at which point you can flash the proper root/rom again for an AT&T device
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mrhaley30705:
No don't rename anything.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] wraithdu:
I just built a touch and non-touch recovery using Koush's Clockwork Recovery Builder - http://builder.clockworkmod.com/ - from the stock recovery.img and extracted recovery.fstab. Anyone care to try? I'm not sure I want to root my phone yet... still on the fence. If so, lemme know and I'll upload them somewhere.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kydkupa:
Okay so i just did the odin img we just got. it seems to have fixed my issue but it didnt reformat the phone. Was it supposed to?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rbj13:
No will not format you internal memory. Can you check something before you root again? Go to Settings/about device/status and scroll all the way down. Does it say modified or normal for "device status"?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kydkupa:
I dont think it removed my root. Device status says normal. But im back to having signla issues again.

Update: I tried to boot into CWM and all i can do is wipe data or apply update so it did something to recovery(Im sure you guys already knew that)

So how to i reset the phone back to stock?