yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan_frd2002:
You Can Find here it is Samsung Galaxy S3 launcher port to any ics rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1666384
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erod188:
Thanks bro I just flashed it. Feels good to get a different look on the Ol stock launcher
[Motorola Droid 4] Russ36363:
So I just got this phone, and I've been trying to get it up to ICS. I've gone through and was able to complete the ICS update the first time completely, installed Safestrap, etc. Now this is where the issues came in. I did a backup, and then I started restoring some apps from titanium, from an old phone. This is where I started getting constant force closes. Tried fix permissions, went through again, same issue. So I wiped the phone, and went to restore with safestrap - it failed. Now on bootup, it refuses to even boot into safestrap anymore. All I can get is either a blank screen, or motorola recovery menu. By the fact that I can get into the motorola recovery menu, I presume it's not fully bricked, but I know there can be issues with installing on top of Safestrap.

Long story short, my question: In this condition, will flashing the same file I did during the ICS leak installation through Moto Recovery allow the phone to boot? Or will that cause a brick like downgrading from ICS does?
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
So, just to be sure, you installed one of the ICS leaks correct? Then you installed safestrap 2.0?

Sent from my Droid 4
[Motorola Droid 4] Russ36363:
Yes, that's exactly what I did. Was able to boot up into Safestrap (2.0) and restore through Safestrap, but after wiping /data I got errors with restoring a backup, and after rebooting to attempt it again, Safestrap splash screen no longer appears for me. It has the initial splash, and where the Safestrap splash should be, it just stays blank screen.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
Not sure what would have caused this. I don't think you'll be able to flash the zip again since it looks for a .219 system build. Might be worth a shot though. You could also try booting into recovery and doing a factory reset. If neither of those work, try following the instructions for upgrading from one leak build to another.

Sent from my Droid 4
[Motorola Droid 4] Russ36363:
Tried Factory reset already, and attempted just flashing the update anyways - got an error saying build.prop file was invalid/missing?

Now I'm going through the tool steps to swap between ICS builds. At least I'll hopefully get something working.

Though I did do a step I forgot to mention, if that explains why it happened. After the Safestrap restore failed, I tried to do a partial restore of /system and /data. /system restored fine, when I went to do /data it said it was restoring /system in the log - could that have been an issue? A possible mistake in safestrap that overwrote the wrong folder? Or just an issue with the menu?
[Motorola Droid 4] Russ36363:
Doing the ICS switch got it working for me. Now to attempt round 2 and see if I can get into CM9, and Safestrap works right.

More research, root cause : Forgot to install busy box when doing the initial root.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
Glad you got it working!

Sent from my Droid 4
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drift08:
My old Pantech Crossover frozen for hours during OTA gingerbread upgrade. I had to pull battery to stop it. I tried to hard reset via hardware button but it does not work. Since the phone can't turn on anymore, connecting to my pc is useless.

I suspect the incomplete upgrade brick the phone.

Here is what I tried so far:

1. Hard reset via hardware buttons - didn't work

2. Connect to PC via USB - It wouldn't detect phone because it can't turn on at all.

pawaa suggested to perform manual Pantech OS upgrade, which I did but the OS Upgrade Tool says device isn't connected via USB. It didn't prompt for any driver installation and/or search. I already installed Pantech PC Suite prior to this. I am running Windows 7 x64.

I am not sure what else I can do to upgrade the phone's OS. Any suggestions? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Im considering leaving Verizon and my unlimited Data plan behind for AT&T. Am I crazy? I think of it like this.... We have more options with GSM. Google will sell the Nexus from now on for a no contract price cheaper than the stores. Verizon will probably never see another Nexus. If we like a phone that is ether not coming to the states or coming 6 months later we can still buy one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Trading one tyrant for another.

Your call. I'd go contract free before doing such a thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
You'll lose your unlimited Verizon plan when you "upgrade" your phone anyways... unless you buy full price.

So yeah personally I'm GSM all the way and I buy my phones full price anyways, and I use no contract T-Mobile. So up to you if you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JaiaV:
Unless the coverage is poor in your area I would recommend T-Mobile over AT&T. AT&T is a rather awful carrier in more ways than I'd like to go into right now. Either way, while Verizon has incredible coverage I never recommend using a CDMA network of any kind, much less Verizon, but that is my own personal opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joeymad:
Is this something that was just recently instated? I didn't buy my GN right away but when I upgraded I kept my Unlimited Data even though at the time they were selling 2gb/4gb/6gb packages.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Yes this is a recent change, it went into effect when shared data plans started (1-2 weeks ago)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Yep, starting June 28 the unlimited data plan is no longer available on Verizon for new contracts or upgrades
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Few days ago, actually. We have just known it was coming for that long :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedyink:
GSM all the way. I much prefer the flexibility of SIM cards to..well..hard programming into the phone. There's something nice about being able to totally skip your carrier when you want to change phones.

For example, I got sick of my old HTC Legend. Even though I was only a year into my contract, I got a second hand Xperia Play, swap the sim, boom boom done. A year later I'm due for an upgrade and I'm not even sick of my phone. No matter, hello Nexus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
/me looks at the SIM card in his Verizon phone

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] welchertc:
Yeah it's new. Came with the new shared everything plans. And apparently they're also going to start tacking on a 40 dollar per month service fee for smartphones as well. Really lame.

In my opinion, I'm really happy with ATT. Yeah they're more expensive than TMobile, but their coverage is damn good and my hspa+ speeds are actually faster than VZW's lte where I live. It really depends on your area. But I definitely suggest either ATT or TMobile purely for the gsm phones. Means you can use international versions as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Not disagreeing that shared plans suck, but the shared plan and fee go together. It isn't enforced on other plans.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedyink:
Hahaha, no way. I guess I've just dated myself, I thought CDMA was still hard programmed into the phone :p Was always the reason I went with a GSM carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Verizon found a way around it. Sprint on the other hand...they are still provisioned per phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedyink:
When did it change? I remember when my American BF changed his phone a year or two ago (verizon) and he had to get them to reprogram the contacts because of lack of SIM. Sorry for the lack of knowledge here, I live in Canada.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
With the addiiton of LTE devices, they brought in the SIMs as well.

Their EvDo devices are simless, but as far as I know, there will be no more new 3G devices brought out. At least this year.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedyink:
Ahh, gotcha.

I'll butt out now, I thought my thoughts were still relevant in this discussion :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] welchertc:
Yeah I forgot about that. I haven't looked at the new pricing at all, just read articles about it. Do you by chance know if the shared plans are cheaper overall for say a family of 4 with smartphones on the shared plan vs an old plan where they all have like 30 per month individual data plans? Seems to me like it wouldn't be much of a stretch for a carrier to pull some BS like that nowadays. Haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgyberg:
If for some reason vzw doesn't get another Nexus, I'm outta here!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
I don't see Verizon getting the nexus again...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Where the hell are the unlocked lte phones. I am not seeing much talk about it and therefore that means little demand. Can't wait for unlocked gsm/lte nexus. Verizon is still a distant dream for me personally.

butter and jelly please...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
There's no difference other than visibility. The Sprint phones have SIM cards too. They're just hardwired in. LTE requires SIM cards, but you're still quite reliant on the same old CDMA backbone for voice and provisioning.

Until networks move to VoLTE, VZW phones are still quite effectively locked to VZW. In other words, even though you have a SIM card, don't believe for an instant that you'll be able to use your Nexus on a different network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phio:
That depends on how much data you use together. For 4 smart phones to share 8GB with unlimited talk and text its $250 monthly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Has anyone else actually made this switch? Hows it going for you? Do you regret losing your unlimited?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
I switched from sprints unlimited with Wimax coverage in my area, I'm went prepaid TMobile

I don't miss it (I get five gigabytes till throttle) live the fact that I get fast speeds without having to turn on a radio just to get a file then turn it off to save battery life. I also fin my experience gsm phones handle low level signal better than cdma with better battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] doctahjeph:
Look into Straight Talk. Might be the best option for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
I perfer to stick with Verizon or At&t.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
You have the option to use T-Mobile or AT&T with Straight Talk since they ride on their networks.

www.straighttalksim.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
And you service is still as good?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yup
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You should read through the Prepaid Thread...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Thank you.

Another question for anyone.. When Verizon goes to full VOLTE do you think unlocked phones will then be avaliable to buy?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chancy319:
Get T-Mobile instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
T-Mobile service is just to terrible. I'm in the military and will move around.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
I can't think of many installations without T-Mobile coverage. And if you're ever stationed overseas, it's awefully nice to be able to keep your GSM/UMTS phone and just unlock it for use over there.

At this point it's unclear. Verizon makes a bucketload off of you guys buying phones from them. FFS, the GNex was $299 *WITH* a 2 year contract on VZW, while you could get them for $649 completely unlocked from overseas. I save $350 in 6 months by being on Straight Talk, lol.

My point being, there's a reason their profits are so high, and they're not going to be keen on losing those absurd margins. While any unlocked VoLTE-capable device with the proper bands will "see" the network, Verizon can and will decide on whether they'll authorize SIMs from unrecognized IMEI's to run on their network.

Technically, T-Mobile and ATT have the ability to restrict other devices, but industry practice for GSM networks is to not restrict outside devices. Again, technically Sprint and Verizon *could* stop restricting what phones they activate on their networks too. But they have chosen not to, at high cost to their customers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cundiffr:
That's just for lte you still have to go through the carrier to activate it on the network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Haha I'm sure he knows.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] u921333:
If you have the international one u can get the unlimited media net plan for $10 a month on at&t :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Explain please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] u921333:
They don't get the imie numbers of overseas phones. So they don't see it in there system as a smart phone so if u activate a dumb phone and get the dumb phone data plan switch Sim back they don't know its a smart phone and same data speeds ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
This is still actually working! Will the Google play Nexus work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] u921333:
I'm on that plan right now haven't received any notices yet. I heard mixed reports on the Google play store ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Damn... Where did you buy your international one?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Yes, a lot of people do this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
Man I gotta find out if the one on Google play works. If it does I'm ordering today and screw Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] u921333:
I traded for it in the marketplace here on xda. They are always popping up on there :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
It might, but not 100% guaranteed. The Nexus 1 bought directly from Google worked on the medianet plan at first, then a year or so later batches of them suddenly got charged smarthphone data by AT-T

The main disadvantage of an international GNexus is you won't get a US warranty unless you bought from Expansys
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
So Expansys will work though.

Like this one?

http://www.expansys-usa.com/google-nexus-prime-android-smartphone-unlocked-16gb-224148/

Also for a dumb phone. I just need to find an old flip phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgyberg:
Good info here! Glad I hung on to my last dumb phone! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tehgyb:
+1 simple hack to enable gsm radios. However a gsm phone will not work on Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
See:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28197232

Thread has like 150,000 views... surprised you haven't noticed it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
I guess I never noticed that thread because I never thought about leaving Verizon because of my unlimited data.

Can someone confirm if I buy this one if its considered an international one? Also does anyone know a place that might be cheaper? If not I'll just buy this one.

http://www.expansys-usa.com/google-nexus-prime-android-smartphone-unlocked-16gb-224148/

Or this XDA member is selling this one...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728086
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
This will work as a dumb phone to activate correct

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mob/3109585564.html

Im looking at one like that but for $15
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Dude, just get the one from the playstore. Mines is from the playstore and it worked with that $50 GoPhone plan for internet. The bad thing about it is that the internet is pretty slow on that plan and sometimes in the middle of data transfer or streaming, it cuts you off for a good minute or so. It's very unreliable. Same thing happened with my international Galaxy Nexus I purchased from Expansys and my playstore Galaxy nexus. Save yourself the headache and buy the playstore Galaxy Nexus that has a 1 year warranty and if you want to use AT&T frequency, get straight talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Turb0wned:
I mean its not really a headache if the one from expansys works with media net for sure while the play store one is iffy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jago25_98:
keeping battery charge levels between 20-80% will allow your battery to maintain its maximum capacity.

drain the battery to 0% and you might find it dies just that little bit quicker the next day.

likewise, you know when charging the progress slows down around 90-100%? - that's the battery inefficiency around the max mark; this is damaging the battery too.

so, is there an app out there that will stop charging the battery when we get to 90%?

tasker can recognise the battery level but it has no action to stop the charging so presume ably its too low level. its also not available in the secure settings add on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adytum:
Do you have any links to back up these claims?

Using GT-I9000 my sent Tapatalk 2 from.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jago25_98:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beardedwonder:
Some kernels have these options. Battery life extender, where you can change the maximum charging level. I would guess though that by the time you're really affecting your battery life it will be time to upgrade anyway!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jago25_98:
Thanks. I'll look into that. I'd probably leave it at 90% or 95% but 80% is the value I heard. Personnally I find charge doesn't really slow down until 98%.

Mugen batteries can be upto $100 each so I think it's worth protecting the investment and Lithium batteries are the same technology in the brand new Galaxy3 or iPhone4s than it is in a GalaxyS1 etc. So that's my motive.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothylocsin:
I experience this too! when my phone are only charged at 90 percent it last more longer !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinogradska5a:
Battery calibrate.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothylocsin:
Does calibration really needa 0-100. 100-0 then charge again from 0-100 (is the phone needs to ne off while charging?)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FalconFour:
Here's a technical explanation for why this kind of app needs to exist (and why I was Googling this charge-limiting idea tonight to find this thread):

jago25_98 brushed the surface of it in an earlier post, but was blown off. He's dead-on. The top 90-100% of a battery's capacity is very slightly damaging to the battery, which likes to stay in the 3.7-4.0V range (about 30% to 90%). 4.0v to 4.1v is about 90 to 100%, and 4.1v to 4.2v is "you can cram in about 5% more at your own risk" territory. The charge lingers around the 100% mark to cram more power in without exceeding 4.2v. This is why devices are shipped half-charged, not full-charged: the batteries are manufactured at a stable mid-range voltage and charge level. Then, they're tested and returned to that half-charged state for storage (!) and shipping. They like to stay in the middle, not the extreme ends (and definitely not fully discharged).

Charge algorithms are designed solely with capacity in mind, because not much care is put into "how long" something will last. They'd much rather abuse the battery and have the battery (or the device) replaced, than to put a larger battery in to make up for lost capacity by charging only to 80%.

For some of us, we understand that, and we'd like to limit our battery charge so the life of the battery (the capacity it will hold over time) will stand up to the test of time. If treated right, these batteries could last over 10 years. Charging to 100% each day and staying there all night (most of the time, it charges within an hour, leaving it sitting about a quarter of its life at a full charge) is pretty destructive, compared to using an app that caps it at 80% each night, saving the full cycles for monthly battery-meter refreshes.

If it can be done, I'd like to know... I might just dust off my SDK and crack open a "how-to" book to get started. About time I had a good app idea...

Here's some recent media that's brought this issue back to be bumped: http://gizmodo.com/you-should-try-to-keep-it-north-of-50-percent-as-much-619313207
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerRomtester:
Is that extender in NStools?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
If I remember correctly Mackay kernel - at least up to 4.3 Mackay - has allowed BLX. I think Semaphore allowed this as well in the manager app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pavkyy:
Yes, I'm using Mackay Kernel+Rom ( 4.4.2 KK ) and you can find the BLX (battery life extender) in Mackay Settings tab.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaho_tam:
Sorry for digging up this long submerged thread.

I'm quite interested in the idea of getting my phone to charge between 40-80% while I plug in my phone overnight. I wish to maximise the longevity of the battery on my phone. I'm thinking about using the app "Tasker" together with a Wifi controlled power switch. Has anyone done that?

(PS. I don't use a Galaxy S I9000 phone. Just searched and found this randomly)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Locky Loki:
I am thinking, if Android app can't limit battery charging level, at least there should be an app that shows some sort of notifications when charging has reached a certain level set by users.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bande.rajkiran:
There is an app for it. Battery Charge Limit.

You can get this app https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002 here. It also has tasker integration
[HTC One X] wildbizzar:
It seems that the background apps will not go back to what it was after a while being put in background. And most of us will feel its quite annoying. I read from forumers that its a known issue for hox. Just wondering that is there a way to fix this given my device is locked and unrooted. Thanks a lot in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chance Ill:
Screenshots?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChrisJ951:
I'll upload some in a few minutes. Testing out some other things and then I'll reflash it for pics

Edit: reflashed it and it works fine, but is slightly off center, going to try fixing it before uploading pics

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If you like my work please consider looking at my timer app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1763430
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
How did you do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChrisJ951:
Decompile SystemUI, go to res/layout/navigationbar.xml and edit it

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If you like my work please consider looking at my timer app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1763430
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
Did you change the order in which they are listed in the XML?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChrisJ951:
It's a bit more than that but yes. You also have to change what the keys do (for any of the non standard three), you can make them do more than the standard menu/back/search/recent apps too

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If you like my work please consider looking at my timer app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1763430
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] j_mullet:
Can you build a menu back home Navy bar, but with a large menu button?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nexus.prime:
Wow, could you give us the guide post? Thanks :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
MattJ951

can you make a transparent Navbar and status bar ZIP file

for verizon GN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jnn1:
Any chance you can make it customizable like AOKP. I had it back-home-menu, with long press respectively kill app-recent apps-search. I'd love to replicate on jelly bean!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albsat:
Is there a reason why you removed the recent button? Would you please make another mod with recent on the right side?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jiia:
Epic! I spent six hours trying to do this by editing the xml but couldn't get it to work. Thanks so much :)

EDIT: The flashable zip breaks systemUI in modaco ROM so would you be so kind and tell which files you modified. That way I could copy them ower to the original files to get it working.

EDIT2: Didn't work with bigxies stock JB either, something wrong with the zip. SYSTEMUI force close.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dictionary:
Can I get: Back, big menu, recent, home? Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neok44:
if possible:

small menu / back / home / search / small menu

menus default visibility

if possible, home with long press to recent, but still with google now working.