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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Original Android <3ers!:
I was running AOKP Build 4 with the SuperScript and the Modified Beats application. I tried to Flash the WNRP Recovery on my phone through my recovery image, CWM5.x, and now I'm stuck in a brick. I can't boot into anything except download mode. Nothing boots, the phone won't turn on at all, no splash screen or anything. Now it boots into Download Mode, but when I connect it, the computer can't find it. it acknowledges that it's there, and asks for Drivers which I already have installed. Therefore, it won't show up in ODIN. I don't know what to do from here, suggestions? Or am I stuck without a phone until January?

EDIT: Using a non-stock USB that I just bought, and I got a Status 7 Error when trying to install WNRP.

EDIT 2: Reinstalling Drivers now, let's see if anybody cares to help. I'll reboot and see if it works after, because that seems to be the trick sometimes.

EDIT 3: It just appeared in two slots. Awkward moment...

EDIT 4: Running ODIN now, everything seems to be working correctly. Now my mommy's gonna think I'm a genius again because I just said I couldn't fix it, and now I'm fixing it :)!

EDIT 5: Looks like I jinxed it. It's stuck Flashing factoryfs.rfs

EDIT 6: Unplugged, and it still won't load factoryfs.rfs. I'll reboot the laptop in a few minutes and see if it works.

EDIT 7: Now I rebooted the laptop and tried to ODIN again, but it keeps getting stuck at the same spot while it's restoring factoryfs.rfs, what should I do?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Get a Blackberry cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jshugzda:
Also i have found that a samsung moment cable works great also.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Try everything here....

tinyurl.com/epicfix
[General Questions and Answers] chinovido:
Hi everyone, need any ideas.

Was using Taboonay 3.0, and flash ICS bootloader, after that my iconia 500 freezes on the ACER screen.

What i've tried

Vol - and Power : Can't get recovery, freezes on "BOOTING RECOVERY KERNEL IMAGE"

Could get APX mode, but A500 manager and A500 APXflash, don't flash anything

Hard reset done, but nothing changed.

Put Update.zip on formated SDcard, not worked

PC not recognizes the Tablet so i can't get ADB to work

Tried this with no luck

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585907&highlight=stuck

Please any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htkareem:
Whenever i ask something to the new voice search in android 4.1 Jelly Bean i just shows me text without any pictures. For example if i ask "when was barack obama born" it shows me the date, without any pictures, where as other videos which i have watched show a picture of Obama.

Is there anyway to fix this?

Im using a GSM Galaxy Nexus with the Jelly Bean ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killavanilla:
+1...same here...i wonder if its location based as i do not live in the U.S.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killavanilla:
ok i found out how to fix the problem, just go to google now settings > Privacy and accounts > check "Search on google.com" that fixes the picture issue
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htkareem:
Thanks alot. I never would of thought of that :))
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generaldiggen:
Hi! Recently my sgs2 started to f'ck up. it start and stop vlingo voice/car mode, on off on off on off etc.. non stop! and the battery icon is flashing like hell and the battery goes to 50 % in no time and from 50% it doesnt flash and the battery is normal. and the micro usb port stops to work. then when i do factory reset its normal for like 1-2 days and then the phone start to f'ck up again

im running original firmware and havent flashed the phone once.

any1 else got same problem, know the solution or know what the problem is ?

hopefully ill get some answers.

peace out!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Sounds like you know the problem already, your USB port is either dirty or damaged.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] psybmb:
Please help...

Ok here is my problem...

I've been trying to flash

ICS

roms in my phone since it came out!

I've tried flashing 4 different roms Darkside, Infamous, the one leaked from at&t and one that was supposed to be stock!

I've been getting the same boot loop with all of them!

Here is what i've already tried...

flashing (all 4) with data/cache and davik wipe... boot loop

Use odin to get back to stock, "re rooted", tried flashing... boot loop

Try downloading the roms again, boot loop...

Is there anything i'm missing here?

I'm no developer but i usually can follow instructions pretty good for all this to happen...

I've been searching XDA for months and couldn't find a fix...

Please some one share a brilliant idea with me!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] seshaz:
I darkside super before then darkside cache after and so far it's worked like a charm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tnallen:
What recovery are you using? If you're using cwm the wipes don't want to work right. Download darkside superwipe, and darkside cachewipe out of one of tdj's threads. Check md5's after downloading a Rom.

Create nandroid backup

Flash superwipe

Flash radio (if changing)

Flash Rom

Reboot let it sit ten minutes

Reboot again

Any bugs try flashing the cachewipe (I usually do it once I've set the Rom up)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] psybmb:
Awesome!! Thank you!!

After running the super wipe the Rom worked perfectly... running ICS for 2 days, no problems at all!!

Thanks for your help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyreimer:
I know people get tired of such postes but my friend has a cappy with somesort of ics rom on it and he says it will randomly reboot at any given time. Ever since we left good old serindipity behind hes been having issues even on gingerbread so if someone could recommend the most stable rom/kernel thet would be gr8. Thanks! I want stability over speed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Odin/ Heimdall back to Stock KK4 . Root it with [Utility] KK4 Easy Root in the Dev forum. Debloat it with Titanium Backup Pro and stay put for a bit and have him see how that goes.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stuff:
I seriously hate the entire framework! lol. I want to get an AOSP rom already!

:)

Not being impatient, just saying that touchwiz sucks compared to the android experience
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] The_Biz:
What sucks about it? The custom vibrate for calls? The direct dial from a contract? The option to disable apps that you don't want to run? The ability to hide icons in the app drawer? The motion settings? The customizable lock screen icons? The lock screen weather? The lock screen news? The smart stay feature? The ability to use custom fonts at different sizes? The tap to top feature? Etc........
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cashyftw:
I really enjoy touchwiz, it just makes everything, shall I say, easier..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mlin:
I wouldn't say I hate it, but I'm quite sure I'll use cm9/10 or aokp as a daily driver when they become available. TW is OK, the device runs well but I don't thing more is always better and Samsung definitely packed as many software additions into this phone as they probably saw possible.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] JamesInsights:
There are a lot of better functions plus the stuff that samsung adds in like s voice pop up play and others. It is also more user friendly but people do not like the interface.. you can always install a launcher though xD

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Chilled26:
Agreed, I like the features but I don't really like the launcher. Nova ftw
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] adslee:
Touchwiz ain't so bad once you put Apex or Nova on top of it :)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stuff:
I do have apex installed and it makes things much better. But the UI throughout is not something I really like.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jgalan14:
I never thought I would like stock touchwix, besides the launcher I think is pretty good, even has battery percentage without rooting, I can't Care less for s voice is too slow, but the os modifications are good, that being said AOKP still my favorite
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] funcrusher:
I was actually impressed by the fluidity of TW on my GSII, but seriously, it's so ugly. I think compared to sense, it's less laggy, but it's really a cartoonland nightmare.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stuff:
I guess this is my main hatred towards it. The design kinda sucks. It feels way to busy
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Saturny:
I don't mind TouchWiz (I'm a child at heart), but I tried out Nova, and now my GSIII is "Boss" :D You want a awful Skin? Try MOTOBLUR. I'll never touch another Motorola phone again. Bloatware central for me.

Phone from old:

Motorola Defy W/MOTOBLUR.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jdhommert:
I hear you. I was stoked for the extra features it had had and was excited that people said it was pretty close to stock ics. After running ics on my captivate I need pure android back ASAP lol...

Changing the launcher etc helps make it liveable though.

DAMNIT I CANT WAIT FOR PURE JELLYBEAN
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
I've tried Nova, Apex, Go, and none of them compare to TW when it comes to speed and fluidity. I prefer the look and customizations of either of those over TW but TW just flat out performs!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mlin:
I completely disagree. There is no noticeable difference in the performance between launchers.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
You can disagree all you want, that doesn't change what my experience was on my phone. TW is head and shoulders more smooth, fluid and fast. The only way I was able to get either of them close to TW in those departments was using Nova, but even then I had to have the speed set to "faster than light" and power saving mode had to be turned off....TW is smoother, faster and more fluid with power savings on compared to any of the launchers I've tried.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sleestax:
I like tochwiz. It's much better than Sense was on my Evo OG. Then again, I've always preferred stock plus root. It seems like none of the launchers or ROMs work as they should.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stuff:
You use your phone with power saving mode turned on? :S
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Aridon:
I disagree. Your signature is annoying as well. Maybe size it to something other than obnoxious.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Heisenberg420:
I love tw. I haven't even thought about installing a replacment launcher let alone installing a custom rom. Its so smooth! Then again in coming from motoblur..
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] id10terrordfw:
It is nowhere NEAR as bad as it was on the original Galaxy S series. Not even close.

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Yep and it flies!

I disagree
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rosedog:
The thing I dislike about TW and Sense for that matter is that they don't have landscape mode built in. If they did I seriously doubt I'd have the need for another launcher.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] theraffman:
I'm an aokp guy myself but I'm enjoying tw very much... lots of cool features
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mlin:
Sounds like you have quite the imagination. Only kidding, I guess different phones behave differently.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Trust me bro, I loved Nova so much I was ready to buy the Pro version, switching back to TW killed that idea....and I hate how locked down this launcher is!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zmore:
Yeah - the new TouchWiz launcher isn't half as bad as I was expecting.

I was all set to instantly switch to Trebuchet||Nova||Apex, but TouchWiz wasn't slow as sludge and didn't annoy me like past versions did, so I'm keeping it for a bit longer.

The biggest downside of TouchWiz, IMO, is that you can't drop apps over each other to create compact folders. e.g.: you need three grid spaces for all three Angry Birds versions, instead of just one.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] strongsteve:
That green and orange is attrocious
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] erikiksaz:
Exactly. It's like having the whole damn OS designed by a 7 year old.

The designers behind TW, especially those who green-lighted the use of all the stupid greens and oranges need to be shot.

There has to be a way to disable TW. Google mandated that the holo theme exist underneath all skins so that apps would always look uniform.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] carhauler1969:
I detest Touchwiz, I've learned to deal with it as long as it's themed/skinned like TNz Blend ICS was on my Epic Touch. It is much less demanding on the system than Sense is, but doesn't look nearly as nice. On my SGS III the Touchwiz launcher lasted all of 18 hours until I replaced it with Nova Prime. Touchwiz 5 looks better than the previous versions, but it's still Touchwiz & therefore it sucks. I really wish the OEM's would stop trying to fix Android by skinning it. Granted Android was very vanilla through the first few versions, Donut, Eclair, & FroYo. Gingerbread was a huge improvement, but still very plain. ICS is so much more than any previous version was, it's like Android finally grew up into a real OS. I can't wait to see what's in store for Jellybean. But Touchwiz blows IMO, bring on the AOSP's! :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] strongsteve:
I am slowly but surely eradicating all of the green, orange, and yellow from all of TouchWiz
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Yeah, it's pretty damn fast and super smooth. You can make folders, and store all 3 versions of Angry Birds in one grid space. The folders are ugly as sin, but you can do it.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] katamari201:
Touchwiz and stock look identical to me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
That would be because on this phone, TW is stock
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] stuff:
Galaxy Nexus and SGS3 look the same to you? (ICS that is).

The settings menu (that I visit frequently) looks absolutely horrible in TWiz. All the different colored icons, and just terrible graphics.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jackjia:
me too...

hated touch -wiz ... just SO UGLY .....

and i dont get why samsung likes being retarded and mess around with the UI

sure , new features BUT DONT CHANGE THE UI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ATLEAST GIVE US A CHANCE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN

STOCK AND STUPID TOUCH -WIZ
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PatrickHuey:
I think we all know now that isn't going to happen. If you want pure stock then buy a nexus. If you think about it, what is pure anyway? I think if we never saw vanilla android that everything else would be okay. You have to think that vanilla ics/JB having theming to it as well.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheDeadWalk:
Since this thread is about touch-wiz I thought I would ask,

Does anyone know how to move the dock app launcher icon? It's in the lower left corner and I want to move it to the center.

I tried apex launcher but it wouldn't let add widgets without root.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] David Dee:
Being my first Samsung, but with lots of experience with android, I don't mind the features of touchwiz. I don't like the launcher from an aesthetic standpoint, those dots have to go. I also miss the stock calendar app. I will tolerate TW for a while for the sake of my warranty. Once jelly bean roms start to roll, I no doubt will be back to aosp or cm.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Success100:
This!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gaveup:
Nova is just as smooth as TW for me. Apex, not so much.

Also need to make sure power saving is disabled.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
Therin lies my problem....with TW and PS enabled, smooth as butter! With Nova and PS enabled, only smooth as butter with the speeds maxed out AND with a LWP enabled. Using a static wallpaper results in the stutter, even with speeds maxed out. If I were to turn PS then yes its smooth as silk, but I lose the battery savings. So for now im testing battery results using Nova w/PS and LWP vs. Nova w/o PS and static wallpaper.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Docavelli:
You can't move it on TW.

XDA Mobile
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] murdermonkey9000:
I was fine with TW, until last night when I discovered that the calendar will not send updates to my Google calendar. Yeah TW is ugly, yeah the apps aren't as good usually, but this broke a function absolutely vital to my work and personal life and updating via the website on my s3 sucks. I didn't want to give up the awesome camera app or the cool dialer tricks, but the camels back is broken. I'll add 100$ to a jelly bean rom bounty if there is one and it'll get it going faster.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] David Dee:
The calendar sends updates to my Google calendar. Make sure you check "sync calendar" under Google in the general accounts & sync option. Also, in the calendar, under Calendars, deselect "my calendar", and "my task", and only select your Gmail address. Now all of your events will be in your Gmail calendar by default and should sync with your online calendar. Finally, pull up the menu and select sync manually, but it should sync automatically so this step is not essential.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
So I ran my phone today w/LWP, PS enabled...loving how smooth it is! Tomorrow i'm gonna run a static wallpaper, no PS and see how battery drain is in comparison.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bruce Lee:
You think touchwiz is bad... check out blur for motorola phones. Its so bad it makes touchwiz look like a god. Blur slowed down my Atrix big time. Touchwiz to me is awesome.

Sent from my SGSIII with the XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] megagodx:
There's nothing wrong with TouchWiz 5 to me at all.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sleestax:
I'm wondering how many hate comments are due to older Touchwiz. I don't have kind things to say about HTC Sense, but I stopped with Sense 3.0 on my Evo OG.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Gadgetz:
I just got rid of an Atrix 2, which was less blur'd than the OG Atrix but I know what you're talking about.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ExodusC:
On my Droid 2 Global, the Froyo Motoblur was absolutely awful, I can't even describe it.

The official Gingerbread update came with a more recent Motoblur, which admittedly was livable, with root and de-bloating via Titanium Backup.

I have always been an AOSP-based type of user, so my device is always running CM9 or AOKP.

I have a feeling I will despise TouchWiz, and switch to an AOSP ROM as soon as one becomes available.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] David Dee:
As I am not ready for rooting/unlocking, I just installed Nova launcher and it really helps give this a stock android feel. Very smooth. Much more tolerable now with ics folders, no more dots above the dock allowing more screen real estate for apps and a custom app drawer. Also still have good things from touchwiz like task manager and gestures. Screenshot attached.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] JUSMEJOSE:
I didnt like TW before but now i love it!....
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Iphony89:
I'm trying my best not to change launchers because i really like the touchwiz calendar widgets
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Smac7:
i actually enjoy the function of it. It has a lot of nice additions and advanced settings (some that are ussually only available on rooted phones). The look isn't the best always, but it has great function. Motion, battery percentage, extra lockcreen setting and security locks.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] David Dee:
All of those features you described still work exactly the same way on Nova launcher, plus the aesthetic experience of a stock android launcher.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Maverick777:
The only real problem I've had with TW then and now is the launcher which is easily replaced (using Apex Launcher Pro). I also go back and forth between minimalist type setups which look really nice, but from a use ability standpoint isn't great and going with a colorful setup that looks just as nice but is also more usable. Since I'm in the mood for a colorful setup, the TW color scheme actually compliments my MIUI V4 theme.

Also, I must say the TW Calendar is probably the best one I've use. It looks nice and has all the right features. I've gone through a lot of calendar apps. This one's a keeper.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] allendj81:
touchwiz with nova launcher is the way to go for now, since theres no pure aosp rom for us yet (tmobile at least). The only thing i dislike from touch wiz is the stock launcher, everything else is cool! specially the motion gestures
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] David Dee:
+1, I share the exact same sentiments. Well said.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aznmode:
I wanted a more universal look for twitter, facebook, calendar, bookmark widgets so I went Go luancher ex and all the go widgets with sense theme.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] bbeelzebub:
I will probably be going that route myself, are there any problems with doing that? Any of the nifty touchwiz features not working because of that set up?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] aznmode:
None. Everything works.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] clark44:
Touchwiz remover coming soon to FreeGS3 Sprint:)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Blades:
All of you who like touchwiz or say its better than prior endevours can thank the 2gigs of ram that this phone has. I agree with OP, this is a pig that needs to be slaughtered.

Its annoying, and perhaps a bit arrogant of Samsung when you find that they have made their mark (read: skidmark, poo stain) on just about every android app.. with everything co-dependent on each crappy app.. Unfortunately, the AllShare service has stopped.. I'd like it to stop permanently and just use the stock gallery dammit.. If I use adb from my transformer prime, It complains/informs me that the host computer is not running windows/mac.. wow.. I have yet to hook it up to my linux laptop, but I have a feeling it'd say the same damn thing..

I get it the reason for all this semi-forcefulness.. most people like their hand held through certain tasks.. I was all pumped to have 2gb of ram on an android device.. only to be shat upon by ram hogging preloaded, system co-dependent, crappy apps.. bah. its sort of the feeling I get when I use an ubuntu computer with Unity.... as opposed to Mint.. can't stand unity in the same way I can't stand TW.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] :
I think it looks absolutely UGLY! One of the reasons I hate Samsung plus cheap build quality
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
Looks better than sense.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
Lol that's funny right there!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] :
Errrr ok...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] brfield:
Works a lot better than sense for me as well. I don't exactly like the big, cartoony icons, but hey - I can wait for AOSP or CM9/10.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cashyftw:
Sense was such a joke
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] athensjohn:
Hold Down on the Screen

I use Apex. Put your finger on the screen and hold it there. A menu pops up and you can change the wallpaper or add widgets just like in Gingerbread.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] :
Guys if you think the tw on this is bad you never saw i9000 original tw :L this is beautiful and smooth compared to THAT mess, and it doesn't leave you with 50 mb ram :L
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] #Darpan:
Go to options > about phone > click 10-15 times fast on "Version Of Android"

The picture will popup.

(I know many of you know this, all intelligent peoples are here)

Now press and hold on the logo it will zoom and a video will start..

This pic pops up on my cm9

Post urs pic here..

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