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[General Questions and Answers] GoRla89:
Hey I bought a Galaxy S2 and it has gingerbread on it, i want to upgrade to ice-cream sandwich. Can someone please tell me the procedure of upgrading it to the newer OS. Thanks.

Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989 - 16GB - Titanium
[General Questions and Answers] Irfdiddy:
There should be an update out. Just plug phone into pc and open the kies program that you have to install in your pc. Then just click update.

If update is not out:

1) root phone

2) flash CWM

3) Make a NAND backup and a Titanium Backup

4) Flash ics rom found in the development section for your phone type

You could find out how to do the above easily on google or by reading anyones post in developmental section.
[Galaxy S III General] dreamdestiny:
For those of u with bad battery life and notice battery drain even while not using the phone juice defender really works wonders on the s3. It has literally doubled my battery life. I easily get through more than a day now an it just feels more like this is how the battery is suppose to be behave. The down side being ur data isn't always switched on when ur phone is in satndby
[Galaxy S III General] gee2012:
I found juice defender in the past to be a battery problem instead of a solution.
[Galaxy S III General] jojo_angelov:
what's your battery now? how much juice do you get?
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I think that anyone who experiences bad battery life should exchange their phone or battery. I can go two days without recharging and still have 29 % left. That 29 % might even last me through the 3rd day but I would prefer not to risk it.
[Galaxy S III General] greatcapp:
I did a little test today.

I unplugged the phone at 7am when i got up.

I only turned it on for a couple of seconds, twice, to check battery level, and it had gone down to 75% by 9am. (so by 9am, no more than 1 minute max screen-on time)

Is that worse that others?

My battery does (like everyone else's) immediately drop to 99% on unplugging it - actually, sometimes 98% right away.

I'm surprised anyone gets more than a day's worth out of it?

I also noticed, when it was on my desk, that the screen switches on, on it's own every now & then. Maybe every half hour or so?

Is that also normal?
[Galaxy S III General] Hybbie:
I'm having a bit of trouble with my battery aswell. I only have 54% left with only 1h15 screen on time and that was only for some texting and browsing.

Is this normal or should I go back to he store to check the battery?

Also, should I try the free version of Juice Defender or is it not worth to use it unless you have the paid version?

Sent from Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] kanako:
Today I'm at 43% after 12hrs 7min the other day was 53% after 1day 6hrs use totally stock just rooted minimal usage tasks killed and ram cleaned via long press home I've had phone since launch and am still very impressed that's why I haven't tried a new e rom yet as I was a flashaholic on my s2 but never past 24hrs on stock
[Galaxy S III General] Kiahnlliya:
Dropping 25% in 2 hours time with a display on time of 1 minute is definitely much more drain than normal. My phone usually drops around 2-3% per hour if it's unused on my desk.

I also find it weird that your display switches on every now and then by itself.

You have a lot of apps that poll the net for data in the background? (facebook, twitter and so on)

Are you on wifi when this happens, or mobile data?

Try turning off sync altogether some day and see how much it drains your battery per hour.
[Galaxy S III General] batman372:
Hi all ,

Today is my 1st day with new s3 bought yest. night and coming from s2,

My s3 was full charged this morning, and after abt 12 hrs of normal use ( some calls + facebook + whatsapp + viber . . . . . ) battery level is 60%.

I think that by this way new s3 battery will stay normally 2 days . . .
[Galaxy S III General] jhericurls:
If people are experiencing high battery usage its because of your apps. All battery saving apps do is turn off your data or tweak your syncing.

On wi-fi with no much syncing, you should get about 1-2% drain per hour. On mobile date this goes up to about 2-4% per hour.

Tips for battery save.

- Switch off Google Back up & restore

- Accounts and sync, switch off what you don't need

- Email exchange accounts can be set with a "off-peak syncing"

- Be thorough with news and local based apps. Turn off auto syncing or reduce the frequency in which they sync.

- A good way to check which apps are using data when idle is by going into settings > Data usage. When you click on any of the apps listed, it will show how much data is used in fore/back ground. The ones with high background usage you might want to investigate. You can also disable the app from using data in he background by setting yourself a data limit

- Apps like Facebook, Google+ are battery hogs. So if you don't need it, uninstall.
[Galaxy S III General] BobFL:
My battery is awesome so far. 2 days with normal use and 3.5-4 days of light use...
[Galaxy S III General] 20blks:
Why does the a battery need to last two days? Can't you charge it over night?
[Galaxy S III General] BobFL:
It doesn't need to but better mpg is always welcome :)
[Galaxy S III General] For_itembine:
I am highly impressed by the battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
with extreme useage yesterday, i got 6 hours + screen on time
[Galaxy S III General] IFireflyl:
+1 to this. Apps are usually the culprit.
[Galaxy S III General] pähkinä:
It really depends on your usage. Screen on time tells something, but not everything. For example watching a hd-video eats far less battery than surfing on the internet with 3g. But still, the battery life is great, so no disagreement there.
[Galaxy S III General] wirawan1234:
My battery so far so good

Standard, not too heavy, day by day usage
[Galaxy S III General] guhvanoh:
One thing not mentioned so far is wi-fi. If you are connecting to a 'dodgy' router, this is going to eat into battery life. So if you aren't using it, switch it off.
[Galaxy S III General] apisfires:
lol let battery more cycle of charging, will improve in one week
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sandix:
Okay guys, So Some of you remember me as the Guy who built off of 4kornerz roms, I built 4KMods for the evo.

Anyway, I am now doing the Pantech Burst. Thats right. I will be attempting to Port CyanogenMod 7 CM7 for short, to the phone I need a Beta tester as well. Someone who will be able to replace the phone if it bricks, I will also need someone who can help me figure out how to write instructions on how to flash said device AND Flash over a recovery that I will also try to port.

So that being said, to beta test or to help me on this quest, You MUST PM It gets to complicated to respond to some requests through forum.

I will be updating daily. No, I will not make a blog just yet, Well actually that would be a lot easier. http://panburstmod.blogspot.com

That is the new blog, I will post updates there.

And maybe here idk yet. blog is just easier.

But here is your update guys,

I have extracted and also downloaded the kernel from the burst.

Trying to see if maybe a kitchen would be fine to port or manual rebuild, IDK yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sandix:
So, I have the Original Kernel for the Pantech Burst. I am having issues compiling it though, would be easier if some one could pull the following off there phone from fastboot:

zImage

Boot

Recovery

System

Data

I think that is all I need.

Thank you!!

They should be pulled and saved like.... boot.img or something But I do not have the burst yet, so someone needs to do this for me, command like fastboot pull boot I think its how it is done.... Idk this is why i need someone's help guys..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bulletproof1013:
Bump.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bulletproof1013:
I'm posting in this forum for the files..

System.boot.recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1487576

The pantech burst.love anyone?

[Q] Pantech Burst Love, Anyone? Anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kagedws6:
any status update? Let me know if you need any files. I have my Burst finally and just rooted it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcusmarcus:
Here is the zipped CWM backup of the 2 stock roms that Pantech/AT&T released released

JUUS12052011

JUUS03122012

They both contain Boot, Recovery, System, Data

If you let me know where or how to get the zImage I can get that pulled, too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kagedws6:
*bump*
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Bubonic78:
Is there a burst thread I searched but never saw one.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kagedws6:
Look at my sig. I have a bunch of burst links in there
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nck4857:
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet, did anyone else get this update yet?

http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/442160#442160D

nm, saw it on posted somewhere else. how the heck do I delete a post anyways!??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jarnow94:
For future reference, I'm pretty sure this is not considered development.

The moderators will eventually close the thread for you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] lawsofpower48:
to update this kinda stuff when youre rooted with CWM, it says install failed after i tried to update.... how would i normally get updates on a rooted gs3??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] master acehole:
Just like you would stock
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
Mine tried installing but cwm stopped it of course. My PRL was messed up afterwards. Kept getting error #67 so I had to restore to stock rom with Odin. All fixed now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] freeza:
About to post up the rooted update.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nck4857:
Awesome, I need to throw you some beer money
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] LilRico:
I got the same thing. Now I can't make the update re-run. Anyone know where it is stored?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mels0n:
Same issue, same question.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] LilRico:
I'm guessing that since we made modification to the system ie removed system apps or whatever, that's the cause of it not working? I looked around and I couldn't find the OTA in any system folder, so I now wonder if anyone has the OTA in a flashable .zip.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] OneStepAhead:
It didn't work because we don't have the stock recovery installed. You'd have to flash the stock recovery back before running the update for it to work. I don't see any stock recovery .md5's posted though so I'm not sure how you'd go back to it short of a full restore.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] lordelfkin:
Anyone know what this update consist of?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] GuestK00145:
A security fix, says the changelog
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Bizdady:
How can you tell if the update took? I no longer get the notification but where can I check for the change?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] CapsLockKey:
I did the return to full stock using the epiccm teams method, got the update and it installed fine. Now I'm having trouble trying to boot into CWM after flashing it through odin. Just boot loops using the three finger method unless i just let it boot up normal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] OneStepAhead:
"The update contains a file that will reflash the stock recovery every single time you reboot your phone if the digital signature doesn't match" is probably whats creating the bootlooping. install the root friendly update thats being uploaded atm...

edit: are you using the new v4 recovery? might want to flash that in odin if your using the old one..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tj.iscool:
Anybody know what the update is for or fixes? I got the notification but I'm not installing it since I'm rooted LOL
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] CapsLockKey:
Yes, I got the latest one from their blog.

Edit: I posted this in another thread, but was finally able to get into CWM by just leaving auto reboot checked when flashing recovery in odin, then just holding volume up and home after the phone vibrates. No need to hold the power button.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
An this is done
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m7mdrda:
can i use the galaxy note stylus on htc flyer or on lenovo thinkpad tablet and vice versa and why galaxy note stylus are more slim and doesn't have battery ??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrew0811:
htc flyer's stylus and lenovo thinkpad tablet's stylus is using N-Trig tech,

Galaxy note's stylus is using Wacom tech.

so galaxy note's stylus won't work with htc flyer or lenovo thinkpad tablet.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krlox_rokr:
Hi everybody, i want to know how to remap the hardbuttons of my defy to switch the vol- for open the cam, bucause i think us only need one of this buttons because the vol in ICS is a slider bar you can move it with the fingers, also it has to have "exceptions" for example if you are on a call vol- just vol- . in a game the same because you won't close it, but in the others menus the accion of vol- is cam.:cool:

thanks!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flamingskull:
Just connected my s3 to a W7x64 laptop. The device driver software wont install. Samsung mobile MTP device driver installation failed. Any ideas why and how to rectify it? Using original windows and USB cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flamingskull:
Anybody?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noob-Tard:
same here

I tried the same thing earlier today and had the same result. My plan is to download kies from samsung which should have the drivers in the install package
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olywa123:
Yup - installing Kies should fix this as it comes with the correct drivers (I also had this problem previously).

Olywa
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
install the driver package or kies or use windows update to get the drivers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakxelaos:
Yeah..

I ran into same problem today.

Here is what I did to get it work. Uninstall Kies (include USB driver), Re_install Kies, update to the latest version. On the phone, untick USB debugging, reboot it. Plug it to PC, it will detect and installing drivers and voila...you can tick USB debugging if you want :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryerenburg:
Try removing the sim card and then connecting the phone to the pc, if it works the sim card is bad. I just fixed my mtp issues on my s3 with this method
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kHiTe:
I have finally got mine installed.

Was a question of which USB port to use. Had to run off the mainboard to install having un-installed the previous attempt.

Once installed It is quite happy connecting to my monitor hub.

Now I need to get Kies installed as at present it won't!

I will note that I am on Windows 7 Premium 64bit and it is a new installation - so there is a lot of Windows Updates going on every reboot. The sensible thing is of course to wait for Windows to stabilise before installing too much stuff.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MUYAMAN:
After a firmware update....I was experiencing the same old MTP failure thing and having issues with Kies. The only way I could fix it was to reset the phone! And it worked....so back up and reset? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aimara:
had this problem just yesterday, steps I did was enable step 1 -usb debugging, rebooted phone -didn't work

step 2 - reinstall kies driver -didn't work

also make sure to use original usb cable supplied, I found there are issues with after market ones.

lastly found out since I am using a usb hub, I tried to connect the original usb cable into the usb jack direct, did step 1 and 2 , finally it work

question is does mtp required the same usb port to connect everytime?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fast1fred:
Had the same issue today. All drivers installed, but the MTP failed.

Thanks for the advice on wiping and rebooting. That seemed to work for me. After that, the MTP driver installed just fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkotagi:
Hey I just found that ever time the usb MPT driver failed on laptop I would get a message "MPT disabled by security policy". ok this is not theexact message but something similar since I dont get this message now :)

All I did was to delete my corporate exchange email...they install some ****ty security policy. So if you guys are connecting to some corporate networks/exchange or downloaded some app that restricts security policy it might be preventing MPT installation. That would explain why resetting would work for some users.

Also the carriers may be pushing some security policy, mine does for internet sharing. so may be remove the sim card and then try installing the drivers.

Just my 2 cents. Also please pardon the spelling and grammar, its late Friday, have been working on this for over 5 hours and had a few beers.

Cheers All.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali Smally:
Thanks a lot Man... worked for me once i removed the exchange account settings.:D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pside15:
Basically my company is changing the way they do phones and we now have to get out own phone plan which they will reimburse us for. I'm currently on AT&T with the HOX and the only other phone I would consider is the EVO 4G LTE. Actually I would prefer to have the EVO to be honest but I'm mainly worried about data speeds. I'm in Atlanta and the LTE speeds on AT&T here are absolutely insane, average around 35-40Mbps down on speedtest, and they reach way outside of the actual city, which is a huge plus for me. I actually live about 50 miles north of the city and still get a strong LTE connection. I see that Atlanta is on the first wave of LTE roll-outs for Sprint but I'm worried about the 3G speeds I may have to be on a lot of the time. Can anyone in the metro Atlanta area comment on the 3G speeds around here? I don't know anyone on Sprint personally. The other plus for me switching to Sprint is the unlimited data. The AT&T company plan I'm on now has unlimited but that is going away and I'll have to start a completely new plan if I stay on AT&T.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
Generally sprint 3g will be slower because we don't have hspa and most att does, sometimes sprint is faster but I haven't seen that since sprint list the Alltel towers

sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pside15:
When I actually do switch from ATT LTE to HSPA/HSPA+ I still pull over 5Mbps down consistently, so I don't doubt that the 3G will be slower, just how much slower is the question. All the Sprint speed tests I see are always showing how bad it is but I don't know anyone in the Metro Atlanta area to give me actual results.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hypeo:
Sprint is horrible bad, make sure you get good info before jumping ship.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
I can only suggest going to a store and running speedtests. I remember my old evo 3D pulled good data in the city

sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] motcher41:
I just left VZW with the Galaxy Nexus to sprint and this phone. I am so happy I did. Dispute the huge dev community there this is a far better phone then the gnex. The network in my area for sprint used to be a laughing stock but they have came so far in two years its amazing.

rockin my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dishun71:
Don't do it sprint sucks!!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] motcher41:
Strange I have now been on all three of the big three and Sprint has A: the best plans for smartphone users and B: the best service in my area

rockin my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dlamprey:
Try it out - Get an EVO LTE and return it within 14 days

I am pretty sure that right now you can get at EVO LTE directly from Sprint with free activation. With the return policy, you could return it for a full refund for the phone within 14 days and only pay the prorated service charge.

So I suggest you try it out and get a new / temporary phone number from Sprint and then return it. That will give you a true real world experience of using the phone and its service.

I am in the Philly area and am hoping to see LTE by the end of the year. The service is OK in the area, but horrible in my house. To deal with that I use Roam Control to force roaming (which uses Verizon's towers) while at my house -works like a charm!

Good luck.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rippley05:
Sprint has the best plans but by far the worst/slowest network. It's a trade off..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] motcher41:
I got it two days ago and free activation is only online. In store its 36.00

rockin my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] motcher41:
I'm getting 1 mbps download on 3g Verizon was 200 kbps on 3g

rockin my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BigKenW:
I happened to be in the Atlanta airport the other day waiting for a connecting flight. My data speeds on the Evo 4G LTE were fast for 3G. I know it's the airport and may not include other areas, but it seemed great. The previous week I was in Orlando and had no data speeds at all. I called Sprint and their towers were being upgraded. I felt like a hand was cut off.

In Massachusetts where I live the data speeds are good.

Oh and as for that upgrade fee/activation fee of $36. I have bought all my phones at Best Buy and never paid the fee. Might want to go there.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rippley05:
That's cool, hopefully we'll all get that soon, but it's no secret and it's not a stretch.. Sprints network is bad. A lot of it is due to tower upgrades being done.. So hopefully it will only be bad for a short time
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] a22matic:
I'm in ATL, and I would say my 3G is good most of the time. I live and work just outside I-285, and I've always had good service. Is it the fastest, no. Have I been able to do everything I needed to do, pretty much yes. Now I do work in a Corp high rise, and its surrounded by two other high rise buildings, so the signal does fade in/out at times. Also, there is no using Sprint cell phones in the elevator based on my 10+ year experience with Sprint. When I travel around the city, I get good service (data/voice) and GPS reception. I only run into problems when I'm in or around large buildings. As far as call signal/quality, no issues. I get a few dropped calls, but those are in the same dead spots. I do have roaming on... Those dropped calls are few and far between.

I just came back from a 4 day trip to Chicago. Sprint phones have always held up well for me on vacations out of town. I never rent a GPS, as the phone does everything I need. I used the EVO LTE for car, public transportation, & walking navigation (GOOGLE NAV/MAPS by the way). It performed exceptionally... Like I said b/f, the signal may fade if you're around large buildings, but that didn't hinder my travels. FYI - the battery held up well. I used the camera, video, and GPS non-stop. I will have to say the camera has grown on me. That thing is quite impressive. The burst mode is a beast. Very impressive now that I know how to use it. I used to have a color saturation problem, but that's long gone. Guess the camera got better over time & me actually learning how to use helped too. My portable charger (Tylt Powerplant) I purchased from Sprint held up will and did a great job of keeping me juiced. I was out all day using the phone on Auto brightness. Sun glare/reflection didn't bother the EVO at all.

OP - Hope all this information helps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] toterkeks:
Does anyone know how to make a boot animation for my WT19a??? :confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
The bootanimazion is a zip file containing some pictures. It's located in /system/media/bootanimation.zip.

Create your own bootanimation.zip and replace the original. That's all :p

Remember to set permissions to 644 for the new bootanimation.zip :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RavingManiac:
I do not seem to have that folder "system", I'm running Cymod though.