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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dr. Evo:
GPS on my Note sucks ASS! Both on GB and ICS. The problem is so bad that I have to preemptively activate my GPS FAR ahead of when I plan to use it, just so I can ensure I'll have my GPS active when I head on. In fact, just this morning I had to drive somewhere in which I wanted to use GPS. I started my navigation fifteen minutes before I headed out. It literally took just over TEN minutes for my GPS to lock! And before that. I took a 25 minute trip up the road. The GPS didn't lock until I was literally less than five minutes away from my destination! And the problem isn't much better when I'm outdoors. Sometimes it locks almost instantaneously when I'm outdoors, other times it'll take several minutes. It's frustrating the hell out of me, and makes me want to wash my hands of the Note, just for this one issue. I use my GPS a lot, so it's more than a minor annoyance for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kiltedthrower:
Exchange maybe? GPS has been flawless for me on the two Notes I've had
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dr. Evo:
I really don't want to go through the process, again. I'm not rooted, so it's not as simple as backing everything up on Titanium and just doing a hassle-free swap. And Best Buy will have to first approve of something being wrong, then ship my phone out and wait for a new one to come. This will be my third Note if I do this. I didn't have GPS issues on my other Notes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
Has anyone tried using the AT&T Navigator app instead of Google Navigator? I wonder if AT&T hosed the GPS on the Google app so they could collect the $10 a month service fee they charge to use their service(?)

On a side note, my GPS doesn't even stay locked. I'll get lock, be driving along, and then I'll hear my girl say "GPS Signal Lost". Then in a little while it'll lock again for a while and then it's lost again. Very frustrating.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dvdivx:
GPS works fine on mine but I only had a stock ROM for the first two or three days. Never even tried stock ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sdc177:
Now that is funny. I'm afraid you're serious though. It won't work for anything. Try something else that requires GPS, like Endomondo or Waze...won't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
oh, I'm very serious, and it'd be easy enough to de optimize the GPS for all but at&t navigator. Still curious to see how well GPS locks with that app but haven't spent the money to test it myself yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deeken:
Yes, I too have had GPS issues with all stock ICS based ROM's. FJ's, Electrons and bigfau's. GPS would not lock onto any satellites for several minutes causing me to get frustrated and lost several times.

Once I switched to a CM9 based ROM the issue went away. Not only am I getting instant locks but data connections are a lot better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rnp614:
Which cm9 did you try
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deeken:
I've used AoCP - CP2.1, h0tsauce "9", Gubment Cheeze and FJ's AOSPxXx ICS. They all work great. Currently I'm on Gubment Cheeze b1.1. Its a very light weight, stable ROM that is very customizable. I'm never going back to any of the stock ROM's.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
Given that International Note users reported the same problem after upgrading to ICS, I doubt that's it.

Still baffled, though, why T-Mobile users aren't having any problems. There obviously must be a fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
ATT exchanged my Note for a refurbished one, seems to be working on GB
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kennypow3rs:
Just got this phone. GPS was spotty upon arrival with ICS but I flashes CM9.1 and downloaded app called "fastergps" and it locks in less than 2 seconds every time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] maltrin:
Called ATT warranty today and described my problem. They confirmed it was a known issue. Should get my GB Note in 2 days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Device issue ......

I really hate that ...

We spin our wheels for weeks only to find out it's a device issue ....

Thanks ATT / Samsung ....for taking care of us ..

I'm gonna warranty this thing .

My GPS has never worked for more than 5 minutes ......g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
I don't think it's a device issue, notice he said GB Note, not ICS Note. I've also noticed that I got reliable GPS lock with NavFree the other day, when Google Navigator wouldn't stay locked. I think it's software or OS related. I just wish I was comfortable flashing rooms on these things so I could try installing an older modem...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Yes ...I saw that as well ....but

I use a super stripped GB rom about 60% of the time...

I get APN issues when I fly back east for uncle sam ....

So twice a month I use GB for the APN listings....(1352 of them )

Otherwise I fight to get service on off network carriers, and the stock rom fixes this for me ...

Still no reliable GPS ...

I'm just a unique case I guess ....always moving around ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] maltrin:
Update.

Got the phone today. Was bummed about losing ICS but was happy the phone should work right. So I start up the phone and to my surprise it has ICS already. First thing I do is start up Google maps. And in maybe 1 second it has a lock on me. I hooked it up to the Bluetooth in my Soul and start Pandora and Google Navigation. I set my house as the destination and away I go. GPS again locks instantly. The whole 20 minute drive home it stays locked. I took a few wrong turns and it updated my route perfectly. I love how it lowers the music from Pandora to tell me the directions BTW. Couldn't be more happy.

This is just an image showing phone info.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/screenshot2012091218140.jpg/

EDIT

Well me being me. I can't leave well enough alone. I had ICS Black ★ STAR V sitting there as a backup on my SD Card. Well I started missing it, so I restored it. To my pleasure, the GPS even sitting inside locked right on. So will be testing it tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DJGonzo:
I just got a replacement note from the Suport Device Center and my GPS works now and it doesn't lose the lock! Locks are a little slow but all I did was install FasterGPS and did not update Google Maps and it has been working perfectly!

BTW my replacement phone came with UCLF6. Flashed over Flapjack's base ROM and it has been working perfectly for a few days now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rvb1:
I had the same experience with poor GPS as many others when I updated to ICS. I then rolled back to the GB modem and got great GPS but really bad voice quality and it seemed every call was dropping. After about a month of this I decided I could more easily put up bad GPS than bad voice service, so about 3 weeks ago I went back to UCLF6. My phone calling and talking experience greatly improved and mysteriously my GPS now works better than ever. I can't explain it but I'm happy about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] colemac:
How do I fix the issue if I have the number programmed in my phone as 1-123-4567 and when I use short cut dialing from the sms text list, it doesn't put a one in.. Very annoying...

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] colemac:
Bump.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] colemac:
Does anyone have this issue? If so how do I fix?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prctst:
Can someone post some screenshots of [Rom] [UCLE5] Semi v15b ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Can't you just try it yourself? And not make pointless threads
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
And yours my friend is a pointless reply.

If you don't want to help or cannot help him, it is wiser to remain silent. If the thread is useless, then it's better to let it to fade into oblivion unanswered.

@OP: From what I gather it looks the same as the SGS2 ICS stock which you can see here:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_ics_vs_gingerbread-review-737.php

With the following changes:

RockRatt's blue battery w/% mod

yoderk's 14 Toggle mod

Extended power menu

Best regards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
My reply was not pointless, and you're right except that you still would have commented. Therefore your logic is flawed isn't it? The OP could have found that out by trying the rom or doing some reading
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
If you read and look at my previous post carefully, you will notice that I addressed the OP's concerns and posted a guideline where he could go and look at the screenshots himself. I do not consider OPs thread as useless and would rather not become a judge/mini-mod on an internet forum. :highfive:

Also by replying you are bringing this thread to the top, which unfortunately defeats the purpose of making an useless -again, not my opinion- thread dissappear.

As to make my current reply useful, here are some screenshots of stock ICS from ATT for the OP. I hope this solves his doubts and he has a wonderful evening.

Same to you my friend. ;) :cowboy:

PS: I also like sushi.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prctst:
Thank for the info. I am of aware ATT official ICS and just want to know is there any difference in semi version. Anyways thanks for your details.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
You are welcome, glad to help.

The main aesthetic difference is the one I mentioned on my first reply.

Here are some screenshots from the thread, the battery mod looks neat:good::

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../8/5/8/8/4/Screenshot_2012-07-09-06-38-24.jpg

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../8/5/8/8/7/Screenshot_2012-07-09-07-18-31.jpg

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../8/5/8/8/6/Screenshot_2012-07-09-07-08-50.jpg

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../8/5/8/8/5/Screenshot_2012-07-09-06-39-40.jpg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Uhh the differences between the two are quite clearly spelled out in the FIRST POST of the Semi thread. Try reading it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prctst:
Thanks for Info.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoenix-247:
Hi all,

First-time poster and fairly new to rooting...

I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100, originally LBP firmware on Orange UK) which I successfully managed to flash with Odin/Heimdall to give:

CF-Root

CyanogenMod 9 RC1

Siyah 3.3.2

I then thought I'd give Boot2Gecko a try so I followed gokhanmoral's post and managed to get a page not found screen booting to the second rom.

So I checked out the B2G source code and performed a

ensuring

found my phone connected over usb - This gave me a lock screen which wouldn't respond to touch events.

After quite a bit of reading I then decided to attempt pusler new 6th July Build performing:

However, when I booted to the 2ndROM I gott a black screen - I tried looking through the

output and saw several errors similar to:

Seems like a Gecko Chrome error but I can't be sure. As a last ditch effort I tried to follow gokhanmoral's method of extracting/mounting pusler's images, creating tar files and placing them into a CWM flashable zip but Siyah wouldn't recognise the 2ndROM after installing so now I'm all out of ideas. :(

Has anyone managed to successfully install the 6th July build as a 2ndROM? Any help/info would be appreciated.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] benzso63:
When I boot it to CWM from my AT&T galexy S3, I see the following

reboot system now

install zip from sdcard

wipe data/factory reset

wide cache partition

backup and restore

mounts and storage

advanced

But for some reason I can't find my external SD card, I can see it only from root explorer, the path is

/mnt/extSdCard

So if I save a zip file in that folder, and boot it up through CWM, there is no way can locate that /mnt path. Is there something wrong with my phone ? Is there something I need to install in order to see that path ?

I got no problem with my Galaxy note, I can see that but not with this S3.

Also if I connect the phone using a USB cable, it shows "mtp application" on the menu instead of connect to USB. My other phone will show me its own external SD directory. But with mtp application, I only see "Card and phone" folder.

please help. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] fergie716:
Did you try going into Mounts and Storage, then Mount Ext SD Card?

I would recommend getting a Micro Sd adaptor to plug into your laptop/computer. Makes it a lot easier
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Mi|enko:
When I go into "Install from SD Card" the bottom option above "go back" is to install a zip from the external SD card. This is on a T-Mobile one, but if I'm not mistaken aren't we all running the same recovery?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] benzso63:
I did try that but it makes no difference.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] palletguru:
Is your sdcard formatted exFat or Fat32? Epic CM's v4 recovery couldn't see my 64 gb class 10 SanDisk until I formatted it Fat32.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] benzso63:
Hummmm, I can't recall but it was working fine with my Galaxy Note, I pulled it out from that phone and put in the S3. Just wondering why it is not working. Do I have to format it to Fat32 again?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] palletguru:
The Note recovery you were using may have supported exfat, whereas the recovery we use now for our GS3's does not (EPIC CM posted in their blog that they would not support exfat). I copied the contents of my sdcard card to my Mac, ran disk utility and formatted it Fat32, and recovery recognizes it just fine.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
I have a DINC set on WIFI only for the kids now that I have a RAZR MAXX and REZOUND. It said there was an update so I did it. After update it boots through both HTC screens then says droid and gets stuck on the red eye with the two red dots that circle around.

NEVER ROOTED

*** LOCKED***

INCDERIBLE XD SHIP S-ON

HBOOT - 1.07.0000

MICORP - 0417

TOUCH PANEL - ATMELC03_16AC

RADIO - 2.15.10.12.20

APR 24 2012, 22:58:40

I have no way to enable USB debug.

I am very familiar with rooting, recovering, and flashing as I do it with my MAXX, and my first Incredible was rooted and rom'ed out every other day.

Can someone please help me. The phone is brand new never dropped, not a scratch on it anywhere. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

P.S

I can get in to HBOOT I have reset, and also used recovery.. Still gets stuck on the red eye.

When plugged in to windows PC it changes to HBOOT USB PLUG
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
What are you looking to do, just get it working and keep it stock, or root it?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
For now just get it back working. She has a rooted Tbolt activated on vzw I'm teaching her how to flash with.. The dinc is for games only on wifi.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
You can try doing an ruu if you want it stock. However im thinking since your on the newest hboot it is going to give you a firmware to new error and fail, as there is no ruu at least yet for 4.08.605.15.

If you want to root or the above dosent work, you need to unlock your bootloader with the htcdev site, and then fastboot flash cwm recovery.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
ill try ruu first
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip, and place it on the sd in no folders. Then boot to hboot, it will find the file and prompt to press vol up to update.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
Trying now .... Thank you do much
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
rename to PB31IMG right?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Shouldnt have to rename. It should already be named PB31IMG.zip
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
Thank you again. I threw it on the charger for a bit. I have been at this since noon and the last thing I want to do is have it die on me. Ill check back here with results shortly.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
yup. It failed. Too knew.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Well then if that dosent work and factory resetting dosent work, about your only option is to try to root and flash a rom. First step is to unlock the bootloader. http://htcdev.com/bootloader.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
From the HTC site it tells me I need USB debug on and I have no way to get that turned on it never boots up.. any suggestions?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Skip that step. It is going to have you try to do an ruu to get an unlockable bootloader, just skip that as the 1.07 hboot is already unlockable.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonellAZ:
Thank you so much for the help. Got it all back using the HTC site and your help. Once that updated used safe mode and turned on usb debug and flashed revoke.. I'm in great gratitude and so is my daughter. She has a Tbolt I'm teaching her to flash roms on. She just turned 8. Her TB is on vzw so i had to use safe mode to skip set up. She is a crack flasher in the making. Bond hair blue eyed future nerd :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] telesphorus:
Hello.

On Saturday I've updated Android on Galaxy Note from Gingerbread to 4.0.3, which I believe is ICS. The update was done via Settings->About phone->Software update and completed without any errors.

Unfortunately, right after the first boot problems began.

First of all, Android informed me that TWLauncher is not responding and asked if I want to wait for it to stop or force close it (someting like that). I've googled it and found out that I can replace the default laucher with another one. I decided GOLauncher EX is looking nice, so I've installed it and using it now.

Still, once in a while I get a message saying that "Unfortunately, Email has stopped". This freezes the phone for a couple of seconds. The Email application doesn't work and, if started, just shows an animated busy circle for a moment, then a black screen, only to eventually exit to home screen and display the mentioned message. GMail app, on the other hand, works just fine.

Also, sometimes the phone freezes for a moment or displays some gibberish on the screen (the latter happened only once though).

Could anyone please explain me what is happening? Why am I having so many problems after this update and how to fix them? I've read about that brick bug in ICS, but only after I browsed the forums in search for an answer to my problem. Could it be that I'm beginning to suffer it right now?

I'm very confused and unsure what to do next.

I'd really appreciate some advice on this matter.

P.S. Some system info:

Android version: 4.0.3

Baseband version: N7000XLPT

Kernel version: 3.0.15-N7000XXLQ3-CL646962

P.P.S. I wasn't sure if I should be posting this here on in the Android section...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangwl:
Go to Settings - Backup & reset - Factory Reset. This will wipe off your data on your phone.

This is recommended after you install ICS. Remember to backup your phone before u do the factory reset.

Yours Sincerely

Richard

http://www.pspmyspace.com
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Remember if you factory reset on ics you may brick your phone. You will then need a motherboard change. You should downgrade to gingerbread first then factory reset and then update to ics
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rames:
downgrade to 2.3.6 using Odin. Do factory reset from stock recovery and upgrade to 4.0.3 via kies or Wifi. After upgrading do wipe cache only, do not factory reset, probably it will brick your note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
I don't recommend this, as it may brick device.

Correct, this the way you(OP) shud go

wiping cache also not safe on ICS

Just indie said is recommended
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] telesphorus:
First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your interest in my problem.

Please forgive me my questions that will follow, but I'm dilettante when it comes to modern cell phones and I'm overwhelmed by the amount of information, that I have to absorb in order to return the Note to its former state.

After reading your posts guys, I've been browsing the forum for a while in order to find the correct way of downgrading and I've stumbled upon this list:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762080

Is this list safe to follow, without no.5 that is? I've noticed the [Stock ROMs] thread in your signature, dr. Ketan. I believe the ROM I should choose is :

N7000XXKKA ------ 2.3.6 2011 November------- N7000PLSKK1 -----------------Poland (PLUS)

But wouldn't it lead to the same problem I'm currently facing? Or should I have had done a factory reset of Gingerbread before updating to Ice Cream Sandwich in the first place?

What eludes me is why Google makes new version of Android available to the public via official channels (Settings->About phone->Software update), without checking first if it won't cause any serious harm to certain product line (Galaxy Note in this particular case).

Also, does anyone know why my Note have downloaded and installed LQ3 instead of LPY (Poland)? Does it matter?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NOFSBIGE:
Has anyone made a one click to relock the bootloader yet? I am no good with terminal or macs...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
It's one command

reboot to bootloader

then from terminal type fastboot oem lock.

for a tutorial on ADB and Fastboot look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1754018
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NOFSBIGE:
I can not figure this out for the life of me.... I tried doing this but it seems as the mac is not working well with it... Some one anyone help me relock my boot loader using a mac lol
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I have a mac. Did you read my tutorial? Download the files I attached to the post. Unzip. Use adb_mac and fastboot_mac.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kyleallen5000:
Speaking of macs....

Is there a way to run a RUU on a mac, or should i just use bootcamp.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] stnguyen09:
Gotta use bootcamp or a VM. If you downloaded the RUU you would've noticed that it's an .exe
[General Topics] dnilsson:
I've bought a new headset with built in remote to control music etc for my devices.

The functions of the remote is, change volume level, change song and play/pause.

It works flawless with my SGS2, but with my Desire I cant change volume level.

All the other functions work.

Can it be that the Desire is to old and all functions doesn't work?

Or is a setting in the phone, or what can it be?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] colemac:
Since there is no Telus forum per say. Which one would it be on this list?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Jsick:
Telus = AT&T (and Sasktel, Rogers, Bell).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] colemac:
So everything is right here? I think I was posting on 9300 one before?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohsenshok:
Hi,

My phone is using Rocket-v22-xxla6-eybee197 and the kernal

version is 2.6.36.14-ver.4.2 my qustion is how to update and install the ICS RocketRom-v7.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] checasey:
Anyone know how to get rid of the picasa instant upload pics in the gallery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Try unchecking "Sync Picasa Web Albums" under your Google account in Accounts & Sync settings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] checasey:
I have sync off on it all :o/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Hmm. That's strange. That's the only thing I have unchecked, and I don't have my Picasa Instant Upload album showing in my Gallery app at all anymore. As far as I recall, that's all I did to get it out of there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] checasey:
I'm rooted anything to do with it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Doubt it. I'm rooted too.