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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eager27:
you might want to check this thread on the General board:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1793703
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyalia:
Can I remove my Nandroid backup from external SDcard on phone to my PC, and then when I wanna use it, put it back on phone?

Will the backup work then and be recognized by CWM recovery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
Yes, you should copy it to a PC for safety. Make sure you have a copy of your /efs folder on your PC too

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jediknight111:
As far as I'm aware, yes you can
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
yes you can, tried and tested :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyalia:
Isn't it complicated to backup efs
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
nope, copy it to your pc, job done or you can t try an app called....erm.....erm....k-block or something like that...it's on the play store anyway
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyalia:
I used HC-kTool to backup my EFS. I got 2 files: a .img file and a tar.gz file
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thething869:
The whole thing is exactly the same as if you were copying a movie or something from phone to pc, just copy the folder and pastebit somewhere on your pc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rommark:
Guys,

on my 2 days old S2 due to random "black screen sleep" issue i've decided try switch kernel. so turned on odin, went into download mode and tried write in Siyah-s3-v1.5beta4.tar using PDA option.

The rom I've: RR_Jelly_Bean_V3.0.1_AOKP_4.1.1

The Odin failed, i tried reboot the device and now it shows me : firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recover in kies and try again.

I try use Kies but its "connecting" forever.

Plz help :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rommark:
Got it solved :)

Rebooted into download mode and using odin written this KERNEL:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1788021

:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksilver89:
Obviously you are using the wrong kernel, check the name, you will be surprised...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
You didnt even bother to check the name...

You used kernel for GALAXY S3!

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alwaysfirst:
I have a Galaxy Note recent updated to 4.0.4. However, a problem with contacts occurred after the update.

With ICS 4.0.3, I can sync with SNS, say Facebook and Linkedin. I often merge the contacts of same person from different SNS into a single contact item in the phone book, and choose a name for it. Since people may not use the same name in different SNS, this function for me is very useful.

But, in 4.0.4, after I combined several contacts from different SNS together, I find out that I can only set the content of phone book as the default one. Say, if I only combine the contacts from Facebook and Linkedin together, I cannot choose what name to be displayed as default one. The selection screen is blank.

Does anyone know if it is a bug? Or something I did wrong?

Many thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajverma3135:
Hi Everyoone

I am looking for a thread or post where I can find everything about Samsung Galaxy s3 (Rooting, unrooting, list of roms, recovery etc etc) in a single post:confused:. As I was previously using HTC Desire bravo and in the relevant section thread called Htc Desire bravo Everything is here:laugh:. I could not find any thread which will have all info. I might be missing it.:crying:

Will really appreciate if someone could send me a lick please

Cheers

Raj:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadguy:
Even the most noobest can find that without trying hard
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoot1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

Here you go..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajverma3135:
Thanks

Thanks mate really appreciated, m loosing my plot today.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LazPL:
Hey folks.

I just got myself two spare batteris (both are original Samsung batteries of the same capacity as the one that came with the phone).

Does the battery stats take multiple batteries into consideration? Each battery can communicate its serial number, so that would be logical, but after searching I'm not so sure if that is the case.

Any dev that knows about this?

If the battery stats DON'T discern between multiple batteries, then it would be bad to swap batteries - the stats would get messed up over time, as the different batteries' "lives" are different.

Or maybe someone's made a smart little app that can switch and keep track of different battery stats files?

Have a good Sunday all!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1ptide:
Can't seem to find it

Sent from my SGS2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TedT100:
Battery widget reborn will give you temps and other useful specs
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1ptide:
No like "This device is safe to use between -10 and 100 degrees"

And outside of that range it may not function properly

(obviously I made those numbers up)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kindalikemike:
Some basic info: Sprint SGS3; rooted, manually updated to LG8. Otherwise, stock.

Since then, I've noticed that my phone doesn't "hold on" to 4G as well as it did pre root and update. For example, the 4G icon will be next to the signal strength in my status bar then it will disappear, there will just be signal strength with no connection indicator then either 3G or 4G will appear. I don't ever remember this happening before root/update. I haven't flashed anything else on the phone, and the main reason I rooted in the first place was so I could easily tether.

Has anyone else had this same issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
Its funny that the LG8 update was supposed to help users that were having LTE connectivity issues... this happens to me on occasion too. i would venture to say that a combination of LTE still being in early development and coverage being spotty at times even in areas where u may have gotten full coverage at one point plus the "Connection Optimizer" that often jacks with ur data connection switching between wifi, 3g and 4g(LTE)... try doing a ##72786# to reactivate ur phone on the network... this will automatically re-associate ur data profile with the network and update prl info as well...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dtr145r:
+1 I have the same issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
I am envious that you have a LTE signal to lose, I've not tasted any LTE yet 3 weeks after go live of LTE in the Atlanta area
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kindalikemike:
Thanks for the reply. I'll try the ##72786# and report back with results.

You make a fair point about LTE still getting off the ground, but I will say that pre-root/update, my phone held 4G consistently. Whatever the issue is, hopefully it will sort itself out soon, or enough people will have the same issue that it spurs some action on Sprint's side.

I'm in Houston, FWIW.

Edit/Update: ##72786# seemed to do the trick. HOWEVER, about 15 minutes ago, I attempted to turn on WiFi Tether. My laptop connected with no issues, but about 5 minutes into it, neither the 4G nor the 3G icons appeared next to the signal strength meter. ##72786#'d again, just to see if it made a difference, updated PRL and Profile. Things are holding steady so far, but we'll see how long this lasts.

I'll try to update later in the day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
Glad to see it worked. This is by no means a permanent fix. As u flash different roms thru out ur phones life span its a good idea to run this code every so often as flashing can overtime degrade baseband performance as those files dont get replaced with a rom but different roms interact with those files depending on the tweaks made at software level...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solo_element:
I can't wait either. For those that have 4G i'm curious as to what the battery life is like and how much faster the network is on the SG3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kindalikemike:
The issues cropped up again throughout the day, though not as frequently. I made a post in a reddit subforum and someone there suggested I flash new radios. Any idea on whether that would work, and if so, where/how/what?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrg02d:
I tried to flash the LG2 radio and it made no difference at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
It won't, till Sprint gets their network done. I've been back and forth on all radios, no difference IMO.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Try this... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816530
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpringerRider:
That is dissapointing

I am up here in Sugar Hill. Sprint Map shows you deep in LTEville. I worked in Tucker last year when a co-worker got a Verizon Tunderbolt. His 4G was screaming. He was getting 40+ down!

But the map also shows Cumming in LTE land so I drove over there just to see what LTE looked like and I saw the icon flicker on for about 30 sec. but it never really was there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kindalikemike:
Just flashed back to LG2, so I'll update later and see how things are going.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] danieldavid:
i want my gb lww to look totally like ics. lock screen,noti,etc..any tips???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] 00471:
i really don understand the people who is still on GB. Finally sony released ICS, who is much better and beautiful. Whats please your reason? :/

If you want in mobile everithing like ICS why just not install ICS?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] najodleglejszy:
1. notification LED bug (and for some people LED notifying is pretty important feature)

2. battery drain, as reported by some people

3. laggy UI, as reported by some people

4. not all games work on ICS (although the situation's getting better and better I guess)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] 00471:
hi, so thats reasons what you wrote are not true! i have ICS on my LWW and tha UI isnt lagy, battery drain is the same (if not better) and LED is working... for me is too important so im watching this and its working until now. maybe you should try it, and if you have any problems, you still can restore backup of GB :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] najodleglejszy:
that's why I added "as reported by some people". the LED bug shows up for MP, that's for sure. and people post different feedback regarding battery life - some say it's better, some say otherwise. the same with UI.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] antr34:
agreed, especially point 4 n ICS only degrade my phone performance

still waiting for full working JB, n let see if the performance is better than ICS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
1. Fixed quite long ago (I'm using Lasan's mod that has it)

2. No drain whatsoever... in 90% of cases it was caused by buggy apk, like FBCalendarSync... FYI, I get on average 2-3days with moderate usage

3. smoother than GB

4. i'm not a gamer, so cant really comment, but 2-3 games i had, worked just fine
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pikpok:
1. Not everyone like to use fixes like this.

2. You're wrong, even CM9 use less battery than stock ICS. Battery drain is faster after charging, phone needs to be restarted to temporarily fix this bug.

3. For me smooth ideal was PolishBlood ICS, but IMO GB was a little bit faster than stock ICS.

4. I can agree here, few games were working for me and I didn't found any game causing problems on stock.

The biggest problem is that Sony really don't want to fix those problems. We can't expect JB if they can't release small OTA to fix i.e. LED and battery drain bug.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
2. I was talking subjectively - I've never needed to restart after charging, and i dont have battery drain problems (i've removed FB and all apps that comes with it)

I would suggest everyone that has battery drain problems, to install better battery stats app and get to the root of what is really causing the drain. Most often it's some app or service that prevents the OS to go to a deep sleep (wakelocks), so it'll only say 'Android OS' is causing battery drain (in Settings->Battery).

Yeah, it's highly doubtful we'll receive JB, so Sony should to at least patch and optimize the ICS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dejanp1:
notification LED bug is not 100% solved

-XMP sk17 with Lasan's mod not working (semec phone FC after missed call)

-Acratrac's mod work on XMP sk17 but with Light Flow app(without Light Flow sms and missed call led not work)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
did you try Lasan's all-in-one pack ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] evilbarcode:
In regards to the led fix, why wouldnt people like using fixes like this? Ins't that exactly how sony would fix it?

And for the charging bug, I dont have this, or havent noticed it anyway. I charge my phone over night. Then unplug it in the morning and most of the time it would only be at about 60% by 10 that night. I usually use for two days then charge over night again.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rolo143:
Maybe ICS UI is more beautiful, but there are many ways to put an ICS theme for GB. So that isn't a problem. Problem is that many games aren't compatible with ICS, and ICS drains a little more battery. I recently installed Cyanogenmod and a ICS theme so it looks very good, like if I have ICS installed on my phone. Besides I read in a website that ICS users are less than GB. I don't know but I prefer GB I think is the best right now. Maybe if they improve or update ICS later I will update it again.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] najodleglejszy:
actually that's irreleveant, since:

1. ICS is newer than GB. yeah, it's been around for a while, but operators might delay the updates for their branded phones etc.

2. continuing point 1., some operators might even not release the update, and not everyone is a power user

3. take a look at Sony 2011 phones: unless you connect your phone to PC Companion, you won't know about the update if you don't read mobile phone blogs and so on
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
Online Nandroid Backup as seen on today's XDA front page.

This looks great! No more turning device off to make nandroid backups.

Has anyone tested it with the Atrix? And if so, on which ROM? Any issues?

"Why don't you try it yourself and tell for the rest of us?'

I guess it's better to ask before I screw up something on mine :p

Edit:

Since version 5.9 it works well with the Atrix, backing up /boot, /recovery, /system, /data, /cache and .android_secure. Tested and confirmed.
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Personally, I don't think I'd trust such a backup. I very much believe no software, on phone or computer or anywhere else, should ever be backed up while it's live/running. Especially if it's the OS itself. I just wouldn't trust it.

For starters, it's making a backup of /data while many background services are running, live services that could at any point change any part of that same /data...
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Installs fine. Can't get root permissions with it when it tries to perform a backup.
[Atrix 4G General] upndwn4par:
That is not a problem. It is how fruit cakes are made.

The service does sound interesting.
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
Re-install the latest version of busybox. It should work then.
[Atrix 4G General] bimasakti85:
Tested it, its working...
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Hm, could you explain please?

Are you saying fruitcakes don't update /data randomly? Or don't have background processes?

I'm confused.
[Atrix 4G General] upndwn4par:
Getting off topic, but fruit cakes are made from an app called rom factory. The app creates a copy of your boot and system images while the phone is running. I don't know how it works (you'd have to ask samcripp). But I would guess that it works like titanium backup in that it will pause any process it needs to copy.

So back to your point, yes, the system can be reliably copied while running.
[Atrix 4G General] nerfman100:
Fruitcakes don't back up /data. Only /system and /boot are backed up.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
That fixed it. So I created a backup with this, then wiped and tried to restore. Had error on boot image. Had to restore from nandroid created in recovery earlier, so I guess it creates a backup, but the backup is balked in some way.
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
Provide me the log file at /data/local/tmp/onandroid.log
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
I lost the original log from the failed restore after I restored from my nandroid I had created in recovery prior to that, so I repeated the process and did in fact have the same failure, so it is repeatable. Log from this attempt is attached.
[Atrix 4G General] upndwn4par:
Exactly what I said. The point was that you can copy files on a running os. Just like with the online nandroid.

Edit: @nerfman
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
I think you're missing the point here. Things like /system and /boot are perfectly fine to access and copy on a live system, they are mounted read-only anyway. /data on the other hand is mounted read-write and gets accessed and changed all the time. I just simply don't think it's at all safe to try making a backup of any file while it's (potentially) being changed. That sounds like a good way to get a corrupted copy of the file. Not a good way to get a reliable backup.
[Atrix 4G General] upndwn4par:
Your original statement (emphasis added by me):

"Personally, I don't think I'd trust such a backup. I very much believe no software, on phone or computer or anywhere else, should ever be backed up while it's live/running. Especially if it's the OS itself. I just wouldn't trust it.

For starters, it's making a backup of /data while many background services are running, live services that could at any point change any part of that same /data... "

Last time I checked, system and boot are integral parts of the os. Clearly this is possible as evidenced by fruit cakes. I never commented on data. But having said that, any process or service need only be paused to be copied. I don't see why you can't get your head wrapped around this concept.
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
Thank you for the details. I am guessing you are using an Atrix 4G.

There is an issue where I am unable to programmatically find the boot partition on some devices which does not have /proc/mtd and /proc/emmc

I have opened an issue for this. I am working on it. I shall post here when it is fixed.

For the time being, you can just restore backup done with Online Nandroid and then restore only the boot partition from a previous nandroid done with CWM.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
I will continue to use CWM backup/restore until you have this resolved. The error occurs as soon as the restore starts as the boot partition is the first thing which is restored, so there is no opportunity for /system or /data to be restored. Hope you get this working for us because I like the idea of not rebooting to recovery to backup.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
I am working on a fix for this. If you could help me in testing it. Send me a PM and I shall send you the files.
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
Back off, people, he can't accept so many volunteers. :rolleyes:

I guess the worst thing that could happen is soft bricking. Right?

Right???

If so.. give short instructions on testing - what feedback you'd expect, log filest, etc. I might try it myself. Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
There is absolutely no risk in the testing. And definitely not a soft brick. I cannot post the test files here. PM me and I shall send the files for you to test.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
PM sent. I can test this very quickly, as it takes a short time create backups, etc.
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
No need to be condescending and offensive. Yes, I admit I am a bit paranoid like that (call it experience if you will), but that statement was also meant more like generalization, not so much Android-specific. So yes, I said I wouldn't trust backups that are done this way in general and especially when it comes to the OS itself. And while yes, Android does make it much safer and easier to access and backup the base OS itself, personally I would still prefer my backups be done the traditional way (ie. offline).

So yeah, I do agree /system and /boot are read-only and therefore pretty safe to backup even on a live system. But there's still /data that I still think is unsafe to back up on a live system, even with all the services and processes paused. And with just /system and /boot and no /data, all you have is the bare ROM... which you probably have in flashable ZIP format anyway.

This is just my opinion, I hope I'm allowed to express it here. If you feel it's perfectly safe to do backups this way, hey, feel free. I sure won't stop you.
[Atrix 4G General] HMZX:
You have a lot of smiley faces in your code :) :p
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Was that really necessary? Just cluttering up the thread quoting that!
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
You sir, are very popular in Android world currently :good:

BTW, testing in process, will report results soon.
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
Unfortunately, it doesn't work yet.

"/boot not found! Skipping backup of /boot!"
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
I sent you a debug version to test.
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Just a suggestion - instead of using device detection coupled with predefined partition layout table for a specific device, or trying to "guess" the partition layout based on the device detected, would it maybe make more sense to scan partitions for some specific signatures? Like, maybe all boot and radio and recovery images have at least something in common... Or maybe a list of possible signatures for a partition? Dunno.
[Atrix 4G General] ameer1234567890:
That was a great idea until I actually tried it. Manufacturers (especially Samsung) use all the imaginable partition layouts and some partitions "seems" so much like a boot partition, but actually is some propriatory partition, etc, etc... It seemed to be better to go for device detection rather than this method. Finally I gave up on it.

Now, I am working on a different method where I make partition layout files (similar to /proc/mtd and /proc/emmc) and flash those files to /system partition on devices and detect it from Online Nandroid. This way, I do not have to do device detection in Online Nandroid at least, which means less bloat. I just have to make partition layout files for each device. It's not actually each device because some devices have the same partition layout, which means cross compatibility. Another advantage of this approach is that other apps, tools and developers can use these partition layout files.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Still send him the log file. There could be something helpful in there.
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
We're in correspondence via PM's, don't worry. He's trying hard to get things working for our Atrix. I don't know why, he won't get paid for it. I guess because he's a nice guy :)
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
It was simple advice. It's always best to provide log files if possible for any testing you are doing. You're not the only one helping with this! I've already sent a bunch of log files and tested a bunch of debug files myself. Don't think you are special because you get PM's. A lot of work is done behind the scenes that you don't know about.

Also, I think you'll find he is doing it because he is a developer and loves what he is doing. Most of what you get from XDA, and elsewhere, is done by people who just like/love doing what they do, and they don't expect to get paid.
[Atrix 4G General] maajstor:
Dude, what's wrong with you? You're special.