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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maverlck:
Hello Folks

I have a problem booting my GNex when particularity I flash gapp (20120726). Right now, it has BlackBean Rom that includes gapp. A few days ago I tried flash XenonHD, when I did it, boot everythings is ok, but when I flashed the Gapps, GNex presents GoogleLogo and reboot again, going to Recovery. I made a Full Wipe, Dalki, etc... nothing. it stays trying to reboot and going to Recovery

The same thing happens when yerstady I tried to flash AOKP.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Echo5ive:
I run into really weird problems if I don't flash the ROM and gapps at the same time, depending on the ROM, anything from boot loops to misbehaving apps. Try and start from scratch: make a titanium backup, wipe everything, then install ROM+gapps. If that doesn't work, it's probably your version of gapps. Maybe a bad download or just a bad package entirely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maverlck:
I did it, same result. It´s weird. I just can flash Roms with Gapps included. I downloaded several times the gapp zip.

Could be kernel? Maybe, I dont know.

On ICS´s times I could flash every rom I want (even MIUI), but on JB no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Echo5ive:
What exactly are you doing? Give me a step by step from the beginning.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maverlck:
Firstly, thank you for you time

Step GNex Maguro

1) FullWipe

2) Wipe cache, Dalvik, etc

3) Flash ROM (XenoxHD or AOKP) JB

4) Flash gapps (ver. 20120726), downloaded from goo.im

5) reboot system

then...

...

Appear GoogleScreen

...(10 secs)

reboot

...

Appear GoogleScreen (again)

...10 secs

(PUFF) Go to Recovery.

...

I reboot again and it keep going back to recovery

But, when I flash a ROM that includes gapp inside (ie Black Bean aokp), everything is ok. Boot normaly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Echo5ive:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1778555

Looks like it might just be an issue with your phone. A hand full of other people are experiencing similar things with jb.

There should be a super wipe utility that you can flash before you flash the ROM. You'll have to search for it tho. I'll look for it when I have a second but that's about the best I can do for you right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maverlck:
Ooh my... Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Echo5ive:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1361348

Here's the original.. the link is at the bottom of the OP. The direct download is http://goo.gl/Lerzy

I haven't tried it but all it does is format everything except your sdcard... It's technically made for the GSM version but if you have the CDMA, it should do the exact same thing. The same usual disclaimer applies...

If that does not work, I would try and find another GB ROM and take the gapps from that. Try out a few other ones to see if it works. If you install over clean (as mentioned before) it seems to be more stable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maverlck:
Thank you

Now I can notice that when I flash Rom based CM/AOSP I can flash gapps normally, but AOKP not. Hmm.. it´s wierd.

I dont know what I did, but now I cant flash AOKP Rom, noone, even I can´t restore my backup from CMW... I get /system problem...

Well, for a while I will stay on a ROM based CM/AOSP til I get or find the cause.

Thank everyone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TaviRawr:
This is my 1st time ever posting so if it's in the wrong section, sorry. :p

But anyway I wanted to know if it's possible to add on screen/nav buttons on my Samsung Epic.

I tried once and got stuck on boot animation. Willing to try again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
I know you can do this on AOKP, but not sure about CM9. Also, CM9 has an official stable release. You should upgrade to that and get off the release candidate.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeinzu:
In data/local create or edit local.prop and add line

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TaviRawr:
I upgraded to stable release and there is a bug with the notification bar so I switched back to RC1

Sent from SPH-D700 | CM9 Stable Release ROM Android 4.0.4 |
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TaviRawr:
Does this actually work? I don't want to mess up my phone somehow. I'm not the most tech savvy guy

Sent from SPH-D700 | CM9 Stable Release ROM Android 4.0.4 |
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeinzu:
I wouldn't have told you to if it didn't really work. Also, the reason for adding it to local.prop instead of build.prop is it will persist if you decide to upgrade the build.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TaviRawr:
Ok. Thank you. I'm going to try to figure this out and do this on my phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TaviRawr:
Tried creating a local.prop since it isn't in there by using Terminal Emulator and it said "access denied" to making one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamdelozier:
Just create it using root explorer or something like that. Just make sure to change permission to r/w
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeinzu:
If he's creating local.prop in data/local/ it should already be R/W.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxfanj:
Just add it in build.prop in the zip.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ds4a:
Paranoid android has that feature.

look for it in the development section.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sakindia123:
http://goo.im//devs/sakindia123/Cyanmobile

Too lazy to type doh
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sakindia123:
y'all rock!!!!!!!1
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sakindia123:
i m gettin horny dude
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sakindia123:
final...pakka
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] cian hackett:
Im excited to see what its like what are the differences between this and cm7 ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Solid Mercury:
dude please post the features of this Rom..

How different it is from the earlier one?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] LiVeRpOoL-FaN:
cool man, i`ll check it out and report back

sry no screenshots

update:

had 10 mins with it, well its a cm7 modified rom BUT with some new features (not found them all), very smooth...has status bar at the bottom with extra functions on

settings menu has a nice nifty side scrolling top bar for setting sections ie main settings/wifi settings/sound/display blah blah........

snipe up from bottom on home screen for apps menu

not working or bug:

lockscreen has bug/glitch.....

no camera

no sound

no video

some functions dont do anything

both status bars could do with slighty adjusting (height/scretching looks compressed abit)

there is more, just with quick look

1st build has bugs yes, overall i like the rom, i would prefer it over standard cm7 rom for sure..........
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] nik007rock:
screenshots plz ??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] lrp91:
huh, too much bugs, but i will follow this rom and will test it when is clear of mayor bugs, im sure that sakindia will make and awesome rom ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] balpreetsaini:
I am new to the whole idea of undervolting. I have previously overclocked my phone's but never undervolted. Is there a how to guide anywhere in the forums that i failed to find, if not can someone explain the steps and settings that they found stable on their phones with out a significant performance decrease. I am already rooted and have an overclock/undervolt kernal installed. I apologize if i missed this topic in a search.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jethro650:
First step would be to go to the kernel thread and see how/what app should be used for the under volt/governor/i/o scheduler settings and install that. Different kernel makers may want you to use different methods.

Second, under volt settings will be different for every phone as the hardware is different. The best way is to take down every frequency 25mV at a time and do not use set at boot or any option like that. The reason for this is that you need to make sure your phone will be stable. If you set at boot and go too far and your phone reboots, you may be stuck in a boot loop and have to reinstall your ROM. After trying your phone for awhile and it seems stable reduce the voltage again and try it out continuing these steps until your phone becomes unstable/reboots/lags then raise your voltages the next step up. Try again for a bit and if all is well then you can utilize the set at boot option.

Remember every phone is different, only lower your voltages till what is good for you, doesn't matter if someone else with same ROM kernel can under volt further, they just have different hardware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peeempz619:
I would check this page out too..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
For those with less than great reception try this!

Dial *18 from your sprint device.

That is the number for "Sprints Cell Tower Enhancement". It will lock on your present location and boost your signal by at least one bar. You will have to do this as you move about to different locations/towers but if you are stationary and having signal issues, it can help.

Please let me know your results. Wish you luck! :good:

**EDIT**

THIS RELIES ON DIALER CODES. THAT MEANS THIS WILL NOT WORK ON ANY CYANOGENMOD BUILD

IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE DIALER CODES ENABLED TRY ##RTN# (##786#) IF YOU GET VIEW OR RESET YOUR GOOD TO GO. IF NOTHING HAPPENS THIS TOOL WILL NOT WORK
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Success100:
hmm, id like to see more details on this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
This tool is part of the "Sprint Network Vision" rollout. This is very new, more details as they come. I'll try to get some more technical info from my peeps. You know they don't cover anything but the basics in meetings lol. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rockrerun:
Seriously?! This seems too good to be true... I just went from 3 to 5 bars!

I'm still a little skeptical however... Will do some more testing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Neckberg:
Same here! I'm in an airport for the next 2 hours, this helped a lot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
NICE!! Glad to hear it, please do test. I would try at work but I already have 100% reception. Makes me worry about radiation haha :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evoer:
Don't really see how this just got launched and is part of the Sprint Network Vision as there are posts about it that are 2 years old. Supposedly it reconnects you to the nearest Sprint tower so if there are 2 towers within range it will only connect to the nearer one, did nothing for me. I'll keep trying...and wishing!

found this http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/131785-dial-18-when-your-signal-bad.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
Unfortunately, this can't change the laws of physics. I'm still in a near-dead zone with -101dBm signal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RPerry435:
I didn't see bars move but went from a solid -87 to -85
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
Hmm I guess the reason it got brought up again is it will start making a bigger footprint now than two years ago. With all IDEN towers nationwide to be converted to CDMA by June 2013 you'll get better coverage and bandwith when using this code due to extra towers.

"Network Vision: Sprint will rollout LTE nationwide, reduce dropped calls by 20-30%, improve 3G speeds 30-50%, remove IDEN network and introduce Sprint Connect on CDMA, increase capacity and introduce HD calling by 2014 nationwide!"

All in all if it helps it's worth it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
Uh, the Network Vision project will not add towers in any significant way. The current IDEN towers will be retired, and the 800 MHz band will be repurposed using essentially the same towers Sprint uses for 1900 MHz service. Perhaps once there is 800 MHz service in most areas, the *18 feature might do something novel (like force a shift to that band) but that is just speculation. Meanwhile, experts tell me it has been around for years and doesn't do much at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
This didn't work on cm10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
Same here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
I don't think any dialer code will work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
I guess this will only work if you are on a touch wiz Rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] swanysto:
If my 3g speeds are increased by 50% at the most, then I will be looking at 450kb/s down, and about 120kb/s up. That puts me 5 times the speed of dialup? Sprint is really setting its sights high.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
ROFL... I guess it's better than nothing while we wait... LTE looming in the FAR distant future. We all are going crazy with these turtle speeds. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
I had 4 bars and it dropped me down to 3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
Strange, are you on the latest PRL? Try to update it and reboot and try again. Let me know if this fixes it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
Didn't do a thing when I was at work with a -100dB signal strength.

I'm running StrongSteve's stock modded rom. But there's only one Sprint tower in my town.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
After a second try I'm back to 4. Maybe cause I have a airwave?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
One Sprint tower may be what's hurting you there bud. :crying: Sorry but I believe to have this work to it's full extent you need a minimum of two towers. You'll see a boost with lower bars, not much help when your in a good reception area as they are already at full capacity.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hunterbeav:
Worked for me went from 3 bars to 5....And holding steady...thanks for the info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
This is actually real?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 8er:
circa 2007....

This is hardly new. 2007 is ancient history in smart phone years.

http://www.everythingwm.com/forum/threads/sprint-signal.9891/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrwright83:
Thanks for the find help me out a lot, went from 3 bars to 5 bars steady.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
It's hurting both of us, friend. Your credibility is taking a dive though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tx_dbs_tx:
Thanks for the tip OP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Platin465:
Here I thought this was common knowledge. I've been doing this since I got sprint I think, back in 2000. I know I did it up in the mountains in Tennessee in 2002 because I had no bars before I did it. Don't know where I found out about it, may have been part of the initial training on how to use the phone, like *2 and *4. I think there's more that that now, like *3 is straight to make payments, and others are in spanish.

Anyway, good thing to remind people/teach the new ones!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ilostmypistons:
Went from 90dbm to 79

Thanks OP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
Did you try it again. It made mine go down then a second try it went to 98
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pangolin.rollin:
Agreed, just thought I'd help out a little bit. It's not like I'm promising a perfect fix lol. But reports of going from 3 to 5 bars is good enough to make my day. Sometimes you just need a boost! :highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] way2fast4u:
Ive tried (##786#) and DO get the view or reset, But when i do *18 nothing happens..:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
What exactly happens when you enter *18
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] way2fast4u:
Nothing.. am i to press talk,# or something else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
You put in *18 and call. You should hear a dsl type sound and it'll hang up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] way2fast4u:
ok it went "beep , beep beep" then hung up..

thanks i think..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
Then it works
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
Umm tried this on a touch wiz Rom... Looks my signal is better but data speeds suck ass.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] northwestdad:
My workspace is in a "dead zone" on a Hewlett Packard campus in Oregon. I just tried this on my Motorola Photon and went from 0 bars to 2-3 bars. I can actually receive phone calls and text messages now!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
Even if you have better signal. It doesn't mean your data speed is going to be great. It depends on your tower and also how many people are using that tower. For example. You can have five bars with a - 95 but if 4/5 people are using that tower your data speeds could still be equal to 2-3 bars
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] G U C C I:
Yeah, you need to be on a TW ROM to get the dialer codes to work. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ndh777:
I'm optimistic but still skeptical. I'd like to know why they just don't have this as an automatic feature. Is it something that they're testing and using the few of us that know this as guinea pigs?

But thanks for the tip :) I will be using this if I ever need a boost in signal strength, which is often.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] radrian92:
I'm using blazer Rom based off tw and didn't do anything :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mnhertz26:
There is also an app in the play market called "Fresh Network Pro". This app does the same thing with the one-click fancy ui and works on aosp/aokp roms. I have personally tested this and it is fantastic.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
It's just sucker bait.

There are several apps in the store that may do something like this, or otherwise purport to "boost" the signal by some other placebo method. If you check their privileges, they all have full Internet access and basically seem designed to rape the user's privacy by harvesting information and uploading it who-knows-where.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
I use that app with combo open signal maps app and that app does help drastically
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
And what, precisely, does Fresh Network Pro do, and how does it work?

BTW, I can't find it in the Play Store. Maybe it has been withdrawn.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ndh777:
I have that app too, but is there an option in it that helps boost strength, or are you using the cell tower finder to get closer to cell sites?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
I'm officially calling BullSh*t in this. Not only is there no documentation of how this works, but results are very inconsistent at best. I'll bet that the people who are saying this works could get the same results by just calling *2 or any number. I suspect any time you make a call the network refreshes your connection data and it may give you a temporary signal improvement. Heck, I can just sit here and watch my phone and the bars go from 0 to 2 without me doing anything.

Someone please provide some documented proof that this is anything more than an old * code that hasn't been shut down yet.

Just tried *18 again. Before I dialed I had 3 bars, it dropped to 1 bar as I was holding the phone in my hand. Dialed *18, it stayed at 1 bar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
I believe he was talking about two separate apps. Fresh Network Pro is the one that supposedly "boosts" the signal.

I am familiar with the other app, Open Signal Maps, which does display the signal strength readings that are are available from the Android telephony API, and transmits a mushed-up transformation of that data to Open Signal's server for crowdsourced mapping of signal strength (similar to Sensorly). The web site's signal-strength mapping is OK, and the tower mapping is pretty inaccurate, but that has nothing to do with the issue at hand here. The issue here is Fresh Network Pro and whatever it does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
this really seemed to help

I had like 1 bar; so I tried the dial code and I have 3 bars now.

Thanks for posting this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thearch1tect:
Has anyone found a good solution for the poor reception?

I'm currently running JellyBro 8/31 with ktoonz 8/31 kernel. I've tried all 4 of the available radios but have issues receiving calls/texts and sometimes making calls/texts from my home (Zip code: 75052, Grand Prairie TX). I seem to fine anywhere else.

Things were fine for a month or so and all of a sudden started having these issues and its driving me insane!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Pm me an address over there and I will check out the towers.

I work in DFW for sprint btw.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shadowsnake6666:
I have the same problem it also started around a month ago, I went from having great service at my house to dropping calls all the time but when I go into roaming I have perfect service, I have backtracked the roaming tower and it's a sprint one idk what's going on hopefully it's the 4g LTE upgrade coming soon? I'm in California btw (93272)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
Quick q

If you work for work sprint why do you use att

Don't you get employee discount from sprint?

Or is there another reason

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Emperor using psycommu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
My wife and I have been on att since we got married. I also have sprint lines. (Only been there 2 months) Etfs on the att lines would be about $1600.

On the bright side...i have alot of really cool phones
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
$1600 on ETFs? What you have? 10 kids?

---------- Post added at 08:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 AM ----------

Thanks for the fix. More bars... No. A least it's not lying to me any longer. Now shows 1x and 3g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
I cant hate. I wouldnt use Sprint's garbage network if I had other options either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Lol...her whole family is on there. My att phone # is on a basic phone,forwarded to my sprint number. The phone sits in a drawer at my house.

As the contracts expire we are canceling them. Now that LTE is on in my area via Sprint I have no real reason to carry the att phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
Are you slowly switching to sprint?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Emperor using psycommu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FL0OD:
Would be interested if you tried a TouchWiz Rom for about a day and see if you still have reception issues. Im doing an experiment myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
For sure on all of the lines but her parents. My phone and sons phone are already on basic lines decommissioned sitting in a drawer. I gave my wife the Note i had so all she is waiting on is a comparible device to hit Sprint. All indications are that Sprint will get the note 2 so i would say soon. I have no info on that on the Sprint side of things...that comes from a friend at samsung. I should actually have his note 2 in hand thurs

We are waiting to see if coverage improves in bfe before switching her parents. Att and sprint are equally poor there. I caught a glimpse of lte there on my sprint phone yesterday ...very promising.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thearch1tect:
I switched to blazers 1.8 last night and for the few hours I was up with it running the signal strength fluctuated between -97 to -103 so it wasn't any better. I'm going to run it the rest of the day today and see how it is. My signal is fine anywhere else. I'm currently running the Rom with the LEN radio as it seems to be the best for signal when I'm at home, marginally better at that but I'll take whatever little boost I can.

Edit - I did notice that when I was having issues receiving texts or calls while at home and I made a phone call I would get a flood of texts that I missed. From what I've read I know that making the call forces phone to refresh its network but I'm not sure if that's indicative of anything.