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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/
[HTC One X] mzaza:
I have a couple of questions.

1-Why do battery drains faster in AOSP ROMs than Sense ROMs?

2-Is it possible to have, in the future, better battery on AOSP ROMs than on Sense ROMs?

3-Can AOSP ROMs one day capture images with high quality as in Sense ROMs?

4-Could Sense ROMs be as smooth as AOSP ROMs in next jelly bean release?
[HTC One X] PhoenixFx:
You do know that AOSP roms are built by few individuals as a hobby, right? Most of them don’t have access to detailed hardware specifications or source code for the device drivers. Whereas sense ROMs are developed by a dedicated team of developers employed by HTC as their fulltime paid job, with access to all the resources they need. So HTC can fine tune and tweak their ROM to maximize performance, whereas AOSP rom devs have to use hacks, patches and reverse engineering to get the AOSP code working on specialized hardware.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beeg Boy:
Hello everyone,

I was just curious as to how many of you actually use a screen protector?

I have one on mine but I am not sure if it is necessary.

What do you all think?

Wasn't sure if this should go in the accessory forum as I am not looking to buy one just curious about who uses them and if they are necessary.

Thank you
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerpoint45:
I don't use one and I don't have one scratch but I have a case.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beeg Boy:
Cool, I have a case too. Might take my screen protector off then.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cooper:
I got 2 very slight scratches on my screen the 1St day I got it (around xmas), cleaning the screen with a paper towel I think. since then no screen protector and not a scratch. I typically just rub the screen on my shirt or the leg of my jeans to get rid of finger prints (same with my g-nex). very impressed with screen quality. But I'm not suggesting it won't scratch sooner or later or that it's safe not using a screen protector.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ixthusdan:
I use a screen protector and I have a case. I also use a stylus. If you take care of your technology it will work long enough to buy something more expensive later. That is the way I look at it.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeman:
I used the Kindle screen to cut a tomato as a scratch test. No scratches. :D
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naaser:
I can let my tablet without screen protector
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] encryptioncsta:
Hey XDA

Iv had my Nexus 7 for a day now and am dying to root and mabe install CM10

i currently have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with CM10 on it...thot its extremly buggy sadly...:( anyways i have been looking up on how to root the nexus 7 but i need to know if i can instead of using toolkit can i instead just use odin to flash stock rom and cwm and so on instead of having to unlock the device?

i am used to using odin for flashing and cwm but here the nexus is close to the same with htc one x in the way it has that fastboot thing and from what iv heard the nexus 7 requires unlock before it can be rooted, also is the tookit the best way to unlock and root the device?

also does unlocking break the warrenty and if i ever decide to return to stock unroot how do i flash stock rom back onto the device? am not sure where i would find the stock roms for it and also can odin be used to flash it...:S

i hate sounding like a noob lol
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] encryptioncsta:
ok iv used the toolkit 2.0 and its worked great so far...im stuck at not being able to boot into cwm recovery :(

it installed fine thru the toolkit but whenever i try to hold up and power i cant get it to boot into cwm recovery...:(

i tryed to reinstall again but still cant get it to boot into cwm am i doing something wrong?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espionage724:
Doing the following won't cause you to loose warranty:

- Unlocking the bootloader

- Rooting

- Flashing custom ROM's and Kernels (however, if you flash a custom kernel that causes your device to explode... I'm somewhat certain this won't be covered)

However, if you are doing anything like that, and have to send the device in for warranty, you "should" factory restore it. Google provides Factory Images for the Nexus 7, which can be restored to your device with semi-ease.

I use this guide to factory restore: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...ide-factory-image-restore-your-nexus-7-a.html Some filenames might need changed though since I think that guide is based off an older factory image (instructions are the same though).

There is a good chance a toolkit also has an easy method for factory restoring, but I

don't

recommend this at all.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Stop using toolkits.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent White Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Amen, +1. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1830108
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyzulu:
I've never used a toolkit before (until this issue had me stuck). I'm unable to get the Nexus 7 to book into recovery (CWM) after flashing it via fastboot. After giving up, I rooted it using the toolkit.. scariest thing I've ever done.. it did work.. but I'd like to get to the bottom of why a number of people like me seem to be having issues flashing and booting CWM on the Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Travisdroidx2:
Did you rename the original system/recovery to .bak first?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyzulu:
No, I flashed it as I normally do.. using the .img file. In this case, CWM.. recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-grouper.img

Why would renaming it to .bak be needed?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Its not actually.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent White Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Travisdroidx2:
I had to rename the stock recovery under system to .bak before I could get twrp to work. Or else when I went into recovery it would get stuck on the android.

But I see you are using fast boot it should write over it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
I didn't have to. Flashed twrp and forgot to put a ROM on it and went back into recovery and it was twrp still.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent White Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Travisdroidx2:
I should of just flashed the image file and flashed it myself but I was in a hurry and used goo im and it bit me in the ass. Lesson learned.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] naiku:
I followed the method here flash xperia ion and got through to the step2 piece with out any issues. For some reason I could not get step2 to run, and install the super user.

So, after some reading around, I come across this thread follow the steps, it completes with no problems, and I then see super user available.

My next step was to go back and flash the AT&T baseband in order to get LTE back on my phone. But, for some reason flashtools is not working/the phone is not going into flash mode. I hold the volume down key, plug it in, the green light comes on, but flashtools stays with the little image showing me to plug in my USB etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Edit - Fixed it, just needed to reboot my laptop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schwartzman93:
I am running Paranoid Android and forgive me for being impatient, but noone is helping me out on that thread....I cant get my Google+ Alumbs to sync with the Gallery App and I think the issue is with CM10...anyone else having this problem. Is there a fix?
[Android Apps and Games] ledflashlightx:
Relaxing Sounds X

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Some of the Animations and Sounds include Forest Floor, Sunset at Bridge, Nature's Grass, Island Getaway, Lake Scene, Forest Night, Ocean Front and so on.

Hope you enjoy the hours of relaxing audio as much as we!

We will be updating the application with new sounds on a regular basis and can't wait to hear from you and your feedback

We here at Xffect.com would like to give a special thanks to BlendSwap.com, and all of the great users which we give acknowledgement to within the application for their amazing graphics!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 3101846:
I've been a Droid Charge user since forever before getting a Nexus on Friday night. I've been loving just the plain 'ol stock, rooted, but I want to start ROMing and have a few questions. I'm not a total noob when it comes to ROMing, etc, I had great experience with the Charge community here and on other forums.

Is ROM Manager stable? From my lurking, it seems it's some people's go-to solution while others insist on CWM for flashing. Can items be downloaded in ROM Manager THEN flashed? Or is the download/flash process all-in-one for it?

Just because I'm wading through all the ROM's right now; which one will offer JB, stability, not have to be flashed constantly (nightlies) and will offer customization/some theme options; some notification toggles, etc? I realize that's a subjective opinion in a lot of ways, so feel free to comment on your favorite(s).

Thanks all, can't wait to flash a ROM!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ttahatt:
A lot of the questions you've asked can be found in other threads - but as a start, CWM is the custom recovery and rom manager is the app. Easiest way to flash once you're unlocked and rooted is to download the zip from your phone and flash it through recovery from the downloads folder on your phone. In terms of your specific rom questions, it's basically what works for you. I am very happy with Pete's Bugless beast for Jb, Toro though.

Good luck, you'll love the phone...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 3101846:
Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ba_hamilton:
I've had my Nexus for a week now and I really enjoy it. I'm currently on Affinity JB rom. Very nice customization options, notifications, and power bar options.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Z3HR81:
Affinity is a nice ROM.. I'm currently on Codename Android. Pretty stable and fun.. Welcome to the Nexus, it's a great device with a lot of support! :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] poor_red_neck:
Hello all,

New to samsung phones, not new to XDA/Rooting/Flashing. I'm a HTC guy myself and loving my Evo3D.

The issue is with my Fiance's Epic 4G Touch.

When the first ICS OTA update was "forced" she installed, and started having horrible battery life. It was "Android OS" causing the problems and I did a full factory reset on it thinking it was an app that was kept during the OTA update causing the problem. After a full factory reset the battery life was better for a while. Ultimately it came back.

Another OTA update came a few weeks ago (I think) and was hoping that would fix it. Unfortunately it's still horrible. She's a very light user, and her phone never leaves her desk at work. She works in a genetics lab and can't bring her phone into the lab so it stays idle (Wifi and 4G OFF) all day. Battery graph shows a steep decrease in battery life, with no "Screen On" or "Awake" blue bars on the graph. On Android OS's detailed info "Stay Awake" is the amount of time it's been on since boot, so the phone is never going to sleep.

The current build on the phone is "IMM76I.FH13"

Kernel version: 3.0.15-SPH-D710.FH13-CL663858se.infra@SEP-68 #3

Baseband version: S:D710.10 S.FH13

The only other thread with any (relevant) info is from 2011, and the "solution" was to not put any Google account information into the phone. That's simply not an option, as it ruins the whole purpose of Android.

Since this phone is old (in the smartphone sense) it's hard doing alot of catch-up with all the info that's out there, especially with more than 3/4 of that info being out of date and applying to android 2.X not ICS. Is there any other option other than Odin'ing back to android 2.X.X? If I do an Odin back to ginger bread won't it force the OTA update again? I'm guessing it's alot easier to flash a custom ROM/Recovery on ginger bread than ICS from what I've reading so that would probably fix the forced OTA update. In all honesty my Fiance could care less if it's running ICS or not. There really isn't any features that she would miss between the two. Is it even possible to Odin back to (I think it was ginger bread?) or is she stuck?

Thank you all for your help, sorry to come off as a newb but I've been reading the SGSII wiki for a while and alot of threads, and am getting lost in the irrelevant information. Take it easy on me :angel:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PoisonerKA:
There is some kind of bug that keeps it from going to sleep. Try installing a custom Gingerbread based ROM or a custom Jellybean mod.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
You should use Odin to flash the el26 kernel with cwm 5 by chris41g. Then use it to flash through cwm calkulins 3.0 el29 rooted rom. I believe both of those are in original development section here. Then use either titanium backup to freeze system updates or download fotakill.zip which basically does it for you. Then after that she is back on an awesome gingerbread rom that will have very decent battery life.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Asus Transformer TF700] 4square999:
Hello everyone,

To be honest, a couple month ago, I was an Apple freak. iPad 1 and 2 and 3, but since I bought a Galaxy S3,i'm out of this religion and I become in love with Android so much open, free etc.... And a couple week after, I sold my Ipad and bought a TF700

In fact, I'm a little bit Disappointed with my TF700.... Lag when I switch from a page to another on my desktop and a lot of lagging with Dolphin, specially with XDA... Text take time to load and some time I can only reach a blank page etc.... This problem can happen with any webpage.. Also, Keyboard can be a pain in the....

I'm not a poweruser, I'm just looking to send mail, browse the web and have a smooth experience and what I would like to know is simple...

Do you know a custom rom that could improve my experience with this tablet Something better than the stock Asus. I'm afraid to unlock and loose my warranty, so I want to make sure that I will improve my experience

Thank for taking time to read my poor english.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Yes - Zeus 4.0 and Boat Browser (along with Browser2RAM)! It's like it's a different tablet after these three!

At least until the official JB ROM is released (the CM10 versions aren't quite ready for prime time, in my opinion).
[Asus Transformer TF700] Kalipok:
Even with the stock ROM, it shouldn't lag on the desktop... Have you updated the firmware ?

If so, I noticed mine to lag a little bit after an update : doing a full wipe helped a lot !

And before losing your warranty by unlocking, you might want to try to optimize the stock ROM by freezing a few apps (root the tablet and use apps like ROM Toolbox or Titanium backup)

Have a look on Diabolos topic too.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Nebucatnetzer:
CM10 flies and profits a lot from project butter in Jelly Bean there's a problem in portrait mode though which hopefully will be fixed soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] superlungz420:
Is there a way to take some the stock apps on the galaxy s3 and out them in cm10 or aokp ...like the stock video player, photo wall live wallpaper,and a couple of other system apps ? I've tried root explore and that didn't work I tried putting the apps in the gapps folder and reflashing it nothing works... is there a way
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] epicnoob66:
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/porting-touchwiz-apps-for-cm7.html?m=1
[Android Apps and Games] toxicpaulution:
I think it'd be awesome if we could get a landscape picture and cartoon it into a Google now background image :) I would hope maybe someone could possibly make one?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JALStudios:
Hey guys! I am once again asking for more people to join my SpaceROM team! You dont have to have any ROM building experience whatsoever. I can teach you if needed.

The only requirements that you need are:

Android Kitchen Installed (If not i can help you install it)

A Powerful Computer (Desktop Preferred)

A Good Internet Connection!

I am working on new and better things and I would like to include more people! Just comment below or send me a PM if interested!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] don728871:
What projects ....aosp?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android88:
Ignore
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mightymike889:
I'll join but I have no idea on how to do anything so I doubt I'll be any help lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ermmanuel:
I would like to join i dont have any experience.. i do have a pretty good laptop im also running ubuntu 12.4 and good internet conection..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benem3000:
I need to get boot.img in order to edit the init.rc... I can't backup in cwm as my internal storage is dead and Im trying to use external for the cache and data so it cant mount /sdcard. If anyone could provide me a stock boot.img it would be appreciated... but even then how am i going to put it onto the phone as we don't have fastboot? (idk if heimdall would work)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
I think the stock use zImage not boot.img?

You can find some here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17817287
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Palihopy:
Hi! I have some ploblem about keyboard on my phone because many of custom roms do not have thai keyboard and when I use custom keyboard from google play I usually have mistakes when I type because thai language has a lot of charactors and bottons are too small. in stock thai keyboard it contain two or three character in one botton it is better and I need to know how to port stock keyboard for custom roms? and can i port keyboards form another device?

thankyou for answer.

ps.sorry for my poor english. :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simratcs:
Yes u can

Just copy LatinIME from any other rom to your rom and paste it in system/app

But if u are on cm10 paste it in data/sys-parts/apps

:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Palihopy:
thank you simratcs. but how to open md5 files :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simratcs:
Use 7zip
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokoam:
It's there anyway to disable the screen from sleeping in websites when doing fullscreen for instance like in flash it's really annoying when watching a video and the screen go"s to sleep
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baldilocks:
Turn on Smart Stay.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokoam:
where can i find this smart stay ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baldilocks:
Should be in Settings. Not sure at the moment exactly where it is as my girlfriend has my GS3 tonight and I am stuck with my One X.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokoam:
only problem with this is if there is no in the room light this feature doesn't work as it realise on the camera
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] NTSoft:
How can i put Arabic Support in my stock ROM ?

i make a lot of searches but no any results i need some thing like Update.zip or any thing simple to solve this mad problem ...

i hope any one help me
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] samo_gf:
Why u need Arabic update.zip. ,, there's a firmware 2.3.6 u can flash it via Odin
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] NTSoft:
thanks for reply

after 15 mints from writing this post i found Arabic Stock ROM from simfirmware and it is awesome i found it is my original ROM that my device came with

and i am very happy since that
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] NTSoft:
i have problems with stock ROMs it is slow and lag to much i have wondered about another update or fix bug patch to this ROMs

or overloaded KERNEL or something i don`t know !!!!!!!!!!!!1:(
[General Questions and Answers] Awilisch:
It's time for me to make a decision on a new phone and i am stuck between the Galaxy S3 and the Razr HD.

In the past I haven't cared for Samsung's phones only because they seem to almost never get updates. But now my main concern is which phone is better suited for being flashed for custom roms.

I would appreciate everyones input on which phone they would recommend both for usability and customization.

Thanks in advance.

--Aric
[General Questions and Answers] Clark Joseph Kent:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846277

First see above link for your topic:

Second I moved your thread to the Q&A vice the Gen Section, which leads me to this topic, take a read thru this thread below, for a better understanding in general.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1699450
[General Questions and Answers] natethegreat86:
Well I can tell you personally that I love my GS3, there is tons of dev work on it already and will continue as thus. But it really comes down to preference go to the verizon store and play with both models, thats what I did before making my purchase.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
My phone was getting hot because my Media Server(Media Scanner) process was eating anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of my cpu and battery.

My numerous attempts to disable it were unsuccessful,i deleted over 80 apk files and it was still running,lol.

I did a a temporary fix by placing .nomedia file at the root of my sdcard,and guess what?Its still fckn running!

I gave up and thought that it must be just on my phone,guess what?I just got brand new GS3 for my girl and same thing is happening on her GS3 and she is running stock and never been rooted.

Im trying to disable this Media Scanner from running because from what i read on the internet there is no permanent fix,its ics issue.

Im asking people to take screenshots of this process like i did and post them.Because im sure that there are others out there that have this problem that are not even aware of it,and it contributes to bad battery life and phone getting hot.

Post you screenshots so i can write Google to fix this annoying problem,thanks.

You can take a screenshot by pressing and holding power button and home button simultaneously.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] loveshinesthru:
I ended up getting a hyperion extended battery. helps alot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Media server is not a scanner

.......it runs things like music. Video etc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Media Server is the name of the process for ics Media Scanner.

Not many replies i guess people dont care much about this thing running constantly and eating battery when it should not be running at all.Threads all over internet on this issue but not here,guess im unlucky with my two phones,while my S2 runs normal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Flash Trinity Beta 4 kernel.I had about 4-5 hours screentime,now i have 5-6½ hours and zero lag.This is the best thing you can do for your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
If you say so.. .........but uh I'm pretty sure I've always been able to track the direct correlation of it using cpu time to my music habits. And the CPU time of my music player, etc or Bluetooth audio activity. Not that I run ics any more. ...its old hat
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] loveshinesthru:
i never run anything that plays music or bluetooth and mine is always running. I text, play words with friends, draw something, and use craigslist. thats about it. My husbands phone lasts longer than mine did when I was using the reg battery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Not sure but my battery graph with those green icons is blasphemy!