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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acekay:
Flashing a stock ROM will not cause Yellow Triangle or increase your binary counter.

So you can follow below steps after you get all required backups using apps:

- Flash 4.0.3 stock ROM using PC Odin.

- Root using the method mentioned in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 if you are concerned with Yellow Triangle and binary counter.

- Flash latest Siyah. Use Mobile Odin if you are concerned with Yellow Triangle.

- Flash any custom ICS or JB ROM.

Just follow first two points if you only need stock ICS with root. Factory reset is not mandatory but recommended so there are no issues later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Thank you acekay. Now it's late but I will check the thread you linked. It looks promising!

Btw I think I must pay attention not to flash custom kernels or use CWM if I upgrade to stock 4.0.4, since I have the buggy eMMC and so would risk to brick the phone, wouldn't I? In such case I would try upgrading to 4.0.3, just to be safe.

GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acekay:
Yep. 4.0.4 and CWM recovery is risky. 4.0.3 should be fine.

All the best.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
If you flash custom kernel after upgrading to ICS 4.0.4, you are 100% safe!

the emmc bug itself is on the stock 4.0.4 kernel not the firmware as a whole
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuniorGG:
Ok. So the only thing to take care of is not to have both the stock kernel of 4.0.4 and CWM installed at the same time. All the rest is safe. Thank you for having made that clear.

GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
Having some issues with rom I'm running, but also want to know for when I flash CM10 from sense rom. How can I keep my texts, email accounts synched, app data, or reinstall it after a factory reset type wipe?

Do I go into recovery and install what file? I didn't see data as an option in twrp, only system (for wiping anyways). What is the best way to do this? I'm currently dirty flashing everything, but that won't always be doable.

Specs: S-off, newest radios/firmware, stock/goodies rom. Ummm, twrp 2.2 I believe.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metalfan78:
Use titanium backup to back up and restore apps and app data. Emails and contacts are synced with your Google account. It's not a good idea to backup and restore system apps and data. There are apps in the play store for backing up texts.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
U know, I did that on my og EVO and hated restoring each app one by one. I have tb premium now though, so I can one click restore right? For some reason not all of my contacts restore with Google, so I don't trust it. Isn't chrome supposed to back up all your passwords and usernames for websites as well?

Sorry guys, haven't wiped data since og EVO. It really got me hating to flash New roms, turned into an all day event restoring and getting it running again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mr0roboto:
I use ROM Toolbox Pro rather than Titanium. I have flashed and restored apps/data successfully with RTP, it's worth the price.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
Have to look into that. What features make it better than titback, lol? I've seen it in playstore and even reading the reviews don't get too heavy into what's so great about it. I have pretty much all the other tools it has already like file manager, overclock, backup/restore apps.

I believe u. Just really want to know what makes it so good other than a lot of tools in one app.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mr0roboto:
Nice interface, easy to use.

Backup/restore of apps actually works (I had issues with Titanium)

build.prop editor is included

Ad blocker

You can manage apps (like Titanium) and freeze/uninstall/etc

It also has some ROM management tools that look pretty sweet, though I have not used them to date.

The developer is also easily accessible via email, and is responsive, so if you have issues you can contact him.

Hope this helps.

Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sully9292:
I love Rom toolbox and its like 50 apps in 1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chilly30:
Let me start with a little back drop story of the phone

Shortly after updating to ICS my phone ceased to be detected by several computers

This is the infamous Mobile MTP Device failed problem that some people have been experiencing

After reading several threads on different ways to get the driver to install on the phone I still have not been able to solve it! =(

It has come to me that i should give the factory wipe a try.

I know that the phone does have a back up and sync to google account but how does that work? If i factory data reset the phone will it prompt me to have things restored after the process?

Is there another app/program recommended for backing up and restoring?

I would like to have my app data and phone settings restored, and if possible my sms's

My phone has not been rooted and is on the Telus network

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Yes it will prompt you to recover after you factory reset. Short of rooting I'm not aware of any other backup methods. Maybe someone else can suggest something.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] james300:
hi i just made this 2 wallpapers look great on nexus s red and green circles wallpapers nexus s

hit thanks if u like it

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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] N3V3RS3TTL3:
Nice job....thanks :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ScottBroker:
I was told that if I bought a Simm card from them for $12 I could still use the T-Mobile service? Its $45 a month unlimited. If I pay 200 to term my T-mobile Account, I break even in 5 months??? Vs. the *0 a month I spend now. Is this true?????
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaygajay:
I'm gonna guess you meant $80 since that is where the star key is on the keyboard and you are more than likely on a post paid plan. Yes, Straight Talk is just a virtual carrier of T-Mobile/AT&T. It is prepaid and there is limitations. T-Mobile also has prepaid Unlimited for $50 just so you have options here.

But there is a catch to Straight Talk – unlimited is actually limited. If you start using too much data, you WILL be cut off, and will lose your prepaid time, and they will disable your sim card / phone from working on their virtual network. Read fine print to understand the details of unlimited “web browsing” (that is no tethering, no downloading, no youtube). In a nutshell – Straight Talk will cut off heavy data users after about 2-3 GB in one month, and if you are not cut off right away, there is always that chance. If you use mobile web moderately, you are safe.

By contrast – T-Mo gives you 5GB of full speed data (up-to 42Mbps, which is comparable with LTE speeds), and even if you go over 5GB, they will throttle your speed to 2G – not cut you off or charge you extra.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kobe4rings:
Straighttalk WILL THROTTLE you even if you consume less than 1gb. I was 2 days into my month when my service was throttled. I called and it was fixed. (had consumed less than 200mbs) and then i was throtteled again the next day. They said i was being throttled and my regular speeds were gonna return when my service plan ended (which was like 27 days latee). I told them hell no and that i wanted the service i paided for. They said i had violated some terms for data usage and that i could not use tethering. Since then ive only used my cell to browse my emails and check news and its being throttled once again. Im moving to tmobile once my month is up.

If you use your phone moderately, you should be fine.

Im using a att micro sim.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jlczl:
This has been reported using a StraightTalk SIM using at&T's network not the ones using T-Mobile's network though. StraightTalk service with a T-Mobile SIM rocks assuming TM has good coverage in your area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ScottBroker:
Wow A lot to consider. I used 12 gigs last month w/o tethering. I was planning on buying a T-mobile Simm. But now, I have read 2 people saying I will be throttled. I guess I will call them and see. Someone mentioned a $50 T-mobile plan? I pay I think 80 for mine with the new unlimited data....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tgamble160:
I have been using straight talm byop for like 8 months now. First with my htc amaze now with my galaxy s3 and I average close to 15gb a month. I have never been throttled.

sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @ 2.1ghz
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jlczl:
Research this thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] funziebear:
I used 8 gigs last month no throttle att straigthtalk sim
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kobe4rings:
Most ive used was like 3GBs and then the next cycle i got throttled for a whole month. I live in Puerto Rico btw but my brother lives in Orlando and he gets throttled too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ScottBroker:
If I cancel my T-Mobile now, my cycle reset today, will I get a credit, or do they make you pay the whole month?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kobe4rings:
if your talking about straighttalk. its non refundable.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] diablos991:
They recently revamped their throttling...

I used to be able to get a reset when I called in to them.

Last week when I got throttled, I called them and they told me I was in violation of the agreement and it would be reset at the end of the cycle.

Called again and the rep did the reset... The very next day I got throttled again and I can't get anybody to give me a reset. (12 calls).

I am thinking that they give 2 resets per refill card or they are cutting off resets all-together.

Has anybody here got a reset since yesterday?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
Doesn't it bother you? I really want the Note 2, but to think devices are shipped now with SnapDragon S4 Pro, 4 cores A15, 28NM with Adreno 320, and soon Exynox 5 Dual, also A15, 32NM and Mali-T604 really bother me. This is why I've waited for HTC's phablet, but it wasn't released yesterday :(

What do you think? I know the Note 2 has great performance, but soon others will have better technology... And I'm going to buy mine (if I'll buy) on December - right before CES 2013!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_(GPU)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morphiend:
i'm going back and forth between getting the note 2 and waiting a phone with the exynos 5250/new mali gpu.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juanzr1:
I feel like my galaxy nexus is already as fast as it can possibly get, and I'm sure the note 2 is even faster. I don't think I will need the newer tech at least for my use I won't

Sent from my Verizon Nexus
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChodTheWacko:
There will always be something better,in some way, than whatever you have/buy.

The note 2 is still overall the best device for me so I'm getting it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
you will keep waiting that way. once the exynos 5 dualcore is there you will be waiting for the quadcore version. something better is always around the corner. you say you will buy a new phone in december, so just come back in december, choose the phone that is best for you at that moment, and buy it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hirent:
In the tech world, there's always going to be the next big thing. How long should one wait is a matter of personal preference. For me, I get excited by new technology, but I always shop behind the curve, to get the best possible deal.

Here, in the US, the carriers make us sign contracts in return for subsidized pricing. So a $600-$800 phone is sold to us for $200-$300. After a few months, price drops of $50-$100 are very common. That is the time when I buy.

My first smartphone (EVO 4G) was released in April 2010 for $200. I purchased mine in Dec. 2010 for $100. Was the phone old? Sure, but did I care? No. It worked just fine, and a year later (Nov. 2011) I scored a Photon (released in April 2011) on Cragslist.

I am hoping the Note II gets released soon (October) so I can buy it in Dec./Jan. It is rumored to be around $250-$300 and by waiting a few months I can hopefully save a few $$.

It will still work and be more powerful than most devices on the market. Even if HTC, LG and others come out with a super-phone with the QC S4, it doesn't render the Note II obsolete.

So what if the HTC Quad can beat the Note II by a few points in some benchmark.

The Note has far more compelling features for me. As long as it can do the work, I don't care how fast or slow my device is. And with that 3000 maH battery, I don't foresee a problem in device usage time either.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moparman:
If youre gonna have the phone a long time, 2 year + then i think you should wait and buy the top of the line.

If you change phone every year or more dont worry.. Just buy a new when a killerphone arrive
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itchiee:
The Note II will be a powerhouse for years, and by they time it isn't you'll already have moved on to something else.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
you are all right about there will always be a newer technology around the corner, but the snapdragon S4 Pro is already here!!

i don't care about the benchmarks, i only want games to work smooth. on my Desire HD games get stuck and lag, so i want top line phone, so i could keep it for about 2 years.

sadly, im not old enough to decide by my self to sell and by a new phone, if i was, every year i would sell my current phone (in israel) and by a new one at the USA. this way i save a lot of money :D

the problem with the Mali-400MP is that its old... it is the GPU on the S2!!! i dont want to buy technology from more than a year ago!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegadfly:
GPUs and CPUs have already progressed to the point where the law of diminishing returns is starting to take effect in the realm of mobile phones. You can only push so many pixels onto a handheld screen before our eyes can't tell the difference, and the Android OS currently only needs a certain amount of gflops to do what it needs to do smoothly. I don't play PC-level demanding games on my phone, otherwise I would think differently - but right now, I'm mostly just concerned about browser preformance and the OS running without lag even with all of the widgets and programs that I need running in the background. I think the Galaxy Note II should be able to accomplish that easily. I, too, would like to see a GPU better than the Mali-400MP in the SGN2, but as long as it can handle android games and render webpages quickly, then I don't think it should be a big factor in your decision.

I think improvements in battery life, RAM, and screen are mainly what I'm looking for in this generation of phones. For the Galaxy Note II, the first two were substantially improved so I'm fairly content with that. I just don't see any better alternatives out there. A possible alternative would be the HTC 5" phone which is going to be announced soon, but I don't know all of the details on that yet. I'm not expecting much out of that phone though because, while HTC has good build quality and specs, they have been going down the path of sacrificing battery life, locking bootloaders, no SD-card, no removable battery, etc... The Galaxy Note II doesn't have these problems, and the one shortcoming (it doesn't have a Exynos 5 Dual with a Mali-T604) isn't really that big of a deal to me.

TL;DR: The SGN2 is probably the best phone you can get in the near future if you don't play extremely graphically-intensive games on your phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
I don't play a lot of heavy games as Modern Combat 3, Asphalt 6 etc. but, when I play these games I want them to work smooth! And I'm not sure the Mali-400MP could do it in a year from now.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegadfly:
The new Mali-T604 will have OpenGL ES 3.0 support (Mali-400MP only supports up to 2.0). Does anyone how much this will affect performance for later releases? I would imagine that the SGN2 would still be able to play 99% of games released within the 2 years with a decent frame rate.

I don't really like playing games on my phone because the interface is holding it back in my opinion. Well, at least for FPS and anything that requires precision and more than 2 buttons.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobyRc:
Well my adreno 205 rage.

I can play with adreno 205 all 2012 games..

Nova 3 without problems,Max Payne without any problems..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
my phone also have Adreno 205, and its terrible! games like Jetpack Joyride and Granny Smith are laggy..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChodTheWacko:
Who knows what we are doing a year from now.

Faster CPUs don't mean that much right now in some ways, because Android doesn't probably take advantage of multithreading.

It's quite possible that a year from now, threading is improved, and we see a serious performance increase with the same hardware.

Also notice this review:

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-hands-on-bigger-got-better/

specifically this quote:

This comes from a guy who said the Note was 'very not good', partially due to its lag.

You can be sure he went into the Note 2 determined to prove he's still right and the Note concept still sucks.

The fact that he failed is pretty encouraging.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
I know its great, and the CPU is awesome, no complains. My problem is the GPU, its.......old!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] someone0:
But everything always gonna look old to you unless you are Apple fanboy/girl. I don't mean that negatively, but let's face it. By the time SoC manufacturor announce new chip, a phone manufacturor have to wait a few months to get their hand on the chip, then a few months later, engineering unit is out. By the time the production unit hit the shelf then that is like half a year already, by then another SoC company gonna announce something new. If all the SoC and phone manufacturors act like Apple and keep everything secret then may be you won't feel that way but that's simply because you are kept in the dark.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubelBoom:
I know, but the Mali-400MP was shipped with the Galaxy S2! This is very old in "smartphones years".
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Man you talk about the mali400 being old like it experienced the great depression. How depressing. It is still a nice and widely supported gpu. The adreno320 is prbably better but doesnt get as much support which would be a bummer for the gamers. If you really want to wait for the t604 find somewhere else to talk and whine about that. The mali is coming whether you like it or not and i am quite sure many are happy with the decision.

need more high def music...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChodTheWacko:
It it concerns you that much, I don't know what to tell you. Just don't get the Note I guess.

I don't think anyone can prove/disprove theories on how the Note 2 will be in the future.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakboy13:
Note3 coming out in march 2013
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
Mali 400 in s2 is old but s3s Mali 400mp4 gives 50 % better performance than s2 Mali 400

Tmali 604(used in exyones 5250 dual core) would give 500% performance over s2s Mali

And t Mali 658(used in exyones 5450 quad core) gives 50-250% performance over TMali 604

Source Samsung documents

And I'm quite sure exyones 5450 would come with sgs4
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
Note 3 can't be in March

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulyDerek:
This !!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
This!!! ??

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkPhoenix:
I think what he meant is THIS!!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spotopolis:
Like this
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmptyArea:
I solve all these issues by owning each phone for just one year. The DHD was my first 2 year phone and there is no doubt I felt out of date after 12 months. The truth is if you care about having top specs (irrespective of the reason why) you can't be stuck on a phone for 2 years because it will always be out of date no matter how good it was to begin with.

Buy what you want today for the price you can afford, and tomorrow do the same.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
If your bothered about gaming go for a Tegra device. You get exclusive THD games and they are smooth. Tegra 4 will be a beast as well. HOX and HOX+ are the gaming phones to have.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
You know, honestly I don't think a15 is going to be all it's cracked up to be. Mobile CPU's have been cranking along on their own pretty well and hold up for awhile. I think mobile gpu's are what needs a lot more improvement. A little standardization and efficiency. I think the adreno 320 is a good start. Tegra isn't all that great in the CPU department but shows it true colors when games get a little TLC in the coding department. I wish android got a little imagination technologies love. I look forward most to the rogue GPU, I believe the sgx 6200 and up. I don't think we're supposed to see any rogue love til late next year or 2014. I still look forward to mali also. A lot of buzz and hype goes into gpu's and that is one place where apple is strong and they don't even really market their GPU qualities. Amazing how small these soc's are and they're putting out PS2/GameCube quality graphics at such low wattage and on battery powered devices. I hope some good phones with great battery life come to market soon on those 5" 1080p screens. Would be nice to set customs resolutions on our phones to save power and since 1080p scales well with lower resolutions.

...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
I agree with you, After a limit I don't think CPUs would make the difference except for benchmarks but the real deal would be GPUs

But I would like to see how long HTC butterfly gonna last with 2100mah battery and a full HD screen and s4 pro

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---------- Post added at 09:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------

(Leaked benchmarks) Exyones 5250 benches r out !!(which should be used in n10)

Remember these benchmarks are of an exyones 5250 clocked at 1.5 GHz in reality it would be clocked at 2ghz

Let's compare 3d scores

S3 (overclocked ) scores 1400

optimus g stock scores 1300

Nexus 7 scored 1307

Exyones 5250 with t Mali 604 scores 3600!!!

Its still a prototype version

http://www.antutu.com/view.shtml?id=2718

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