yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] noingwhat:
For me at least, my choice to stick with TW wasn't about the theme, it was about features. I absolutely can't stand the layout of the contacts app, that's the big thing stopping me from switching. The dialer in CM10 doesn't let you spell out contact names like the TW one. Admittedly I like the theme of the calculator and calendar on TW better, but it's nothing that would stop me from enjoying wonderful AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
CM10 - a quick review

I agree with noingwhat here... I missed a lot of the apps in TouchWiz in a mere three hours straight of playing with CM10.

I seriously find the camera to be embarrassingly bad, at least in terms of look & feel compared to the tw camera.

The same goes for the calculator. I'm sure it does what it needs to, but it just doesn't look very polished. These are two apps that I use on a really frequent basis. Are these what the stock apps look like on a Nexus?

I also was not a fan of the Contacts app, and for whatever reason, couldn't find a way to explicitly link each contact to their Facebook profile.

One other small nitpick, I think the slide to unlock in TW was done very well. You simply swipe in any direction. Having to swipe in a specific direction on a 4.8 inch screen is just asking for your phone to fall out of your hand. Also, I can't see the clock on the lockscreen due to my wallpaper being a lighter color. I refuse to change my kate upton wallpaper lol.

I liked how the text message threads looked in JB over tw. TW looks plain silly sometimes.

My APW widgets look a lot better in JB than in TW, especially when using the ICS skin for apw.

I really loved the transition animations in CM10 overall. I also liked the little animation you get when the screen turns off. Very very cool.

Anyway, since I was using Apex launcher already, it had the same look and feel on CM10 as I did on stock-rooted (although I admit CM10 was a bit zippier). I really think I just missed the apps too much but I did enjoy the modern, clean, and sleek look and feel in straight JB.

But!! On the plus side, I was able to get to recovery, perform backups, restore my apps and text messages, all on my first try without bricking my phone. I was able to return to my Nandroid without any problems either.

I appreciate all the work done by the CM team but I'm hoping it comes along a bit further in the near future. All my opinions are obviously subjective, so I hope it's all taken with a grain of salt. I'm a long-time lurker here so I'm just glad to see that someone new can eventually get the hang of all this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sololhj:
I have to say after playing around with CM10 for about week I have to agree.

There was a time when AOSPs like CyanogenMod was far better than any of the Manufacturer Skinned android variants. HTC Sense on my OG Droid Incredible was considered by many to be the best OEM skinned Android variant and CM6 left it in the dust. It was more stable, faster and had more features.

However, TouchWiz is pretty damn good. The Samsung apps are strong(with the exception of S-Voice). Its pretty fast(once you turn off S-Voice). Its still needs a little project butter and Google Now but other than that imo its pretty solid.

Now of course there are specialty thing like overclocking or drastic UI changes that require custom roms but 90% of users have no desire to do any of that stuff.

I still love AOSP roms and I'll probably keep tinkering with them, but staying with TouchWiz isn't the worst decision in the world.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] noingwhat:
I forgot about the messenger too. I actually prefer the messenger in TW over JB, but as far as the settings and overall UI, I prefer JB. If only I could get the apps, that's all I want.
[Motorola Atrix HD] boufa:
I really like my atrix hd... however i have my 3rd unit on its way from at&t. The first one had a sudden battery discharge issue. The second one has had its headphone jack fail. I'm frustrated but if the third one fails i will change models of phones.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Markyzz:
Cool story.

Sent from my phone.
[Motorola Atrix HD] eagleeyetom:
I don't see a purpose of this thread.

Closed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wethead4:
Been hunting for the answer to this question for a while, maybe I'm just confused. Someone once told me that every GSM phone has the 2100 3g data band that works in europe. I flashed the galaxy s blaze modem to my galaxy note i717. I'll be heading to europe, but after doing some research, it doesn't seem that the galaxy s blaze phone does not have the 2100 band which is the 3g band in europe. phonescoop says it has:

850 Cellular / band 5 (V) Americas, Oceania, Brazil, Israel

1700 AWS / band 4 (IV) Americas

1900 PCS / band 2 (II) Americas

Does this mean that i won't get 3g in europe? do I need to reflash the original at&t radio?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] inquisitor:
All I can say is that the Galaxy S Blaze 4G (SGH-T769) supports UMTS band I (2100 MHz) and so if you run its radio ROM on the T-Mobile Note (SGH-I717), which seems to share its radio hardware with the aforementioned device, it should theoretically work in Europe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wethead4:
Great thanks, just don't want to be prepared and ready to have it working. Do I need to setup/revise my phones prn information or is that automatically done when I pop in a sim from the country.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wethead4:
sorry i meant apn number not prn
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Why not take the LF6 modem with you and flash it through recovery if needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wethead4:
Good point, i'll bring it as a back up... do I need to adjust the APN settings when i get there or is it automatically done?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
The best thing might be to get the APN settings of the network you will use in advance. I just google for example "vodafone france apn settings" and I take a screenshot of the website.

The settings will not show up automatically.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] inquisitor:
By default Android has an integrated database of APNs and tries to automatically setup APN settings for your provider, which is being detected by your SIM card's IMSI, which in turn contains the MCC and MNC of its home network. So Android can find out which operator you are using and will then configure the standard APN stored in its integrated APN database. However there are many networks around the world that use multiple APNs, e.g. different ones for postpaid and prepaid customers and also often you are required to use a special APN in order to make use of certain tariffs. As Android cannot detect what kind of contract and tariff you are using, the automatic APN setup will not always result in correct settings. So better find out the required APN in advance and check your settings once you insert a new SIM card in your device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
My text message app will open but when I click on a contact to see their message all I get is stuck on a page saying loading. Is it just me? anyone have any solutions?

Cleanrom 4.5 for at least a month now, and this just happened.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Update: Downloaded handcent and that works now, but could there be any reason the the native sms client isn't working? I cleared the cache, force closed, even disabled and enable it, and nothing. It may respond once or twice but that's it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Seems like the app works fine until I try to read my girlfriend's messages... does this make sense..?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] WarRaven:
Sounds like a corrupt message in your thread with the old lady.

If you can open thread, maybe go through it, look for odd characters used in a text an maybe delete and retest.

Odd stuff happens.

WR

Burnt off a Beast CleanRomV @ 2.1
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Last night I deleted the thread and everything has been working well so far today. So you were right about the corrupt message, thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] WarRaven:
You bet, glad it worked. :)

WR

Burnt off a Beast CleanRomV @ 2.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
***UPDATE***

I upgraded to ParanoidAndroid and had to use a different apk. I don't know who made this one (i downloaded like 10 from xda and tried about 4 before it started working), but here's the winner:

techneesh.com/paranoidandroidnfcscreenoff.apk

*****************

Hey guys,

I searched for hours but could only find reports of people *NOT* getting this to work on the Verizon GS3 (hence the name of the thread).

I tried hacking my stock Nfc.apk using dex2jar & modding the smali files (after looking up the appropriate values to change using decompiled dex2jar classes.dex's nfcservice.java), but after much frustration decided to just go ahead and try the existing versions out there.

By the way, if anyone is looking for how to do this (decompiling/modding/recompiling an apk) with 4.0.4 (and getting the 'bad magic number with smali/baksmali), refer to the comment on May 8th in this thread.

I'm pleased to report that mayhemer's AT&T version (for the SGS-I747) works for us Verizon folks!

You can grab it on his thread here.

I've also uploaded it to my server. Here's a direct link:

techneesh.com/Nfc.apk

I posted this in the Development section because I would really like to encourage devs to work on modding Nfc functionality further. Also, this is a more advanced mod for a system app.

Google Wallet did not throw errors with this .apk (as it did with others), although I have not tested it yet.

NFC reads trigger the nfc tag's function and the alarm/beep, but do not turn on or unlock the screen (while it is off).

Also, I just got a whole bunch of NFC tags in and plan to make some cool products for them... if you have any ideas let me know on my 3D-printing-on-demand-for-xda-samsung-gs3-folks thread.

Note- I am on Bean's Custom Stock R3.1 07/28 (I know, I need to upgrade)

4.0.4, SCH-I535, Baseband I535VRLF2, Kernel 3.0.38imoseyon+, Hardware I535.10

Instructions for apk:

1. Get apk onto your phone

2. Stop NFC (or else your phone will start lagging // freezing after the next step)

3. Copy the apk to /system/app/ with a root explorer and overwrite the existing Nfc.apk (you should make a backup first)

4. Change permissions to match other system apks (rw-r--r--)

5. Reboot & re-enable nfc. Profit. Share your uses.

For zip you should be able to just flash in cwm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yardi4life:
What reasons would one what NFC enable while the screen is off/ phone locked ????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
So you don't have to unlock :P we are lazy people

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
is this for reals?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngerManagement:
really hoping this works..been waiting for it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
oh man, don't get me started!

think about it - you get to your desk and want to tether / turn on music / silence phone. just tap it on the nfc sticker on your desk. done.

you get into your car and want to enable gps / turn on music / navigate somewhere. tap your phone to the nfc sticker. done.

i have a lockscreen for security and even though it only takes a second to open it still adds up over the course of the day. the ability to quickly do (any) task on your phone without unlocking it or even pressing a button is huge.

for example, I canceled home internet last year when I got LTE but this means I have to turn on tethering every time i sit down at my PC. using a tasker nfc-activated command I can just touch my phone to my desk and it's on. time saving and just fun.

or maybe you are in a meeting and miss a call and want to call them back - have a pre-programmed nfc sticker that will command your phone to set an alarm for (e.g.) 1 hour. tap your phone to it without fiddling /unlocking/interrupting your meeting further.

what really made me think of this is while I was looking for something behind a wardrobe and wanted to turn on my LED flashlight on my phone. how cool would it be to have an nfc sticker (on your keychain? on a sliding mechanism on a custom techneesh.com case on your phone?) that could basically act as a 4th hard button to do a custom function (in this case, turn on the LED flashlight without 1. turning on screen 2. unlocking 3. going to home screen 4. finding LED flashlight app and opening)

and yes, this is for real :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
I'm trying to get this to work on CleanROM 2.5, with the G7 baseband. I followed the steps correctly, but it doesn't to anything different than the stock NFC

I can still read my tags when screen on and unlocked, but i get no response with the screen off or on and locked.

Triskite, did you modify the .apk from the linked At&t SGSIII thread at all? If not, would it be safe to try the other apk's listed there?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
the apk worked as-is for me - only thing i can think of to try is to turn ON a lockscreen? (I use the pattern security one)

safe? I certainly can't assure that... but would I try them? yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
I went ahead and tried the .zips from that thread

I flashed the nfcmodI747_lockscreen.zip flashable from CWM and it works like a charm!

Once i did this, i wanted to see if the screen off nfcmodI747_screenoff.zip works, and it sure does (again, flashed via CWM)!

Don't know if it matters, but i did not disable NFC from settings before i flashed them via CWM.

Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Just saying this is as of the moment the most unsafe mod someone can implant or put a nfc tag somewhere to run malicious code on your device. While I do not condone hacking of any sort, I know the possibilties of what these hacks can do from different forums (not naming any).

TL:DR, caution with this one guys. Especially if you're using wallet using my guide......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] backcourse:
Ok...what are these tags you're talking about? I've never ran across NFC tags in "the wild"...do you buy them and then tell your phone what to do when it reads a certain tag?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hmong_Xiong:
Yeah you can get nfc tags at stores and program it what to do when u tag ur phone with it, using the TecTiles app or some sort

Pretty cool

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
nfc keychain dongle for $5!

I wrote up a post outlining some sweet stuff you can do and some cool apps to use, here.

I also just finished creating a keychain nfc dongle! Grab one for $5 on my site, techneesh :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Yea, I understand the risks and all. :)

I agree that it is a major security vulnerability for someone that wishes to highly protect their information.

I just wanted to try it for a proof-of-concept kind of thing.

Honestly its pretty quick to flash these via Cwm. I went back to stock Nfc.apk for parties/bars this weekend (Too many people close to me for security comfort), then today I flashed the lock screen version for my school week.

It would be really cool if it were possible to toggle this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morttt:
Can somebody post the stock nfc apk file(s)? I guess they are needed to take the OTA update after mucking with Wallet, and i didn't save them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MAD Industries:
I just tried the nfcmodI747_screenoff.zip with the latest paranoid android (2.16) and it does not work. The NFC settings disappear entirely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Here is my stock nfc.apk

I have flashed synergy (ICS), jellywiz and now cleanrom 2.5. I don't know if they've modified anything in the NFC.apk, but this is what I have.

If you wanna guarantee its ok, you can pull it from the stock ROM.

Md5: ddacac3aad2e700b91239404e193f88b
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
Has anyone got this to work with cm10? Im more interested in disabling the nfc scan noise. I tried to replace the ogg files in nfc.apk with silent ones using ninjamorph and zip signer but i keep getting force closes. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lock-N-Load:
Tasker can do all of this.. no NFC needed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
True, but this involves active running processes like GPS which can drain your battery. From my experience, NFC has no noticeable extra drain, not even the screen off modified version. Not to mention how easy it is to use the NFC programming apps versus Tasker, IMO.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] android94301:
None of the zips allow NFC with the screen off and locked. I tried both in the referred thread. The original apk didn't work either. But at least the zips allow NFC with the screen on but locked. I guess one step less is good. Running Clean Rom 2.5. Anyone have better luck than me on the screenoff zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
Yes I love tasker and llama & automateit for that matter, but only NFC gives you dynamic extra 'buttons' (e.g. turn on led flashlight) to use on-demand.

I say button because you physically tap something (in this case an nfc dongle to your phone or your phone to a sticker) to produce an action :cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Hmm, I'm on CleanROM 2.5 right now, running the screen off version no problem. I flashed via CWM, if that helps. I'll check the linked thread tomorrow to see if that apk was changed from when I did it until now. If it was, I'll provide the version I currently have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] That Baker Guy:
Does this affect battery life at all? since nfc is scanning at all times? it seems like it would.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] android94301:
Would appreciate that. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] That Baker Guy:
has anybody flashed this succesfully with cm10 m2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Triskite:
I upgraded to ParanoidAndroid and had to use a different apk. I don't know who made this one (i downloaded like 10 and tried about 4 before it started working), but here's the winner:

techneesh.com/paranoidandroidnfcscreenoff.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
Thanks a lot!!!!!

Edit: no change from stock for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Wow, took me a long time to get around to it, but i just checked and the post i got it from was last modified on August 30th, so it is the same version as it is linked to in the OP. Its the same version i have running and working on CleanROM 2.5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rebdogg:
I installed the latest stock JB rom that was leaked (I535VRBLI5) so I lost the NFC Screen Off mod. I went ahead and reflashed it and completely lost NFC, it doesn't even show up under settings anymore. I made a nandroid backup before I flashed the mod so I restored it and have NFC again but how do I get the mod to work on Jellybean? Am I supposed to be doing something different than just flashing in CWM like I did when I was on ICS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Ill try this tomorrow afternoon (have physics and statistics exams tomorrow morning) and see if I get the same results.

Have you tried any other I535VRBLI5 ROMs (beans', CleanROM, CleanROM ULE, Synergy)? Also, you could try PureMotive's JB ROM based off of Sprints official JB release. No guarantees, just some ideas.

EDIT: Also, I remember with some AOSP ROMS (can't think of examples off the top of my head), some people posted that in order to retain NFC in settings on the AOSP ROM, NFC had to be enabled while flashing the new ROM. If they had it disabled then flashed the ROM, it might be removed from settings. Again, just spitting ideas.

EDIT 2: Just noticed theres another .apk up top Triskite found for Paranoid Android. Maybe worth another shot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rebdogg:
Is NFC on by default? I use NFC on a daily basis but didn't use it right after flashing the jellybean rom, so it's possible that if it's off by default I flashed the Mod while it was off. I'll try it out again tonight and make sure NFC is on when doing it.

If that doesn't work I'll try out the Paranoid Android .apk tonight and see how that goes. I haven't tried any other roms, I actually like the stock touchwiz and it's been running alright so far so I'd like to stick with it. But I guess making a namdroid and flashing other roms can't hurt!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rebdogg:
Just tried flashing with NFC enabled...still the same results, when I flash the mod NFC doesn't show up under settings. I'll try to flash the Paranoid Android apk tomorrow and see how that goes. If anyone has this working on the jellybean leak let me know how you did it. Sucks that I can't get it to work but JB is still damn awesome that it's worth sticking with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
Flash a tw rom, make sure nfc is enabled and reflash the rom you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
I tried it with the stock VZW leak and beans' JB ROM and couldn't get it to work either (lost the NFC setting altogether). hmmm..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stu_Gotti:
Same here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sievers:
I know this is an old thread, but has anyone figured this out for the newer Roms? Does it work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guth9191:
Was running blazer 1.7 with no problems updated to 1.8 did full data/factory reset wipe all caches and everything was great but no vibrate when receiving texts. Checked settings and all. Waited for 1.9 wiped caches as usual several times then factory data rest/wipe several times flashed update same problem no vibration..... any ideas?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VECCTOR:
This is a super niche question, but I thought I would give it a shot.

The photon Q comes with the hardware for Bluetooth 4, but my question is whether the motorola drivers include all the power profiles, specifically the ones needed for the low-power heart rate monitors on the market.

To give some background: several phones have the BT4 hardware, but stock ICS doesn't actually support it. The drivers motorola rolled for their phones are said to work, however (the latest razr is given as an example).

These are the specific models of HR monitor (if anyone might have them to try):

Polar H7

Wahoo Blue HR

These are different from the other other HR sensors from these companies in that they use the new Bluetooth Smart protocol for lower power consumption.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
Can someone tell me the difference between "factory reset" and "format data" on the recovery options (CWM or Team Win)? I've googled but I can't find anything. Some ROMs call for one or the other.

I was also wondering if "format data" is safe if I have everything backup up with TiBu on my external SD card. Will it wipe everything on my internal storage?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drothenberger:
Last weekend I did a factory reset in stock recovery and lost all my custom ring tones and notification sounds. I discovered that neither TWRP nor CWM backed up /data/media when I made a backup. I subsequently noticed a message from TWRP during a factory reset that it was leaving /data/media.

So that's at least one difference: format will remove /data/media while factory reset will not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mainmast2:
Oops, I bricked it trying to change partition sizes and I'm not getting to the downloader. I'm looking for recommendations for JTAG service. There's a shop in eBay that will do it but if there are other considerations or recommendations, I'm all ears.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasonjolley:
Just by a jig or send me your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LeoTheRomRasta:
I just got mine back today, works great and JB miui installed flawless. They were quick too. But only do it if your device isn't being recognized in device manager. And make sure you have all the proper USB/ADB drivers installed... Anyways just search "mobiletechvideos" on Google. They have a ridiculous amount of positive feedback.

Good Luck!