yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
telegraph.co.uk ten best smartphones

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...37/Best-smartphones-the-ten-best-mobiles.html

Best smartphones: the ten best mobiles according to The Daily Telegraph 03 May 2013 includes Samsung Galaxy Note II

Cheers

Tom
[Galaxy Note II General] flatfoott:
safe mode sgh t889v

I broke the display on my note 2 (SGH T889V) and had to replace it with an N7100 display cause i wasn't in the country. Since then it has been on safe mode not matter what i tried.

also the volume up button works when its on but the volume down button doesn't and both don't work in recovery mode.

I don't care about the data just want it to get back to normal.

Please help.
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
Should you Buy Galaxy Note 2 or Galaxy S4?

Should you Buy Galaxy Note 2 or Galaxy S4?

http://highonandroid.com/android-smartphones/should-you-buy-galaxy-note-2-or-galaxy-s4/

Cheers

Tom

P.S. Can we keep this thread on topic and delete posts that belong in Q&A
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
Best 4G phones 2013: 10 to choose from

http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a...best-4g-phones-2013-10-to-choose-from-1161825

Best 4G phones 2013: 10 to choose from:

If you want the biggest AND fastest phone around, Samsung's high-end phone/tablet hybrid is the way to go. EE's offering the Samsung Galaxy Note II LTE on a range of contracts, while Vodafone's also selling the 4G-ready device on monthly contracts right now, which you'll be able to upgrade to an LTE speed connection later this year when Vodafone finally launches its 4G service.

The phone's a stunner, combining a 5.5-inch HD display with a quad-core processor running at 1.5GHz. And the S Pen stylus. And loads of Samsung software tools to play with. It's a portable activity centre for tech enthusiasts.

Cheers

Tom
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
Not really a review but here’s a list of features and tricks that you may just not have known about.

http://www.androidpit.com/more-tips-and-tricks-note-2

On the last Easter Egg, tap several times and enjoy!

Cheers

Tom

My Note 2 to you
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
2013 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study

Smartphone models that perform particularly well across all four U.S. wireless Tier 1 carriers include (by OEM in alphabetical order): Apple iPhone 5; Blackberry Z10; Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy Note II according to J.D. Powers 2013 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study

http://www.jdpower.com/content/pres...-s-wireless-smartphone-satisfaction-study.htm

Apple and Samsung are the only smartphone brands to achieve overall satisfaction scores that are at or above the study average in all four performance factors.

Cheers

Tom

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Top 10 models sold Globally in August 2013

Rank Brand Model

1 Samsung Galaxy S4 International version

2 Apple iPhone 5-16GB

3 Apple iPhone 5-32GB

4 Nokia Asha 501

5 Samsung Galaxy Note II

http://www.counterpointresearch.com...alaxy-s-4-sales-drop-but-still-leads-the-pack

Cheers

Tom
[Galaxy Note II General] Szczepanik:
Why famous people use Samsung phones

Not really a review but interesting insight as to why famous people use Samsung phones such as the Galaxy Note II

http://m.fastcompany.com/3020215/th...-jay-z-and-martha-stewart-use-samsung-phones?

Cheers

Tom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnhazelwood:
I've noticed on CM10 that when I connect Skype via Bluetooth I can hear perfectly, but the mic doesn't pick up my voice. Anyone found this issue and found a solution for it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JeffN825:
I'm running SlimBean 2.5. Every time I reboot or power off/on the phone, I get the message

"Activating...

Activation can take a few minutes"

If I press the Home button, the screen goes away and I get the normal home screen. Everything works fine at this point...so I'm not sure what it's doing "activating".

It's not a big deal, but it's an annoyance.

Any way to fix?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
I had the same problem and I gave up SlimBean. If you check your phone status you'll see that you lost your no. and the MIN. No big deal though. Is it not only SlimBean but any AOSP/CM10/AOKP ROMs in certain conditions.

Are you by any chance in roaming?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JeffN825:
Thanks for the info. Do you know if there are any Jelly Bean ROMS for the Verizon Galaxy S3 that don't have this problem?

I'm not roaming...just normal reception in NYC. Are there any adverse side effects to this that you know of? Or is there any way to fix?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

P.S. If you gave up SlimBean, what are you using now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kdn102:
I'm having this issue with SlimBean 2.5 as well as AOKP JB4. I am in a major city with 4G coverage and I rarely see less than 4 bars at work (where I'm currently flashing).

Any ideas anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Issues like this are why I won't be trying any AOPS rom's. The risk is too high and I don't want to spend time fixing IMEI. Never had any problems like this flashing rom's on my Evo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kdn102:
I'm not sure if this is what fixed my issue or not. I simply formatted /system before flashing and have yet to see the activation screen. Though I haven't been using the phone quite as much as prior flashes, it has gone FAR longer without seeing the activation screen...just over an hour.

FYI: I installed AOKP JB4 this time. I'll be flashing the latest SlimBean ROM shortly and updating the post afterward.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kdn102:
OK, I installed SB and...unfortunately, I got the Activating popup.

So, I was thinking (I like to think). The first time I installed JB I clicked Start right away and it asked me for WiFi info during initial setup. I found out that it was doing that because it didn't have a data connection at the time I clicked "Start". So, I now wait for the radio to connect to the tower (i.e., the meter turns blue and shows 4g) before clicking start. This fixed that snag, so I thought...what if that activation app also needs the same connection to work, but it's not written well enough to handle this situation? I.e., it stores some flag that tells it failed the last time through and doesn't reset.

This is what I normally do:

cwm: factory reset, wipe /system, wipe dalvik cache, install sb & addons.

os: initial setup, change DPI to 320

<reboot 1>

os: use titanium backup to restore ID

<reboot 2>

os: use titanium to restore apps, etc

So this time, after reboot 1, instead of eagerly jumping in and setting up the phone, I did not unlock the phone until the data connection was made.

And...no more activation popup. I rebooted a few times and it's been going for 15+ minutes. I'll update if I see the activation popup again.

I know it sounds crazy...but see if it works for you and let us know!

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So I was thinking some more. I wondered if the activation popup always shows up if there is no signal. So this time I rebooted and unlocked straight away. I went to the app store, no connection. I hit the home button and...activation!

I rebooted again, but this time I waited for a data connection before unlocking...I did the same things as before. No activation popup!

Any ideas?

I'm going to flash AOKP JB4 and see if I can reproduce this.

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I could not get the Activation popup in AOKP JB 4. One thing I noticed is that AOKP connects to the network MUCH faster than SB. I know I was getting the Activation popup in AOKP JB 3, so maybe they updated something? Perhaps the order of apps at startup?

Well, I'm sticking with AOKP JB 4 for now. If you ever get SB to work without the popup PM me, please!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cordell12:
You are sort of on to something there. on first boot always wait for data, go through the setup, then you can reboot and what-not. I havent seen a activation screen in a LONG time, and I am SlimBean maintainer for our device, so you can imagine how many times I flash this GS3 ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kdn102:
Yeah, I've seen your name all over the place :) I can absolutely imagine how many flashes you've done.

I can pretty well reproduce the activation screen issue with SB on my device on any boot. All I have to do is unlock the screen the second it's available. It only seems to happen on boot, and I don't do that very often, so I guess that's not a big deal.

I restored to a stock backup last night because AOKP wouldn't connect to my head unit via BT. I'll install SB today and give it a whirl.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kdn102:
Some more info.

I installed SB and waited for signal before setup. It worked fine. I rebooted a few times and, for the most part, waited until after the data connection was made before unlocking. I assumed it had already activated and was done since I didn't see the Activating screen. Unforatuntely, I just rebooted again and I unlocked immediately...and got the activation screen.

That wasn't a big deal, I figured I'd reboot and it would go away. Nope! When I rebooted it immediately went to activating...no unlock was necessary. After this point I tried playing around to see if I could find some rhyme/reason to it. Unfortunately I couldn't. The first 4 reboots produced the Activating screen no matter what I tried. Then for some unknown reason it stopped...4 reboots worked fine, no matter when I unlocked.

I am a little concerned about the length of time it takes to get a data connection. It may be just my device (hardware hiccups happen!) but it seems that it takes SB 2.6 twice as long as AOKP JB 4 to make a data connection. If that was figured out then we might not have to worry about this at all.

FYI - I'm a developer. I got my professional start on SunOS using C back in 1994 and used Unix exclusively until 2003. So I'm VERY comfortable with Unix. That being said, I'd gladly lend my expertise in troubleshooting this, if you so desire.

Hell, if you could hook me up with some links to good DIY ROM compilation instructions I'd probably go as far as putting in my own debugging code to figure out what's triggering that screen. I've been interested in getting into Android development anyway and this would be one hell of a way to start!

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Well, the Activating screen is back again. This is getting frustrating.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TURBO2012:
Update 11-18-2012, using Verison S3.I am getting the "activating" message as soon as I install gapps-jb. Actually, as soon as I setup my google account. That tells me there is something wrong with the gapps. It goes away as soon as I hit the home button. I hope it get fixed soon. That's what is stopping me to use it everyday.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TURBO2012:
After going back and forward thru flashing all CM based Roms, I decide to nail the cause of this annoying message at startup. The problem always happened after installing the latest gapps 20121212-signed file and previous ones. The app that needs to be dissabled is "Setup Wizard.apk". For some reason this app runs at every startup,causing the "activating" message to pop up. The fix is: go to "manage apps" > All > Setup Wizard and click "dissable". End of the story. :cowboy:

TURBO
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Everyone is in love with AOKP and some of the other ROMs and kernels around here, but I didn't want or need everything that was added in to them. So, being that Android is open source, I decided to make my own. If you love a lot of customization, pull down toggles, and having everything (kitchen sink included), then this probably isn't going to be the combination for you, so you can save yourself some time and just look elsewhere. My ROM is close to stock AOSP, with a few extras added in that I wanted to help with usability without being over the top. If you like the stock JB experience, but feel that it's missing just a little bit, then this combination may be for you.

To go with the ROM, I put together a mostly stock kernel as well. The kernel is based on the same source as the CM10 kernel, but I've added in a few items and removed stuff that isn't really needed for most users. The GApps are also packaged in, so only one package to flash to get everything you want.

ROM Features

Built from 4.1.2 source

Linaro Toolchain, -O3, & strict-aliasing

Reboot Options

su and Superuser

"Accurate" Battery mod and Smooth Charging

See Github for the other changes made

Downloads

P3100 - MD5 - Alpha

P3110 - MD5

P3113 - MD5

Thanks

codeworkx & Team Hacksung because AOSP wouldn't really be functional without him

Rootzwiki for the new computer. There is no way I would have attempted this with my old computer

AOKP/RootzBoat/CM10 as this is where the few changes I did make primarily came from

TSM just cause they're that awesome

If you like the work, I'd appreciate anything to help support hosting and Github costs if you could :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Changelog

9/24

Initial Release

10/1

Pull-down toggles

Launcher2 now obeys the system auto-rotate preference

Set the external SD Card to be external storage and internal SD Card to be secondary storage.

10/19

Updated Google Apps

Updated to 4.1.2

Switched from Launcher2 to Trebuchet

Increased time required to disable touch on screen due to the "water detection" feature change didn't work

Few framework changes from CM10

10/23

Revert back to Launcher2

Change in how the kernel boots, see Github for details

10/24

Initial release for P511X

Fix layout in Settings.apk

10/28

Fixed a couple device asserts to prevent problems with flashing

To Do:

Implement pull-down toggles

Upload device tree to Github

Build for remaining P31xx and P51xx devices

Known Issues:

IR Blaster doesn't work, just like every other AOSP build

gpsd sometimes has some problems, but still works fine for getting location. UPDATE: Still trying to fix this as of 10/19. I've tried many things to get it working, but nothing seems to want to work. If I find a fix, I'll be sure to inform everyone.

Mobile network doesn't work for P3100, waiting for logcat/dmesg info before I can even attempt to fix it
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] nitsuj17:
can i flash dis on my iphone 3gs?
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] gabriel1997:
http://ragefaces.s3.amazonaws.com/503e27e2ae7c700dcb000008/kidding-me.png
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Yes, but you'll loose the functionality of Google Now. Same with the iPhone 4. Google Now works on the 4S and 5, but Google Maps will fail to load on all iPhone models.

In other news, I've been using this for a day, so I've tested most of the major items, but there is surely stuff I haven't done or tried yet, so please report any bugs or issues and I'll attempt to fix them.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] SiL3nTKiLL:
cant wait to try this out :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] joinx:
what about mic ? is that work in this build?
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] gabriel1997:
It's not the samsung release. The mic work perfectly
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] nutpn:
Very Thankful

I am very thankful for this,I have 2 kids and each has a tab2 p3113 and they love this with no hangups,Thanks again,,anything that keeps them happy keeps me happy,LOL,anyway it is very smooth in what time I have had it loaded on both.....thanks imnuts
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] grhand82:
All I can say to that post is

"YESSSSS!"

Toooooo funny.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Mic worked fine for me when I recorded a quick video to make sure it worked. And I'm glad at least one person has tested it out, as I was beginning to wonder if people were viewing the thread and downloading just for fun.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] hkjr:
linaro.....nice
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] joinx:
ok then i try to flash it now
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Seems that while GPS still works for me, it is having issues and causing battery drain by randomly coming on trying to find my position. Not sure if this is from an app I have installed or not. Has anyone that has flashed it had an issue?

Also, I believe I almost have the pull-down toggles merged in. The next update will have them, and possibly fix the GPS issue if I can find where it is. Once that is settled, I'll build for P3110 and P3100 to try and get them working, and finally, build for the P51xx models.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Updated the OP with a new build, change log is in the second post
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] nutpn:
thanks

P-nut aka nutpn says thanks ButterNutz, putting on both my kids tab 2
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Looking forward to P3110 build!! :good:

---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:12 PM ----------

To be honest could I just use build prop editor to change model number etc to P3110??

Would there be that much difference in your P3110 build?

It seems to run absolutely fine on my P3110 so far

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This is a simpler and, in my opinion, much better alternative to CM10
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
I think the only difference between P3110 and P3113 is the IR Blaster, which doesn't work anyway, so I'm thinking that it should work fine, as you found, without any real quirks. I will hopefully be finished with another project I'm working on soon, so I'll be able to put all of my P3113 changes into P3110 and P3100 and build for them then too.

Also, glad to see some more feedback and other people using the ROM. Glad people like it thus far.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
It really is awesome... my only moan is the GPS issue.. any progress on that?

I've tried a few things to try and improve the GPS but haven't succeeded

Network location as a whole seems to be dead

Thanks again!
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] LeftyGR:
Nice work, sir! Have tried all other ROMs, and came back th this one as a dd. I do not use, nor would I like to feel the need to use, a 3rd party launcher app. Will watch for any other issues I have not listed and report back.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
New build coming soon, hopefully for P3100 and P3110 to be tested by users. Also updated the included Google Apps and other files to latest versions available from the Play Store and the JRO54K release (4.1.2). Just need to make sure a layout bug is fixed first. I've also started pushing stuff to Github for the device trees. I haven't fixed the GPS issue yet, but that will be the next thing I look at. I'll try to fix it for the next release, but it isn't planned yet.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Nice!
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Is the Kernel compiled with Linaro too?
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] deejayzee:
How to add more languages into this ROM?
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Well, the P3113 is only available in the US, so it only has en_US compiled in. When I go to build for the P3110 and P3100, they will have more languages since they are available everywhere else. The only way to add languages is to recompile with more languages selected.

And an update on progress. I've tried several different ways to try and fix the issues with GPS over the past couple days, and nothing is working. So, I'll rebuild it tonight or tomorrow morning and post the updated build then and work on fixing GPS later. Not really sure what is going on with it, but it doesn't like something that I've done.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] deejayzee:
I also have my P3113 here in Ukraine, anyway I have no problem with that, custom locale app helps to grab local news

Did you find a way to disable so called 'waterdrop detection'? This would be a great addition to your rom and I will definitely make some donation when this problem is resolved.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
I didn't disable it, just increased the time limit from 10 to 60, and so far, it seems to have helped from what I've seen. It can always be increased further if people still have problems then.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Can I smell some fresh ButterNutz cooking in the air??

:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Just updated the OP with a link to the newest build. Will also post test builds for P3110 and P3100 later today. Change log is in the 2nd post.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Uploaded and linked to builds for the P3110 and P3100 in the OP. Just be aware that I don't have either of these devices, so I have no idea what is working or not. All should be fine (minus the stuff not working properly in P3113), but I have no way to verify this. I'd appreciate if people could test it out for me and provide feedback.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] deejayzee:
Nothing changed about 'water drop detection' for me, losing touch after 7-10 seconds
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] imnuts:
Hmm, I tried again and you're right. I thought it was fixed for me, but apparently not. I'll see if I can find it and get rid of it then for the next update. I've tried a couple things since I saw your post, and the other items that I thought would fix it also didn't work. I'll be sure to post if'/when I find it and get rid of it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] hkjr:
Benchmark & Install

I know benchmark isnt a measure to use however, does anyone have any scores to share? also, anyone attempt a dirty install, if so, outcome?
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] kepz:
Using Australian P3100. Having problems with GSM not finding mobile network.

See top right hand corner.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] deejayzee:
I score 5550 in Antutu, previous build has 5200
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Initial feedback

Amazing work Imnuts!

I admire your work on these devices even though you don't actually own the P3110 or P3100!!

>In my opinion I don't think you should use Trebuchet as the stock launcher with this AOSP rom

>The AOSP stock launcher that you used in your initial release was far more superior than Trebuchet in terms of simplicity and smoothness and I also noticed that it very rarely, if at all, reloaded widgets on the home screens when returning from intensive apps.. It was very smooth!!

>I even tried to make a Titanium backup of that launcher (which works amazingly well on CM10) and install it on this 10-19-12 rom but would crash when trying to add a widget.

The Trebuchet launcher isn't as smooth and has a horrible blue border on all the screens

Other than the new Trebuchet and GPS issue this is an amazing rom and is exactly what this range of device needs! After all... who knows how long we will be waiting for Samsung to release their "laggy" Touchwiz 4.1.1 let alone 4.1.2!

Just in case anyone thinks the GPS issue isn't important on this device... I have a couple of friends that use it as a satnav.. me for one.

EDIT: I now can now add widgets after trying to add gallery widget (using original launcher)... can now add all widgets (weird)

Thanks again
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] rraaka:
P3100

mobile network didnt work, no signal, no net obviously

launcher has those blue lines

phone booted up, thanks imnuts :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
AOSP Launcher

Imnuts would you mind if I post here your original stock launcher for people to install? (i have it as an apk)

Im using it at the moment and I think its so much better thank Trebuchet
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] matthewgwilt:
Calendar

Calendar shows up in Play store as needing an update but update fails:

Tried to uninstall using titanium backup then reinstall from play store but doesn't work.
[Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Development] LeftyGR:
Wipe data for calendar. Boot to recovery. Wipe cache/dalvik. Reboot. Try again.