yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
I`m very happy with v17.Smooth,fast and great battery life.

Regarding your problem with EFS Pro.....read the relevant thread as it`s all explained there.

There are a few simple rules to follow when you flash roms or themes.

Read,read and read everything you can relating to it.Check a good few pages back in the rom thread for problems and solutions.

Check the trouble shooting forum for the same.

Always do a nandroid and efs backup before every flash.

Simple research could have saved a lot of problems seen here.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Simone:
You can, actually.

If you just know how to use the search button.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] pankaj_GB:
Try ME4 modem.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
At this moment, I discovered that my IMEI number was crazy, something like 00499901064000

So Yet on V17, I deleted efs folder contents and restarted, and after that copyed the EFS backup contents to system efs folder, adn Voliá,

I got Real Imei and the fone registered on the network..

But if i RESTART the phone, I got again UNKNOWN IMEI / BASEBAND...

that´s crazy ?

what should I do ?

I´m ALREADY on V17 with ME4 modem. Should I go to v16 ?

Omega always flashes modem and kernel at the end of the aroma processes...

thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] pankaj_GB:
Really strange..try v16 (clean flash) and restore efs (with a backup that was created before u installed ME6)..if no luck then try v16 with ME4 modem and see if all goes fine..
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
Thats the problem. I DON´T have a backup made before ME6.

V16 with ME4. In all I ahve done untill now I THINK I´ve lready tryed. So many things I´m Confused...

But Whats is Strange to me that I´m almost Sure that my EFS is OK now ( I´m making Calls, 3g is ok, etc, etc), but WHY when I restart I get Everything Lost, and Only deleting , restarting and Putting THE SAME EFS folder it gets ok again ?

Nonsense to me :(
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] pat19:
there is still a way. i read about it somewhere just search for it. also read that backup/restore of efs does not mean u just copy the folder because it messes up the permissions or something like that. but i think there is still a way just search for it. i know ii read somewhere just cant remember where.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
I really Tryed before doing that ( copy paste folder) using EFS pro. But wasnt able to put is to function. It accepts my backuped file, but I cant restore, It says I have to Choose at least one partition to restore, but the options doesnt appears to me...

I didnt find any other app to try to restore the original backuped file...
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Dzong:
i am on XDME6 stock , i have the chance that i'll lose my IMEI if i flash this rom?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
Didn't understand you. Im on Xdme6 already. ..
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Dzong:
I have the version xxdme6 stock at this time, if i flash this ROM have the risk of lose the IMEI?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
Man, the rom I´m now is XXDME6 either. So its the same build as yours ...
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] pankaj_GB:
Dear this is what out of knowledge..may be more experienced one could help u..but at least u could try v16 with ME4 modem..may be that could help u..

one more last thing just try to wipe your data partition along with cache and dalvik cache and try it..i somewhere read it was creating a problem of "android is updating" at every boot so might that help u..
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
I`ve flashed v17 over various earlier Omega versions with no problems.I have nandroids and EFS backups but haven`t had to use them.

Every flash has been full wipe.

I don`t think you will have any problems flashing v17 over dme6 stock but be sure to take the normal safeguards (nandroid and EFS backup)
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] pat19:
for thise having problems with imei with dme6 build try ro read/check this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332913
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Try reflashing v17 full wipe and then run fix permissions.

I`d be happier if you could get EFS Pro working.Have you had a good look in it`s thread to find out why it isn`t working for you?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] jpvanpolanen:
Good v17

Hello,

i'm currently running v17, stock kernel. I have non of the problems like lost imei, signal etc. Am i just really lucky??
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
Man.

Fix permition is a Great clue.

I'll give it a try...

I tried fixing permitions but didn't function.

So I tested this.

Remove efs folder and without rebooting. Copied efs backup to efs folder and restarted.

It functioned.

So if I restart without deleting/ copying efs folder. Wrong IMEI. No baseband. ..

:(

About efs pro. No I didn't. Maybe because omega backup not compatible with efs pro ?

Thanks man.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Simone:
Nope. You just used common sense :)
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=2034345]jpvanpolanen[/MENTION] : It has nothing to do with luck, it's only normal, BUT be careful though !, IMEI problems will appear if, and only if : you downgrade your rom version, or you just downgrade your radio ( modem ) version, hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
so, your style in replies telling everyone having an issue with ROM to kill himself because you're happy ?!

i'm flashing omega roms since v10 and there's no issues with slowness or bad battery performance but this time with v17 i had issues so i'm suddenly the one to blame because everyone world is so pinky ?!
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] themanapart:
SIP calls

hello, since v15, SIP calls are working only via loudspeaker. I mean, I answer and it works directly and only via loudspeaker, not allowing me to switch to earphone.

I use the default system SIP.

i've tried several solutions (format, reset, Titanium backup, NO titanium backup, reconfigure SIP) but no joy.

Anyone with me on this??

[MENTION=4579645]wesamothman[/MENTION] [MENTION=4425478]Simone[/MENTION]

can you help me?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] wesamothman:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION]

Following your posts I know you have the troubleshooting skills to fix an issue if you may encounter any. However, having an issue in the rom with someone doesn't mean that this issue is rom based especially that may others don't. If we have you nearby, and your phone is in our hands, we could provide you better support since the team is so nice and collaborative.

But i can tell you there are some issues with the firmware itself not the rom, or dev, or team.

So kindly notice omega is multi device team and not only one device.

This thread especially is over 1 million views. That gives you a hint what omega is.

Coming back to slowness and performance, if i were you, I would super mega wipe and start all fresh.

Thx for understanding and good luck
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] retrorom:
You are right wesamothman, it is not easy to determine where and how and why certain problems occur.

I'm on the boat since omega v9 and it has always been a great pleasure. I have had mixed results with "full wipe" and "update only" flashes. But since v17 I am also plagued with sluggish menu swipes, and gaming performance is not so good either (temple run 2 specifically, but that game has always been a bit frameskippy at some point, using many different setups and kernels)...

So I do understand the problematics some people might encounter. I will now perform another fresh start full wipe, and hopefully everything will be back to normal again.

I'm certainly not complaining or anything, it's just as I mentioned before, some problems occur after something has been changed in some way, and no one has complete control over what every single person does with their devices.

Thanks to all the hard working people of omega team. It is really great to be part of this awesome community.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
one simple good answer giving me another clue I've never know so i'm going to try this one wiping it and starting from scratch
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] wesamothman:
Don't forget to nandroid your rom and backup your efs.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
does latest Simplistic framework tested by anyone is it bug free causes zero problems ?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
My style in reply is to advise everyone to have some common sense.Checked my post and can`t seem to find anything recommending killing yourself.

I`m extremely sorry that v17 is giving you issues but it does work perfectly for me and many other users.

Reflash v17 full wipe and give it another try.If you still have issues tell us your setup (apps,mods and themes etc) and then we can try and work out your issues.

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I use Xposed Framework so can`t confirm this but a simple search in this thread found users reporting it works fine.

Also check the thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2029712 for users comments.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Atsco:
Using about 4 days now last version of the SF, and works fine for me. I'm on v17 + exposed framework + SF and good battery life, no lag etc.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ehsangolpesar12:
+1

flashed SF on first day Omega v17 released and no problem so far.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
Does Anybady knows A way to restore EFS BACKU MADE BY OMEGA instalations process( in aroma) ?

I have an 36.5 kb file ( .tar.gz), inside it an efs folder.

I tryed to restore with EFS professional, but I think the file is on a different method of backup . EFS pro backups generates a bigger tar file , with a .img file ( 20mb) inside.

When I try to restore my backup made by omega, It doesnt show any partitions to restore...

So I assume that or I´m doing something wrong or is there a Way to restore this omega backup file with some method .

Someone got success restoring efs with omega backup generated during omega install ?

I need it cuz now, if I restart the phone, it loses Imei info. So I have to delete efs folder, reboot, and copy the efs folder from backup and reboot, so it works again, until a new restart...

Thanks...
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] wesamothman:
I am not sure if this works but you can try this:

Extract your gz backup and find nv_data.bin and its md5 file.

Copy them to /efs replacing the existing one. Reboot.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] viniciusrsouza:
Please, tell us if the suggestion above worked. I also need to restore it using the Omega installation created file.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] moraize:
I´ve done this now. Didn´t functioned.

Until now . The only way to make the phone work again is to DELETE efs folder. RESTART, copy the efs from backup, and restart.

This way it gets the correct IMEI, but I can´t restart the phone

I´m getting Crazy man
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Break333:
Popup note is not working

I am on Omega 17, after being on Omega 16, flashing stock rom for warrenty issues, and then flashing Omega 17 after a full wipe. I restored many apps with Titanium, and tried restoring the data from the Mini S Note and S pen app. The problem is that I cannot get the popup note to show up when I pull my pen out altough I have it enabled in the S Pen setting.

Other symptoms:

1. Titanium could not restore S Note and Mini S Note. It just stayed on Restoring for a long time without effect.

2. After restore, I could not get my old S Notes to show up in the S Note app. After trying various things including manually importing all the Data of both apps to System/data, I managed to get my notes to show up

3. Mini S pen is installed (I forced the install with the APK from the backup) and pushed its data to the appropriate folders

How can I get the Popup note to work?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
I have a question, it was probably already answered.

I like Omega 17 but i have connection issues with getting a signal for my phone at all (not wifi or anything else) I was before on v15 and it worked perfect.

I would like to go back to v15. i got the rom but the question is can i just do a full wipe and flash v15? because so many people talking here about efs folder and no more imei and so on?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
i did a mega wipe and installed omega v17 with SF v3.6 but i felt a battery drain or some king of false battery status + ROM wasn't smooth + some other issues when i press back button the program isn't in recent apps list so i did a mega wipe again with SF V3.5.1 which was running on my omega v16 very good but the system is not smooth

when i go to rom manager it says i've 2 recoveries installed CWM and TWRP but when i go to recovery mode only TWRP working i don't know if it even possible to have 2 recoveries installed ?!

i don't know what to do now i've good battery life with "omega v17 + SF 3.5.1 installed + Titanium backups from v16" but system lags and everything not that smooth and when i run only one app the whole system lags !

i don't know why do i even moved from v16 and i can't go back to it again because of imei problems !!!!!

before i've installed omega v17 for the first time i've tried ARHD v18 and MIUI v5 just for mentioning
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
SF 3.6 works fine for me on v17 only issue for me is signal strength of phone (for talking...)
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Rom Manager tells me i have 2 recoveries CWM and TWRP. Funny because i`m running PhilZ recovery.Don`t worry about that.

Can`t see anything you have done that would cause issues except for your TB backup. Is it only apps and data you are restoring?

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Sounds like something got corrupted in your TB backup.Reflash with no full wipe v17 (nandroid and backup EFS) and run fix permissions.

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Are you getting any signal or data?

Go to Settings/ About Device/status and check your IMEI
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
Yes I get signal and mobile data also works.I also have a imei number. But phone reception is just very very bad
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
[MENTION=2817216]ttav[/MENTION]

i'm only do back up for user apps

i will try to back up APKs only and avoid restoring any app data and of course i will do the painful mega wipe again :(

i'm only wanna identifying the problem does it comes from my TB or from simplistic framework ?!

i'm wiping and restoring for a week now and that's excusting me !

but i'm now knowing that the issues not from the ROM it's something related to my data and things i do with ROM
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION] : Actually , you can go back to Omega-16, If you have an old efs.img backup, here is how : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43116061&postcount=77, also , if you use TWRP recovery !, it includes efs partition in the backup ( unless you unchecked it ! ).
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
i have efs backup but it's with extension tar.gz so i don't know how restore efs backup with that extension !
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION] : good, no problems then, see here : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43491688&postcount=132, hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Simone:
Probably the new base's. I do get low signals some times depending on the place as well on v17
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Yes it does get a pain doing lots of full wipe flashing but i`m sure this will be solved soon.

What you should try is a reflash full wipe..don`t setup your google account or restore your TB backup.Run it for a while and check for lag etc.

Then add your google account and check again.Finally if all is ok restore your TB backup,
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
backup & restore of efs.img to your pc or laptop

Since backup & restore of efs.tar is a bit uneasy for some of us, I thought I should share this tool I've found somewhere ( I forgot where, sorry for that ), anyway, this is a tool to backup your IMEI in efs.img mode to your pc or laptop.

How to :

1- extract to your pc, desktop ( just to make it easy )

2- open folder, connect your phone via usb cable.

3- double click Backup_EFS.bat for backup ( wait, and you should have an efs.img file in the folder )

4- same to restore, but use Restore_EFS.bat for it, hope this helps

PS : a word to the wise, use this tool and keep the efs.img somewhere safe, and also make a copy of it on the root of your external sd card, hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
i will do a trick i've just removed efs from my device using TWRP file manager then i've already extracted my efs backup i've from last January so i've copied it to external sdcard and i've moved it to device root then i will install omega v16 because i've just installed omega v17 with mega wipe and nothing installed and rom still lags

i hope this trick works because v16 with no issue for me

i hope that i'm not bothering anyone 'm just posting to keep everyone updated and it may benefit anyone
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
No problem mate.Hope it works out fine for you.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
guys,

i am having problems with my volume control.

if i push the buttons on the side or use the buttons in the notification bar it only changes the "phone" volume, media, system and so on stay where they are.

i restored a working backup of v15 and got the problem but never had it when i did the backup. wiped system and reinstalled rom, same thing

after restoring the nandroid backup of v17 it works again ... :(

i
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Just checked and working fine here.Have you any sound mods running?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
[MENTION=2438295]claude96[/MENTION] thank you so much i've did the folder replace trick and i'm now on v16 with no IMEI problems

[MENTION=2817216]ttav[/MENTION] i'm now at omega v16 and it's running smooth with the setup of google account but still didn't restoring my apps via TB yet just before that i was testing v17 under same conditions and it was laggy

can't understand why does v16 smoother than v17 ?!
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
no no soundmods,

just v15 with SF and thats it. But it worked before with no problems.

v17 modem/radio is bad for me, it shows 3 bars on reception but it tells me "emergancy calls only"
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
I don`t know:confused: I`ll have a think about it tomorrow as i`ve had a long day.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION] : you're most welcome, glad it worked for you, also know that you're on omega-16, try to use the backup & restore tool, just in case.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
I`m off to bed now so can`t follow up any advice i give you.

Emergency calls only could be caused by a few things corrupt IMEI Have you checked that the IMEI in settings corresponds to the one on the sticker under your battery?

Could be problems with your service provider.

Try a no full wipe reflash and see if that clears it.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
i finaly managed to downgrade without the sound problem.

I was running v17. What i did was

wiped cache, dalvik and system

flashed v15

rebooted

checked imei (it was wrong)

rebooted into recovery TWRP

selected restore and restored just efs from an older backup before i ever flashed v17

reboot

everything works so far, but have to keep testing.

and the emergency call only is due a bad modem firmware in v17 for me. when i am moving it cant keep up with changing cells, like when i am driving,

I know my area around me and where i have reception and no to bad reception and v17 screwed me even on "good" spots.

Looks better now, but still i dont know where that freakin soundbug came from....
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=330713]Snake-Plissken[/MENTION] : I see that you did a nand_restore of omega-15, and again an other one to omega-17, I hate to bring you the bad news , but I think you have a bad IMEI, check in settings/info/status/ , if your IMEI is : 46....99 than it's corrupt, or just call your mobile, if it rings in the calling phone but not your mobile, than it's bad news.

PS : if so ( hope not ), check a few posts back, hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
my imei is ending now ti / 01 ?!

is it normal ?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
go to phone app and type : *#06# , and check if it's right, also if you can make and receive calls, than no worries.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
magic happens :D

it's ok now :D
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Snake-Plissken:
thanks for the advice but i tried it, i can call my mobile and also can call from my mobile, and mobile data seems to work too... so far its fine. lets see what happens the next days...
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
does mega wipe erase everything ?

i've applied some mods from ARHD so when i do mega wipe those mods disappear ?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION] : careful with that, it will erase every thing on your internal sd card, even your efs backup folder will be erased, so move every thing you want to keep to external sd card first ( move : pics, video, efs_backup folder, extra ... ), hope this helps.

PS : you will have to flash a rom after a mega wipe, or do a nand_restore again btw.

PPS : some times it even erase nand_backups ( it happened to me once ), so you better do a backup to external sd card first ( just a thought )
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 3shmawy:
i did the mega wipe so many time in last 48 hours :D

what i'm asking about does flashinbg so many roms and the mods of every rom remain after the wipe or the mega wipe already wiped every rom mods ?

because i feel my device performance has been lowered i used to get 17300+ in antutu but now i'm really fighting to get 17100+ !!!!!

and my experience isn't the same does SF could be the problem ?!
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] claude96:
[MENTION=4883714]3shmawy[/MENTION] : mods and others don't remain after a mega wipe since it wipes and format system & data amongst others, hope this helps.

PS : don't trust too much in antutu and other similar softs, they almost always give you a different result every time you ran it, also try to go easy with the mega wipes, give your phone a break for awhile ( just a thought )
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Totally agree with you on benchmarks..waste of time:good:
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Break333:
Thanks! Did the trick for me.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] zsandras:
Hi guys,

can somebody confirm, the CallRecrdingOtion and without increasing ringtone works on v17?

I`ve downloaded on v16, flashed it did not work for me.

Tried to flash it again form Omega Files, but on v17, there's no more option chose it.

Regards

&rew
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ttav:
Look in Omega Settings not Omega Files.All working for me.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Simone:
I'm sorry. What are SIP calls?

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Confirmed working.

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I have used that script for quite some time. No problems with it and I do recommend it.