yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] qazkamakazi:
Interesting, i was goint to say, if NFC was the only problem, then I wouldn't mind sacrificing the NFC, as its main use, NFC payment, hasnt been rolled out much in the UK.

But since everything else is blocked then I guess this thread and the idea is pointless.

Anyway, Just saw the links posted above, interesting indeed.

The grey titanium one posted above seems to have plastic inside with a metal back,

busab, you said you bought one, when it comes, mind sharing any signal problems, if any?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] EmptyArea:
Sounds like the only metal option is a bumper of some sort, paired with some funky back cover design would do.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] busab:
Yeah I will share my results. I am waiting on the Tmobile version of the note 2 to be released though. Hopefully the battery door and the phone will show up around the same time :D

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Indeed it is my friend! :beer:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] busab:
Ok so I got my metal back cover in the mail today and I also got my tmobile note 2 also today. Great timing huh?

Quality wise its decent. The only problem is the "galaxy note II" lettering on the back. The "note" part is kinda messed up. I'll see if I can get some pictures up here in a bit.

It fits perfectly, so no issues there. It feels really nice to the touch and I prefer it to the stock battery cover. It just makes it feel more sturdy.

As far as signal goes, I really don't see any difference. I am in a fairly strong signal area though. Maybe it will make a difference in fringe areas but I'll just have to wait and see.

Anyway that's my quick little review.

Edit: I went into the phone status menu and looked at the signal strength with the metal cover on and with it off. With it off it was hovering around -93,with it on it was staying around -97. So it does affect the signal a little bit.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Tweh:
Awesome!!

Great to hear :good:. I ordered mine on Monday and I can't wait until it arrives. I also ordered the Nillkin hard case today. I love the phone, but miss the premium feel of my HTC Amaze. I hope it feels as firm as I'm hoping.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Kawaisa:
For $10, they might not be too bad

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminium-B...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item53ef685366
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] dbgeek:
Thanks for sharing the info. I'm going to get a Note 2, with my upgrade, next week and one of my only concerns is the strength of the back cover.

Any chance that you can test the NFC (e.g., know anyone with an NFC enabled phone like the SGS3 or HTC One x, where you could test a NFC file transfer)?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] busab:
Unfortunately the back cover does not have a nfc antenna so you will not have nfc with this back cover.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MidwestDrummer:
Yea, I saw those in an earlier post in this thread. I decided to pull the trigger on a red one with white trim (Go Huskers!).
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Stamatos:
I got one of the ebay metal backs. It says it is green with black but the picture is green with white so fingers crossed I get it with black.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] conflict0102:
Here is one that has Samsung written on the back instead of Note II

http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Luxur...694425?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a7b5b74d9
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DMax99:
Is it possible to buy the nfc tag somewhere and stick to one of these metal back covers? I pulled the trigger and bought a silver one today. :p
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nmcgrawj:
Everyone still happy with these?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] PhunFone:
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Skickat från min LG-P990 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] FloatingFatMan:
If they're really metal and not just painted to look like metal, you wasted your money.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] DMax99:
Nah....they are plastic. I can't really see why they would make it metal :p
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] parrot5:
There is a metal cover WITH NFC, you just have to buy 50 of them here
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Bliznade:
How about a metal one with NFC that we don't have to pay $300 for in bulk? Lol.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] A.Priori:
any update for these metal covers and where to buy in usa for cheep? :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] sshafranko:
I'm interested as well

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Also the item mentioned above for $322 is no longer available for some reason.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] bond32:
I just got one in from amazon with prime shipping. Was only $8.

www.amazon.com/dp/B009WLABUW/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8

It's pretty nice, not any noticeable signal drop. Not sure about nfc, I don't use it. For only $8 its a deal.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] speculatrix:
once I put a gel case with stand on my Note2, the material of which the back is made doesn't matter any more!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] mcshadows77:
i'm pleasure the stock cover
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] bigdade:
BLACK METAL ALUMINIUM Battery Back Door Samsung Galaxy NOTE 2 II SPRINT T-MOBILE

I bought this one from ebay. Super fast shipping and awesome looking product. It really is aluminum. It adds a little weight to the phone, but makes it feel more solid. You do lose a bit of reception, but not too bad. I definitely recommend it.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] scote:
each to their own, I wouldnt want to lose signal, less signal equals phone transmitting power increases, equals less battery life. If you on the edge of a signal with a normal back you wont get signal with an alu back

I also have an asus transformer prime that has a spun aluminium case, the wifi is terrible and gps does not work at all, for that reason I would not inflict an aluminium back on my gn2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoxNovak:
I switched to cyanogenmod and they have this weird Apollo music player. I was wondering if someone could share an apk for the original
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fra.burnham:
Not sure if this is the right place for my question, but the ls670 optimus s is fairly similar to the optimus v.

I have a phone that always boots into "safe mode" when it boots android. My plan to fix this was to root and install a custom rom. I'm running ZVJ so this required a downgrade using the "apply update.zip from sdcard". The stock recovery crashes 100% of the time when I attempt to apply the update. I attempted to used fastboot flash to send the update.zip but even when recovery is up the phone doesn't show up in "fastboot devices". It does show up in "adb devices" but shows that it is in recovery mode. I feel like I'm making a simple mistake here. Any ideas?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] post-mortem:
Use fastboot mode to flash custom recovery .img file for your phone. Look up Android Flash Recovery, by our own Bill.Weckel.

-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Using the stock Android browser (on AOKP and CM10 - haven't tried Samsung firmware), the XDA forums look fine until I log in. After that, all text is gray instead of black, as shown in the picture. Dolphin does this also, but Chrome does not. Anyone know why this is happening?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rersland613:
I've checked the play store and I can't for the life of me find a decent app to control my apple TV from my phone similar to the "remote" app on iPhone and iPad. I've checked here and couldn't find it either. The apps I've checked out all require some sort of login and it really seems to be a scam. My apple TV is wirelessly attached to my network. Any way to control this that any of you know of?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
I'll just wish you luck now. Apple products are not known for being compatible with anything but other Apple products. It's an intentional part of their proprietary business strategy. To make matters worse, most of the people with the brains to pull something like that off probably don't care to make it, or don't want to risk ending up in court.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rersland613:
Yeah that's what I keep coming up with... My wife and I both have iPads and she has an iPhone. We control the apple TV with those in our room and with my harmony one in the living room. I've never been a huge fan of their business strategy and that is why I refused to buy an iPhone. They make a nice product but they allow almost ZERO integration with anything else.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Buy an iPhone! :eek: j/k

I couldn't resist. Sorry
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rersland613:
How do I submit a negative thanks? Or take one away? Lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Lol :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anjarovskaya:
Apple tv remote app alternative for Android

You can try "Remote for Apple TV - CiderTV" app. It lets you to control 2, 3 or 4 gen Apple TV from your Android phone or tablet via WiFi. Compatible with phones without infrared support. And you do not need to jailbreak your Apple TV.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauFerrusca:
Hi, first post!

I had a Galaxy Player 4 for a while (7 months) before finally deciding to get me a Galaxy SII. I installed almost every single one app I had starting with Poweramp.

What I find quite unbelievable is that most times I press the Menu Key or the Back Key music in Poweramp pauses for an instant. Nothing dramatic, but that never ever happened in my Player 4. And since I bought Poweramp specifically for its gapless prowess, well...

I tweaked the Audio priority and the buffer, but the problem persists.

What is better: to store Poweramp in the SD card or in the internal memory? Any suggestions?

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Hulk:
Moving to Q&A, please post all future questions there please.

Thanks

The-Hulk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
store it on Internal storage.

I have never experienced any problems with PowerAmp.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauFerrusca:
It is on Internal Storage... =/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Ok. Can you post your ROM and kernel details; Goto Settings > About phone, and post everything you see.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauFerrusca:
Certainly!

Android version

4.0.4

Baseband version:

I9100UHLPH

Kernel version:

3.0.15-I9100UHLPV-CL923517

se.infra@SEP-98 #3

SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 19 17:40:13 KST 2012

Build number

IMM76D.UHLPV
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
i am using the same since quite a long time for now on my S2 and havent seen the issue ur facing for sure ma8:) its pretty weird.

may be due to the Custom Rom i am running on my phone might be the reason:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauFerrusca:
Sun90, do you listen to flac or mp3s? I have noticed that it's while listening to flac files when the issue is much more evident.

I think I'll start reading about ROMS and all that fun part of owning an Android device. I had a Motorola Rokr E2, so I'm no stranger to flashing and modifing mobiles, but this is a whole new game for me.

And thanks for your reply.

;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauFerrusca:
animations...

Well, i tracked down the "problem" to the window animations in ICS. While very pretty, I've found that while listening to FLAC in PowerAmp and switching windows, whenever a window animation comes along, tiny clicks and skips (but annoying for me) tend to show up.

My solution? Turn off animations.

Another solution I am testing is 1x animations and "Force GPU rendering" checked. These two settings have made the twitchiness disappear almost completely.

;)

Cheers, everyone.
[Android General] Speedmaster_102:
Hi all!

Im becoming more involved in meetings at my job and Im looking for an app which allows me to put my nexus 7 tablet on the tablet and allow it to listen and type out/transcribe what is going on in the meeting/discussions. It'd be helpful for me since I am deaf/hard of hearing and Im usually lost in meetings. This would help me to follow and to track what is happening during the meeting.

Thanks in advance!
[Android General] meo:
voice -> text

hm in the moment i dont know any software on android who wokrs like you need.

But some steps:

1. you need a voic recorder

2. a voice analytic software

1: i think you need a very good voice recording system, because the detaction rate is much better

2. the only realy good voice system i know is dragon naturally speaking (on Windows system). i used it for some dictations.

-> the libery i think is used in siri iPhone

-> i Use Flex T9 (Android) in my handy for input (swype and voice - great) there a other great tools from nuance. The detaction rate is great

On Android:

EVERNOTE (a great Tool for Collecting an organisation of information) has the possibility - but i dont try it

i would take a good voice recorder (best with a good micro) -> put the Voice File on windows and use nuance tools

on Ipad/Iphone there is a memopad software where you can scribe, paint and record in meetings - i will look for the nam
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] johnnyutah22:
Here's a link to the story: http://www.droid-life.com/tag/real-widget/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Danny-B-:
Says its not compatible for me ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] johnnyutah22:
Just side load the apk, it worked for me. I just downloaded the app on my phone and put the apk file in dropbox and installed it.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahim_ir:
Hi

Today I Receive a dead HD7 from a customer.After Repaire Boot with JTAG Phone start and goto Bootloader screen.It Shows SPL-1.23

Now,I cant install any ROM on this set.I try to RSPL and then HSPL but RSPL done ok and HSPL not done.After RSPL and try to install "RUU_Schubert_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.23.707.01_Radio_5.51.09.06a_22.30.50.09_Signed_SCHUBERT_RELEASE.exe" Shows "Flash Write" error and phone dead. I repaire Bootloader for the second time and now phone enter in bootloader with SPL-1.23 .Please tell me that how can i install RUU or custom ROM with no error.

Tnx to all.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh4d0w86:
what does the Bootloader say?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hc007x:
Is there a music player that looks like the ios music player or that is close?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rymanh:
Doubletwist resembles it closely
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Magnumxxxl:
Yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hc007x:
What is it called?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
Eugene has a ROM that has it
[Droid 2 General] on4now4:
I did some searching and have not found anything recent about the topic... Was this ever figured out? are we just going to be in the dark with a locked down loader forever?

Maybe i missed the tread where this is currently still being discussed please direct me!
[Droid 2 General] NZitney:
I haven't been able to find any information either. I have been monitoring XDA, Rootz and Droidforums and development seems to be fairly dead.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
bootloader can not be unlocked, without codes from moto

and they just want these phones to go away

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edit: there was some progress on a work around

kexec-mod, kexec-tools

but no updates since july
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Raindog14:
I need a bit of help. I update my Xperia Go to ICS after backing it up on Sony's PC Companion. After successfully updating, I tried restoring my stuff, almost everything was there except the sms messages, I can live with the missing apps. But the messages are very important (been moving them since 2009) and in hindsight I know I should have used an app to archive them for restoration later but it slipped my mind.

I've tried several times to restore, backup then restore and still the messages are just not getting into the phone. I opened the backups and saw there is a difference with the way the data for the messages are formatted. GB had them in individual files, ICS seems to be on a single file so transporting the contents of the old conversations to the new one did not do anything.

I was thinking of downgrading the phone to try and restore the sms and then use an app then update and transfer but

1. I couldn't find a gingerbread firmware to return to

2. Flashtool would not work, saying that it could not find the driver (am thinking the Go on ICS needs a different driver) and this was the same one I used to flash it in the first place.

Is there an easier way to move the sms files from the old pc companion backup to phone? or a gingerbread firmware i can go back to/download? and a working flashboot driver too.

Since there isnt a dedicated forum for the Go, I had to post here, sorry if this was a mistake but thank you for any help I can get.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nguyen47:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1854400

You can download GB firmware here

For drivers, you go to drivers folder inside Flashtool and install it.

Can you please upload FTF file of ICS firmware of Go? I need it badly

Edit: this is a guide how to make FTF file http://mytechencounters.wordpress.c...eate-an-ftf-file-of-your-xperia-ics-firmware/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Raindog14:
Thanks, I got the file.

You can download here http://www.4shared.com/file/NDe4G08P/ST27i_611B110_CE.html

It gave the same error about not having the right driver blah blah twice. Then in my pissed off state, I kinda accidentally got it into fast boot i think (blue purple light, up volume) then took it off then put it back on back to try to flash the GB rom, it did!

After checking if the flash was alright, I tried restoring the sms only and it worked. there really is a problem with this that sony has to acknowledge between migrating from GB to ICS...

Time to install that sms app. Thank you :D
[HTC Sensation] zurikpsy:
i'm runing android 4.0.3 ICS with sens 3.6 with software number: 3.33.707.106

is it possible to root me HTC?
[HTC Sensation] onemanshow85:
take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1716955
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
or more specifically see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1632553
[HTC Sensation] zurikpsy:
It will not work for me cuz i have Hboot 1.29.0000

And what you show is for 1.27.000 hboot...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
It works on 1.29 hboot too
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] superostrich:
Hey guys,

I like to have the developer option "max background processes" set to 2. It kind of disables multitasking a bit, but it keeps like 1000mb ram available which keeps my phone nice and fast.

Only problem is, I have to re-enable this everytime I reboot my device, which isnt terrible, but its not as smooth as Id like it to be.

I also do this on my tf201.

Just wondering if theres anyway to force those settings to stay on.

Thanks,

Super
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomacts:
Using ram does not slow your phone down, unless it is using cpu cycles and if it is then it is either a bad app or is running still.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] superostrich:
But as with any computing system, if you are taking up all the ram with background processes, your phone is going to run like 's***'
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomacts:
I haven't been able to slow down my AT&T SGS III even when I try I can't use 2gigs of ram.

In unix/linux unused ram is wasted ram. Often stuff will use *if coded properly* extra ram if there is lots of extra to use.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] superostrich:
Ah. I see. I know that its better to have ram in use, than not too. But I was finding that I would have 300-400mb free, and my phone ran like crap. Put on the limited background processes to 2, and it ran a lot smoother.

Do you have any idea to keep that kept on after reboots?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomacts:
Your issue is not your "ram" is the fact you got some ****ty apps probally taking a lot of CPU cycles.

To check what app this is *best time to check for your issue would be when your phone starts to be slow*

Hold the home button and then click task manger. From there go to Applications on the very left *probably the default place it puts you*

You can see the CPU usage on that page..

If anything is above 0% it might be what is casing the issue. If you want you can post a screenshot of that page and we can see if there are any known bad apps there.
[General Questions and Answers] saberzaid:
hello

i would like to sell my samsung galaxy s3 online , i dont want to sell it on ebay cuz i dont hv paypal etc

so is there any other website like online forum for selling phones or something like that

please let me know

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Thread moved

You can use XDA marketplace one you got to 50 useful posts
[General Questions and Answers] SimonTS:
And a year of membership as well?
[General Questions and Answers] saberzaid:
I already hv more then 100 post

So what should i do, i scare to post and it get deleted
[General Questions and Answers] devwithzachary:
If you have been here for morw than a year go to the marketplace subforum. Read the rules and post your device. But you will need to work put how ypu will take payment of you dont have paypal
[General Questions and Answers] TeeJay3800:
Yes. Both the post limit orb3000 mentioned as well as a year of membership are required.
[General Questions and Answers] ildarc:
Sell online

Why don't you try Kijiji or Graiglist that's what I am planning to do when I get my upgrade :good:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sordatos:
Hello Im new here and to Android itself.

I know that there is a lot of similar threats about this but I havent found neither a solution that works nor the description of the problems in such disscusion that describes my situation exactly; MY BATTERY DRAINS WAY TO MUCH WHEN IN USE so here it is.

I flashed to generic GB, to get rid of the bloatware of my carrier (Telcel); then when available to generic ( i think it was Swiss) ICS 4.04 and then to the next compilation 6.1.A.2.45, I didnt notice much difference then.

But then I rooted it (like 4 days ago or little more) using a script that I found here only asked me plug my phone, restore the file it put in "Back up and restore" and then reboot,

My CPU SETTINGS are:

1512 max 648 min screen on.

468 max 384 min screen off

At 1st even seemed that my battery extended from 8 to 10 hrs average but then I noticed that my phones was dying rather quickl; I though it was the Nova Launcher, but after stop using it still my battery si draining i repaired with Sony SUS to stock ROM and re-rooted using the same method, but i restore my apps and setting with Titanium..

The thing is that if I do not do anything on the phone it seems to last but the minute I turn on the screen (which is at less than 40% of brightness) it start consuming power at 16-21 % per hour or more, sometimes it goes up to 40% and even 500% strange is that Android System it consuming 33% to 51% this morning permantely or so it says settings.

It is normal that the phone consum3 10% of its battery by having the the screen on for a couple of minutes?

I have tried Watchdog, GSbattery AutoRun manege and I dont find the culprit

I attached the screenshots, along with some of the app "Battery drain"

Thanks in advance
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pecten11:
Hi i just recently upgraded my xperia arc s to android v.4 since then i encountered problems when downloading to google play store:

1.insufficient storage ( i have a sufficient storage 14gb remaining on sd card, 47mb internl)

2. Invlid url

3. Invalid package file..

Please help me .. Please PM me on what to do.. I am so worried
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheHaso:
Repair your phone with pc companion IF LOCKED BOOTLOADER
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
not sure about others, but Play won't let me install anything if i have less than 60 MB free in internal storage :( maybe that's the case
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvyParts:
dito. look for the thread on Link2SD... thats what i do. :)

Pvy.