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[Galaxy Note II General] gabster21:
Yes you're right that security, reliability and responsiveness are important, but are you saying that the Note 2 doesn't have these? I'd take any stock ROM for reliability and security over any custom ROM any day, as for responsiveness this is the smoothest device I've ever seen.

As for the features being gimmicks, that all depends on how often you use them. I personally like having the option to use them or not. It's like iPhone fans saying they don't need things like NFC, widgets, email attachments, etc.. because they are "gimmicks".
[Galaxy Note II General] erick161:
...but once they get them, its the best thing since sliced bread. Lol. Poor lost souls
[Galaxy Note II General] gabster21:
Slightly off-topic but highly relevant to the previous post
[Galaxy Note II General] gmaellex01:
This is the post that might have me slightly concerned. It's not that I necessarily would want CM, but the ability to do a good job of making custom touchwiz roms is important. Granted, I'm sure this device will be crazy popular and have bunches of developer support.
[Galaxy Note II General] E90 Commie:
This thread has certainly put me off from the Note II. I will wait and see what will happen.

Regarding the feature loss: to me Paranoid Android and the ability to run applications in tablet mode is 25 times more important than the S-Pen features. As long as the pen works as a stylus and there is note taking apps like GNote available, the CM/PA route is the way to go.

Other important considerations are future development of CM11 - it isn't comforting to rely on Samsung only for updates.

A device like the Note is much more useful when it can run tablet apps. I don't see any reason to run phone mode, 320 DPI on a 5.5 inch screen.;)

Another problem is that 240 DPI breaks a couple of Samsung apps (on the S III, the camera gives graphic bugs and S-Memo and the keyboard acts up) so to me, I certainly prefer a vanilla ROM that scales properly without having all Sammie bloat that has to be replaced due to the 240 DPI issues.

I really hope that Samsung come to their senses so there will be CM10, CM11, AOSP and Paranoid Android for Note II. It would be a huge drawback for the device otherwise.
[Galaxy Note II General] adampa1006:
I'm sorry if I come off as ignorant or rude, I have been using ROMs ever since I got my OG Droid and I can't believe how awesome the developers have been, especially with their work on old devices long after the manufacturer dumps them. They make waiting for new devices so much easier!

That being said, how is it explained that so many old devices are getting CM? CM 10 on old devices like the Droid X and Droid X2. My Bionic getting CM 10 jellybean and this phone being locked down like crazy and zero support from Motorola for developers. I even have custom kernels and overclocking on a locked boot loader device, what the developers have done is amazing.

So why should I believe that the Note 2 will never get CM or AOKP?
[Galaxy Note II General] na7q:
anyone who doesn't want CM development should just leave this thread and go back to your touchwiz crap. (:

:good: lulz
[Galaxy Note II General] -viperboy-:
If you bothered to read the entire thread, which I'm sure you didn't, you would see some very valid points made. If you think about it, the Note II will have some heavily customized software from Samsung to take advantage of the hardware (S-Pen) as well as some other really cool stuff (like multiscreen). CM is awesome, no doubt, but it can't offer that (at least, it doesn't as of right now - maybe down the road?)

Touchwiz is the closest to AOSP when comparing what other OEMs do with Android. Would it be nice to have all the tweaks and customization of CM? Yeah, that would be cool but you can't really blame the CM devs not wanting to support Exynos stuff with all the crap they have to go through to make it work.

I think what would be the best of both worlds would be to have someone do what we do at Team Venom (well, what j4n87 and m0narx do mostly) and take stock builds, decompile them, write some smali code for tweaks, make a tweaks app and go from there. That gives you more customization while still having everything working. It is by no means an easy task, though. But just an idea.
[Galaxy Note II General] -viperboy-:
Good news maybe.

http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung...ion-concerns?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter

I am gonna say I single-handedly started this with my email to the open source guys :silly: just kidding!
[Galaxy Note II General] DubelBoom:
Asus has the most closest to AOSP roms. Only couple of extra apps, widgets and some slightly changes to the UI. (On the padfone for example, they added "Pad Only" tab to the app drawer)
[Galaxy Note II General] -viperboy-:
Ok, yes, you are right. I was more so talking about phones. And in the US, Asus doesn't make phones for us lol sorry, typical "US-centric" mindset :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Entropy512:
DX, if you can pass the bootloader lock, is easymode thanks to being OMAP.

Seriously - that's why CM10 runs better on the Galaxy S1 series of devices than on S2/S3 - GalaxyS shared the same SoC as Nexus S. As a result, that SoC has excellent reference source from which developers can work.

Droid X2 is not supported by Cyanogenmod. It's not on get.cm, it's not on the wiki.

You can't say that a given device will "never" get CM (except for those that were officially declared as not having the hardware capability to receive ICS) - however, if every single maintainer that has experience with a given platform says they won't be touching that platform again, it's going to be a VERY long time and the quality of the bringup is questionable.

Maybe some maintainer who enjoys pain, wasting tens of hours on reverse engineering what should be ridiculously simple ****, and constantly being 2-3 months or more behind all other SoC platforms steps up, someone might bring CM to the Note 2. However, they will be soloing the Exynos beast.
[Galaxy Note II General] -viperboy-:
Entropy, did you happen to see the post I made a few back? Don't know if you knew about it already, had an opinion on it, or don't believe it at all lol
[Galaxy Note II General] DJsCrIBbLe:
+1
[Galaxy Note II General] Entropy512:
Which post? The one where Samsung is "talking about it"?

They've been "talking about it" for over a year. They claimed months ago they were "working diligently" on the eMMC brickbug - months later, they're still putting out firmwares with no protection whatsoever against the eMMC defects.
[Galaxy Note II General] Itchiee:
So where is Steve in all this? Did Samsung hire him to put him on ice? Or perhaps freeze him in carbon like Han Solo....
[Galaxy Note II General] Entropy512:
He works for Samsung USA, and at least lately, primarily works with Qcoms.

It's Samsung Korea that's the problem here.
[Galaxy Note II General] 1stx2:
Well.....I was going to get this phone just for the 5.5" screen but, if CM doesn't want to support this device than it is a " deal breaker " for "me". I don't care about all the "features" of the phone, I just want the screen size. O and I do love yelling first when the new android version comes out. So I guess it's nexus from here on out IMO......
[Galaxy Note II General] gabster21:
Fair enough, but you still don't explain why not having CM would be a deal-beaker for you, a Note 2 with AOSP would just be a smaller Nexus 7 with a dumbed down stylus.. I also have an unlocked Nexus and I love it but at some point you get tired of all the flashing and waiting for nightlies and just say "give me something that works". I would consider going back to Nexus phones if they just added an SD card slot but doesn't look like this will be happening any time soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] Entropy512:
How is it a "nexus 7 with a dumbed down stylus"? It has a FAR more powerful stylus than the Nexus 7 (which has NONE) and there are a pile of apps that support the standard Android pen APIs:

Quill

Photoshop Touch

LectureNotes

Papyrus

Memo by Nathan Garside

Among others...

The only other thing Samsung's stock stuff offers is pen gestures - and the only reason CM doesn't have that yet is because most of the Note maintainers have been fighting the Exynos platform itself. If we hadn't had all that bull**** to deal with, you can be assured that pen integration in CM would be FAR ahead of where it is now.
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
I think that we phone enthusiasts need to come to terms with, as Entropy here has, a very difficult conclusion.

The Note 2, and the entire line of Exynos processors will not be getting the kind of quality Cyanogen support that say, the Galaxy i9000 (and it's variants) had unless 1 of 2 things happens:

1. Samsung Korea opens up to the development community

2. The next Nexus device shares an SoC with the Galaxy S3/Note 2 the way that the Nexus S and the i9000s did

Right now, 1 does not seem probable. The second is looking less likely if the rumors that LG is making the next Nexus are true (and I would take any such rumors with a grain of salt). That said, the last 2 Nexus phones (not counting the Nexus 7 tablet) were made by Samsung so perhaps there is reason for optimism.

I'm disappointed myself at Samsung for it's decision. For me personally, I was looking for:

1. Good DAC (the Galaxy Note 1's shares the crappy Yamaha DAC with the i9100)

2. Cyanogenmod support

3. Latest and greatest hardware

4. Big screen (5 inches or more)

I get the feeling that I'm not the only person in the i7100 section of the forum looking for this. Right now, there isn't a phone on the market that satisfies these 4 conditions.

Edit:

If you intend to buy a Galaxy Note 2, which I may do so despite everything, do so informed, knowing that it may never get a high quality Cyanogen release.
[Galaxy Note II General] Jamal Ahmed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1931536

:):):)
[Galaxy Note II General] lowandbehold:
Why would it be a dealbreaker? Because this is XDA. We don't come here to chat about the stock ROM. Yes, the stock ROM may be wonderful. But, we came here to hack at and play with our phones. WebOS...it will never touch Jellybean in terms of speed and functionality. Do I want to flash it and play with it on my Nexus? **** yes. Same thing with the Firefox OS. If anything, having the choice is wonderful.

It's not just about CM10 or 11. It is about the loads of custom ROM's that use and pick from CM source. This is a huge hit for a development community.
[Galaxy Note II General] adampa1006:
I'm using CM10 now on my Bionic and this is easily the best my phone has ever run.

That being said, have you looked at the in depth reviews if the N2s software? I think Engadget is the best but all reviews have been raving about the stock software. Now I agree we are here because we love to mod our phones, and I never run stock and I am never going to I always feel like I need something at least with bloat ware removed and stuff. But I might be going for a ROM based on stock this time around with the standard features being as good as they are.

But of course I hope Samsung does the right thing and gets you guys the code you need.
[Galaxy Note II General] EdgaBimbam:
cm for note 2? no point in my opinion. Im also not against cm, used it on galaxy s3, but for note it isnt so needed. Because you would loose spen features+some others.
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
It is truly a deal-breaker for many people here. While the stock ROM on this phone is probably among the best out there, I have no doubt that a stable Cyanogen build or any of its derivatives will be much, much better. It's not only that, it's that mods like Cyanogen have inspired their own forks that will also be stifled.

Yes, there are a few apps that Samsung has made for this phone that seem "cool". But very few of them (if any of them) cannot be duplicated with other apps on the Play store. There's very little special that Samsung has done for the Note 2 really that cannot be duplicated with other ROMs or applications.

Well as the above poster noted ... this is XDA. A community dedicated to hacking phones. It's very much the raison d'être of this site.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackAndrew95:
Hello!

I like the way HTC's Notification shade comes down from the bar, when normally the notifications would be pulled down first. But when you pull down the HTC notification shade the actual bottom of the shade comes down first. So instead of kinda rolling down it would be a solid shade to pull down

Would there be a way to implement this type of Notification shade into a ROM like NeatROM

Thank you

Jack

:fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
So....

I've NEVER dropped any of my phones, ever, as long as I've had cell phones. Well, dropped and it actually hit the ground. I've dropped this damn phone like 4x already, I think partially to do with it being so smooth and "slippery" to the hand.

Anyway, I dropped it once from about 6 feet in the air directly on the screen and NOTHING happened at all (except some very very minor dings to the frame itself) and light scratches to the screen protector. Today, I was trying to pull it out of my pocket at work when it slipped and fell (from about 2 feet from the ground) landing on the right side of the phone. My right hand (phone sits in right pocket) is in a brace due to a stress fracture I received at work, so when it slipped I couldn't catch it. I watched it fall, which was the worst moment ever lol. Since my work pants have slanted pockets, it fell behind me so I couldn't even attempt to put my foot under it to stop the impact.

Anyway, as I picked it up I honestly didn't expect to see anything. I pick it up, turn it over and it looks like there is a piece of hair right along the frame in the shape of a sideways "U". I went to brush it off and realized it had cracked!

It's a very small and almost non noticeable crack JUST before the digitalizer starts but I know it's there so it bothers me. I showed a few guys at work and nobody noticed it until I pointed it out.

Anyway, think its worth looking into getting fixed or just stick it out because it's so minor?

*sorry picture is so crappy, wife has a Lumia 710...camera sucks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lokichim:
id personally get it fixed or fix it myself since only the screen and not the lcd. imagine if you ever drop it again even inches that "u" could probably be the cause of it expanding and cracking all over. well thats my opinion
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Can't attach from the pc for some reason.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lokichim:
the pic was attached to the first post
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Dude, that sucks! Never wanted to see that happen to you man.

I have to agree though, if its doable for you, get it fixed. Once compromised like that its just gonna get worse most likely. Even just setting it down or bumping into something while its in your pocket could make it much worse.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
I would say slap it into a bumper that will cover up most of it. But, you already said you know it's there, so that won't work. So, I guess I'd advise having it fixed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
Sorry to hear that.

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the ghost armor kit would cover that if applied right. I'll take a picture of mine if I can find a camera
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
Why mine is in an otter box ^-^

But I personally would just throw a case on it to prevent further cracking. Doesn't look too horrible from your picture. But as others already mentioned, it will crack even more easily since it's already started.

That's a known issue with the s 3. The screen is lifted a hair from the bezel. So the bezel bends into the glass at the edge (weakest point in glass) where other devices usually bend over the glass.

But good luck to whatever you decide!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
Yeah it's not bad at all. And remember you can replace just the glass too. But i would wait for it to be more messed up before doing that
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] khoikn:
Slap a good case on it and it should be fine for now at least.

Let's just hope that you don't drop it again to further increase the cracking.

An OtterBox Defender Case might be a good idea.

Very bulky, kind of pricey, but it will offer you the protection that you need.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Personally id be worried about further damage as is. Obviously the glass is weakened already, and while it may seem ok to wait until its worse before fixing, i have to disagree as im pretty sure this also makes the digitizer more vulnerable to damage as well.

How often have you seen or heard about devices that had a cracked screen causing the touch capabilities to break as well? One more drop or bump into the corner of a table where that crack is and you may not get anymore response at all.

I just think it potentially could turn into a much more expensive repair if not taken care of soon. Just not sure id personally want to risk it.

Its just my opinion is all.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lokichim:
red you could just take it to tmo? or call Samsung it has to be under warranty but hey they'll do it and no screws up guaranteed. ad it will cost more than a do it your self. i saw somewhere that Verizon did for 100 with insurance, i assume tmo would close to that
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] consultant.ben:
Radio Shack has a service to replace your screen for $100. You would be without your phone for a couple of days, however.

I highly recommend the Otterbox Defender, and put all of my phones in one.

In March, while doing some climbing, I fell about 30 ft then tumbled down the side of a mountain. I had a Droid X in my pocket (in it's Defender), and the only damage to the phone was to the camera lens. Everything else about the phone was groovy. I was not in such great shape, as this was in the Arizona desert mountains, so there was no cushy landing whatsoever.

Defender FTW!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry, i guess i just assumed we were talking about going by one of the diy guides i saw here not long ago. Pretty sure they had instructions for replacing only the glass, but anyway, if you have the full protection plan then it doesnt matter how bad its damaged. I believe the price about a month ago was $130.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lokichim:
we were but then i thought what if red messed up something by accident like we all might, wouldn't that void his warranty? if it didnt then im all in for diy, thats the only reason i said the tmo thing for safety measure. also red looked it up on ebay blue one with tools was 28 dollars and from usa.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, i gotcha. I could be wrong but if you have the full protection plan i was under the impression that you could pretty much do anything and get a replacement. So if im right you can attempt the fix diy style and if unsuccessful then get it replaced. I would double check me on that though!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lokichim:
well i checked it here http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons...setProtection&tp=Svc_Sub_EqpmntProtnInsurance. and i assume it would fall under the damage one its pretty vague which is good for red. so your probably right doc
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yeah, I was considering the DIY route (its like $25 on eBay but you have to break your screen off basically which scares the sh*t out of me).

I do have the full insurance. I may have to go to T-Mobile just to see how much it would cost. I don't have the extra money, just got my car out of the shop. If anything, if the insurance covers it and isn't very much, I could just tough it out until it gets worse (if it does) and THEN take it in to the store for work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] da-pharoah:
Hey what's up red.. so welcome to the "club"... I dropped mine two weeks ago and cracked the glass pretty good.. not too too bad but its has cracks that I can see n feel.. so n e way I got a guy that I trust on the g2x forums that I was thinking of sending mine to him.. would u like me to holler at him for you?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kulzboy:
Still lucky, mine cracked more severe while inside my pocket because I bumped into a desk :/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Yeah sure. It's at least worth having the option :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Get it fixed because on the next drop its going to crack even more
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teo032:
Well look at it this way, if you do a diy, you gain experience to see how hard/easy it was to replace the screen! If it was too hard. Oh wells T-Mobile has it covered
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Snook321:
These topics made me buy an otterbox commuter case... love it so far!
[HTC Rezound] IamDrogan:
I am looking for an app that lets you stream media through xbox 360.

Have tried Imediashare, Twonky, and Media Server. Xbox cannot see the phone as a media server.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is the Rezound just not capable of sharing media. I know FoxFi

won't work with HTC phones. Maybe none of the media sharing apps work either.

Would love to find a thread or video with how to stream to the xbox.

Found several showing how to connect to PS3 but not xbox.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
Twonky mobile is ur answer :)

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pv.twonkyremote

Its what I used on my touch pad and my rezound
[HTC Rezound] IamDrogan:
I can't get Twonky to work. It doesn't see the xbox.

Can you give me step by step intructions. Or point me to a tutorial.

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
Well start fresh

Wipe twonky app data

Start app

Select what u want to stream

Music movies photos

Then wait for it to scan directories

Then go to Xbox go to whatever type of media that u r streaming

It should show up where your computer would show

If u don't understand this

I can try and make a tutorial video later
[HTC Rezound] WeThePeople13:
I know double twist does it but I never used it. I just have seen that it has the option to do so.
[HTC Rezound] IamDrogan:
Ok. Got Twonky to work. I guess wiping the data and restarting was the key.

Works great!

But now I am having another issue. It will only play mp4, and divx videos. Won't play

videos that I recorded on the phone. Nor will it play avi files.
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
What is the message u get when u attemp to play

Do u have the right codecs installed
[HTC Rezound] IamDrogan:
I am not sure that I do have the right codecs installed. And I don't know how to install them.

I thought that was the problem too. I have been looking for some sort of tutorial on how to

install codecs and I can't find anything. Tons of videos and things that will show you how to

install on your computer, but none on xbox.
[HTC Rezound] mc_365:
The xbox only plays mp4, divx in avi, WMV, and I think mpeg.

Unless the app on the phone transcodes which I don't think they do becuse of the power it takes, you need to use the formats the xbox supports.
[HTC Rezound] IamDrogan:
Ok. Got it!

So just to be clear....There is no codec pack or anything that needs to be installed?

I just have to make sure that all the videos that I want to stream are mp4, wmv, or divx.

Thanks everyone for all the help. Great community here.
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1..._content_on_xbox_360_an_easy_guide/index.html
[HTC Rezound] zcs72:
Have you tried bubbleupnp? I don't have an Xbox but I'm pretty sure I've seen people talk of using it in his thread. You can search bubbleupnp or bubbleguum here at xda.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saulob:
Is there any way?

I tried to return the original stock rom, and got stuck at the hboot/fastboot screen, my custom recovery is gone, I'm unable to access the device using usb... how can I install my custom recovery if I'm stuck on these two screens?

Btw, I'm stuck with the stock recovery too :(

I'm unable to find the device using ADB.. I'm stuck :(

Thanks