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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Stank0:
It's POS in comparison to our TW camera. I tried it (from different source). Sphere works but there is no viewer for it so it has to be uploaded to G+ and viewed on the computer.

Otherwise it lacking so many features it's almost unusable.

Takes pictures but that's about it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfaulk88:
yea the panoramic and sphere feature is the only thing cool about it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Techronico:
Try the one mentioned by ramjet in this post. I believe it has been patched to remove the device check. I tried it on my EVO 3D and it worked. The sperical view in the gallery works just as intended.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33529332&postcount=3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jauhari:
Does we need to ROOTED it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vwgti18:
Has anyone tried this? Does it still FC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mnrivera210:
It works great, no FC for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
what specific version did you succeed in trying on the sprint note 2? does it install ALONGSIDE stock camera and gallery like it does on my S3 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
the tw camera is pretty dope is 4.2 cam better ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
the 4.2 camera is total CRAP (compared to the S3/N2 camera). but you want it. because photo sphere is "dope" as you say :) I run them concurrently on my S3 I hope to do the same on my new N2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -viperboy-:
Hey guys, I was getting terrible battery life when the phone is idle. I looked into it to see what was going on. First off, I am on the stock rooted deodex'd ROM that scrosler posted. The biggest problem was an app I installed called Light Flow Lite, it controls your LED. It had over 6 hours of wakelock today. Removed it, not worth it at all.

The second thing I found that was interesting was after that, the phone STILL wasn't hitting deep sleep. I poked around in BetterBatteryStats and didn't find anything in there that would explain that. I then ran a "top" (in terminal or adb shell, type top -m 5 -t). Everything looked normal, nothing crazy. But I turned the screen off and let it run for a few seconds. I got a massive spike in CPU (anywhere from 15-35%) for system_server with the thread "WindowManagerPo" (which is likely short for WindowManagerPolicy).

I did some searching and it turns out that there is a bug with auto rotation that causes this. Essentially, the sensors don't stop looking for orientation change when the screen is off. I found reports of this in the Nexus S forums, GS3 forums, etc. This leads me to believe it is a Samsung kernel issue, since that's the least common denominator when it comes to the phones that had this issue. If you don't use auto rotation, you probably aren't encountering this issue ;) (but keep reading for some good info below!) But I use auto rotation, how can I fix this?

Download an app called Auto Rotate Auto Lock. This app will turn off auto rotation when your screen turns off and enable it back when you turn the screen back on. This looks like this should really help to combat this bug and it handy for people like me who like auto rotation but don't want to have battery life suffer from something as stupid as this. I have verified that my phone now does enter Deep Sleep easily, and it hadn't hit that all day!

I also recommend an app called CPU Spy Plus (XDA thread). This app shows some very valuable information about your processor. You never want to see "Deep Sleep" under Unused CPU States as this means your phone isn't sleeping and is wasting battery!

It would also be good to download BetterBatteryStats (XDA Thread). This will help you nail down battery drain that you won't see in the stock Battery graph found in Settings. Things or importance are Partial Wakelocks and Alarms.

Monitoring these apps can really help you to increase your battery life on your phone. If anyone else is having bad battery life when idle, please try this out. I'm sure this will help you :) Feel free to ask questions, I will try to answer them as best as I can!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkendvoid88:
I have autorotation turned on but not the face orientation sensing. I haven't noticed a significant battery loss, at 19 hours with 10 left according to battery spy, but I'll give this a try and see if it increases it any.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] madsquabbles:
i'll give it a shot. i was wondering how at work it would drain 2-4% an hour but at home with a crappy signal i'd only lose 6% all night.

at work it's in my pocket and at home it's stationary.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeffokada81:
I have noticed Google Talk drains batteries when your signed in. By default your phone will sign in. If you don't use TALK, sign-out of the app and you will see increased battery life. Your wont ping the internet as much which saves batteries.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tjrhine:
Thanks viperboy I took your suggestion and so far it seems to be helping.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] anti-up:
I haven't tried that app yet, however I have definitely noticed an improvement in battery life by disabling auto rotation. Thanks for the info.

THIS NOTE 2 IS SENT FROM A GALAXY WHERE SAMSUNG SPRINTS TO THE TOP, AND JELLY BEANS EAT APPLES!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] madsquabbles:
after a bit of troubleshooting i found that battery monitor widget pro was the cause of my drain. after removing it i went from 2 to 3% an hour to 3% overnight. this really sucks as i love the info bmw colleects. this is the only device i have that suffers drain from the app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
Thanks for the info. I have been losing % 15 battery every night while I'm asleep and was wondering why

...from a Galaxy Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kat3k:
Thanks for the suggestions. I have heard so much about the great battery life, but that has not been my experience. I had a Note 1 and I had no problems. With Note 2, the battery drains to about 1/4 after about 7 hours with limited use. I have turned off auto rotation, lowered the screen brightness, changed auto check settings for email, and don't see much difference. In addition, it seems a shame that I should have to figure out ways to use fewer functions to make battery last for phone calls, since I never had to do that before. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] misury:
Thank you for this info. I consistently get a full days charge of of my phone but was pretty clueless when it came to what was draining my battery. I've used the rotation lock app and will report my results to see if I get even more remaining battery each day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mugenga:
Thanks for the helpful advice Viperboy! I've definitely been having wake lock issues with my phone. Hopefully these apps will help me eliminate the problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hankbear:
As viperboy mentioned, BetterBatteryStats is your friend. It really will help you figure out why your phone isn't sleeping like it should. It definitely takes some time to monitor and figure out what the readings mean to help point you to the apps or settings that're affecting your battery, but well worth it. I also like having a better understanding of how things work on my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] madsquabbles:
i did a double check on battery monitor widget pro and it started draining my phone again. as soon as i uninstalled it everything was fine again. this is with both cleanrom and blazer. i'll just wait til official support comes and try it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
Have you tried the Perseus kernel? I hear the battery life is improved with it. So may be it doesn't have the rotate issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rudyrude432:
I've been using cpu sleeper and I easily get about 30 hours. Looks like the new apk fixed quad core. So when the phone is off it only uses one core and shuts down the other three and lights them back up when you need them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -viperboy-:
I'm on it now, but I haven't looked to see if it fixed the auto rotation bug yet,

That app is unnecessary. Pegasusq governor already does that by default. Goes to 1 core and 200mhz when screen off, at least that's how my Note 10.1 was. I assume it is the same here since the International GS3, GN 10.1, and GNII basically share the same kernel with a few minor differences.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MiguelHogue:
I think I may try the perseus kernel today to see if it improves battery.. I haven't heard it does.. I just been seeing people do that benchmark stuff with it

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -viperboy-:
Interesting... I have a script that reports on CPU freq and, when plugged into USB (maybe the wall charger too, didn't check), it appears that the kernel runs cpu0 and cpu3 all the time, even when screen off. With the phone unplugged, it went to using only cpu0 but didn't cap the freq. It was spending a good amount of time at the higher frequencies even though I had nothing running.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZenInsight:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1959898&page=5

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lepapirriky:
I installed the app to turn the rotation off when the screen is off so far everything good but when I get a call this goes crazy because the screen goes while in call. I know this because I have an smartwatch which it has a notification app and every message that the phone has my watch vibrates with that message and I had a call few minutes ago my watch started vibrating non stop until I hang up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkendvoid88:
I can confirm that I'm getting significantly better battery life while the device is supposed to be sleeping. Tried my best to not to use it today and am at 11 hours with 73% remaining vs the 50-60% I was getting before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
Can someone help me out I'm having trouble reading the graph. I lost 15% battery overnight and want to know what it is doing it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbuxreg:
battery life ok?

deleted. sorry for attaching the pictures wrong guys. fixed in next post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbuxreg:
battery life ok?

I received my galaxy note 2 for sprint yesterday morning. I keep my LTE radio off as there is no LTE in this area at this time. I keep WiFi on 100% of the time and i have WiFi most places i am at (work,home,my parents) just curious as to whether or not this battery drain looks like it is in the realm of normal or not? i feel it may be falling a bit short. It should also bet noted that the lowest my battery has been before getting a full charge thus far is 48%

any thoughts or tips in regards to this matter?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrnamster:
Thanks for this! I used Tasker to turn auto rotation off when the display is off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Piatt:
I'm still stock unrooted and I just can't seem to kill the battery. So far I'm at 21hrs 13. With 6hrs 34m of screen on time. 33% battery left. Lte is oturned off, wifi is on 100% of the time and screen brightness is set to auto. Today nfc and wifi direct was on for close to 2hrs.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Per this poster over on S4GRU.com, the new version is 77.8.10.XT897.Sprint.en.US:

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2507-photon-q-software-update/
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Yeah, I had seen someone on the Sprint forums say he got the update last night. He said IM didn't work aterwards, but I wasn't sure if he meant Gtalk, or what.

I am rooted and debloated as well, but from my experience, that shouldn't prevent the device from saying an update is available.... but the update could fail if we try and apply it like this... I always go back to stock unrooted if I wanna install an update.

I think at least one thing they were supposed to address was that VSNCP registratiom error that pops up sometimes, I've seen it pretty much every day, and I've even done the fix of editing my data profile username.

Sent from my XT897 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Actually, I will be interested to see whether we do receive the update with bootloader unlocked and rooted. I did see Moto say in the FAQs that they are under no obligation to offer updates to unlocked devices. However, that is probably just something they say, and they did also mention the bit about accepting the OTA when rooted/modded causing problems.

Sent from my XT897 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cloud_9:
any idea is it JB or stil ICS? :confused:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Pretty sure its still ICS, I'm sure the guy would have said if it were JB, plus something that significant would have hit the various sites beforehand most likely.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
yeah, if it were JB we most probably would have heard about it beforehand. i haven't seen many people with the update yet, today i keep getting 'check for update not available at this time'.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] bigtex06:
Probably to fix the vsncp error message problem.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i just got off a chat with Sprint, and they said there is no such update currently :eek:

unless maybe it was released, then pulled due to bugs?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
I woke up to a notification of the update. Size was about 50mb. I pressed 'later' to cancel it, even though it'll fail if I take it since I'm unlocked.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] afidel:
The tech was an idiot, I just got the popup notification and was able to click on the link for the release notes.

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90757
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Yeah, I just got the update notice myself. Thanks!

Gonna install and check it out. Can always revert if it's no good.

Sent from my XT897 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 08:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:03 AM ----------

I'm gonna try restoring the bone-stock backup file, reflashing stock recovery, and then installing the update. From past experience, unlocked bootloader has been ok, it just won't work if your system is rooted/modded.

Sent from my XT897 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
I got the OTA message this morning.

Coming from the shift forum we have learned to never to install OTA updates. However this one looks harmless.

Who knows.. maybe my LTE will start actually working? :P
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ericcire:
anyone do the update with a rooted phone>?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] benofilis:
Got the update pushed down around 10:30 am est today.

From the release notes:

This is most likely the data profile extra ".com" fix. I like their wording.

Hey a quick question to everyone. Never really had to deal with Sprint for my epic since XDA had everything I needed but I have gotten very concerned with the information around this and the "VSNCP" stuff. Are the tech's normally this clueless? Is there a quick way to talk to someone that actually knows what they are talking about? They told me I had to get a new phone the other day due to these issues. How could they tell me that if a software update to fix it is going to be release a week later?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
I am rooted and unlocked and the upgrade went through fine. Now I am not rooted anymore, but that shouldnt be hard to fix.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Kenneth196:
I am also rooted (and unlocked, of course you have to be unlocked to be rooted :p ), but my phone went through a different scenario.

I downloaded the update (was 56MB I believe, somewhere around there. The update is 77.8.10.en.US). Downloaded it via Wi-Fi, then the phone asked if I wanted to install. I pressed Install Now, and it rebooted.

My phone rebooted and went into recovery. I dont remember everything, but it asked if I wanted to install "Unknown.zip", and it had:

No

No

No

No

Yes - Install Unknown.zip

No

No

No

Etc... I clicked No, then it went to the recovery menu (where you have the option to restart the phone, and the other options.. sorry, I've only ever rooted my evo shift so my termoinology is limited). I rebooted the phone via the first option, the phone went through its process, came back up fully, and rebooted by itself! Everything happened again (asking to install the unknown.zip, etc..). Basically, it was in an endless look when I would restart the phone.

First thing I tried was to wipe the Delvik Cache. Did that, rebooted, phone came back up and rebooted by itself again.

Second thing I tried (and I had a feeling I would probably regret this cause it would either brick my phone or unroot it), was to install that Unknown.zip. But that didnt even go through. The install failed (A message appeared at the bottom of the phone along with the other message logs, so I really dont remember exactly what it said. It was just an error message basically).

At this point I didnt know what to do... so I got to the recovery menu (where it said Reboot phone, Advanced, and the other options), and I selected the one that said to Wipe Cache. Not the Delvik cache but the phone cache (I dont think the option said Wipe Cache, but something similar?). Did that, rebooted, and my phone stayed on! The update popped up again, and this time I pressed "Later". Learned my lesson.

I guess the update may be hit or miss for rooted users?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
Yes, clockwork recovery booted up and the update failed.. probably going to flash the stock image..

But my phone says I'm up to date? :confused:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
Possibly..I dunno. I used the 2nd method posted only a few weeks ago and a few clicks of the mouse to root...not the first method initially posted when the phone first came out. When I clicked update now it simply rebooted and the android guy came up and did its thing...about 5 minutes later everything was back to normal.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
I wiped my phone completely and am not getting a notification about the OTA now.

I'm flashing TWRP and hoping I get notified again.

Is there a way to flash the stock recovery?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Jgard:
I installed this update, all I can confirm is that it's still Android version 4.0.4. Otherwise I've really not noticed anything different or new yet, but I haven't had much of a chance to use it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElementalWindX:
Hello guys, I've bricked my phone. I believe soft bricked. I was able to load RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe to get it to at least boot back into something, however if I try to load the recovery I have set it simply shows a red "!". I can get into fastboot and hboot. I have 2.10 with s-off.

How can I go about getting this phone to the most current version of software, radio, recovery and etc?

I've been reading but I swear it feels like I'm tangled in a web of out dated information mixed with new information and it's confusing.

Thanks.

*edit* I got the Amon RA 4.3 recovery installed. Is there a newer one? Turns out my 1GB sd card either wasn't formatted properly (fat). I had a 16GB laying around I formatted to NTFS and it loaded the recovery perfectly.

I just installed SS_Ultra.zip via the new recovery and it seems to be working so far. This seems to be the only rom with the newest GB version out?

I'm still wondering how I'm supposed to update the HBOOT though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twingoonz:
Do you know anything about bringing it back from the screen with the 4 triangles, I have tried all the ruus and it always errors out. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChronicLynx:
Please don't hate if I placed this wrong, but I can't post in the dev section yet. Maybe someone here has a quick fix?

Upon clicking the lock button on this ROM the screen either shuts off, or does the "tv out" animation. The tv out seems to be a hit or miss

though. About 20 percent of the time it works, the rest of the attempts the screen just turns off without animation. Anyone else see the same

issue? Is there any quick edits to fix this?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DvineLord:
i get that also. i assume it does that because of how it was locked or what was being done before hand. honestly i hate that animation with a passion.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChronicLynx:
It seems so inconsistent though. Perhaps an option to enable/disable it would be better suited. It annoys me seeing this animation, then wondering why I didn't see it the next time. I personally enjoy it though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juanzr1:
Anyone have a black or Brown galaxy s3? What color do you think is better and does the Brown look good on a phone? Looks good in some videos I seen just want to get your guys opinion on the black and the Brown
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I gotta side with black, brown is...not a color I'd want to have my phone in. I also think there are more accessories that complement the other colors and not brown.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juanzr1:
Yea most cases don't seem to go well with the Brown
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidOnRoids:
Go with Black. I don't even know why they thought of having brown as a color option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flash_27:
Easy, black.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
ewww...who in the right mind would want a brown gs3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Lol, I agree. The brown is hideous.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Know someone with brown and it is actually nice. I am not into odd colors and harder to flip if want to get rid of it. Would go black. I couldn't live with the 16GB. Stick with my Pebble Blue 32. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
I don't know guys, I haven't seen one in person, but I actually really like the brown (or is it "amber"?) GS3. It has a neat bronze-y look to it. That said, it's hard enough finding cases to go with the Pebble Blue, so that one may be even harder. Given the choice though, I'd prefer the grey color that Samsung showed at one point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
The brown actually looks really good in person. There are plenty of cases that go nicely with the brown one.

Brown is different, you definitely will have a pretty unique phone.

I'd go with the brown.
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
This is just for future reference, if better hardware aren't out at better prices already. Which is better? I don't really care about how "pure" the OS is, as I can just flash ROMs on any of them.

I'm most concerned with:

CPU: Qualcomm APQ8060 @ 1.5GHz vs. TI OMAP 4460 @ 1.2GHz

GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 220 vs. PowerVR SGX540
[General Questions and Answers] zener773:
Good question. I narrowed down my choices to these 2 phones.
[General Questions and Answers] Joe_Sh:
Since both have the same chipset, cpu and gpu I'd look at other features.

The display specs shows a slight advantage of the Nexus:

SII Display

Type: Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.52 inches (~206 ppi pixel density)

Galaxy Nexus

Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density)

However, the Nexus does not offer external storage.

For me it is a deal breaker.

If for you it is not important - then the Nexus has the upper hand.

:)
[General Questions and Answers] formula44:
I'll choose nexus. Its not a big gap in processor and gpu i think :)
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
I already chose the SII, I have it right now.

Sent from my Samsung SGH-T989 running CM10 by TeamChopsticks.
[General Questions and Answers] zener773:
Excuse my ignorance, but does the T989 have a significant (definitive) performance edge over the GNEX??? That changes everything for me. Now if we can only get a Jellybean update.