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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dutch55:
Scott, First, I want to thank you for your response to my post. In hindsight I hadn't read enough, because on your website you explain that cycling among UMTS, HSPA and HSPA+ is normal.

I also want to thank the others who responded with hard confirmation that LTE is in the ROM and works.

I don't doubt some of the problems are carrier related, and some, maybe many, of the reports are probably based on unfamiliarity, etc.

But I believe you have had two reports of two phones in one location with one stock ROM and one with your ROM. The earlier one was by indruda119 at 1:20A PT on today (Sunday) where he said "Same issue here. Wife has 4g LTE and im only getting 3g/H/H".

Is it possible that the International ROM uses a different priority policy for the various bands than the AT&T ROM? My hypothesis is that by design the international ROM avoids switching to LTE when the AT&T ROM switches.(best i can come up with since you crushed my hypothesis that the ROM didn't support it ;)

I didn't use my phone with the stock AT&T ROM long enough to get a good feel for its behavior, although I may yet return it to stock to verify LTE works at my locale like it did before I installed CleanROM 3.5.

I should add the behavior is the same after doing a full reset and re-installing CleanROM and testing, and then adding the baseband file from your website with the 12/27 modem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bradbusa:
Okay stupid question probably but I just noticed this today. When I open browser to view Web pages the brightness is significantly lower than the screen would be outside of the browser. I always keep my brightness settings for phone and browser (hit menu button while in browser) on the auto setting. But when I open the browser its almost un readable because of how dim it is. Every other app and normal phone dimming works normal, just browser that I can hardly read

I can override the auto setting and adjust brightness all the way up but then auto dimming won't work... :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JVogler:
My friend was over earlier, and was able to tweak it so I got my APN to stick. The speed test right after that was 40 megs down 42 megs up, so that solved it. My icon hasn't even flashed a 3G or H since.

Good work on the ROM btw.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jyazzie110:
You wouldnt happen to have power saving mode on would you?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Yeah, I see where you are coming from on this theory... But... Once again...

Why some and not others?

Also, the CSC and XML files are what control the APN. I used the ones for the AT&T carrier straight from the AT&T ROM. I dont think I left any left over crap in the ROM that would conflict.

So it goes back to why some and not others? I hate these sort of issues... I was thinkign carrier outage for a while... Now... I just dont know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gucci.Nexus:
Maybe you have the 'power saving' mode on. Check in the toggles and make sure it isn't selected

Phone:

Galaxy Note II - SGH-i317M*

Provider:

Telus

Rom:

Stock (JB 4.1.1) (unrooted)

Kernel:

Stock

Recovery:

TWRP

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Thanks to the Devs hard work and the power of sharing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
What did he do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bradbusa:
I can't quote both of you with this app but I did in fact have power saving mode on.. Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brokenartist:
I seem to be having a problem. And I have no idea why. I root my phone and go through all the steps and processes of setting up TWRP etc. Do all that is necessary and when the ROM is flashed it just keeps a blank black screen and I keep getting an error saying Unfortunately, Settings is not responsive.

Any ideas? Love this ROM and had it on my original Note 2 but had to get it replaced.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] devoureddreams:
i would try redownloading the rom it could be a corrupted download
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Suzook1:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MaStA819:
Yeah definitely. My first download was corrupt. An easy way to find out if the download is corrupt is to open it in winzip/winrar and if it doesn't give an error then you should be good. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] paparhino1:
I have read multiple posts regarding poor speeds and thought nothing of it at first. Yesterday I was trying to convince a friend of mine to root and flash when we ran a couple side by side comparisons. He was averaging 20mb and i didn't even hit 1mb (down). after running the test a few times I saw that i was not running anywhere near LTE speed. I have the utmost confidence in the rom so even though both phones were on AT&T i called to check if there were any issues. So i got my answere, I am a victim of the limited/ unlimited plan. Being that i am amoung the top 5 percent of data users they have limited my data speed until my billing cycle starts starts. So it wasn't the ROM it was AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] devoureddreams:
just noticed if you go to the build.prop that "video.accelerate.hw=1" as well as "debug.composition.type=gpu" is in there twice, doesnt that just create a wasted resource?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brokenartist:
Redownloaded the ROM and it all works perfectly. Thanks guys
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Oh wow!

No. It just means there are two duplicate lines. It may cause an unnecessary boot delay of 1/100000000'th of a second but other than that... Nothing will become of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] devoureddreams:
Ok cool just thought id ask. Still new to android so every ? Helps :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
They are just toggles. Once they are on they are on. Now... If I had them toggle on and then toggle off the efficacy of the implementation could be challenged for sure!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] komugi:
I am coming from a sgs3 and I was wondering does this rom have something like what Wanam did in wanamlite? Like enabling a bunch of hidden languages? Mainly I'm wondering if Chinese and Japanese are enabled (for UI)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
No, I have not knowingly enabled any hidden languages...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] curselayne:
My thanks for all your (continued) contributions, Scott :) A small donation's on its way.

Coming from my old Motorola Defy, the Note 2 is a substantial upgrade. Things have changed significantly since Eclair (but dammit, that wasn't that many years ago)!

Stumbled around a little, learning my way with the new flashing procedures but managed to successfully install CleanROM after a few hours of sifting through XDA. Once all the steps are figured out, it's a pretty clean and quick procedure! Root, Recovery, Flash -> Done!

Managed to replicate a weird bug that had a brief mention in the thread - Installed the AT&T Keyboard Patch (I'm on Canadian provider Fido, using a Rogers ROM -- Rogers owns Fido, and the Note 2 just happens to work on both without unlocking), but Contact names vanished in Messaging app on existing text message threads, leaving just the phone numbers to identify the messages.

Reflashed CleanROM and all's back to normal. Will test out Skype and Stock Samsung keyboard (and back up) before considering reflashing.

I'll read up on the CSC and editing before trying out the patch again. Just want the keyboard, and not the rest of the AT&T Icons, if possible. Annoying that I have to slow down to punctuate my messages.

Anyhow, wonderful work -- thanks again!

Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1stHTCphone:
Remove your google account and re-add it will fix your problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] infinitcashman:
Anyone with ATT recommend this or the OTA? This is the first rom I installed with this phone and gotta say am loving it. The perseus kernel makes the phone feel a little faster with exception to multi view, and with the new baseband data speeds have definitely improved for me. Compared it to my parents' phones which are unrooted ota all three of us seem to be having very similar performance again with exception to my multi view being a little slower but the rest of my experience feeling a little faster.

I ask because I would like to know if the rooted performance is any different to the unrooted. I really am liking the 5x4 home screen as well as the volume keys for music control.

Thanks Scott for all of your work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Needy people. Needy people everywhere.

-Easier than it sounds, harder than it looks.-
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
alarms not going off

I've searched through this thread and not found a definitive answer for people who say that their alarms aren't going off. I just want to check, those who DO have them working properly, are you using perseus kernel or stock?

Also, awesome work scrosler. If this was still being updated for the nexus 7, I would be running this on all my devices!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] KEVK:
Alarm clocks work fine for me. I set multiple in the morning and some through out the day (wake me up from my nap while on vacation).

CleanROM 3.5 and Perseus 29.1 (my signature was incorrect- - updated it after this post).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
i've been using Perseus all along and mine is working fine, but I use the google clock, like CM10 style...I don't use the touchwiz one.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
thanks for the reply. Im trying to reflash now using perseus to see if that helps. I thought i was just sleeping through them at first, but i was up for the alarms this morning and not a single one went off on the stock kernel. It's like its in so deep a sleep that the alarm doesnt activate, haha

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this could be a stupid question, but how do i do that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
You have to copy DeskClock.apk to /system/app, set the proper permissions (rw-r-r) then you may have to reboot.

Then you will have both installed. If you just want the new one, then remove ClockPackage.apk from /system/app

You'll need a root file explorer to do this, like es File Explorer.

I've attached the apk for you....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
Thanks, I might try this soon. Im now reflashing again, it seemed to be locked on the signing in to google page for about 10 minutes and i couldn't even cancel out of that. If i leave both apk's in there, how do I choose which is used? I've never actually gone in and just copied apk files for apps before

edit - also, going from stock to flashing with perseus, it won't hurt anything to restore all my apps with tibu right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
One has a white clock the other is black (or something like that...i'm in between rom flashes myself..lol..). YOu'll just have two icons side by side that say clock.

If you are using ES file explorer to copy, then you have to go to settings>root settings then enable root, / access and system writable (every checkmark I think)...

after you copy the file to that system/app, then you have to long press the apk, then choose properties, then go to permissions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
thanks again. is there any harm to just removing the touchwiz clock? will that break anything?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
No when using the debloater for stock roms i think this is one of the items removed, but when your unsure use titanium backup and freeze the app there first.;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
you're welcome. no harm by removing it. except if you want it back you need to have that apk to put back in the /system/app....so you could also move it to another location (on the internal, or external sd) in case yuo want to switch back.

there are slightly less features in the deskclock.apk, like it won't do the alarm that reads the weather and upcomign events, etc...its just an alarm, but it does have timer, stop watch as well.. it may do different time zones, but i'm not sure....other than that they are similar.

personally i much prefer the layout of this clock over the tw one...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
How would I go about changing the large digital clock on the homescreen? is there a way to change its color? or would that be a theme
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
the TW clock you mean? if so there are some LL1 based available in themes and apps section. you would have to copy and paste as suggested to you before if they are not in .zip files already.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
i am an idiot, i meant the lockscreen. sorry. the clock that displays on the lockscreen appears to only have an option to be on or off and was wondering how to make it blue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
Lol, yeah it would be in themes and apps section if available. just make sure you verify it works with LL1 base and if it uses a modifed systemui, basically surf through the thread if not mentioned in OP if it breaks anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
thanks! I found one in the tiffany84 thread for cleanrom mods. that thread is a goldmine. For a blue digital clock on the lockscreen, here is a link to the thread for any that are looking

edit: I flashed the blue digital clock package, but no change that I can see, gonna have to look into this some more
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] loci:
Lock Screen

With v3.5, when having the phone pin protected and say a 5 minute delay to lock the device, within the 5 minutes, the lock screen (without the password prompt) does not engage. Also, now after the 5 minutes, the lock screen (no number pad) is shown, and when you swipe that, the lock screen with the number pad shows. Hitting the power button off and then on, used to (in version 3.0) engage the lock screen which required a swipe to unlock. Then after the 5 minutes only the lock screen with the number pad would show. That was ideal. Anyone else seeing this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] verks:
I did not do anything to the radio. It's stock. I'm still not getting LTE. My buddy is getting LTE and we have the same settings. I might end up wiping and re flashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
I can honestly say, after hours of google-ing and discussing in forums, reflashing seems to work 90%+ of the time, haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] chris.l.naish:
WOW.....all I can say is WOW.....honestly, this phone is so good out-of-the-box, I almost didn't bother rooting it.....but, I got adventurous and decided to try CleanROM.....oh my, this thing is amazing! Faster and smoother than even stock, which was already great to begin with! Thanks for a great ROM! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
You will need to look for custom clock widget if there is one in the forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
yeah, i misspoke. I meant to say the digital clock on the lockscreen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] technut:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dutch55:
LTE/4G Differences Between CleanROM and AT&T Stock ROM On AT&T Network

Scott,

I installed a stock AT&T ROM image with ODIN and tested (I am pretty sure there is no LTE support here).

I found one difference in behavior between CleanROM and AT&T. The AT&T ROM ROM defaults to HSDPA:9 (and it appears to not use 11 at my location), and CleanROM defaults to HSPA:11 (and I have never noticed it use 9 at my location). I have no idea whether this is a function of logic in the ROMs, or whether AT&T's policy depends on whether it thinks it is an AT&T-branded phone.

The AT&T ROM displays the 4G symbol whether it is on UTMS:3, HSDPA:9 and HSPAP:15. (this is as documented in the I317 user manual PDF).

I am now doubting what I said before about seeing LTE on the stock rom after doing some additional testing. I am not sure at my home location I ever saw the LTE symbol on my Galaxy Note II. I may have imagined that the LTE symbol was there when it was just the 4G symbol with the stock ROM. Since my post on 12/29 I am not sure I have been anywhere where LTE is available.

I am now back on CleanROM and will update once I go to a location with LTE support.

HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS, INCLUDING THE SETTINGS FOR THE APN IN THE STOCK ROM:

This is all on an AT&T brand Samsung Galaxy Note II model SGH-I317.

After using CleanROM, I installed a stock ROM with ODIN which after installation it says it is: Build NumberJR003CI317UCALI6

and:

Kernel version

3.0.31-143071

I did not install the modem that came with this package, and the phone status says:

Baseband I317UCALK7

I also did not reset the flash counter, nor check after installing that this image is not rooted, so this image might not be 100% the same as stock, but the Device status says: Normal rather than Modified, so it is pretty close.

During idle, and testing with Speedtest, theMobile Network Type varies:

HSDPA:9 (when normally idling, pretty much stays on 9, but switches to 15)

HSPAP:15 (when transmitting/receiving data, like running Speedtest)

UTMS:3 (very briefly, does not stay on)

After reboot, it showed the 4G symbol, by looking at phone status, it was on HSDPA 9.

Between the download and upload tests when Speedtest pauses and after a Speedtest completes, sometimes it switches to UMTS 3 very briefly, less then a second.

After the ODIN install, there is only one APN entry. The install process removed the one I created and the one that installing CleanROM created. Here are the APN Settings after the stock AT&T ROM ODIN install and using phone:

Name

ATT Phone

APN

Phone

(Proxy, Port, Username, Password, server not set)

MMSC

http://mmsc.mobile.att.net

MMS proxy

Proxy.mobile.att.net

MS port

80

MCC

310

MNC

410

Authorization type

None

APN type

Default,mms,supl

APN protocol

IPv4

Enabled/Disable APN (has a checkmark)

APN Enabled

Bearer

Unspecified
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
K try this one. http://www.blownco.com/DAFOXS/blueclock.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bluesrph:
Awesome, I will as soon as I get off work. Asked in the other thread, turns out the one I was talking about was a widget for the homescreen, haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
I will try to look at that if I have time. In the meantime if someone else can take a look that would also be great!

But same phone and same ROM, right? Can you try my ATT specific build I posted this AM?

Agreed, lol. But this one... Not so sure...

The ROM has affect on Radio, to a degree... But...

Mostly regarding the RIL (Radio Layer Interface modules). It could be theorized that the ineternational ROM / Radio / RIL modules this is based on has differnces or otherwise minor variation in the radio code / RIL itself, that under certain circumstances (very rare) cases somewhat un-reproduicable beahvior for a small minority of people.

Thats all theory and jargon... But its true and last resort. Ultimate test. I make an RIL patch like I had to do for Verizon and see if that fixes the issue....

Cant do that now though because I am working... yet again... another holiday...

Glad you like it man!

Thanks for this info. I will add to the back of my head as I theorize more about the situation...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
Stock

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317

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I have my phone screen set to timeout after 3 minutes and my lock screen set to engage after 5 minutes. No problems at all.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Thanks for confirming both...

Not sur ehow kernel can affect alarm though :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
I suggest they install better battery stats and check the log after alarms don't work to see if kernel is seeing the wakelock, if that's the right term. ..

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Ahhh, yes...

But also if that is the case then you think battery drain woudl be high as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dutch55:
LTE/4G Differences Between CleanROM and AT&T Stock ROM On AT&T Network

Scott,

I can now confirm that LTE works with CleanROM 3.5 on my phone after driving around to different areas.

Here is what I think I have learned with this process:

1. Apparently I didn't pay enough attention about whether my original AT&T ROM was displaying the LTE symbol and not just the 4G symbol.

2. At my home location, AT&T's ROM displays 4G continuously (but not the little LTE symbol) for multiple mobile data types where CleanROM (and presumably other international version-based ROMs) displays H or H+ and occasionally 3G. The AT&T ROM behavior appears to be consistent with the I317 user manual except for the fact that it displays 4G even when it is briefly on mobile type 3:UTMS (PDF available for download from the Samsung website).

3. The AT&T interactive data coverage map at http://www.att.com/network/ appears to be inaccurate. For example, entering Zip Code 94019 (Half Moon Bay, CA) indicates 4G LTE availability where I got no LTE coverage with CleanROM.

The only caveat is I didn't test this with the AT&T ROM, so there is still a very small chance there still is an issue with my phone and CleanROM, but I doubt it.

4. As I stated before, the AT&T ROM at my home location which does not have LTE service available, mostly uses HSDPA:9 and HSPAP:15(AKA HSPA+), while CleanROM mostly uses HSPA:11 and HSPAP:15. During heavier data transfers both seem to shift to HSPAP:15. Multiple tests with the Speedtest.net app shows identical latency (67 milliseconds) between the two ROMs, and comparable bandwidth, although at my location, download/upload bandwidth varies quite a bit from six megabits/second to under 1 megabit/second upload.

5. The APN in CleanROM is fine.

6. LTE can be considerably faster. I saw latency of about 45 miliseconds, and in one test bandwdith > 10 megabits/second for both upload and download.

7. Given my experience, I'd respectfully request that the those who reported differences with two phones at the same time reconfirm that the AT&T ROM is really displaying the LTE symbol, and not just 4G, and that they test bandwidth and latency with Speedtest to see if the AT&T ROM is faster.

Dutch55

PS: Great ROM!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Word! Thats what Im sayin! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] loci:
royalh,

I'm not talking about the timeout. Timeout for the lock screen to appear works. I'm talking about the lock screen - one with the swipe, and the other that prompts for the pin. I basically have to unlock my phone twice (the first is the swipe, then the pin).

Happy New Year!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] riassan:
I think he gave a good synopsis of the issue. Man this vodka I'm sipping is starting to kick in.... :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] royalh:
This is the way it's supposed to work. ..You can turn off the first swipe screen under the lock screen settings-with swipe lock.

Edit - the first swipe is there to prevent accidental phone usage like butt dialing... works best for folks with no secondary security activated (like pin or pattern)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
Nice!

This diet coke that I am driking at work is potent too!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jrockttu:
Update on my wifi issue:

Issue: When updating from stock de-odex AT&T rom to ANY 4.1.2 roms, my wifi would not automatically reconnect to known wifi networks. The ONLY rom other than stock AT&T that connected automatically is the new AT&T 4.1.2 update.

Resolution: I finally bit the bullet and wiped EVERYTHING on my phone. Not just System and Data, but I reformatted my internal and external cards. Flashing fresh CleanROM 3.5 and it works!

Lesson: There seems to be something different in the wifi-related files between the AT&T and international firmware. This appears to cause conflicts for some people when switching from AT&T to international firmware. If you have this problem, wipe EVERYTHING and try again.

New problem: Scott just released his AT&T SE CleanROM, so now I don't know which to choose!

Thanks again, Scott, for your work on the Note 2 and the support you provide for your ROMs. I'm convinced that you must be a robot to keep up at the pace you do!