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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the rhyno:
So I have always hesitated to try a new ROM because that would mean I'd have to spend an hour and set all my widgets and apps up just the way I want them. Then I discovered NOVA Launcher. Not only is it highly customizable but it lets you back up and restore your current set up. Menu/Nova Settings/ Backup and Import. That saves it to your phone.

I also backed up all my apps and data with ROM Toolbox.

When you wipe everything to try out a new ROM you can go install Nova (if the ROM doesn't already come with it, which most do these days) and hit restore.

Before you do that though, install ROM Toolbox and restore all your user apps with data NOT system apps. Or if you keep everything backed up with the google machine then you can let it do its thing but you won't have any of your data.

I've done this on quite a few different ROMs and makes the decision easy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Haha, this is exactly what I do. It makes switching from ROM to ROM ridiculously easy. The most time consuming part is logging into Gmail to download ROM Toolbox. :p

Also - I use SMS Backup and Restore from the market and it works great! I never lose Text Messages.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] burghfan3:
If going from JB to JB, I just dirty flash. All of my screens and widgets stay the same. Everyone doesn't like to dirty flash though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I dislike this due to the fact that there's reminents of each ROM that's left in there. Unless you wipe /system, it's tolerable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SwimDrewid:
Titanium Backup Pro allows you to make a flashable zip of any and all apps. So, you can have your "must-haves" ready when you boot into a new ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bog3nator:
I use my backup root. Also saves my settings and backsup my homescreen. Been using it for porbably 2 years now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the rhyno:
thats a great idea! do you boot up first then go back in recovery to flash your apps? or stack the zips?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the rhyno:
now that would make it even better! i'm gonna go do that right meow!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SwimDrewid:
I stack the zips in TWRP:

ROM

gapps (not the 4.2 (inverted) aroma)

colonel

my_apps.zip

After setting up phone, I go back again and flash the 4.2 inverted apps aroma
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smokeadrians:
dirty flash

After a dirty flash I always get error that unfortunately, email has stopped. so I have uninstall and reinstall every time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mkampy:
Go Launcher EX does this as well, except the widgets have to be reloaded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] borxnx:
Widgets have to be reloaded on Nova also, they're more than just shortcuts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] quick99si:
Launchers have been doing this for a long time, including Launcher Pro which is 3-4 years old ;) Heck, I assumed everyone was backing up their apps and restoring them after a flash, including Nova. Restoring data for the launcher lets you skip the manual backup/restore altogether.

Widgets cannot be backed up like this; it's a limitation in the OS, not the launcher.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Unknownforce:
I use Titanium Backup to backup system apps like TouchWiz and Settings, SMS and MMS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. I always do a full wipe, and then restore from those backups, I setup a filter in Titanium backup that backs up all the system apps I want to save settings from, that way I don't have to hunt through the ginormous list of system/user apps and pick the right ones. After it restores, the only thing I sometimes have to restore are the widgets that don't auto re-load properly, everything else is restored perfectly, even Bluetooth and Wi-Fi pairings. :good:

New ROMs take me longer to download and flash than they do to setup and configure. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arvinghost:
I use nand backup and restore DATA ONLY through the advance restore menu in recovery after i install a new rom.

This get you EVERYTHING back the same way before you fully wiped and installed a new ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] asaa:
I use Desktop VisualizeR, and Apex with widgets.

Using Titanium Backup, backup "Application Widgets", "Apex Launcher" and "Desktop VisualizeR".

Restore on any rom. All your **** is back. Wasn't that easy?

Well it wasnt easy for me to figure that one out!!!!! Hopefully it helps someone...
[Galaxy Ace II General] Fzee:
I figured out that some of us have been working too hard and its time to take a chill pill for a minute.Its time we rewind back time all the way to our first phone.Just post whatever stuff you wanna post.Beside's we're on a general thread rite?

I'll start first.My first bad boy was the blue Nokia 5130 Xpressmusic which i got it on November 2011.I bet that 90% of you guys bought a nokia for your first phone rite?

Why?You see,the main difference between a Nokia and a Samsung is that Nokia phones are fairly unbreakable.While Samsung phoned are virtually impossible to brick(cause they are tons of stock roms on the net)

My second phone was the Xperia Neo V.What a beauty it is.Too bad its multi-tasking is crap lol

And lastly,the Ace 2!Hell yeah!
[Galaxy Ace II General] judas1977:
IIRC: siemens c25 -> siemens c35i -> nokia 5510i-> nokia 6610i -> sony ericcson t630 -> sony ericcson K750i -> sony ericcson C902 -> Samsung Galaxy Lite (Spica) -> ZTE Blade -> Ace II
[Galaxy Ace II General] rouckas:
My way was:

Ericsson T65 -> Siemens ME75 -> Nokia 3310c -> LG Optimus One -> Ace II
[Galaxy Ace II General] Messi10:
nokia 5130 xpress music ----------------> galaxy mini -------------------------> Galaxy Ace II
[Galaxy Ace II General] kentone:
Nokia 5310 XM - Samsung Corby - Iphone 3g - HTC G1 (I want to kill the thief who stole me that phone >.<) - Motorola Milestone (borrowed for a time by a friend) - HTC Explorer (the same) - SG Ace 2!!! *__*
[Galaxy Ace II General] asdfzz:
Motorola Startak - Nokia 3210 - iphone 2g - lg hub - ace 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] slade9220:
Samsung A55, Nokia 6630 (my frist love *-*), Samsung Star, Xperia X8, Ace II.

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[Galaxy Ace II General] domics:
Nokia 3210 > Nokia 6310(lostinthetrain) > SonyEricsson T 310 > SonyEricsson W 800(lostatsilvester) > Sony Ericsson T650(lostgotitback) > SonyEricsson W 705 > Sony Ericsson x10minipro(lostgotitback) > SonyEricsson xperiaminipro

SK17i/Panic/Smultronic/XDA Premium
[Galaxy Ace II General] msarna:
Nokia 1610 -> Sagem RC715 -> Sagem 835FM -> Nokia 8110 -> Nokia 3210 -> Nokia 5110 -> Nokia 6310i -> Nokia 7110 -> Motorola A925 -> Eten X500 + Nokia 6151 -> HTC Legend + Nokia N95 -> Nokia N85 + Sony Xperia X10 mini pro -> HTC Desire -> HTC Desire Z + BalckBerry Bold 9650 -> Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

more sins I do not remember
[Galaxy Ace II General] ghostbusted:
Nokia 3310, Sony Ericsson t40, Nokia 6600, Nokia 9900, Sony Ericsson W660i, Samsung C6625, Blackberry Curve 8520, HTC Wildfire, Blackberry bold 9780, Huawei Honor, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Samsung Google Nexus :cool:

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[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
Nokia E51>Samsung Wave525>Zte Blade>Galaxy Ace 2...

Send from my Galaxy Ace 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] powermetza:
Nokia 5110, Nokia 1100, Nokia 5130, Sony Ericsson W902, Samsung Galaxy mini, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] cathaclac:
it seems like most of people have a nokia as their first phone
[Galaxy Ace II General] Fzee:
Like duhh..:p

So my man,tell me something,did i answer your question?If i did,click the thanks button.If i didn't,im probably trollin ya =O
[Galaxy Ace II General] from18to15:
sony ericsson J210i - sony ericsson K300i - Nokia N-gage Classic - sony ericsson Z530i - Nokia 3310 Classic - sony ericsson F305 + Nokia 2310 - Galaxy Gio + Nokia 2310 - Galaxy ACE 2 + Sony Ericsson Z530i !!! :)

hhaha. sony fanboy turn into samsung user now.
[Galaxy Ace II General] titomax82:
Motorola i8700 (1998) > Philips Genie (1999) > Philips Genie DualBand (2000) > Motorola T191 (2002) > SonyEricsson T610 (2004) > Samsung Z400 (2006) > Samsung i600 (2008) > Samsung B7610 OmniaPro (2011) > Samsung Galaxy Ace2 i8160 (2012)

Never had nokia... don't know why :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] kebeen19:
Nokia 1110>Nokia N70>Nokia 5130 xpress music>samsung galaxy young>Samsung Galaxy Ace II
[Galaxy Ace II General] dbts25:
Ericsson A1018s -> Ericsson T28s -> Sony Ericsson T310 -> Sony Ericsson K550i -> Sony Ericsson K770i -> Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 -> Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

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[Galaxy Ace II General] malamharian:
Sony K750i, Sony Kxxx( I forgot ) , Nokia N81, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] gumball3000:
@dbts25, what made you migrate to samsung? Lol.

My phones in order: Ericsson t28 -> old sagem -> Sony Ericsson k320i -> Samsung c3050 -> Samsung galaxy mini -> Ace II
[Galaxy Ace II General] ImSpecial:
Big ass Motorola (1998)

Different Nokias (2000 - 2003)

Ericsson (2004-2006)

SonyEricsson walkman810 (2007-2008)

HTC Legend (2009?-2011) Android!!

Galaxy Nexus (2011 - 2012)

Sony Xperia S (2012)

Galaxy S III (2012 - )
[Galaxy Ace II General] dbts25:
Because I gave X8 to my girlfriend and all Sony phones from my provider have non-unlockable bootloader
[Galaxy Ace II General] slade9220:
Xperia x8 rulez! *-*

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[Galaxy Ace II General] Krensii:
Siemen (i dont remember model ^^), LG P500, Galaxy Y, Galaxy Mini, Galaxy Ace 2 :D
[Galaxy Ace II General] ronedogg:
Motorola brick. Star tech flip phone. 10 year gap no phone. Motorola razor. And now a galaxy ace and a galaxy s3.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Fzee:
Haha lol.Every smartphone i tried to root always bricked in the start.And i usually root them 1 week after i bought it.When my Neo V and Ace 2 bricked,my reactions was priceless.Luckily i managed to unbrick them both :P
[Galaxy Ace II General] OTAVALO:
Nokia 6220, Nokia N-Gage ( I used it for 6 years =)), Samsung d500, Nokia n70, Nokia n73, Nokia n95 (Nokia lover), Iphone 3s, Samsung Ace 2 (Android the best!!!):good:
[Galaxy Ace II General] avkiev:
Ericsson T10 -> Siemens C45 -> Siemens C55 -> Siemens S55 -> Siemens S65 -> Siemens S75 -> Samsung Galaxy Gio -> Samsung Galaxy Ace2
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheBlackWolf:
HP ipaq514(dead) -->Google G2X(Backup phone) -->Samsung galaxy tab gtp1000(Bricked) -->Samsung Galaxy Ace(Running butter smooth)
[Galaxy Ace II General] INFERNO77:
Nokia 3310-SE J310-NOKIA N85-SG SPICA-ZTE BLADE-SGA2
[Galaxy Ace II General] grundio:
Alcatel T28s

Nokia 3310

Siemens C65

Nokia E65

HTC Touch 2

HTC Magic

SGA2
[Galaxy Ace II General] owl74:
My first phone was a Motorola banana type (actually my dad bought it for me). The one with a long antenna and single line numbers only and red colored numbers. You used to look cool when hanging these phones on your front pocket at uni.

When I started working, I had a Sony Ericsson T10i, the one flip cover for the keypad, a replaceable antenna, and it kept switching off once you put it inside your pocket because the external battery moves. Then I had a Nokia 3310 followed by and updated Nokia 3330. Then a Nokia 8250 (butterfly) - regrettably sold on ebay, Nokia 6600 - sold, Nokia N70 - still with me, Nokia 6630 - solde, iMate Jam - sold , HTC Artemis (3300) - sold, Nokia E71 - still here, Nokia X6 - had a swimming session with me in Boracay Philippines, HTC Desire HD - wife inherited and still functioning running ARHD, Samsung G Ace II - waiting for JB update, Samsung G Note2 N700 upgraded to N7105 but sold the 7105 and now waiting for a N7100 - battery life is a lot better on the N7100 and there's no LTE in my location anyway.

Nokia hardware is excellent and built like bricks they wont get easily damaged when dropped even a few times. Actually I always accidentally dropped my Nokia phones on solid floor/concrete and never had damage. If Nokia makes new phones with Android, I'll probably buy one, well depending on wheteher they will be easily rooted... These palstic Samsung galaxy phones are fragile...
[Android Apps and Games] Crios:
This application blocks the ringer mode to avoid changing the mode when the phone is locked (screen on)

this is a workaround for the following strange behavior / bug on stock android 4.2+:

Play Store Link:

Ringer Mode Lock
[Android Apps and Games] Crios:
added steps to reproduce the problem and fix same bugs
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luperojelio@gmail.com:
Sent from my Droid
[HTC One X] Chuck Nowis:
So, started going through the process of rooting and installing a custom ROM onto my HOX.

Got the phone rooted and downloaded the ROM, but unintentionally missed the step to install a custom restore e.g. ClockWork.

The issue I have now is that the phone starts up gets to the HTC One screen and sits there indefinitely.

So my issue is - I am unable to access either recovery or the bootloader to enter fastboot and clear the cache or start the process fresh and avoid this situation in the future.

Any help on the matter or advice would be greatly appreciated!
[HTC One X] ClydeB1:
Switch phone off, then hold vol down button in and switch on (keep vol down pressed) you should then boot into bootloader mode and can flash recovery.img from there
[HTC One X] Chuck Nowis:
thanks for your response. when trying to access the boot loader by POWER+DOWN VOL and recovery by POWER+UP VOL it fails and remains on the HTC One screen
[HTC One X] double_ofour:
while on the white HTC ONE screen, plug the USB to computer, try to ADB REBOOT BOOTLOADER or ADB REBOOT RECOVERY. That is IF the ADB can still detect your device, but I doubt that it couldn't.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laynee1:
Hi.

I installed better battery stats, set custom ref and i found out 3 wakelocks on top of powermanagerservice...

Thos are :

multipdp

secril_fd-interface

l2_hsic

Can any one tell how to avoid those kernel wakelocks ?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] promi:
secril_fd-interface this wakelock appears when your network provider does not support fast dormancy.

Try to disable fast dormancy.

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiago.schumann:
have these wakelocks even with Fast dormancy disabled

I'm facing these same dreadlocks even with fast dormancy disabled. It seems that FD is not the only culprit. It happens on both my phones (I9100 and n7100) with different kernels (stock, siyah, speedmod and redpill).
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
All these are related to mobile data network, usually through 3g.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laynee1:
And again i have multipdp and l2_hsic wakelocks... Yes, i was on h+ mobile data for whole day.. But these wakelocks shouldnt be here right ? How to remove them ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namoi:
Hi guys,

I got this problem which begin to upset me a lot.

When I have more than one SMS message unread, the notification display "% Message could not be sent".

I've tried to clear SMS apps data and purge all sms, but i always get this. If i have only on message unread, the notification display the begib of the SMS as usual.

I'm using stock SMS app on Neat Rom UHLPS (Vertumus themed) and Syah Kernel 4.15.

I don't remember if I had this on another ICS Rom, but i'm sure I didn't have it on GB.

Thanks if someone can help
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorito:
Hi, Is this normal I'm getting free system ROM space only 36.8 kB after i flash custom rom?

I have tried CM10 and MIUI..same issue on both.

As I understand I can not flash any updates if system ROM space is full?

I did wipe device totaly before flashing roms, from CWM recovery menu.. but this did not help.

DEVICE: ARC LT15i version, ulocked BL.

Is there any way to clean up device from grand zero ?

thx

PS

total system ROM memmory i see with titanium back up is 327 MB on my device (free only 36.8 kB)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billbo1234:
Iam using the CM10 with the FXP147 Kernel and i got a total internal space of 380MB and after flashing the rom i got 269 MB of free space on the internal storage.

maybe flash cm9 check your space there and then flash cm10 again?

this could be a solution.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorito:
thanks for your reply

system ROM allocation and internal storage are two different things

its all good with internal memory.

but managed to get few MB free in system rom by removing system aps. but i cant believe everybody does that???
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaatisu84:
II got this from the xperia t rom thread for our phones, it is the best way to get more space.

Please download Xperia Arc-S 4.0.4_431 ftf pack from here only and flash it through flash tools , in Arc and arc-s both , FTF is available in downloads

Flash every thing from ftf pack just exclude two things 1. simlock.ta 2. Kernel.sin do not flash these two things, after flash power up your phone and let it start completely, now copy rom zip into SD card , and reboot your device into recovery

Why you need to do this ??? It will give you 440-MB internal memory and 419-MB System Rom memory

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746508
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
Or flash arc S .587 ftf to get more free space of system memory
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorito:
thanks for reply

thats great news. but please confirm if i can do all what you mentioned on exsisting configuration: unlocked BL Arc , FXP kernel, CM10 rom?

just flash FTF on top, load it, then proceed with CMW and install any custom rom i want?

thank you
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ichi92xd:
i have 200+ free ram on my mk16
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaatisu84:
Yes, as easy as that. Just flash the ftf as described over your current set up. Then go ahead and flash whatever new rom you like.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorito:
could you confirm what you mean power up phone completely? as after flashing Arc S .431 FTF (no kernel, no TA) phone boots only until black out screen only.

is that ok, is that enough to proceed with custom rom?

and i did flash proper ARC ftf too, but unfortunately the same - black screen after FXP kernel logo.. and nothing more

what i have messed up with my phone...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorito:
its alright, i managed to get 380MB system ROM instead of 327MB ( as i came from GB .042) as per your instructions. . blank screen was not a problem...

thanks guys!

Arc Lt15i with Fusion 4 , CM 10 , FXP149

testing now
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polonos13:
Hello !!!

Toady i went for running and i left my phone in the car.When i finished my workout i got into the car and because of the cold weather the inside of the car got moisture.....

When i arrived at home i had to make a call and then i saw that the icon of headphones was blinking (like i was pluging and unpluging the headphones every second or something like that) then i decided to power off the phone and start it over..........

Now that is the problem i have....When it starts it shows the logo of HTC and after 5 secs it shows the "HTC quietly briliant " logo with the sound and after 2 mins it makes again the sound and shows the "HTC quietly briliant " logo and that goes over and over again..........It is something like a restart loop

Firstly my thoughts is maybe the phone got inside some moisture and that causes some kind of short circuit but if that happened the phone shouldn' even start...correct ?

I've let the phone near the radiator/heater for almost an hour (without the battery ofcourse )but the problem still remains........

Do you have any solutions ???

Please i need your help.I only got this phone for about a week...

p.s my volume keys don't work......Is there any other solution for doing a hard reset ?

p.s 2 my phone is not rooted and has android 2.3.5 and HTC Sense 3.0

Thanks in advance !!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsmith4:
I have an idea but it is a long shot. I had a phone (non-HTC) that did the same thing and to fix it I removed the SD-Card, so if you have one inserted that may help.

Also if it is moisture related you could try sticking it in a bag of uncooked white rice for about 24 hours, it helps suck the moisture out, sticking it on a heater may do more harm than good.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polonos13:
I already tried with no Sim and no SD card but nothing !!!

Tomorrow i will go to a shop that service mobile components and ask the price of the side keys and to give it a look.........

I was trying not to get my hands in my pockets for this ,but its inevitable
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Headcase_Fargone:
I know I saw someone mention this either on here or another forum, but I'll be damned if I can find the solution.

I'm on T-Mobile's 100 minute plan and disabled carrier voicemail long ago. After moving everything over to my Nexus 4 yesterday I've been getting a persistent new voicemail notification. Of course it can't find my mailbox when it calls voicemail; it doesn't exist.

I can't see any way of clearing this. Anyone else run into this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timskyline86:
I had to call my T-Mo Voicemail leave a message, give it about 5 minutes. Hit the icon so it calls the voicemail then delete the one I made. Then switched to Google Voice lol. If you don't know your voicemail number, call your number from your phone. Assuming you didn't change any settings it should take you directly to T-Mo voicemail.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Headcase_Fargone:
Well that's the rub. I called T-Mobile long ago and had them turn off voicemail altogether. I use Google Voice exclusively.

Edit: I should mention that it did this on both the stock ROM and CM10.1, though on CM it didn't start until after I rebooted the first time.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0warmy:
I had the same problem and I also had this problem with my Galaxy Nexus. The solution I found on both phones was that as soon as I rooted and flashed a new ROM I immediately installed Google Voice after performing the initial setup (before doing anything else). On both phones this prevented that persistent notification from ever returning.

Many others had this problem on the Gnex as well and all agreed that this solution worked.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Headcase_Fargone:
So once it's there I'm kind of out of luck? Do I have to do a factory wipe and reflash CM10 for a chance at getting rid of it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkamikaze:
Go to your google voice account on a computer and mark EVERY voicemail that is not marked as read, read.

Solves your problem.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Headcase_Fargone:
I haven't had any GV voicemails at all since powering on the Nexus 4 for the first time, either old ones or new.

I did change the voicemail setting to Google Voice in dialer settings then cleared data on the dialer app. That made it disappear... for now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czaplin:
I had exactly the same problem after swapping SIM card to my nexus. My voicemail was disabled. Every time I call it I was forced to press * key and enter 10 digit number. I had to call T-Mobile to solve notification icon problem. They set up my voicemail again and left a message. After that I called and listened it, so the problem is gone now. Hope this will help you :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0warmy:
Wipe cache and dalvik cache then fix permissions. After rebooting I bet it will be gone.