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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
I always hate when Google restores contacts. The pictures look like crap. If you use large pics for contacts and want to keep them looking great on the screen. Set all contacts as you like. Do a nandroid. This way you will always have it. When I fash a ROM, before I reboot, I mount the system, go to advance/file manager. Navigate to system/app, delete the Google contact sync apk. You can also freeze the google sync in tbu, if you dont want to delete it. This will stop Google from screwing with the pics. Then just reboot. I do this and don't really care that gmail doesn't have my contacts. There are other ways to do that. As long as you know what your doing in that file manager, you can delete all kinds of not needed crap. I myself delete all the ringtones before rebooting after flashing.

You most mount the system to get into the system stuff.

I also restore my contacts this way.

Follow the same steps as above except

Check the "contact storage" box

Click "data only"

Clicking app and data may cause a contact fc if going from different ROMs

Click the green check

Reboot when its done

If you choose to not delete the Google sync. Freeze it in tbu. Delete all contacts and do steps above in tbu.

Again make sure you have a good nandroid first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] turilo:
helpful thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Nice write up bro...good job..very informative.. thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rippedwarrior69:
I cannot seem to get this trick to work. I am on a ported 4.4.2 rom for the Verizon note 2 and this will not work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ShrekOpher:
[MENTION=573957]DaFox[/MENTION] is a pimp. TBO rocks too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsui:
How can i open and add a .ics file from my gmail to my calendar?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] WattB006:
I use ICSSync app in the play store to add the .ics file to my calendar on my phone.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiggerbits:
Hey,

Just though i would share and see if any one else has had the same issues.

Order my nexus 10, arrived on Wednesday the 28th.

Turn up in a soft packaging envelop a little worse for ware, opened it out and pulled out the Nexus 10 box.

First thing i noticed was both of the security/factory seals were broken - the ones that say "Do Not Accept if Broken"

Opened up the box - nexus 10 in there with all accessories.

Second thing i noticed, the screen protectors have a lot of bubbles in them, as if they have been re-applied.

Third thing I noticed was the whole device is covered in alot of dust and finger prints.

Not too please, but all works fine.

Called Google and they are going to replace it for me as a precaution.

I would like to know if any one else has had the same issues?

Thanks
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cspiby:
Probably sending out ones that have been returned with backlight bleed.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjdevega:
They wouldn't send out a used unit after paying retail for it. Even replacement ones will be new(at least sure hope not). Sounds more like it was tampered and played with. Did you take a picture by chance? Would love to see how it came in and condition.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiggerbits:
Yeah I have some photos, when I finish work i'll post them up.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripnrip:
I just left my local Walmart and they had two in the case that had the tamper tape broken also. I just got home so I javent opened it to see the condition of the tablet. I'll post pictures also.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripnrip:
Here's pics of the one I got at Walmart. It's got really bad light bleed in the bottom right corner and is going back.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjdevega:
There is no reason for Walmart employees to be breaking the seal and tampering with it. I would understand a store like Gamestop. When they first started selling Primes they had to break the seals to side load their games that was advertised that came with the bundle. Walmart doesn't have anything exclusive with Google other then being an authorized to sell them.

Edit:Maybe you can ask them why the seals are broken when you do return it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathtical:
Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone has seen or may know a fix for this. I got the Nexus 7 toolkit (great tool guys thanks :good: ), I then unlocked the boot loader but now I can't do anything else. After unlocking the boot loader it set my device to defaults and the Developer option is missing from settings so I cannot enable USB debugging. Any ideas? Thanks

I would have put this in the toolkit thread but I don't have access to do that. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
This has been discussed, you have to enter Settings - About tablet and tap on the Build Number 7 times.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k5mitch:
already answered ^
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathtical:
Awesome! Thanks guys. I did search before hand but didn't find this solution. Much appreciated :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgeek.cub:
I am trying to understand if there is a CyanogenMod for JXD S9100 OR MaPan MX913. AND If yes what is the way to apply it to the tablet

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCVoodoo:
hi, i made a custom CWM Recovery for the MAPAN MX913 DC

http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/29329/

maybe the first step for you to install other roms...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgeek.cub:
Hello sir,

Thanks a lot. I most applogize because I was away on a trip and I didn't get your massage till now.

I am very happy that I cut my work load in half.

But I checked your link and it seems out of order and doesn't work

Would you please share it somewhere and give my the link

Very much thanks

Really thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCVoodoo:
Here is the recovery .img of my Device, if it dont work, you can contact me :)

http://rapidshare.com/files/2203030195/recovery.img

Important: it overwrite the recovery partition of original the ROM. and backup works for all partitions exept the recovery itself. but that shouldn't be a problem. if you get problems with the CWM u can simply flash back the original ROM without problems :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgeek.cub:
hello again and thanks

About how to apply the .img file? with Livesuit?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCVoodoo:
ive installed it with SausageScript but that bases on the Livesuit. I think try it with Livesuit first. if it dont work i can send you the SW and a guide to install it with it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCVoodoo:
For all who needs Sausage Script
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aamitabh28:
With devs like utaka giving up n samsung's ****ty attitude,is the future of AOSP development in the dark for this great device with the AOSP roms vanishing slowly?:eek:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elle233:
To the best of my knowledge, there is substantial dev support for the Note II. CM is rolling of nighlies even as we speak and PA is not left behind. JellyBam is also adding his own humble contribution. There are also substantial rom cooks dishing out various verities.

I understand initially, devs kicked against Sammy's policy but I guess Sammy was given a last chance, and we saw some dev activities. I for one actually waited till I saw activities befor ordering mine.

If Utacka is giving up, that will be a shame because, he made us good PA rom in Note I
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aamitabh28:
It's a Great loss..for the community.I loved his work

As for cm 10.1 entropy says its dead on 4412 devices due to lack of sources..darn samsung..why cant they just release the frickin sources!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabster21:
Not gonna cry too much.. Touchwiz > AOSP in my opinion.

- Camera is way better with a lot more options, notably burst mode and widescreen.. why does stock force you to take 4:3 pictures? this isn't 1998 anymore, all monitors/TVs are widescreen

- Gallery is much improved with different view types, video previews, play on hover, etc..

- FB contact integration out of the box, no need to mess around with Haxsync or other apps

- Multi-window, that alone trumps stock

- T9 Dialer

- Smart stay: When reading long text I got used to touching my screen every 30 seconds to keep it from turning off, never again

- Smart rotate: call this a "gimmick" all you want, but it's really nice to be able to lie down and read something without first disabling auto-rotate

- Contact list: smoothly integrated with the Phone app, no more ugly white theme that's oddly out of place with the rest of the UI

- S-Beam is much faster and more practical than Android Beam (you have both in Touchwiz anyway)

- Not counting all the s-pen apps since those are specific to the Note 2

- Overall feel of the OS feels less segmented and more cohesive

- Loads of small improvement all across the OS, things that make you say "oh nice, I don't need 4-5 steps to do that anymore"

So not too sad to see all the buggy AOSP roms disappear :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
100% agree with u , in the other hand i really love aosp roms but not for the Gnote :rolleyes:

if u want to run aosp on note2 just throw ur s note pen in the drawer it will become like useless mouse :silly:

i know that maybe aosp roms a bit faster or lighter on ram but note2 have 2 GB of ram and beast cpu so there is no problem with TW

and samsung is the fastest company after Google to update their devices after Google ( i don't have problem waiting 2-3 month to get new android version after google release it )
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expertzero1:
I bought the note for the spen and its features.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bxt-sp:
It's a great loss... I think that we have a bad future... :crying: I hate Sammy roms...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
buy a Nexus :silly:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bxt-sp:
Sure, but the Nexus doesn't have 5,5", 3100mAh, SD-Card, removable battery, spen,... I prefer my Note phone...with AOSP roms!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trey.mcd:
I'm not trying to start a flame war, but did you read his post?:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fihlvein:
It's true, Samsungs ROM is much more useful with this thing. It's just that, this thing is ugly as hell. Compare it to CM Theme Engine - fresh look with the snap of a finger. Outer beauty beats inner beauty? Well, for now I'd stay with Samsung ROM. :)

Sent and typofied with Note II
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yohanpra:
No pen no interest, that's what it comes down to I reckon
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _delice_doluca_:
It is not about how sammy roms are more feautured or more beautiful it is about having the possibility of choice. Every populer Android device has this CM or AOSP options until now. And Android is my choice because of its possibilities of being able to transform into different user experiences.. I must decide this, not the company who stoles and lies to the people about discussing and deciding to release the source even though they have to according to the GPL.. . I honestly do not know how many people does not even root their phones but still there are a lot of people out there who believes in the potential of android software to get even better an dthose people deserve to have the option to choose what is best for themselves.. besides I want to believe more developers will develop their 3rd party apps and games for the more available sourced chipsets.. so the-once-most-powerful exynos is going to go down on the developers' preference list..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bxt-sp:
+1. Absolutely. It's about having the possibility of choice.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOnlyHyland:
I'm not happy at all my phones going on eBay while I can still get a few ££££ .... Samsung just lost a customer....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebring5:
You can use the S Pen with CM or AOSP roms. There are plenty of apps in Google Play that work with the S Pen and most are better than Samsung's S Note. I use Freenote. I use CM and I do not miss any of the Samsung features such as multiview and S Note.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _delice_doluca_:
Thanks for the support. If i was living in another country where i could believe the justice would apply to everyone adn Samsung exists as a company, i would sue Samsung and would not hire a lawyer. I would just say 'we hire the technology for a limited time nowadays. We do not buy it. And if we "tag" the reasons why we choose them by words Android would not get the "perfection", "smoothness", "defragmantetion", "optimised" words. It would get the "customiseblity", "wide range", "choices".. So this means everyone who pays great amount of money to their Android devices actually are aware of the fact that things could go "bad" or they would want more out of their devices. Very very few people buy their products "only" for Gmail checking and book reading. Once you go to the Google Play the problems start and people also start to seek solutions to their problems for their "not-so-cheap" devices. They start to search because deep down every Android user knows there should be a solution to their problems since many many people are using these devices and they paid very high amounts. But as i said, we just hire them. So there is no excuse when the service that we pay for are not there for us. And releasing the sources when a few more devices with Exynos 5 are out will not do any good to anyone because the "hiring" process works with the "valuable in the right time" rule. So there is no meaning of releasing the soruces after our devices are out of date and out of interest anymore. Because once newer devices are out it is going to be like we have paid good amount of moneys for a long await, long enough to reduce our devices values. Once we lose the dominating advantage of our CPUs and GPUs, there will not be any use for the sources because people will be already moved on and we wasted money for a waiting which got us lose money and time. So this is clearly cheating customers, lying and also not obeying to the GPL rules'

So even though i love Samsung devices if there will not be any upcoming good news by the new year My new device will never be a Samsung.. because i was supporting them for supporting my country with some scholarships but with a few hours of search i have learned they got involved with "bribing business" and did not even bother to fire the guy. And also are lying to the public about the sources, they can not even be a man about not releasing the sources. And i am very very sure a few thousand of people would listen to me about phone advises in the popular Turkish forums (i have advised hundereds in face to face). So i will not sink the company obviously but i will not let them get any money from a high amount of people either.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elle233:
But Touchwiz do not have tablet mode
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FizzyBum:
So what

Alot of roms dont have tablet mode.

I agree Sammys stock rom isn't the nicest looking but at least give it a few months until there's some decent update before flashing new roms and complaining about stock and lack of development. I don't think the UI will change all that much but just use go launcher or something. If your rooted just freeze everything you don't need wit TB.

People are OBSESSED with new roms and I think alot of ppl do it just to say "Oh you have a Note II, me too. Look at my custom ROM and how cool I it looks". Instead of "Oh you have a Note II, me to. Look how smooth and fluid it works"

Then again I prefer roms build off sammys base (prob all in my head)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manya3084:
Who knows what's happening anymore. I see developers moving to the xperia t...but then I see locked boot loaders and no working camera (cm10).

I see our note 2 with no support from Samsung, although they did say something would happen by the end of the year and no one has patience.

The HTC one x has no expandable memory and the poor tegra 3 chip that was pretty much outdated 2 months after its release.

There's really nothing that can run aosp as well as a nexus device. But then again, they lack features like expandable memory.

So in the end no one will ever be happy with anything.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiahnlliya:
I've always liked AOSP, I've liked the whole idea behind it, and the way it looks, and the fact that it's so slim and "minimalistic". Though with the Note II, I'm much happier with Samsung based ROMs (HyperNote is king, all hail HyperNote).

It's a shame if talented developers are turning away from the Note II though, but personally I don't really need/want AOSP on this phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidizen:
I've gone both ways and honestly I prefer roms build on top of Samsung's Stock, as others have noted 2gig of ram, fast cpu it's not like we are hurting on the speed front. In testing different roms theirs not much between a stock rom or a AOSP. Though in my experience way more bugs in AOSP based stuff than the Stock.. to be expected.

It's always a shame when we loose a talented developer, but on the flip side that dev probably would of moved on anyway when the next new Shiny comes along. All this talk of Sony handsets has been interested they seem to be improving all the time.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwingkiller:
lot of cool new features in stock.
[LG Optimus 3D] smileboy:
Rom is good but I have problem with lock screen - can't change clock style, it shows only local clock and Seula clock (worldclock?). But shortcuts works (sms, contacts, etc.. ) :confused: And play store not loading all icons and pics at play store menu screen. Can fix it ? (sorry for my bad english lang.)
[LG Optimus 3D] pota--:
Factory reset should help to fix clock style in lock screen
[LG Optimus 3D] smileboy:
Ok will try

Nop not working
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] alinawazkhan:
hey... so i was wondering if any of the developers ever modified the stock ICS kernel to run with CM9 because apparently battery drains a lot with CM9 kernel... i've tried the Alliance kernel but its almost the same performer as the stock CM9 kernel...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] TheDarkDefender:
you should try fxp releases then.They give very good backup.
[Nokia Lumia 920] DPLOY:
'm coming from Google Play where I would upload my catalog to the Play servers and stream back down to all my Android devices...simple enough. However I can not figure out how to upload my music to this Xbox crap...anyone know how to do this?

I use Gooroovster and it works fine but I have a feeling it will be nixed due to licensing...I would really like to use the native offer.

TIA
[Nokia Lumia 920] StevieBallz:
You can match your Music collection to XBox Music using the Windows 8 Music App. Uploading is currently not supported so you will only be able to use music available through XBox Music. Uploading was anounced to come at a later date (1st half of 2013) but I don't remember at the moment if it will be available for all users or only to people who have a XBox Music Pass.
[Nokia Lumia 920] DPLOY:
Thanks for the input - but it's a fail...Google wins that one. Still love the phone though!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akshay (Aky):
Guys,

I am newbie here on XDA.

So , I wanted to learn some modding / hacking stuff of android.

ROM related :

How, to Deodex an whole ROM & zip align it like all the modified ROMS are with .zip extension ???

APK & JAR modding :

Can , some one please tell me A-Z process of decompiling an APK & .odex to .smali , etc ??

Thanks guys in advance for the answers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=564

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabhjots:
It says... 0 topics.. your way of /dev/null ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Just search XDA for this multiple posted question.

Even Google .

jje
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] pintung:
I need to download the ROM, ROM Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 4,0.4 version and 4,1

Version and CM10 Version (support to Traditional Chinese language), please help me, thank you!

My device is Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 3G version (GT-P5100)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] abihakim:
sammobile.com is one of them
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] nakedninja42:
Hi, you're in the wrong section This is for the first generation Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P75xx). You have the second generation and should check in the appropriate section. Do not flash anything in this section as it is NOT made for your device causing you bigger issues.
[General Questions and Answers] Chad_Petree:
I recently moved to Berlin and i was very dissapointed when i found out prepaid tariffs are worthless here, vodafone offers maximum 500 mbs @ 7.2 Mbps for 25 euros and Tmobile offers 200 mb for 10 euros ( i don´t know if you can book extra mb in Tmobile prepaid my german is very poor right now) . I need at least 1 gb , which company do you think has the best coverage/signal and actual speeds?

Right now im using vodafone and i think their coverage is great, i have "H" pretty much everywhere , my friend has O2 with LTE and a lot of times he´s got no signal or he's on edge :rolleyes: the thing is my 500 mb run out very quickly i need to make a contract and get at least 1 gb, what do you think i should do? Keep in mind i'm 23 and i get discounts for being young/student . Right now i'm interested in these plans:

This plan is for young people but i don't know which age they consider is young, maybe until 25 years?*

T-Mobile Complete Mobil L Friends (for young people) 36 euros: http://www.t-mobile.de/complete-mobi...5141-_,00.html

Flatrate to other tmobile phones

120 minutes to other phone companies

Flatrate in sms

1 gb of data @ 21 Mbps

Vodafone red M 50 euros: http://www.vodafone.de/privat/tarife...ne-tarife.html

Flatrate to phone networks

Flatrate in sms

1 gb of data @ 21 Mbps (originally its 40 euros for 500 mb but i selected the upgrage to 1 gb paying 10 more euros for a total of 50 euros)

Upgradable to 5 gb of data with +20 euros

So now it looks like tmobile is a no brainer, is cheaper at 35 euros vs 50 euros vodafone and i dont make that many long calls to justify paying 15 euros more at vodafone for a phone flat rate vs the 120 minutos at tmobile, the thing is i dont know if tmobile is as good as vodafone and also in a year im sure ill be upgrading to LTE and it looks like tmobile has no data plans for LTE, as of now, you can pay 10 more euros for an upgrade to LTE @50 Mbps with 2 gb to spend in data but that's just for 3 months or its free for 3 months? i think that you have to sign up for at least 3 months, i dont really get it (again my poor german skills) , heres the link for you to see

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/cds/Shop...e=9X95,00.htmlPROF29_eShop_monthlyprice=9X95,00.html[/url]
[General Questions and Answers] yasasbandara:
Nice thread :)
[General Questions and Answers] Chad_Petree:
Anyone :( ?
[Nexus 4 General] Jasonator:
Knock on wood....I seem to have gotten a great phone. No yellowing, no scratches, ear quality is good and the rattle is imperceptable. Beyond that, the phone is amazing. I have very little complaints and they are nothing to do with the phone. I don't like the clock on the lock screen......but again that's not the phone. Its fast, sleek, comfortable, and just downright......right. To all of you complaining, I'm sorry your device is not the be all end all. That said, my wife will be getting one 4-5 weeks. As a side note, I ordered on the 13th, b/o email on the 15th. I got shipping confirmation with the second wave. Received it yesterday the 27th.