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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kevinreid1:
Thank you.. I knew I was in the wrong forum and that is why I said my s3 was a Sprint device... My problem however was the same exact problem. I got it fixed with file from another forum, while follow info from yet another forum, the file that worked for me was HomefixSprint_S3_L710.img the debrick_sph_l710.img would not work for me. I used win32diskimager and burned .img file to class 10 32gb card, stuck it in went in to download mode and used odin to write firmware file... Anyway back up any running.. I didn't download any t-mobile roms or anything that wasn't for the Sprint S3, what I did do was try and load an older JB rom that was under V4.3, it wasn't that long ago when a person could flash any android version one wished, it looks like Samsung is getting as bad as Apple you can move up but not back. Any tips on how to safely downgrade? Anyway thanks for taking the time to respond. : ) Cause no one has in the Sprint S3 forum yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
No, Samsung is not turning into apple, there is a reason you cannot downgrade from a Knox bootloader. And to downgrade, with this device we can just flash an older ROM and it will work, maybe its different with the Sprint variant? Try to search in their forums if you haven't already
[Android Apps and Games] sharingan92:
Android devices are meant for multitasking. Some devices, like the Galaxy Note 2,

are specifically designed to launch two apps, or more, at the same time.

The Google Play Store also offers a variety of multitasking apps to allow

you to multitask on your device. The FlipLauncher app is a multitasking app

that allows you to group your favorite apps or shortcuts and access them

from wherever on your device.

get the extremely usefull app HERE

When you launch FlipLauncher in portrait mode, 6 colored bars (i use one) will appear

on the left side of your screen. These bars serve as your virtual drawer

containing your apps and shortcuts. Just swipe to open those bars.

You can set up to 4 apps or shortcuts on each bar, giving you a total

of 24 apps or shortcuts.

The app also allows you to personalize the bars on your device’s screen.

You can change a bar’s color, adjust its width, set its placement, and

set its opacity. You can even disable one or two bars. These virtual drawers

really look like the Multi Window feature of the Galaxy Note 2 but arranged horizontally.

The app also has a different layout when you hold your device in landscape mode.

In this screen orientation, 4 colored bars (again i only use one) will appear on the left

side of the screen. Each bar allows you to place 6 apps or shortcuts, giving you still a

total of 24 apps.Just like the previous orientation, you can still change a bar’s color,

transfer the bar to the opposite side, adjust its width, and set its opacity. You can also

remove some bars according to your liking.

courtesy of android authority

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[Thunderbolt General] Klonopin:
Does the Mecha have enough ram to run ICS or no? I'm confused a bit because of the way it functions without the proper kernel.
[Thunderbolt General] Obaterista93:
AOSP ICS, definitely. Sense ICS it should. The lag from the leak and such should all be fixed by custom kernels, but as for Ram it'd be cutting it close.
[Thunderbolt General] rrrrrrredbelly:
Twisted's aosp runs great on my phone, haven't tried the sense roms.
[Thunderbolt General] Klonopin:
I mean strictly hardware speaking. Like ICS Aosp. The default android look
[Thunderbolt General] Obaterista93:
Ohh, most definitely. The nexus S has an official JB AOSP and it has identical or worse specs.
[Thunderbolt General] tm24fan8:
My Thunderbolt is running it great...now I'm no expert but I'm gonna guess the fact I can run ICS with no issues means it has sufficient ram :P

Hell, my Incredible is running JB and that phone is older than the Bolt by a decent bit lol
[Thunderbolt General] xs11e:
Yes, I understand the official VZW release has (or will have) Sense 3.6 so no problem.

Later versions of ICS and JB have Sense 4.x and that might be a problem since I believe it requires more RAM.
[Thunderbolt General] Klonopin:
Well, I'm not too worried about Sense UI, I'm strictly AOSP or AOKP, I loath sense with a passion.lol.
[Thunderbolt General] Klonopin:
Good stuff, thanks for the reply about that. I was just mainly curious because I'm still trying to understand why Verizon is acting like some scam artists and trying to make people upgrade their phones.
[Thunderbolt General] mi7chy:
If my Galaxy S Epic 4G with less internal flash and DRAM can run ICS and JB I sure hope Thunderbolt with more internal flash and DRAM can do it.
[Thunderbolt General] xs11e:
I suspect VZW is having problems stuffing their usual 75 gigabytes of worthless bloat into the limited memory of the Thunderbolt....

Wouldn't it be nice if VZW and all providers would stick their bloat on an SD card and we could just remove it and throw it away when we get the phone?
[Thunderbolt General] underwaterjr:
Or even better yet would be if HTC would just post their finished product on one of their own sites for anybody who wanted it...before verizon suffs it full of crap. Wishful thinking but would be nice.
[Thunderbolt General] Dannar:
Thereby allowing us to remove verizon's engorged member from our mouths? I doubt the evil empire would agree.

Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.
[Thunderbolt General] Dark Jedi:
Isnt that what rooting is for?
[Thunderbolt General] tm24fan8:
Well yes, but if we didn't have to wait for them to cram it full of bloat, we could get finished software for our devs to customize that much sooner. At least I think *shrug*
[Thunderbolt General] Turd Furguson:
Build.prop tweaks remove the lag from what I have experienced while doing my own ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sonicl:
I've had terrible reception for the past month or so with my S2, so far I've only replaced my SIM. How should I diagnose the problem, and what steps should I take to try and solve this problem? Would rooting the phone and installing a new ROM and radio file help at all?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tennandcoz1:
Well this forum is for the SIII brother.Anyway try a new modem.I had the SII and there are some that really improved my reception.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Woody:
Moved to the T989 Q&A section.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
U probably need one of the new sim cards
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BACARDILIMON:
Flash the new note 2 radio. Improved radio big time
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matejdro:
Is just me or is Jelly Bean actually slower than ICS on HD2?

Easiest way to test this is by pulling down notification bar. In ICS it's smooth and it catches up with your finger. However in Jelly Bean you can see it lags behind your finger slightly.

Is that caused by builds that are not completely ready yet or is our HD2's hardware simply becoming too slow for Project Butter awesomeness?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Shaumaaa:
I think devs still need to work on jb, since there are a lot of bugs. Ics is much older so it became really perfect(nexus hd2).

Anyway, maybe I'm wrong but jb is lighter than ics.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zenida:
The project butter is just a nexus optimization, so on other devices jb is only a heavier ics. Without a right adaption of the code we can't get benefit from project butter specially if it is strictly hardware related
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amv13:
I've had 24 hours with my new Verizon Note 2 and it's been very frustrating. Coming off the N7000 I figured it would be a breeze to set up, not the case at all. Without getting into exporting and importing, some of the issues I've been having include the following:

K9 will not work with my primary gmail email.

No wifi button in the pull down header.

Screen only 4 icons across.

Text msg icon will not refresh after looking at a text. Have to turn restart the phone for #of messages to disappear.

Google Voice widget only works sporadically. Rarely downloads the audio.

I hope some if not all of these are solvable. But so far I've had not luck...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gnome_sayin:
All those quick buttons on the pull down header and NO wifi.. that's mind boggling to me too. I'm waiting for root and some roms to fix that I guess.

4 Icons across.. I loaded up Nova Launcher. This huge screen has way too much open space stock. With Nova I added another column and row of icons. Looks much better!

I'm having NO issues with the txt message icon refreshing after opening a text. I did notice that my brother's Note 2 (on sprint) has this little bubble that appears on the lock screen above the app message icon.. a small bubble that's pretty clear that has a "1" in it for the new message. I couldn't find that on my phone.

I can't comment on the others.. I only use Gmail and don't use the GV widget.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] END_OF_FLESH:
I've been using Nova Launcher to change my grid and app drawer (decided on 5x6 I think). The same should fix your notification count for unread SMS/emails/calls.

Beautiful Widgets has a toggle widget for a ton of stuff, Wifi included.

I like the native Gmail app. Love the widget.

Not much of a fix for any of your issues, but they're good alternatives until we get rooted/ROMed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] randpost:
I like Nova Launcher but I don't like losing some s-pen functionality. I'll stay stock till rook comes along. I want to add functionalty, not lose it.

Pic of my home screen. I dont like using folders, but it will do for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bsweetness:
What S-Pen functionality is lost? I've running Nova, and so far I'm able to use the S-Pen in all of the same ways as I can when I'm using the stock launcher.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chino0131:
What did you lose? I didn't lose any functions with Nova.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] randpost:
Page buddy would be one. I like S-pen page buddy popping open upon removing my s pen. makes it convenient for others in my household to pick up and use the Note 2. Headphone page buddy is nice too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bsweetness:
That's not so much S-Pen functionality as it is a function of the stock Touch Whiz launcher on the Note 2. It's similar to losing some of the Touch Whiz widgets when using a third-party launcher. So yeah, by using a third-party launcher you do loose some from functionality from the stock launcher, but you retain full S-Pen functionality.

Personally, I turned Page Buddy off as soon as I received the phone because I found it annoying. But I can see how it would be useful for some people.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BarryH_GEG:
Does it work with any accounts? If so and not Gmail it's probably configuration. K9's pretty popular so if all N2's couldn't use it to access Gmail I'd imagine more people would be complaining. You can set up GMail via ActiveSync in the stock e-mail client and get push notifications. Using the stock client also gets you native multiview support.

Settings launcher or toggle? The toggle's there.

Yep.

Try removing the Google Voice app and reinstalling it. Don't know what to tell you about the MMS counter.

I know it's a pain in the ass but you may want to hard reset your device and see if any/all of these issues are present without your apps on it. Not all apps play nice with JB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bsweetness:
The WiFi toggle isn't there on the Verizon version of the Note 2. Instead of the toggle, we get the annoying ongoing notification about WiFi seen in the attached screenshot. Verizon did the same thing with the Galaxy S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IamPro:
Is there an app that makes your data connection look like a Wifi connection? (jailbroken iDevices had something called 3G Unrestrictor). That might solve the stupid popup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bsweetness:
That won't get rid of the ongoing notification. When you connect to WiFi, it changes to say that you're connected to WiFi. It stays there regardless. The only way to permanently get rid of it is with root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IamPro:
Wow thats a ***** :mad:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BarryH_GEG:
Wow. Sorry guys. I just assumed simple stuff would be unmolested from the international version. VZW seems to enjoy adding their special touches to their versions of various devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
For the wifi notification just longpress it and hit app info. It will take you to android system. Force close it and the wifi notification will be gone until you reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amv13:
Not sure why I would want to do this? I don't want to get rid of the wifi notification...

As for gmail, my other gmail accounts work with K9. It's just my primary one that doesn't. I deleted it from the gmail app and retried but had no luck...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
My bad I just assumed you did because thats what most people want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] afinita:
Thank you, jellydroid13! It was bother me so much <3

Now if I can only figure out how my wifi keeps randomly turning on when I'm at work and don't have access to a wifi network -.-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iflip:
Just use a home switcher app and switch simultaneously between tw &nova.

I'm gonna try this.

I'm gonna switch my default to tw and delete all screens except 1 of course. But stay on nova. Then when I pull out the s-pen hit home and go straight to the buddy Page.

Either that or create an entire Page in nova with s-pen apps & their corresponding widgets.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] bhowanidin:
Check the link:

http://m.otterbox.com/on/demandware...r=20&start=2&cgid=samsung-galaxy-note-2-cases

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] RipplingHurst:
Are otterbox cases easy to remove to put in a car dock or more importantly, to change the batteries?

If so, which one should be easier, the defender or the commuter? I don't mind the bulkiness of any case (if they do protect), but I do want to remove them easily if I need to. The slim, non tpu soft cases, are very hard to remove. I'm using a flexi tpu now, very easy to remove, but ugly, and not sure about protection.

So would the ottebox be good for me?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jow350:
I don't know about the Commuter, but I wanted a Defender for my old Atrix 4G but I ended up not getting it because it was too much of a pain to remove it for the car dock...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] mikdugal1:
They released a pink breast cancer awareness too. That's surprising. The defender ,which Im waiting for, has a "knight" color aswell a gray and black option
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] P1 Wookie:
The knight is gray and black, Glacier is white and black, and then just black. Thinking I may go with the knight.

Well I guess the Glacier is more of an off white/very light gray from the pics
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] thejron:
Damn they are proud of those! I love my S3 commuter case and they are like $18 on Amazon. More than double for a little more case? Lame Sauce.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] isaac3232:
Is there a cheaper place to get it?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] P1 Wookie:
They're all that price when they first come out. After a couple weeks you can find them for about 35. And it's quite a bit more case than a commuter and has a holster.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] mexiking713:
They are $34.99 here SmartphonePedia.com

I would pick one up but Im waiting on reviews. I hope the buttons aren't as hard as the S3 Commuter. I loved my Commuter case for the HTC Evo 4g, HTC Evo 3D and The Evo LTE. Why are the commuter cases for Samsung phones so horrible? I bought the case for my Epic 4G Touch and S3 and they are both terrible cases. I hope they don't disappoint me on this one because I really like their Commuter case.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] sooby77:
I'm personally waiting for reviews too. The back polycarbonate hard shells doesn't seem grippy enough. My favorite case on my Intl S2 was Case Mate's Tough Case. I'm waiting for that one to become available, if at all!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] francois13:
Finally here !!!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] thejron:
???

It IS a commuter lol
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MBM7881:
I want the Defender case as soon as it comes out. I saw on smartphonepedia it was available for shipping 4 Dec. And you can pre-order it now. I'm wondering if they're gonna release more colors like they did for the S3. I'd like a pink one :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] P1 Wookie:
If you check my original quote, we were referring to the defender in that particular exchange.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] cdmoore74:
I had a defender for my Nexus and that sucker was huge; I stopped using it. I could only imagine what the Note 2 with defender would be like. Maybe the commuter case might do the trick. I will call around to Verizon and see if they have them. Can't beat 25% off.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] P1 Wookie:
I had a defender on my nexus and it still wasn't that big to me lol. But I have big hands...the note 2 is finally a phone that doesn't feel too small in my hands haha
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Ghetto Geeksta:
Just ordered mine from their website, can't wait to get this baby!! Couple this with my Just Like Glass screen protector and I should be well protected from bumps and drops.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] mdt73:
The button press was so difficult on my S3 that I will pass on this case. I highly doubt they messed with the formula... plus, this price, even at smartphonepedia, is horrible compared to the competition, that I can't justify paying so much.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Ghetto Geeksta:
According to their website the black one is still out of stock. I don't know if I should keep my order or cancel it. For some reason I didnt see Out of Stock when I ordered it from their website earlier, maybe I was too excited.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] bmoreboy02:
for those worried about the stiffness of the buttons. I had the commuter on the s3 and after a week of use the button was fine. Alot of people got the case tryd it a few days and gave up. My gf had a commuter also and it took her bout week and a half 2 weeks for hers to loosen up but she dosent use her phone as much as me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roketteere:
Hey guys I have a stock rooted GS3 with CWM recovery.

Is there a way that I can backup the ROM or make a ROM.zip file to flash if I want to change ROMs around and then go back to stock rooted instead. I don't care for user data etc...Just want a zip thats like flashing a rom. For example I can use this zip with any other GS3 to put it on Stock Rooted with CWM.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Toyotech353:
Use the backup option in CWM to make a nandroid backup of your current setup.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davfunk:
How to check if the efs partition has become corrupted?

Because I a problem when I want to move applications on the internal SD with the Chimera ROM.

Please help!

Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
you can try to see if your IMEI is intact. use the list of Samsung service codes.

you can also just try to enter it with root explorer if it is actually corrupted (as opposed to wiped or something), your phone will lock up when you try to.

generally speaking if your phone service works and/or you have a non-generic IMEI your EFS is intact.

make sure you back it up and export it to your computer before you do anything.

if you have a nandroid it should have backed up /efs but back it up again just in case
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davfunk:
Thank you for you help guitarplayerone. :)

No problem with IMEI [*#06#).

No problem to access the efs file.

It is therefore not a problem of efs, but sd internal.

Sent from my GT-N7000 ICS STUNNER 1.4.26.1.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
No problem. Remember to hit the 'thanks' button too ;) You can use this tool to back up your EFS http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
its imei, pcode and some other codes.

pcode being the one via the dial *2767*4387264636#

Basically that together with a csc check, if one is selected.

There is another factor I dont understand. With some ICS roms you get a info screen on desktop, when efs is damaged. Havent figured that one out
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davfunk:
Ok, thx.

My efs partition is ok.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohammed Atef:
EFS

EFS can be checked if intact from settings - About device - Status

then you can see if your IMEI is intact or not

it would be very wise to backup your efs partition using HC K-tool, it was a life jacket when a restore corrupted my EFS partition, you only have to do it once and keep it on your Ext SD card

Best of luckl
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davfunk:
Thank you.

In settings, my EMEI is intact.

I will try HC K-tool.

Finaly i have a problem in partition 7,9 and 11! (Android SDK + ADB).

Big problem to move the apps on the sd with the CHIMERA ( the phone does not respond) :(, but no problem to move apps with all other rom...!?!?
[HTC Sensation] Saltari:
Hey guys !

After installing the Open Sensation 2 ROM, I noticed that my geolocation service couldn't find my position anymore.

Does anyone (using this ROM) have the same problem ?

Because I didn't have the problem with Kang CM10 ROM.

Thanks in advance for your help !
[HTC Sensation] walo1:
Hi,

I had the same issue when first I installed OpenSensation (CM9). But it did find the position after a while, it looks like the GPS needs more time to get synchronised when you change the ROM (didn't happen to me when I used other ROMs like ARHD..).

I just installed 3 days ago OpenSensation2 (CM10) and I didn't face the same issue again.

Hope it's working for you now.

Rgds
[HTC Sensation] Saltari:
It didn't solve the problem but thanks anyway for your help !

I change of ROM and put the Paranoid Android instead and I don't have the problem anymore.

Thanks again walo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KUN1:
Hello

I'm actually on SlimBean 3.0 since a few weeks, it's the Rom with the longest battery life for me. About 16h with always 3G or WIFI on.

Now today something very strange happend, I use Betterbatterystats since a few days and today I saw this:

http://imageshack.us/f/641/screenshot2012113014250.png/

http://imageshack.us/f/405/screenshot2012113019085.png/

Can somebody tell how to stop the FB process?

I don't need mobile upload etc.

KUN1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rokostar:
hmm had a similar issue on xbean 3.0 with FB app
[Galaxy S III General] dodgebizkit:
Both from a factual view and a personal preference view what do you guys think is the better browser of the two?

I found with the jb update the Stock browser began to load faster than chrome although the keyboards generally still worked badly in forums, swype being worst.

With chromes new update I find it to be about equal. I've tried running the ms fish HTML test on both and it doesn't run well on either so I didn't find that a good test to give any solid facts but right now I prefer chorine purely based on using it to write in forums but other than that they seem to perform roughly equal as far add I can tell. What do you guys think?
[Galaxy S III General] kaynpayn:
To be honest I have not found any better than stock. I don't care for gestures, synch or any fancy features, all I want I a fast browser that doesn't lag while reading and rendering pages. Stock is awesome, chrome not so much. Flash seems to work on stock and if it didn't video and mx player do a good job.

I'd like, however, that it would organize pages as opera mobile does. Opera's brilliant in this. Sadly is rather buggy in other departments. That's the only thing I'm missing. Other than that, stock is just about perfect and that's what I use.