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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] C.C:
I am going to replace the 2 gb memory card with a 16 gb memory card. But before that I need to take a back up of phone contacts & sms from internal memory. There are some contacts saved in the 2 gb card as well.

How can I back up and where can I store it ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] monishvster:
Export your contacts on single csv file. For sms, use sms backup and restore app from play store and take backup. Copy the smsbackuprestore folder as it is to your new card as well as contact files.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] C.C:
Can you explain this in simple steps, so I can follow it ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] monishvster:
go to people---> click menu----> export to storage
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] C.C:
Ok, so where I can find the file to copy to my computer ?

I will remove the 2 gb card, so how can I restore it to the new 16 gb card ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] monishvster:
it will be in your sd card only.

don't worry it will find those files and restore the messages.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] C.C:
OK, but when I remove that and put the new card, there won't be any files as its on the old card. I'm confused. :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ywindlass:
I understand that project butter was a feature of the newest android builds. Now does that mean when a phone officially gets the build they also get project butter? Is this only a nexus thing? If project butter is on a touchwiz rom, does that mean that it could lead to a faster cm10?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Its a jellybean thing. Any android with 4.1 or higher is supposed to have "project butter" its supposed to be 60fps now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ywindlass:
Yes, I mean that's what I assumed, I just mean to ask what could be holding it back? Is there a need for more development? Shouldn't the release of an official 4.1 release dawn the integration of project butter to all 4.1 roms?

I'm just trying to get a better understanding.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I'm confused, I told you its built into 4.1 ROMs we have it officially and unofficially through cm....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cobraboy85:
Project butter is BS. If you have a ROM and kernel combo with good performance and tuned properly without conflicting scripts anywhere in the ROM monitoring CPU.... or GPU... then you should never see a blip of "lag" ever.

Don't buy into the hype.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I agree its just a hype thing to get people excited and promote android for this and that. I still hardly notice anything different in JB compared to ICS, does it scroll better? a little. Doss it feel smoother in the app drawer? No. It feels extremely smooth still. Overall just enjoy your phone and don't worry about gimmicky names for things.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Don_Perrignon:
Hey, I read all of your comments, but here's where I'm confused... I know that disabling hardware overlays disables project butter, but wouldn't you want the GPU doing the work instead of the software anyway?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cobraboy85:
You will get better performance from the two CPUs "aiding" in rendering your UI... but the cost will be battery life. Honestly, an over clocked GPU can accomplish the rendering tasks in UI AND GAMES that your CPUs would. I have never noticed a difference in performance running my handset with the "disable hw overlay" ticked in the dev options.

Not sure what you meant by the GPU doing the work instead of software. Bottom line is, your hardware is doing the computing of what android (your UI) is telling it to do in either case. If you look at a kmsg log while touching your screen you can see finger touch events being communicated through the UI... touch boosters.. specific to jelly bean. Kind of interesting really. I guess this is part of "butter"

But like I said. Seems like a bunch of bs. I have never seen terrible lag in the last 4 devices I have owned - s3, 4g LTE, s2 and an Evo 3D.. and the latter two were running gingerbread!

Anyways, yeah. I type too fast. Lol

Rant over
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] durps:
Wait, so do I leave hw overlay checked or disabled for better battery life.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] adslee:
Project Butter is not bs. Flip through your widgets in the app drawer and tell me it doesn't feel a crapton smoother than it did on ICS.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
So you want us to flip through our app drawer, Which I put money on 50-75% don't use stock to see if it feels a "crapton smoother" in the app drawer, I ran stock for a week without a separate launcher and nothing felt different...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ywindlass:
I don't think project butter is really bs, have you guys ever used a galaxy nexus or the nexus 4? I've never used a device that smooth. My sgs3 is quick, but it's not butter. I think that that's what I want.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kolembo:
Smooth though

Having been on lots of ROMs I can say this -

Whenever I come across the system tweaks 'Project Butter',and they are ACTUALLY implemented, there NEVER is a corresponding increase in speed i.e. response to touch BUT over time, there is a definate velvety experience that I appreciate very much. Buffered almost. Fuzzy, like Vinyl vs. Digital.

There are many ROMs that are so quick, they feel twitchy...tense.

Anytime I'm OFF 'Project Butter' what I realise I'm missing is a certain finish to the 'beginning and end of action' - I'm miss a certain silkiness.

Over a period of time, I have come to actively look for these components first in ANY ROM - everything else can be APKed to fit my needs, but the overall feel of predictable, regulated, smoothness across the whole system is something that I have come to look for before anything else..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alex5772:
hi every 1 ,

I bought the SG2 for boost Mobile and always had very poor signal , with my previous phones the signal was always pretty good , is there any configuration on the phone that i can access to boost my signal?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
First, this should be in the Q&A section,

Second, try flashing different modems. That's about the only thing you can do to interact with the phones radio that I'm aware of
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ma$etas:
you could also install a custom prl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
Well boost mobile doesn't allow roaming and I'm pretty sure they only have one boost mobile prl. I may be wrong though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ma$etas:
boost mobile does not allow roaming but i remember having a custom prl on my Epic 4g that i flashed to boost mobile and everything worked fine. the op could just try it and find out for himself im sure it will work.

heres the guide by R1ptide on how to do it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1267893

who learned from Leviuqse who did the guide for the Epic 4g which is the one i used .

EDIT: I used that method and my phone work better than before i did it. The whole reason Leviuqse did that guide was cause me an a couple of others requested it from him . So yeah it will work .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
My bad. I'm flashed to virgin Mobile, maybe I should research some vm prls :) thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fking1:
I have a live demo unit of note 2. Unfurtunately i can't delete anything from the internal storage, because it says taht the storage is protected when trying to delete them from the PC, and simply can't delete file when trying from the phone itself.

Solid explorer shows that i have both write and read permissions, so other then that, where else i should look into?

I can write new files to the storage just can't delete the ones that were there by default.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex15032:
You should try doing a factory reset. I don't have the note II but its still an android phone. If that doesn't work, check in the security settings
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fking1:
i've done that, doesn't help.

Don't see anything in security that might help either.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theriel:
Hello,

I have received Google Nexus 10 and it seems like the seal was broken, which suggests that somebody else has already used it (or at least unpacked).

I guess that the only known "big issue" is the light bleed. Could somebody tell me, step by step, how to determine it? (e.g. how to load all black screen? What brightness should I use to check it?). I am trying to judge whether to keep the tablet or not.

Thank you for help,

Theriel
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrHat001:
Try using an app like this LCD test:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImRlLmxhcHBlLnRpbS5hbmRyb2lkLmxjZHRlc3QiXQ..

go to the pure black and then play around with the brightness (set it to max).

You'll almost certainly going to see some but this should help you decide if it's a deal breaker for you.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeBuck:
the darker the room the better aswell! if you are in a pitch dark room and only see little light bleed at max brightness then have a little smile to yourself and enjoy the nexus!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjdevega:
Check out "Backlight Bleed Test"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeleveque.backlightbleedtest
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brocco99:
So what is light bleed that matters?

I know the OP's question is on testing for bleed, but want to respond to help those wondering whether what they're seeing in their tests is normal or a defect that a replacement unit might solve . . .

Starting with a couple of suggested definitions:

'Light bleed' is a significant unevenness in screen lighting/brightness that's irritating in normal use – like scalloping along the edges, or being a lot brighter or darker on one side. Separately, let's call it 'black glow' when what's intended to be jet black on a screen doesn't appear completely black.

If you search the Web for 'light bleed' and the name of any major tablet, you'll find plenty of references to this. When examining your tablet, for context do the same with your laptop, LCD monitor, and LCD TV, for all are subject to the same concerns. No screen technology is perfect. Lighting on all LCD screens varies somewhat depending on the angle you look at it, and some level of 'black glow' is normal too.

Looking at your all-black screen in a dark room with the brightness turned up can be a useful test to verify problems if you find concerns that affect normal usage. This is a worst-case-scenario video test, and when you test your other LCD-screen devices this way, you are bound to see 'black glow'.

A lot of cell phones (mostly Samsung) have AMOLED screens that don't need screen backlighting & thus don't have 'black glow' – each pixel is a light and blacks can truly be black. But these screens are limited to smaller devices – the largest are two lower-resolution 7.7" units; you can't buy a 10" AMOLED tablet. With LCD's, note that the larger the screen & the higher the resolution, the brighter the backlight (really, it's on the edge) needs to be.

There are definitely defective units out there, and some that aren't as even as others. Hopefully this adds context to the discussion and will help folks new to the issue decide whether their unit is bad enough to be worth exchanging . . .
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
Mine is faintly noticeable all the time with auto brightness on. I asked for an RMA and it was 2-3 times as bad. I think I will keep this one. As of now looking at it really bothers me, but I know in a few months once this device has some wear it won't matter to me. However I am still debating on attempting to receive a refund and possibly buying it in the stores in a few months. Hmmm lol.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theriel:
Thank you all for your informative responses.

I am attaching the pictures of my case. I guess I will have to return it - although you cannot see in the light and with non-black background, it is pretty annoying when the background is black and the ambient light is a bit dimmer...

What would you do in my case ? How does this case compare to your cases?

Thank you,

Theriel
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 263629749:
my orignal device has servere light bleed on the left corner and my replacement device has servere light bleed on the right corner... 3rd one is on the way, please Google, give me a acceptable screen before the world ends!!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharp910sh:
I do not think there is any point of returning it. It seems liek light bleed is inherent in the design of these tablets. I have two right in front of me, the second one has even worse light bleed. I shall be keeping the first one. Does any one know if they will charge my card for the second one. It seems like they charged me card, then a days before I got a second nexus 10, they removed the charged.

I was expecting a courier to pick up my old nexus 10. But no one has. Any one else in the same situation with 2 nexus 10s?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcb4:
You know its bad when its a best of the worst scenario. Lol.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjdevega:
They will place another hold of the price of the device until the rma'd unit has returned to them. It would take another 7 days until the hold is released from what was explained to me. So at the moment for me they have 1k of my money on hold because the original is in route to them now and I had just ordered the replacement for the replacement!

You will have to setup a pickup or go to the nearest UPS facility to return your defective unit.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharp910sh:
Yes, I was thinking that. But they do not have any of my money on hold. They did but then it was returned back?! Keep checking my account. I thought they were going to organise the collection of my old devise. Seems like i shall give them a ring. They may charge my card again!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theriel:
So... what do you think about my case (see photos in the previous post)? How does it compare to the "average Nexus 10" you have/have seen? Is it "ok" or "one of the worst cases" or... ?

I am not sure if it is not worth waiting 2-3 weeks for a new tablet, as opposed to holding onto a defective one for a few years...
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharp910sh:
Your one looks bad!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brocco99:
@OP: It seems the question should be whether your screen looks great to you in normal use or not. If lighting evenness irritates under normal use, *then* the dark room/full-black screen test can confirm what you're seeing. Is only time you see a funny pattern when testing the thing this way?

We can't really know if a picture taken with a typical camera in a dark room really reflects how you see the image; most cameras normally crank the gain up 'till there's some kind of funny colored image. My screen is a bit brighter in the lower right when running this test -- which I see as nothing more than an interesting detail about how the backlighting works, it's completely irrelevant to me in normal use. If your picture really does reflect what you experience, and it affects normal usage . . . yep, it's worse than mine.

The easiest way you can get context for what you're seeing is probably to run the same test on any laptop or tablet you can get ahold of -- makes sense that you don't want your tablet to come up short when compared to what you see first-hand on other LCD screens. That's probably a lot better way to decide!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mycotopian:
Hey folks,

I rooted my GS3 right after I got it and everything has been functioning fine. I actually like the stock ROM so I have stuck with it and just removed the bloat. Recently an OTA update was released and I followed an article on putting my updater back to stock to receive the OTA update. I tried updating but it was unable to complete. Now when I go into software updates there is an option that says "continue update" that is grayed out. Is there a workaround to this or do I need to flash back to stock, receive the new update and reroot? If that's the case a link to a walk through would be appreciated. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mycotopian:
anyone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mycotopian:
I was able to get to 4.1 successfully with kies this morning
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varunkumars:
HI Guys,

I was using $15 unlimited Non-Smartphone Data plan data plan all along. Lately for the past 4 months on 3rd of every month they are putting me on a $30 Smart phone Data plan and i would call the customer service and they would put me back on $15 Non-Smartphone Data plan. But this time their system identified this as a smartphone and not letting the customer care guys to put it back to $15 Smart phone Data. I said it is a Non-Smart

Nokia phone and also provided my IMEI(International GSIII). Apparently my IMEI(International GSIII) is identified as a smartphone. Do you have any suggestion guys.. Help me. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarmacsurfer:
Don't quite understand the point of your post or even what you're asking. It sounds like you've been lying to your supplier, it's been found out and now you want advice on a more convincing lie :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satish1986:
Some of the IMEI numbers are picked up by AT&T. I think they are mostly white. What color is yours ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zardoz99:
Your IMEI tells both the manufacturer and phone model. You have been found out. Tough....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4219121:
A lie has no legs. My suggestion is use the smartphone unlimited plan, or change your supplier
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike_papas:
Exactly what the title says.

Outdoor mode is located at:

System Settings / Device Options / Screen / Outdoor Mode

Details:

Samsung Galaxy SII

Android 4.1.2

kernel 3.1.0-R50-Siyah-Dorimanx-V7.8-JB-MALI-SGGII-PWR-CORE

Rom: RR_JB_V3.1.2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acekay:
Since you are using Dorimanx which supports gestures implemented by Tungstwenty, you can create a gesture to enable/disable outdoor mode.

The script is posted on the gestures thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30175116
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klampferich:
another option?

Is there an option to shortcut it without gestures if you're using cm kernel?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharonx:
I wonder the same thing. Didn't even find it in Tasker tasks, maybe not possible ?

I am with ParanoidAndroid 3.15
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Higgy0:
Hello All,

Thanks for looking. I am running the CM10 JB Superlite with some added functions from Vincoms build your own rom section. I received an update notification yesterday for a newer version of Apex Launcher (1.3.5).

How do I know if this update will work with this Rom?

If so, what is the best way to update the launcher, meaning, does it need to be downloaded and flashed from cwm in recovery or updated like an app would be through the play store?

Thanks for entertaining my newb questions. I searched and searched but couldnt find anything that pertained to this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Yes it will work, assuming there are no bugs in it, and yes, update from the play store should work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Higgy0:
I downloaded the update and when I tried to install i received an error message... "an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed" App not installed.

thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
workaround is to install another launcher to replace apex, then uninstall apex, then dl the free or pay version of apex.

or stay w/current apex and disable the update notification for apex, imo the better way as the installed apex is very stable
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Ah, I didn't realize it was bundled in the ROM. Then yes, you would have to use an alternate launcher, remove Apex, then install the latest.
[HTC One X] Wilks3y:
I have just seen someone else face the same issue I did (EVEN AFTER A FACTORY RESET) that music was still present on the phone, but not present on my PC.

I did this which completely rectified my problem, this may also work with actual files that are still present on phone, but not on the PC? (Just ignore the parts about the music, and make it fit your scenario)

Wilks3y
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] XdaNoob98:
Hello All Galaxy y users!

Some weeks ago I started developing a ROM but the project is actually dead. Now I'm searching someone with development experience. PM me if interested
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] Techngro:
Well, I know that not that many people are probably going to be buying an original Note anymore (especially the T-Mobile version, even though I just got mine a few days ago). But I just wanted to give a heads up on a case that I bought which I really like. Since there's no accessories section in this forum, I'm just gonna post it here. I don't have pics, sorry.

It's the Yoobao Executive Leather Folio (link below). I was looking for a case that wasn't one of those dinky rubber/tpu things. I bought my Note on Craigslist and it actually came with one of those. I took it off immediately. :) I wanted something like the Samsung Flip Cover, but those didn't look like they gave much protection to the phone, especially for the sides and corners. I can't remember exactly how I found the Yoobao case (probably used my good friend Google), but when I saw that you actually slid the phone into the case, I thought I would give it a try.

The shipping on this was amazing. I ordered it on Saturday night around 10:30pm, got it on Monday morning. Anyway, I slid the phone in and I love it. The leather feels and smells nice. It is as thin as they say it is on their site. All of the major cutouts (usb, power, sound, headphone, S-pen) are perfectly placed. The only one that are a little off are the top front call speaker and front camera, and the flash. They're not way off, but they could have been measured a bit better.

The case has a magnetic closure for the flip, which works well. It's not the strongest, but it doesn't flap open. Plus that helps for when I want to open the flip with one hand. The thing I like most about the case is the fact that it really does protect the phone completely. Many of us have learned that dropping a phone on a corner is the way to get the most damage. The corners and sides of this case are where the leather is stitched together, so it give those areas extra protection. If I drop it on the corner, it just hits stiff leather. Kinda like a shock absorber.

One thing I was unsure about, because I couldn't tell from the pics/video on their site, was if the case had one of those plastic screen protectors built in. I hate those. They always get dirt underneath and you're constantly taking the phone out to clean the plastic off. Well, this one does not have one of those. It's just the leather case with a cutout where the screen goes. It came with a separate screen protector, which I haven't tried, so I don't know if it fits or not. But it's nice that they threw that in.

So finally, I am very happy with my new case. My only regret is that I was debating between the red and the black and I got the black. Now I think I should have gotten the red. :P

If anything changes (like if the stitching starts to come apart), I will provide an update to this review.

http://kevikev.com/Yoobao-Executive-Leather-Case-Folio-for-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-LCSamNoteE.htm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] clemcat0091:
Thanks for the heads up!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Icemanuk:
Hi Guys

I have just noticed my notification LED does not flash when I have a message etc? Any ideas please? I am running

LT30p

4.0.4

7.0.A.3.195
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] enrique71:
I just posted a message here also regarding the LED notification light not working on .195. I tried the last two versions of Light flow and none work. Note I am rooted.

I can confirm this was working on the prior firmware, .303.