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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
This is probably the dumbest thing proposed in this thread. The only way to get Verizon to stop locking devices is to stop buying them, period. If people keep buying locked devices, regardless of manufacturer, they're going to keep getting locked. Look at how many people said they'd never buy another Motorola phone until they were unlocked, yet they go out and buy the locked version of the RAZR, or RAZR HD. I'm guessing that pretty much any phone released on Verizon from this point out is going to be locked in some fashion, so you may want to go carrier shopping cause finding an unlocked phone on Verizon isn't going to happen, Samsung or otherwise.

As for the DNA being unlocked, it is unlocked via a work around, and from what I've read, there are restrictions on what can be done still, even though it's unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xXJay_RXx:
Lol okay :rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
Not meant to target you specifically, but just in general, saying your never going to buy XYZ's phone on Verizon again is dumb, for all the points listed above. For them to do anything, they need to move significant numbers of unlocked, or easily unlockable (read no work around needed) phones, and it just isn't happening. People keep flocking to locked down phones, and the more they sell, the more likely they are to continue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xXJay_RXx:
Well yea all the points you made are valid I just felt you were targeting specifically me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellydroid13:
Exactly. Either we stop buying the phones which will never happen because in reality verizon doesnt care about us 1 percent or we just find ways past the locked bootloaders because they wont change. Its not samsung, its not moto and it isn't htc. Its verizon and no matter what phone you get with them its going to be locked so please stop blaming samsung or moto or any other manufacturer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vileSpyderPig:
Have any of you been able to have your note2 send a text MSG larger than 160 characters. I can't. Nor do I see an option to fix. Big text messages just fail to send.

In my other phones the MSG would simply be broken up and sent as two, or three separate 160 character messages.

Called Verizon rep., they say google is aware of the issue and a fix would included in next update. Simple work arounds, use different messaging app or limit text to under 160 characters.

Just wondering if others are experiencing this, is it an issue on other note variants?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rlubrich87:
I have had no problem on mine sending texts over 160 characters. It does split it in to seperate texts and the character amount counts backwards with a slash and the number of texts it will send. So if I send 181 character text it will show like this 139/2. Meaning I have 139 characters left until it switches to the third message. I use the stock messeging app. I hate to say try a hard reset and see if that clears the issue. Not sure why you can only send one text at a time. I am rooted stock with the all app multi window working. And I have the vzw note 2 so your issue sounds strange to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vileSpyderPig:
I'm rooted as well. Funny enough it's working now. It didn't work this morning. Yes I had good signal strength, strange
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vileSpyderPig:
I tested again. If a SMS message with more than 160 characters does go thru for me, the person receiving the message recieves the 2nd half first.

Is this just my note2.

(maybe this topic goes in the question or answer thread?)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nellyinda803:
Hi all. Just got myself a SanDisk 64GB uhs1 memory card. Do any of you know how to transfer all my pics, vids, etc to the card? And how do I get everything to save to the card from now on instead of internal memory? Im stock rooted btw. Any help is greatly appreciated

from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Note_2:
To move vids and pics go to your my files app, select the files or folders amd move them to your sd card. Not sure how to automatically make them go there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mdt73:
For pictures, go into settings when you are in the camera app, and tell it to save to your external microSD, should be apparent in the settings where this is set. Regarding moving the rest, I personally like using Root Explorer to move files around, especially when moving quite a few files. It's pretty self explanatory once you use it.

Now, to take this a step further, I use Titanium Backup Pro and have moved some of my larger programs off the internal memory and run them from my microSD card, to save even more space on the internal memory. Haven't had any problems running any of my games off the external microSD.

An even easier way to move files is to install the drivers for the phone from the samsung site, and simply do this in windows. One drive will be labeled "phone", the other will be labeled "card".

And make sure your 50 gb dropbox account is saving to your new microSD as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrej201:
when you take a pic or open the camara ask you if you want to save youe pic on the sd card

and to move then just go to my file a select the file you want to move and move it to sd card
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] clayton128:
All of this android stuff is rather new to me, so recently I have been messing around with roms and what not. My first rom was wajees rom which was working, except for the 4g, so i went to go back to the default. For some reason my kernal didn't go back and I dont have a copy. So, does anyone have the default kernal for 4.0.3? thanks.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
If you are s-on I suggest faux's kernel.... If you are s-off I recommend kozmik's...

If s-on... You have to manually put the bcmdhd.ko from faux's zip into /system/lib/modules to make your WiFi work
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ess.boyer:
While I agree with you, that's not really what he asked for. If you want the default kernel, you can find here as posted by Kozmikkick.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
Sorry... I didn't remember that you could get the stock kernel from his thread
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoupySauce:
Don't know if this is even the appropriate place to ask since these are two different apps,

But does anyone have experience using either of the two?

Both at the same time, One vs the other, etc.

Are there any problems for those who have used both? Or do they not conflict?

Thanks in advanced.

My current input is that I'm using PMR right now. I haven't seen any huge noticeable speed differences in my phone and am well aware of Motomizer but have not yet tried it.
[Motorola Droid 3] fidorulz:
I hope someone can help. My device is rooted and the following issues occur with all ICS roms and the JB roms as well

On ICS roms the devices say either no sim card detected or wont get on network. Manually scanning and selecting network results in your sim does not allow connection to this network

I have turned on GSM only, WCDMA only and various options like these and same issue.

JB will do the same thing as well.

I noticed that if I flash JB roms with the older safestrap I dont have this issue but the device will not power off unless removing the battery.

At this point I jsut want it to work normally.

Unfortunately my backup got erased in all of this mess and I dont have any files to return me to stock Bell firmware.

I would need to get either back to stock or at least get the custom roms working properly for network/sim

Any help would be appreciated
[Motorola Droid 3] Jason Roach:
You have to have a sim card to use the new builds, if you do have one take it out and clean the contacts on the card and the phone with a pencil eraser and push down on the metal strap that holds the card in place so it has a better contact
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Do you mean the xt860? Cause if you do mean the 890(razr i) Then this the wrong forum. Either way check

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/

For stock firmwares
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samwebbo1990:
Hi all,

Just recently google maps has been top of the battery stats under settings. I have location services turned off so I don't know why it is up there? :/
[Android General] Jader12345:
Do everyone know when the Google Play Store Gift Cards comes Tod Germany?

Sent from the BEST Smartphone ever - LG Optimus 2x
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmace:
Hi guys, how can I set a wallpaper like this: http://mycolorscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/wallpapers_2012/132266/kDBng.png

to scroll properly between 3 screens?

I've tried stock, nova and launcher pro and they all want to crop it and scroll so the centre one still shows a bit on the left and right

any ideas?

cheers
[General Questions and Answers] TODDzillaInLA:
stuck to sprint and wifey needs a new phone her evo 4g wont charge any more and sprint wants 100 dollars to warranty it, so im just going to get her new phone since she qualifies for a upgrade, choices are iphone5 (yes i know this is a android site) evo 4g lte, samsung gs3 or note 2, dont know which one to get her, think the note 2 might be 2 big
[General Questions and Answers] Hobbesfed:
S3 or Note 2. Note 2 might be too big, so you could get the S3 instead. I wouldn't get the evo 4g lte because it still only has 1 GB of RAM and with that bloat from Sense, its gonna take up quite a bit. The battery on Evo is also 100 mah smaller, and Sense drains battery pretty damn quickly too. I wouldn't get iPhone 5 because I know 2 people with iPhone 5s and both had issues with them (one couldnt get WiFi to work, and the other had massive battery drain.)
[General Questions and Answers] TODDzillaInLA:
ended up going with the note 2 and she loves it!!!
[General Questions and Answers] SammiSaysHello:
it's so ugly though :(
[General Questions and Answers] hamer221:
Note 2. Its bigger than s3 but got awesome battery life

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300
[General Questions and Answers] factor0815:
I'd get a nexus phone. They will always have the most updated OS
[General Questions and Answers] TODDzillaInLA:
i have evo 3d, i wanted nexus 4 just LG making it was a deal breaker, wish HTC would get the google contract back, i loved my g1 and g2

Oh and the note2 is not ugly that phone is supe sexy!!! besides the size there is nothing you can hate on that phone, got her the marble one, so nice
[General Questions and Answers] wslimk:
S3

I like this one not to big and not too small perfect in hand.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] MNDZA:
I plugged my phone in the car charger earlier and noted I had 49% battery left. I drove an hour and when I took the phone off the charger it was turned off. I'm not rooted or anything. This is my first Android phone. Would Android be considered less stable than ios?(which is what I've used for years)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] drakeymcmb:
Mine did the same! But it only happened once for me
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Mramos860:
Happens To Me A Few Times A Week.

That same problems happens to me when i unplug it or even just wake it up from sleep. It doesnt do it too often like it did when i first got it but im sure it will be fixed with a software update. All you gotta do is restart the phone hold down the power and down button ( on the volume rocker)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] MNDZA:
Just happened again. Plugged in car charger and it powered down. WTF is this?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] androidGuy302:
I used to have a samsung captivate that did the same thing, generally it is a thing you just have to deal with! It sucks, I know but sorry!

Galaxy S3

kindle fire running cw9

iPod touch 4 6.0.1 jailbroke
[AT&T LG Optimus G] MNDZA:
I turned it back on, kept driving, and then it turned off again. This is ridiculous. It never did this before.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] DeathmonkeyGTX:
I've had mine for three weeks and done all kinds of hackerization to it and have never seen this issue. Defective device, swap it out.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] MNDZA:
I think the problem may be with the app HD Widgets. I installed it last night and the problem started today. According to one review I read, it was causing some guy to have random reboots. The developer responded that it is a bug in Android OS, BUT they released a fix in today's update anyway. Hopefully it is fixed now.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] DraginMagik:
I've had it happen twice to me. I got the feeling it was a software conflict type issue.

Sent from my LG-E970
[AT&T LG Optimus G] gsrrr:
I think it is hd widget too. I had that on my nexus 7 and it randomly shut off. I deleted it and it hasn't happened again.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] whiteguypl:
I won't pretend to know what the actual problem is but I'm assuming it's software related, but this thing does strange things when connected to a car charger.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] B00tz:
Same thing happened to me twice while it was sitting in my pocket.

Pulled it out and it was off. It would not turn back on unless I held the down volume button and power button. My phone is completely stock and I do not have HD widgets.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Cojam1:
Twice for me. I'm rooted and unlocked.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] DraginMagik:
I'm on The Base .7.1 and i've had my phone reboot on it's own a few times (on .5 and .7 it did this as well). it doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing...i can be taking a phone call or answering a text, it can be sitting in my pocket or playing chess.

the only thing that is constant is that AFTER the reboot, some application or other has updated itself via Google Play. perhaps there is some conflict occurring when application updates are presented to the Google Play app? could just be coincidence, but it has self-rebooted many times now and every time it comes back up there is a newly applied update to some installed application.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Timberline:
Had a Samsung Captivate that did that, called "sleep death" and was frequent. ATT swapped it out saying there was a bad batch and it never happened again.

My LGOG did it once the other night; well it did a full reboot by itself. If it becomes an issue I'll take it up w/ ATT again.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] willtoskie:
Had it happen twice in the past 2 days just in my pocket. Starting to get a bit frustrated with this phone.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] doblebo:
Had this happen to me at least twice. Funny thing is the phone died in the same general geographic area each time.

Both times I had over 65 or 75% battery left and I was driving a few hundred miles across areas with bad cell reception. on the way back from my trip I actually chanced to look at the phone because I half expected it to be off due to having experienced the unintended power down before. Phone was NOT plugged into a charger. In the past, driving through these areas would put certain phones into power saving mode where cell function shuts down or phone. I think it's related to driving without reception or just no reception.

Normally I can leave this phone sitting and it stays on and wakes up without a fight.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tecsbrain:
Called AT&T, they are trying to run me through the whole hard reset/phone swap process.

Wanting something a bit stronger, I got LG's number. They said I was the first person to report the issue.

Both companies suggested turning the device off and charging to 100%, although they were both general suggestions (still, I hadn't tried that). The LG tech actually suggested that I take the battery out and... Well I didn't let that go any further.

LG said I could send my device to them instead of AT&T, if I wanted. They don't presend phones so you'll be SOL for "5-7 days" but I feel better that they would actually look at it instead of just throwing it in a "refurb" pile when the screen turns on.

Anyway, call them! Press 1 for English, 1 for Mobiles, I got an answer in 3 seconds. At least help put this on their radar. 800-793-8896.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] DraginMagik:
of those of us who are experiencing random reboots...

are you rooted/unlocked?

are you on the Stock ROM or on The Base?

if The Base, which version? .5 or .73

i am rooted/unlocked running .73
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tecsbrain:
Stock.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] :
My phone too has done the Sleep of Death twice now - once about 2 weeks ago and again last night. Both times, I had >50% battery.

I read in a Captivate forum that (for that phone) it was something to do with a WiFi setting (namely, "Keep WiFi on during sleep"), so I've shut that off and I'll see how it goes. The other suggestion in that forum was changing kernels, but we don't have many choices here. At least not yet.

BTW, I'm stock E97010o rooted and unlocked with fast dormancy.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Murasakiii:
Is this the process where you have to hold power for like 15 seconds? My phone has done this a few times. Not really sure what the cause is. My phone was about 75-80% is what I'm guessing because when I turned it on in the morning it was still at 76% percent. Not really sure what the issue is.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] :
That's the one. A simple press of the wake button does nothing but light up the capacitive keys.

You then have to hold the button down as if restarting the phone and then it boots up.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Murasakiii:
Yeah I have no idea. I just kinda run with it.

I'm stock as well with root and unlock. E97010L. (I think it's L, can't really tell.)

Feel free to flash the kernel provided in orig development, I'm a bit of a coward. :B Idk if it solves the issue though.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Justinfedor:
My screen just went black and started vibrating like crazy for about 30 secs then rebooted itself. I was on Google chrome when it happened. Just bought the phone 4 hrs ago and thinking of taking it back. Prob go back to my s3
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Murasakiii:
Have fun.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Nastybutler:
Good idea. Or better yet, maybe an iPhone. Those are super stable.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Mramos860:
I Have Had 3 Replacements and they all have don't this

I have had 3 OGs from att since the phone came out. I and all 3 have randomly shut off or not been able to wake up from sleep. They have all had crappy battery life too. If this phone shuts off in my sleep and I am late to work I'm trading the phone in cause I'm sure it's a software bug.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
Good battery life here...at 45% when these screen shots were taken.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] BigDanVader:
All of this sounds familiar to a problem I had with my first LGOG. Got it rooted, then randomly at work I had it plugged into a car charger, the lock screen froze up, then the screen died and absolutely refused to turn back on. I would try holding the power button down (with and without holding down the volume up or volume down rocker) and after 15 seconds or so the LED would flash multiple times but nothing would happen with the screen. The LED wouldn't even turn on when plugged in to charge (tried car charger, hooked up to computer, and plugged into an outlet). I was able to get it declared DOA and replaced because it was within the first 14 days of purchase, but now I'm scared to death to root my new LGOG. Was this a bad root job, or was it just a case of a bad phone and "sleep death", and I should quit being a baby and move on? Thanks in advance for any help.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Mramos860:
Offered an upgrade

ATT offered me a phone at the upgrade price. But they wouldn't give me a refund for the OG. I guess I could sell a defective phone on ebay to get a new phone but I don't want to go through the hassle of the buyer wants to return it. I'm pretty sure it will be fixed with the jellybean update. The question is when will ATT release the update.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] :
If you sell it on eBay then simply state "as is, no returns" in the listing.

Sent from my Optimus G
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Mramos860:
Anyone install the new Software Update?

The AT&T rep I was talking to on the phone said that update should fix the problem Sleep Of course Death problem.

But I'm pretty sure he didn't know what he was talking about. He didn't seem to know much about smartphones. On Saturday before the update my resume did the S. O. D. 4 times. So far today my phone hasn't did the Sleep Of Death yet. It did turn off by itself and it had 40% battery left. I knew it urned off cause I heard the AT&T tone.

I looked over and the screen was bright with the AT&T logo on it. If the update just made it actually turn off I might be ok with that cause at least know ill know it will make a noise so I will know my phone is turning off. Compared to it silently dying and me not knowing my phone is off. I the only option I have is AT&T offered me a new upgrade so I can use it when a new top tier phone drops and then I could sell this "defective",

O. G. on EBay with no returns.
[General Questions and Answers] MrJazzbo:
Currently on Sprint with my contract expiring soon, I've heard about the freedoms (and cost) of buying an unlocked phone, and I was wondering if it would be worth it for me to leave Sprint for AT&T or T-Mobile using an unlocked phone, most likely the new Nexus 4. A little info about my usage:

Cost: $85/month

Average minutes used/month: 115

Average messages used/month: 165

Average data used/month: 175 MB

I don't plan on traveling out of the country anytime in the near future.

This would be the first time I'd buy an unlocked phone. Is going unlocked right for me? Would I be able to find a suitable plan to eventually recuperate the cost of the unlocked phone?
[General Questions and Answers] jji7skyline:
If you can afford the expensive up-front fee of buying the device (not so bad for the Nexus 4 compared to, say, the S3 or the iPhone5), then you should definitely buy unlocked and get a pre-paid or cheaper plan.
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
You have VERY little usage, a good pay as you go plan could suffice, or TMO's $30 100min unlimited texts and data throttled at 5gb could be good.

The fact your data consumption is so low can drastically lower the price of your monthly bill. do you want tmobile or at&t?
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Yeah, I was gonna suggest the exact same thing. Hell, get a Galaxy Nexus if you don't mind the slightly-slower phone and OK-camera. If you need better coverage, go for Straight Talk's AT&T SIM. Just know that most international phones use AT&T's bands (850/1900 MHz), so unless the phone you want is pentaband (Galaxy Nexus/Nexus 4), it'll be stuck on EDGE on T-Mobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Note_2:
I have apps like chaton and tmobile tv I don't use. When trying to un install them, removing updates is the only available option. .. the problem is, however, that it updates right after deletion again. Help getting this crap off my baby w/o root?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
I don't think you can without root. Root doesn't have to be a bad thing. You don't have to flash a ROM or kernel. That's usually where you could have problems. If you just root you can install Titanium back up and remove bloatware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Geekgirrrl:
Via google play store de-select automatic update.

With the app "Systen Panel" [google play] disable bloatware.

"Settings" -> "Data Usage" restrict background.

Don't what to see this app in the app drawer, "hide" it via app drawer settings.

Tmobile SGH-T889 using xda premium.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Vanillamarble:
After getting Jelly Bean, I noticed that the mobile data quick toggle was not in the notification center anymore. Is there any way to put this back on stock? I used that a ton.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amzi:
Are you stock rooted? theres a link that themes the notification bar to blue and adds a mobile data toggle as well check it out if you're rooted

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1895880

check screenies :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
It's not even present in the 4.4.2 OTA update. I've been trying to find a mod or theme that is compatible with 4.4.2 so I can have a data toggle finally, but it only seems to work for the T-Mobile S4 and S5.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Google and your carrier want you to always stay connected so they just stopped making it so easy to turn off.