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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burrrcub:
I've replicated the problem. When spotify is playing and I yank out my headphone without stopping it it meses with the toggles. King of annoying really. Never happened with my GNex.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
But if you close out spotify on the multi-task bar do you get control back?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burrrcub:
No I had to reboot. Now I have to hit pause to remove the headphone because if I don't it would continue playing through the speaker instead of pausing like it should.
[HTC Wildfire S] Picmaus:
When I was trying Avast I integrated a new updating of Google play by Titanium like plenty of times before. But now it frrezes and I lost Google play! Instaling new one is not working. I had EU rom htcdev ruu. Now i cannot flash almost any rom. 1. exe. versions end like error 154 or 190 or 191. 2. zip version like: cant open ... P676IMG.zip (bad) or it instaling but not working. I chosed many ways like golden card... ONLY one Marvel was working but INDIAN (HTCStockAsiaIndia-Marvel-tyrfifteen) and cm10. I didnt had recovery before so I cannot repair it!

I have Wildfire s A510e. Android 2.3.5. Sense2.1. Software 2.13.401.3 . Unlocked HBOOT 1.09.0099 S-ON Microp 0451 Radio 7.54.29.28M CMR v 5.0.2.8.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spearoid:
I spent a lot of time on AOKP of my former phone and as a result I fully redid all of my contact photos because of the high-res support built into ICS and JB. Incoming calls looked awesome with photo ID taking up the whole screen and being crystal clear.

Now I am using all these different TouchWiz roms for my new GS3 and the contacts and dialer are HIDEOUS. All my contacts are tiny images AND they look awful! I'm not even sure how that is possible.

Is there any way on earth to completely remove all the touchwiz pieces of software that pertain to contacts and phone in these TW releases? I've happily ditched the email app and replaced it with AOSP email, the AOSP calendar is on the Play Store. The AOSP lockscreen is available on most custom roms....but the dialer/phone piece is one of the last hideous things bugging me about this sweet phone.

Since no one seems to have done it I feel I should assume it's not possible, but figured I'd ask.

The other hideous thing that I'd love to fix is the size of the fonts in the notification curtain. Samsung designed their layout for 80 year olds apparently....everything is so enourmous
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pkd600:
I'm not a big fan of the TouchWiz contact or dialer apps either, but the contact photos can be easily fixed.

What are you using to sync your contact photos? HaxSync (available on the market) works great if you are synching photos from Facebook. The quality depends on whether you are on ICS or JellyBean, as JellyBean is capable of storing higher resolution than ICS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spearoid:
When I was on AOSP jelly bean I set up high res photos for almost all of my contacts in Gmail. I don't use Facebook. Recently Google upgraded the contacts applet within Gmail to allow for higher resolution photos.

So it was beautiful. On any clean install of CM or AOKP I had full screen high res caller id just by syncing my Gmail contacts.

Now crappy touchwiz takes my gmail contact photos and mutilates them to look low res and half-screened. It's shameful really.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
I know exactly what you're talking about. I had a Gnex and my pics were little. tiny blurry cubes upon switching to my s3. You'll have to manually switch them all from the phone or use haxsync to overwrite some of them. It sucks though. I know where you are. Lol.

And I don't think you can get rid of the dialer/contacts. Pretty sure a dev buddy of mine said it's too deeply intertwined with the rest of the TW framework and wreaks havoc when removed. I could be wrong, but I think I'm right :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spearoid:
I believe you...I figured it must be a major pain or impossible to remove or someone would have done it already.

I'd be willing to pay a developer if he could create a mod that fully removes TW-based contacts/phone and replaces them with the corresponding JB pieces.

So after spending a week on a flashing binge I've come up with two apparently impossible scenarios to make the perfect rom for this phone.

1) an AOSP rom that somehow is able to implement the TW-based Galaxy S3 Camera

or

2) a TW-based rom that somehow is able to remove everything TW-related (contacts/phone) EXCEPT for the camera
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Good luck, my man. Lol. Let me know what happens. Both scenarios are nice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pkd600:
I just want a replacement for the dialer and contacts apps! Samsung did such a great job with this phone, and TouchWiz overall is actually kind of nice. I just wish they had put more effort into the dialer and contacts apps. It would be perfect if there was a viable way to replace those, but I agree it's probably damn near impossible.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] İstanblue:
Hi everyone

I have Galaxy mini plus (GT-5570I).Mini plus is same as Galaxy y.I installed galaxy y stock rom or other rom , no problem.Everythink is working.

*Mini plus kernel can boot cm7 but touchscreen is not working.We want cm7 supported a kernel

»PLEASE PORT CM CYNOGEN KERNEL OUR DEVİCE

sorry my english is bad
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] percy_g2:
ask whitexp to port it!!he will help you!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Shane:
IF WE HAVE A FULLY STABLE CM 7 SO DEVS WILL MAKE IT SAME BOARD DEVICES WAIT UNTIL

bY

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Filip98:
Atleast build.prop edit it so the market will know ur device is a mini.plus not a Y XD
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] İstanblue:
thx i will wait
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raz1337:
I have a file from a free Android app that holds a list of URLs in a separate file that the app reads. I wanted to get the list of URLs, but I don't know how to open the file.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/442u2w

Trying in wordpad or such just shows it's all encrypted in some manner.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuisma:
Yes, it's most likely scrambled or compressed. Best asking the app developer.
[Galaxy S III General] Abo3mood:
I flashed the ROM after doing a full wipe as my second ROM using siyah kernel v1.8.4 but I'm always stuck in the boot logo.
[Galaxy S III General] 75markus:
please read ...

siyah kernel doesn´t support CM10.1, work in progress ...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suok3:
I used this instruction and used this file "4.2.1-StockUI.zip" from here

I have hardly pressed "reboot" when nexus turned off. When I'm trying to turn on it now, It appears google logo and many-colored "X", then loading stops and it likes to hang...

What can I do? Help...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erica_renee:
Did you make a backup in recovery before you flashed that.. If so boot back into recovery and restore backup .. if not Look in top STICKY post in Q&A forum area... there is adb/fastboot instructions.. You can also use wugs root tool kit to flash back to stock... in is in android development forum..

post more info and you can get more help

erica renee
[AT&T LG Optimus G] truetotexas:
I was curious if anyone is having this issue. For some reason, my phone will only notify me of every few text messages/emails.

For example, Ill get a message and it'll ring normally. Then Ill get another one a few minutes later but It wont notify me at all. The same thing happens when the phone is on vibrate.

Anyone else having this sort of issue or know of a way to fix it?

Cheers
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Murasakiii:
I've had this happen to me too. I think it's because when locking the phone, you're usually still on the sms app because you intend to respond when messaging someone. So it kinda stays on the screen beneath the lockscreen, which can take as long as 15 seconds to let the phone sleep. If you go back to home after responding and lock your phone, you'll hear the notification.

Just a fault in the ui.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] truetotexas:
ahhh that makes sense. ill try and give that a shot and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slamming_sammy1:
Hello just purchased one from ebay and upon opening the back, I see red inside of a hole along the bottom of the phone, right next to the stylus. is this the water damage indicator or one of those the warranty 'void' indicator when someone opens the phone ?

thank you in advance!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
I hope not because mine too is orange, and ive just sent it off for repair due to broken charger port !

If its water damaged, Im screwed cause they wont fix it !! Not that my phone has ever got wet, Although ive used it in the bathroom when showering.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
i dont think its a water damage indicator. it seems a part of the touch button ribbon connectors
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slamming_sammy1:
i have an AT&T version in front of me and there's no 'red' looking thing inside that hole, so I'm just skeptical. thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
I am not sure, but I am sure they are all over the back cover. Not sure if that's the only places.

I have black version and its not orange and I have opened it up.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmas:
Yes, it is orange. Looks normal hardware.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawgirlval69:
there is nothing external to see except on some batteries. 2 are located on the back housing just below the headphone jack and it is white with blue xxxxx the other is just to the side of the bottom speaker and its just white... there is also one white one under the motherboard

hope this helps...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
be sure to check the screws for markings, paint, so you know which go where. Lol.

Note if you have water damage, dont do this, unethical. If its a false positive. Then commence. Its all about ethics.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullticket:
I was wondering if anyone was able to confirm if the hole with the red is a water indicator or some type of seal.Or part of the insides.

I can not seem to find a definite answer by the internet where the indicators are as i noticed this my self on my handset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] empiremaster23:
Looking for a solution for a corporate email widget and monthly calendar widget. Currently the only option seems to be root and flash S3 apks. Is there a 3rd party widget only solution that does not require root?

I don't understand why Verizon would do this, considering it is #1 among corporate and the Note 2 is attractive to IT buyers, all of whom use the mail app for exchange. Anyone know if it will be fixed in OTA maybe?
[HTC Droid DNA] MillerGold:
Hey guys,

Has anyone had any experience using Tasker with the DNA? I'm coming from a rooted thunderbolt running Llama and I liked it when it worked. The idea of using Tasker sounds awesome especially since you don't have to root. I'm just not sick of the UI at this point to risk rooting but I will definitely do so in the future. I understand you don't have all the capabilites in Tasker without rooting but it should do what I want. Any thoughts? I don't want to spend the $6.50 unless it's worth it. Thx.

Rich
[HTC Droid DNA] ekalb10:
I just downloaded tasker from the play store and I can't get it to activate any profiles, even basic notifications. Has anyone ran across this problem.

Edit: I think I got it figured out, because it wasn't reading the charging dock as a source of power.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicsuauj:
Hello!

After hours searching the internet for a decent answer, I have not found any solution to my question.

Is it possible to change the lockscreem wallpaper without installing any other Apps? (Such as WidgetLocker etc...). Of course, the wallpaper will have to be different from the one in "home" screen.

Some say that the solution lies inside framework-res.apk, others say SystemUI.apk...has anybody tried this, or has a solution?

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
After a 0.3 second search on google I found this - http://androidforums.com/esteem-all...de-how-change-your-lockscreen-background.html - let us know how you get on.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicsuauj:
Thanks for your reply! I already had a look at that post, but the forum says that it works only on LG Esteem.

Anyway, I tried having a look into my "keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml", but the line which

should[/b] appear, as it says on the post, does not exist, or even not in the way that it should.

And that is where I got stuck :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazee:
With these larger screens and powerful processors, I can't say I'm totally surprised at the lower battery life compared to all the iPhones. They have smaller screens and the O/S is more tightly controlled and optimized for the hardware to maximize battery life.

With that said, I must admit, I'm somewhat disappointed with the battery life on this S3. I've now had it for two weeks so after lots of tweaking, rooting, apps installs and configs, battery and task monitoring, etc, I've kind of settled into my normal usage pattern which is typically pretty easy on the phone as more than 50% of the time I'm working from my home office with the phone plugged into USB so it is rare I have to leave in the morning and go the whole day without having to eventually sit back down at my computer and plug the phone back in.

However on the weekends, with kids sports and such, I'm now seeing the limitations on battery life on this phone. I have it set to:

Auto Display Brightness

No updating of apps unless on WiFi

GPS and Wifi turned off when I leave the houose (automatically via Llama - I turn them on only when I need them)

Power Saver Mode, all options except CPU power saving checked. (Kind of bought the phone for fast CPU although I'm not a gamer - just a multitasker and web browser)

Auto Screen Tone Turned On

Most other specific apps that have option to not download data except wifi I have that option turned on (aside from Taptu news feeds - 2 hour updates and Alerts from ESPN ScoreCenter - get maybe a couple alerts every few hours)

Haptic feedback turned off

Here's where I was shocked. First time I did some serious browsing was in a movie theater where I got there early and had about 20 min to burn so I did constant web browsing over the LTE connection. Watched batter plummet about 15% in 15 min. Whoa!

So is this just "how it is" with this phone that heavy LTE data usage eats battery like no tomorrow?

Other thing I noticed, is Using GSam, I see a task usually being in the top 3 or 4 most of the time with around 15-20% of the App Battery Usage total. It's called "System (*wakelock*)" and when I look at properties it shows around 6-8 wakelocks and Included Packages is just one "PowerAMP Full Version Unlocker" Included Processes: *wakelock* and com.maxmpx.audioplayer. But this is when I'm not using PowerAMP. In fact it happens after phone has been rebooted and I have never launched PowerAMP once!

I did notice something similar on the HTC One X+ I tried then exchanged for the S3 where I found a task associated with beats audio was eating up CPU/Battery when no music app was open as if it was periodically scanning my large MP3 library of 2,600 songs. Maybe PowerAmp is doing something similar?

I've found I'm not the only one noticing this:

http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/topic/2662-battery-drain/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Well, first off, i think the main reason why the iPhone gets better battery life isn't because of the smaller screen or iOS being "optimized for the hardware". It's probably more due to the fact that it doesn't really run much of anything in the background. Very few apps actually continue to run when you leave them. It's kind of a pseudo-multitasking environment.

As for the S3's battery life.... it could be PowerAmp causing it. I also don't see why you'd want to keep power saving on the CPU off. It doesn't really seem to have that much of an impact on performance that i've seen while generally using the phone for web browsing and such. And no matter what phone you're on, LTE will kill the battery in no time flat.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] viny2cool:
I think you should give some time to settle your battery first...even after flashing a new rom its take couple of days for the battery to settle down. The first day i used my phone, the battery doed in 4 hours...now after 4 months it lasts for 15-16 hrs of normal to heavy use.

LTE does eat lots of battery, whenever i go in LTE area i have to switch my data off to keep my phone alive. That's why people like to have the ability to switch between LTE and HSPA+. Search to find that mod.

You can never compare iPhone with S3. As the above poster said, there is no multitasking in iPhones. The screen is small and not as good as S3. SAMLOED screen takes lots of battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] WattB006:
I totally agree with you. You have to give it time to settle in. You can also run a battery calibration to try and help as well. I have LTE here in Omaha and I usually get at least 15 hours before I need to charge my battery. I have a QCell battery and it works awesome.

I will live with the battery life so I can actually see the screen without having to squint my eyes. I used to have an iPhone as well but that was years ago now and Android will always be the best.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazee:
Don't get me wrong, as a "Power User" coming from the iOS Jailbreak world, hardware and customization-wise, I love this phone a lot more than I like my iPhone - but mostly it's the big screen that I'm enjoying. Have had a couple crashes in the first two weeks which never happened in iOS but no biggie.

So I suspect its primarily the LTE, but combined with large screen, true multitasking O/S, etc, obviously battery life is a challenge. I would slightly criticize Samsung for maybe being a little too obsessed with keeping the phone thin. I know you can buy the bigger batteries with a replacement cover but that looks like it really adds major thickness to phone. They should have went for a 2500-2700 mah battery and increased the thickness slightly IMHO.

But hey, at least the battery is removable. So I can spend little money and get a QCell, charge it and keep it in my car or on my desk and if I know I'm not going to be able to charge the phone all day, just pop the extra battery in my jacket pocket.

The LTE usage is a bit of a mystery to me. You would figure, with LTE, you can download files faster so you spend less time actually using the phone. But obviously it appears the energy consumption is trumping the increased efficiency in data transfer! Too bad.

Why the battery 'breaks in' over time is even more of a mystery. This latest battery technology should not have any sort of break-in or memory issues. But I'm no battery expert. But my gut says there's something else at play. I've seen many threads over past couple of years that discuss an issue relating to Android doing some sort of "media scan" after boot and/or periodically. Maybe the battery break-in is more about the databases the O/S is creating and updating in the background "settling down" more than anything to do with the characteristics of the physical battery changing?

One thing is for certain though, battery life IS a common issue for most higher-end Android smartphone users. Not a deal breaker in the least for me, but will be interesting to see how the phone "seasons" over time regarding battery. I used Titanium Backup to freeze Power Amp and downloaded N7 instead just to rule Power Amp out. I just took a 1.5 hour shopping trip. Didn't use LTE data. But spent about 45 minutes at the grocery store using their wifi to access all my coupons and shopping lists. Battery was 97% when I left house, 77% when I got home. Ouch. Well, that was probably more like a 2 hour round trip. Still 20% in 2 hours is not good especially considering I had 0 talk time and wasn't using LTE data.

The crazy thing is, Gsam says 12% screen, 86% apps. Under apps it says 23.6% Kernel, 19.3% Media, 19.3% N7 Player!!! And I didn't play any music!!!! This is leading me more and more to believe this all has something to do with having an extremely large music collection (2600 songs) on the phone and the phone is building a database and it just takes time. Pure guess.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jgaf:
Get his app disable autostart of the applications that are not needed. Also, get betterbatterystats to get a more detailed idea of whats going on with your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
how bad is your battery life? fwiw my wife's iPhone 5 gets horrendous battery life. makes the s3 look like a miser.

16 - 20 hours would be reasonable IMHO, or a average drain of 4-5% per hour. assuming you're actually using the thing... I never understood people who cripple the thing and never touch it in order to get max life.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deoxlar:
Iphone5 has a bigger screen then previous apples and it's also Lte. It's multitask has been improved too. It's not a secret its battery life plummeted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsui:
You know when someone pushes away an iPhone groupy I'm pretty sympathetic but this post is just a noob rage idiotic post. I didn't even read through all your points but will just say you need to spend more time learning

-there is autobrightness on root (and non rooted) and in fact autobrightness doesn't necessarily save battery...as much utiltiy as having say a brightness notification in the app bar or something like lux that allows you to control brigntness by environment/app etc

-it says nothing of what you have running in the background, spam apps, wakelocks etc (bbs) The fact your apps and music is taking up more battery than say cell tower stanbdy and screen display is an obvious red flag

- says nothing of how you checked your connections and how reception is in your area

Another point is the iphone 4 and 5 are MUCH thicker than the galaxy s3...they hold relative to the backgroudn processes etc running, a much larger and thicker battery. The same physical thickness of the s3 battery you could buy a battery with nearly twice as much juice.

We dont' know how you optimized your phone for your uses or whether you cleaned up processes, apps etc, how cleanly you flashed. Go and learn then come back and cry
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Wow.... you tell him to learn then come back and cry.... say it's a "noob rage idiotic post".... and yet:

I'm sorry... but exactly what did he not mention about wakelock's?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazee:
You obviously didn't read the first sentence of my second most before you posted this, which said:

Don't get me wrong, as a "Power User" coming from the iOS Jailbreak world, hardware and customization-wise, I love this phone a lot more than I like my iPhone

I know all about Better Battery Stats, bla bla bla. I'm no idiot. Just giving some initial impressions and asking for a little further guidance.