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[Nexus 4 Accessories] cb474:
I'm having second thoughts about this case. Got it in the mail today. It is very tight. I had a hard time getting the phone out, after the first time I used it. I mean, a really hard time.

I know there's a break in period. However, because the leather is not very soft or pliable the pieces of leather that are folded in, at the edges of the case on the inside, where the case is sown together, rub pretty hard against the sides of the phone as you slide it in and out. (They held down my power key effectively enough to turn the phone off.)

I'm concerned over time these rough tabs of leather will scuff up the rubbery material on the sides of the Nexus 4. Even putting the phone in the case once and pulling it out, seemed to make some very minor (hard to see) scuffs. I don't want the break in period itself to damage the edges of the phone. And even after that, given the rough feel of these tabs of leather, I wonder if they'll scratch the edges of the phone.

I'm not expecting the phone to stay perfect forever, but I don't think a case acquired to protect the case should potentially be scuffing it up instead. I can see how it wouldn't be a problem with a phone that had sides made of smoother plastic or metal material. But I'm not sure the rubbery material on the Nexus 4 is going to hold up to abrasion very well.

I see now why many of the other higher quality leather cases fold the sewn together edges outward, away from the inner pocket for the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
So 6 months down the line I have reached a time where something has gone wrong with the phone.

Unfortunately I am not into rooting and In general happy with the phones capabilities.

However after the 4.1.1update its been sticking and acting weird. The keyboard can never remember the default setting I put it in, lockscreen shortcuts cannot be deleted after a while, and screen types or number cannot be deleted either. Touchwiz crashes and sometimes it fixes itself by hard resetting, sometimes it doesn't. The gmail wasn't updating yesterday either nor I was given the option to re-enable sync. The email client kept counting the emails after deletion of the read ones as -1....

God knows how many times I had to redo my contacts- calendar, settings etc... because of course no backup program is actually that good.

I have contacted samsung and they want to see the phone and decide if it can be repaired. I'm going to be left without a phone which is a tool for my work. Do you think I ought to get a loan phone or replacement?

Is there anything I can try before I send it that might work?

sent with nokia 5110
[Galaxy S III General] robogo1982:
Gmail had some problems over the past couple of days.

If your deem it necessary, send it in for diagnostics, by all means. They will reflash your phone with new software and see what's what.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Thanks for that

sent with nokia 5110
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
after sending the phone to samsung, i am told that they updated the firmware, so the problems were eliminated.

I am waiting to pick up the phone tomorrow, so hopefully it will be back in business.

in the meantime i have also bought the front panel and back cover along with some assorted parts to make my white phone into pebble blue. Cool stuff! Dont know how to root the phone,but im good with changing the appearance of it!:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
just an update on this.

i got the phone back with all they have done is upgraded to 4.1.2

the phone once i start to put my info back on gets stuck on the following areas:

1) deleting screens on touchwiz, the screen taken to the dust bin, crashes touchwiz and are not able to delete it.

2) Default keyboard turns back to samsung on every restart, even though you set a different default. This was also found to be true from samsung technical team!!!

3) Lockscreen options delete, also crushes touchwiz.

What i usually do after each hard reset is to eliminate the animations(all off) as i want the phone to go faster, i there is speculation that this may be the cause. I have now used up to .5 animation and so far its ok.

However the default keyboard is the only annoying thing now, and i cannot get rid of the samsung keyboard as i dont know how, and im reluctant to root just for that at risk of warranty!

All this has started after the 4.1.1 upgrade by the way,

and as i went and bought a second S3 today, brown one which looks fab, it did EXACTLY the same thing! so i returned it of course.

If others test it similarly and the same things happen, maybe samsung may need to log this as a bug and issue an update in the future.
[Galaxy S III General] sohlican:
1. My S3 did not crash when I deleted 5 pages of screens.

2. I love the default keyboard.

3. Never test that.
[Galaxy S III General] skimminstones:
not had any of those issues, just tested them once more to see and all works fine

Ive swapped and changed keyboards many many times and never once had an issue with the default one being changed.

Can only suggest you send it back to them making sure they know they didnt fix it last time
[Galaxy S III General] robogo1982:
Clearing data for Touchwiz launcher can fix the launcher crashes.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Would that also clear my settings?

Also how can it be that 2 completely different phones in manufacturing times had the exact same problem?

Those who tried the above, did you take the animations to off?
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Unfortunately the samsung technicians are at a loss themselves. My s3 on 4.0.4 had no such issues
[Galaxy S III General] skimminstones:
so get them to swap the phone under warranty. They cant find/fix the problem, the problems you have arent generic to the phone so they should give you a working model
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
What good will it make if they change the phone? Since a completely new phone does exactly the same. Should I be changing every phone until I get one that works? How long will that take?

I was betting that a new phone would work and hence I bought the new one which I returned immediately of course as id had the same issues. This is why it makes me think it may be a firmware bug
[Galaxy S III General] skimminstones:
well as not every phone is doing the same it would probably do some good but its upto you.

as i said earlier, not every phone has this faults, yours is the only one ive ever heard of with those faults. Its certainly not a firmware bug as its never happened on mine
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Have you done exactly what I have above?

Jelly bean 4.1.2 or 4.1.1, animations to off, and also use a different keyboard and after setting the default see if samsung keyboard comes back as default?

I find it very hard to believe that I went and bought a random phone that once I did the above it immediately reacted as my previous one.And at the same time a technician from samsung also verifying that the samsung keyboard always flips back to default as well!!! The default only changes if you restart the phone, not on the fly

I cannot play a game with samsung to have the phone back and forth as its a daily tool for me. Unless I get a second handset as a replacement I cannot see any point me sending phones back and forth.
[Galaxy S III General] skimminstones:
yes...as posted above

still, if you dont want to believe me and think that every single gs3 out there is faulty its upto you i guess. Personally id be getting the phone swapped but thats just me
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Thanks for verifying that at least your phone works fine. I will have to see what I have to do. So far I bet samsung wont do anything and according to them they have to try and fix it 3 times before they offer a replacement for it. What a shame
[Galaxy S III General] mohsinmasoom:
SGS III no usb connection only charges

Guys,

I bought my SIII on Monday(17th)....plugged it in my laptop and it worked fine.....But for the last couple of days whenever i plug it using the usb cable it only charges and the pc doesn't even recognize it. I tried checking this through the device manager but still it does not show any device connected to the computer.

I've done a factory reset and still no hope.

Can anyone help me out here ????? this is really frustrating....
[Galaxy S III General] drraptor:
Why do want to connect it ? If you to transfer some data you can use airdroid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid

We only have what we give
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
A small update on this.

Samsung has received my phone and I hope they replace the motherboard for this issue. I'm on i9305 now and I will be selling the s3 once its back from the repair.

I also bought a secondhand s3 and it didn't have any issues with these glitches. For all I know these could be issues of a dying motherboard of this sudden death issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] vadimo:
im running JB 4.1.1, not rooted, running in performances mode, I have constantly lag issues, this is my current Display setup:

In the end i noticed that i was getting less lag on higher settings:

Draw distance 100%

Screen Resolution 100%

Visual Effects High

Dynamic Shadows On

Frame Limiter: On

It seems that the more i tried to lower all settings at once or individually, the more lag i was getting or using default settings. Im sure this is not an issue with the Prime hardware.

Anyone has any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_679:
ok.

At work we use many different kinds of phones. blackberries, android, iphones.

The blackberries have their own setup. iphones and androids use activesync.

Everything ran nicely.

We recently switched activesync from port 80 to 85. We are having issues with some android devices.

The gingerbread ones are fine... just adding the port & colon ':85' at the end of the server address. ( servername.com:85 )

But anything with ICS or above... is soon as you add the colon the 'next' button greys out... like it's an invalid character.

Does anyone have a workaround?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Knorre:
Are you using the default Mail app? Did you maybe miss the Inputfield for the Port at the bottom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_679:
less ionians

That is exactly what i need... but it doesn't show up on any ICS or Jellybean devices :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinick:
I was thinking of buying the "Motorola HD Multimedia Dock" on Amazon for my Atrix 4G.

The Amazon page says "There is a newer model of this item: Motorola Flip Stand with Smart Desktop Charger". The Flip Stand says it has Office, Bedside, Gallery, Music, and Mirror Modes. The Mirror Mode description says that it "supersizes your content by connecting to any HDTV or HD monitor".

I wanted the Multimedia dock so I could use my Atrix on an HDTV using webtop (even though it can be slow), but I would prefer mirroring without webtop so that Netflix wouldn't lag like it does when running in the webtop environment. Does anyone know if this "Mirror Mode" for the Flip Stand just opens the Atrix's webtop, or if it does some other mirroring?

I'm using the latest stock Gingerbread on my Atrix 4G.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesummoner101:
Seems the flip stand is universal and doesn't have HDMI. Get the multimedia dock instead.

Just so you know, the dock actually isn't required because they hacked it. All you do is connect the HDMI cable that came with your phone to a TV and you get the menu top pick webtop or entertainment center or mirror. XBMC with CM10 mirroring works nicely too.

エイトリックス から 送ります
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinick:
Thanks for the info, I'll research those options.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sqlandy:
After struggling with this phone T959V for 3 days I finally got the ROM installed.

It seems as you read these forums you're not sure if what you're reading is accurate and how much of this still relevant to your issue.

I did everything on a 32-bit system as this seems to matter as I couldn't do this on my 64-bit Win7, but that was following the heimdall oneclick methods, but I could only go so far with that. I got all the way to the cannot mount SD Card...

Being that this is my 2nd phone to root, this is the harder of the lot (my other was HTC)

But enough about myself here's some tips if you're still having issues with this guide that helped me out which wasn't posted.

Do yourself a favor and just get a 2nd SDCard. Stop crying about the cost and just get one. I had 2 8GBs so I didn't care if anything happened.

I made sure I copied all the data over to the hard drive and then formatted the blank one and put the files back. So now if I blew this one up while in rooting mode, I didn't care, because I knew I had one sitting ready to go.

You may want to get the latest Samsung USB drivers as mine was 32-bit and after rebooting it was able to see the phone.

If you stick your phone in downloading mode, just leave it there and make sure odin can see your phone. If its not showing up then something else is wrong (usb, cable, port...etc) many times ODIN couldn't see my phone and I had to download reinstall drivers reboot etc...but my phone was still hanging in download mode, so dont sweat it...

I was able to follow the directions and was very happy I got to step 10.

You may want to get the QuickBoot.apk as this is better than going to CWM once you're in the phone.

But now enter the ROM and I get the blasted "Cannot mount sdcard".

And I cannot make a backup, which is an indication that something is not reading right.

I read through the forums and they talked about creating a partition. Since I didn't care about the SDCard info I just said create a partition thinking that it would create a separate partition on the card...nope..it will wipe everything from the card as if you formatted it. I chose the 1024 and 0 cache and away it went.

After a quick reboot, I was able to make a backup and finally load a ROM and install.

I didn't realize that it was such a big deal with the formatting, but again as they say follow all directions.

I didn't do the #12, but did hear the Linda and all is great!

I'm happy to report that my Samsung Galaxy S T959V is finally rooted and Valhalla Black Edition installed.

I figured I should contribute my headaches as someone might be going through them as well.

My follow up questions would be:

1. Do I need to flash the busybox_installer?

2. If I got a new and say larger SDCard like 32GB and just created a new partition, would it just reformat that to the phone's liking and then install a new ROM in that?

Thanks for this forum!

Andy
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
1. You don't really need the busybox installer, but it's recommended since there are a few apps and tweaks out there that need busybox. If I recall correctly, I threw in busybox into my edition of VB, but I'm not sure if Raver threw it into his.

2. Yeah you can format it directly from the phone but the repartitioning is necessary, it'll work just after a format.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joderme:
Overview:

There are a number of threads out there discussing if the VZW GN2 is carrier unlocked and what methods work, etc and I am creating this thread to pull it all together.

First and foremost, the

VZW GN2 comes SIM unlocked out of the box

. It is global ready and you can technically put in any SIM (assuming it is active) and

not need an unlock code or the unlock method

you have seen in other posts (AT&T or T-Mobile variants).

This includes domestic carriers such as AT&T and T-mobile

. Also

voice should work without any changes, however, data will not work unless you add APN data

.

Verizon chose to only put their APN data on the phone and block the ability to add APN data via settings. Most likely so you use their global services to make more $$$.

How to add APN data:

In order to get data working you have to add carrier specific data to the apns-conf.xml file. While you may have been able to do this is in the past on other devices under settings, VZW has blocked this.

Method 1:

See Adrynalyne's post below (Post #2) for a flashable mod (via custom recovery) that will enable the Add APN menu by removing Verizon's block. (

For deodexed roms only

)

Method 2:

Ensure your phone is rooted

adb pull /system/etc/apns-conf.xml

Add the carrier data to apns-conf.xml with your favorite text/xml editor and save

adb push your modified apn-conf.xml file back to /sdcard/

Copy this file back to /system/etc/ and change permissions (I use root explorer)

Power down and change your SIM card (AT&T, T-mobile, whatever) if you hadn't already done so

Power back on and go to Settings -> More Settings -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names (if done properly you should see the APN data you entered for your respective carrier).

Select one of the APN listings and then you should have working data

Profit

VZW & AT&T APN Settings:

A working example so you can see how I added additional lines at the beginning for AT&T 3G/HSDPA+/Tether/MMS

http://pastebin.com/ms7a07sE

Removing the Non-Verizon SIM message :

This will occur on roms that include Samsung's Setup Wizard (including stock) - all others can ignore

Method 1:

- Freeze "Setup wizard 1.0" in Titanium Backup

Method 2:

See imnuts' post below (Post #4) regarding replacing a file (

for deodexed roms only

)​

Credits:

Adrynalyne: Removing VZW's lame Add APN block

GermanGuy: AT&T APN data

GitNick: Helping me tinker around and finding the secret menus

imnuts: Removing non-VZW SIM nag and APN list from international GN2

thevsg: Testing SinTel sim to confirm unlock with foreign carrier

NOTE: I am not responsible for any issues caused by tinkering around with this due to the nature of root and messing with /system. Use this at your own risk and ask someone if you have any question before doing something that may mess up your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Ok, I have confirmed this to work, and works well with imnut's mod to remove the sim warning.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wqmad2ypgsyd75z

This enables the apn editor under settings.

Go to Settings, More Settings, Mobile Networks, Access Point Names, menu button.

This is a flashable mod! :D

Note to rom devs: Feel free to use this, but give credit where due. Trust me, I will know if you kang it ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
If anyone is interested, I combined the International Note 2 (N7100), AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon apns-conf.xml file to create what is hopefully a fairly complete APNs list. Not saying it will work for your carrier, or that it works at all (remember, I don't have a device yet ;)), but people can use it if they wish. I put it on Pastebin for everyone's viewing pleasure and you can get it here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
I hate double posting, but if people also want to get rid of the annoying ongoing notification when using a non-VZW SIM card, I've found the culprit and fixed it. Download this apk for a deodexed ROM and replace the original in /system/app/, then reboot. Make sure that /system is mounted as read/write before copy/pasting, and also that you're on a deodexed ROM. After copying it over, reboot and you shouldn't have the ongoing notification anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxxxmarkxxx:
Thanks will be needing this in January
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tarheeldan:
Thank You! I'll be needing this in 1 week! Perfect timing :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] beefchopper:
If your phone is rooted can you just use an app like APN Global or APN Manager Pro to add the APN's you need if you are uncomfortable with manually screwing around with files?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joderme:
You have to install APN Manager Pro to /system/app for it to work properly. You should then be able to use it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] beefchopper:
If someone would explain how to do that for a noob I'd be eternally grateful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
I am using stock rooted and had issues getting APN Manager Pro to work properly even after converting to a system app. I used APN Global which is free and needs to be converted to a system app. I had no problems with Tmobile other then it's super slow at 2G.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joderme:
Thanks for the suggestion on APN Global - I will try it out and start recommended it to folks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joderme:
Thanks for the suggestion on APN Global - I will try it out and start recommended it to folks.

What APN name are you using for t-mobile?

Try epc.tmobile.com if you haven't already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
I installed apn global as system app, rebooted, while connected to wifi I ran the app and it download a database. I noticed I had apns for tombile under my phones software. I think it was epc.tmobile.com, honestly I never expected to be able to contribute and didn't pay to much attention. Usually I'm asking the questions. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joderme:
Thanks - I figured you would be able to get 3G/HSDPA+ on this phone with Tmob.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1905016

see this link it, it's almost the same thread. It has the radio info which shows only hspa is supported by the Verizon version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] FMXP:
Can someone confirm if the Verizon Note II is quad-band GSM/tri-band HSPA or not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
The FCC test report shows CDMA 800/1900 and then GPRS/EDGE 850/1900 and UMTS 850/1900, plus LTE band 13. Not sure if there are other frequencies it supports or not, but maybe you can dig through the report to find more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] FMXP:
If that's true then the VZW Note II is useless outside of the Americas. In Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, the GSM bands used are 900/1800. Seems kinda dumb that it works on AT&T's frequencies but not on frequencies used in the rest of the world.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] beefchopper:
From phone Scoop here are the Frequencies for the VZW GN2:

Modes

LTE 750

WCDMA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

CDMA 850 / 1900

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] LordRalh3:
Its already been confirmed that the vzw n2 works great on gsm in other countries, speedtests and all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcollier:
You can use this to get rid of the message.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35373936&postcount=4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hddr3:
I changed apn settings to t-mobile but now I want to go back to verizon - put sim card in, I can get calls/text but no data. But then in the APN menu under wireless and networks settings, there is nothing there and when I hit the menu button to reset, it's greyed out so I can't reset to default. Is there any way around that or should I reset my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] beefchopper:
Did you try rebooting with the Verizon sim card installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hddr3:
I did try that...didn't work, but I reset my phone anyways
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjohnson4580:
Can someone post vzw apn file thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
Are yo ugoing to try to use this on the 4.4.2 roms to see if it solves our issue? Assuming you are having issues texting and MMS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
will this method work for kitkat deodex below?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2765021
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] torr310:
Cannot download the file. Chrome said it's a malicious file and blocked it.

---------- Post added at 06:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

1) Does anyone know how to unlock the APN setting in this ROM?

2) How to disable non-Verizon SIM message?

I tried this but didn't work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2044449
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
You got me. Its a virus.

Or...try another browser ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] torr310:
Thank you, I use IE and it works!

---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 PM ----------

How to implement this? Could anyone elaborate?

Edit:

I reboot into Phil's Recovery mount system , reboot again, open root explorer, try to copy the file into /system/app without success.

Any insight?