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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thank Me Later:
I am actually asking for my friend, he has the at&t Galaxy Note 2. I suggested to him to see if he gets better battery life on 3G. He uses his phone a lot at work like 4 hours straight on 4G.

I assume the "phone info" app will work? That's what I use for my S3. I'm on a CDMA network so I have no clue for at&t's 3G. What should he toggle it to for 3G only? And does it make any difference in battery life? I'm not sure if he gets HSPA+ or LTE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jethro650:
Dang I love this photo editor lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drksilenc:
that doesnt work on att you are stuck with lte.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thank Me Later:
Good looking out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr mystery:
Seriously?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] erick161:
Minus the iphone which has a switch...yeah att locks androids out of this function.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] id10terrordfw:
Yup, and you can't just flash an international ROM and Rogers modem either. I think it almost has to be in the efs or CSC.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TailsNeon556:
you can manually set the preferred mobile network on stock at&t by going into the dialer hit *#*#4636#*#*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alexnoalex:
In dialer enter *#2263#

That takes you to RF band selection menu. There choose [2] WCDMA Band Selection and inside it - WCDMA All. Profit!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mad383Max:
Nope.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mad383Max:
Which of the available selections allow that? The only one that doesn't show LTE is 'unknown'. Don't know if you take out the sim if the band options will change and you might be able to save to a non-LTE band. Worth a shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alexnoalex:
It must be restricted by sim card. I tried it with non att sim on Clean 2.1 rom (which, I think, is att based) and it works. Att sucks whichever way you look at it.

On the other hand, I don't think battery life is so much different. For me the main reason to do it is that I don't want the phone to pick up stronger 2g instead of weaker 3g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TailsNeon556:
Scroll up once in the dialer menu
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MattMJB0188:
I have tried several different APN's and none give me data. AT&T has eliminated the GSM toggle menu under mobile networks. It should have:

GSM/HSPA/LTE

GSM Only

HSPA Only

GSM/HSPA auto

How can we turn off LTE? and use only "4G" (HSPA+) My phone sits in my desk drawer all day at work and I'd rather not have it on LTE killing the battery. I'd also rather NOT turn off mobile data as then I can't receive e-mails or picture messages.

AT&T really is doing more harm than good by eliminating the GSM toggle menue under mobile networks.

SOLUTION:

1) With phone on, take off back cover and press your SIM card so it releases from the spring. It won't come all the way out as it's blocked by the battery. This seems fine - I didn't bother trying to force it out as I didn't want to break anything...

2) Once you see the message that the SIM card is removed, go to the dialer and dial *#2263#

3) You should see a menu with band selections. The current setting is "Automatic". If you switch to "GSM All", you will be EDGE (2G). If you switch to "WCDMA All", you will be on HSPA+ (3G, though AT&T and others call it 4G).

4) Press the SIM card back into place until it clicks. For whatever reason the phone will not recognize it until you reboot. Upon reboot you should see your new setting in effect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sazaba:
after I flash the Jedi X3.3 the option for is gone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] res_au:
Might be a long shot (works on N7105)

but does this work?

*#197328640#

Option [1] UMTS

[1]Debug screen

[8]Phone control

[7]Network control

[2]Band selection
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rob00:
AT&T Note 2 on T-mobile 3G/4G?

Does this pulling out of the SIM card work? has anyone done it?

I have a unlocked (via AT&T unlock code) AT&T Note 2 (SGH-I317) and a t-mobile SIM card with t-mobile unlimited 4G. I can't get 3G/4G most of the time. I am stuck on EDGE most of the time. Sometimes I get 3G/4G, but I loose it (maybe i am in the refarming area in Los Angeles, but if so, i should consistently get 3G/4G, right? ). will the pulling the sim card out thing force my unlocked AT&T Note 2 to stay on the HSPA+ band?

please help/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lewnetoons:
Yes pulling the sim works but I cannot get the sim to disconnect without pulling the battery so here is what I do and it works every time. (it worked with my i717 also)

Turn on airplane mode and power down the phone

Pull the battery and sim card and replace the battery only

Power on the phone and turn airplane mode off (your phone should say "no sim")

Touch the phone icon and on the keypad enter *#2263#

Select the band you want, then select the ALL selection (GSM ALL etc..) then back key out.

(if you want to check to make sure the setting took, just enter the *#2263# again and you should see and * next to the band)

Put the phone back into airplane mode and power down

Replace the sim card and battery, restart, turn off airplane mode and you will now be locked to your selected band

Keep in mind you will be on your selected band until you repeat the process and change to another band or select automatic, i.e. if you are locked to 4g and go to an area that is not 4g you will not get a signal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rob00:
THANKS!!! it worked on my SGH-I317 AT&T Note 2. I am getting 83ms ping, 1.6-3.6mbps down and 0.2-0.8mbps up. I'll keep trying and see if it will stay on 3G/4G. but for now, thanks. the airplane mode workaround really worked. : - )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mailistman:
fyi, you don't have to switch to airplane mode. just turn off phone, take out sim, turn phone back on and follow the step to get into menu & make band selection. after done, turn off phone, insert SIM & turn phone back on. you are set.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] peppersu812:
The big update finally hit android users. It's way faster. !!! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RushAOZ:
Doesn't seem any faster at all. I can't tell one bit of a difference. I have a 25 mbit connection and it still takes ages to load photo albums. Still a horrible app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] garth719:
Idk dude every update that Facebook claims to be "faster" and have "less battery consumption" just seems like bull. It sucks battery no matter what and the app is no faster and completely identical to the mobile site. In fact if you just set your profile to send email notifications it notifies you on everything instantly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skaroger867:
I have no problem with this, cause I'm one of the few that don't have a Facebook. I know I'm strange

Sent from my liquid smooth t989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] imspot:
It is faster for me I am usually on edge or 2g at my house and I can tell a difference,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smokinjoe2122:
Supposedly the app is a complete rewrite to be Android native...Testing it for myself...I've been a big fan of FriendCaster Pro, so I hope they took a few notes from them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iburnhearts:
I love the new ui. No problems on my end
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] peppersu812:
I'm on aokp and when my 4g kicks in it is really fast. Guess it's better to use it on WiFi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
Does it still eat up data like candy??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] peppersu812:
Dunno. I'm unlimited data
[Nexus 4 General] rookiegenius:
Im very picky so first I notice a tiny chip in the surrounding metal and I can feel it by hand, but I thought oh well this is ok if the screen is perfect. but then when I turned the brightness to max, I noticed light bleed at the upper corner. It's also noticeable at 50%. RMA asap.. shame I just got it today, the replacement could take up to 3-5 weeks. Actually I ordered this for my bro who is oversea so I need to get the replacement before the last week of january for my uncle to bring it oversea to him, and this makes me worried if it takes till february. I don't wanna send a defected one to my bro :( and he's really looking forward to this.
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
IB4TL
[Nexus 4 General] ADJack:
This is the extent of my light bleed (pic below).

I've decided to keep it regardless; I don't invest much time looking at a blank screen when using my phone but if your brother does, godspeed and good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I have 3 noticeable light bleeds all on top. Nothing like the poster above me. But I'm definitely keeping mine.
[Nexus 4 General] slannmage:
Turn any LCD to full brightness and you get it, the only reason you don't see it from the media is they all have auto brightness on which solely exists to hide this IMO..

If it bothers you then use OLED.

The so called amazing Retina screens Apple have used have the same issue when you turn it up full brightness....
[Nexus 4 General] rookiegenius:
Wao... actually mine is better than this (only 1 at the top right corner). But consider this is a phone ..light bleed is not acceptable whatsoever. On a tablet it might be ok. I can keep this N4 till I het the replacement. Hopefully the replacement will be better.
[Nexus 4 General] rookiegenius:
You might be right... I have a S3 and there's zero light bleed on every unit ive seen (3 total) since its amoled. Ive never owned a lcd phone so I dont know. But if this is a common issue for lcd screen then im ok with that. I just dont wanna buy a defected one.
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
Auto brightness exists to save battery and increase brightness only when necessary, not hide light bleed
[Nexus 4 General] Vanhoud:
I find auto brightness to be perfectly acceptable on my nexus 4 (way better than gnex) and notice no light bleed . only time I notice it is on the boot screen
[Nexus 4 General] rascalz1504:
I have similar light bleed on my screen but I never have my phone on full brightness and at auto I notice no light bleed so I am content with that. No other issues with the phone so will not be RMA it just incase I get a phone back with other problems.
[Nexus 4 General] Raul69.atl:
Yea, mine is a little less than that and im keeping it. The world is not gonna end if u have this. My gs2 had more and never notice it unless i want it to see it.
[Nexus 4 General] stratax:
lol.. will lg ever learn? this happened on the g2x (but worse).
[Nexus 4 General] crazyjimbo:
I have a little on the top right of my screen. I do notice it, especially since I'm coming from an AMOLED screen. This phone is easy better, and I don't want to RMA it and chance getting one with a big problem. But my Nexus 7 uses an LCD a well, and there is absolutely no light bleed. My HTC ReZound had no light bleed, and neither did my LG Spectrum... both of which use 720p LCD panels, though slightly smaller ones. So, I'm a little frustrated. But, it's still the best phone I've ever used :)
[Nexus 4 General] icecicle:
Lol i was about to say the same thing ..the g2x was a triiiip
[Nexus 4 General] noobdeagle:
any amoled cannot have light bleeding because the technology works differently.

LCD screens have a light behind a liquid display the display cannot emit light and requires an alternative light source to be behind it to shine through so think of it as a sandwich (backlight) / LCD / (glass)

ideally there should be material that prevents most of the light from escaping around the LCD itself however its not a 100% seal hence you get light on the edges; small devices like phones its more noticeable cause the light does not need to travel as far making the issue seem worse. generally this is a normal part of LCD technology however if it is EXTREME you should RMA some light bleeding is normal extreme light bleed is not.

AMOLED Does not have a back light so there is no external light source that can leak out around the screen itself instead the individual pixels emit the light hence AMOLED will never have light bleeding.

so if you have a little light bleed dont RMA you might get something worse and yours is most likely fine; your just complaining about a normal and acceptable flaw in LCD tech.
[Nexus 4 General] ceejay83:
I've owned 3 different n4's and they all had light bleed. Noticed all had them in the right top corner, with one unit having more bleed at the bottom left. Don't rma it unless it's pretty bad
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Falco:
It's our possible to change what the about phone says. For example, change android version to 5.7.8. I want to make them say cool stuff. Any suggestions?

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Samsung galaxy s2

Rom: Jedi knight 6

kernel: Jedi kernel 2

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DIMENSIONAL:
I believe changing the build.prop values might do the trick. Just make sure you do a backup first, because certain changes can cause your ROM not to boot.

Russian smashed across the interwebz from my T-Mobile Galaxy S2. Please hit thanks if I helped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Falco:
It worked, but after I restarted I got zero signal. Even after restoring freshly backuped Rom.

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Samsung galaxy s2

Rom: Jedi knight 6

kernel: Jedi kernel 2

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[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
Hello,

I have a rooted, locked TF300T. I tried to flash TWRP via ADB back in ICS with locked bootloader but that apparently just broke my recovery (does it check signature before launching it?). I then OTA upgraded to latest JB (10.4.2.18) but I still cannot enter recovery (red triangle). Even if of little use, how can I get the right blob to flash on /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 to restore it?

I'd like to stay locked for a while since I just got this pad, if everything's smooth I may then consider unlocking and wild-flashing averything.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonnn:
Download stock ROM from ASUS webside and flash the huge blob file to staging partition.

Sent from my GALAXY Cooper
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
100% sure it will not mess with root, installed system and so on once I try to boot recovery?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobdaryl:
When you took the ota you had stock recovery. Stock recovery is what installs otas and also updates you place on your tab to encourage updates or downgrades. Stock recovery is what is giving you the red triangle. It is telling you there is no update seen on your tab. I have never seen any type of menu on stock recovery either the red triangle or the fact that is is updating.

You can't flash twrp or cwm while locked! If you could there would be no reason to unlock.

There is much confusion about stock recovery. I have even seen posts saying there is no stock recovery. I think this is because the stock recovery does not present you with a menu and if it does not find a stock file to flash it presents the red triangle.

I hope this helps!

Place Asus stock 10.4.2.18 on your sdcard reboot the same as when you see the red triangle and accept the update. If no help there reboot normally with stock update still on sdcard. You should get a triangle notification of an update, accept the update.

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/stock-recovery.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 Then reboot to complete installation.

adb reboot
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
Thanks for clearing this one out, I think I'm already good then!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobdaryl:
You're welcome!

I also think you are already good.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctruong17:
Hey, I have a problem with my Vibrant:

First I had the "Low internal storage w/ CM10, Slimbean, Hellybean due to Partition Error" and did the fix shown on XDA. However when I boot my phone it automatically goes into Android system recovery and the following in yellow letters shows:

-- Movi_check Start..!!

checksum confirmation need_checksum[1301305579]

MBR_ChkSum in header : 4.1

MBR checksum: 00A35E062CE062CE4230BC72D52C175496072

MBR Checksum Error

Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail

-- movi_checking done!...

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Applying Multi-CSC...

Installing Multi-CSC

Then when i try to do 'reinstall packages' to install CWM, this pops up in red font:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

(Invalid argument)

E:Can't mount SDCARD:update.zip

Installation aborted.

What does kinda unbrick my phone is flashing Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo (PDA), Vibrant_Froyo.tar (BOOTLOADER) and s1_odin_20100512 (PIT) and ticking re-partition on ODIN. This let's me go back to the stock rom, but a pop up shows that my 'Internal Memory is Damaged' and I cannot access or view the stats for my internal memory at all. And when I try to install Rom Manager I get 'Not enough space'.

I'm really stuck and would appreciate any help! Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
Which "fix" did you use for low storage issue? Was it this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32346116

IIRC, the update.zip doesn't work in froyo. There is a work around but you need figure out the int SD card issue first.

Do you have any way of analyzing the internal SD card? Like storage analyser app or something like that?

I am Jack's inflamed sense of rejection.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan_frd2002:
i dont know this can works but you can try

here is the link

xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
Hi OP, I probably have very unfortunate news for you. What you are experiencing is exactly the same thing that happened to our old pal Dan_Brutal's first vibe.

He ended up sending it to me, and I could never fix it. The only thing that would boot it, was Eugene's JK2, and it had the exact same messages when attempting to flash in the stock recovery. I could never get the EU fix to work either, it seems to he a deeper problem than that.

I went as far as using the reparted method, since I could successfully connect to the phone via adb and adb shell, and rebuilt the partition table via shell, and still, nothing would work, internal sd was lost and all it would ever boot from was an Odin flash of JK2, and that sd error never went away.

After about six months of trying different fixes, we decided it was a lost cause, and a severely corrupted internal sd. That was in fact the phone that was parted out in an attempt to get Woody a USB port replacement.

I say try the EU fix/workaround, it's gonna be your best bet at getting a running phone again. I could never get it to take when I was in your shoes, but I wish you better luck than I had.

Sent from the ICZen Experience
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctruong17:
Thanks! I decided to just give up and get a new one lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluedevils2003:
Hey guys just rooted my phone on stock fi27... Attached is a picture of apps i have for being rooted

Question is is there any other apps that could help pro long my battery... Thanks...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Your best bet is to use the r e a d method.

See what others are doing and what ROMs they are running.

There are many basic things you can do to increase battery life. I'm guessing some will be found in the 'how to increase battery' threads.
[HTC Rezound] Phaded:
When completed correctly, should the boot loader say locked or unlocked? Search wasn't helpful as all i could find was threads to do the process. Thanks.
[HTC Rezound] shrike1978:
Locked. If you need extended fastboot commands, flash a hex edited hboot.

Sent from my HTC Rezound running CounterShrike 3.0 preview
[HTC Rezound] Phaded:
Thanks. I haven't looked at my hboot in awhile so I forgot what it should read.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knuckles1978:
Today I've noticed some incredibly weird goings on in the Play store.... There's been a new Facebook update come out. Well, when I say fb, i mean it's kinda like fb, but this one seems to actually work!?!!?!! Wtf!

Spooky s**t indeed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zgembo12:
Also the facebook messenger is much snappier now kind of fun to use...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abellimz:
It's the native Facebook app aka fb 2.0
[HTC Sensation] anthonyly:
How do you make your number a private number?

on bruce's jb
[HTC Sensation] extrem0:
Try settings, call config, additional settings, then phone number.

Or maybe settings from phone application then additional settings and my phone number.
[HTC Sensation] anasmunir:
I think it's network dependent.. Check if your service provider support it..

Beamed from my beloved HTC Sensation using xda premium :D
[HTC Sensation] hedifezai:
+1 if your provider does not allow it (like in my country) settings cannot hide your number.
[HTC Sensation] tachylatus:
At least in Denmark, you can hide your number in a particular call by placing *31* before the dialed number.
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
In the UK you dial 141 and then your number with no spaces and it sets you as withheld :D
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
the same here in Greece

edit: oops my mistake i meant #31#
[HTC Sensation] chc31:
in canada usa, you put #31# then dial the number

for example, #31#1800 556 7784

try it and call a friend like that
[HTC Sensation] hedifezai:
We used to do that some years ago. But our providers (3) have deactivated this option.
[HTC Sensation] anthonyly:
that's weird, when my friend had his sony xperia he had an option to hide his number
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
probably most devices have the option of hiding the number

sensation doesn't have it.

at least as far as i have noticed:)
[HTC Sensation] mandeep294:
Dat option never work
[HTC Sensation] niekie73:
In the Netherlands we can use also #31# and i saw a application long time ago

that also did the trick but cant find it anymore.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ferg8080:
I have the above memory card for my N7000 (Rocket Rom v3) and am having problems verifying its capacity.

H2testw (Windows utility) verified it as having no errors and as 32Gb

ES File Explorer's SD card analyst displays capacity as 11.06Gb

SD Tools displays capacity as 11.6Gb

I have tried copying music (21Gb) to the sdcard using two methods. Firstly connecting the phone as a media device which was very slow and started to throw up errors after a while. Then secondly by removing the SD card from the phone and plugging it into my laptop (Win7) which was far quicker. This second method didn't throw up any errors BUT when I put the card back into my phone no files were found!

I am beginning to think I have a fake SD card which when plugged straight into my laptop is telling it 'Yes I'm a 32GB card' but for some strange reason allows it to copy too many files to the card without complaint. I am going to do some tests to check this out.

In the meantime is there an alternative utility which is guaranteed to verify what my card is either on Android or MS?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohammed Atef:
Please try to do a SD card format on your laptop before putting it in your phone

It might be an issue with its storage that is preventing android from detecting the full size

If that didn't work, try to format the memory card over the phone (using settings)

Best of luck
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ferg8080:
Okay there were 2 problems, the first one was getting the memory card to be read by my note which I've now managed to do, not sure what I did but there you go, but it certainly wasn't reading before.

The second problem and this is a little embarrassing but when ES File Explorer opens up it displays the contents of the "/sdcard/" by default which on my old desire was the external sdcard but on my note its the internal memory! Not the external sdcard! To view the external sdcard you need to navigate to "/storage/extSdCard/" which is downright misleading unless you come from a Unix mindset of course :)

SDTools just seems incapable of picking up the external SD card and can only see the internal memory.

Solved