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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MikeyLee:
Sprint sucks balls... Bottom line. They are the only major carrier with as much 3g service as they have. Everyone else is way ahead of them. Once 5g is available (whenever that is) Sprint will probably still not have LTE in all of it's major markets. They will always be behind in the game. I should not have phone calls not connect or maps not load in the middle of Central Phoenix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
This is true.

T-mobile will soon be #3 if Sprint doesn't get it together
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DarkManX4lf:
Central phoenix had usable 3g when I was there. Maps was working and all no problems. There are pockets of low signal areas though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
To each his own....you don't like something about a service you pay for? Go to a different carrier and be happy. That's what I and many others have done. I understand the data speeds are slow in certain areas still. Its not magic to upgrade thousands and thousands of towers...it takes time. I have waited for 4g since wimax....never got it. Finally we have a taste of 4g in my area and I'm satisfied. Not comparing speeds to vzw or art cause I compare then to the speeds I used to see on sprint. When its all said and done I just want to be able to watch the occasional YouTube video or browse without waiting for 5 minutes to load. As long as its seamless. I could care if its 3mbs or 30mbs as long as it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
Right on you hit the nails on the head moving to different carrier but hard to do for some....like me.

I was with Sprint 7 years praying for improved service.....I would tell myself " one more year service will get better" not wanting to leave due to all the bull on how Sprint was upgrading this & that just hang in there.

I came oh so close giving them another 2 years in November. I purchased GN2 finding service totally unexceptionable for a 700.00 device.

A day later I sold it on on Craigslist , Sold my GS2 for 200.00 made move to AT&T.

Best move Ive ever made!

Dealing with Sprint speeds 0.3Mbps / 0.1Mbps to AT&T HSPA+ 4.19Mbps / 3.15Mbps was a shocker.

A month later ATT LTE kicked in providing 42.00Mbps / 29.00Mbps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
Yup I went to att as well but after 2 months broke contract to go back due to prices and billing issues. So many find Sprint hard to leave cause they're affordable but hell so is metro PCS. Lol but seriously you get what you pay for .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
My experience has been excellent with ATT.

Store CS , Phone CS , Billing & price.

Store reps are friendly providing fast friendly service and even walk you to the door on the way out.

Phone CS is amazing - Reps are friendly eager to help , No long hold time & Fast resolve time.

Example.

My GN2 charging cable was bad after a couple weeks of use. ATT didn't have cable in stock so rep helped me find one on Amazone then credited my account cost.

Same was the case with charging block a couple months later.

Last week I found battery charge times taking 4 - 5 hours. Rep wanted to send me replacement device but I took a pass

requesting new battery & they overnight shipped one.

As far as cost I pay 17.00 more a month getting solid LTE , HSPA+ fallback when needed and no drop calls.

The 3GB data cap isn't a problem for me. I don't exceed 3gb a month and even if I did it only 10.00 per over.

The above service is worth that extra 17.00.

I'm really thinking about going to their new prepaid plan that will be available next month - Unlimited Talk & Text , 5GB HSPA+ for 70.00 a month which is a sweet deal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
Yes their service was great. Helpful. Hell. They even gave me a micro cell completely free cause of bad service in or area at the time. But we get unlimited data on sprint and 3 lines for about 185-190 a month. Cost was my issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jed Dignazio:
[QUOTE

Why wish? Pay for a faster plan?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] elniper:
Starting to see Lte service here in nothern NJ Passaic Co. This was along Rt46. Only around and near the highway. Cant wait till theyre in town close to home.

transmitting from:

GaLaXy Class Starship Enterprise NCC-SPH-L900
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] moeinyoho:
I noticed that in the same areas around the same times I would get faster speeds on touchwiz but when on an aosp rom my lte speeds are slower but overall still fast regardless
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Negrito:
....finally getting some LTE in Vegas!

....typed one handed from my Galaxy Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
For some reason cant connect to 4g in the house like I usually do.....gonna do a profile update but look at the 3g speed im getting now!

Edit: Nevermind. It kicked in but the 4g tower is far away the tower I pull 3g from is around the corner a half mile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] v4npro:
I hope 3g speeds get better bump.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
I've been having beyond terrible data service for months. Foe the past two weeks ive had little to no data service in my area and my 3G & 4G icon will completely dissappear wevery time I try to use my phone's data. Very frustrating! So today I got a Sprint flyer in the mail stating that they are upgrading the towers in my area with updated technology. I had already assumed this was the cause of our no data services recently so this just reassured me that they actually are working on getting these upgrades rolled out everywhere. It just cant happen soon enough. Im sick of this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
Sorry guys, some of those speeds are insulting lol. These are mine around here typically, much faster than my current wifi. In Tampa, the 4G is ungodly quick. VZW4LYFE

Edit: wrong picture. Added the right one :P

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note II, hyper powered via MeanBean ICE 1.05

- Hyperion 6,200MAh Extended Battery

- Modded Otterbox to fit battery

- An S-Pen (deal with it)
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatDude123:
I don't understand your post. I thought you were going to show off Verizon LTE speeds for some reason.

D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
Nah don't have em here, yet. Northern Sarasota and Fort Myers, I'm snack in the middle of both stopping points. Soon though, hopefully. If only I had UNLIMITED DATA to abuse it with, 14gb only goes so far :'(

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note II, hyper powered via MeanBean ICE 1.05

- Hyperion 6,200MAh Extended Battery

- Modded Otterbox to fit battery

- An S-Pen (deal with it)
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatDude123:
Roger that. My govt phone is Verizon and the LTE is great. My personal is Sprint and fortunately I have LTE frequently. I love having unlimited data but hate having that unlimited data being slow without LTE.

D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] v4npro:
Lte speeds in Baltimore. Not as fast as the other carrier speeds but it's a heck of a lot better than 3g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
I'm sure you will take this the wrong way...hopefully ya dont....but those speeds are not fast. The highest pictured was around 1.5mbs. Must be the wrong pic cause I was expecting like 32mbs or somethin......lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RayTrue04:
That's kB/s his highest is more than 1.5mbps. I'm not sure how to convert kB/s to mbps but I'm sure that's somewhere from 5 to 10+ mbps he was pulling. Not super fast but way better than crappy 3G!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jed Dignazio:
Um, Im not sure where ya got 5- 10Mb/s?

Im pretty sure 1574.1Kb/s equals out to about 1.57Mb/s which is really nothing to brag about, actually looks like some of the sorriest 4G speeds I have ever seen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RayTrue04:
No it doesn't. kB/s is not the same as kbps. Look at my scores when I play with the settings. My 689.4 kB/s = 5.39 mbps. So if he has one in the thousands like 1574.1 kB/s my best bet is that that is at least 9 MBs..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i421/mrpnut3/Screenshot_2013-01-03-01-03-49.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] donatom3:
1574.1 kB/s is 12.59 mbps.

Big B stands for Bytes little b is bits. There are 8 bits to 1 byte.

So 1574.1 kB/s = 1.574 mB/s X 8 = 12.592 mbps.

While good speeds, nothing much higher than I've seen people pull on Sprint's LTE. Then again I got coworkers around me who get 20 mbps upload/download around their homes with VZW.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RayTrue04:
OMG Thank you! I knew it was somewhere around the tens. People need to learn the difference. Honestly I don't know why people use the kB/s option as not many people know how to properly read them..

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I guess it all depends on the location and tower traffic. Look at the above poster he pulled 30 mbps. I can't wait til I get 4G to test out. Idk why us Connecticans have to be last for lte :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatDude123:
Sprint LTE in Woodstock, VA. I ran 3 back to back tests.

D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
I agree. You are correct sir. In the original pic I could not see the B. The shot was tiny so it did look like KB/s. I do know the difference but no harm no foul. Yeah... but still 12-13mb/s is not higher than what average speed on Sprint is. Its roughly the same. Lol

And the above poster was on Sprint. So I don't get why vzw guys come here to brag like there's so much difference. Not really much apeedwise ...its the coverage
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
100% agree.

I have friends & family on Sprint and V , Their speeds are pretty much the same , It really comes down to coverage
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jayare313:
I just drove one mile down the road from my house and look at the difference. This is Sprint....

Sensorly rates the area as 2-3 bars LTE coverage so not bad Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] donatom3:
I could say your Verizon average speeds are insulting to these.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatDude123:
Is that wifi though?

D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] donatom3:
No Sprint LTE it's the 3rd from the top speed test in my first screen shot. The one that was at 4260 kB/s. Just showing that it equals 32 Mbps
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbabies:
Hi all,

Long time reader and first time poster.

I've just rooted my phone and installed JellyBean - JELLYTIME for DHD/Inspire4g - R30. I must say I'm well impressed :p

The only issue is the google play app does not seem to work. I have tried to unistall and reinstall it, use wifi only, delete app cache, use the website to download a app - all have failed.

Another issue I have noticed is when the screen is locked, and you drag the padlock to the camera or the google search, they do not open.

Could someone please advise as to how these can be fixed?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] authentic27:
The only issue is the google play app does not seem to work. I have tried to unistall and reinstall it, use wifi only, delete app cache, use the website to download a app - all have failed.

Perhaps you can try the latest version of Gapps 12/12/12 from goo.im - failure could be due to DPI compatibility issues.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbabies:
Hi...thanks for the reply. I have installed gapps as suggested. But I still can not access my account or Google play store. Google play loads up and says

Error while retrieving information from server. [RH-01]

Also another error comes up about the keyboard since installing gapps.

It reads:

Unfortunately android keyboard (AOSP) has stopped working
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denwathappened:
Try the gapps that is posted at R30 thread. I just flash R30 yesterday using the gapps give by RB, the play store works perfectly. No force close issues:D

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About the lockscreen thing. Just go to settings> lockscreen> slider shortcuts> then edit the camera. Just pick the camera app then change the camera icon to stock. I just found out this bug when i saw your post and try to do it, the camera shortcut is not really working so i edit it afterwards. Hope this helps:D
[HTC Sensation] com.freak:
Hi I am having serious problem getting facebook news feed, calender and other updates on aosp/miui/cm based rom. In the option it shows that Contacts is being synced only. No option for news feed. I tried everything, reflashed rom with full wipe, gapps installation, settings etc etc. No luck at all. Help me out folks. Thanks in advance :)
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Have you checked in the navigation bar area to see if you can sync the apps from there? It's likely sync is turned off. The sync widget looks like two arrows in a circle on my rom, and if I long press it I can control which apps are synced. You probably have something similar in your rom. Make sure the setting is turned on in sync. Hope this helps! Best wishes
[HTC Sensation] com.freak:
I checked everything. Literally raped the rom looking for that settings. Only thing I found in sync option is Contacts. On sense based rom sync has Calender, News feed and Contacts. On aosp/miui/cn based rom there is only contacts.
[HTC Sensation] elvisypi:
If you are using Facebook for android than sync options are in the app itself, but in the general settings you only see contact sync settings
[HTC Sensation] com.freak:
Unfortunately I dont see that option on fb app on any rom except Sense based rom. I have came to this point after flashing 10 different non sense based rom.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MrPhilo:
Hide Bar App, just works perfectly on our Nexus along with other devices, thought i'd share.

Buy the app and support the developer!

Demo: http://ppareit.github.com/HideBar/

Paid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.ppareit.hidebar&hl=en

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1379006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGTQhCL8uM

Credit: AppReviewBros & the creator etc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeman45:
Is the a way to record video's from my phone and use a song instead of what the mic picks up all from the phone or do I have to use the computer. It would be cool if there was a way to actually do that right through the camera app. Maybe someone with the know how can make a mod for that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] YouthD:
I know coming from the bionic, they had multiple rom slots with TWRP. Will this ever be possible with this phone?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dcdgoth:
never heard of it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] YouthD:
It's basically partitions out the internal card into however many slots you want, max is 4 I think. It uses 2gb per slot. Then whenever you want, you can go into TWRP and switch between roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
I've heard of it, as I had it on my razr hd. But I don't see why when you can just have backups its so easy and fast to just be swapping backups. That's normally what I would do when there is 2 roms that I like a lot.

Sent from my rooted, and unlocked Vzw note 2 running beans Rom! U mad?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
Boot manager for the incredible was pretty darn good! I never got it to work correctly on the thunderbolt.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaWolf850:
I did, and it was great. Unfortunately it doesn't look like they support much in the way of Samsung devices at the moment. As of mid-November they were working on support for the GS3 but I don't know what's happened to that. Apparently Sammy's partition structures are annoying.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
What up ladies and gentlemen. I've been around xda for a little while now and I must say that this community is one of the most talented, friendliest, and helpful communities I've been a part of since I joined this site 5 years ago. Just wanted to say thanks to our excellent moderators, talented devs, and great members. Cheers to a happy holiday season and life beyond 12/21/2012!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fcruz2012:
I've been a lifelong iphone user and bought the Note 2. Rooted it and installed the Jedi ROM (before I knew what a ROM even was) and I love it.

My question is what is YOUR favorite ROM on the Note 2?? I'd love to hear your opinion because I'm so new to this world of Android I'd like to learn as much as possible...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] juwttt:
Honestly,you cant go wrong. Try them out, each are different. You'll be amazed when you try each one and see which you really like.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fcruz2012:
Gotcha!! I've been very happy with Jedi but that's a great point...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Brad.S.:
Just... remember to follow the steps provided for you. Always keep a good backup. And when possible, check md5 sums.

I've seen this increasingly in the last few weeks, but ALWAYS double check to make sure you are flashing a ROM made for the correct device.

Toooo many bricks lately.. even a few vets.

Also, no offense, but the previous iphone people that I have had the pleasure to help -- they seem to think that things are going to be done for them somehow.

Its good to remember: You are responsible for what you download and flash.

I've seen you in the Jedi thread, and technically -- You are not a "noob", but rather a "newb" -- if you like signifiers.

just my $0.02.

Oh... haha, and I agree. Flash away and find what you like best!! Everyone is different. There will never be a "best" ROM to everyone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fcruz2012:
Awesome advice!! And definitely I back everything up because you right I'm responsible for my outcome. Agree 100%

And what's the difference between a Noob and a newb?? LOL just curious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Brad.S.:
There is a glossary here on XDA, but my search is down.

Regardless, Google is my second wife lol :what:

http://m.urbandictionary.com/#define?term=Noobs%20vs.%20Newbs

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/schwebs-lounge/34237-newb-vs-noob-friendly-reminder-differences-connotations.html

The definitions in the XDA thread I am talking about is exactly the same -- only less detailed.
[XDA-University] pikachukaki:
Hello and welcome to this great university that for me its a great idea for all of us who want to learn to learn more about android to help us and our community...

As you can see im getting to 2000posts and 1500 thanks just for posting roms that other make and roms that i make through cydwin and with every other way i could find...i learn from scrats to make them and to edit smalis and xmls...for this easy parts for me i get them preatty easy...but the point is that noone that knows compiling have our device and noone is willing to help us..so i take this aportunity to ask you here that im sure i will get an answer to give me the proper guidance on how to start making some pretty good roms for my device!!thanks!!!

Sorry for my english! :P
[XDA-University] mithun46:
Here is a good guide
[XDA-University] pulser_g2:
Unfortunately that guide won't help here - what he's looking for is a guide to making a device vendor tree when one isn't available.
[XDA-University] gmillz:
The easiest way to start a device tree would be to follow this guide: http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-clockworkmod-recovery-to-a-new-device

Just remember this won't give you a full device tree. Another way would be to start with a device tree for a device similar to yours and change all the neccasary stuff to your device. By following that guide you could compare ;)

Sorry if this isn't 100% accurate, I'm really tired :P
[XDA-University] pikachukaki:
Thats what many said but look where is the problem exacly......

We have the same board as many phones like DHD neo V and others the msm7630...But for some strange and by me stupid reason all our roms ever our official ics rom uses the msm7x30_surf so even porting roms dosent work cause of the differend libs!!!so i can copy a same tree and edit it but what happent with the differend libs!!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xintorrim:
Have you guys been able to use sd card as standard internal storage on stock Jelly Bean 4.1.1 or CM 10.1? My memory has run out, so this way I cant install as much things as I wanted. There was a thread here guiding how to do it on 4.0.4, but it doesnt seem to work on the new ROM. Any help would be appreciated.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Tharbad:
Hi,

I bought a new Razr Maxx. It supposed to be unlocked.

I have a few questions:

1) I want to install a custom ROM. I want to use the last Android version - 4.2 or 4.2.1. I've searched the forum and I see that there are many versions to 4.2/4.2.1, What are my possibilities. How do I install the new ROM and where can I download it (I don't have a SD card)?

2) Do I need a specific version of 4.2/4.2.1 if I need support for certain languages or this version support Google version languages?

3) I've some experience in Linux OS. Can you help me understand why do I have to use some exploit to get root after I've installed a new OS?

4) How do I check that the boot loader is unlocked.

5) Can you help me decide if I need a strong cover for the Razr Maxx or I can buy a random silicon case?

6) Can you recommend on a good car charger and car phone holder from ebay?

General note: Currently I have no SIm for the Razr. Do I need it to install new OS?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Irthu:
Pick up a custom rom based on whether u are on a cdma or gsm network. Try out the following roms

Cm10.1 its 4.2 based

Cm10 rom based on 4.1.2

D-wiz its a good custom rom

Root ur device use razr utility... info given in this forum and also install SAFESTRAp v3 its a very good recovery tool and u can always keep ur stock custom rom

As far as my knowledge goes moto razr has a locked bootloader...

And i suggest u buy a pretty decent phone cover as there are reports some of the device have a fragile gorilla glass so u might wanna protect it.

-hit thanks if i was helpful :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rajatj:
Hi,

I got the CM 9 (FXP150) for Sony xperia U from one of the mirrors.

I want to modify the boot.img, please let me know the correct tool/script to unpack/repack and modify.

I already tried using following:

1) unpacking & packing scripts from github's Bootimg-scripts (unpack-bootimg.pl & repack-bootimg.pl)

- unpacking and packing the boot.img without any modifications, this creates a boot.img which doesn't boot

2) split_bootimg.pl

- Gives error message "Bad Magic"

Thanks!

Dev
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chriswbush:
What apks would I need to take the tw launcher and accuweather widget with me to cm 10.1 ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cadorette:
For some reason Flipboard has stopped working today? When I tap on it it says "application not installed" even tho it is? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but can only "uninstall updates".. But for some reason the widget works? I'm on AT&T stock.. Not rooted.. Anyone else experience this? Something I'm missing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cadorette:
Ok all... So never mind? Got an update to Flipboard this morning and all is well.. Beats me..

Mods feel free to close.. Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] spycedtx:
I'm wondering if this is akin to operators, or even apple on ios, being able to revoke/remove/disable apps without your knowledge or consent.

Do we have a big brother switch?

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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cadorette:
Hmmph.. You could be on to something there..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] el56:
I've given up on Flipboard since the new version of Google Currents came out, complete with widgets and support for breaking news.

Flipboard's cute animation doesn't make up for its relative weakness (IMO) in managing both "standard" feeds and any old RSS you might want to bring in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] X626:
I've had the same issue...

The solution is quite simple...

You'll have to delete this shortcut... And re-add it again from the app drawer...