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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bladerara1:
Hi

I have a i9305 on Tmobile UK. The problem I'm getting is that at time when I don't have any signal and my phone connects to the network in the notification bar it shows that I have signal even H+, but when I'm trying to phone someone it says "no mobile network" or "network not available". It frustrating because sometimes I notice only after few hours. I phoned t-mobile but there a bunch of incompetents. What can I do without sending the phone back to them. Thanks
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bladerara1:
I forgot to mention that the phone is not rooted and it runs on stock rom.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ozgame:
Ive been getting same problems and still cant find a solution.

But you could try to do a factory reset, or root your phone and try different modems
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bladerara1:
I've tried with factory reset and hard reset and still the same. I don't want to root the phone at this time. Thanks for your answer.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Magik_Breezy:
Call up your carrier!

If you haven't even rooted your phone yet then it is most likely a hardware issue
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyvld:
I see many 4.2.1 ROMS for the S2 but the 4.1.2 update didnt even came out, how is this possible?

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2

JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)

If I helped you, please press the ''Thanks'' button.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrhoop:
More to the point - how is it possible that you have posted this in the wrong section?!

Love the bit at the bottom -

Now i cant remember how to "remove thanks" but i saw a button earlier.....im sure of it..............
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Greg:
Everything is possible when you asking questions in Q&A forum;) not here. Just give a try.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyvld:
Haha sorry for wrong forum, im not English so some things are hard to understand.

Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2

JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)

If I helped you, please press the ''Thanks'' button.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
Come on man, please do your homework:rolleyes:

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Stop asking questions like this and try them.. Be happy there's good devs here ;) :)
[HTC Sensation] zybach:
newest version for elegancia sense 4.1 which is v 3.2 came out,it is indicated there no need for superwipe,would i need to if i'm coming out from sense 4.1 v 2.3.1?
[EVO 4G General] jrollercoasters:
Ive been rooted for almost 2 years and always seem to mess up and have to reflash my rom everytime I switch to sense back to reloaded, so whats the right way to get everything the same and keep all my data from a2sd
[EVO 4G General] katodragon:
Yes what's is the right way
[EVO 4G General] jrollercoasters:
I guess no one cares..
[EVO 4G General] bennyboy78:
Well... When you make a nand, backup the SD ext for that Rom. You can't keep apps when switching from sense to reloaded since, obviously, sense stuff wont work with aosp. Also, before restoring, wipe SD ext and all that stuff. Not sure if it does anything, but i always do that before banding back to a rom
[EVO 4G General] jrollercoasters:
Well I'm going aosp to sense back to aosp
[EVO 4G General] Diablo67:
What i do is,when i install a new rom,i set everything up,no tweaks and themes yet,just the settings and gmail,crap like that,i update my apps and then i nandroid everything,i even do compression,takes up less space,then i start adding tweaks,one by one,then i nand again and delete the old one,i do this procedure,until i have my rom where i want it.
[EVO 4G General] brianvillage:
When you do a nand leave the top three or whatever checked, check SD ext., and uncheck android secure. The next time you restore that nand it will be as you left it before you flash.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Backup everything except cache if you want to restore to exactly the same thing you have when you run the backup

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 PM ----------

Same here. nand a basic setup and a complete setup
[EVO 4G General] jlmancuso:
If you don't back up .android make sure you have moved all apps to the phone or those apps won't work on restore. I have been told you don't need to wipe before a restore but I always do.
[EVO 4G General] Diablo67:
Well i'm not sure who told you that,but if you dont wipe before a restore,theres a possibilties of having issues from the other rom.I recommend a full wipe before anything but mods,updates or Gapps.
[EVO 4G General] brianvillage:
I have heard before that the wiping scripts are built into the restore process, though I don't know how true that is. I have never wiped before a restore and have never had the slightest problem no matter what rom I'm going to or from.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I always wipe caches and temp files on a restore. Better safe than sorry, right?
[General Questions and Answers] khan1989:
Hi All,

I currently am having a few issues with the android marketplace (google play store). I cannot for the life of me, figure out why i cant purchase any apps!

If you see the attachment below, that is the popup that appears just before i attempt to purchase anything. This also happens on my Note 2, nexus 7 and any other android device i try to use.

Just to note, i have purchased apps before which has worked fine, and i have credited my account with £25 from my nexus 7. I have £5 balance remaining.

I have only ever seen this error before when attempting to purchase the Nexus 4, which I have now given up on, thinking it was because of high traffic.

Error on my desktop. "Uh oh. There was a problem. We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue. Details of the problem below: Sorry, we were unable to process this request. Any charge will be automatically cancelled within 24 hours. Please try again after 24 hours."

Error on my android devices. "Error: Your order could not be processed. Please try again."

Any help would be greatly appreciated, i have tried google wallet support with no reply.

(mods please move this thread to its correct section if i am wrong).
[Sprint LG Optimus G] N4STYNATE:
Has anyone tested ECO Mode (labeled "Quad Core Control" under settings)?

I'm curious if it improves battery for anyone else. I have gotten about the same results with it on and off. Same goes for performance, no noticeable difference with it on or off.

What's everyone else's results?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] ZeroCool84:
I've kept Eco Mode on all the time but I've only had the phone for three days though so not enough time to really test out the difference yet.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] genaro12543:
Same here no difference. Maybe it overheats less with it on but I haven't fully tested that either
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rsjc741:
I believe it dynamically sets the affinity for each process on different cores.

So for instance, process A might be on core 0, while process B, C, and D are on core 1, 2, and 3 respectively.

This doesn't account for dual and quad core optimizations by developers, and just assumes that only 4 processes are running (in reality its dozens or more).

The main goal is to spread the work to keep the load down.

Less load = lower clock frequency.

If you've ever done any underclocking or overclocking, each step up uses more power.

Of course, this could also be all wrong, and it could just make the kernel undervolt and underclock and raise the response time between steps.

Sent from my LG Optimus Prime G
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jej4christ:
I have a widget on the home screen that shows clock speed, temp, and cpu load. I have yet to see any differences on it. The temps reach the same levels, it still goes from .384 to 1.512, cpu load seemed to go up maybe 10% if any. The only thing i noticed was that when i would click Home, it seemed to take a bit longer to load my layout. I can't say i noticed any thing different on battery life, which to be honest i have been very impressed with.

Sent from my LG-LS970
[Sprint LG Optimus G] genaro12543:
With eco mode on. It sleeps better it doesn't go in a straight line with it off
[Sprint LG Optimus G] agurzhiy:
about eco mode - it really work http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35889383#post35889383
[Sprint LG Optimus G] skandranon314:
What widget is that?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] N4STYNATE:
I read your post and looked at the screen shots but can't read that language, so I'm not sure which is Eco mode on and which is off.

Can you elaborate on "it really works" please?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] agurzhiy:
the second one is eco mode...
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rsjc741:
Sorry if I'm late in this information, but apparently Eco mode disables core 2 and 3, and leaves core 0 and 1 running.

So if it's Eco or not really depends on the workload on the processor.

Sent from my LG Optimus Prime G
[Sprint LG Optimus G] agurzhiy:
no, with eco all 4 cores work. every bench says that
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rsjc741:
Hm, well it's either the program just reporting that there are 4 device Id's for the CPU, or it could actually be that the four cores are working.

My last post was just something I picked up off a Google search.

Sent from my LG Optimus Prime G
[Sprint LG Optimus G] trincisor:
Thought eco mode switches off 2 cores

And only runs in dual core mode

Some sort of hot plug feature
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rsjc741:
I thought that too, but people are saying otherwise.

Sent from my LG Optimus Prime G
[Sprint LG Optimus G] trincisor:
I know at least when display is off it hot plugs two of the cores

Other times it uses a diffrent CPU Governor

Lg patented the eco mode
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisBuck29:
I'm having the documented problem of no data connection, always on roaming, after flashing to CM 10.1. My prior rom was CleanRom 5.1, and I have several nandroid backups from various roms over the last few months. GS3 (d2vzw) with root and unlocked bootloader.

So the question is... What's the best way to restore IMEI info and get mobile data back?

As far as I can tell from the dev forums, these are the options, but there are a couple of steps I'm not sure of:

Option 1: Flash a nandroid recovery, backup IMEI using terminal emulator, and then crack-flash away

1. If I restore my phone to a previous backup, is the correct IMEI information included?

2. Also having a problem getting the MD5 sum's to match. Should I flash through ADB instead of clockworkmod? Or use Odin to get back to stock and then re-root? If correct IMEI included with flash back to stock?

3. Assuming I restore a nandroid, the plan was to use "reboot nvbackup" in terminal emulator to save IMEI info.

4. Flash back to CM 10.1.

Option 2: Use IMEI Generator and NV Reader/Writer:

1. Based on this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

2. Problem: The link to the generator tool in the OP is broken (404). I can get the converted IMEI number from an alternative program, but don't know how to format the text file correctly to use with NV Reader/Writer. Does anyone have a standard format of a dummy IMEI text file?

If you screwed up your IMEI file, what would you do? Mucho gracias.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisBuck29:
Okay, I just fixed this issue after spending the better part of 2 days flashing ROMs, messing up my phone worse, and even calling vzw for support. Nearly tried to cash in on the warranty.

Steps taken (without any guarantees):

1. Flashed to stock ICS using ODIN. Flashed stock kernel as well.

2. Rooted the phone.

3. Downloaded ez-unlock (bootloader) from Google Play. Unlocked bootloader.

4. Along the way, I had a problem with my phone booting into factory mode, so I edited the efs file (labeled "factory" something or other) to say "ON" as opposed to "OFF". It's counter intuitive, but on is off and off is on.

5. Also went through the entire process of using NV reader/writer software. Tip: search for the explanatory video... it's a lifesaver. I ended up writing the correct imei file back to the phone.

6. Probably unnecessary, who knows, but I erased the efs file (after backing it up to Dropbox first). I also backed up the IMEI file.

7. Used Root Manager to get to clockworkmod, factory reset, and turned the phone on again, hoping to recreate the efs file. Efs was recreated, but this didn't fix the problem... Not yet.

8. Re-rooted phone. Re-unlocked boot loader.

9. Used a combo of Astro File Manager and ES File Manager to restore refs and IMEI files to proper place in phone. First downloaded (from Dropbox) to internal SD with Astro, then moved to top level system/root folder with ES.

10. Using ROM Manager, rebooted to clockworkmod and factory reset, clear cache, flashed LiquidSmoothRom and GApps, then cleared dalvik cache. (Note: this rom was pre-rooted but unlocked bootloader again anyway to make sure).

11. By now, I'm no longer getting the factory mode popup annoyance, my imei info is correct in settings > about phone, but still not getting mobile phone or data.

12. Here's the key, I think: Activated a backup phone, and in so doing, deactivated the sg3. Went onto vzw website and activated the Sim for the sg3. Now I have a working phone.

It may have been one crucial step, or maybe a combination of all the steps, maybe even a Christmas miracle. Just happy to have my best friend... err... phone back.

Please note: At one point while using a CM10 ROM, I noticed my imei info was correct, but not the phone number. I actually downloaded an app that lets you edit your phone number. Not sure if that did anything, but want to be thorough. Anyway, noticing that was what led me to focus on trying to reset the Sim. Vzw told me to do a battery pull and take out the Sim for 10 seconds, but that didn't do squat.

FYI, there's no *228 option on sg3. It was news to me. Hope this helps someone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
which one would you recommend? pro and con of each?

i really like touchwiz annimation when opening up app drawer. And the touchwiz widget

i tried apex on s3 and it was smooth but it doesnt include the touchwidget widget like the calender month and the weather widget

is there a way to get the touchwiz widget on apex or nova?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] VibrantThemer:
Why would you want someone to ditate your life? lol

Give me death or give me liberty lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] osmosizzz:
Nova and apex are almost the same but it has gesture support, wider range grid and has support for icon packs to change the looks of icons and no. No touchwiz widget on third party launchers

Sent from my Rooted Gameboy
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Negativezeroxxxx:
I used nova over stock, never used apex. However when sliding between homescreens there would ALWAYS be a lag upon the first swipe to a not yet visited screen, which bothered me a lot but eventually decided to just root and flash a cm10 based rom. Still would prefer nova over touchwiz, especially allowing the ability to modify the transition speed, makes it feel much snappier. Apex may have the same settings though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sonykalkan:
Apex vs Touchwiz Power Consumption

From My Power Consumption statistics:

Apex Launcher

Time of display on: 20m Time of CPU in use 9s

Touchwiz home

Time of display on: 28m Time of CPU in use 4s

Apperently, Apex consumes much more battery accourding these stats.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dipaolnv:
You could get Google's calendar widget, which is as good or better than Touchwiz'. Also you could get fancy widgets for weather, or weatherbug, or accuweather.

I'm using Holo launcher by the way. I think there's not too much difference between any of them.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] IXChicharitoXI:
I use Nova, works great. Never used Apex so I cant say. Touchwiz is okay but I dont really like it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pennycake:
I use Apex. I just need a grid that's at least 6 tall by 5 wide.

I tried Nova, too, and they are indeed almost the same. Nova did some things better but I switched back to Nova because of the app drawer - infinite scrolling within a tab. It was just too annoying to not have it with Nova.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bikrame:
Since S2 i am on apex. Never thought of looking another option .

For widgets there are alot of options in play store.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mgbotoe:
I use Xperia more smooth to me second favourite is nova consume less battery to the others
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
As some have noticed once you move onto the LK8 firmware and try to revert back to previous firmware versions you get Hands Free Activation or Chameleon Force Close errors upon every reboot.

This is what I have done to fix these errors and be able to go back to older firmware (pre LK8) if needed.

Not sure if this "fix" works beyond LK8 firmware as i'm not playing the flashing game any longer...The Note 2 works fine as is (MA7).

(Standard YMMV and i'm not responsible for trashing your phone)

No root or custom recovery needed.

1.) Install older firmware, in my case, I used the original LJ1 firmware provided by Viperboy found here.

2.) Once the firmware is installed on first boot it will give you the HFA & Chameleon errors, and that's fine and its where we will put the stop to it.

3.) Transfer the Chameleon.apk file below to your phone (Extracted out of the LK8 update) and install (overwrite) the existing one on your phone.

4.) You'll have to dial ##72786# to activate your phone, let it go through the motions (you may need your MSL, although I didn't need to enter it).

5.) Once the phone reboots it goes though HFA, PRL & Profile update, it will reboot and then no more issues (hopefully).

I have rebooted the phone over a dozen times with no issues, and the phone updated itself from LJ1 to LJC and again to MA7, no problem.

Please let us know if this works for you, or any suggestions to add to this..... Merry Christmas.

** As an update this issue is being investigated further on in this thread with the hopes it will be fixed in future firmwares.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
You sir, are awesome. 'Nuff said.

(I don't personally have the issues anymore, since I was lucky enough to get a new replacement, but others have not. So this is perfect. )

Sent from my calculator watch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Actually last night I went to a restaurant that we go to all the time that has free WiFi and with the LK8 firmware I wasn't able to connect (completely open, no passwords) which made me try to figure out how to fix this... I'm sticking to LJC until the next confirmed to completely work update arrives. And I get so much from this site i'm happy that I can contribute something no matter how small. I hope it works for others as well. Thank you and happy holidays.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smooth703:
Worked for me installed and rebooted with no issue ... thanks for this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] burnnhell:
Awesome. Thank you for this. I was also fortunate enough to get sprint to replace my phone but this will be helpful to all and even myself when I break my phone again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
Thanks! Worked perfect!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] danybui81:
Worked but can't do update profile or prl now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
I just tried and both work fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rogerandgina:
Sweet it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shiftr182:
I found the fix for it!!!

Hey all, I hate to hijack the thread, but I found the actual fix for this.

flash the stock recovery, or stock rooted rom .....YOU HAVE TO BE ROOTED AND ON STOCK RECOVERY

use root explorer

mount r/w

when you open root explorer, scroll up to carrier

open /carrier

delete .chameleon.hash

delete chameleon.xml

back out of root explorer

go to dialer and ##72786#

the phone will reboot, do hands free, and should work....it will reboot again and check for firmware update, etc.....all updates worked for me.

Hit the freaking thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jameslee2:
once i follow your procedure can i go back to LK8 and LK8 won't give anymore errors? I am on LK8 now but my activation not working and i think that causes my inet not to work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
very interesting! Im curious, what happens if you re-flash a stock rom. (Or actually, any rom) do you have to fix again?

Sent from my calculator watch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shiftr182:
Just remove the files and ##72786# should work. Im on LK8 too, but now handsfree works and I can update my prl/profile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bp328i:
I wonder if deleting the .hash and .xml while still on LK8 and then odin back to stock would stop the errors once the odin was done?

Anyone on LK8 willing to try?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dannys.ser:
Which stock Rom and do you have link stock recovery??

Sent from my MASSIVE Galaxy Note® II...*
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chuck_IV:
Doesn't fully work. I went back to unrooted LJC and rerooted(without adding the custom recovery) and deleted the 2 files. It DOES stop the Chameleon FC but it still wants to do the hands free activation every reboot. I can't stop that from occuring with the above method.

**EDIT**

The method in the original post does work but every time you wanna load a new ROM, you gotta do this all over again.

Someone needs to find a way to fix this right.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shiftr182:
I posted what worked for me. I had chameleon has stopped, and hands free activation on every boot. My phone wouldnt update profile, and would never activate. I got creative, and noticed that those two files hadnt changed since the day I got my phone activated, so I decided to delete them and see if that changed anything. My phone went hands free and actually worked, rebooted and checked for firmware, then updated the profile. I can update the profile once again, and no hands free, or chameleon errors anymore. Feel free to try finding your own solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itchiee:
Although I did go from LJ1 to LJC without any issues, no reinstalls, so custom roms? And yeah I would agree but at least we got a workaround.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jameslee2:
Hi i did what you say but the same thing happens during hands free activation it just says please wait and it still gives error 1500

---------- Post added at 09:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:16 AM ----------

I am currently on LK8 using H2o rom. And i Noticed first instruction was:

flash the stock recovery, or stock rooted rom .....YOU HAVE TO BE ROOTED AND ON STOCK RECOVERY

How do i do the above? Where do i download the files? And do i go back to the old version ? if so won' this lk8 rom won't work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twe90kid:
bookmarked!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJB628:
Did the trick, thanks ;):good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] K.0.0.L.:
Your fix doesn't work. The thread fix work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] stylz3:
itchiee this worked dog. thanks and merry christmas
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lbxmobbin_1:
Sorry what excatly is this chameleon error and actication on every reboot? Im on LK8 firmware and I dont get this but I wanna know what it is or what I should not do do get this error?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kingdazy:
it's seems to happen when people revert to an older firmware.

the reason people are reverting is that some people are having wifi issues on LK8, where it is able to see all wifi, but connect to none. happened to me after about 24 hours on LK8, when I tried to reflash LK8 with a clean install wifi was still broken, so I eventually thought I would just "go back" to LJC. It seems for some people this creates a "permanent" error, where not even flashing a full wipe factory stock reset will get rid of the errors.

so stay on LK8 for now, as long as your wifi works. hope for a new OTA soon that has no issues playing with older firmwares. good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lbxmobbin_1:
Ok good thanks lol and yes mi wifi works good and I guess no going back fo older firmware