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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
There has been debates forever about the wiping more than once theory. I have always done this out of habit. You could compare it rinsing a dish in the sink that has some food on it... you wash it once really quick... you see nothing on the dish... you throw it in the cabinet. Later you see some small smudging on it and end up cleaning it again. Same idea. Just being thorough. As I said in the OP I have always done it this way simply to be thorough. And I have never once been the rogue user with an isolated issue.

To answer your q about permissions, if the ROM dev suggests that for his ROM, do it. It is not always required. But if instructed to do so, it should be done.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TmobileDash12:
Is there a reason why it suggests to wipe three times?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
I think it may go back to floppy disk days, or hard disks possibly leaving "footprints" on it, old images or data but im not sure. Just a theory.

G●Note~2 {Jedi X5}
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] votum:
Yes please add a section to the OP about flashing roms from other carriers. The steps are identical, except you flash a modem. We onky have the one availabke now so its very easy. Keep in mind n7100 roms will not work, and n7105 roms need minor porting. But you can take any rom from the us variants and flash it. Reboot, let it sit a bit, etc, flash modem. Its very easy and the att forum seems to be getting more love anyway
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
I don't promote people flashing ROMs that are not built for that specific device so I will not do it. Sorry.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] FIREONHIGH:
you could unroot and then do a step by step vid.:D this guy is so good at explaining it,for example,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsafJ-9uRqk yeah i know its for the captivate,but i didnt know anything at all about rooting and flashing . i just followed him and iwas a happy man after being stuck on eclair cause at$t was so slow to update,,,any how just an idea,seems like alot of work but i think it would kill off many questions,i know i ask enough now as it is..lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
I have to agree with this. If you need flashing instructions, flashing ROMs meant for other devices is probably not the best idea at this point.

G●Note~2 {Jedi X5}
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xak944:
This is great advice about the MD5 verification. Everyone should check before flashing, it will ensure you have a good download with 100% confidence. If the MD5 doesn't match, don't flash it! And if a developer doesn't provide an MD5 with each download, ask them to.

However, wiping three times (or any other number of times except one) is nonsense. Would you format a USB thumb drive 3 times? An external hard drive? Android partitions are no different.

If it makes you feel better to wipe multiple times, go ahead, it won't hurt anything. You're just wasting time. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
^kind of agree with you there. I would ask anybody here why they wipe dalvik cache when flashing a kernel then, considering the /data/dalvik-cache/ partition is nothing more than dex opted files of all your apks. I will also say that recently I have gotten in the habit of never wiping dalvik when flashing a kernel and it has not made a single difference in stability.

... point I am trying to make is what you said here, if it makes you feel better, do it lol. Doesn't hurt anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xak944:
Indeed, cache wipes are seldom needed too. In fact, a lot of flashable .zip files have scripts which wipe the appropriate partitions automatically anyway when you install them. I guess old habits die hard...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jerry D:
I would also add that after flashing a ROM and you reboot that ROM, for use, you should wait at least 10 minutes before doing ANYTHING with your phone. That will allow the phone to fully and properly build cache and dalvik cache.. after a flash I let my phone just sit for 20min. Doing this has saved me from lags and bugs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Paragraphs man. They make reading easier by separating thoughts.

I'm sure what you have to say is insightful but a megablock of text is tough to get through.

Don't sell yourself short by making your posts impossible to ponder.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] votum:
True in most cases but in our case every lte note two in the world regardless of carrier is identical. the only differences are minor software ones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deathpulse:
I also think wiping three times is a waste of time. These devices are digital not analog (the plate analogy is much more fitting in the analog world). A wipe is a wipe, doing it more than once seems like voodoo to me :).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SkyPhone:
I do appreciate posts like this. Thanks, although I've got some questions and comments.

Let's start with the "wipe data," which in CWM is labeled as a factory reset. We lose all the stuff installed. For this post to be complete, it would help a lot to discuss when, if ever, one could skip that and keep the data. Or, if you never do that, then how you do a data restore, if you ever do that. Many use Titanium BU, or at a minimum just resync with Google. Surely you must want to keep some things on the phone, so how do you do that? Your comments on data and how you handle this issue would help me a lot.

Next, what's the difference between the "kernel" and the "ROM" in your post? I'm used to thinking of the recovery partition (CWM/TWRP), the modem, perhaps EFS separately (my CWM apparently doesn't back it up) and what I think of as the ROM/Kernel (UVALJ/UVALK), which is the core of the upgrade. Help me understand the difference between ROM and Kernel as you use it here.

(Finally, I must admit to doubting the necessity of multiple wipes and installs - particularly three.) I've been writing ROMS since the old 286 based computers with split odd/even UV erasable chips, and while UV erasing needed care, modern EEPROMs and the like have been very reliable for me. I have yet to see a real failure, although I can understand why, from a historical perspective, you may want to be 100% absolutely (belts, suspenders and Crazy glue) triple sure that there are no errors.

Thanks for your comments.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
I'll say this, if I do not do a data wipe, 99% of the time it is simply because it is because I am not coming from another version of android. And even switching between ROMs, but still the same OS, I try to analyze whether or not the two separate ROM devs have implemented something that even MIGHT be better off installing "fresh"... I will be honest and say this, and sorry but anybody who says otherwise is flat out lying to themselves, that not wiping data when installing a new FULL ROM.zip is because of one thing and one thing only (and this includes me) - laziness and inconvenience of taking the time to set all of your ***t up again. Period. You want to make ABSOLUTELY sure your issues are not caused by you, every, single, time? Wipe your data. Fresh install every single time. You should not be playing with these devices in the manner we do if you are the type of person that adopts a general idea to take shortcuts in doing something. Do it. And do it right one time. And know you did it right. Period.

Have I flashed ROMs without wiping data? Of course. I am not excusing myself from it either. But I'll tell you what I do every time some random issue occurs that is indeed rogue - hit that "factory reset" button in recovery. And the troubleshooting begins there, every, single, time. Period. And this is everybody's story when they do not take that INITIAL time to install fresh. They waste more time by having to do things a second time.

To answer your second thought - I will simply say that I only separate them so people understand what I am talking about when I refer to the two most installed or "user-applied" updates to their device here on xda... the two things you see in the dev section [ROM] and [KERNEL]. Technically by definition I would argue the kernel is the actual ROM because it is truly the only thing "read only" once applied and is your core OS - Linux. The "ROM" as we call it... and again I don't know why, is actually writable via the android (which is really only the UI of this version of Linux) user-interface. I only call them that so people know which type of updates I am referring to - updating system, framework or some other application of android, or updating its core.

Your last paragraph kind of is my exact reason. Just for absolute 100% asurity. Nothing more. So we can go back and 100% say, "nope, I did not cause that issue."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xak944:
If you're going from an AOSP based to AOSP based ROM, or Sense to Sense, or Touchwiz to Touchwiz, try flashing without wiping. Doesn't hurt to try as long as you have a nandroid backup or don't mind flashing and wiping back to the previous ROM. Sometimes, things will really break (and may not even boot) so you need to have an alternative means to get restored or flashed back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Joshmccullough:
Quick question- I'm anticipating picking up a Galaxy Note II off-contract from T-Mo once my Sprint contract runs out (and also- wife permitting :) ), and I'm wondering if ROMs are 'service specific' such that, if I decided to use a Straight Talk SIM/service with an unlocked T-Mobile GNote II, would I have to flash some sort of Straight Talk 'compatible' ROM or would any T-Mo GNote II ROM work? I've looked all over the General/Q&A/Development/Original Dev. sections but haven't quite found what I've needed......

My admittedly amateur thinking is this: It's the radios in the ROM that are important, as long as T-Mo/Straight Talk/whatever operate using those radios, I'd be in the clear, but I figured I'd check with those much more skilled than I on the matter. Any and all help/advice would be appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nolenm04:
Depends if you have the att st sim or tmo st sim...if att you unlock and change the apns and you will be good to go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jonjon68:
Wiping data and cache more than once. useless. complete waste of time. Checksum check is a good tip. I haven't done it in 4 plus years of flashing ROMs but I submit to it being useful if you are excessively cautious. But the 3 wipe rule is rubbish.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cobraboy85:
Also, if you guys want to run an md5 from your terminal

Type :

"md5sum /sdcard/ROM.zip" (without quotes, then hit enter)

And the file path in that text is obviously just an example.
[HTC One X] dexteristheshiz:
I've seen a few people say that they're using Jellybean on virgin - who give out unbranded phones. But how? I'm yet to get confirmation that they're using HTC__023. Can anyone confirm that this works?
[HTC One X] dexteristheshiz:
No?
[HTC One X] NightOrchid:
Yes Ive updated to 3.14 JB, In on Virgin, but Im in the UK with a Virgin One X. Virgin use unlocked HTC OS with easily removable Virgin apps, but they change the signature CID on the phone itself. What I did:

You do this at your own Risk, Im not responsible if you Brick your phone.. Im using a UK One X

My phone is S-ON, non-rooted

1) Backup all date - SMS backup / Call Log Back Up / Photos Music.. you know the drill. Remove Sim Card

2) Boot Into One X own Recovery, Not a custom Recovery (its on here somewhere how to do it)

3) Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Clear Cache -> Reboot system Now

4) When it boots up, its boots like an unlocked HTC One X, youll notice No Virgiun Logo appears because "Clear Cache" must remove the CID lock from the Cache. This is a one hit wonder, if you reboot the phone a 2nd time, youll need to repeat step 2 & 3 again and youll need to do this if your coming from 403 > Recovery > 404 >recovery 404.1 > Recovery > 411.

5) The only thing youll need to activate is WiFi, so just Keep clicking Next on your setup, till its on Home screen > Activate WiFi

6) You might get a notice for software update, or goto settings > about phone > Update.. and the JB update will appear.

7) Install, then repeat step 2 & 3 to remove any old Junk install files from the cache.. and Voila.. you have JB update on your Virgin Phone.

Hope that Helps

Night
[HTC One X] sjbartley:
No update for HTC__023 for me yet either

I am on Virgin Australia and have this CID - I'm still waiting too.

I think NightOrchid may have had CID 'VIRGI001', not 'HTC__023'; I haven't tried his suggested method.
[HTC One X] dexteristheshiz:
Yeah, NightOrchid, you've got a completely different model to us.
[HTC One X] dexteristheshiz:
I'm getting very impatient.
[HTC One X] adamnz:
Nothing here for me either (HTC__023)

I'm really just after the hboot update. :-/
[HTC One X] Vcek:
same problem with HTC__J15 , there is nothing we can do except wait for the official release, or miraculously get S-OFF.
[HTC One X] dexteristheshiz:
Same. And it should be soon too.
[HTC One X] dre1k:
same here...
[HTC One X] tomkulaga:
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[HTC One X] dre1k:
Just receive two OTA updates: 1.4 mb and 361 mb (4.1.1 Jelly Bean and HTC Sense 4+; filename: OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_hTC_Asia_SEA_WWE_3.17.728.1-2.17.728.5_release_302159ccdv6p07osn4zmao.zip)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaziarAmiri:
Hey guys

My Note 2 has been working perfectly so far but today,I realized that the LED indicator didn't light up when I was charging it. It also didn't light up for missed calls/SMS/Email and basically everything.

I don't know what just happened but it doesn't seem to work :/

Any ideas ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chayangkul99:
Try and go into setting=>display=>led indicator and see whether the notification light is on. It might also be a rom specific problem so, what rom are you using? Stock or custom? :)

"If i have helped you, just hit the "thanks" button pls"-sent from my GT-N7100...some guides here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055827 .... drop some question here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055736
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaziarAmiri:
Yes it's enabled. and I'm on the stock ROM
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaziarAmiri:
Odd

After few hours,it works again....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaziarAmiri:
lol,it again stopped working.

I don't have a single clue what's causing it...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleep2:
I have same problem!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] promi:
I have same problem. Do you have light manager?

Wysyłane z mojego GT-N7100 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleep2:
No!and I am on stock rom!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric-Mod:
I have the same problem.. With Light Flow and even with Light Manager... :rolleyes:

But I think this happens on 4.1.2 Firmwares because on 4.1.1 it worked perfectly.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleep2:
I am on 4.1.1 and have this problem!:(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric-Mod:
Why did Samsung put no LED Settings like Light Flow or whatever in the system?? This Stock LED Settings are horrible! :mad:

Cyanogenmod has the best LED Settings!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaziarAmiri:
Sorry for the late reply guys but I kinda solved his problem

"Viber" was causing it and by uninstalling it,the LED notification works perfectly.It's odd but it works lol
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superdada:
hi guys,

mine go on for no reason... zero notification (sms,mail,all programs off with a task killer) and LED still go on...:confused:

Any idee why?:eek:

(edit) resolved :) problems with Quick glance but it's ok now ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingrown:
I know this is an old thread, but I ran into this problem recently. Easy to fix, at least on the short term as I just did it. I am running cleanrom ace 4.7 (4.1.2) and today my charging/notification led stopped working. I decided to reboot to wipe the cache and dalvik cache, and when it was rebooting the led lit up blue, so I knew it wasn't likely to be a hardware issue. Well, that didn't fix it, but going to system settings -> display -> led indicator showed that the proper options were set. After toggling them off and back on, they started working again. I don't know what broke it, but hopefully this will stick. Hope this helps someone in a similar situation.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panosfast:
The notification led works olny if the screen from the phone close by him shelf and no manually with the power button

Test it guys
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] red_hanks:
Old thread Old issue but still we're experiencing it. I just realized now that my LED is not working on any ROM, any Kernel, tried different LED apps but with no go. Is it possible that the hardware (LED) itself gone bad?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinjo24:
i try *#0*# test led and no led, try lot program and no led.....???
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slugger09:
Took some effort to root but finally managed it but all is not well.

Apps keep crashing, constantly I get xxxxxx has stop only option I have is to restart as the popup keeps appearing every 5 seconds or so, Google play store works fine when you install and open it, but come out of it and it attempts to open and I get Google Play Store has stopped. Anyone else had these issues?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slugger09:
Right I factory reset and rooted again and same issue, Problems start once I run vending.apk it can't find a signal, I reboot and it runs fine, I enter google details all fine, then sticks on loading followed by "Facebook has stopped" a reboot "facebook has stopped" but vending this time runs fine and I get access to the market, I install Playstore it runs fine I download apps but go back into Playstore "Play store has stopped"

I notice when rooting a couple of the steps fail but in the end it says you have root, is this normal?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jailuis:
It is solved by installing those apps that crash again. Has happened to me before and that was my solution
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gilgreen:
Hi, I'm getting a new strange problem with my AT&T One X running Venom's 2.4.1 ROM on ElementalX 3.0.8 kernel.

I've attached my battery usage screenshot.

My device also loses service, ejects and reconnects the SIM, 1-100 times a day, randomly.

Could it just be a bad device and I should buy a new one? (warranty is not option since it'll take about at least a month since there's no service in Israel :eek:)

If no one has a better idea than switching roms/kernels/radios I'll start doing that tomorrow, But I really like the rom, and would like to avoid that.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kanhou:
try updating Elementalx to 3.2
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gilgreen:
That solved the stability issues, didn't notice the update, Thanks!

Still getting the SIM problems though =\
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] slimslim:
Pull out and reinsert, probably bad pin-card contact, or bad simcard...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gilgreen:
Tried pulling out and re-inserting many times. Tried on multiple cards (after a while I thought the problem was on the providers side, and switched providers twice)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shyjace:
Ok so here goes I ordered a defy from e bay with the hopes of unlocking it for my husband for Christmas. When it arrives I find out its been modded to cyanogen mod 7(7.2.0.) so I ordered the unlocking code not knowing that this modded phone can't be unlocked from t mobile. So then I find out that I have to flash the phone with a nandroid rom. I stay up all night trying to figure out how to try to do that. I read somewhere that I have to wipe the partitions and wipe the data so I do that and now I can't do anything except go into bootloader and recovery. So I try to use RSD lite 4.8 and 4.9 tried them both neither sees my phone. I don't know what I did or if the phone is even rooted it just showed the google android thing when I turn it on. At this point I don't know what to do I'm so confused and I really need some help please.:crying:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeForce06:
Maybe a reinstall of CM7 could help you.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
If you can get to the Google screen then from stock recovery you could try a data wipe.

As for the rsd lite issue, check your drivers; there are specific drivers for the same, which you could find in the rsd lite thread.

If the data wipe doesn't work(hung on Google) then flash an sbf. Refer to the beginners guide for defy to get info on that
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shyjace:
now how do I free the phone from t-mobile?

I solved the booting issue by just messing with the phone. So its back to running the cyanogen mod 7. So now my issue is getting this thing free from t-mobile. I have a unlock code but I'm not sure how I'm going to use it or if there might be another way to unlock it. Once again another sleepless night trying to provide a good Christmas. I am eternally grateful for all you guys help as I am a total noob.:confused:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Perhaps too late:D but: When you insert a SIM other than a tmobile one, it should ask for a code. That's where you enter the unlock code
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shyjace:
unlock with cm7

I put an att sim in it didn't ask for a code tried to make a call no joy. Not sure what to do screen says no service. Can you unlock with cm7?:confused:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
If no code is asked that means the phone is already unlocked. Try changing the baseband via the baseband switcher app for network issue. Just search around here and you'll find the thread:cool:. It should work after setting the right baseband.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] E15i:
I want to buy, but from ebay, and cant find a seller who have 5XL, they actually or don't mention the size, or it smaller then 5XL, help
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xexes:
deleted... how do you actually delete the post? can't see a button....
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamaskan:
I recently wipe the tablet and done a clean installation of apps. But when I inserted my external hard drive, it add those audio from my pc games into the list. And the same goes to gallery, it's having my old counter strike screenshots. But it's there even if I can't open it without the hard drive. So does anyone knows how to remove this thing? I tried to clean data and it doesn't work, I even try installing google play music and the stuffs is there even without my hard drive inserted!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki0saad:
Do you know where the files are on your hard drive?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kozmo2k4:
Just add a blank text file named ".nomedia" (without the quotes of course) to the Folders you do not want Mediascanner catalog media (music, pictures or video) files...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamaskan:
Not all of them haha, because some of them are game files. Pc games.

So I just put that blank text file in my hard drive? Or in every folder and sub folder?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xynergy:
Adding the file to the root of the drive will disable the whole drive. Subsequently, if you disable one folder, all files and folders in it will be disabled as well!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tamaskan:
Thanks very much! will try that now.