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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] XqepX:
What do you like more? A colourful Illumination Bar or a Magical Display?:D Just Kidding :)

A perfect/good smartphone is good because of it's small great things, not because it has a Tegra 3 Processor or 2GB of RAM. Thats my Opinion ;)

I think you should go into a electronic store and hold both devices in your Hand. The sola has a bigger Display and you can use it with gloves, yay :D So I would buy a Sola, but listen to your heart :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kwstas 13:
I held a sola yesterday but when i surfed the internet it was a bit laggy...may because it wasn't updated to ics ? I don't know why....colours were REALLY beautiful too!

So, when you were kidding above did you really meant sth? Xperia U's screen can be compared with Sola's one? (forget the inches, talk about colours)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] XqepX:
The internet thing: maybe the Ram was full?:)

Both displays have 16 millions colors and both have the Bravia Engine, so I don't think that there is a difference ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kwstas 13:
I can't remember for the ram...

From the videos i have seen till now, Sola and U are exactly the same but U has only 4GB user accessible :-/ i think i can cover this problem witha usb adapter....you think that usb adapter will be annoying? Or will it be easy to get used to it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ljubanve:
Only reason why you should buy U instead of Sola is front camera. If you can live without it then Sola is better phone most definitely.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rohit3221:
Also keep one thing in mind that both of these phones will NOT get official JellyBean from Sony. So if you are a fan of Stock manufacturer's firmware, you might want to reconsider buying either of these two phones.

Though, hopefully they WILL get unofficial JB Rom such as Cyanogen etc but it may take a long while to get everything working in these roms, there is also a chance that some features such as video recording may never work in an unofficial JB rom. So think before you buy :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Nothing better than the stock rom

Go for a device that will get jelly bean
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kwstas 13:
One more and last question guys...if I buy xperia sola and a freeze suddenly appears and as a result i must remove the battery to "unfreeze" it, what can I do then? I saw the battery is unremovable and it wories me a little.....any help? If there is a solution for this "problem" i will definately buy Sola,otherwise i am afraid i have to reconsider buying a new phone...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ljubanve:
I think that there is a way to force reboot on such type of phones, something like power button and vol down...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mirost1:
On this phone you dont remove battery, you do vol + power untill the phone vibrates 3 times.

If i were you i would find samsung or HTC for the same money.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kwstas 13:
Thank you man :D

I have never bought other phones than Sony ....i really don't like them... The only phones i love ,other than Siny's, are samsung galaxy S3 and iphone 4...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wendyangga:
both have dual core processor

but u and sola not getting jelly bean
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rajul:
I don't agree

In my opinion when there will be completed cm9 nothing will be better than that
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
Yes bro

Everyone have their own preferences

I tried every rom present here

Bt I always get back to stock one ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sherwinnn:
of course.... Xperia Sola is better than Xperia U... because Xperia Sola has external sd card whereas the Xperia U does not have... My friend's Xperia U running on stock ICS has the wifi bug... where he tries to turn off the wifi but the wifi still kept turning on... so.. consider Xperia Sola maybe? XD
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rajul:
Don't go for any of them s3 duos xperia go
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Izzy Stinson:
Check out htc desire x :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] smrky87:
after getting my Xperia Neo stolen I decided to go with Sola - as the 3.7" inch screen is perfect size for my hands. It is the minimum for me to be able to write text in portrait orientation (XU has 3.5" screen).

On the other hand I *hate* Sola's floating touch (or glove mode)! Main reason is that you cannot switch it off in games - what good is dual core processor if you are not able to control the game properly due to this floating touch nonsense? To name few: Triple Town, Temple Run, Muffin Knight, GTA3 and others are unplayable (even though the performace is ok). You can get rid of floating touch with different ROM (at the moment there are only two of them), but if you plan to game much, better go with XU...

Another thing to consider is that Sola goes crazy when on charger - it won't react correctly on touch - it think it is floating touch technology again to blame here... (don't know if the same problem occurs on XU)

You can google both of these problem - I would love to know about them before I have bought my Sola :/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MUHAMMAD KHALIL:
I have tried gta3 and it works well in my sola:)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] smrky87:
Ok, honestly I wasn't sure about GTA3, thought I have read it in another thread. But the other games have issues for sure (my own experience)...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bukra:
I believe in U

imo U is better cuz so far everything works just fine and we hav the kool illumination bar :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MUHAMMAD KHALIL:
But xu doesnt support ext sd card!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] waqasleo17:
Force reboots work when the cell hangs. Hold power and volume up. I have tried it on the P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tadeas482:
Sola...because of EXT-SD.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akp.ajinkya:
Just go for Sola,awesome phone;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wiidbzxt:
I would go for Sola: MicrosSD + bigger screen + floating touch. Why not check Xperia P?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kwstas 13:
Sola

I am currently using an Xperia Mini...i can't quote all posts because i don't have enough free time...

Well, i will definately go for Xperia Sola because ext-storage is a must for me...and i have a question to the lad who wrote that he he's got an issue with his phone when he plays games...here it is:

I know that floating touch is only enabled when you surf the browser, and as far as i know it can be disabled from browser settings...why is.it enabled for games on your phone? Check it out and if you can, p.m me :)

And an answer to the guy who told me to check Xperia P, i would love to but 1) it doesn't have ext-storage and 2) i can't afford it :/

Thank you all here for your opinions!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Malbolge:
I have used both voice recoder and google voice search with no problem.

Mic seems to be working properly however in Skype it comes out all static.

On Stock everything was fine.

Any advice on a fix?

can you test skype on your phone to see if its just me..

Thanks everyone and happy new year.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Malbolge:
12/26/2012

So.. I plugged my Headphones that include a Mic that i got with my phone into the audio jack and do another test.. and everything is clear.

This is stupid ..I wonder if anyone has a fix for this.

Think Any of the CM 10.1 Daily's have fixed this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x714x:
This is the main reason why I dont run CM10. I havent found a fix other then using a headset or bluetooth with skype. Once there is a fix I will sure return to CM10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] delila:
Heard about jelly bean? How do I do this? I need to fix conference calling.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] putney1477:
If you are running stock, you should receive the update. Or you can go to settings>about phone>software update
[HTC One X] raed220:
there's issues in viber sound .. like when u say ssss i look like zzz and not clear sound ... in ics its ok just in jb

how can i fix it i tried many devices and same problem
[HTC One X] kskendsup:
If you have tried with many devices then i guess its the problem with viber and JB....something somewhere would be wrong..!! try gettin a .apk file and try manual installation rather than installation from market...or try installation of a older version (search google for it) may b it can solve ur problem..!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denie46:
Ok, guys,

why x10's stock 2.3.3 themes don't work, i mean that no matter what theme from the stock theme manager is applied nothing changes. For example the stock themes for Arc (gingerbread) change the settings background, phonebook, messages, etc...

Is there anyway that we can change that and is it possible to port everything from Arc to work? I know that Gingerbread is old now and some of you may think that it doesn't worth it but i'd like to at least try to make 2.3.3 fully working.

Check here what i'm talking about (Arc):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1452654
[HTC One S] killerkilley:
i had PAC-man rom installed with cmw installed and was all running well. decided to install twrp using the all in one tool kit because i thought it would do the job and be quick. how wrong was i i seem to have lost recovery, system and everything. when i boot it just boots into fastboot their is nothing their. tried to flash a recovery with fastboot but it says faild (remote: signature verify failed) can anyone help me getting this sorted as i carnt find the ruu without going to a website that wants a credit card (which i dont have) thanks :)

p.s i have a uk orange one s

now i have downloaded the orange ruu and its giving me a error 155
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kennkmcn:
According to Engadget, AT&T will be releasing an OTA update starting tomorrow to enable Multi-Window.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] el_chiefo:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/26/att-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-multi-window/

Here's the link in case anybody's interested. It looks like its just the feature, no other fixes listed and no change-log
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kennkmcn:
Thanks for posting the link, I would have posted it but am unable to post links yet. I wonder if this might mean an update for Canadian carriers such as Rogers, Bell, and Telus will be in order soon as well?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dropofdreams2:
Expecting that I'll have to unfreeze the bloat at a minimum...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Evo:
Ha! Should I dare hold my breath??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mizz lia:
Im not even going to get excited until an update come on my phone

Sent from my lovely note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gore785:
So if this happens and I'm rooted how do I update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] powerwagon:
Why would you be rooted and not already running multiview?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] colonel187:
Some people want root and don't want custom roms that break stuff. I used to be a rom flashing whore but now i just root and de-bloat the stock rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxxSuperserieSxxx:
Same here just got my note 2 three a days ago then i rooted it on 2nd day, hope when it will not broke the root capabilities when updating that was expected on dec. 27..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kcour2006:
Yahoo...just loaded the note 10.1 with jelly bean...will jump tomorrow when it arrives, look for me!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatlardo:
Wow, has this been the fastest for Att? Can't wait!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] reinbeau:
Thread stuck

I've stuck this for a bit, until the hubbub dies down. From what I've read, if you're just rooted but have stock recovery, non modified status, and no flash counter set at 1 you should be able to get the OTA. We'll see. I'm rooted and have only disabled the bloat. TriangleAway did a good job of resetting the counter. I have no burning desire to flash another ROM, just root and debloat. I suppose I should switch back to Touchwhiz until after the update....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
I am in the same pile of $H!T guy's just rooted 2 day's ago and now this. Sweet:D

Hopefully the update wont break root or interfere.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tyshemi:
Just use this always worked for me !!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
That's weird I am rooted (with ExynosAbuse) and none of the status's have been touched, not even the ugly yellow triangle at boot. Of course stock recover . See for you'r self:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Komposure:
Somebody please post when they receive the OTA. I want to try at 12 like staying awake looking for santa. Is there anyway to reset the 24hr wait on the OTA checkermadeal? ::eek:ther than telling me to use kies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Ya. Go to date and time. Un check network provided values. Change the day to one day ahead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gore785:
Remove ads mainly and debloat. Avast rooted version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gary02468:
I've noticed that Engadget often trumpets dubious software-delivery rumors as facts in an apparent quest for page hits. Here, they post an email "from AT&T", but they don't say who exactly sent it. Some low-level customer service rep, perhaps? It would be very odd for AT&T to announce this news only to Engadget, but Engadget is the only source so far (not counting the sites that are just repeating Engadget's claim).

I hope Engadget got it right this time, but until someone confirms the OTA update, I'm highly skeptical.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] fxbreaker:
is there a list of features included in this update or is it just multiview?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] saturnspike:
Try this out!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Thanks bud...This way worked for me :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] daywalker04:
Location: San Antonio, TX

I have always been completed stock and un-rooted. DL'ed and installed with no problems, but I did have to move my clock up by 1 day to get the update. Does this update include home screen rotation? Because it's not working for me. Any clues?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] beazie0885:
Lol. I think I'm out of luck for a while!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] UCLAKoolman:
It is the 4.1.2 update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sabre31:
It would be nice if some developer can package this update up as a flash able zip over our current version without us needing to revert back recovery to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] musebox:
How did you reroot, I flashed the stock firmware to return to unrooted stock, checked for update & downloaded/installed it. I would like to root again, would mr robinson's method work? thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ukic:
How did you reroot? Using CF-Root still?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MattPhillips:
I used the method over at galaxynote2root.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ukic:
Cool. I was hoping to stay with stock recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sher The Love:
Like a lot of you, I had to mess around with root and recoveries to get this thing to install. Wasn't worth it. I've already switched back to CleanRom. Not being able to change the notification toggles really annoyed me. If you're already on cleanrom, it isn't worth the hassle Imo.

Anyone know if the other US carriers have the option to change toggles like the international?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] raduque:
I finally got to an open wifi and applied the update without any problems. I was able to re-root using ExynosAbuse and re-patched the memory exploit. Is any body else having problems with Multiwindow sticking after a reboot? The setting is still toggled but the Multiwindow tab is missing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
You cant flash it. The file comes in a .cfg extension and is located in /cache/fota

It has failed on me several times and everytime it deletes it. Even moving that file exactly where it was and suppose to be there is no way the AT&T Software update app can detect that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] NunHugger:
Hold down the back button should bring it back up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1timerlgk:
Rooted stock build. OTA update installed without issue.

Lost root after the update then ran CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317 and gained root access exactly as before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rrackman:
I second that, I only have the one phone (too poor to afford *play toys*) but I want to de-bloat a LOT of AT&T's crap. So you need root to use Titanium Backup, you also need root to use QuickBoot. I think I have one other app that needs root but it escapes my tired mind at the moment.

The question still stands: If I am rooted, can I get OTA, or will I have to wait for the Kies firmware to be available (not yet, just checked).

AND, I am sure it will break root, and I am assuming the previous root methods will not work.

Maybe I should just go Custom ROM, Waiting on AT&T , get the bloatware back, wait even longer for a new root method,. . . . .

Not tonight, but depending on everyone's feedback and answers to questions I just might dive in again.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brfitzp:
Ive never beem rooted on this phone or anything but stock and my phone womt update at all I get a update interupted please wait 48 hours. Iive tried the date change thing so many times that it says I must wait 3800 hours to update once I set the date back to normal.

Ive been waiting since I got the pphone for this update. Please help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] P1Tater:
Sounds like you changed the month and day and did not change the year.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
Update: Unrooted and it still says "failed" dont know what to do...

I don't want to reflash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] brfitzp:
Ive changed the year too. Im going to try 2014
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rrackman:
I know this is kind of a Noob question but every time I have done a ROM flash or upgrade I have needed to reinstall all my apps and settings from scratch.

I have used Titanium backup for years but always thought it was NOT a good idea to restore a backup to a ROM or ROM version other than what the backup was made from.

Can someone shed some light on this please. I am looking for the *stable* answer. There are a LOT of things you can get away with when flashing and updating but some come back to haunt you in annoying ways.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] childsremix:
I havent gotten the update yet either, tried changing my phones date multiple times, currently have 2181 hours before I can check for an update.. sucks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gore785:
After all day of trying finally got it updated. it kept going to 20/30% and it would fail... so what I did is I Had to make sure the flash counter was at 0 and the status was normal. I flashed stock with root injected via odin, after used triangle away, unrooted, factory reset then updated without a problem. Just dont know how to root now.. lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] erick161:
Yeah. Same here. I'll just check tomorrow. Pretty silly that it makes you wait?! Wtf is that about. I don't recall my atrix doing that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
Its being released in stages. Either by imei numbers or by region. Keeps the servers from getting too clogged up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] erick161:
Apple releases it to the masses...10s of millions have access immediately. The note 2 hasnt sold near that...I cant imagine that would be a huge problem for ATT. I understand they have more server power behind them...but still.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] meleii:
Can someone with root pull the modem? I can post a cwm flashable zip if ya post it.

Download android terminal from play store and open it.

Type: su then hit enter

Then type: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/modem.bin bs=4096 and hit enter.

The modem.bin will be on your ad (possibly internal memory).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lucidmike:
Wondering...Is anyone rooting with Exynos abuse apk? And does it work after the update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ukic:
It does but as usual, breaks the cam :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nuclearrage:
that is just to weird , I thought you were wrong until I just checked on the cam , dammit nothing but green. It worked fine before , I had root , had th3e exploit fixed and had the camera working , took lots of pics as well. With this new update , I unchecked the "exploit" fixes in the app and then ran the update. No problems during update , then rerooted using exploit and seems fine.

why did the camera now stop working??? ah well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] envision:
Everybody can skip the downloading if you want and just flash it

scrosler posted it in the android development forum as a ZIP

here you go save your self some time

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2070105
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] id10terrordfw:
Huh, that is how I rooted after the update(was unrooted before) and my camera still works. I have never done the exploit fix though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GoldfishTX:
Is there no modem update with this OTA? It looks like the flashable zip won't have that?

Still no luck here in Houston.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
Yeah still nothing in the Boston area :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gillion:
Wish we could get eh OTA file itself and flash that form stock ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Elemino:
For those of you that have been successful. A lot of you say you returned to stock (though some didn't), and some did a factory reset (though some didn't).

How many of you were charging your phone at the time of the update?

I'm trying to determine if there are any other factors that affect the update on my end. It doesn't appear to be by region judging from previous posts. I'm guessing it must be by IMEI then. I've tried everything I can think of and still nothing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] azfxstb:
Reset, Factory Reset, Changed Date, Plugged in, Not plugged in. If its by IMEI thats not making sense either because I bought mine on Launch day. Im wondering if its not by Region and by LTE Deployment order. I have no I dea but my OCD is really pissing me off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Milkman00:
I haven't done as much as you, but I have unrooted my device and still cannot download. Been setting the day up by one (in Jan of 2013 currently) and still not finding an update.

Kinda disappointed as well, but will just keep advancing the day by one and trying every so often I guess, until someone finds a sure fire way to force a download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dmlv:
I'm in Providence (same market for at&t) and it worked for me last night. First attempt.

I did not have to but you can try manually adjusting the date a couple of days ahead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rchapoteau:
I haven't gotten it to work in Northern jersey yet. I'm rooted so I'm not sure if that is going to make a difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slicingtaco:
No I just unrooted completely and tried twice.... Same crap as i was rooted. No difference.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 30footfall:
Nothing in Atlanta (for me at least)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] meleii:
Can anyone do this?? It takes 2 minutes to pull the modem and another 5 to pop it up on Dropbox. Then I can make a flashable zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] netnerd:
I only interested in modem and kernel.

N7105 is at LL1, shouldn't this be better?

The letter are higher than LK7.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plastikman187:
im pulling the update now....once it installs ill grab it for you bro.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] meleii:
Ty
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] NunHugger:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17573645/ATTI317UCALK7ModemCWM.zip

There is the modem...cwm flashable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tyshemi:
Nice to see here nun
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] plastikman187:
looks like someone beat me to it....the update failed on my phone here is the .cfg that came down tho.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/57597076/2400258.cfg

edit1...

it looks like this is just an update.zip that has been renamed to .cfg it has all the aserts and what not in it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Elemino:
I'm assuming you're rooted with a stock ROM?