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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Biggles 266:
I have a UK Galaxy Note N7000. It shipped with an un-rootable Gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM, so ages back I followed one of Dr Ketan's guides and downloaded a pre-rooted Gingerbread 2.3.5 ROM and flashed it. And for whatever reason, I never got around to flashing anything later such as ICS. Now however, I'm getting frustrated with Gingerbread and it's limitations, especially for things like proxies. I'm a bit hesitant to try a leaked Jelly Bean ROM, so I was thinking I would go for a stock ICS with root.

I looked at the Stock ROM Thread and there's loads of stock ICS firmwares to choose from. If I had never rooted my phone, I think I would have gotten "N7000XXLRK---4.0.4/12.07.24-N7000XEULP5---Download--United Kingdom / Ireland" but there are newer ones. For instance "N7000XXLRU N7000OXELR6 Download - Russia" was from November 2012 and XXLRU would be newer than XXLRK by my understanding (and in theory should have more fixes/optimisations/stuff). But what problems could I get with a Russian firmware? It'll still have English as the language on it I presume, so will it be operator branding or pre-installed apps that make it "Russian"? There's also a Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India ROM that has the same codes, but different download links - will there be any difference amongst them?

I have tried searching for the answers to this, which is how I found the firmware naming convention thread however, the 2nd last digit is supposed to be the month, so I don't understand how it can go above L, but yet these firmwares I've mentioned above are on R. So I find the more I read, the more confused I'm getting...

TL;DR:

What differences are there between regions for firmwares?

Is the newest the "best" or should I stick to one for my country, even if it's a little older?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
first back up efs on multiple locations.,

A must do.

first b) Your from the uk, but is your phone:go dial *#272*youremeihere* and observe your csc, this is the csc that determines your country version software. You use other countries, but you will likely corrupt efs, which is why efs backuo is ultra important.

Second go and experiment.

Most differences are regionalization if roms, some special apps etc. All have English as a language.. Go experiment, see which one you like.

Mind safe kernel, wipe and non wipe roms, clean instslls on safe kernel :)
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grampsharry:
Hi Guys,

What is the benefit of rooting the RAZR I and are there custom roms we can install once rooted?

This is a new phone and I have come over from HTC Desire HD where there were loads of custom roms

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabricatedhero:
Found this over on the G2x forum and i haven't tried it on my vibrant yet. Let me know what you think and your results .

Its universal for all androids and doesn't change anything on system so no worries on brick at least that's what the developer says.

You can download from Google play store under Seeder or follow link to get it it free.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33999592

Didn't see someone posted in general... Mod delete thread
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Hello guyz...i am facing a serious problem right now...

My phone's android market is acting weird i guess. .

When i try to download or update a app...it downloads (i knw its fine bt here's the catch:confused:)..it doesnt install..u see what i mean...

It will download..come to 100%..

Then vanishes...ntng happens then..

Any help will be really apreciated as its really important for me to download a app as soon as possible..:thumbup::confused:

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] aniket.lamba:
Reinstall the Google Play app.

Rom:JellyBlast V3

Kernel:Kurotstogi

Theme:Xperia theme with some personal modification.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] raging android:
I had a similar problem awhile back, my problem was the internal memory was no longer readable or writable, only thing I found to fix it, and I tried quite a few things was flashing the stock ROM again. I'm sure a custom ROM could work too but that's what worked for me.

Sent from my One V running PACman v15.3
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Man...that is what i am trying to do from past half an hour bt it seems that it just wont download ..maybe the link is broken..let me try another one..

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
No...my internel memory is pretty gud...both readable nd writable...jst checked via root explorar...

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] blue.wave:
I have the same problem, I reinstalled several times but no result. :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] aniket.lamba:
The other option is to replace your Google Play app with a new one i.e. via Root Explorer.

Rom:JellyBlast V3

Kernel:Kurotstogi

Theme:Xperia theme with some personal modification.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Thats what i am gonna do as soon as i get my laptop back..

Till then guyz .plz wait for my response..:cool:;)

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Yeps...

It worked...thankx guyz for ur support...:D

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
I just wanted to ask, if you face the daily problems like me.

I have a Galaxy Nexus and I bought it because it has the pure Android.

In my private life there are those who have an s2 and are happy with it and do not want to get a new android version because "then everything is new and I don't want to explore my smartphone"

Then there are the Applers. I do not think I have to add informations about them.

And last but not least there are those who always buy a new Samsung and think they are the best now because they have the best smartphone on market.

And every group tells me, that I am stupid because I tell them valid arguments to prove that their smartphones are just not as "cool" or "that much of a intelligent piece of work" as they think and that they are facing several security lags if they don't listen to me. But ....

Do you have friends like me or are my friends the exception?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
90% of people are stupid media corporate zombies with their heads in the dirt, dont waste your time just enjoy your device ftw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joooe:
Well, if you're telling someone that what they have is just not as "cool" or "that much of a intelligent piece of work" than yours, it's natural to have some fight back, right?

Anyway, I don't see the point of this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
I don't compare the devices of my friends with mine. They tell me how great theirs is and I just give them QN cooldown by telling that its nothing special or that its a standard for Google since ancient times :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] woody296:
You are fortunate that this is one of the biggest problems in your day. Consider yourself lucky and enjoy your device.:o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
Haha I kind of know what you mean. A lot of people think the iPhone is the best phone out there, probably because its name is basically "Phone" and subliminally says "perfection". Would you rather buy something called iPhone or Ace or Thunderbolt or Nexus?

And it doesn't help that "everyone" has an iPhone, and because they just got it they have to show it off or put it in some $100 case. I remember a time where owning an iPhone meant you were on the wealthy side, but now it seems everyone and their poorer brother has one. Actually, both on and off contract the Galaxy Nexus costs more than the iPhone 4. Used the Galaxy Nexus fetches about $200, more pre Nexus 4. I got a used-but-crackless iPhone 4 in late November for $180. And we all I know iPhone 4 has been free on contract for a while now whereas the Nexus was I think $50 before Verizon ditched it, not sure about other carriers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
I have two groups of friends: the ones who have bought Nexus because I told them to and the ones I don't talk about phones with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Yeah, but to argue with iPhone owners is like talking to a wall. They know you're right and in the depth of their hearts they see your point, but iPhone isn't just a Phone. If you buy an iPhone you're a part of something big. It's like a religion. They doesn't care if you prove them points. It's a matter of believing something or not.

Don't you talk with them because they don't listen to you or did you never tried it? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
Stop trying to prove or explain them arguments. The lack of a non Nexus phone will show up anyway and then you can put a smirk on your face. Trying to show off and explain features and **** is similar to an Apple user showing his iDevice. We buy our **** for ourselves anyway and if someone's happy with their device, so be it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
I quite enjoy being part of the relitely exclusive 'nexus club' iv seen a few in the wild which random people own but none of my mates have one. I must admit being part of xda does make me take more notice of what people own. Those closest to me own, 2 sgs 2, 1 iphone, 2 sgs 3, 1 dhd. I had the first android out of all of them and they saw it was a superior OS and the dhd came next followed by the 2 sgs2 (both still on ginger bread even now lol) then the iPhone and then the 2 sgs 3. None of which are rooted etc but I know owning a nexus is special where as the rest don't really give two ****s and are happy as they are :rolleyes::p;)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mfsr98:
I have these group of friends: the ones that own a bullcrap Android Phone like the gio (of course without custom ROMs), the Apple fanboys and the ones that dont give a f about smartphones. Actually my Apple fanboy friends are nice and are not always saying Apple is the best (for example they use PCs instead of Macs, And most of them just have old gen iPods). Here in Portugal not many people have a phone as good has the Nexus (most of those have a stable life and job). When my friends saw the Nexus for the first time they asked "is that a s3?" And I just say no and have the secret wish of killing them :mad: .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Baby_Phil:
One of my bosses told me he had never seen a nexus in the wild then was shocked to find that I was on a newer version of android than him.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
What does your boss have?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peikojose:
It's always funny when my friends are bragging about their new Samsung Galaxy S3 (Some of them not running Jelly Bean yet)

And then I show them my Galaxy Nexus, the first they as is, what brand is your phone? And I answer "Samsung and Google", check the battery cover. LOL. They don't understand a **** because they bought the SG3 as the holy grial.

And then I show them photosphere (It always work) and my android version 4.2.1

They really don't understand what's going on. And when I tell them the price is under 400USD unlocked they go mad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jayshocka:
+1000 just enjoy what you have don't worry about "the next best thing"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] squidder:
Yeah all my friends would just laugh at u and tell you nobody cares.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bmg1001:
Correction: The Next Big Thing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Now you get a story of my daily life to show you why it's a pain in the a**.

A friend of mine asked me a couple of month(around end of September/October) ago which phone she should buy. I told her to buy the Nexus 4, because it is stand of art and she would get the updates earlier than nearly all other androidusers and so the security is much higher (one of her strongest wishes for a new phone). She just answered "but it's from LG. I don't buy phones from LG."

I told her that LG produced it but Google designed and developed it.

Her answer "Yeah but on the cover there is the LG- Logo. What will the people think about me? "

After that I just got my head explode and asked why she is interested in the opinion about others. Further I explained:" If the others don't know that your phone is the best on the market, then they are the stupid ones. So f*** on their opinion "

Friend: " Yeah but they do not know that it is the best one. So where is the point in buying it?"

I told her to never ask me again.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sporkette:
But aren't you sort of doing the same thing she did by getting upset because she didn't understand your point of view? Enjoy your phone and let her enjoy what she ultimately ends up getting. You don't have a phone for the same purpose she does. Besides, if it weren't for Apple, there wouldn't be the drive from Google to make a better phone and you wouldn't have a nexus to be proud of.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
I wouldn't buy the lg n4 either as its no better than the galaxy nexus other than better performance with a handful of games an yes so what if it gets quicker updates so does the gnex an I hardly use stock anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] viewtifuljoe71:
I looked into getting one. A good friend of mine has one. I've used it as my daily for a couple of days. Its no better than the Gnex. It also has a slight delay in the screen. I cant quite describe it but, its like it hesitates when you touch the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
Yea one of the xda devs who got 1 described the n4 touchscreen as like warm fuzzy farts with the delay an vibration an said himself he can't notice any performance improvement over his older gnex an the screen colours look horrible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] viewtifuljoe71:
That about sums it up. ;). I don't understand how LG could release a phone that is not better than the previous version. The only thing in the N4 that's better than the Gnex is the processor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
I could Havel mentioned, that I am from Germany.

In Germany you get the n4 for 350 Euro (16Gb Version, from playstore. There are no other options to buy it)

My friend signed a contract with o2 and o2 sells phones with contract, but they want you to pay the list price. So she ended up to buy a Sony Xperia V for round about 550 Euro (split over 24 month payment). I don't see the point there. It is not that she don't want the phone I told her to buy. It is about she asking me which phone she should buy, because she has no clue what's on the market. I tell her which I would prefer and she takes another one. One that is much more expensive and not even as good as the one I told her. And all that just because there is a lg logo on the back. I can't understand such a logic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
Many people overpay their phones because they rather choose the montly rates. Idiotic yes, but thats how it is. Thats why if someone asks me what phone to buy I tell them "the one you think its thr prettiest". If someone asks in that way, they don't care if I tell them which phone to get, because they won't care for my reasons anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Icecoldmeat:
My whole family is telling me all the time their mobile is soo slow, but they don't want to upgrade their Android version (they still use Froyo or Gingerbread), hehe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thin_Bezel:
I have a die hard apple fan friend who has a iphone 4.

Le me, showing off my new GS3

Me:I'm so happy that I bought the GS3. It's so fast.

My friend:Who cares. My iphone 4 is better.

Me: Oh really? Wanna compare them.

My friend:eek:K

After comparing my GS3 with his iphone 4."his iphone failed so hard lol"

My friend: I don't care. My phone is still better

Le me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Do we share the same friend??? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
a lot of my acquaintances have android devices, some are low-end, others middle-mile, and a few with high-end devices.

from those, i was the first one to own a nexus, and after play store went online, some of them bought the device for less than 400€;

some are yakjuxw, others yakju. most ask me about apps (which i can't really talk about, because i only use like 7 or 8 apps for real, all which doesn't fall into that category because they don't get installed for long), some about custom roms, but like 90% don't know the power of the device they got. they only like it because it's pretty. and cheap. :)

i've stopped talking about unlocking, aosp, rooting etc, because they don't care. they only care when their device doesnt get an update or gets worse. they install everything they see, not worrying about the consequences.

in my country, there was no publicity about the nexus. only ones who bought it were the ones who already had experienced the "nightmare" of manufacturers and their slowly updates, and lack of OSS spirit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Same in Germany
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scottspa74:
This is perfect. I concur.

from this PACevo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Legally illegal:
So true! If you are happy with your phone why bother about others' comments!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
I love how every iPhone owner feels as if they are "original" by owning an iPhone. always makes me smile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dilster97:
The first android I have is this one x. Some friends asked me why I didn't get an iPhone 4S and I told them that I didn't like the physical home button, you couldnt get content else where without jailbreaking, and it just felt too small in this day and age to be a high end smart phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thin_Bezel:
All apple fans are the same loooooooooooooooooool ;P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Not all of them. A few ex fanboys are now on androids. 3 of my friends turned to android. One other got in the fingers of apple :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bleach168:
I've stopped bothering. Every time someone asks me why I don't own an iPhone, I just put on a sad face and say I can't afford one. It makes them feel better about themselves and it saves me a lot of headache.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Doomhamma:
Don't bother about your friends dude, IF they are comparing ANY other phone to a nexus, then they are not worth the trouble ... My friend bought a SGS3 few months ago, and was bragging about how cool it is and how fast it is, how things go smooth and things as such ... Then I asked him how much he paid for his phone? He said around 700$ ... Then I went : "Aaaahhh ... 700 $ ... " Then i explained him that he paid DOUBLE the price of a GNexus for only a better camera ... And a bit bigger storage capacity, nothing else ... Ofcourse he didn't belive anything I've told him - so I challanged him to test the speed of our phones, and guess what the outcome was? He wanted a Gnex ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JukeBoxDeNiro:
I'd say doubling the amount of processors, doubling the total RAM, and almost doubling the amount of MP in the rear camera doesn't sound so "not better" to me. Those are pretty noticeable improvements.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] seecay:
My wife went from a Galaxy S (1, the original) to an iPhone 4. She recently upgraded to a GS3 & has sworn off iPhones forever!

Android has come a long way with ICS/JB!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JKan Co:
In my city 70% of people have iphone. they think that they can do evrything,(but when i ask them t send me a photo via bluetooth they shut up). they buy them only for lifestyle and if u search in fb u can see a lot of them showing their ios gadget.

however only 20—30% of thooe who buy expensive phones can use them and develop them, the other percent just waste their money.they dont visit techblogs only advertisments in mass media.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
In my opinion, to buy an iPhone is the modern way to compensate for short pen.... If you don't have enough money to buy a hammer. You know what I mean ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
And better front camera, 8mp back camera, wireless charging ability, GPU is better more than likely. I'd imagine most of the internal components are better even if it's not shown directly through performance but I bet it will run key lime pie better than gnex and quad core is now the new standard for high end

Edit

Isn't the battery bigger then stock gnex too?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JukeBoxDeNiro:
Yeah, the battery is bigger on the N4 also. They (GNex and Nex4) may look similar, but the hardware has most definitely been improved. How is it possible that some people don't notice this? Come on folks, these are Nexus devices, not an iRepeat release.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
The display also is better which I forgot about earlier :rolleyes:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isearchable:
I always like to have the latest gadgets but I can't seem to want to replace my Gnex. I love the AOSP experience and would not go back to Touchwiz.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] salahmed:
And now my friend when they hear about galaxy nexus will be the first phone that will try the Ubuntu OS ... They don't argue with me anymore...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
I will Wait till November/ December and hope the next nexus generation has more usable improvements or more features that I need to have :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
the display is definitely not better

washed out LCD, gross
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewlax120:
i have four friends that have g'nexs one with an s3 and we are all rooted. 1 has a flip phone...lol...and 2 friends have iphones. one is a salesmen's dream and will buy anything marketed to him and the other is like a teenage girl constantly using social media like instagram and twitter who barely knows how to toggle wifi. any time my iphone friends say something about their phones that's new and exciting we just laugh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bar_rodoy:
My friends don't really care what phone they have. Some have the S2,some have the S3 and some have the iPhone. Here in Israel the market is controlled by Samsung and Apple. Most of the people don't really know what android is, they just know what is Galaxy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Last year, sometime around January one of my friends came to me and wanted to show off his all so fresh new feature ( expandable notification bar). He showed it and said: "Is that a cool feature ?" I just replied " Mäh. Android uses it since ancient times. Apple just copied it."

He did not believe me and said something like androids a ****ty device, it just copies all from Apple, I do know nothing and so on....

I answered: "Yeah, Google it hero."

He did. He had never spoken about it again since thenthen :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ynrozturk:
Man, Apple fanboys really are the same aren't they? I have this one guy in my office who kept going on about how his iPhone 4 was better than my Gnex. Then after playing with my phone for a while he was totally hooked. Then he felt bad he didn't have the iPhone 4S, so I made an "S" sticker and stuck it on the back of his phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
I do have one friend that has an iPhone 4S, but he's going to switch back to Android, he just doesn't like the 5 enough :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ajabhi95:
These are the categories that each of my friends are split into: 1.Android lovers-80%

2.iSheep-10%

3.Blackberry Fanatics-9%

4.Girls(All have absolutely ZERO interest in smartphones and tech in general)

5.Nexus-loving Advanced Users(rooting,flashing,modding,etc.)-1%(Me-Forever Alone!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
You literally had a conversation with a brickwall.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ynrozturk:
lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
woman != logic

Tell her to get the prettiest one to her, she'll be a happy bunny.