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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] S2svetko:
This is the case my wife and I have. I have the black one and she has the white one. The black shows fingerprints. I like the white one better.

It will not protect your phone from a drop. It is really only good for stopping scratches on the back and sides.

I probably wouldn't buy it again.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] randpost:
My wife had/has a bodyglove slim TPU case and cracked her screen on her first drop with case on (we have already replaced her phone through Asurion twice now from drops). I believe that case and cases like it are created to add grip and protect from scratches and normal wear while adding almost no bulk, not to protect from fall damage. For that purpose the case is magnificent.

I believe it's the same with the hard slim cases. I have a Rearth white slim case and dropped my phone from my desk onto carpet and the case popped off. It wasn't a high fall and it was on carpet so I had no damage, but I can't see it doing anything for me protectionwise if I dropped it on concrete or blacktop etc.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Beowulf_pt:
There's no exact science for that. It really depends on how the phone drops, the surface, the case and even other factors like if you have a heavier extended battery or not.

I had a Galaxy S2 for 18 months, never had a case or screen protector. I dropped it a few times and never had any problems except a few scratches on the corners/plastic. One day I just dropped it again, from hip-height, somehow it landed almost horizontally face-down and cracked the glass (that's what brought me to the Note 2 forum).

A decent bumper case would probably have saved it, by absorbing some of the energy of the fall and probably not allowing direct contact with the floor (most have a 2mm lip over the glass). Even those might not work if you drop it on a pebble or similar.

Bottom line is, a slim case will offer some protection and might save you in specific falls, but offers no guarantee at all.

In the case of the Note 2, I'm definitely using at least a bumper case mostly because it will probably reduce the probability of dropping it. The original body is wide, long and very slippery, with the buttons on the edge, perfect scenario for drops. A rubberized case gives a much better grip and is less likely to fly off my hand as the SGS2 did that day.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] RTC88:
It's actually advantageous to have the case "pop-off" because it increases the impulse time of the fall. This allows the energy of the fall to be distributed over a longer period of time. Some cases are actually designed to do this. An analogy would be how modern car bumpers crumple versus how older car bumpers are solid and rigid. The passengers are much less prone to injuries even though the car may look worse off.

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As the previous poster stated, it really depends on the angle/point of impact. Due to the size of the screen, it is much more prone to cracking. This is just the nature of a device this size regardless of gorilla glass or any current synthetically hardened glass (with such a slim profile).
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] SenK9:
I had a Belkin thin plastic case (rubbery feel, non flexible) for an iPhone and dropped it on gravel from arm height before. The case dented noticeably but the infamously fragile phone held up.

I'm sure it was mostly luck, but the case being able to absorb, crumple and dissipate the kinetic energy around instead of it being concentrated into one small point on the phone probably helps.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] cal3thousand:
I can't speak for the slim cases, but during the Holidays, I was sick (and medicated) and dropped my phone 4 times in one day :silly:

All of them were about waist high straight onto tile landing a different way each time. The combination hard plastic / TPU case I bought from china somewhere held up like a champ. No scratches, no dings.... nothing. Phone looks like the day I got it. It's not perfect, but it has done the job. I can guarantee that I would have had some type of regretable damage if it were not for the case that one day.

Only 2 gripes with the case:

1) The clear plastic hard part that covers most of the case scratches easily, so I have those circular swirls that you see all over black cars that are washed with crap towels.

2) The white part that runs around the edges like a bumper stains easily and has a slight blue tint due to my jeans.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170929265375&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:C:US:3160
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MiguelHogue:
I had a ringke slim case dropped it from 3 feet and my phone slid down the drive way after the fall. Not a single scratch on the phone.. I guess it's just all how you drop it

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] naimmkassim:
Short answer..non ;)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] dan_tm:
We've only dropped our Note 2s a few times, but we had standard tpu cases on our G2Xs for the previous 18 months. Those phones got dropped all the time, and we never had a screen crack or scratch. Tpu isn't a lot of protection, but it's a heck of a lot better than a naked phone. It softens the landing and distributes the impact just enough. I still don't want my 3 year old playing with my phone over concrete, but aside from that, I don't worry too much.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] IsolatedAbyss:
How about metallic bumpers (without any casing)? How much protection would they offer?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ludester:
This is the case I had for my S2 and now have for my Note 2. My S2's was white and as you mentioned it did stain. My Note2's is black so I cannot see the stain lol!

I love it, its grippy on the side and I'm confident if I drop it it will protect is most drop scenarios.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] cal3thousand:
Might have to get a black one myself
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
Just got this delivered and managed to get to work in neogeo emu. Has different modes

Native, keyboard, mouse touchscreen control and icade which is for apple devices but noticed bluezime on play store supports icade so another option if i run into compatibility problems.

SG deadzone seems to not set keys properly for me i thought one of sticks is not centre but tried on other input settings like in emus and i can set fine there.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Shark87:
Good to know. I had been wondering about how it works since people seem to be unable to get it tow work on 4.2 (there is a thread on this controller in the general accessories section of the forum). I'm a little disappointed that SG Deadzone isn't mapped correctly though. Is there anyway to map the keys via the game settings?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
Well it seems a bit iffy if you change the mode but i found that you have to unpair connection then repair and turn pad on and back on. Should work in new mode then.

Bluezime i couldn't figure out how to use icade though.

dead zone may be just being glitchy as it said wasn't responding after trying to set pad. Thought it was setting fine until fifth option said joystick axis then any other did. Thought stick was maybe issue but only happened on that so...

Ps3 pad proberly better but not as portable

so i try to set keys again on deadzone. as soon as i click either dpad or left stick i get y axis -7 which overwrites any button i click to change. I tested Mario in n64oid and was able to set anolog stick as anolog and dpad as dpad. No right stick though lol

Managed to set keys on dead zone using dpad as movement. I presume left stick deadzone is iffy on mine and due to setting on game. Right stick works for aim. Which the item and weapons were 1 button not 3 as i can only pick 2 of each
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
been messing with apps for more compatibility.

i would recommend gamekeyboard. go thru setup and then select quick settings pick bt controller > joystick. Scroll down settings and uncheck use blueime service for Bluetooth. You wanna pair device normally to gamepad mode " x and home".

Then go to hard key mapping. The sticks and dpad are set fine you need to press a scroll down set to gamepad a. So for GTA i just set a b x y buttons and l2 r2 on trigger.

Hope this helps.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
Actually after a week the rubber clips fell off. I wouldn't recommend this now to anyone. Just get a sixaxis
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Michealtbh:
I bought one of these today on eBay for £15. Some people in the other thread have said quite a lot of games (including Shadowgun) work fine natively. It's worth a try at £15 anyway, no big deal if it's rubbish
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
Yeah may work fine for you I had to set movement to dpad though but worked fine. Think my left stick not dead center or maybe you wilk have same prob. Right stick worked fine and there not bad little nubs.

I would recommend make sure you max out the grip as it has a heavy spring and only just fits. That's why my rubber stick grips fell off I was dragging thru grip. Hold top bit so it doesn't clamp. So don't clip lol
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Michealtbh:
Have you tried Dead Trigger with it?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
yeah read previous post. i could not set left stick so used dpad for movement.

Stick works fine in other games

For GTA vc use gamekeyboard app and remap a b x y sect sticks work anyway in gta
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Michealtbh:
Finally got mine, Shadowgun and Dead Trigger work fine. In GTA I can run around using the sticks but can't do anything else, I'll have to try with Game Keyboard
[Nexus 4 Accessories] jimmyhauser:
Whenever I connect it to my n4 it breaks WiFi. 3g will work but I have to turn off WiFi or I get no internet.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Michealtbh:
Works fine for me

Available for £17 at Amazon UK now http://amzn.to/141oiy1

Or in white for £19 http://amzn.to/15Jl56f

Here's a thread in the general accessories section about it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2033780
[Nexus 4 Accessories] brainbeatuk:
About WiFi issue so do I I guess it interferes as my WiFi 5ghz band doesn't get interference
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] csmall:
What modern seems to be the best overall? Also, how can I be sure what modem I'm using right now?

I'm currently running cyanogen nightly 10.1 01/16/2013
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dsmboost:
There is no best modem overall. Different modems will give you different results based on your location.

To check what you have, go to settings > about device > baseband version (baseband = modem)
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
Faux123.. One of the great kernel devs has started supporting our device! U can verify this by checking his git. With other great devs like pongster, simone, andreilux, glewarne.. The future looks very very good!! :D

Edit1: morfic gets a note II Too..

Furure looks brighter hahaha
[Galaxy Note II General] darkteb:
Screenshot
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
Thats what i am talking about.. This is going to be epic!
[Galaxy Note II General] EdgaBimbam:
hmmm i would like to see if all kernels devs would join together (gokhan,andrei,faux, simone and etc.) and would try to make superb kernel :D ofc it is only dreams
[Galaxy Note II General] Simone:
OMFG.

Faux on both of my phones. This is fauxing awesome. Faux yeah!
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
Precisely my reaction! I missed him after i switched from the one x!
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
I am hoping for a dual-boot kernel hope it will be soon available :D
[Galaxy Note II General] AndreiLux:
This would be his first venture outside of his Qualcomm world so don't expect any wonders at first.

In cases where reputation preceeds the actual work it mostly ends up in something disappointing... At least faux does some original work as opposed to some clueless cherry-pickers people already mentioned here, even if it raises some eyebrows of some devs I've talked to including me about the benefit of any if those changes.

At least I'm happy if there's somebody which would invest some energy in bringing up the Linux scheduler up to date.
[Galaxy Note II General] yahyoh:
YAY always nice to see great dev's developing for Gnote2 :D

BTW Codeworkx got note2 yesterday too :p
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
Yeah though its the lte version. Still practically the two devices minus some stuff are the same so we will reap the benefits too!!!!

Andreilux just the fact that we hav great devs like u and faux. Smells so much like awesome dev for the device!
[Galaxy Note II General] moonjak:
Until other phone manufacturers realize to use huge batteries i think the future looks bright, cause demand. It's just epic to use phone without worrying battery run out on the move. At least for me this is first phone I don't need to turn off anything to make phone last till I'm back at charger.
[Galaxy Note II General] kryptoner:
Even codeworkx got 7105... seems like 7100 owners will also benefit when he starts development on cyanogenmod
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
It definetly will!
[Galaxy Note II General] KLUVJ:
no one has a probable time frame we'll see kernels from faux right? getting real excited for him lil
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
Sadly no.. Not yet... Though he is a fast dev.. Nd this is the first exynis for him.. So..

It should be arnd the corner!!
[Galaxy Note II General] aamitabh28:
news!!

MORFIC.. One of the best devs around.. Also bought a TMO note II and will most likely build kernels for us!

He is a very famous kernel dev for the nexus devices.

The increasing popularity of the device is nice to see

This device should have awesome development
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] düdldihüü:
So, I flashed the official and stable CM 9.1.0 on my girlfriend's Xperia mini. Everything works perfectly and smoothly. The only problem is that background data don't work as expected. They are activated, Wifi is set to always on during standby. Here is what happens (Wifi ON): When the screen is off, the device seems to partly deactivate background data (?). It receives emails/WhatsApp messages on an irregular basis, instead of being connected all the time. At least that's how it seems. I checked for it the following way: I sent messages with my phone and then checked how long it takes the mini to receive the message. It took between 2 and 14 minutes, most of the time around 4-6 minutes. So it seems like it either has connectivity issues or issues with the background data. But that is only with the screen off. When the screen is on, none of that seems to happen. I don't know if that happens with 3G as well, yet, as I didn't have the chance to grab the phone to do more testing.

Does anyone have a hint what the reason for this might be? I can do more testing in the next days but as it is not my phone I don't know when this will be (probably Friday).

Edit: I forgot to mention that this was not the case with the official Sony 4.0.4 ROM that was on the phone before.
[LG Optimus 3D] loll:
All is in the title ... Some custom rom have translate in french (that's what i need) but not a fully translation of entire rom ...

It's really difficult to add languages ?? Or you have no time ?? If the problem is time i can do something if there is a guide ...

Srry for my bad english ;D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terramoto:
Hey, i've flashed cwm on my tablet recently but i dont know what to do now. I have the android 2.3 installed and i want to install ICS, my device is not/was not supported by the recovery, can i install any ICS on the forum? Do i need a specific one? Should i make my own port?

Also, i was able to root the device (the gingerbreak reboot) and i have access to / and was able to install CWM but most apps say i dont have root, is there anything i can do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdfzhi:
First rule is u never ever, ever install anything not for your device. Doing so, probably a hardbrick is waiting along the corner.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terramoto:
So, even if i install CWM i wont be able to install any ROM? Cant i just pick a ROM for other device and port it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdfzhi:
yes u can port a rom from another device if the the original device got almost identical hardware to yours. but that is not an easy job.

or u could build rom from source if u capable of, more chance of fixing bugs than ported rom. cm source is freely available on github, cm9 to be precise if you're looking into getting ics rom. cm7 (gb) would be easier because u already got stock gingerbread rom.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] WeandDroid:
Hey! I'm developing a ROM for galaxy y duos. and currently need systemui, build.prop and framework. can anyone please upload these files? Thanks :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Deadly:
My PC is dead currently... and I'm on custom rom.. so can't give you stock files..

But get it from here..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30610375

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Falling Doesn’t Make You a Failure, Staying Down Does
[Nook Touch General] ipedro3:
Hi folks,

I think would be more helpful if a good soul share a NST backup image beyond the NSTGL available in this post (posted by me). I dont have the NST, but is very easy to remove the ROM partition, just delete with MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Many people, when rooting Nook, dont do propperly the backup.

Can anyone donate a backup image? :good:

Thanks in advice.
[Nook Touch General] michokun:
Thank you

I recovery rom partition but just only files not partition exactly. I just create a Fat partition format in partition number 2 and put those files in there and voila it works after second reboot.

Thank you very much!
[Nook Touch General] belomfautor:
ROM deleted

Great !

What can i do when deleted my ROM - Partition ? - I forgot a backup argh !
[Nook Touch General] ipedro3:
Hi, you can do this:

-Recovering Partitions of a NSTG Accidentaly Formated:

Write noogie.img in a SD Card with WinImage (run as Administrator)

Insert SD in Nook and Boot ("Root Forever")

Open as Administrator MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Select Nook drive and click in "Partition Recovery Wizard".

Do a copy of "rom" partition to another SD card (or format noogie card and paste rom)

Click in "Apply" (top bar in the left) and wait complete the modifications
[Nook Touch General] thanmeo78:
Please Guide me

I don't understand this step:

-Writing the "rom" partition

This step will put the personal information back in NSTG. Your NSTG must have to booted with noogie (showing "Root Forever") and the SD with "rom" partition attached in card reader.

Open MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Copy from SD "rom" partition to the second space in nook disk (in the unlocated espace between "boot" and "factory" partitions)

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Do you have any video show the way to do that?

Or you can divide into smaller step

I completed write the image to NOOK already but cannot follow the Step 2 when using Minitool Partition Wizard, now my device is still brick :(

Please help :crying:
[Nook Touch General] thanmeo78:
Now I understand the way

But when I write the image to Nook, I don't see the .rom partition?

What I need to do to display the .rom partiion?

Please help

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Could you please export the format partion of SD card which have .ROM partion to an .img file?

:cowboy:
[Nook Touch General] thanmeo78:
I have successully restore my NOOK after restore my fail backup image --> it show .rom partiion

Thanks a lots :)

Luckily for me when you created that Thread

Thanks a lots again

A Friend from Vietnam :)
[Nook Touch General] bestcaster:
hi everybody,

I have a NST, without back up :rolleyes:

I've removed all partition with mini tool partition and now my PC can't see the NST when I connect it wit USB cable.

I've read a lot of tread, but no one solution works....

please, can some of you help me?

Is there a way to use the NST by booting it only from SD?

Thank you all
[Nook Touch General] Michael_HH:
Hello,

I have the same problem after trying to root my Glowlight Nook. Can anybody send be an instruction or links to download the needed Images ?

Thanks
[Nook Touch General] saphira_43:
Thank you!

oh my god! you are the most awesome person alive! ever!

I got this as a birthday gift,and spoilt it on my first day!

Now,its back! *phew*:good:
[Nook Touch General] hobbypunk90:
hello,

have a big problem :( i bricked my NSTG i think :( on boot i only get an "install failed" i dont have a backup of the rom partition, but i have the rombackup.zip, is this enough for recovering? what have i to do now? i followed this tutorial, but it didnt help :(

greets,

marcel
[Nook Touch General] aknas22:
Thanks for the post. I was able to unbrick my Nook Simple Touch Glow after doing something similar to what you did, ipedro3, creating a 75mb backup. My Nook is awake but won't connect to the computer properly unless there is an sdcard inserted. I use Calibre to send books to my Nook and Calibre thinks that my sdcard is the main memory of the Nook. I hope this makes sense and that someone has some advice.
[Nook Touch General] cukem10:
I have the same problem. I think the internal storage has some sort of problem so the device cannot connect to the partition. Can someone help please.

The device works but when we go to Setting/Device Info, the Available Storage shows "Not available" instead of the storage of the partition.
[Nook Touch General] aknas22:
Does anyone have any new ideas on how to fix this?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
You may have trashed the /media partition.

You can check and/or fix that with noogie and PartitionMagic.

You can check and/or fix that with ADB shell.
[Nook Touch General] cukem10:
Thank you

Thank you very much for replying.

As I have noogie and Partition Magic, I will try to fix it. I have very limited knowledge about this so I am a little nervous.

I have both Windows and Ubuntu on my laptop so can you please write a tutorial for this issue?

Thank you very much. At least I know the tools that I need to have.
[Nook Touch General] yeahman45:
Many many thx man!! i have followed your instructions and it is booting now... it is asking me to configure my nook now!!! THX!!!

question when i copied my saved ROM partition to the nook, i had to resize it to 15mb as you said but now my nook ROM partition is 15mb... does it matter?

how do you do a factory reset? you said boot 8times? what does that mean? should i actually do a factory reset?.... I assume that i need to root my nook again also?
[Nook Touch General] yeahman45:
when i connect the nook with my pc via usb mode, it shows 2 removable drive but none is accessible.. it's empty (2nd one probably cuz i don't have sd card inserted) but my nook drive is no more accessible??

I have done a factory reset also.

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how to do it with partition magic?
[Nook Touch General] aknas22:
I'll try to fix this week too. Have you had any luck?
[Nook Touch General] drnchauhan:
NST backup image

Thank you ipedro3 for this guide that many people are having some success with.

I have a NST and was wondering whether anyone has provided you with a NST backup image? As I am one of many who have not created a proper backup and would love to try your solution for my now bricked nook simple touch.

drnchauhan