yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
OK, here's the story:

Confirmed there's a change in bootloader with MA5 and that Sammy knows you can't go back.

Well... the bootloader can't. Everything else can - just confirmed via a test flash.

So those of you who haven't pulled the trigger yet, be aware of this change.

I thought about it long and hard and really think leaving the MA5 bootloader in is a wise choice.

Why? The change is not going to go away.

It does not appear to lock out anything othen than an older version - LJC/LK8 can still be exploited by Exynos Abuse.

What I'll do instead is rebuild tars without sboot.bin for LJC and LK8.

Which ones I do are really up to you guys - what do you think you'll need?

I personally think a rooted restore of both ought to do the trick.

If you need an LJC unrooted - Billard's ZIP apparently is working and so I'd recommend that.

Any thoughts from the community?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
I used billards zip and it does in fact work. I tried every other possible way and none of the one clicks or tars worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Basically anything containing an older bootloader will fail after MA5.

Anything that doesn't have this should flash okay.

Unfortunately all of my one clicks had this. :(

So even if you flash Billard's ZIP and then try a one click it will probably fail. (except MA5)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neudof:
3 quick questons if you please :D

1 - Link to zip?

2 - If we needed to return to stock to do a return, would they know after flashing billards zip?

3 - Will those of us with the updated bootloader be able to flash to other roms?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086769

I think it shows up as stock. It also resets the flash counter. I am able to flash other roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
What I have done is use billard64 flash. After that I was able to use the toolkit 3.0 to again to restore it to stock and wipe all signs of ma5. If I didn't use billard64 first, toolkit would fail. I than flashed back to stock ljc via toolkit 3.0 and all is restored back to ljc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Hey! You're RIGHT nearby! (What is it with the Chi-town folks? ;) )

I'll check what stock LJC is on the toolkit and see if it includes bootloader.

If it is then this may be the way to roll it back - would be good news.

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I'm working on an LJC source-based kernel but can't get it to play nice with TWRP.

After things calm down on the leak front I'll be going back to this and other kernel efforts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
It does include bootloader. Howdy neighbor BTW. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Okay, maybe TWRP can force it.

Trying a flash of just the LJC bootloader via test zip.

Then will try an existing LK8 tar and see what happens.

Edit: No dice on just bootloader.

Now curious what else could be at play here.

*Update 2*

I saw in Billard's script that in the zero out process he replaces another boot partition.

So I've created test #2 that does just sboot.bin and his recovery script.

Don't think I'll have time tonight but will test first thing tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nikonx:
Flashed the MA5 modem zip and I'm getting terrible data speeds. Oh well.

Can someone please point me to the stock LJC modem zip? I've tried searching and can't seem to locate it.

OP and team: Thanks for your work getting these leaks out!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sleshepic:
Thank you Garwynn for your time and efforts on our device. Anyone that looks at your activity on Xda would quickly see you are all over the place, helping multiple devices - which is incredible. Thank you for making ours one of them :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
All modems are available at www.rwilco12.com. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cyclonut:
Anyone whose flashed (ma5) this...is there an option to turn off or did they change the screen on when an sms is received?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
OK, I didn't like leaving this as it was so here's a fix.

HUGE

thanks to Billard412 for his LJC stock restore .ZIP as it is what I used to make this one.

May not be the final version of it as I'd like to see if it can be tweaked.

http://garwynn.rainmotorsports.net/L900/BLFixTest4.zip

Flash Instructions (Tested using TWRP):

1) Download .zip and copy to SD card. Internal should also be okay.

2) Reboot to TWRP. Flash zip. DO NOT REBOOT TO SYSTEM.

3) Press the Home soft key and then Reboot, then Reboot Recovery.

This will launch Billard's special recovery that opens up access to the bootloader and replaces it.

This also zeros out the binary counter and replaces with LJC stock kernel and recovery.

When I tested this it rebooted automatically to ROM without any issues.

4) Reboot to Odin mode and flash your desired OC.

If you want to flash via TWRP you'll need to re-flash it.

Minor Note:

I tested both LJC and LK8 after this - full restores are fine, nodata went into boot loop.

So if you're going to do this I must recommend do a restore back to an older version.

I'm sending a link to this post to Billard as well - hoping he may have an idea on how to automate the reboot in Step 3.

And would be nice if we could restore the previous kernel and recovery.

My hope is it's just a matter of dumping somewhere and restoring afterwards.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] The Real Sitek:
Beautiful!

-Team Nocturnal Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Also... if you want to stay on MA5 after reverting bootloader just reflash kernel and TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
Does anyone happen to have the stock recovery handy? Going to switch to twrp but wanted stock backup and can't find a repository that has both. Btw..big thanks to all you guys who've put this together and ironed out the kinks almost immediately!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
I can make a tar tomorrow. Or you can flash a nodata version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
A tar would be great! Hey sincerely garwynn, thank you for everything man!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Hmm. Just thought of something. Try flashing ma5 root nodata and let it boot to system. Then reboot to download mode and flash a custom recovery. Let it boot back to rom and if the process wasn't modified it should restore the MA5 stock recovery!

Forgot this was an update.. can guarantee a zip tomorrow. Tar if dump will flash okay.. if not will have to look into more.

Sorry for the confusion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
Good idea you got it, will do. If a tar wouldn't be too much trouble could you still toss one my way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
Gotta love that recovery-from-boot.p sometimes. Other times better to rename it out of the way. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fupidstucker:
Benchmarks

Here are the before and after benchmark tests when I made the jump from ljc to ma5. Just thought I would share them for reference to performance differences.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] neudof:
17991 on antutu on ma5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] garwynn:
You good now or still need me to dump and pack?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
Got too late to try your suggestion and I don't want to trouble you with more work for a tar bud. I can try the reflash tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks for the help!! :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] MoHoGalore:
(Psssst. Gar's a machine. You should see him work. Quick as all get out)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
Haha I've noticed! He's a damn soldier!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashofasho:
Does anyone have this case? Can you post some pictures, I am debating between this or the clear one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-SMOKE...782973?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5aecf8c4fd
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
I have the white one if u would like those pics.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
That would be awesome.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashofasho:
I saw your post in the other thread after searching, no need to post here unless you want to =] thanks for posting them btw
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
I have this exact case. I'll try to post some pics soon.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
Here ya go looks like someone with the exact case is gonna show some pics too :thumbup:

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashofasho:
Any particular reason why you chose the clear instead of the smoke?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
I wanted the back to be more visible. But this case shows the back perfect but no sparkle effect. Much like the poetic atmosphere case just not uneven and blotchy like the atmosphere case is.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
You can clearly see the Nexus and LG logo, but cannot see the glitter flakes.

The TPU part is all matte, not fully/partially glossy like most others.

The buttons are a bit mushy, so I cut a slit underneath the power and volume buttons for a slightly "clickier" feel.

I'm not sure if you can see in the picture, but the top and bottom of the front lip is higher than the sides of the front lip.

The lip is low enough on the sides that I'm not bothered by it when swiping from the sides of the screen.

Cutouts are all perfect.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashofasho:
man...i really like how both the clear and smoke look. can't choose!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kazliux:
how it's hard to remove/to put back on?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
The case is very easy to install and remove. If you are familiar with tpu cases, this one is just slightly more difficult because it seems like a more rigid tpu.

You won't have any difficulties.

I also have an XO skin on the back, and the smoked plastic does not stick to it.

No "waterspots" are created.

The case did lift my front, full cut XO screen protector.

I recommend a case fit version or those regular hard plastic ones that doesn't cover the entire glass.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdoane:
Thank you all so much for posting this case. I've been looking for one like this for months. Just ordered the clear one.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
Good choice. Great case BTW it has great protection and doesn't push my screen protector back at all. I have a BSE case optimised protector.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elsydeon:
Nice looking case, but is that a stress crack that's appearing near the camera cutout?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
It is a slight imperfection from the molding process. It is noticeable in direct light, but has not bothered me enough to request a replacement. It would take a good amount of impact to break or crack this plastic. The surface is completely smooth where the imperfection is. Ebay cases..... you get what you pay for....:rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdoane:
Is that the smoke or clear version? Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
Smoke
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 309041291a:
I should have got the frosted back....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashofasho:
What did you get? And how come you want the frosted back?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdoane:
Thanks for the heads up. Between this and your post in the other thread I went ahead and ordered the smoked one too.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
Just thought I would share this I put myself on the waiting list.

https://www.rearthusa.com/google-nexus-4-hybrid-fusion-case

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Pr3mier:
Yeah it looks really nice, but it has a glossy front lip. Just being picky...:cool:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownJeffBrown:
Yes I saw that too but it looks OK I guess. I would like it better if it wasn't glossy though

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JN9391:
I'm thinking about getting that case with a dbrand leather or titanium skin. I can't wait for it to go back in stock :)
[Focus General] focus314:
Hi everyone, my apologies if this is in the wrong forum (I'm new here). I had flashed my Samsung Focus 1.3 with the Clean Rom 3.05 (WP 7.8) yesterday without any issues. However, today when I tried streaming music to the car using Bluetooth, I noticed some sound distortion.

At first I thought Zune may have downgraded the quality of my mp3s, and so I transferred them again after making sure the audio conversion was not selected. Unfortunately, the crackling and distortion was still there. To make sure it wasn't my speakers, I switched to a different audio source and music played without any distortion even at loud volumes. I also felt that the bluetooth streaming quality was better prior to flashing the custom rom.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve my bluetooth streaming? If not, is there a way to switch back to the factory rom?

Thanks for any advice you can provide!
[Focus General] voluptuary:
Hi, thx for pointing this out. I made some changes to some A2DP settings in my HD2 ROM in an effort to stabalize it a bit (HD2 has issues) and I carried them over to this ROM (something that I will remove in my next build) but to change the values back you can delete the following registry entries.:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\A2DP\Settings]
"BitPool"=dword:1E
"MaxSupportedBitPool"=dword:50
"UseJointStereo"=dword:1
[Focus General] focus314:
That's fantastic news!! I love the work you did on the Clean ROM and was hoping I could keep it rather than flashing back to the factory rom!

Are there instructions on how to go about making this registry edit? I would really appreciate it!

Also, are these values the "default" A2DP settings found on the stock Samsung focus?

Thanks again!
[Focus General] voluptuary:
The value I posted above aren't set at all in the factory ROM so just removing them should be fine. I would use Root Tools to do the edit. It can be found over in the WP7 Dev forum.
[Focus General] focus314:
I removed the registry entries and it seems like that helped a lot!! Thanks again!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
Hello.

I have recently downgraded to Gingerbread 2.3.6, to unlock my phone because of a prevoius incident that required me to insert a Network Unlock Code.

I had to pay $50 to get it unlocked. It should be permanent, right?

Nope.

After my downgrade to gingerbread i updated it via OTA, which locked my phone again.

I would really like to upgrade to ICS any suggestions on how to do that? While keeping my unlocked status.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Have you tried galaxy s unlock or galaxy sim unlock from the playstore?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
I have used the galaxy s unlock in gingerbread and i want to uograde to ics. But when i updated via an ota it relocked.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Yes. Use it again on ics. Or the other app I mentioned. One works . If the phone is locked, use it. If it's unlocked and you want to take chances, go ahead.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
I updated via Mobile Odin with Evaroot as well. It worked fine and i also installed the galaxysim unlock and it worked!

After updating to ICS i got another little update but when i install it reboots into recovery i think and shows the little android with the spinny cog. Then it suddnly reboots and says update has failed. Try the PC software (Kies).

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
If you are rooted and have a different kernel ota will not work
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvinhaw:
OMG $50 ？so u should request for update as well.

if later flash again still lock that's is ur luck.

now u can flash it via Mobile odin or using kies to update that's all.

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i think u should use a latest safe kernal >PhilZ-cwm6 n do a efs backup incase accidentally lock again

find out ur version n install safe kernal from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191
[Motorola Droid Bionic] reigndropz:
Whats up guys.I have been doing my research and searched all of XDA and other sites for the past couple days and I am finally going to post so hopefully someone can help me.I flashed .236 on my Bionic and had my number ported over. After hours and hours of programming and re-programming, I finally am able to make calls and text. The problem is, above where my signal is, there is a flashing triangle, which I assume is roaming and I do not have any internet access whatsoever. I have tried so many different configurations but cannot get it to 3G. Can anyone offer some good advice as to what I can try? Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kkt12:
try this:

1. Open the dialer.

2. Dial *#*#4636#*#* (*#*#info#*#*).

3. Open "Phone information".

4. Scroll down and locate the button that reads "Turn off radio". Click this button.

5. From the same screen, set the preferred network type to "CDMA auto (PRL)".

6. Use the button again to turn the radio back on.

7. Wait for a while, at least half an hour.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriscrisis81:
I've been having a problem downloading pictures or files from the internet. It will just constantly pop up in the notification bar as "download unsuccessful" immediately. Anyone else had this problem, know of a fix?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonywilk:
Downloading files from a browser on the Galaxy SIII

I had exactly the same problem; trying to download .pdf files from my home server. In fact, ANY type of file just resulted in "download unsuccessful" - even a 'test.txt' file linked on a page would open in the stock browser but wouldn't download. Annoyingly, I _could_ download files from an externally-hosted website of mine.

- many hours pass as I think it's some setting on either the SIII or my Synology NAS box web server -

The Solution:

As found on several sites... use another browser!

BUT:

I tried Chrome on the SIII and it wouldn't download files either.

Looking more closely, the "download unsuccessful" notification for e.g. MyPDFfile.pdf would show as "<Untitled>" using Chrome in 'Other downloads' and "MyPDFfile" (i.e. without the .pdf extension) in 'Internet downloads' using the stock browser.

Then I tried Opera Mobile - this worked fine.

Note that Opera doesn't generate notifications and downloads don't appear in the Downloads app's lists, they just get sent to Files: /storage/sdcard0/Download.

Conclusion:

I think there's some incompatibility between some web servers and the various browsers, if you find you can't download a particular file, try another browser. However, it may be that no single browser will work all of the time.

Note:

I came across several sites suggesting clearing data and cache from several apps on the 'phone - I tried all these several times and had no success with any of them.

Yours,

TonyWilk
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perrako47:
I'm still desperately fighting the beast of Nexus 7 lag (since my Galaxy Nexus seems to be consistently smoother). I'm running Smooth ROM with Stock (tried Bricked) and it seems occasionally, such as when awoken from a long sleep, the tablet gets real choppy and unresponsive. I installed CoolTools to try to track down the culprit, and it looks like high I/O usage. Is there a process monitor that will show per-app I/O usage so I can keep diagnosing this? So far the closest I've gotten is that mmcqd seemed to be running while the tablet got choppy.

(I've run LagFix, factory reset, etc. I don't think this is the TRIM issue)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
Try latest motley kernel, it runs great on smoothrom. Use trickster app to tune
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidkid311:
I couldn't agree more for motley. Running it with cm10.1 and its BEAST!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buddhatown:
Just curious to know if you ever found something that would show show per-app I/O usage? I can see that my issue is 100% disk io...just cant seem to get any more specific than that though.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redmonke255:
What launcher are you using? I used apex for a while and kept noticing lag, then switched to nova and everything is faster.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eMPee584:
Android's java-based architecture results in huge amounts of data (mostly, dalvik and DEX files) being shoved around all the time. Persistent "Google Mobile Services" and all the apps triggered to load by intents (such as connection or screen state change) can cause a steady IO of 50MiB/s and more.

It is stupid by design & I hate it.

I very much hope libhybris/wayland based alternative linux-on-android distros make it to as many devices as possible ASAP.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eMPee584:
also because apps get kicked out of memory all the time even with 1GiB of RAM.. android's memory waste is beyond ridiculous, it's truely horrendous.

I mean, even SystemUI is kicked out sometimes, and the lockscreen has to reload. Also the input handling lag that can occur .. indeterministic random lagging, congratulations ^^

---------- Post added at 08:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------

actually thinking of it, a vast part of the app baggage is also the tracking, spamming and obfuscation stuff... and no shared dynamic libs for apps. What an techno-aesthetic fail.

Had Google decided to support native linux and enforce a new business model - mandatory Open Source - oh how cool things could be.

But regardless, everyone will switch to open source in the long run anyway, and self-coding AI not need no license terms..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunterk:
Hi guys,

As title says, I just lost my lock screen after flashing the official jb. After made few tests and feedback from various people, here what I've done to solve my problem. I just want to share with everyone. So I'm making this guide as noob as I can.

All this done from terminal apps (download from play store) and yes, rooted phone is mandatory. Type in to terminal emulator everything I wrote below (each line mean new command, press enter to execute):

su

cp /efs/imei/keystr /efs/imei/keystr.bak

echo ON >> /efs/imei/keystr

chmod 0744 /efs/imei/keystr

chown 1000.1000 /efs/imei/keystr

reboot

p/s: you might received an error after entered cp command because you don't have any keystr file, so just ignore it. If no error, mean you just created backup file of keystr named keystr.bak, you can restore it later by using this command:

mv /efs/imei/keystr.bak /efs/imei/keystr
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
What you mean you lost your lockscreen?

And by Official JB you mean Stock Official 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunterk:
Re: Official JB - Lock screen not working

I'm unable to lock my screen. I've used stock official LS8, wanam LS8 based and neat LS8. Seems the problem just with LS8 but not with LSJ
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Did you check the lock screen settings?

If so, flash stock 4.1.2 (now that is hot).

Oh....you already been there. That's not a bug, no bug can be present in 3 diffrent roms.

Re-flash, wipe all data & see if it pops up again.