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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManiacShri:
Neither s3 mini or s advance will get 5.0 that much is assured. Only note 2 and s3 have the hardware to run such a hefty(I'm assuming after seeing the RAM eaten by JB) so it doesn't really matter whether s3 mini or the advance is depends on personal preference only!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
android 5.0 may run....on our device!!! coz 756MB is quite sufficient.....

else we will also have ubuntu and firefox
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Одг: [Q] opinions about Samsung galaxy s advance

One thing is "may run" and another is "Samsung will give it to us".

Sent from Galaxy S Advance
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
@shut_down we wont know until google gives some more DETAILS!!??
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Offcourse, but we can't say Android 5 is comming to our phone for sure. :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
I don't we will get 5.0 update.. maybe S2 may not also get it.. S2 and our phone may get 4.2 update and that would be it!

But I'm just guessing.. the rest depends on Google and Samsung :p
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Closed Force:
discussion about future OS's is almost irrelevant for this topic. you cannot expect from any mid range phone to support many future os's so this won't help him with his dilemma. IMO only relevant thing could be that samsung usually don't support AT ALL models older than approx. 1 year, in favor of selling newer, more expensive models. which is not the case with some other manufacturers
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
HTC is way worse than Samsung......

P.S. I was an X-HTC user
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myrddral:
It doesn't really matter what updates will samsung release, that I've learned while owning an original Galaxy S. The last fw officially relased to it was GB 2.3.6. Right now it rocks Jelly Bean 4.2 stable. (yes, of course CyanogenMod ^^)

It's quiet an old device, but still, the dev support is amazing! And do you know why it's possible? Firstly, sales. More than 10 million sold. More popular device means more devs, usually. Secondly, it's hardware is identical to Google's Nexus S which received an official Jelly Bean and that means source codes released in timely manner to work with!

As for the S Advance, the only problem is popularity. It was an awful mistake to release it with gingerbread instead of already long available ICS. This repels users, who are interested in tinkering with their phone. This means only those few people (and to whom I thank their efforts) are here and capable to do anything with development for our device. Honestly, the list of roms and kernels are short.

On the other hand the chipset is quiet popular and I'm sure other handsets with the same chipset will help somewhat to keep this device up to date for as long as possible.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [.::MDT::.]:
Hi everybody!

I am a fully satisfied Galaxy Wonder I8150 user, however - since I found an offer for the Galaxy S Advance I9070 for about 200€ - I am thinking about changing my phone.

What would you suggest?

Are you happy with the I9070?

I am a bit worried that you do not have many ROMs available - while I8150 has plenty of them and good developers, just to name one, arco! - and it seems to me that the I8150 is not very widespread...

Opinions and discussions are more than welcome, tx.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadvance:
The number 1 advantage in s advance is good value for money and good specs for that price. If specs are your only concern try s3mini . It may be costlier but has more ram. As regards s advance, now after Jb update development has picked up and we do have at 3 least good custom ROMs and other mods. CM10 official may come soon and there will be more ROMs based on it.

But if you are buying a phone now look for something newer as Samsung mostly won't release next android update for advance
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
... And take care with the P version...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [.::MDT::.]:
@ Sadvance: I surely agree with the fact that I9070 seems to be good value for money.

I would go for S3 mini (although I prefer the design of I9070 actually!) but paying 100€ more for having 1GB Ram instead of 768MB is not justifiable imho.

Are there other significant differences between S3 mini and I9070 (I cannot find any other)?

@R_a_z_v_a_n: what do you mean?

Should I look for the P version since it also has NFC reader?

Or should I look for the normal (i.e. NOT P version) because it seems to be more widespread?

Tx a lot.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
According to the Google policy, the S Advance WILL receive the KLP update!

I do not respond to tech support via PM
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
I meant that P version does not have widespread and so no so much support, kernels or ROMs.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadvance:
Dunno if posting this link is against rules . If it is tell me I will delete it immediately.

But the comparison made between the specs is too good here. Just check it once. Price may be quite older though. Also S3 mini has NFC support compared i9070

http://sortable.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-mini-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S-Advance#features
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [.::MDT::.]:
@Shaaan: what do you mean by "according to Google policy"?

I cannot find any official confirmation of KLP for I9070, but if you're right, it'd be great!

@R_a_z_v_a_n: I see, thanks for the info, I thought P version and NOT-P I9070 were compatible; instead they aren't, thanks for letting me know it!

@Sadvance: thanks for the very useful link!

I can now see that the differences are not only in RAM and NFC support, but also in weight (S3 being 9g lighter lol) and in Flash support.

Surely S3 is better, no doubt, but 100€ do not justify this small diffences imho, do you agree?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
My S2 can't register on Network if it loses coverage. It can't re-register.

In this state it shows emergency calls only. 3G data works but not able to make/receive calls.

If I take out the sim and put it into my nokia phone I see that sim registers again.

Then I put it back to my S2 and it starts also working for my Galaxy S2.

Of course it works until it loses coverage. If I go into subway or somewhere else to lose coverage then I have to use my SIM once in my nokia to get it registered again.

My imei is OK. it's same with back of the phone so i don't think that my EFS folder is broken.

I'm on official stock kernel-rom. Not rooted.

I've tried 2.3.4 / 4.0.3 and latest leaked 4.1.2. Behavior is always the same.

It was working fine before. Problem happened after I took a travel and used Airplane Mode. When I landed it started making these problems.

Any Idea?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Modem issue maybe ? (assuming its not a physical problem with the antenna/associated circuitry). Test a bunch of modems out & see if it improves.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
I actually did tried different ones. The one I'm using right now is Norway modem and it's showing the exact same behavior.

I don't think it's physical either. Lose of coverage triggers the issue.

Edit: I'm currently in Norway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
My IMEI is not broken but I just did the following GUIDE to make sure I don't have broken EFS folder:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

Nothing has changed. If my phone was blocked by this country then I'd have no registration at all.

I can make calls recieve SMS etc. I only lose it if coverage is gone. Then phone just stayes as emergency calls only

I also tried to select mobile network manual or automatically.

It's not working either. SIM is working fine with my Nokia and I tried different SIMs from different operators. No change.

The problem is definetely my Galaxy S2. :(

Any other ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postfatal:
It's very unlikely the phone antenna has broken, those things are really really hard to break. There is no way it could break just through use, have you done anything to physically damage the phone? I'd restore your EFS, wipe your data, /format system, and try different ROMs and modems (making sure you get the right IMEI) before you conclude the phone is broken.

If you lose coverage, does it work again if you reset the phone (take the battery out) and then turn it back on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
No physical damage at all. It was in the airplane mode and then I deactivated the airplane mode. That's how it all started.

I didn't have the EFS backed up before the issue started but I followed some guides to repair EFS anyway. Nothing changed.

My IMEI(*#06#) is the same with the one on the back of the phone so no IMEI damage either.

If I lose coverage it won't register not even with reset but it does something strange at the beginning after reset.

It first shows R letter on the signal bar. It gives an error on notifications saying that I lose the data because data on roaming is not activated.

Then few minutes later it just shows Emergency calls only(no R letter on the signal bar)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postfatal:
Well you've done pretty much everything I can think of to do at the user end, without understanding the entire problem (pretty unlikely by just having it described to you) there isn't much more I can recommend, next step would be take it back to the shop and see what they say (i.e i'd take mine back to the o2 store). Maybe something weird and wonderful has gone wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonG:
There is nothing wrong with your phone. There is program called Galaxysim Unlock in play store. This little app should solve your problem. I think there is a thread on xda but cann't find it right now... Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
Thanks for the advice.

I used the app it showed the status "locked" which is strange because I've unlocked my phone before.

Anyway I clicked unlock and paid $2,5 for it.

It now shows unlocked but didn't change anything. It's still the same issue.

I checked the FAQ it says that even if I used another program arlier it should still work but it doesn't.

Any idea why?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
There's one more thing I realized that my /efs folder is read-only.

When I tried to use following GUIDE it asked me to remove my /efs folder(after backup)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

When I tried to remove it I saw that it was Read-Only so I just deleted the content of it.

Does anyone know if this could be my problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JcNeji:
I have the same problem. The only 'solution' I have found is to reflash my rom (I dont lose any data, its just a nuissance)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
What rom did you re-flash? I've also tried few roms but they were all stock roms.

Maybe same one you used would help me too?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JcNeji:
I use Jellybam 4.1.0 with Dorimanx 7.29.

Sometimes (not all the times though) when i lose signal (i.e. in a garage) it wont come back, no matter what I do. All I do then is boot into recovery and reflash the rom, I lose no settings. apps etc etc. It just is really annoying that there is no proper fix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
Thanks for the info but I'll keep trying to find a solution.

Actually this all started when I traveled to a different country. I wonder what will happen if I go back to my home country.

Everything was working all fine. Hope it'll continue to do so :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JcNeji:
If you do find a solution, could you post it here? It would be mucg appreciated.

I already tried flashing multiple other modems but no help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
Here are the things I've tried and none of them worked so far:

I've tried different versions:

4.1.2 leaked and latest ones- XWLSD, XXLS8, XXLSJ

4.0.3 Few of them including one for Norway and my phone's original one: BVLPD (UK T-Mobile )

Old one 2.3.6

I've tried:

galaxysim unlock

GSII_repair

Galaxy_S Unlock

I've tried to recover from my " .nv_data.bak " to " nv_data.bin " file but my IMEI was never broken so didn't help.

I' did backup my EFS folder and tried to remove it so android will re-create it. Then replaced the nv_data files.

I've tried to unmount and mount the EFS folder and tried to make it RW not read-only.(couldn't do this)

I'm still thinking that it may be related to EFS folder being readonly but I'm not sure about that. That's the only thing left to try.

To be able to do that I needed to use adb in recovery mode. I did that with Philz Kernel but I encountered another problem that in recovery /sdcard wasn't mounted.

As I stated it all started with me travelling to Norway but it's not the first time I'm on roaming with this phone.

I'll write here when I get back to Turkey so we'll know if it's only happening here in Norway.

I hope this helps someone. If you ever find a solution please write here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
I think I have an idea why this is happening and it looks like I solved it.

PROBLEM&SOLUTION: When I lose coverage I was trying to manually select operator many times but it never worked. I then used my sim card in my Nokia phone one time to register. When I put it back into my Galaxy S2 everything was working fine I'd just leave the Mobile Operator Selection as Automatic.

Now; when my phone is registered and working OK I manually selected Mobile Norway anyway.

Then I lost the coverage (went into basement lab we have) but this time it shows as following:

When I come back upstairs it was registered again. So just try to manually select your operator when you're registered.

Reason I think this is happening;

This started happening to me with MyCall operator. Which is actually an operator getting service from Mobile Norway (and when I ringed the Customer Service they said they're also getting service from Telenor in some places)

When I lost my coverage my phone was showing "emergency calls only" but for a short time it was also showing R letter on signal bar which means it's in roaming state. eventually R would disappear and even if I'm in MyCall/Mobile Norway coverage again, it wouldn't re-register.

I think my phone just knows that the MyCall sim also uses Telenor infrasturcture so it tries to REGISTER and stay locked in that state.

This was never happening to me when I was using a SIM card which has it's own structure which doesn't get service from another operator.

That's why I think it can be the reason.

Hope it helps others.. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korkete:
Just wanted to give an update that I came back to Turkey and everything went back to normal. My phone has "Select Network Autpmaticly" option.

It's working all normal. Even if I lose coverage and come back to coverage it has nor problem registering again.

So this was only happening in Norway to me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JcNeji:
I switched back to my original modem and the problems dissapeared also, really strange
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] jalle007:
HI

I have some strange behaviour on my daughter mini 2.

After I turn off screen in a few seconds it turn on again.

Bad thing is that happens over night so battery goes off because screen turned on all the time.

Have any idea what is the problem here (probably just my ignorance:confused:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] mkhawx:
Yes, It happend with me sometimes..

I just restart it and it goes well :P

Or may be u have enabled "stay awake while charging" option in settings!

Disavle it if u did. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
some apps may be doing it
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] jonny789:
Link2sd is not fullfilling my all needs.. After getting 190 mb internal full.. I want more.. Plz tell me any rom with this facility.. Or any tweak or technique?? I badly need it..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] sanny5:
Make a partition of SD card and link apps to SD

Just Google how to link to SD

U will get hundreds of results

Prefer xda ones

If u r a noob watch a video after reading the procedure ...

Hit thanks :)

If u still have doubts after doing all this post here ... we can help :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MrJellybean:
use the almighty search tool!!!! search for terms like data partitioning etc. good luck :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] stokeyblokey:
jonny789 I would love to know how you managed that if you are properly using Link2SD - just how many apps have you got installed?!

If you partition the SD using CWM recovery and choose 1024mb and 0mb at the two options (after backing up all data to the pc of course!) then reboot the phone when you open Link2SD it should ask you to confirm the type (EXT2/3/4 or FAT etc) - I pick EXT3 or 4 cos sometimes one won't work and I get an error so just use the other. ;)

You will now have a second (hidden) partition and if you set your default save location to "External" all the apps you install will go to the main partition on the SD card. From there you can move them to internal storage (widgets, system apps like keyboards etc) or (preferably) link files to SD which will move a good chunk of the data to that hidden partition.

I have never come even close to using that 1gb of extra app storage and my internal memory is currently 61% free (73.04mb used, 117mb free). Of course lots of games and apps work just fine from the external storage anyway so you can just leave them there instead of linking them - really it is up to you.

The other way to use link2SD to free up internal memory is the system apps - you can uninstall a fair few of these to free up system memory which you can then use by converting non-system apps to system ones - this moves them from the "internal memory" to the "system memory" and hey presto you have more internal available. NOTE: Uninstalling system apps can bugger up your phone - search and read about it before you do this!

If you have already tried all of this then I apologise and humbly ask you to post a list of your installed apps so that we may all wonder at just how you managed to use all that internal memory lol

Cheers

Stokey
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] grayson73:
Hi,

I'm looking for a 3G only phone for Page Plus and it seems like the Incredible 2, HTC Rhyme, Droid 3, and Droid X2 are the best choices.

From what I've read, only the Incredible 2 and HTC Rhyme will be getting ICS. If that is true, I'll probably get one of those. Anyone know when this will happen and whether it is true?

Which phone is better?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] brokenchains:
It's been a long road so far for us to get any update to ICS, and there haven't been any signs that we'll be getting it soon. The Thunderbolt did get it, which leaves some hope for the Inc2, but it isn't for sure. I don't know about the Rhyme having ICS. As for the other Droids I don't have any experience with them.

All that being said the Inc2 has a really good community so you can be sure that ICS/JB development will continue until the official update, at which point there will be CM10 and MIUI and ROMs you've never heard of. It sounds like... a dream..
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
No to HTC Rhyme and the X2. No no no.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] grayson73:
Thanks, I bought the Droid 3. Now I need to figure out whether to keep it stock or put on a custom rom.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] NeverSeparate:
If you are questioning this you are not worthy of owning an android, for those truly worthy people, it isn't a question of if, but when.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
You must root.
[Android Apps and Games] mb-14:
Description:

This app which shows your phone's battery level in a pop-up floating window on top of other apps. The app is simple but very useful. You can check your battery level while using other apps even when the status bar is inaccessible. The concept is similar to chatheads used in the Facebook Messenger app.

Features:

Auto-start the Floating Battery service on boot.

Drag to bin to close service.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome on this thread :)

Download link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mb14.floatingbatterymeter

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Change log:
30/5/2015
Revamped UI
Added auto-start on boot service

29/9/2013
Changed layout
Removed handler
Uploaded on playstore

22/2/2013
Misc changes

18/2/2013
Changed minimum dimensions of battery window

15/2/2013
UI changes

7/2/2013
Initial release

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[Android Apps and Games] WildmanJoe:
Hi, any option to change the colour/transparency of the battery icon? Also, the smallest battery is still too large (IMO) and I had to use Xposed to change the dpi to shrink it down. Great job btw.
[Android Apps and Games] mb-14:
I'm trying to keep this app as minimalistic a possible. So I wont be adding options to change the color /transparency of the icon. Regarding your second point, I'll decrease the minimum dimensions of the battery window.
[Android Apps and Games] mb-14:
App updated and uploaded on playstore
[Android Apps and Games] mb-14:
Updated to version 1.4

Link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mb14.floatingbatterymeter&hl=en
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
I saw the stock CM10 PLAYER known as the Apollo Music Player....... And I could not find it in the store...... So my question is... Is it compatible with our device or is just CM10 exclusive?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
This one?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5BcG9sbG9CZXRhIl0.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
Nope not that one
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Is it worth bothering?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32682714

:D:D:D
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
What do you use?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I didn't use too much music player on JB, mostly stock. When I was on GB I liked PowerAmp (I like dark minimal, and with it I could set it up to see just seek bar + name of the song and some small things, rest of the screen was black :D ) And it has good equilizer.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carepack:
search for "mort music player"

for me the best.

also

mort widget

mort audio books
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joehanh88:
or this one?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLm9taWNoc29mdC5wbGF5ZXIiXQ..
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frapeti:
It's cm exclusive, u can use Google Play Music, it's pretty much the same, if u still want Apollo try with the .apk file
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnMotass:
Yep, right now i'm using it. What i like of it is that even when my phone is pattern locked, it still shows the media buttons and song name as the album art :D

Oh and i didn't know that could expand the notification. Lol :3 But it's very cool and free.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenFourTwo:
I don't know if you're still looking for an app to use, but I absolutely love goneMAD music player.

This is the trial of it. The unlocker costs $4, but it is by far the best, most simply designed, and feature packed. It even has native tasker support! I've been speaking with the dev and he's looking into find lyric searching and lyric viewing. I really love this app.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
i am using poweramp and i am lovin it!!

Thanks @shut_down for reccomending this app!!