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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
I'm still using stock ROM, i'd like to install a custom ROM but i'm reading that you have to have Clockworkmod to do a successful install.

When i check in the files of the phone (sd card) i can see the clockwordmod folder in there there but still can't get it to boot into cwm recovery, only the Samsung recovery and I've tried the volume up home and power button so many times but no success.

Why do you think it worked when i first rooted the phone and not now?

this is frustrating, thanks for the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
Yes I've tried 3 times via Odin, i can't remember where i got the cmw file from, it's a tar file (clockworkmod.TAR), the part i don't understand is why when i first rooted the phone in August cwm worked, i used it to install the root and now after trying to install it again 3 times i can't get it to work.

I'm using the stock ROM, not jelly bean.

thanks for any help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
I've tried it with "auto reboot" check and without but still no luck. Like i said it reboots in the Samsung rm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
No i have not, i can't find where to get it for galaxy S3 at&t! would you know where i could find it?

Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Download goo manager app and open that. There will be an option to "install open recovery" in the menu. Voilà a superior recovery that's easier to use

You can even use it to boot into recovery or install the new update for it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alexandre-P:
Easiest way to install TWRP is using GooManager from the Play Store.

1. Open GooManager.

2. Press the menu key to open the contextual menu, and select Install OpenRecoveryScript.

3. The app will ask you to confirm you really want to install a new recovery image.

4. GooManager searches for the correct TWRP build for your device. Look at the Filename line, it should display openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-d2att.img for AT&T or openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-d2can.img for Rogers/Bell/Telus. Again, confirm the installation.

5. Wait for the download to begin. TWRP will install. Done.

If it does not work or if GooManager does not find the correct build for your device -- in this latter case, this should raise a flag for you, as you may not have a SGH-i747/SGH-i747M; double check your phone model --, you can always install TWRP manually. From TWRP website (http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2), you can grab the IMG file to manually install from the terminal emulator, and a TAR file to install using ODIN.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
Did you try it exactly as i said to?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
So if that's the case (This will happen until you load a custom ROM) how can i back up my stuff before installing a new ROM? that's the reason i was trying to make cwm work so i could back my stuff.

Is there a different way to do a full back up?

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
Yes i did, when i tried to flash cmw 3 times yesterday, the description was exactly like yours.

thanks you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
if you have root, download Rom Manager and install cwm from the menu.

i've also heard that, if rooted, you can erase /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (using ES File Explorer or Root Explorer) an that will make cwmstick. this is due to newer software versions overwriting your stock recovery on reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] athens71:
By installing cwm from the app store (ROM manger) will i get the same back up as i would with Odin install of cwm, in other words do i risk loosing my back up ROM using "ROM manager?"

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
you've created a backup already? if not, install cwm from ROM Manager, boot into cwm recovery and make your nandroid there. then you'll be all set to to try a new ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] theblackshane:
I've noticed there's a port of ParanoidAndroid v3.0 with PIE for the i9300. I was wondering if it was possible to port this to the Verizon Galaxy S3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
There is an app called LMT Launcher that replicates this functionality perfectly and can be used with any ROM. Give it a Google and try it out!

Also I believe Pacman ROM has pie support if you really want the functionality baked into the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mentose457:
RootzBox also has it baked in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
You can try Paranoid Android 3 which was just been release for this phone. If the previous version of a ROM was ported to this phone it is likely the next version will be as well.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cognus:
Hello folks - I see a number of you use TWRP recovery. I have downloaded both 2.2.2.1-P500 and the twrp-2.3.3.0.test5.p500.zip

I'm assuming the latter is the right one to use on P509 for now.

If I need correcting, pls let me know!

thx

c
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casaprocida:
Here the answer for you:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1888926
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
i rooted my phone..installed a font changing software and my phone was gone...now the sony and the xperia logo comes and goes continuously..nothing happens..plz help..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Your phone has gone into a bootloop :) All you have to do is use flashtool to flash a stock firmware for arc or arc s. Follow this guide to help you with the process :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
thanks man for the help i saw the video..but as my phone goes on and off continuosly at what point should i flash it??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
connect your phone to pc while holding back button when your phone is off (pull battery out) :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
the flashtool software link u gave is not working. and its different as shown in the video..can u send me the link with the software as shown in the video..plzzzz
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
go to previous releases tab on the top of the site and download one of the older ones. i think it's verion 0.9.0.0
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
its not the one u gave..can u give me the name of the site..so i can check out...please
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
the video shows gingerbread with xperia arc. and i am using ics 4.0.4 with arc s.. so which version to use?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
if you want ics, use ics (which is what i gave you). the process is the same for gingerbread and ics
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
the one which u gave is not working man..i am trying the previous versions..will let u know what happens.if u have another solution for my problem the plz do share..thanxxxx
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf786:
i got the software as shown in the video but when i plug the usb cable sony logo comes and the charging sign shows..any idea what to do now??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
hold back button when phone is off while connecting to pc and flashtool is running :p
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ela703:
Before attempting to flash, try this:

Remove the battery and put it back

Boot to CWM

Clear Dalvik Cache

Boot to system

I did face similar issue couple of times after flashing Ultimate Xperia HD and another ROM. But both times, clearing Dalvik Cache by booting to CWM and then booting to system did the trick. Try it out.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekz:
Bone stock, not rooted or rommed.

My battery life used to be phenomenal. I would check at the end of basically every day and averaged 4-8 hours of actual Screen On time. The Screen would account for 40-55% of the usage, followed by all of the*apps*that I had used that day. Android System and Android OS would be pretty far down on the list.*

Now that I have 4.1.2, I'm lucky to hit 3 hours of Screen On time. And now Screen, Android System, and Android OS are accounting for 20% EACH.

I haven't changed any settings or the way that I used the phone. The only thing that has changed is the update.*Is anybody else experiencing this?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I've gotten bettery battery life since 4.1.2, significantly better. Try to perform a factory reset or it could be a faulty device.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Yep and I have more or less tried everything including tweaks galore, every suggestion I coukd find, and freezing several dozen apps.

Nothing can be done about this and my guess is Samsung have made an absolute mess of the update. My HTC loses maybe 1% overnight on a bad day, this loses way over 10%.

I'll prob end up switching back to 4.1.1 but unfortunately it doesnt have the tap to reflow feature in the browser (which I use a lot)... I wonder if I can remove it via titanium and restore the newer version which would have reflow on 4.1.1 ??
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazdamiata210:
I have the same problem. As soon as I took my phone off the charger this morning it dropped to 99%. On 4.1.1 it used to last for a good 20 minutes before dropping to 99%. Also last night after about 6 hours of screen time Android System was at the top of my list. And that is with 20 or so system apps frozen or deleted from running.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekz:
What's the easiest way to go back to 4.1.1?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabamoner:
Odin pc or mobile pc.. but if your rooted.. it is safer to use mobile odin it is faster and will avoid power outrange

sent from GODFATHER Gt-N7100

ARHD V10 with REDPILL KERNEL
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Is there any way to get the browser from 4.1.2 onto 4.1.1? Titanium backup doesn't seem to restore system apps. :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Zero battery life related issues here with 4.1.2 Im starting to think some people probably messed up their phones too much or just got a flaky unit/battery and 4.1.2 exposed those?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Well I dunno.. I have tried everything and there is definitely a battery drain issue. If it is caused by ebay/whatsapp + facebook, then I'm curious as to why they don't show up in battery usage or betterbatterystats... and I'm also curious why the exact same setup on my HTC EVO 3D does cause these horrendous idle battery drains.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Hmm, have you tried using betterbatterystats found here at XDA? It should show you whats keep the phone up.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Yeah already done all that and there doesnt actually seem to be anything using over like 5%.. I have elimated the higher one yet it still drains ovwr 10% at nite. Or in general idleness.

What I became accustomed to with my previous phones was 0% or 1% drain over many hours if the screen was off. Not 2% or more an hour.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
1% drain over 9 hours of deep sleep on Wanam2.8
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPEEDBLADE:
I had the same dreaded android os battery drain issue after updating to ma8. Used to have great battery life before that. After freezing Google search, Google now, still no use. Then i realized I installed another weather app at the same time I upgraded the os. Bingo. Un installed that offending app and that fixed the Android os battery drain issue. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2107312

That's specifically my DBT rom (stock everything as well) and I've had battery issues and to be honest, it's still better than most other phones, but I'm getting about 40% less life out of my device now.

I have flashed again, I've reset, and deleted everything and still no luck. It's something with the ROM. I hope the next update will fix it. If it doesn't, I'll revert back to 4.1.1 because I would go to bed with 50% battery life, now I have to charge in the middle of the day if I want to get through a long work day with lots of use.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turborider:
well the new french 4.1.2 N7100XXDMA6_N7100OXADMA5_N7100XXDLK7 is much better than the last one rlsd in december and my battery drains less now
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
I have the LTE version so not many choices of custom roms unfortunately.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mon_money:
downgraded to 4.1.1

well i upgraded my note 2 to latest 4.1.2 from 4.1.1 few days ago and battery drain issues started .. i hard reset it many times but same problem.. before update with usage on whatsapp 1% drop down was in 7-8 minutes and after update it was in 4-5 minutes..

so today i downgraded to 4.1.1 again and battery is same like before update again.. cheers..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
But you are on the risk of losing your phone itself due to sds
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkteb:
I'm on 4.1.1, to be exact wanam 1.5 and when I test using emmc check my chip is sane and I passed the test. Should I be worrying about sds?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godinhell:
i also have same problem on XXDMB2 .i think only some people have battery problems with 4.1.2. Is it related to emmc firmware 0*1f ? Is the kernel reparing the bad sectors by itself? and what is kworker process?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
Yeah definitely.

Update asap.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinancetinkaya:
Can you guys who have high Android OS usage try to disable 'Motion' in settings?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EP2008:
Those of you with battery issues, can you please use an app like Battery Monitor Widget so we can see the actual usage per hour? Anecdotes and guesses don't help with troubleshooting.

See the %/h column in my screenshot? That's what we need to see in order to truly determine if your battery problem is real or just perceived.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swiftrok:
I have indeed noticed this affected my battery on my S3 - and thanks to this reminder, this is now off on my Note 2 also :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
I'll download the other app and tomorrow upload another set of statics. But to be honest going from 4.5 hours of screen time to 2 is just pathetic on samsungs behalf. I hope it's fixed in the next release. DBT please be released sometime soon!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekz:
I just did a bit of research on SDS. I checked my phone and my chip is

Type: MAG4FB

FwRev: 0xf7

This means that I don't have to worry about SDS right?

Like I said, it literally cut my battery life in half. I keep track of my battery life, partly because I was so impressed with the phenomenal times I was getting out of my Note 2. I even screenshotted a bunch of days where I had 4-5 hours of Screen On time and 50% battery remaining! I could tell after one day on 4.1.2 that something was very wrong.

In any case, I went back to 4.1.1 and things are back to normal. :cool: Multi-window was fun to show off, but I won't really miss it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Why don't you flash the latest version of 4.1.1 which has multiwindow support and can even be modded to include custom apps? No reason for you to settle with the earliest 4.1.1 rom..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekz:
Hmmmm, tempting. Where can I find this rom? Note that I have an SGH-i317M not the GT-N7100 that most people seem to have.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Hmmm can your phone use 7100/7105 roms? I have a 7105 myself so can point you in the direction of where I got the roms for this, but I'm not sure if they'd work on yours.

I'm sure someone with the same variant as you can point you in the right direction.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EP2008:
But the problem with screen on time is that it will fluctuate greatly depending on what you're doing. I've seen the Galaxy Nexus hit over 6h of screen on time, when it usually can't last more than 2-3 hours, but that's with a black background ereader and no other device activity. It doesn't say much.

I'm glad things are back to normal, but I don't think it was 4.1.2 that gave you problems.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Yes it was. It is undeniable that with 4.1.2 we got a massive hit on battery.

Trust me ive disabled a hell of a lot of apps and done as many tweaks as I can for every main wakelock I cud find. There's not even any more "high" wakelocks on my phone but android system and os still suck up around 20% of battery.

I find that I can get over 6 hours screen on time after 24 hours.. but I also find that if I barely use my phone at all, it will still go down and I could be on 10% battery after 24 hours with only an hour and a half of screen on time.

This is a very big problem and a massive pain in the ass.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gelhack:
I know this is a long shot at best, but I read that the media scanner was changed at some point to ignore ".nomedia" files in its scan. So if you are doing a power off at night and a powerup when you take your device off of the charger, mediascan might be the culprit. It runs at every reboot and indexes every file on both internal and external memory.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Not sure if that was directed at me, but my mediascanning is very low nowadays. Similarily even when I disabled it the drainage still remained.

I wonder if it is something specifically within the android os or system which js causing the drain... android tuner gives me the option of disabling certain activities, recievers and services within android os or system (and any other app too)

Maybe that is the key :confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermanrj:
Hi, i noticed that I always get high percentage on Media server, may I know what is this? I think this one of the reason for draining may battery. thank you.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gelhack:
Not directed at anyone in particular, just a general observation of a background process that can eat your battery. The biggest thing is that once the scanner started traversing directories even with a nomedia file, it could surprise the uninformed. I myself have 3 apps with 500mb of data each. They used to be ignored but now it takes the scanner ~15 minutes to index them. I have their data on a stickmount(ed) USB stick, and it actually gets warm to the touch during the scan.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Ahh that sucks.

Is there any way to stop it searching that instead.of disabling the whole thing?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gelhack:
I've tried using the ".nomedia" file and also tried hiding directories by adding a "dot" to the beginning of the name but neither one helped. So I'd say disabling the service is the only thing to do besides avoiding booting the device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
I have no problem buying unlock key, just want to make sure it's unlock-able before buying it...

Looked at here and seem lots of people failed to unlock the sim lock?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1639644

and, after it's unlock, I just have to unlock also BootLoader from hasoon2000 and it's voila, the custom rom!?

Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
Bump, and see if it works!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
Maybe I should just look for carrier-unlocked...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
You shouldn't have a problem

Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
No one here ever tried to unlock their AT&T One X?

That thread in my main post really scared me...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
Rogers phones are apparently difficult to get codes for. But any decent unlocking service should tell you if it's possible before charging you

Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
Cause I'm buying one from eBay, and they're mostly from AT&T

so it would be pretty inconvenient if I can't get it unlocked to work on Fido...

Ship back, wait it to get arrive, wait for refund, etc etc...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] zombiej79:
My one x was rogers I has no issue unlocking and it was easy
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] collin128:
I bought mine from Rogers and didn't even have to unlock it. I'm on Fido LTE.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Valohtar:
I was with Rogers. I used cellunlocker.net which worked fine for me. I'm with Koodo now with no problems.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NiGHTsC:
Thank you all, you guys rocks!

Guess I better get Rogers one now :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
That's because rogers and fido are the same company

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