yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ahjee:
I haven't experienced that...maybe try remembering your choices and compare them with someone else who may have the same problem? Help narrow down what it is? Or can you get a log cat during aroma installer?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Time to take a breath here (breath, not break) ;) and say thank you to those in my thread here. Thanks for the accolades, suggestions, and self-help that goes on here, and obviously a big thank you for the donations! As much fun as I have doing this, I just wouldn't be able to dedicate any real time to it without the donations so those are definitely appreciated!

And as far as the suggestions, I like hearing them even if I'm not able/willing to implement them: they show me what people are looking for. A lot of the visual/UI stuff I will leave to the themers. I generally only change UI stuff if it is something that looks "unfinished" to me and is also something that can easily be ported to new bases when they are released. My usual goal is to be able to port 80%+ of what we have in MeanBean to any new base released within about 3 days of that new base becoming available to us devs. By choosing to implement things that I can code in a simple/clever way, it means that you never have to wait very long to be on the latest base. As I've chosen (at least for now) to stick with the VZW base, that means a quick update to whatever succeeds LL4 when it comes out. It also makes debugging easier and increases stability.

A few examples of stuff I changed and the why/what...

(1) Murky lockscreen: no reason for the ripple effect to make your lockscreen look like your screen is defective... so I fixed it.

(2) Swipe gestures: screen capture for both left-right and right-left palm sweeps is just a waste. So I captured one of them (right-left) and made it something more useful (screen off).

(3) Status bar: the solid black status bar just looks like a black hole (unfinished). I made the beveled one to give it a little more polished look because I wasn't happy with the methods for making a transparent one. A personal choice, but at least you understand my reasoning.

(4) Battery: again a personal choice, but I believe the rectangular green battery symbol just looks a bit unpolished. In addition, that meter only updates at these intervals: 100%, 85%, 71%, 57%, 43%, 28%, and 15%. Why anyone would want the meter to only update at 7 seemingly random intervals, I have no idea. The circular battery gives you a visual idea of exactly where you are at in both color and meter bar size at 1% intervals.

(5) Wake time: a 1.7 second delay time between pressing the power button and getting your screen to turn on is just "broken" IMO. Like the murky lockscreen, broken things will tend to get fixed first. :)

So those are just a few examples that show you the way I choose what gets changed. I offer a few examples just for those curious about why I pick the things I do and why I change what I change.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
You need to flash macksupdater first everytime you change the theme
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OutdoorOBW:
Still no lidroid toggles? :D I'll leave it alone now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
Just do what i do and flash the macksupdater zip from morphology thread. You don't have to flash morphology to use it. :D

Link: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390233485161005448
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OutdoorOBW:
Did it change anything other than adding the toggles?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Has anyone tried that vrtheme universal elegant theme on this yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
Nope
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OutdoorOBW:
Thanks. I just downloaded it and I'm going to flash it now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sleevasteve:
I actually did that first, and was able to go back to the backup from when I initially flashed macksupdater to try again, no cigar. Might be one of the options I chose.

Yes, works good, but I came from morphology/macksupdater so if you run into any issues try that, just so you have the proper foundation to start with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OutdoorOBW:
It changes a bunch of stuff. The battery, signal change to 4 bars, center clock(I like), puts the brightness slider back in the pull down, gets rid of the MeanBean bar at the bottom, changes the 4G icon to the generic one (I like) and the toggles are white. Can't have it all I guess. Lol I may run morphology when I get on break at work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wmaudio:
Auto Call Recording of All Calls?

So I'm thinking on installing this ROM coming from another custom ROM and wondered, can auto call recording of all calls be enabled on this ROM? If not, can the functionality be added?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
No. I said this a while back but who knows how many pages ago so I'll reiterate... I see no need for those because the Power Toggles have many more options and they don't require modification of the framework or anything else: it's just an app. So when we go to a new base, that's one less thing to worry about: Power Toggles will still work on the new base, no changes needed.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wmaudio:
No one is saying it shouldn't be themed. I think what he meant is, let the ROM dev work on the ROM, not the theme. You wouldn't hire a body man to do tranny work, and vice versa. My 2 cents.

-edit-

Uh. Lemme choose another example. You wouldn't hire a rear-end guy to do exhaust. Err...dangit...wouldn't hire a tire guy to do head work? No...shoot. I give up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
EXACTLY!

and on a personal note, I've come to really appreciate "Power Toggles" vs. Lidroid. The Mean DeBloat method of personalizing bloat removal, and Sticky Settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clipsruck:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
Hmm didnt change mine at least not that i noticed, but i usually use real icon theme right after. Sorry.

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Bummer im not sure then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] guthrien:
Man, you give the best updates and explanations of any dev here. I wish others would emulate that.

You've converted me to Power Toggles. I still wish you would take out more bloat/fat from the base ROM, edit the features xml bit more etc. I know there's a fine line leaving a base for everyone, but it seems like more could be pared away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sleevasteve:
The only thing that bugged me about power toggles was that it was pinned in the "ongoing notifications" section. Has anybody been able to get around or remove that?

I'm really digging the Elegant theme. I had to change the clock color and Bluetooth statusbar colors to match, as they were still white, but other than that it's great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
There's no method in the Android framework for displaying anything in that area without it being in one of the notification sections, so the app is actually being quite clever putting it there. Unfortunately there is no method by which you can have a notification without having an status bar icon: you must at least have an invisible icon on the status bar and that can leave a space. So there are some down sides but they are minor. I love having the little date on the status bar so I use that. Lidroid really does it via the "cleanest" method but Power Toggles does have many more options and the unfortunate thing about Lidroid is that you have to mod the ROM. With Power Toggles, whenever the ROM is updated (to say a VZW 4.1.2 base), just drop Power Toggles in and they're ready to go: no modding.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
I had flashed aosp like 3 weeks ago and forgot to to the sd downgrade right away . have since done it but this rom hasn't been able to run the ota since . It goes to recovery, wipes caches, then reboots.idk why
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OutdoorOBW:
No worries. I'll probably end up flashing the Real Icon theme again and see if I like it.

Sorry I missed it. I'll leave you alone about it now. But if you ever change your mind....... :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
I hope I this is ok to post but here is how I got AOSP MMS working on this ROM. Beanstown106 is the person who did all the work. All I did was use files from his ROM. I really hope he doesn't get mad! Tomorrow if I have time I'll try to make the edits myself from the files in this ROM. Make a backup in case something gets messed up!

1. Download his ROM.

2. In his ROM zip navigate to \default\aomms\aomms

3. Extract the file in the app folder and the file in the framework folder

4. Go back to \default\aomms\ and extract file from inv folder if you want black, or normal folder if you want white

5. Using Root Explorer (you might have permission problems if you use ES File Explorer, make permissions rw-r--r--) copy Mms.apk and SecTelephonyProvider.apk to /system/app folder on your phone

6. Delete SecMms.apk from /system/app on your phone

7. Copy framework2.jar to /system/framework on your phone.

8. Navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases on your phone and delete these 3 files:

mmssms.db

mmssms.db-shm

mmssms.db-wal

Deleting those makes sure that sending picture messages doesn't cause any FCs

9. Reboot your phone, it should have AOSP MMS now.

Again, beanstown106 did all the work, I just used his files, and make a backup just in case something goes wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedfreak228:
I'm using notification off to get rid of ongoing notifications. Its in the playstore
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JamesPumaEnjoi:
Thanks a lot for this...I came from a GNex to the Note 2 and some times it feels like a mistake because of the lack of development but when I find something like this it makes it all worth it...thanks again its much appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
I bought my N2 with the intention of selling it for a million bucks on ebay and getting a GNex because I was completely fed up with Verizon and HTC getting in the way of the software upgrades for my Thunderturd.

Even stock, this phone is pretty tight. I couldn't bring myself to sell it. This ROM is magical. I've been running some variation of CM forever. With this ROM I don't even bother to check their nightlies anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
I have an issue where recovery is trying to run the ota script on the ext sd as opposed to internal sd. It wipes cache but doesn't flash anything. I'm on 1.10 still. Any reason why? Last time I switched from aosp I used the downgrade sd card zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dooley19:
Anybody having problems with this Rom going into deep sleep? I have cpu spy installed and when I'm not using the phone, it's stays at 200 MHz

Sent from my Galaxy Note ll
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] YankInDaSouth:
Read post #3 "Note on Zero Wake Lag" ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JamesPumaEnjoi:
Couldn'thave said it better myself I also used my upgrade and bought the phone for 200 with the intention of selling it for 500-600
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
I plan on selling it to get an upgrade when the N3 comes out. Otterbox, front and back protectors, cases batteries, ex batteries all in mint ready for resale... Just wondering if rooted/unlocked or stock will get more... If pay more for mean bean included :)

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note ll. I like my Beans Mean....v1.08 =D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Osirus71:
Rooted will get you more....I sold my EVO 3D on Craigs list a while back for $200.....They wanted to give me $30 at Best Buy by back program...

You have to list out the cool thing you can do with a rooted phone when you sell it.... Like stating the Free WiFi Hotspot option, removal of any app(even factory stock) etc....You get the picture.....

Good Luck:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Would clearing internal storage, restoring the backup of 1.10, then trying the ota again work? I don't get why my ota worked so flawlessly and now it won't do anything except wipe cache and reboot without flashing any file
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Devildog8791:
How many ota downloads do you have? You have to delete some after a while or it acts funny.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
That's why he added the debloat zip that allows you to edit what you want not installed. Once you have it done once, you don't have to do it again...

Running mean beans, talking about selling your phone. Why are in in this thread again?

I always move the OTA download to the sd card after flashing. Haven't had any problems with it except if wifi/data hiccups. It is very sensitive to that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
All I have is 1.11 in there that's the weird part. And I know that zip is good because I've flashed it. Then realized how setup I had it before so went back to my nandroid 1.10 instead of starting totally over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JustusIV:
What app is the battery meter in the notification i would like to remove it.no sense in having two battery meters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Edit. Formatted internal memory, factory reset, restored backup of 1.10, redownloaded 1.11 in ota app, checked wipe cache only and it rebooted to recovery. Wiped cache automatically then didn't flash the rom and just rebooted instead. I hit a brick wall officially. This ota thing used to work so well. And now it's useless to me sadly ugh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedyd718:
Hey Mike just checking, was this ever given the thumbs up or down?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Funny, when they are linked, people want to unlink them. When they are unlinked, they want them linked. No, I have no plans to fool with that. Unlinked offers the most flexibility. Also, you can gain access to the volume sliders to control both easily and on the same dialog using the sound option in settings.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
So I'm the only one whose ota system used to work but now doesn't?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
Did you update TWRP since last time you used ota? Maybe the new one messes it up

I still don't understand why people want to use it so much anyway. But I guess that's because I modify every ROM before I install it. But can't you always just reboot back to recovery and find the folder it downloaded to and install from there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Yeah but I'm spoiled haha it then I have to redo the debloat process. And yes to being on the new recovery. But I'm not blaming that.... Yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
Just because I'm curious, feel like trying it with the last version of the recovery? And it could help others out too. Here's the link to the flashable zip version of 2.4.4.0

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0ltevzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-t0ltevzw.zip

I hate that I care so much about knowing about every problem, even when it comes to things I'd never use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Namolas:
Long press the item in the notification window and select "App info" It should be Power toggles app if you are sure its battery. Mikes preferred WTSPweather app if its temperature.

Latest TWRP is 2.5.0.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
I know, checking to see if the update messes up the OTA updater.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
I switched already! Manual update. But I do have a very recent backup of 1.10 from about two hours ago if you want me to try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
It's not that big of a deal. Just curious, but like I said, I don't even use OTA. I've seen a lot of posts across different forums the last few days about people having problems using OTA updater. I kind of doubt that many people updated to the new version yet though anyway.

Just don't want Mikey to waste any time working on something that has nothing to do with the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Manual update worked fine. I was afraid I would have to sticky bloat again but those settings stuck thankfully. I'll stop clogging with ota stuff. But I will try that recovery thing on my old backup a little later.

Edit you're a genius! It was the recovery. NO ONE UPDATE RECOVERY OR IT WILL BREAK OTA UPDATE CAPABILITY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhp117:
I updated ota 1.09 1.10 and 1.11 while on twrp 2.5 without any issues

Whenever there's a new ota I'll move the previous version to external sd incase I might need it but since the last 3 updates I stop doing that I just delete old version before I download the new update

Thanks mike for all the solid updates and a great rom

Been using since .04 and haven't have the need to fladh others

Oh BTW it's been a few days since 1.11 where's 1.12 lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] juggjiggler69:
My OTA did it on 1.10 with 2.4.4.0 twrp and still doing it on 1.11 with the lastet twrp so ill just dl from op and flash no biggie:D

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedfreak228:
For some strange reason my Google now doesn't work on version 1.11. Anyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clipsruck:
Mine hasn't for a while now. I assumed that it was something I did.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] djsbad:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Flashed this. Love it. Semper fi to marine.

Is there a way to organize apps in the app drawer? They're scattered all over the place across several pages in a very random and unsorted order.

Might I suggest addingtthe auto correct samsung keyboard?

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Just got the ota notification and had the smae problem as others with 'there was a problem while downloading'. Just fyi
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] littleguevara:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

From inside the app drawer:

Click menu> > view type> alphabetical grid (will sort them alphabetically obivously)

Auto correct keyboard flashable:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2101338

Note: please don't make us all deal with that awful auto correct Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
OK. 0.4 is available. Not sure what's up with not being able to download via OTA Updater but I'll leave that for another time. For now, just use it as a convenient way to get alerts on new versions... then download from the OP here. I've used OTA updater on several other ROMs and it worked fine so either it's an issue on the OTA Updater side or the download site is blocking OTA Updater downloads. I'll have to figure that out in future versions.

That said, I can't tell you how happy I am to get rid of the (almost 2 second) wake lag; that was driving me crazy, particularly when I need to take a quick picture and the 2 second lag made the difference between picture and too late! And for me, the fix results in better battery life, something I wasn't expecting. See post 3 for the gory details!

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidOnRoids:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Nicely written explanation on the zero wake lag, Mike. No wonder on the other roms I've tried, my idle battery drain is not so good. I appreciate the research!

Sent From My Galaxy Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nnnnr14:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

I'll try this :) but I'm at 3% now and I'm not that much of a crackflasher.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alkakms75:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Following this thread very closely and loving what I'm reading. Pretty impressed Mikey's fans are even coming over to tell us how great his ROMS are:cool:

Will this ROM play nice with custom kernels or does that get away from the theory behind the ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sleevasteve:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Wow...great job killing that wake lag! SO much better! One thing I think would be cool is if we could integrate one finger swipe to expand notifications from 4.2 :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shaffer678:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

This ROM is awesome! Maybe its just me but I updated to v0.4 and now my phone seems twice as fast!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] littleguevara:
Post #100...6 above yours
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alkakms75:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Foot in mouth...how I missed that idk...thanks:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ohh_Trenton:
I laughed when I read "crackflasher" && then looked at your avatar. :laugh::laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

No sleep CPU but battery life is excellent, and no wake up lag... good
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ElMadre:
Checking this thread is (for me) like monitoring an ex-girlfriend's latest Facebook postings. Now excuse me while I go reflash MeanBean 0.1 through 3.09 just to feed my jones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jimjk1968:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

I'm really lovin' this rom. Smooth, fluid transitions and a good place to be if your a crackflasher. Thanks again. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nic411:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

I never had a problem with the wake lag. But now after not having it I don't think I can go back:beer:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] speedyd718:
Hey Mike great to see you here. I flashed your roms faithfully on my Evo 3d. Suggestion for the next update. Could you work on removing the bloatware? Great rom and I'm loving the zero lag. The deep sleep bugs the **** outta me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crl95:
Are there screenshots anywhere of this ROM or videos of it that anyone knows of?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] littleguevara:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Its bone stock except for the power toggles
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DroidOnRoids:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

I got rid of it by flashing Bean's LJB stock status bar and toggles. The rom is now perfect.

Sent From My Galaxy Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JustusIV:
Re: [ROM] MeanBean v0.3 | Mar 14 | LL4 | Mods | Batt saver

Currently running beans and I like running both cameras 4.2 and touch wiz any chance of that in this rom?