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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Hello, I have this phone for over a year and I encountered a problem.

I am using RootBox ROM.

I have a problem that happends once or twice in 2 weeks. My phone battery percentage rises to 100% and than falls to 0% and the phone turns itself off. I notice it when I leave the phone on the table and later decide to pick it up, it is turned off.

On Siyah kernel it happend once in 2 weeks and when it happend I had to take battery out and put it back to be able to turn my device on. For example if it happend on 60%, when i put the battery back it would show 50% and that would be it. It is like that on Siyah kernel and I have encountered that problem for several times.

Sometimes on Siyah I would have a problem when I wanted to turn it on like I described and it wouldn't turn on/it turned on, but showed 0% and turned itself back off. I had to go reflash rom, clear cache, dalvik cache and all that to make it work normal.

I thought it is Siyah kernel problem so I changed to stock.

I am on stock for more than a week now and it happend again today but my phone was at 22%, resting on my table and later when I wanted to check out the clock it was turned off, I turned it on by holding power button (without removing the battery and putting it back in). It was 8% battery left so I turned it off and put it to the charger and turned my device on, the battery percentage showed 20% and it is now charging.

It happend before (turning off in sleep) on some custom roms like CM 10.1 and it was called the sleep of death.

What should I do? Flash stock rom and see if the problem persist? Could it be that the battery is not propertly calibrated?

EDIT: I checked after 1 hour and it showed that it is 0% and charging, took battery out, put it back in, showed 90% and than rise to 100%.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Sorry, but wrong section mate. Please report ur topic to the moderators and have it moved here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1148

Try searching for 'calibrate battery'. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Mods have moved it, thanks.

Battery percentage is 0% now, It was charging the whole night and it was turned off, the green battery icon showed full battery but when it booted it showed 0% again and turned off.

I searched for calibrate battery but I think I can't do it now when my battery is 0% all the time. Is there a possibility that I flash Siyah kernel and reset fuel guage, that helped before?

Or, is it safe to flash stock samsung rom via odin?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
You could flash siyah first and wipe stats. See if that helps. If it doesn't, flash that stock rom then.

But I'm guessing its a faulty battery issue. How old is ur battery?

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Ok, flash siyah and wipe battery stats.

Battery is 1 year old and it works well for 1-2 weeks (~4h screen on time, and no problem at all). Than, sometimes i get the problem where I just have to take the battery out and put it back in and sometimes this crazy one when the battery is 0%. I used to take battery out and clean the golden pins to see if that helps but it didn't help (didn't do it now).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Ur best bet would be to try another battery. U don't have to necessarily buy one. Just borrow from a friend. See if it works ok. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
You wouldn't believe it, but only friend that had S2 lost it/somebody stole it from so I don't have anyone to borrow from.

This happend yesterday and I have to go on a trip tomorrow morning and I don't know how much will I stay (could be 1 day, could be 5).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Let's hope the battery stats wipe helps then..

(I don't have much hope it would make a difference though). Let know what happens. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Battery still 0% after flashing Siyah and resetting battery stats.

EDIT: Took battery out, cleaned the golden pins for a bit, nothing much (they were already clean), put the battery back in and booted, battery shows 96% now.

I decided to flash stock rom, it is ok to flash it now?

EDIT 2: I noticed after flashing Siyah that my power button (when I wanted to lock my screen) didn't work well and also it froze when I was connecting to google account so I turned it off and cleaned. Could be that it would work like this if I didn't clean it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Faulty battery contacts it is then! :)

Just use the phone some more and see if the battery doesn't die out on u.

If it dies while flashing a rom, ur gonna have an expensive paperweight mate!

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Battery goes down normal, 93% now. I will use it some more and than see if it is ok.

EDIT: When connecting to pc it shows me Hardware ID not found, i disconnect and connect again, it autoruns, if I disconnect and connect again it will say hardware id not found again and it goes in circle like that. It wouldn't be ok to flash stock rom like that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
See if any Kies processes are still running and kill them. Use a different cable or different port. Disable antivirus.

Still no go? Re-install Kies. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
I used it for a bit, all ok, flashed stock, booted fine, flash counter 0 and when I was configuring wifi while turning on my phone, it suddently turned off.

I rebooted and it showed 0% and rebooted again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpavl01:
Now it is ok after few hours but I am considering to do battery calibration, how do you reccomend doing it? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=hr ?
[Continuum General] Dratini:
Does anyone notice that when you hold it from the bottom, the grip sensor activates and causes unwanted audio interference? My music sounds terrible with it constantly crackling.

I've disabled the grip sensor in settings, but it still does the same stuff, so it must still be activated. Is there a way to disable it completely?
[Continuum General] Dratini:
Ok, I popped open the phone, and removed the sensors.

My camera button doesn't work anymore (it is connected to the grip sensor cable), and neither does the grip sensor, but there is no more audio interference.
[Continuum General] ciscogee:
That's a way to do it :D
[Continuum General] heyjoe66:
echo 0 > /sys/class/sensors/grip_sensor/onoff

But of course, you can just put it away ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
Thought I would share this real quick. So I live in a 4G LTE area and my brother lives two houses from me. My brother who has a iphone 5 comes over and says "man I wish Sprint had there 4G LTE network setup here". I look at him and start laughing, I tell him "bro I have full 4G LTE on my S3". Now he has been on Craigslist the past two days trying to trade his iPhone 5 for a S3.

Hahaha just found this very funny and had to share with fellow Android users. Btw not the first time I've heard of no 4G LTE on iphones while the Android phones are picking up the signal.

Sent from my Freeza MC3 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I didn't think the IPhone had a weak radio. I bet it's a setting he has that's disabled 4g. Especially if you've got full signal
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xbzz:
Heh I noticed this too, although it tends to be in areas with less than perfect LTE reception, when we first noticed it, the speeds were drastic enough between LTE and 3g that numerous slanders against my friend's iPhone were made :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youkosnake:
For as much as I've played with coworkers iPhone, I do not think there are GPS/lte on/off settings unless jail broken.

Sent straight outta Compton
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
My wife has one, there is an LTE toggle in general/data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
He needs to turn it on, also tell him to sell the iphone5 not trade he can get quite a bit of money for it check eBay.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
True. I traded my iPhone 5 for my S3. I also got 180 boot. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
My girlfriend's iphone 5 has a better radio than my S3, both were bought brand new. If I'm on a TW rom though I get the same service as she does, but on AOSP, everywhere I go I have exactly 2 bars less than her..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cas8180:
So stick with tw dont blame the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
Mah bad lol

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
Bars mean nothing. TW has double the amount of bars that AOSP has. What you need to check is dBm.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slomodrop:
Hmm, wife has an iphone 5 and I have an s3 both on sprint. I'll try some informal tests to compare at our house. Voice does well on my phone but it sometimes hops between 3g and lte if wifi is off so will see how hers holds on to lte.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] epic4GEE:
Before throwing the rom or phone to the fire based on bars of signal, I would go to settings and scroll down to 'about device' and look at signal strength, you might find it's no different, may have something to with coding in aosp vs tw, but in reality it's only visual.

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Guess I should update the page before posting lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
guys I already admitted my mistake can we move on
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
He has 4G turned on. He just has a weak signal compared to the S3

Sent from my Freeza MC3 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] el6006:
AntennaGate. Sorry, had to...lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HoundDog24:
Great advice!!! I like the person who got the S3 plus cash for the isore.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mch277:
Was bored and decided to try and pry open the glass on the front of my X10 (bad idea, I know) and eventually the top half of the glass screen came off, but the bottom was still attached to a small, bronze colored metal strip. The screen then cracked (small crack) in the bottom left corner.

See first picture attachment (1060)- This is what I initially did.

At this point I decided to put the screen back on and only the bottom half or so of the touch screen was working, nothing that I did on the top part responded.

Attempting to fix this, I decided to take the entire front glass off and try to clean the digitizer as some finger oil, etc. had gotten on. In the process, I believe that I may have broken the same, metal strip (the one that is always attached to the front glass in pictures, etc.).

See second picture attachment (1061)

Is there any way to fix this somehow? I've tried aligning the bronze strip with the part on the digitzer but the touch screen doesn't work at all now.

The display itself seems to be fine and from what I know about touch screens, the metal strip is what transfers that the transparent conductor on the glass itself, so I'll only have to replace the front glass/metal strip right?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markan1:
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heh..I did same thing with my X10...I think there is no solution for this, you can only put new touch screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hapticxchaos:
Heya

I bought the PRO version of espier launcher a few months back, and noticed its just disappeared off the play store. I bought it aty the time to unlock certain things like widget page and unlimited apps in folder. At the time these features were available only in the pro version. Its been replaced by the tablet espier launcher...but I'm super confused because I bought that app and now its for tablets?? And it shows I didnt purchase it?? Anyone else having this issue??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] raduque:
Why are you asking XDA? Try emailing the developer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hapticxchaos:
Thanks SO much for that awesome response. I emailed the developer twice now over the span of 3 weeks with no response. Im asking xda because surely if its a widespread issue other will have experienced it as well.

AGain, thanks for that terrific response.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Try this LINK lol:D

http://bit.ly/Ztde8U

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] realpg:
is it a free version?if not, no response to paid user? Pool dev team
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Questions and help issues go in Q&A

Thread moved

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator

I just went to Play and it shows up on my S3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hapticxchaos:
There is a free version, which suddenly has all the pro features unlocked, unlike it was a few months ago. Now the only "paid" version of Espier is a version specifically for tablets.

I wont download some cracked version, I am not a pirate, although this might turn me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hapticxchaos:
The one you are looking at is tablet specific.Also, even that one is no longer showing up in my Note 2s play store, or googling it and following the link gives me a "NOT FOUND" error.

While I certainly recognize that there were questions in my OP, the general idea behind the thread was more of a call to arms from my fellow xda users. I would appreciate it getting moved back seeing as how most of the threads in here simply get buried. I might have better luck with it being in the general section.

Thanks for your consideration.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] nargalzius:
Hi,

I'm sure you've all read posts like this in the past, but I hope you can indulge my questions nonetheless. And I did use the search feature but had a rather hard time pinpointing a post that addresses exactly my concerns/questions.

Anyways, I've been a PocketPC user for years now (I use an iPAQ 3900, and plan to upgrade to the XDAII) I know some advanced stuff (upgrading/tweaking OSes, etc. etc.) so the "newbie" thing is just specific to the XDAII since, it has an integrated phone, and I want to clarify some concerns . . . of it's probably differences with regular PocketPCs in the software level.

First of about the OS, regardless of whatever OS it is released with, is it a "universal" version? Or a build specially designed and pre-tweaked for O2s purposes? To clarify further:is the Windows Mobile 2003 OS installed in the Himalaya/XDAII a generic OS, and are all the "special, layouts (we all know the today screen looks different from say, an HP iPaq with the same OS) specific to it merely added tweaks from a hard reset?" I ask this since I saw an article suggesting that the XDAs have other cab files that run automatically after a hard reset (which apparently may very well be the tweaks/features being discussed)

Also I'd like to know on the OS level (particularly for upgrading) what things should I acutally take into consideration? I see in the net about upgrades, and radio stacks. I checked the FAQ in the site, but only the Wallaby seems to have one listed. Can I assume that the information here is generally similar to the himalaya regarding the bootloader, OS rom, Extended rom and Radio rom?

Lastly would be software. This is connected to my first concern since I want to confirm that any software created for the particular processor/chipset should work without problems. How about software for system tweaks? (eg. registry hacks, or battery meters) Will the commercial versions work, or are there exceptions to the rule.

That's about it really. All i'm concerned about is having the latest "firmware" and whatever required OS updates/fixes. And of course being able to use my favorite software. So I guess I just want to understand how the Himalaya implements its processes in the software level) If someone can point me in the right direction (wether it be websites, sections, or other posts) regarding these issues, will be much obliged.

Cheers,

Carlo
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] nargalzius:
K, after further research I think I finally got it, but can someone confirm if what I assume is right:

The XDAs have 3 aspects when it comes to "system software upgradeability"

One is the OS itself (which theoretically should work with any generic PPC OS e.g. WM2003)

Second is the provider specific tweaks/apps in the extended ROM

Third is the Radio ROM for the "phone" element of the units

However, where does the bootloader come in? I see pages here suggesting you an downgrade/upgrade the bootloader itself. Is this separate? So can I consider this as a Fourth aspect?

Lastly based on what i've read and seen here on the site, it's advisable NOT to upgrade the Radio ROM if it's already working fine. And downgrade the bootloader to a version that doesnt have that protection key.

But again all of these are for the Wallaby so I guess the search isnt over.

I also heard that the Himalaya had Bluetooth problems and that a hacked BT stack has been developed, am I correct in assuming this goes into the "extended rom" area?

Thx again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bigube:
Ever since I updated to the AT&T Jelly Bean update, my calendar will not recognize gmail addresses when I try to and guest to my calendar events. Worked

fine with ICS. It keeps saying {invalid email address or name}. Does anybody have any input, I tried facrory reset cleared cache and tried re-flashing the ROM again through ODIN but still doesn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
We already have a thread for jb issues

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230909
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
That's a weird issue. Are you talking AT&T or Rogers Jelly Bean?

Either way, i haven't experienced this any of them. Did you wipe data/cache/dalvik? Did you restore calendar or some other backup data after upgrading?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ben.cordy:
Hi all. Firstly I'm a big evernote user, I've had it on my devices for years and almost every note I make goes through evernote in some way at some stage.

One of my main reasons for getting a nook was to root and use for reading Google reader feeds and making and accessing all my notes (effectively my digital notepad). I've carried my nook with me everywhere in this capacity for months however the most recent evernote update means the app won't even launch, firstly is anyone else had this issue secondly suggestions to fix it?

So far I've re installed evernote several times tried reboots etc but no change. The app just doesn't load.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ben.cordy:
Anyone else?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
"Doesn't install" doesn't tell us a lot.

A logcat over ADB would tell us why the package manager doesn't like it.

I would guess that they increased the minimum SDK version required to run it.

Use apktool d on the apk.

Look at AndroidManifest.xml

Look for this:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />

It probably says 9 or something.

Or you could read the documentation for the application and see what they require.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ben.cordy:
It installs fine but when I try to launch it the app just doesn't open. Is it working on everyone else's nst?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ben.cordy:
Problem solved. I sideloaded the apk from the link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1491508

I have to say the table ui looks beautiful on the nst!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ramiwi:
cant login with this version.

Update: login works again.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] duckettmarc:
Sideload an older version - 4.5.6.2

I found this answer on another thread. Works perfectly.

Simply install version 4.5.6.2 from the Android Drawer Repository
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
I just use an old version of Evernote (2.6.2) which is much lighter than the new ones and seems to work perfectly fine on the Nook Touch.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] ramiwi:
Is there a version with multitouch support? I wish i could zoom in and enlarge the tiny font.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Which Android Version / Samsung Version Do You Run And Why?

I decided to try to make this to help prevent that "What ROM is best for me question" and try to save the mods some time so they can do more important things than close those threads.

So my question to you is, which android version do you run? 4.0.4? 4.1.2? 4.2.1? 4.2.2?

Stock Samsung, Stock AOSP? (AOKP, CM, Pacman, Paranoid Android) or MIUI (or any non stock android AOSP ROMs.)

If using Samsung stock or stock based ROMs, which do you prefer? The LJ7 update? MA6? MB1? Or the leaked MC3 update?

Be sure to post why you use this, and which ROM if you want. Be sure not to offend anyone. Maybe this can help people use a different version, try something new, or just to help people find out what they would like to run!

Let it begin!

Sent From My Rooted, S-OFF'd Blackberry Curve using the iOS XDA Application for Android.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
To start off, I run stock 4.1.2 (because I love jellybean!) Rooted on MB1. I am still on MB1 because I prefer official updates over leaks. (no offense to sextape, his leaks are awesome!)

I love cm10 4.1.2 but I stay on stock because it is the most stable and I need my phone to work.

Sent From My Rooted, S-OFF'd Blackberry Curve using the iOS XDA Application for Android.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LordLugard:
Stock rooted 4.1.1 (LJ7) but with the MC3 modem. I know 4.1.2 is out (MB1) but i like my setup the way it is and not really in the mood to have to redo all my lil hicks here and there for a minuscule upgrade to 4.1.2.

Stock is always best in my experience, best battery life in my opinion, great performance, i like TWiz features, plus whatever "bloatware" i don't like i can always disable or remove. Ran a few CM's and AOKP's in the past and came away so disappointed (though very grateful for the awesome development).

(Guess i could always nandroid, TiBackup as well just in case, flash back stock recovery, and accept the dang OTA nag-ware, but i'm that lazy, plus if it isn't broken, don't fix).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
If you'd like I can give you a file to flash in recovery to get rid of the nag, or just tell you what to edit in the build.prop... pm if interested

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
TouchWiz based MB1 4.1.2 aka my own rom with mc3 firmware.

I too find stock based roms to be the most stable. Too much I'd have to give up with aosp.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] XxSilent.NightmarexX:
Agreed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alaman68:
4.1.1 tw, really like the features
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Are you gonna update to 4.1.2/ MC3 official?

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Sprint Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
MC3 official????

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
He probably meant to type

un

official but it got autocorrected ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Lol good One! Thanks for getting me on the right track Cnexus :D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Not sure if sarcasm, or sarcasm :D:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LordLugard:
After posting that, I found a (manual) way to do away with the OTA nag. Renaming a cert file in /etc and deleting the OTA file itself in /cache.

Thanks, anyway. :)