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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
I've never gotten SVOICE to work. It will set up, but that's about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
And the new one doesn't either. Says I don't have a network connection.

Has anyone gotten SVOICE going on this ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Like I said, integrate the update into the rom using Titanium, then it works

Or install the one from CR4.9
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] idelgado782:
I LOVE the face that you've gotten the vzw texts to stop. Thank you so much Mikey! I love this rom!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droid_freak:
I installed from 4.9 using Root Explorer, works like a champ!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Ya, but to explain how I got CR4.9 version, first I downloaded CR4.9, went to the DL zip and opened it with Root Explorer, found the SVOICE directory which I think was Samsung/apps/SVoice, extracted the zip, went to the extracted folder and then clicked on the SVOICE file to install. Another approach would be to install CR4.9 rom, backup the new SVOICE in Titanium, restore your nandroid MeanBean, then restore the newest version SVOICE using Titanium. Both approaches worked for me. However I'm not a dev and I'm sure there's lots of better approaches to this than I came up with....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droid_freak:
Both work and it's easy to do. Root Explorer is simpler for me. No reason to repackage into the ROM at this point for one app! I would imagine Mike will replace it at some point, if people are having issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Looks like that is still v10. I have v11 working and could bake that in if you guys want it.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Bake it in, please. But V11 is working fine for me already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Where did you get your v11? I tried 11.0.0.1 and it had some network connectivity issues. The one I'm using successfully is 11.0.0.0. I'd like to get a consensus on what is working for people before I bake it in.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
This is the one I'm using with no problems. Stole it from Scotts CR4.9. See my post #528, on a download of the app, not from CR, I got it to work by incorporating update into rom so no network problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Ice 1.05 now has the latest S Voice 11.0.0.1.20087 from the Galaxy S4. If you have any issues, go to the application manager and clear data for S Voice.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] idiotzach15:
I swear, everytime I switch back to this rom you push an update Mikey haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Namolas:
I am still looking at the splash animation from first boot of a clean install of 1.04 when you posted this........you animal you. WE LOVE YOU!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Every time you leave, I push a new update so you'll come back. ;)

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] idiotzach15:
Seems to work that way. Every time I come back I wonder why I left at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmboulware:
So has Svoice improved on speed? When I first got my note I used it a time or two and it moved like an old man, like it had to "think" about everything. Is it any better?

JB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
Just flashed MeanBean for the first time this weekend, had already updated my svoice from a TB from a different rom, then came the update... Guess I'll hold off for the next update.

Like the rom so far, will see how battery life is, but GPS lock is great so far and has the features I'm looking for. I did flash frankenbeats with it though to get dsp manager.

Sent from this Note 2 using xda app-developers app

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I don't use it all the time, but does seem to be a bit faster at "thinking " of the answer. Seems better at voice recognition, the other one never could really understand me, not like Google

Sent from this Note 2 using xda app-developers app
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nitronet:
I just tested it works fine for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
Working now, edited post. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spydersilk:
Is there something I can delete to make the headphones icon not show up? Even after I remove them the icon and suggested apps are still showing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
You mean on MeanBean ICE... your VVM is working to the point that you can tap on a message and it actually plays? I get "cannot play voice message" when I try to play it and logcat shows that the media player can't play the VM file (a .qcd file). If yours plays it, then I really don't know what's going on: these phones must be very different hardware-wise from one individual device to another. I really need another report or two on VVM to see if people can play the files.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Storm T:
Yes sir, I can even hear them. It worked from day 1. I've done a wipe and re-install and it works again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Superguy:
I have yet to have my GPS work on an ICE rom. Maybe I have one of those lemons that needs the Verizon load?

Didn't try this one yet ... think I will once v 0.4 comes out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhp117:
My gps is working fine with baseband i605vrall4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] idiotzach15:
Try restoring a nandroid where you have working gps, get a lock, then while you have the lock reboot recovery wipe what is necessary and flash ICE. That has worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tyloud78:
Best ROM on the market thus far. I'm a happy camper. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Thanks for the feedback thus far. Fortunately (for you guys) I'm one of the few who got absolutely no GPS lock whatsoever on the international base regardless of how it was set up. And I mean regardless! Even when I manually wiped the entire phone including BOTH SD cards, no GPS! I believe I've found the proper GPS patch to make GPS now work for everyone! So please! I need GPS reports! 0.4 fixes GPS for me and the lock is even faster than on the Verizon variant but what I need more than anything is for those people who had no trouble with GPS on 0.3 to download 0.4 and try it. I suspect it will now work for everyone, no exceptions! But I need a couple reports from people who had it working on 0.3 to make sure I didn't break it for those people in 0.4. :rolleyes:

Honestly, I've never seen such variations in hardware and I'm convinced some of these phones have hardware differences inside. Perhaps the international phones are built to a different spec WRT GPS or something, but I've done a lot of testing with a number of people who I'm sure did all the proper clean install steps... and on the old (version 0.3) code, some worked and some didn't. Strangest thing I've seen so far. Same goes with Verizon's Visual Voice Mail. Seems to work for the majority... but doesn't work on mine and one other that I found (GPS should work for everyone in 0.4 but I've done all I can with Verizon VVM... I'm washing my hands of that!). I'm actually glad it didn't work for me: I subscribed just to help people out here but taking the 15 minutes to set up a free Google Voice Lite (voicemail only) account gives you many more features including true VISUAL (transcribed) voicemails... without the $3/mo fee. So I unsubscribed from the Verizon VVM! Honestly, I think it's pretty pathetic that you have to pay $3/mo and all you get is the ability to tap on a message and listen to it (no transcription). That's why 0.4 includes Google Voice in the ROM.

OK. That's it for now. Enjoy!

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
Does group messaging work for Verizon on yours?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Maybe someone else can chime in. I use Handcent. Never tried group messaging myself.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nitronet:
I have a problem using Google Voice with this ROM if the volume is turned all the way up and you play back a message you can't hear it until you lower the volume very weird.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
I don't believe it's the ROM. Others in various forums complain about the exact same thing. I think it's an issue with the Google Voice app itself. Just back the volume off one notch and all is fine.

Regards,

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gramsey1911:
That is really odd that he can play his vvm's. I will wipe and do a fresh install then run a log for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nitronet:
I see that does work but on your non-international rom it wasn't necessary it worked fine at the full volume I didn't know if it can be fixed or not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
I've got dozens of logs because it never works for me. Like I said though, I wouldn't recommend anyone use it anyway. I'm not going to work on it.

I suspect all that means is that the Google Voice bug only rears its ugly head on Android 4.1.2. I may decompile the app to see if I can find a bug or a fix if I have time.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmo220:
Just checking in to let you know that GPS on 04 does get a lock for me. I'm one of the ones who it worked for in 03 also. Also, I did a clean install to make sure it was a true test of the GPS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Storm T:
VVM

My GPS worked before and now. Also, Visual Voice Mail is working still and worked before.

I have noticed something that has only been happening with this rom. When you attach a screenshot to a txt it ends up blurry? I've tried it with stock but and Handcent and GoSMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
GPS working fast. Was working before for me on all versions. Good. But I am getting ongoing notification that my location is set that I didn't have before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shill1986:
Gonna give it one last shot with a clean wipe and hope it fixes my problems. I love this fan room though don't want another one. ..

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note II, hyper powered via MeanBean - ICE 1.0

- Hyperion 6,200MAh Extended Battery

- Modded Otterbox to fit battery

- An S-Pen (deal with it)
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] whojabacod:
Contacts seems to be busted in this build
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Not busted here. What are you testing, what does it do, and did you do a clean install?

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] yahsaves:
Does anyone have a working lidroid toggle zip for this rom? That's the only thing I am missing. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] whojabacod:
Clean install even tried a different contact app ... dialer finds and uses contacts opening contact s itself fc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
I've never had SVOICE respond to the wake-up command in any version.

I didn't actually try it before I rooted, so I don't have a control group to work with. Judging by the trouble I had installing GPS, I may have one of the dreaded finicky phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Maybe it's a corrupt contacts database and the corrupt data keeps getting restored. Here's what would help. Get it to force close and then run a logcat as soon as you can after it FC's and post the logcat here. If you've got the android SDK on your computer, you can just plug it in to the computer and type this at a command prompt:

adb logcat -d -v time > logcat.txt

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
Finally made the switch from MeanBean to ICE (Clean Install), only thing I've found is that the WTSP Weather app won't stick in the notifications between boots, says it's unable to download data... looks like it's trying to update weather info before the phone has service.

also, question for Mcikey ... what kernel are you recommending ? I'm running an older one from Beans
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Never had that happen. Maybe try clearing data for the WTSP app. Maybe it's not the timing but a bad server address in the data somewhere.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
I'll give that a try, any Kernel recommendations? I'm sure the one I'm running now is from the older VZW base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
If you just install the ROM normally, you'll get the kernel that is baked into the ROM: the one from the DMC3 international base. I haven't found a real reason to run a non-stock kernel on this phone to be honest.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
Is this correct:

3.0.31.1071214 se.infra@sep-135 #1 Wed Mar27 11:01:09 KST 2013 ?

Didn't know the Kernel was included with the ROM. and ya I don't overclock or undevolt, though Beans slightly tweaked version felt smoother than the stock kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
Just tried using new version of s-voice and this is what I got when I said "open pocket cast" WTF
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Yep, that's the international kernel baked into ICE.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmboulware:
That was my problem also ... with svoice I .... had .... to ... e ...nun ... ci .... ate everything in order for it to "get it." Google even understands my NC inflection LOL

JB

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I think I just peed myself...

JB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
At least it has a sense of humor...

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ILMF:
And to hijack thread even further...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
It's not the weather app that's issuing the "Unable to download..." message after a boot, guess I was paying too much attention ;)

WTSP loads after a minute or so.

No idea what's failing to download on a boot. I'll see if I can find the instructions to capture a logcat, maybe that will identify the culprit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] torr310:
Freaking awesome ROM!

Thank you so much, OP!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Why is my answer different?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
It simply has a database of possible answers for the same question and picks a random one that makes sense for that question. Ask it several times and it'll eventually pick the same one.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
S voice does not work with my bluetooth either. When I press and say a note to self nothing happens. It works fine when I take it off Bluetooth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Confirmation 89Y16921X59412019 to

ddisoftware/Mike

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ahjee:
threw a few dollars to the cause moments ago. every little bit helps im sure, i just want to express my appreciation for your work. Thanks mikey
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cynkrzy:
mikey -

Seems the cause of the "unable to download ..." msg right after a boot was self inflicted.

I restored a prior backup of MeanBean V1.11 and the problem persisted, so I did another very clean install of ICE, including wiping data and it's running great... haven't de-bloated or restored a bunch of apps yet, I'll do them slowly and see if it re-appears

Edit: FOUND IT!

Turns out it was a bad MMS message that had never downloaded, and when I restored my MMS backup it started again with the "Unable to download.." message.

deleted the bad MMS and all good!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
I searched and I can't figure out, does this update have the stock toggles? Only thing that was keeping me from ICE in the first place.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
No. They are not worth implementing because Power Toggles beats them in every way and having the option to turn them on/off means unnecessary work every time the base is updated.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
Alright, now with power toggles does it still have that annoying status bar icon or blank if you turn it off? Nothing against them I just have OCD and I can't stand that little notification lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Yes, that's an Android requirement. The OS will not allow a notification without a corresponding icon. So put the date up there. It's something that is not otherwise visible on the status bar and takes up only one tiny slot on the left. I use it all the time when I have my homescreen open and I need to date a check while using the calculator or need to sign and date something after checking something on my phone.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Roland Deschain:
The critical piece of information that he neglected to mention is that he has his radio and wi-fi turned off while the screen is off. Deep sleep with no apps waking it, and in airplane mode or having all radios/wi-fi/etc. turned off, it literally CAN last for months if left untouched. It's the radio and/or wi-fi idling that draws almost all of the power if a phone is in deep sleep, and nothing's waking it.

It is flat-out impossible to even hit 10 days with wi-fi or radio enabled though, even if in deep sleep and not once being touched.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Makes no difference with respect to the initial claim. 1% per day is 1.3 milliamps and the phone will draw orders of magnitude more than that even in airplane mode. 1.3 milliamps is not nearly enough to even keep the internal memory and cpus in idle state. Then you still have to keep the clock alive, alarms, circuitry to detect button presses, and many more things alive on top of that.

As I said, a fully charged battery itself will die in a few months just sitting on a table. Then add the above and even in airplane mode, the best you are ever going to see out of the stock battery is a week, maybe a few days more.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Roland Deschain:
When I bought my HTC Rezound, I wiped the custom ROM I had on my Droid X and put it in airplane mode. I thought I shut it off, but I hadn't. 31 days later, I saw the red LED start blinking, which surprised me because I thought the phone was off and it was at 10% battery left when I turned the screen on. With 31 days since last charge. It stayed on that entire time in airplane mode. That was with the stock battery. Test it yourself, turn off anything that wants to hit up location information like Google Now/Google Maps, put a Nexus 7 in airplane mode, and keep the screen off for a week. Then turn it on to see it still at like 90% battery remaining or more, if it remained untouched that whole time.

For a device that is left untouched, and with all radios/wireless stuff turned off, you are very wrong about idle juice use. If you have a device you can test this with exactly as I laid out, (one you don't use, in other words) try it and see. Even a week is likely impossible with wi-fi or the radio on, but with those off, it's a wild difference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crl95:
I dont know if anyone has posted this but I cant connect to google play store. Does anyone else have this problem? Sorry if someone already wrote this and I didnt see it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
I have tested it before and the best I've seen is about 7% per day in airplane mode and that was on an Evo 4G LTE. The Evo 3D was even worse. Testing or no testing, you cannot defy the laws of physics. 1.3 milliamps is not even enough to drive that LED you said was blinking, much less the circuitry that was causing it to blink. People think the phone is the equivalent of "off" when they put it in airplane mode. There's still a LOT going on when a phone is in airplane mode. Just put yours in airplane mode for an hour or so and then do a logcat and you'll see that airplane mode is not the same thing as complete hibernation.

P.S. The original post on this subject never mentioned airplane mode. In addition, if you search for "airplane" under the NickTheMajin userid, you'll see that he has never once even used the term "airplane" on this forum. So no... I didn't miss that. He simply flat out made a claim that on other ROM's, he uses 1% per day with the screen off. Never mentioned airplane mode.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Roland Deschain:
I know, Mikey; I was saying he was full of crap because the only way to get even close to the battery "life" he mentioned is what I laid out. Also, I have no clue what kind of power draw 1.3 milliamps is, the LED only started blinking once it hit 10% battery left and that's when I realized the phone had been on the whole time. If you saw 7% per day in airplane mode on an Evo, something was drawing the battery unnecessarily. *shrug*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Roland Deschain:
I went into the Android battery info section, and it said 31 days. With a steadily declining line the whole time. If it had been off for 3 weeks then turned on, it would have been extremely obvious.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Namolas:
"You're listening to Battery Talk with Mikey and Roland. We'll be right back after this short message from our sponsor"

(LOL :D )
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
OK, well maybe someone snuck in and removed the CPU's when you weren't looking. :) I looked at the available data sheets for the Exynos 4412 and Cortex A9 CPU's and while I didn't find specific numbers for those, the A8 uses 6-9 mA in deep sleep for a single CPU. The A9 is said to be 20% better on power consumption than prior CPU's so that gives 5-7 mA. And that's just to keep one core in deep sleep! So on that alone, you're dead in 26 days.

And like I said, add to that the power consumption required to keep 16 billion 0's and 1's alive, clocks, etc. and there's no way you are making it past 30 days. And a Note 2 has a big battery: 3100 mAH is bigger than most.

Until I see a graph showing 3+ months of standby battery with no breaks in the graph and no charging, I'm still going to believe in physics. Even if someone posts one, it'd be more likely that the graph was in error than you found a way to break the laws of physics.

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crl95:
Battery is important and all but can anyone answer my question lol? Thanks guys I appreciate all that the devs do!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] idelgado782:
hey guys I have a question. Do you guys have Polaris office installed? I could have sworn that Mean Bean had it and now I don't have it. I tried installing from Samsung app store but I don't believe it's the same version the comes with the stock Rom. I could be crazy though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lgfltmedic:
Lol battery is a non issue here...with this 9200mah...brick of a battery...have a hard time draining it in two days....#mean battery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] guthrien:
Yea the beauty of this phone is not speaking about the battery. Though I like Mikey talking all this technical stuff stuff, it makes me want to run his rom, like a Dr that's well informed should be the one that treats you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] streetracer8605:
What does the "device status" say running this rom? Has anything been done behind the scenes so the phone still appears normal to vzw and samsung? just curious because I'm coming from an S3 that I always ran synergyrom on and they did a lot behind the scenes to make it look as stock as possible to vzw and samsung while running their roms. I'm still reading to see what rom to put on my new Note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] griffis:
Speaking of loving this phone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikeyxda:
Well I guess I have egg on my face over the battery thing. Sometimes if you want to know the answer to a question, you just have to ask those in "charge". I feel silly not knowing this... it seems so obvious once you know. ;) It seems this is one of those things that can't be answered by scribbling physics or electronics equations on the back of an envelope! :D

Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bambamishere:
i think you have to flash the (stickysettings zip) again then you can pick what you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] crl95:
Can anyone please tell me why my google play is not connecting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmboulware:
Well, duh. My ten-year-old could have told you that.

:D

JB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bambamishere:
try going into settings,apps,clear data in google play.