yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
I used Contacts+ once to kind of jump start my stock Contacts app.

But then after some reflashes I also noticed I was tripping up my stock Contacts app when I had elected in TSMParts to show the phone icon next to the names of my Contacts prior to launching the stock Contacts app for the first time. When I decided to omit that process, I was fine. I re-installed Tweaked to fix my MTP issue (which is working now, by the way) I avoided the TSMParts option at first. When having launched my stock Contacts app, I experienced zero issues. So that seemed like confirmation again.

But if your stock contacts app is crashing, try using Contact+ from the Google Play Store. Within that app try adding a dummy number. You'll see that Contacts+ relies on the native stock Contacts app to allow you to add a new number. This is one way of jump-starting the stock Contacts app even though its crashing.

Another way is to investigate if you wiped cache in Recovery.

And even another way is to visit my posts way back yonder on posts #1517, 1518, 1519 with annotated screenshots. Page 152 if you're using XDA on the computer. Page 76 in Tapatalk if you elected in your settings to see 20 posts per page. Page 152 in Tapatalk if you're using the default 10 posts per page setting. =) Only difference is....instead of my post referencing com.sec.android.app.flashbarservice, just substitute that with the Contacts app. So, in one of the screenshots, instead of typing com.sec.android.app.flashbarservice simply type in that field "contacts" and there should be a result there showing the Contacts app. Wipe Data and Cache for that one single app. I can't speak on the success of attempting to wipe cache/data through Android's application manager, as that has failed me where Titanium Backup Pro actually did the job. I can't assist anything beyond what I've practiced, so if TBU is a turn off, then it's the best I can do. Those who haven't purchased the app would be hesitant and I completely understand. (though, a little imagination can solve this) But I do recommend TBU.

Best wishes.

(thank goodness for SwiftKey, I'll tell ya...)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] AngryDinosaur:
Swiftkey is great, just hoping they include Chinese input in the future
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
No I think it would likely be fine. And I have a feeling that process will soon be simplified for those curious to try it out :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] AngryDinosaur:
Awesome sauce, thank you :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
Hi there...

I just downloaded Echo from your other thread and am about to flash it. Looks great! Thank you for this. This screenshot here, though......that's not included in Echo, right?

Just curious.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] AngryDinosaur:
The next phone you get mr dwitherell, I will follow you there too just so I can use your rom :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pro_b:
I actually wiped everything, including my internal SD card. I can see my contacts if I use another app (I sometimes use exdialer) but using the contacts built in app will cause a force close.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
6 posts above your post is your answer (hopefully). =)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] foreverloco:
Sorry for the late response to this hilarious post. I've been a bit busy, but when I got to this part of my catching up, I just had to......

You sir...... Are what it means to be a DEV. You work code the way Samsung should before releasing what they do and are also the biggest help this community could ask for.. You answer any question asking for help when you can. Not just in this thread, but in any thread someone asks, no matter if it's the most annoying smali thing you've heard and taken time out of your day to hunt down the answer or if it's just some question that's been asked and answered over and over again...

I for one get a chance to open up parts of the master pieces you give us when I update my theme and when I do.. I am just in awe with all the incredible work you do for us.

I know I'm not the first to think this, but TWEAKED should really have it's own spot in Original Android Development. :cool:

You my good man iz a genius!

Thank you for everything you do! :D

P.S: I'll probably have nothing to do theme wise by the time 3.0 is released because the way this rom is going, everyone will be able to theme it and create their own mods simply by speaking to the phone... :p :silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alexia Whitehurst:
Nope its not included... That's a port I did for Tweaked, but I haven't received approval to post it for everyone... So for now it sits on my Mediafire account and does nothing for anyone.... If I get approval I will get it up right away...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
Thank you.

Loving Echo right now.

Thanks so much!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PC Jona:
what kernel you guys using on this? wanna use saber kernel but im afraid of the SOD's. had problems with it before. it was so solid up until recently.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] AngryDinosaur:
Was on trinity, and the phone locked up and rebooted when I was on Chrome last night, did the same thing again when it boot up, so I just reflashed the whole rom. Not sure if chrome problem or kernel. Might try sabre or persus later

Suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] luv4greenleaves:
Perseus all the way.. Saber took forever for my cores to go offline.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Interesting... I've tried and tried to get that force close on my end with no luck (even trying Kal-Els thought to make it happen). There has to be some common thread that for whatever reason is evading me... can you get a logcat of the force close?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PC Jona:
what version of that are you on? the latest one seems to be from april

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1960935&page=37
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] luv4greenleaves:
The latest is from April.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tiffany84:
+1000

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
Really? That's odd. Well....that's good news, even. Do you think app-conflict somewhere might be the culprit? I reinstalled Tweaked to solve my MTP issue and I tested out the stock Contacts app and even that worked just fine after the fresh install. However, the one thing I did do different was not install my one million apps. I left that behind for a couple days. Could my initial problem with stock Contacts possibly have been related to one of my apps? Not sure. After I reinstalled Tweaked I checked everything bare bones first....contacts, Note 2 sms/mms (not SGS4 yet), dialer, tethering, GPS navigation, etc, etc. Everything seemed fine so far. I had not tried NFC, AllShare, DLNA, etc yet.....but I do use those very, very often to stream tv shows from my phone to the tv after torrenting directly to my phone. After verifying streaming videos works natively, THEN I turn around and resort to 3rd party apps for streaming; not because native is broken but because I want to.

So, thus far I'm alright now with those issues I had before which are now gone.

In any case, until anyone tries TBU I'll feel compelled to say that not every option has been exercised; only because com.sec.android.app.flashbarservice crashes were extremely persistent and I learned from another thread that TBU could help in a lot (not all) of force closes and someone tipped off on the com.sec.android.app.flashbarservice issue. Just a shot in the dark, but maybe the same with Contacts might help. Or, maybe it's app-conflict with another app.

Dwith, after seeing the logcat I'm interested in knowing what you find.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pro_b:
Sure thing. I really appreciate everyone's help. I'm going to do a full wipe, fresh install, and test contacts app before messing with any settings just in case there is something to the TSMParts modding.

P.S. If it makes any difference, I'm on AT&T although I've been using Tweaked since the first version and never had the issue before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
how do you see the cores go offline? what apps?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] luv4greenleaves:
I use cpu z.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Quick question,

I was bored and decided to flash Tweaked to check it out... I've also been messing with the Ext2 mod, now when I installed tweaked I still had the rm-f option selected in TWRP, does that matter? what are the odds I'm still on ext2, or do you think it changed back to ext4 automatically via the installer script?:eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] farfromovin:
TKT is compatible with our phones. morfic updated the app a couple days ago :good: That being said, I'm normally a giant Trinity hound (from Nexii devices), but Perseus's kernel with his Stweaks app is extremely customizable. I need to tweak my USB charge rates as high as I can with my inductive charging mod so I usually use Perseus myself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
Open terminal emulator and type Mount. Then look at what file system it reads for each partition
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Yep, back to ext4, thanks!! Guess it's as good a time as any to try the ext2 aroma installer. Simplified things a tad for myself and chose the trinity kernel when I installed tweaked, so I guess I'll give it a shot...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] i_guana:
Ok, but have you tried going into recovery and fixing permissions, wiping cache and delvik?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhowanidin:
Quick feedback: does anyone use the option in the modificationator for cpu sleeper and init.d tweaks? I recently went back to stock UVBMD1 kernel and was wondering if I should use it. Avoided it on custom kernels, because I figured it was built into them already. Am I right or wrong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
I always do. Wasn't sure if it was built in or not.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhowanidin:
Also, just checked battery stats and I'm trying to figure out why Media Server's usage is so high. Or is this normal?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Another thing, at one point I was using the optional nav bar at the bottom and when I pressed the folder/menu button on the left I had a nice little pop up with a theme chooser etc... Now when I press it I just got the normal stuff. What did I either enable or disable that made it go away?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
This happened while on like a home screen? Sounds like a 3rd party launcher if so.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Not sure where I was exactly, I do have Nova, Yandex and Apex..but I'm using the stock touch wiz launcher. Haven't used any of the others yet. Yandex is nice, but a major battery hog.. I'll try to figure it out, maybe I was in an app, don't think so, but not impossible. It was kinda nice whatever it was, like a muti window deal with folders running down the left, visually similar to outlook, but had theme options. .weird.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] txrocker281:
Anyway to install photosphere on this rom? I flashed the stock camera apk and got this error message.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Try the 4.2.2 camera option in the modificatinator
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] txrocker281:
I just installed the 4.3 version and thaf fixed it, but thanks for the tip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Gotcha - I'm pretty sure that's the same as what I list as the 4.2.2 one actually now that I think about it lol - regardless glad you got it sorted :)

Also - are there any folks reading this (and using this rom) that are using the AT&T (i337) version of the Note 2? If so - could you PM me? Got a quick question or two I want to verify and what not :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
yea its the gs4 google edition camera
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
Ah! Good to know. For some reason I was wondering if it was the Samsung-ified GS4 camera app with all the bells and whistles. Is it even possible to have that? My guess is nuh-uh.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sofia-captivate:
nope. should i ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] leinert1:
2.3 Rocks!

I wanted to thank dwitherell for his help last night on IRC! I had struggled with flashing the new ROM for weeks. His help with validating the md5 hash confirmed a bad download (3 times worth I guess). I am now up and running and very thankful for his exceptional contributions to the community.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
arrg....tether not workie no more. anyone else?

help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] chrisa887:
Try trevs mod. It's in the theme and app section I think

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http://db.tt/E6680TpK
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
answered my own problem LoL...tether works again now!

thanks

found out why some of us are loosing tether and some of us NOT. Its due to LTE expanding in certain areas. When tether used to work, it probably not working because LTE is expanding and you need to use the fast.tmobile.com apn

Non-lte areas are still using the IPv4 protocol, LTE areas are using IPv6 so the fix is to change APN Protocol from IPv4 to IPv4/IPv6. in your APN settings. dont forget to save your apn. I added dun to apn type. here's a screenshot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Another thing that seems to help - if you did the upsell avoid option you can actually go in and delete the tether apn. I've heard that helps anyway, though I have my doubts on how long-term of a fix it will provide.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
you posted right after i found a fix :P

thanks for teh reply though...seems like a common issue accross the board with tmobile and LTE expanding. so [MENTION=4041997]dwitherell[/MENTION] its not a broken rom bro...so no sweat....look at these links for where i found the info

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2044870 solution on page 2

another one

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34662473&postcount=11

and this guy post #6

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324335&highlight=tether
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] i_guana:
Yes, always try fixing permissions and wiping caches to resolve problems as a first measure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Your the man !!!:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
tethering works now!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I dont know about you guys but i hate not having my tether work. Drives me NUTS, its that OCD thingy i might have! Well using [MENTION=4041997]dwitherell[/MENTION] suggestion to deleted the tether APN, tether works better than even with the new settings!

I thought it was password issues at first, then started to change apns to the tether apn in mobile networks. then found the fix i posted a few posts above this.

I have the newset Kenwood Excelon DNN990HD in two of my cars. this is the newest radio with built in wifi. so tether is a must for me :)

here are the results to a smooth working tether

deleted apn tether

changed apn type to ipv4/ipv6

speedtest thru tether shows 4mb!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
big pimpin.. can I get a job where you work :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jamalkhaffaf:
I can be his assistant. It's enough for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
lol, i have the DNN990hd in my 4 runner, and my volvo and in my wife's mini cooper i am using a DNX890HD :)

I am a Kenwood Excelon dealer and Pioneer dealer and JL audio dealer,

I own a stereo shop...perks of being in the business.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] recepo1:
Great rom thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
lol.....I laughed at "Perks of being in the business" because I know EXACTLY what that means (to a degree). I work in IT, so I took home two $500 graphics cards - "perks of being in the business". Two laptops, etc, etc. lol...$400 SSD HDD, etc. lol.........

No, not stolen. Just departments that purchased wrong and didn't want the stuff anymore and had to re-purchase the correct stuff they were looking for. If not obtained at an employee discount, then the 5-finger discount (approved). lol

STILL.....I, too, wanna be your assistant. Just to say I work in the business. lol

Which APN did you delete, by the way? The LTE one or the non-LTE one? PM me if you can, please. Congratulations on the success! =)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Yeah, well you should fire the installer... Done a ton of customization back in the day, my favorite sound wise in my 99 Eclipse GS-T, that consisted of 4 JL 10W6's, Rockford Fosgate AMP's (Before they went mainstream and cheap) Caps, Neon.. blah. blah, blah all nice and flush mounted... That head unit install makes me cringe, you mean he couldn't do a better job getting that flush with some custom trim or something, ANYTHING ?? FIRED !!!! (That is unless you did it, Hmmmm ??) lol :victory:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
there are two apns, it was something with tether in it and said epc.tmobile.com, deleted that one.

Seems like tether is a hot topic in a whole lot of other threads. I just streamed iHeart radio all the way to my Zipcar service call at the airport, 20 minutes there at the car and then another 20 minutes home for a total of little over 1 hour.

Steve, dont be so quick to jodge a book by its cover.

You are looking at my beater work truck 2003 4runner v8

it takes a standard double din

dash cavity does not allow for the unit to go back any further

the urban runner trim bezel is a dealer only item that costs $94USD

that trim bezel is what it is a trim bezel to make it look more flush

the two trimpieces on the sides of that radio was $3.50. do the math

i run circles around my installers, i can do any current model honda remote starter with keyless entry is less than 45 minutes and soldering all connections

not defending my work but if you knew what is involved in this install, then we can talk

i wish i could be fired. i need a vacation

we can talk shop via PM instead of cluttering up this thread.

we didnt even get into the hidden on board train horns, or other my other cars..or even the 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP i just rolled out today with $5k of stereo gear and $2k of performance work....please fire me so i can have a vacation. :good::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Consider it done.... Take a break, clear your head.....

lol, not questioning the quality of work you do as a whole.. I'm sure it's top notch...Was pertaining specifically to that head unit..looks like ass regardless..lol

But like you said, not to many options, and definitely not worth investing that much money into your beater... I like the head unit though, any chances of passing along the savings on a demo unit, or anything that rolls around???..Let me know !!! :highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
i know it looks like ass, i hate it but almost 100 bcusk for that stupid trim piece

looks great but $94 come on. its really just that u shaped trim piece

demo, no those are already in my cars LoL. i can definatly save you money if you want something. just PM me your wish list :) i already do that for my "buddies" on other car forums i am on :)

i do need a break, its coming in 33 days, 8 day cruise leaving from new orleans!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Get the damn trim piece !!!!!!!!! lol, yes it is 100% worth every penny of 94.00 !!!! Ridiculous price like most of that stuff of course, but it looks sooooooo much better....:good:

Taking a little Caribbean Cruise eh? That sounds like a nice break... As long as the damn thing doesn't catch on fire !!! lol Those cruise liners have been having some issues lately... I'll definitely keep you in mind when Im in the market... Dropped 2K on a Eclipse Nav head unit when I returned from being stationed overseas a couple years ago, let me break that first... :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
Well to get this back on topic. Thought I'd drop this here. I think there was some interest in this Theme. Right now contacts is just images, but not for long
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] fireishott:
Sweet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
I like testing themes... lol :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alexia Whitehurst:
Let's stay on point here please... XDA has PM'S for a reason :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] badpanda:
For the love of god how do you properly flash this rom? The op its so confusing...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] thediesel32:
Same here. Just getting error after error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alexia Whitehurst:
1) Download basic installer

2) Download ROM

3) Move both to your storage

4) Flash basic installer and select options

5) Flash ROM

The installer sets a memory so to speak... If you have to flash again, you don't have to go through aroma again... It's already there...

Of course do a full wipe before flashing...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
The price of trying something different are issues like this - my apologies. I tried to lay it out as clear as I could, but it's easy to make assumptions without even knowing it regarding understandability, clarity, etc. If either of you would be up for it, I would welcome any tips/advice/suggestions on how to make the install method less confusing (i.e. how should it have been set up, what did you need to see/read as opposed to what is there that wasn't needed/made it confusing, stuff like that) - no worries if you don't want to put in a little time, but if you do PM me your thoughts (no need to clutter the thread with it). I'll make sure to throw some credit your way for helping me de-muddy the waters :)

Again - sorry for the confusion!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
That helps...:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kintwofan:
I'll hit you up on irc when it's ready
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhowanidin:
Since when has flashing ROMs ever been complicated? Answer: never...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
I think it's the fact that it is slightly different and most people can be intimidated by that, and the little bit of reading required.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Agreed, actually is simple flash aroma, select options you want. Then flash tweaked.zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Not "more difficult", it just requires the user to participate a little. That means actually read, modify and install. It's well laid out in my opinion, I'd much rather have to much information than not enough. The benefits the end user has with Tweaked is awsome, love the modificanator (hope I got that right) zip. Really makes some changes easy that would normally require flashing the entire ROM again. I personally think it's awesome, I think people tend to learn more if they're involved more than "SWIPE TO FLASH". ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattlowry:
I am going to make the xperia z lockscreen for this rom today. but could someone make my life easier and upload their android.policy.jar so I can edit it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Will do

Here you go http://db.tt/IDhss9fv
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
+1, me too!! =)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xamindar:
The problem is, some people do not like to read. As this is a slightly different process, these people need to slow down a bit and simply read the OP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Double0EK:
Im only stock rooted and I even understand how to flash this rom using the Advanced method. C'mon people. ..for the sake of helping yourself just read a bit...if you still dont understand read it slower and process the info. given to you.

Not trying to bash on others but if youre rooted then you should have a bit of knowledge of what youre doing before doing anything else.

Back to basics.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kal-El7:
And I raise my glass to toast (of water)....

#TakesASip

lol