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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gilmorej:
I hate this lock screen too! It's so frustrating because I have long fingers, and I very often hit the clock when trying to swipe which just "grabs" the clock instead of unlocking the phone..

I am completely missing the point of widgets on your lock screen. I don't want them at all and I want to turn them off, but that's not an option. Why?? I want the screen to unlock whether I swipe the clock or a blank part of the screen!

Opening messages directly from the lock screen now is also a chore. Who thought to themselves that sliding a puzzle piece across the screen (or dragging your finger across an icon) to look at a message was too hard, and then came up with the current implementation? Click the message, then swipe your finger in a very specific part of the screen. Because that's intuitive.

We can have many home pages that have all of the widgets and icons we want on them. Why do we need an extra layer of them on our lock screens? If the lock screen weren't cumbersome to use, then shortcuts on the lock screen wouldn't be necessary because they wouldn't be saving any time.

The way the lock screen works really irritates me, and I honestly thought about just keeping my GS III because of it (and a couple of other things that are OT).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] burhanistan:
As cheesy as the slider lock screen on the iPhone is, one thing I really like about it is the ability to open the camera app directly without having to input my (corporate IT mandated) PIN to use it. That extra second or two wasted putting in my PIN on the S4 could mean I might miss a neat shot. It needs some tweaking, for sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
No....just no...I hope your joking there are already enough threads talking about lag (which I still haven't experienced on my s4)

But yeah...once we get some roms cooking I'm sure devs will give us some better lockscreens...and probably even port the s3 lockscreen over
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KryptosXLayer2:
fixed it for you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Lol your funny...if only you really knew me and how anti-apple I am...widgets don't define android and are not the reason I buy android - I buy them to tinker, to mess around, to cook my own roms - ease of customization and most of all...OPEN SOURCE. Widgets are gimmicks and for the lazy who think that actually opening an app is to much work...only kind of widget I ever really use are clock widgets...but even those I rarely use

IPhones owned: 0

IPods owned: 1 - was a gift, sold it

Androids owned: 3

BTW, I am fully aware you were joking :P - but I gotta defend myself against a claim like that lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] stl-soldier:
Yeah, those are fighting words. I don't allow apple products in my house either. But it's good they exist. Simple people require simple devices, and there's no shortage of simple people in the world.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] burhanistan:
Meh, Apple makes great products, and they are deceptively simple. Being agnostic about brands is far better than taking virulent and unexamined stances.

Anyway, some widgets are pretty useful to get information at a glance without waiting for an app to load.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Intellectua1:
I'm really disappointed with the lockscreen also. I've been using custom roms for so long I thought the amazing CM10.1 lockscreen was the stock Android lockscreen where you could have scrollable widget pages.. I love widgets on my lockscreen I only use cLock, C++ calculator, and the camera widget and I need to be able to access those without unlocking my device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crystalstylez:
You can do that. It works with widgets also. Take your finger and swipe on the time to the next page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickliq:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AxAtAx:
Look in the threads, some has an replacement app u can push to replace it with that has a option to turn that off, glad you brought that up, I am going to go find it, and apply.

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the i in iphone stands for idiots, thats why it is idiot proof....this is a statement, nor is it directed at you....No one can crash an iphone...near impossible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jsmith8858:
Just turn off notifications for the stock messaging app and use SMS Popup to handle notifications. You should be able to configure it exactly the way you want, there's tons of options, it's a great little app.

Also, the lock screen does support widgets.

Remember this is Android; even though it's TouchWiz and not as flexible as CM, it's all still very customizable, often (as in this case) without even rooting.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
Coming from the sprint s2, we had this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2137680

Just wondering if anyone plans on bringing this over to us. Only thing keeping me from staying stock touchwiz
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] saldebot:
You can use that on any rooted phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
it threw my phone into a bootloop =/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stevehkim:
Using xposed as we speak. Find the 2.1.4 version.

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
ignore
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] bikrame:
I hope u have backups man.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
the 1.2.4 works perfectly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Actionx1:
Were did you get the. 1.2.4 version?

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Found it. Do you guys know how to increase the DPI on SwiftKey without having it scans out of the screen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] m-cat:
What can the s4 powered by an AOSP ROM do that the S3 on an AOSP ROM can not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Not a damn thing since its unreleased on Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
Nothing. Its aosp. Same features and ****.

The only difference is performance, screen, and physical looks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
Better screen, higher MP camera, hover stuff that might make it into CM. Otherwise it will be the same software the S3 has.

I love newest/latest/greatest...but I think I will be ok with a RC CM10.1 on the S3 vs. back to nightlies on the S4, at least until my next phone comes out (if a nexus comes to vzw again, or if the moto x-phones look good, i'll jump).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] currway:
an AOSP camera app that doesn't misfocus all the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubliminalME:
If the S3 can't hold a decent signal in fringe areas with AOSP after a year or two, I don't have high hopes for the S4 to do any better. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] currway:
Firstly did you eliminate the fact if it's a ROM issue, a modem driver issue, or the hardware issue? For eg you may want to put on a stock samsung ROM and have a go at the reception comparison.

Secondly, there wasn't any officially built AOSP for the S3.

With the S4, there's gonna be officially built AOSP release that will have all the correct integration with the components
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SubliminalME:
It's a known issue. Samsung never officially released the RIL, so the bastardized versions just don't work as well. If you're in a great 4g area, you'll be fine with AOSP, but handshakes are terrible and reception is lacking. Believe me, I've tried pretty much all the roms with multiple phones. When they work, they work well, but when they don't...terrible. It's sad, really, as I would MUCH prefer non-TW...
[General Questions and Answers] manokarthik:
Please help me friends....

I flashed my Xperia U and now it comes as No sim card inserted evven if the sim card is inserted i did everything i know but its no use..I tried S1 tool it appears SIM status tampered...PLease any1 help me plzzzzzz
[Motorola Droid 3] insanespain:
Looking for the latest version of Hash's CM9 NON KEXEC rom. I had been running this for a year with no trouble. Decided I wanted to play around again and updated to the new safestrap and loaded JB kexec and it's just not stable enough, sleep issues won't work for DD, and gingerbread sucks. Now I can't find my .zip file and don't see it posted anywhere. The non kexec ICS builds were solid, and the camera worked decent. I want to go back. Does anyone have it?
[Motorola Droid 3] sm4rty:
maybe this is useful for you?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465297
[Motorola Droid 3] insanespain:
Nope. That is for the xt860. I know someone has hashcodes non kexec ics roms, if they could just send me a dropbox link or something it would be awesome. Right now I'm using steel droid ics but it seems to have more issues than the hashcode cm9 ics rom I ran for a year.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Actually that would work you would just have to use the 862 data files from Steel Droid probably.
[Motorola Droid 3] Munckster:
Let's see if this can be helpful.

I was looking for a good ICS, with camera working, so let's give it a try.

I really need the camera, so that's why I didn't even tried the JB.

Thanks for the link, sm4rty!
[Motorola Droid 3] cappysw10:
you're in luck!

had to hook up the old dev box but found this file, enjoy!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20441294/cm9-droid3-20120101-1600.zip
[Motorola Droid 3] jawsofire:
Found this while I was cleaning up my SD card. Not sure if it's KEXEC or not. It wasn't labeled. I have a feeling it isn't.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/08eyaqskj5041zy/cm9-droid3-20120316-0330.zip

EDIT: Installed it to make sure. It is non-KEXEC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
So hears the deal, my wife sends me an mms message every morning. Their .GIF animation, and as much as I hate to admit it, I like to see them.

I have tried a vast variety of roms and only 2 have worked to allow me to actually view the message as a .GIF animation. Those two roms are....

1.) Beans rom

2.) Executioner rom

I tried.....

1.) Synergy

2.) Hyperdrive

3.) Luna

4.) Goodness

5.) SOA

6.) DeviantOne

I'm on a quest to find a rom that will allow me to see the .Gif animations when my wife texts me. I would stick to executioners rom but the louder volume hack and volume skip track mod aren't on there. Can anyone help me out???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
Have you tried MOAR?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
I'm downloading it now, I'm going to try it tomarrow. I'm curious as to what breaks this feature...it works just fine on stock software and I'm curious as to why it works on only jelly beans and executioner rom.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
Update..........MOAR ROM SOLVED ALL MY PROBLEMS!!!!! Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
The developers of the ROM had the same issue and have already fixed it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NICEGYPT:
Hi all. I was trying to install launcher on my daughter kindle. I was not able to make the launcher as a default, so I deleted the stock launcher. The kindle freeze's after like 10 min. I turned off the device, now it's stuck on splash screen. I tried to do all the steps to get into the bootloader or recovery there is no success. Any help please?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seokhun:
How did you delete the stock launcher? If there's any hope, do a factory reset and pray you get those files back. Otherwise, use a USB cable to boot into fastboot mode and flash 7.2.3 all over again. https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-7.2.3_D025_2330720.bin

Rename the file to amazon723, and use the fastboot command to flash: fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot amazon723.bin
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NICEGYPT:
I deleted the stock launcher using root explorer. I got it successful one time boot into recovery, I did factory reset. Now ADB is not working, also my laptop does not see that there is a device attached to the usb.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrkhigh:
Since you did a factory reset you now need a fast boot cable..when you factory reset you get adb turned off since it is off by default...

With adb enabled you could have pushed the launcher back, but now you just need to get out into fast boot mode and restore
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] PaulGenovese:
HI,

I've just recently got myself an XDAII and have found that I run out of storage memory easily. Is there an external hard drive available that I'd be able to hook up to the XDAII?

Also, can the XDAII act as a USB host to other peripherals (like an ext HDD or camera)? For example would I be able to download a pic from my camera via the USB to store on the mem card?

I appreciate any advice you can give me!

cheers

P
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Rudegar:
nop it's a peripheral itself and that cant be changed

of cause if you buy the backpack and then get the usb CF card it may be able to host
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] PaulGenovese:
Thanks Rudegar,

I figured as much in regard to the USB host. I'll look into the backpack option though.

cheers

P
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] k_kirk:
Check this out... So far I don't think the unit is shipping. I am hoping it will not disappear into the vaporware albums.

http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000291.php

You would of course need a SDIO WiFi card too if you don't have one already.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dposcorp:
Hope this is the right forum

I read these threads, but not sure if they apply to Samsung.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2058616

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35674606#

I bought a unlock code online for my i717 AT&T. (Clean ESN and all that; no issues)

Put in a Tmobile sim, was asked to unlock, kept getting "unlock unsuccessfull."

Thought it was a bad SIM, so I borrowed one at the Tmobile store and had the same issue.

Thought it might be my CM10 rom, so I tried different stock roms, GB, ICS, and JB.....still no luck.

Company i bought from insisted it is the right code.

Decide to call AT&T, and got a great rep that was glad to give me a unlock code in 10 minutes.

Problem is, its the code I already had; they confirmed it was correct.

Not sure what to do now......read something about a unfreeze/MCK code I might have to buy, but wanted to see if anyone had any ideas.

Never saw any messages about it being frozen

I also tried the free unlock tricks via tmobile modem flash; no luck.

Decided to check here first to see if anyone has a idea.

Help! (thanks in advance)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nao2003:
I had the same issue as well.. with alittle searching I found this post and followed up to the t... and it fully worked...

I have reflash roms modems I used factory roms as well and it remained unlocked.. u could give it try it should work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dposcorp:
I'll give it another try......it just sucks that i have a confirmed official unlock code, and the phone wont take it. Makes no sense.

I'll report back again after I try it again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dposcorp:
SOLVED!

SOLVED!

Here is what I did:

1)Read this thread and followed instructions and links to read more:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124544

2) Went to this link here and read more

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024514

It seemed that most people had success with a ICS rom, so I looked for a stock ICS rom as well as CWM recover.

Grabbed CWM from here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1526431

3) Searched and found this link to a stock, rooted ICS rom.

{ROM}{UCLF6} Official ICS Stock Odexed, Deodexed, Rooted, Zipaligned, CRT

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766933

4)Searched and found the T989 with UVLE1 radio to use from this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124544

http://multiupload.biz/fdpnprq0ov6o...IO_NOTE_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html#.UY1FkaJ-q5I

5)Started to follow these instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024514

However, when I went to Press [6] NETWORK LOCK, I already had the option for available that said Press [4] NW LOCK NV DATA INITIALLIZ, so I went there there, did it and worked.

Somehow, I was already halfway to being unlocked. Maybe because I tried unlocking so many times, but the combination of:

This ROM:

{ROM}{UCLF6} Official ICS Stock Odexed, Deodexed, Rooted, Zipaligned, CRT

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766933

+

This Tmobile radio

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124544

http://multiupload.biz/fdpnprq0ov6o...IO_NOTE_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html#.UY1FkaJ-q5I

+

Tmobile sim card already installed did the trick

So , don't lose hope if you have issues like I did...........keep trying and make sure to donate, which is my next step :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] travecierfelipe:
note i717

it's funny i did my own phone a couple of months ago and it worked fine, i try another note i717 and it don't read the sim card and the signal bar comes and go i checked system settings status it read my pn but nothing else. please help :eek:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chc31:
Does anyone know what causes this? Third day with this device, came from a sensation but I never had this issue. Looked up the issue and a post Said that it's caused by playing audio with the screen off...

I didn't do that?

And the 2 posts were from people with HTC ones.. anyone know why?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syaoran68:
thats triggered when you have notification comes in. when notifications come in while screen off and you play a sound it triggers the audio_out_4

set your phone to vibrate and it wont trigger.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chc31:
Thanks, you helped me figure out the problem! It was hockey and goal alerts from 2 programs. Disabled them and voila! So apparently it could come from apps too! Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syaoran68:
No problem. Glad you got it sorted out
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3m21st:
:crying: help me
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srt99:
at least write something in the description..

anyway, search in the general section, there is a thread by amogh420

or head to the apps and theme section of 5830, there are plenty of sound mods
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] merkur18:
First of all, sorry if I am beating a dead horse with this question.

I have the original wall charger that came with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII. I have read issues of slow charge time but mine is EXTREMELY slow. It has taken up to 18 hours to fully charge! I was afraid it was my battery. However, I have used wall chargers borrowed from co-workers for the SII and it charged my phone in a hour and a half (from dead to fully charged). My question is; Should I buy the SII charger or buy a replacement SIII charger and risk it sucking just as bad as my current charger.

Thanks for the help

JM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
Just buy a replacement charger. I mean I think you just have a faulty charger.

Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deadger:
Samsung galaxy s3 working yeah
[Micromax A110] mishap13:
Hello, I recently updated my canvas 2 Jelly bean but it seems the brightness level is lower than ICS. Any fix for this?

also, I think the screen is a bit blurry and when Im outside (with sunlight) I cant even se the screen. :( is this normal for canvas 2?
[Micromax A110] maddyrokieasta:
no buddy .. i think its the problem with your devices because after jelly bean update .. its more brighter then before on ics . so take the device to the service center asap :)

hit thanks if helped :)

Sent from Micromax A110 ( Canvas 2 )
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] fbueller:
I have a Motorola Sliver bluetooth headset, and it works great on my S3. Upgraded to the S4 and everyone is saying that there's a crazy echo and that it's impossible to hear me at all. I've played with the sound cancelling options, and it still sucks.

Anyone else seeing problems with bluetooth headsets on the S4?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] movieaddict:
LG Tone Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset - Retail Packaging - Black/Orange

I have these and they work great, no problems with sound
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roadster92:
problem with Jabra Era and BlueAnt Q2 too

I have the same problem with both the Jabra Era and BlueAnt Q2. This would only happened if when I am on a voice call. Play back music and sound does not have the problem. Static noise, echo , crackle noises all happened during the voice call. Turn off the headset and using the phone alone does not have this problem. At first, I thought it's the network. I swap the SIM out and use my Atrix HD and everything is fine. This is more of the phone's bluetooth issue to me. Anyone else go the same issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] fbueller:
Just to be clear (no pun) it's the audio that my callers hear that seems messed up, not the audio I hear. I switched to a Plantronics and people say that audio is great, so it may be a compatibility issue with the Motorola Sliver. That would suck.
[Nexus 10 General] FabMan_UK:
I own a nexus 10, I like it, but a big complaint by many is the battery life. Apparently a large portion of the battery drain is attributed to the screen, which makes sense due to its high resolution.

I was curious as to whether you can dumb down the screen but still have text legible and images viewable without too much loss of quality. Also if it would actually benefit battery life.

What I mean by that is turning the 2560x1600 into 1280 x 800 by turning off pixels in a checker format, every other pixel being turned off. If it looked terrible they'd be no point, if it didn't save any battery life they'd be no point.

Reason as to why you'd want to do this, is that if you were reading a simple text file you might not care about high detail, maybe some games don't work at high resolutions and maybe reasons I haven't thought of.

Is it possible? Would it save battery life? Would you still be able to read text?
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
Search around the forum a bit - I recall seeing a few mods that essentially turned the screen into a 1280x800 rendered screen. Until we see some stability improvements (hopefully) in 4.3, there are a few people still running it for the speed.
[Nexus 10 General] FabMan_UK:
Thanks for pointing this out, I assume it uses 4 pixels as one, which is great for certain games and general performance I imagine. However I doubt it would improve battery life, right?
[Nexus 10 General] xboxfanj:
It could. Less demand on your CPU, GPU, and RAM should mean better battery life.
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
I don't think it would improve battery life very much, no.. I get awesome battery life when watching a movie or reading books, but when it comes to any kind of streaming (netflix in particular) my battery just drains, even more so then on my phone. I usually underclock when doing that, because it really doesn't require that much CPU. The tablet still kicks my laptop's butt in battery life, so even at 6+ hours I can't complain - and when I hit 8 or so I'm really quite pleased.
[Nexus 10 General] FabMan_UK:
While it probably would reduce some drain, I'd imagine it would be minimal based on percentage of battery drain mostly being the screen. Perhaps under clocking and under volting would reduce some battery drain, the main way to conserve battery is reducing screen draw. That is why reducing brightness has such a big effect, I was hoping that you could turn off pixels to reduce the drain. Though I'm not sure it's possible or it would look good.
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
Lolwut? Battery life a major complaint? WAT? It is a 10in tab with insane hardware pushing an insane resolution that averages 7-8hrs of SOT. How is that bad? Some people's expectations need to be brought back down to Earth.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 10 General] PoisonWolf:
The majority of the battery life is not from the pixels....but the screen itself (i.e., the lighting).

Yes, the pixels does use up more CPU/GPU cycles, but the majority will always, and I repeat always, be the screen. Why do you think the iPhone gets such awesome battery life? They have a tiny screen.