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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
Hello Everyone,

new member and first time poster here! What a community!

I've run into some serious battery drainage after installing 4.1.2 on my AT&T Note II; the battery will sometimes drain 15-20% an hour in standby mode, sometimes less but still drastically worse than before the updates when I'd get a solid day and a half. It seems to think that the SD card is constantly ejecting and so it will remount periodically-- this, I'm sure, is the chief issue. After browsing around here and googling for a couple hours last night, I've seen various "fixes" involving my external microSD card, but none of them seem to help.

Anyway, I've been wanting to root and flash a custom ROM for a while now, but have been lazy; alas, I am finally compelled to do it today. This all brings me to my question:

Why won't Win 7 recognize my note II? I know there have been many posts here at XDA regarding the terrible samsung drivers etc., yet everyone seems to be rooting their noteII, sIII etc. just fine! I've installed the correct drivers, rebooted a couple time-- nothing! I'm hoping this issue has been resolved and I'm just overlooking the thread... can anyone provide any insight? Can't wait to root my first phone!

Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
20% per hour on standby is a ridiculous amount. .

Did you take an OTA to update the device ??

Either way. ..

That level of drainage needs a fresh start. ..for sure. .

I would consider pushing a rooted stock build via Odin first. ..to confirm your device is okay.

Verify your driver package and download Odin for the test. ..

You need to track the battery drain issue first. ..imho
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
solid-- that's exactly what I'll do.

Btw, maybe 15-20% is a bit inflated; that is how it feels though, I haven't really kept track or checked. I just noticed a big difference and, one morning after having snoozed my alarm on the phone, unplugging it and gone back to sleep, my fully charged note was at 80% when I opened my eyes, maybe a couple hours later. I do have odin installed but how am I to do any of that if the phone isn't recognizable?

sorry for the silly questions; I'm brand new to odin and all of this mind you-- am i missing something here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
oh, and yes- the update was OTA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wahbob:
With Odin...be sure you have the drivers installed and your phone is in download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
my phone was definitely in download mode (held vol down, power, and home).

I guess im just not sure how to install drivers with odin. I just downloaded the samsung mobile device usb drivers .exe and ran it... thanks for the reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Yes...download mode on the device...

If your PC drivers are set up properly....you wont have any trouble with the device being recognized.

It sounds like the drivers are messed up still....g

Edit :

Pull the drivers from the development section under the "everything" thread...and not from the general internet or kies..

and if you have kies installed....dump it....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
went to the development board and found this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987541 which just links to samsung's official site from which i downloaded my presumably faulty drivers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Are you running an anti-virus program on your PC ?? I assume yes, and depending on the maker of the AV package, the program may interfere with the drivers being installed properly.

AV programs often bind critical steps in the function of drivers and views them as unsafe...

Try disabling the AV program while downloading and installing the Drivers from samsung.....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hexagondun:
well, rather than disabling, I completely uninstalled my antivirus software, then uninstalled the drivers, rebooted, reinstalled the drivers, rebooted again, and still the pc wont recognize the phone. tried it on my father's windows machine with the same results. I have never had such a hard time with drivers in my entire life. What a frustrating process!

any other suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SXBB:
Odublica singularly

Try a different cable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Agreed......

The OEM cable is preferred....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
+1

And also what he said^^^^^^

I'll add this, if still not working then try another usb port or another computer... :confused:

It may help!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] raphaelbrandao:
Hello, I tried to modify my Galaxy S3 T-999 for him to make the change SdCard to ExtSdCard. But no success.

I made a series of modifications that probably hurt even more.

Besides not work, now ExtSdCard not being recognized, and connect the USB to the computer also does not recognize.

When I click on "settings > storage" it just closes the settings.

And sometimes, the error message appears "the process android.process.media has stopped."

Someone could send me the original system folders? To return to the default settings?

Thank you in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Odin flash the stock firmware.

See the thread in my sig for downloads and instruction.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] raphaelbrandao:
I`ll try.

Thank you!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninr1c:
Hi all, is there an app that will give me the ability to backup sms and mms directly to dropbox? or google drive?

Thanks.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frasefrase:
I use SMS backup and restore which allows backup to email, Dropbox or Google Drive. It only does SMS though, not MMS...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evaworld:
hi i am using mini tab rom, and this is great rom except some lag, so i decided to try stock rom with floating multi window mod ( the most important thing to me as i am using my phone in dock a lot of time, and this gives me sound of a pc), but i don't want all apps to be in the floating bar, i don't want it to be another drawer, only i want some apps which i uses freq., is there any app to choose what apps to be in this bar, tried multi window app with no success
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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibraahim:
Zippy please. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slixzen:
One of my biggest fears with this phone (if I upgrade next month, or the month after), is that a little after I upgrade, the main backing devs (the few that actually created new stuff rather than repackage old stuff), will flip their switch to the new phone almost immediately, and then leave this phone in the dust. I mean, I know that is inevitable for almost any phone. But, to me, when I got the Epic 4G Touch, it seemed as if right when the S3 was released, there was a limbo period where no new astounding material came out, and then all focus shifted away from CM9 to CM10.1. Maybe it is just a personal fear, but, still one that I would like to bring up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nicotheandroidguy:
No that shouldn't happen many of these have been sold we already have official cm 10.1 slim bean and unofficial aokp and some touchwiz Roms development is not slowing down anytime soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] albert1500:
I upgraded yesterday from my galaxy nexus. i wanted to wait but said f it...

i'm telling myself i want to wait a good while before i root this one but the dam root bug is gnawing at me :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bayniner:
Any time you get a new device their will always be something newer and hotter around the corner its just the way it is, I just upgraded from the lte over the weekend because most developers had moved on to either the s4 or the one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
If you currently have the e4gt, there is a few improvements and one step back as far as I've seen. Bigger screen, higher resolution, better stock battery life, and higher resolution camera. Cons: the e4gt camera, even though it is less megapixel and f-stop than the s4, it takes brighter pictures in low light and even the daytime without a flash. Some think that the pictures on the e4gt look washed out compared to the s4. I don't agree. I posted a few pictures of the same thing with each phone in the pictures thread. It is clearly noticeable that the e4gt has brighter pictures even when both phones are set at the same resolution and mode. I know I will get flamed but the pictures speak for themselves. As for should you upgrade? If you have lte in your area, you'll get better network performance than wimax. My speedtest.net speed run best so far is 32.79 megabits per second on the s4. I was excited to get the phone, but after the first day or two, the hype was greatly exaggerated in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, it's a good top of the line phone, just not a night and day difference over the s2. Do more research to determine if what the s4 has to offer is what you're looking for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Me too. Figured I'd wait until after the next update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] albert1500:
Is there supposed to be another update anytime soon?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
Yup. Rolled out in Germany about a week ago. Released in India today I guess (http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-update-starts-rolling-out-in-india-378129)

So should get here soon enough.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oscarthegrouch:
Knowing we're usually last in line (sprint) for updates, it might be a month or two if I had to guess a time frame.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Stealyourface:
I figured that. And that's still worth waiting to be able to update right away. Rather than rooting, getting a custom rom. Getting all my stuff set up just right, then the update comes out. I'd be upset. Then have to wait for the custom roms to update too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ajbd73:
Upgrade. My experience with this phone so far is amazing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ltzmu4h:
use the upgrade, phone has been awesome and since you are on xda you will most like root and rom it. There are already plenty of different roms out there you can play with, so much fun ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eskomo:
Get the phone already. But honestly you might find yourself not needing too rom it. Outside of debloating anyways. TW is very nice and not obtrusive. Nothing like sense.

Sent from my SGS4. Go Blue!! Buck the Fuc keyes!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] masbirdies:
I Was On The Fence Until Sam"S Club Came Up With &167 88 And No Activation Few For ThiS Weekend. Decided To Jump On It.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eskomo:
Sprint is usually first or second for updates. Verizon is last. Not sure what you mean by last.

Edited for politeness.

Sent from my SGS4. Go Blue!! Buck the Fuc keyes!!
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Bizzare gprs connection and fail 02 XDA IIs

Has anyone else had really bad reception for gprs on the XDA IIs ??

Basically mine was working fine for the first 2 weeks of me getting it , now this is what is happening.

9 times out of 10 it won't connect to gprs, when on occasion it does connect you can't do anything i.e browsing web pages always comes up with page not found, email wont connect to server.

I took it upto my local 02 shop and as soon as I walked into the shop it started to work, walked 100 yards down the road it stopped working, went back to the shop it started working, tried this 5 times and at various distances from the shop (even tried in another country) and it doesnt work unless im standing just outside or inside the 02 shop.

According to the ofcom sitefinder there is no mast at the 02 shop location so I trekked off to go and find one and stood right next to it and still no gprs.

Any clues what the heck is going on?
[General Topics] copex:
hi

i was unable to send MMS, after a few emails to 02 data support they told me to go to 02 active\tools\connections\ then set it up again for my sim, and it all started working, there was a problem with the gprs setings at there side....
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Yeah been there done that im afraid, done soft reset, hard reset, removing sim and wipeing it, trying the sim from my wifes phone (it's grps enabled on her phone)

Def thinks my handset is faulty, trying to get to the right person though who I can talk to so I can send it back (it's past it's 28 days return - so it will have to go back under warranty) is another matter, data support gave me a number to call , but on calling that number you hear as if someone is punching in new numbers and you get re-directed to a voicemail box that is full so you can't leave a message.
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Well just got my replacement XDA IIs , yes thats right replacement, 02 couldn't get it fixed within 7 days so they sent me a whole new package, so i've got an extra crade (great for home now), extra battery and all the gubbins :D , now i've just got to charge it to see if this one works ok
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Bastards, in the letter they said it was a replacement phone BUT it's got a scratch on the top left corner which was there on the original phone so I conclude that they havent fixed it or replaced it at all (not fixed because the same fault is there).

The scratch cover both the main face and the section behind, but the EMI (whatever the number is called) is different from what I sent.

So i've had to speak to 02 who are no help because I said I didnt want to wait another 2 weeks to be without a phone and that they should just send me a replacement and I will send back the faulty one...... But oh noooo because I have purchased the phone over 1 month ago, it falls in the manufacturer warranty so it has to be dealt with by the manufacturers repair centre (who have screwed up in the first place). B**lcks i say (well i didnt actually coz im not a rude person).

SO basically there is little point in me trying to argue the toss with 02 , so i've just had to send it back again with a letter and im paying for my line without any use on it :(

Just wish I had gone with a different service provider now.

I presume that I am stuck with the contract for 12 months as I bought the phone on contract , unless anyone else knows any different ???
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Ok after they lost my XDA IIs on the last time i returned it (so 3 weeks without my mobile) so they have exchanged it for a new one (this time without the same scratches - so it must be a different one), but still no GPRS.

I am doing this right aren't I , if I click on the antenna icon i see three things.

O2-UK "turn on flight mode"

MOBILE WEB GPRS "connect GPRS"

WAP NETWORK GPRS "CONNECT GPRS"

SETTINGS (HIDE)

goto start/internet explorer, enter www.google.com

Sometimes it connects but says "the page you are looking for cannot be found"

Other times it won't connect to GPRS and says that the modem you have dialed has no responded.

Im pulling my hair out (but luckily i shave it) trying to get this sodding thing to work!!!!!

Im going to stand outside the O2 shop again and see if it works there like the last one did.

Just a though I do have a lot of computer equipment surrounding me, long shot but would magnetic fields be causing a problem?
[General Topics] applecom:
Hi I al;so had problems with the GPRS "mobile web connection" like you either not connecting or if it did connect i got the error message saying page cant be displayed. BUT mine did work more than 1 /10 times And most of the time either a soft reset or remove and replace the battery fixed it.

One thing on replacements mine was replaced probley every 2/3 weeks due to them being crap, I had 4 replacements and only the last one had the same IMIE number on the phone as the box, the other 3 phones were brand new (well they looked it anyway)

As of the problems they have now changed it for a XDA2i This is not perfect its still needs thoese softresets a few times a day, But in my opinion its far better than the 2s

John
[General Topics] cotc2001:
To be honest with you I bought the phone coz i wanted to treat myself to something that looked flash (i admit it!!!) , but I also use it to remote adminstrate some servers when i'm out and about using vnc but of course if I can't connect to GPRS then i can only do it when im in a wifi hotspot (which in my neck of the woods is not a common occurance).

When i first got the phone it worked flawlessy for about 2 weeks but now even with the new phone nothing!!!!

Just out of interest i often see patches and upgrades in this forum for asian bought xda/ii/IIs etc. but I never see anything for O2 UK, do they not release patches etc???
[General Topics] cotc2001:
On the off change i used the rom from http://www.ridersinc.com/dev/store/customer/home.php , it reported to being the same rom as what my XDA IIs is shipped with but i thought i would give it a go anyway, lo and behold i've just been able to connect browse and get my emails via gprs, not sure if this is a one off though so im going to try it a few more times.
[General Topics] cotc2001:
Ok been using GPRS all day today now, seems that by reuploading the rom on my-xda.co.uk seemed to do the trick! , have no idea why though as it was/is the same rom as what the phone was shipped with.

anyway hopefully it will stay this way.

Just wish I hadn't sent the cradle and charger that came back with the first return (kept the battery though), second return came just as the phone instead of the whole box
[LG Optimus 2x] N1K0L4:
Hi,

I'm having a problem with widgets and app icons on homescreens, after flashing ROM tonyp_4, latest build, had same problem with his build3 aswell...

Why all my widgets and app icons become invisible on main homescreen or any other homescreen when I try to add another widget or app icon on other empty homescreen? I have like 1 clock widget and 6 app icons in my main homescreen, number of homescreens is set to 3, and when I try to add anything on other 2 unused homescreens everything on main screen becomes invisible? It's still there, only invisible, I can still long-press widget for example and drag it around, but when I relise it, it's invisible again...

Any solutions? :confused:
[LG Optimus 2x] N1K0L4:
Anyone? :eek:
[LG Optimus 2x] N1K0L4:
Solved...just turned off "Fade Side Screens" option in Launcher/Homescreens...

Ty all...
[HTC Desire X] Tirathgrg:
my desire x locked due to use erong pettren code i forgot my email id password

how to reset my desire x or go to recovery mode plz hlp
[HTC Desire X] 0zura:
Recovery mode:

-shut down

-remove battery

-put it back

-volume down+power

hTC Desire X|ShadowDX|ICS
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] saj070:
I install multiple adobe flash player it will not work with IE or Chrome Browser ?

I just upgraded to S4 fro S3 and i had no problem watching sports on my browser

Any Idea ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] McLelle:
Install flash player. .

And Firefox
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] saj070:
Thanks i went with Boat Browser
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
Here is the thread from themes n apps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257285

If your rooted dolphin browser beta works 100% amazing. Basic dolphin works very well too.

If your rooted use dolphin browser. Goto data/data/mobile.mgeek/tunybrowser/shared_prefs. Delete his file mobile.mgeek.tunybrowser_preferences. XML then open dolphin and adobe flash will be enabled. Will have to turn on desktop view.

You may really like dolphin its quite refined. Just another option out there. Ive had few hiccups with firefox/boat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sweets55:
Oops that did work for me. Sweet! I like the Dolphin browser and tried to get this to work for awhile.

Looks like ESPN videos don't play though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
ESPN is a no go. There is an application called ESPN go mobile floating around that launches ESPN vids in media player.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] romcio47:
Hello,

after using JB since it was released for our Xperia T I noticed that the battery life is way different than on ICS. I can't tell if it's longer or shorter but the percentage drop differently. The most annoying thing is that after complete charge when I start to use my phone the battery drops from 100% to 99% even in 30 seconds. The next few percents drop in very short time (f.e. in 15 or 20 minutes battery drops to 90% or 85%) and then it drops slower. But still 4+ hours with the screen on is normal for me.

Do you have this issue with percentage too?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Supersonic335:
Yes its same for me...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Yep I'm the same mate. Not sure why though.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gregbradley:
One of the safety features implemented since Froyo (Correct me if I am wrong) is that when you leave the phone on charge after it hits 100% it no longer charges the phone, even though it reports that it is. This is to keep the battery in better health.

So, during this period the battery level can drop to around 95% so if you disconnect the phone during this time it will quickly drop the reported level.

Don't forget that the reported level is not an actual reading like a dipstick or reading the amount of liquid in a measuring jug, it is calculated quite differently and the reported level may not be accurate.