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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Deleted member 2653512:
Okie dokie.. now that we have a Google Edition flashable zip in our hands more users will be firing up Google Wallet.

I thought this might be a good time to bring up the old Secure Element question. I'm not really sure what the answer is for this. So I thought I would post this in the Q&A section for someone who has more knowledge on the topic.

I know that with the Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, and Galaxy S3 there was an issue with people bricking the Secure Element on their devices. It seems that no one was really sure of the exact cause but devs began to give instructions to XDA members to clear their Google Wallet apps before flashing a new ROM.

I know that the maker of the new chip is Oberthur Technologies:

http://www.financialpost.com/market...ment+Equips+Newly+Released/8569579/story.html

I know that the new version of Google Wallet now keeps the info on the cloud versus the local Secure Element:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/google-wallet-moves-to-the-cloud-opens-up-to-all-credit-and-deb/

So my question to all of you Adam Outler types who are hardcore tech gurus on smartphones, is this...

ARE WE STILL IN DANGER OF BRICKING OUR SECURE ELEMENTS AND RENDERING THE NFC PAYMENT OPTION USELESS?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] og92:
When I plugin the S3 (Sprint) I no longer get the option for mtp or ptp. I suspect it may have happened after updating to 4.1.2. Ive tried multiple pcs and usb cables. To make it even worse, it works on my note 2 for sprint. Any help is something
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
A clue SPRINT this is I9300 /I9305 forum .

jje
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] og92:
ok thx
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] JoeFCaputo113:
I bought one off of eBay and it covers the LED and like all of the sensors (and yes it specifically said "For Samsung GS4!), so I already got a refund. I want a good durable case that will protect my screen from cracking if I happen to drop it. So what do you all recommend?! Thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Xcor3:
Obliq xtreme pro or uag case. Not too bulky but they give good protection.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] smithy74:
I originally had a Tech21 D30 impact snap case which was pretty good but it did not protect the screen that well so I bought a speck case. It is fantastic and protects the whole of the phone without covering any sensors. I had one on my iphone 4S and it lasted well. The case scratches a bit but it is better than the phone getting scratched. The iphone was like new when I removed it from the case.

Cant recommend the speck highly enough. Not the cheapest cover but well worth the money. I got mine off of amazon so good price as usual.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chris948:
I've spent hours, and obviously am not smart enough.

ATT One X, Followed the x-factor root exploit, but didn't realize how important the "and use a recovery ADB shell or install from an update.zip to install Superuser and su" sentence is.

Tried to install a custom ROM, TWRP works great but I wiped it and went for a new Viper install, flashed the boot.img, which I now realize probably won't boot because I don't have S-Off. It just circles. I run the latest SU.zip but it still won't work

I keep trying to install older ROM's but they don't work either. All I get is a black screen and it locks up. I assume because I have Hboot 1.14

So now I have a new hboot, new TWRP, it's "tampered" and "unlocked" but I can't boot up into an old OS, and I'm not S-Off'd so I can't boot into a new OS. The new GUI for S-Off looks like what I should have used, but it would appear that I need to boot into Android first.

What do I do?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
You have to flash boot.img from fastboot
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Download rom, check md5

Extract rom, copy boot.img

Paste boot.img in folder with fastboot

Copy rom zip to SD card

Wipe cache, dalvik cache, system, factory reset.

Flash rom

Reboot to bootloader

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

Reboot.

If 2.14 hboot, cm10.1 with 3.4 kernel is the only aosp rom with which the touchscreen will work.

All sense roms will work.

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I put the whole thing cut its also possible he didn't wipe properly or something
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chris948:
Ok, I did that and I get a variety of problems.

use TWRP to send over the .zip ROM

wipe cache (I let the ROM install do it and manually in TWRP, both the default and advanced and clicking the default "factory reset"

use "install" to select the correct zip with the boot.img copied to my HD for fastboot

reboot into bootloader, fastboot, use DOS, fastboot says "OKAY" twice

bulletproof and cleanROM both just lock up at the white HTC menu with the red developer font. ViperXL3.2.7 just reboots back into recovery mode.

Do I need to do something with SU or Superuser or is that after I actually get a ROM installed? My CID is nothing but 1's and these ROMS are double checked for the Evita

EDIT: Viper 2.4 loads another HTC boot screen with a snake, but then reboots.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chris948:
Also, I'd be fine with putting it back to stock and starting over, but I've got a CID of 11111111 (didn't write down the original), S-On and software is 2.20, I keep reading about bricks when people tried that.

I have followed the various guides at least 5 times, such as this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957193 and nothing, I guess I need a way to step backwards.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
You don't need SU to flash a ROM. Once the ROMs get booted up properly, they will be rooted by default.

What version of TWRP? The newer builds have been known to be problematic, with 2.5 not working at all with CleanROM (maybe others). Recommend version 2.3, or latest official CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chris948:
bingo, that's what I get for logging into a website and downloading the latest version. 2.3.3 and 2.3.1 didn't help but CWM and a different ROM finally did.

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] whitmell:
I had this same problem, here's what I did:

1. wrote CID back to AT&T's CID (CWS__001), here's a list: http://droider.eu/infodocs/CID list.pdf

2. relocked bootloader

3. ran 2.20 RUU

4. unlocked booloader/ got superCID

5. installed TWRP custom recovery

6. Got S-OFF -THIS WAS THE STEP I SKIPPED THE FIRST TIME

7. ran 3.18 RUU

8. install whatever you want

Hope that helps
[General Questions and Answers] leoarten:
Ello Folks,

I'm new to this forum and for some stupid reason I can't post within the forum I wanted to, so I hope someone can help me here..

I have been playing with Custom Roms for a long time and I have ALWAYS encountered problems regarding battery drain. I have searched innumerous times for ways to fix it.. I've tried many different ROMS and KERNELS and I always ended up with a massive battery consumption with little use. I then thought it was my battery as the device is quite old so I decided to buy a new original battery and still having the same problem.

I am starting to think that I am really dumb and doing something wrong or maybe I am just unlucky. I got my phone back in 2011 from T-Mobile UK and I am now running JB 4.2.2 Revolt JB I9100 and Dorimanx V9.33 as kernel.

My battery is going from 100% to 0% in like 4 hours. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jabrif:
Batter drain in 4 hours is not normal. But with heavy usage of 3g/4g it can be. As you said you got heating problems too.

So, first with the battery. Install betterbatterystats from play store. Let the battery drain off completely and charge it to 100 in a go keeping data network/Bluetooth/GPS/WiFi in off mode. Check how much time it's taking to charge it from 0% to 100%. Now discharge it off to 0% and Check the rate of discharge. If it's below 5%/Hour you are safe.

But if it is as you said before 4hours battery backup, there must be some trouble.

These kinds of drastic battery drain happens of many reasons.

1. Poor signal strength.

2. Overloading cpu ( which also cause overheating)

3. Any background running apps which utilizing a bunch a data.

4. Bad kernel (we can pick this out as you tried different kernels.)

5. Defective battery.

Or a last chance

6. A hardware failure.

So inorder to find the root cause behind this problem check each of the possibilities one at a time.

In case of cpu, change the governor and I/o scheduler and see.

In case of background running apps, check whichever programs revising maximum amount of battery.

Hope it helps..
[General Questions and Answers] leoarten:
Cheers mate,

I am well aware that custom kernels allow me to overclock it and change governors and i/o and that these kinda settings have a major role on how much battery the device will consume. But as I have never really understood the diferences btw them I for once have never played with the values so I have always left 'em at their default value.

The only real reason I've decided to change to a Custom Rom is to get new versions of the Android OS and to get rid of the hideous TouchWiz skin from Samsung..

I am not living in the UK at the moment as got transfered to Brazil for work and I have been on TIM network and they suck badly so maybe cuz their 3G sucks its whats causing my battery to drain like crazy.

But I will definitely follow your instructions and hopefully I'll get a positive result..

Once again, thank you very much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bill1clinton:
Hi Guys, I am confused. What is the difference between the a i9505G rom and CM Rom? As far as I can tell, they are both vanilla android 4.2.2...or am I wrong? I would really appreciate it if someone can clarify for me. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gillion:
CM is pure AOSP

GOOGLE is not.

Google.comes with many stock google apps that are not open source... such as maps and gmail.

CM does not.

The GE edition is maintained by Samsung.

CM is well maintained by CM.

There are major differences also in uset interface.

CM has man advancements to the UI and tweaks that stock Google even on the official NEXUS does not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bill1clinton:
Ah, I see. Thank you so much for the clarifications!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevin95:
Software wise - The i9505g has IR Blaster support but CM doesn't... Yet. Plus it's a lot smoother than CM but it lacks a lot of the good features that CM has to offer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonlad1:
Has CM merged with the i9505GE ROM yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gillion:
No... and it will not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5354136:
GPE update from samsung.Like the nexus device,but nexus device update from google.

CM basic on AOSP.CM is a custom rom.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
Hello i make this post just to know if you guys have 2 notification lights on your phone. the normal on the bottom and in the bottom edge of the phone. i got the white ZL maibe the glass arround the phone is a bit transparent?:eek:
[Sony Xperia ZL] ryude:
Sounds like you have a light bleed, common in phones with capacitive buttons. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's really bad.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
mmm i dont know what is a light bleed. but its not from capacitive buttons, cause the buttons are on the screen.

i mean like you can se when the led turns on inside the phone in the bottom (the glass part)
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
On my Xperia ZL C6503 Black, there is no second LED. And I tried to see "inside" with a very bright flashlight. Nothing to see.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
did you try looking when your led was turn on? try when its green red white.
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
Yeah, I tried it with the LED turned on, also with the walkman player.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
HMMMMM... well maybe because its black, well i need to know on a white ZL also. if not il have to open my phone :) (its easy ).
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] lacussumok:
hey guys so i went on ebay last night and typed in samsung galaxy tab 2 keyboard and this came up

Aluminum Cover Case Bluetooth Keyboard For Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 P5100 P5110

so i purchased one and later i realized it was for certain model numbers do you guys knw if this will fit on my samsung sghi497 for att is there a difference in the body?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] focussoft:
Lucky for us the dimensions r the same
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] moriansafas:
There is also a youtube vid you might want to check out about the keyboard you have bought!

Thinking about buying it too and using the tab as a netbook...could you pm me how it worked out for you?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] lacussumok:
Ill post pics as soon as it comes in and give a short review on it
[Galaxy Tab 2 Accessories] moriansafas:
So?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
Hello all, if this already been discussed, please delete this topic after pointing me in the right direction!

I'm looking for a reliable 64 micro sd card and looking for opinions on what to get.

I've seen a lot of people bag on the SanDisk 64, so I want to stay away from that one.

I plan on doing the internal memory swap mod to give myself more space for apps, etc.

I've heard you can also open up the note 2 and install it where the internal 16 GB already is. Has anyone done this? I'm fairly handy with small parts and am willing to open up my phone if somehow 64 GB isn't enough. I don't see that happening anytime soon though.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] patrao_n:
Install an external sd card in place of the internal memory chip? I have never heard of this being done...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
I've read about it, but haven't looked into it. I assume it might just be people seeing internal sd card and assumimg they can take the phone apart and replacing the internal card. I'd assume it is like every other phone though and is built into the main board.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Optimistic Pessimist:
Same, haven't heard of this before.

There is a software mod that comfigures the OS to use the extsdcard as the main internal storage instead of the internal chip, thus giving you a '64gb Note 2'; but this does not involve and hardware modifications.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
That's what I'm going to be doing once I get a good recommendation on a card.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] michaelatrix:
If thats the case, you will not have to open the phone and mess with small parts. You will just need to download the swap zip file and flash it in recovery.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] stanglifemike:
I haven't seen anyone dissing SanDisk micro-sd cards in any section. Show me where they have if I've missed that. That's really surprisingly though, as SanDisk is the top name in the storage card business!

Anyway, I have 2 SanDisk 64GB Ultra micro-sd cards, 1 in my Note 2 and 1 in my Asus Infinity. Neither card has ever given me a single issue or even the slightest hiccup in anyway at all!! One card has been in my HTC Evo 4G LTE and then my Samsung Note 2. The other card has been in my Asus Prime(TF201) and then in my Asus Infinity(TF700). No issues going from one device to the other. The SanDisk Ultra 64GB cards are/were a VERY awesome upgrade from my SanDisk 32GB Class 4 cards!!! Really a night and day difference between them, especially when moving/copying files while the card is still in the device. The Ultra cards are soooooo much faster and smoother at everything than the Class 4 cards!!! Highly recommended!!! The only time I'd tell someone to stay away from SanDisk cards is if they're on eBay. I would imagine that's what you're referring to when you say people are bagging on SanDisk 64GB cards. Really the ONLY reason that I could imagine!!

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium

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Is this an app that accomplishes this, or a zip file that needs to be flashed in Recovery? If an app/apk, what's the name? If a zip to be flashed, would you post a link? Thanks in advance, Mike

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kozmo21:
There is a huge thread about it, since December... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2031009

To the OP... The combo of Sandisk and Note 2 aren't good... Stick with a Samsung card. Up until the last few months I would have recommended Sandisk too, but not anymore for the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
I'm glad to hear you had some working cards. I was just reading on Amazon and the reviews there. Although, I have seen them not recommended on here also. Just don't remember the thread.

It seems to be an issue with last year's cards. From what I've read.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Sinistrad:
I have had two brand new 64 GB Sandisk microSD cards get corrupted by my Galaxy S4 within days of use. After research, it turns out that it frequently happens when the cards are formatted as exFAT, which is how they ship. After formatting a third one as Fat32, I have had zero issues. Sure, I have to actively avoid large files, but am a happier man.

I wouldn't necessarily blame SanDisk - perhaps Samsung can share part of the blame here too.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] stanglifemike:
Thanks for the link! So it appears the issues are basically isolated to the Note 2. That is crazy and really sucks!! Very strange that this particular phone is having trouble handling cards and/or corrupting cards!! Though when browsing through that thread, it seems like around half of the replies were to say that they were not having any issues, or that they had resolved any issues that they were having. Honestly though, not too many posts about people having issues considering how many people are here in the Note 2 section! Plus, considering history confirms that people share bad news WAY more frequently than good; I'd say that the few people complaining in that 6-7 month old thread isn't bad at all!!! Definitely would NOT steer me away from a top name card like SanDisk!! Just my 2 cents, but there it is....

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium

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Cool! Glad you got it figured out! I definitely agree that the finger should NOT be pointed at Sandisk! If anyone checks the different phone sections here on XDA, they'll see that this is NOT a wide spread issue. It appears to be mainly isolated to Samsung, and the Note 2 to be more specific.

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
I doubt I will be putting files larger than 4 GB ( I think that is what people say not to put on fat32 card) So I might just use the sandisk. It's only 16 dollar difference between the Samsung and sandisk on Amazon.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] d12unk13astard:
Its a .zip file that needs to be flashed in recovery after you flash persues kernel. Also only works on touchwiz roms...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35188672

Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Optimistic Pessimist:
Here you go http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2036796

Edit: Woops, looks like d12unk13astard beat me to it.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] LittleRedDot:
It isn't just the 1 thread and it isn't just exfat. The scandisk failures are everywhere, and they've been happening for a while and continue to happen. Regardless of the speculation that it was a bad batch a year ago you would do well to avoid the 64 scandisk. Buy a Samsung instead.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
That is what i thought. I know negative voices get heard more. I haven't heard a single bad thing about the Samsung card. I might as well just get that to be on the safe side.

sent from that HUGE Phone
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] icemouse2001:
Try this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount

Works perfekt on my Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] D3_:
I've only ever heard of this in the thread in the general section about a group buy of the SDS fix from a US store I can't remember. The SDS fix is replacing the EMMC (internal memory) chip anyway and the users had asked the store if they could replace it with a 32/64gb EMMC chip but they were too expensive/difficult to source or something.

I guess it could be done, but it's not with a regular micro sd card and it'd involve soldering to the motherboard so you've gotta be pretty ballsy to do it.

Just checked the thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2241627) and the answer was that the 32/64gb chips couldn't be sourced.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
Geez. I'd rather jusy buy the int. 64Gb version.

The switching script with 64 GB Samsung card should be fine for me. Google Music ftw? :D

sent from a small tablet aka N2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] boystuff:
I use a Sandisk ultra class 10, 64gb card I've used it since my T-Mobile SII, I've had no issues, I also use the memory swap script for script manager and have had zero issues, I have a ton of music, movies, and Game's installed. No corruption, no freezing, no read/write issues. This card is probably a year old.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] boystuff:
Play music downloads to the root of the phone so it still draws from the physical internal memory even after a script memory switch.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jameyscott:
That's depressing. Anyway around it? I'd like to keep my music library off my phone as much as possible. (12k songs)

sent from a small tablet aka N2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] stanglifemike:
Just use a file explorer (I use Root Explorer) and cut/copy the files to your external SD card. That's what I did with the Jay-Z album after downloading it from the Magna Carta app. Also, I always place music from my laptop to my external SD card. Play Music reads from the external card fine, and it's never given me a single issue!

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] droidbabyxda:
I am not rooted and I am running stock. Do I need to format the 64gb or will it work straight out of the box?

How is PNY by the way? Any bad rep?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] stanglifemike:
Needs to be formatted as exFAT. Highly doubt it came that way out of the box. Won't hurt anything to just put it in your phone and see what happens. The are plenty of file explorers the you can use without needing root access. ES File Explorer is an excellent file explorer that works without root. Put the card in the phone, then open ES File Explorer and see if you can read the card or not.

SwiftKey'ed from my White Sprint Note 2 using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] yashwantsingh:
Guys check this strontium 32gb UHS-1 card http://youtu.be/PuHfmuJ8pf0... should I go for it.

says to be faster than sandisk ultra and samsung pro series microsd cards, with life time warranty....

please suggest....
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] dazza7111:
Ive had 64gb scandisk a few weeks. No issues but even if it did it has 10 year warranty. Proof of purchase needed. Just make a backup every few months!?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jyveturkey:
Add another user of the scandisk without issue.

Sent from my SPH-L900
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] droidbabyxda:
I got mine a few days ago still not seeing the mount/unmount issue that I had with my Team 32gb class 4. Hoping it's not my phone that has the problem. I got mine locally for $30
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] cdf3:
I just recently purchased a new 64GB Sandisk Card for my Note II.

After reading this, and the link for the other thread, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

So far, I haven't had any issues.