yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II General] xdapao3:
Google devices..?

Apart from Google devices directly updated by them I see no greener grasses than Samsung's...

To be clear, that's not to say that they are quick and prompt, they are just the "least bad".

BTW, since Jelly Bean I am much less anxious to get updates to later intermediate versions, mostly I care about bugfixes and general improvement in performance, smoothness, stability and battery life and those you can get in new builds of the same OS version too.
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
Sort of.

Models in Taiwan have received the update, and hopefully others follow suit.​

http://androidcommunity.com/htc-butterfly-android-4-2-2-update-rolling-out-droid-dna-next-20130712/

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It's really just "Nexus" devices that get direct updates. Because of the funky camera, IR, and button drivers that are on the GE One and SGS4 those folks are still at the mercy of HTC and Samsung. One would hope though that without Sense and TW their updates should come faster. But the drivers are the same for the skinned version so from a "when they are done" perspective there may not be a whole lot of difference in update timing. Both devices are just additional phones in HTC and Samsung’s queues that need to be worked on.

Exactly. What's great about Samsung, at least if you have an international device, is that you can update to the latest stock ROM whenever it comes out globally without unlocking or rooting. I've probably installed more than six updates since I got my N2 in November of last year.

I want the cool new lock screen stuff, camera s/w functional improvements, and some of the fresher "S Stuff" from the SGS4. The improvement to camera performance in the last 4.1.2 update is really noticeable; especially in sketchy lighting. The N2 is a terrific device, probably my favorite and most trouble free out of more than a dozen others. So 4.2 will be neat but it's not an emergency; at least for me.
[Galaxy Note II General] emprize:
its not about 4.2 is better or 4.1.2 is better, its about the attitude of samsung

now i can say my next device can be any brand but samsung
[Galaxy Note II General] FloatingFatMan:
What attitude? You think other device makers will do any different when they have new devices about to launch?

Every OEM is the same when it comes to updates. They release them when it serves -them- and no-one else.
[Galaxy Note II General] Manjunath324:
Read this.

http://m.androidauthority.com/rumor-android-4-3-galaxy-s3-galaxy-note-2-not-android-4-2-2-244338/
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
The SGS2, a twenty eight month old device, is running JB. Name one other device of the same age that got JB. The HTC One S, a fourteen month old phone with decent h/w, was just frozen on 4.1 forever. HTC, Sony, LG, and the other second-tier manufacturers are no better than Samsung. The "new" Motorola may be now that they are a division of Google but Motorola's track record for legacy devices is actually worse than those just mentioned. Your only hope for a good "attitude" is to buy a Nexus device.
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
Guys. . The leaked 4.2.2 on note 8 has the camera app from s4 and also allows to move apps and games to sd card...:D:D:D

it also has improved the battery and is smoother according to testers on the note 8 forum. ..alas mine is 3g+wifi n5100 model. . hence can't flash it:mad::rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
When (not if) - you so sure??

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/07/16...y-s-iii-for-android-4-3/#.UeUuwKoYWY0.twitter
[Galaxy Note II General] darkchazz:
Samsung think they can play me for a fool.

I'm patiently awaiting the next nexus phone. Never again looking back.
[Galaxy Note II General] bdff:
people if you really want android 4.2.2,then get one of these roms....nexus phones have also not more or less

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1795

i like samsung,because the put all their goodies (like a better cam and new features) in their firmware,and i hope they release it soon,but i can wait..
[Galaxy Note II General] jetbruceli:
First off those Roms aren't the same as touchwhiz based and second they all lack official source code needed to make them stable enough for everyday use.

We want our note 2 features and the new features out of android 4.2.2

If I wanted stock aosp from Google I would have gotten a nexus but I chose the mighty Note 2 for its offers.

I guess I am tired of people telling us to use cm for every time we want an update we deserve
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
Sammobile's "inside sources" may as well be us and our guesses in this thread. Notice that the date on the below is just three weeks before the SGS4 was revealed on March 14th. If they can't get something right three weeks in advance do you really think their long-term guesses are even remotely close to accurate?

I'm not asking this sarcastically, but what are you and everyone else that are up in arms about update timing missing that the next update will bring you? Or what problem are you currently having that you think the next update will solve? Now that Android's mature the stuff introduced via updates really isn't that earth shattering. And Google broke as much as they added between 4.1>4.2. Functionally, I don’t even think KLP is going to be “OMG!” 2>3>4 were huge because Android was growing up. Now that it's full grown each update that passes is far more evolutionary rather than revolutionary. If you look at iOS 7 there are a handful of new features but most of the "newness" is cosmetic. Speaking for myself, if I was hung up on cosmetics, I wouldn't own a TouchWiz-based device. But I also think the pure-Google UI is just as bad in its bland barrenness.

Someone posted the below in the Note 8 forum about changing from a N7. I just don’t get it. I used to flash third party ROMs but it was to make my device(s) perform better because the h/w was weaker and the OEM s/w less refined. So it was purely based on performance. Since Exynos 4 I haven’t had a performance issue. I flash new

Samsung

ROMs as they are released to get their app updates and driver improvements but even then I don’t feel like I need to. Anyone who considers their device a hobby is nuts for buying a phone with an overlay. Even more so when they do buy one and then start *****ing about "lack of updates" which

every

single overlaid Android device ever introduced suffers from.
[Galaxy Note II General] bdff:
I just want to tell,people who really wants Android 4.2.2 soooooooooooo badly and want to jump to the nexus phones,have just to use cm.

why it isnt stable?

i used it for couple of weeks without any problems.
[Galaxy Note II General] jetbruceli:
Well look at get.cm and look the stable version for most modern devices versus Samsung devices. Without the source code for our soc we won't get one. A nightly might seem stable for you but its not.

Just wait and we will get our update
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
Here's the thing. Using custom ROMs used to be a lot simpler. Bootloader's weren't locked, you didn't need to worry about warranty, Triangle Away worked on stock kernels, DRM-sensitive apps were few, and things like AllShare Cast didn't stop working. With improvements in h/w and s/w stock ROMs perform 10x better than they used to. So you have to think twice about the hassle of rooting to use custom ROMs vs. the benefit you'll get back. Speaking only for myself, the tipping point's been reached and I've stopped rooting my phone. I rooted my N2 to use Google Wallet but just recently went back to the old shipping ROM to be able to use Triangle Away to reset the counter and then updated it to the latest DBT stock ROM. I gave up Google Wallet in the process but now have no potential warranty hassles, no DRM issues, and I actually use AllShare Cast. When 4.2 finally comes I'm bone stock now and ready to receive it. And if I gave up 10% better benchmarks, a 10% improvement in battery life, and have s/w sitting idle on my phone that I don’t use so be it.
[Galaxy Note II General] vash_h:
Sammy still by far better than motorola. Took them 1.5yrs to push out ics from gb on their flagship razr even though every single flagship models of other makers is released w ics... and after installing ics the phone gets laggy....
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
To be fair, I do prefer JB over ICS. JB seems much more fluid or is it just placebo? Do get the gist though, and agree :)
[Galaxy Note II General] albsat:
There is no nexus device with note 2 battery life, 6 hours minimum battery life. When we will have such a nexus device and preferably a 5 inch screen size, I would leave note 2. The reasons are personal.

But for a user like me that used to change Roms everyday in gnex, it is time to change my habits. I browse more and play less with my phone.

4.2.2 is nice, very nice. Till it comes, change your habits. :) don't flash
[Galaxy Note II General] TaLEntZ96:
Idiots like you need to stop believing everything you read on sammobile.
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
Idiots like me? Lol simpletons like you need to ooen your mind a little. Yes I 101% absolutley without question believe that there is a rumor. Nob.
[Galaxy Note II General] Kremata:
Oh ho, this thread will be closed soon.
[Galaxy Note II General] xdapao3:
Hate when that happens and also HATE when they get "cleaned up". Would be interesting to see whether the majority of the users here prefer "heavy hand" moderation over a "light hand" approach...

Unless posts are totally OT (like this one LOL) every contribution is a contribution, let the users decide how helpful. A lot of "non-cleaned up" posts are less useful than many "cleaned up" ones..

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And not even all of them!

IIRC there have been Nexus devices whose firmware update were being delayed by a US carrier, Verizon I seem to remember. That's why I specifically said those "directly updated by Google"..
[Galaxy Note II General] NightHawkUndead:
The users do decide. They report the threads when they get useless. Like how this one has become. When users start calling names and breaking rules it is no longer a needed thread and should be closed.
[Galaxy Note II General] Kremata:
They should start a "TROLL THREAD" where people can troll but other people know it. Like an Adult thead lol:laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] xdapao3:
Yeah, go right ahead.

As has already be commented, apart from Google devices directly updated by them no one ever names these lighting fast updaters so much better than Smasung and with the right "attitude"...

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Nope, SOME users "decide" for ALL (actually it's just ONE mod). I would really like to see if those who prefer heavy hand moderation really are the majority.

I also specifically said that completely OT posts should be removed but they should be the only ones to be "cleaned up" and I can't see any logic whatsoever in closing threads just because some posters go OT (or just partially OT even!).
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
Makes you wonder *why* there isnt a version for the n2 thats good enough to be leaked, or it might just be exactly the same as whats in the s3 leak maybe. Despite wanting an update le now, id be happy waiting till xmas for 4.3 because the other option would be waiting a boat load longer for it
[Galaxy Note II General] xdapao3:
Yeah me too. Give us a shout when Google comes out with a Nexus with a 5.7"/6.3" display, removable battery, microSD slot or A LOT of internal memory (and at HONEST prices if they choose this way).

I am not even going to mention Samsung MultiWindow and the S-Pen, both of which I care a lot too...
[Galaxy Note II General] adytum:
Choose your battles, people.
[Galaxy Note II General] dabenaute:
Hi,

your wishes could be exauce,according to the site temefy.com;we could receive jelly bean 4.3 instead of 4.2...http://temefy.com/samsung-might-skip-4-2-2-update-for-galaxy-s3-and-note-2-plans-jelly-bean-4-3-instead-along-with-galaxy-s4
[Galaxy Note II General] tonylee000:
Yeah this is what was being discussed. Lets hope that its true. Fact is until anything is announced officialy then we only have rumours to go on, information to be shared etc. No need to be attacked for it, but some folk have nothing better going on I guess. Anyone have any ideas on what new features are rumoured to be coming in 4.3/5? Or is that not known at this point?
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
A "leak" means nothing. There may very well be a 4.2 N2 ROM well near completion. Sammobile (and others) pick up scraps where they can. So if someone they know that's working on the Note 8 4.2 ROM throws them a bone that has nothing to do with understanding Samsung's release schedule or what the status of other devices are. As an example, they leaked a Note 10.1 JB ROM in November. The next leak wasn't until January and it was completely different. The production version shipped months later. It's fun to "guess" the meaning of things like Sammobile’s random "rumors" presented with far too much certainty on their part and what a Note 8 leak means to the N2 but in fact we're all just guessing. Like Freud said, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] jackals01:
Would it be possible for someone to port that rom to gio Touchwiz Revolutionised 5.0 v1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2363309
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Saffare:
ovv please port to giooo
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Desmaize38:
its not really worth it, I ported it but in some time it was very laggy so i changed to the ICS variant
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] badagila:
the developer said that his brother will port this one for gio
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moger:
Hello!

I have this weird problem with my Galaxy SII that I can't reply to some contacts SMS. I've noticed that in theese cases the sendres phone number is like this: ,+XXX XXX XXX notice the "," before the numbre. And the phone says; Invalid recipients entered.

I can reply by makeing new message and adding the contacts number again and the thread is showing ut niceliy but I can't reply directly.

It only heappens to few certain contacts.

Any ideas?

BR,

LR
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahulchauhan700:
Fix to the problem

So the actual problem is "," . When you are sending SMS to two contacts, then your format should be like :

+XXX XXX XXX,+XXX XXX XXX [Notice the "," between the numbers]

For sending to a single contact :

+XXX XXX XXX ie. You don't need any "," , while sending SMS to a single contact .

Hope this solves your problem . :laugh::cowboy:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moger:
I can't delete the "," that's the problem. Its just there. Its not in my contact profile, it's in the sms application. Please see added picture.

If I compose the text and push send it says Invalid recipients entered

If I go to new message-> add recipient and find the same contact from my phone book then I can send the SMS eventually but that pretty annoiyng.

BR,

L
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moger:
Anyone?!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Have you tried to Note number down and remake contact.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moger:
Hey!

Yeah, I tryed that.

Now I deleted the contact and also deleted all the SMS history and everything related to the contact and remade the contact and now it seems to work.

It really sad about the lost history dough :(

BR,

L
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Happy days. Glad you sorted it out
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] c4Lvin:
Hi guys, need to know what's a way to update or downgrade my O2 IIs UNLOCKED phone from Hong KOng. It's in Chinese which I can't read personally. So i need my menus to be all in english.

Here are the information:

1.31.06 CHT

12/13/04

1.02.00

1337.32

1.31.900 CHT

if anyone can help me with instructions, i would be quite happy with any responses.

Thanks abunch everyone. PLEASE HELP!

C4
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Hi all

Im having some problems with my p3110 which are hardware related. Im planning on sending it back and i need to return back to stock and all.

Im not near a computer, is there a way to fully unroot and return back to stock using moile odin maybe?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antutu:
1. Flash stock rom with mobile odin, select ever root

2. reset binary counter with triangle away and ensure binary counter is zero

3. in superSU select setting -- full unroot

4. done

edited:

sorry last thing is do factory reset, if you plan to claim for warranty
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
I need to send it back. Some prpblems with the screen

Ps: copuld you share a link to the stockrom?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baku2313:
Search in WWW.samfirmware.com
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Download keeps failing on my p3110. Anyone has an alternative link?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Just unrooted and all. Back to stock . Now im stuck with mobile odin which i cant uninstall....
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antutu:
factory reset ,might help

your tab will be left with rom only, all data, aps, files etc are deleted
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Already did that as mentioned before in this thread because it was needed for total unroot. It seems like mobile odin has become a system app.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Help me please
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Please? The tablet needs to be returned to Samsung
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kubi1000:
Use app triangle away by chainfire developed. See googleplay :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antutu:
During reinstall rom from mobile odin previously you should only select everrot option and do not inject mobile odin, that's why mobile odin became sysytem aps

Finally it will be easier if you can find computer and flash trough odin pc
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
I did exactly this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] slicknsxy:
I just got my s4. And restored my apps from titanium and now my status bar is not transparent but gray/black life the way it was on my note 2. How can I get this back. I really like the transparent look.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dajabec:
Wow really? That's too bad. I bet if you ask about this in the Q&A forum someone could help you.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2259
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] slicknsxy:
My bad. Mods. Please move to q and forum

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rjshenoy:
Are you using a launcher other the default touchwiz launcher? nova has the option for transparent status bar , but it is very buggy!
[General Questions and Answers] Dronoho:
Hi there, this is my first post here, so if I leave out any important info just let me know and I'll provide ;)

Anyway, I looked around a bit and saw no support for this model, so here we are.

I live in Israel and I bought the Casio G'zone CA-201L (Android OS, v4.0.4) a few days ago on E-bay from South Korea, which is the only place where you can get this phone, and I've been having some trouble connected to the foreign-ness of the phone. I'd really appreciate any help i can get. all the phone specs are at gsmarena(dot)com/casio_g'zone_ca_201l-5384.php

my main problem is that my sms messages are messed up - most people receive my messages as strange characters (something like this: ₳ᾆᾊίἚẹṡṠ) and some don't receive them at all. The only phone that received the messages OK was a Samsung Galaxy SIII. the text was messed up on a Nokia Lumia 620, Sony Ericsson Hazel and a Blackberry (not sure what model), while an Alcatel OneTouch 918 didnt get anything at all.

I cant figure out anything on the phone to fix this problem and honestly am willing to try anything, even replacing all the software on the phone, to fix this. any suggestions?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] vandiaz89:
Yeah.. same with me.. i need update this phone to 4.1 jelly bean..

Sent from my CA-201L
[General Questions and Answers] sev7en:
Me too... how to flash the recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] RayQ1223:
Help. I cant use trickster mod. After I grant SU permision, it kick me out saying trickster needs a rooted phone and root access. Can anyone help me please, im trying to change my CPU frequency as this might be the only way. Im on galaxy SIII Mini.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stalensnuitje:
Good morning,

Yesterday, I tried to unlock and root my friend's Xperia Arc (LT15i). Although it was running FW .62, I did manage to unlock the bootloader and root the phone. I installed CWM, emptied the phone (I thought) and installed the Xperia Ultimate HD ROM.

Unfortunately, I think I forgot a detail. I wiped data/factory reset, cache and Dalvik, but after the installation of the ROM completed succesfully, rebooting the phone keeps it hanging at the Sony Ericsson logo. It seems to be hanging right at that moment, because the problem is that when I then press the Vol.Down button, I'm not getting back into CWM.

I tried to use the "Unbrick" option to flash an original .ftf file via Flashtool, but then I get the "Error in processHeader: 1 Incorrect function".

Can anybody give me a clue on how to:

a) get into CWM

or

b) restore the phone so I can try again

Thanks a lot in advance!

PS: is there a way to get in the bootloader and go to CWM from there? It all seems to be so much more difficult then on my own Nexus S :eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoeseat:
FW .62 is gingerbread ROM and UHD is ICS ROM.I think you forgot to install ICS kernel. Use the suggested lupus kernel for UHD or any other ICS kernel in Fastboot mod or using flash tool then you can boot into ICS.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stalensnuitje:
Oh crap, I didn't even think about that :rolleyes: I figured it would be implemented in the ROM. Thanks a lot, I'll try that right away when I get home! :good:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoeseat:
Flashing ROM doesn't flash kernel.You need to flash kernel if you are flashing different version of ROM like Gb,ICS,JB. Flash kernel,then go to CWM and flash ROM zip.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adyb123:
Hi All

I am a nood (as you may of gathered)

The other day I downloaded JELLYBLASTV3.0.3_Ported_For_S5830I.

It seemed to work fine expect I can not receive or make calls, no text and no data.

WIFI and bluetooth work fine.

I checked on this site for the answers.

I used galaxy toolbox to check my IMEI. I don't have one. I modified backup file using hex editor, restored the efs but still no good.

I tried to get the original firmware by using checkFUS. It shows me the firmware I should have but it can't retrieve it (see attached screen capture).

I have tried the unbrick tutorial in the FAQ section but without the proper firmware I can't seem to get it to work.

ODIN4.42 does not see my phone. All other versions do. Device drivers are OK.

I know I must be doing something wrong.

Can someone please give me a slap and show me what to do.

Many thanks (in advance)

=========================

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT- S5830i

Product code: GT-S5830OKABTU

PDA: S5830IXXLD3

CSC: S5830IBTULC1

PHONE: S5830IXXLD2

Software I have downloaded:

ODIN 1.83,1.85,3.04,3.06,3.07,4.42

checkFUS2.1

cooper v1.0.ops

cooperve_0623.pit

root for s5830i

unroot for s5830i

CWM_backup_firmware

Clockwork rec for s5830i
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GFXfre@k:
Can you please tell me from which country you bought the ace?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adyb123:
UK
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srt99:
odin 3.07 should will work..

i think checkfus doesn't work anymore...

you will have to manually download the firmware from samfirmware.com..

just type you device model and all the fw for 5830i will be shown..