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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DoesntPostAThing:
While the majority of this update brings smoothness and (possibly) better battery life for all, there are a few things that can make life more difficult for the power user. Here I'll list what I found, and I'll try to add people's replies as they come in.

Superuser is kinda broken

None of the 4.3 superuser hacks have been 100% successful, many parts don't work. For example, restoring apps with TB or RTP result in only the apps being restored, but data is left behind. Tested with Chainfire's SuperSU for the S4 (which also works on any AOSP 4.3 ROM)

Secure Settings Helper can't toggle airplane mode anymore

This one is particularly bad for Tasker users, as many of their profiles that depend on Secure Settings toggling airplane mode for them will now have to do it by hand until someone finds a new way.

USB OTG slightly broken

Mounting with StickMount on my Galaxy Nexus is fine, but after unmounting, sdcard disappears and shows content from root directory. Sure, everything is safe and sound in /data/media, the mount points just get a little messed up. Perhaps this is due with the root issue?

Slight stutters

Slight stutters have been noticed in the following areas: when pressing the recent apps button, switching from notification to quick settings, and CRT off. I don't get these often except for the recent apps, which seems to be persistent. All the others, at least for me, come and go.

Feel free to post whatever thing you notice in 4.3 that seems off!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/LtttyekSUoi

It will probably take a while till SU gets reimplemented in a proper way. In the mean time if someone needs to backup&restore data, I've used koush Helium app which uses adb, works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joedeveloper:
That pretty much messes up any app that requires root... wow.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matteventu:
CRT animation

The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2

Quick-settings panel

The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.

Nav-bar buttons animation

The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)

"App"

"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.

Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sdobron:
Seems like nitpicking to me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matteventu:
What does mean "nitpicking"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Yuhfhrh:
It means you are trying hard to find something wrong, and the only things wrong are very minor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegios:
new dialer is laggy for me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matteventu:
Nope.

I'm just saying what was perfect in 4.2/4.2 and is made worse in 4.3 (or in 4.2 from 4.1).

Where exactly?

Mine seems smooth...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Doomhamma:
Could it be that you have problems with that? Same like the guy before has a laggy dialer, and you don't ... In my case, the CRT animation is a lot better, smoother than it was before ... Nav-bar button glow is working smoother than ever here ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dasche:
my gnex after 4.3 is running like butter on silk. it's that smooth. 4.2.2 was more laggy than 4.3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegios:
bever mind: after a couple of reboots all is smootha s butter now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kustaa:
Same lags here. And first scrolling down in settings its laggy too.

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mylenthes:
I only get the recent button lag which doesn't bother me at all, and the quick settings lag which does bother me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] niekez:
Have you tried the Lagfix app from the playstore? Maybe you emmc needs some trimming.

Fixed the recents button lag for me. You need root though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kustaa:
i doubt it has to be with that...

About quick settings frame drop I think it happens only when there is any notification. If I swipe all then the transition is smoother

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tcmaciel:
Same for me here!

I have experienced a better battery usage. But i have made a clean isntall, so I dont know if the better battery usage is due to the 4.3 itself or the clean install.

For this first day, no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matteventu:
Here I have the lag every time i make appear or disappear the quick-settings panel, except the first time from when I pull down the notification bar.

Independently of having or not having notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kustaa:
its really hard to notice for me if there is any difference between the first time and the rest...seems like the same, only difference is when there's a notification.

Another minor lag: Google Now

If I press and hold home button, the Google 'circle' shows up normally, but if I do it swiping the finger from the bottom instead of pressing and holding home, the Google 'circle' animation showing up is laggy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matteventu:
Mostly importat to see if they fixed the problem with eMMC speed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cavatino:
I'm new user. I'm using the O2 mini.

Can XDAII O2 mini upgrade to mobile 5.0?

Any successfull practice?

Thx!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21458
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
Hello, What color of ZL would you preffer, black vs white? why?
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
I bought it white because all my other gadgets and computers are black, something different. However I hear that the black and white is not the same plastic design on the back. Different material or design in the plastic.
[Sony Xperia ZL] motoxxxx:
I always buy black, but I wanted try something different so I brought the white one. The white feel more premium
[Sony Xperia ZL] papped:
Red, looks better than both.
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
im using white and looks premium.
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
Im using white but i would suggest to choose black because white can change colour to yellowish if it getting old soon..
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
whattt??? is that true? can white become yellowish?? :eek:
[Sony Xperia ZL] spielnicht:
I had the black version first and exchanged it for the white version (warranty replacement), and I'm glad I did. Black is beautiful, don't get me wrong. However, beings that the phone is a dust magnet (thanks to the screen protector), the dust was definitely a lot more visible. On the other hand, the white version doesn't nearly look as dirty, and I love the smooth back in contrast to the textured on on the black version, definitely looks more premium.

At the end of the day, it will come down to preference.
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
Always use a case to protect the back of the phone.
[Sony Xperia ZL] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
I think so because my White Galaxy Young has turn completely to yellowish and it's very ugly.. :(
[Sony Xperia ZL] mithun46:
Black, Cause it's awesome
[Sony Xperia ZL] radlink14:
I seriously feel that a phone going white to yellow is a reflection of the owner. Nasty asses.

I got white, have had previous white phones and have never had an issue with the color. White looks more futuristic, especially with themes. Black, is just the norm.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
HMM i think il go for the black, the white its really really nice, but you have to take care alot, from dust and particles that may cause some spots on the back. the black its like really elegant. with its glass on the sides its cool. we just have to take care of both well.
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
Not really, u just need to have it in a good case, I bought for my white ZL the INCIPIO DualPro... The best case for the ZL been made.

Sent from my C6506
[Sony Xperia ZL] spielnicht:
I agree a good case is all you need to keep the white clean, but the best case for the ZL is the Case-Mate Tough Case :D I had the Incipio DualPro until my wife got the [completely redesigned] Tough Case for her iPhone and I was jealous to no end with envy. The insert material is no longer soft silicon, and thus it doesn't attract any lent/dust. All in all, it feels much more premium than the Incipio.

I've owned 3 white phones and always kept them in a case, and not one ever got discolored. Trust me, from someone whom had both a black and white ZL, the black is a DUST magnet. Not slightly annoying dirty, but WTF annoying. Don't say I didn't warn you.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
well thats true a good case can keep the phone like new, but mmmmm I dont like cases :silly:
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
Well, if you paid premium for your phone you don't want the phone to be scratch or get dirty right? I paid the full price for the phone and of course I have to keep it in a case, it is an expensive device to let them scratch in a few weeks without case.

Sent from my C6506
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
I am really carefull with any tech device :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] riz157:
White feels and looks premium compared to black
[Sony Xperia ZL] thinkingboy:
I think white is great
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhirulz94:
Ever since i have installed CM 10.1 I noticed my phone never rings when i get a call, sms and other app notification are working fine but call ringtone is not! I moved from MIUI v5 to CM10.1 and i did complete factory reset, cache and dalvik cache also stil I dont know why I'm having this issue....

1 clean install was done

2 tried changing ringtone and volume

3 Right now I'm 09/07 build

4 tried clearing cache and dalvik cache.

Please help me
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhirulz94:
anyone???????
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razorinc:
I had this problem on miui v5 when i deleted some apps... Then I wiped everything with aroma wiper and installed latest miui v5, now eerything is fine...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhirulz94:
i always use the aroma wiper and installer....as i mentioned ealier i did a clean install....

i think ill have to flash another ROM and check... :/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lito88:
Not sure if its a bug or not but when I updated to a clean 4.3 and I got into the setup for a new phone I was able to put my password for my WiFi but it wouldn't even connect. Kinda like it didn't even try. I reflashed it and same issue. This time I reboot the phone and it worked instantly. What's up with that?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopezk38:
I had to click on my Wi-Fi after putting in my password for it to connect to it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lito88:
Did the same thing but it wouldn't do anything till I rebooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dark_N1ghtmar3:
Been trying with goo but when I reboot to recovery its still cwm what am I doing wrong
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VenomousViper:
have you tried a twrp recovery img? have you tried the toolkit for qualcomm 7.5.1 by skipsoft? you can also use a root file explorer to "mount the system folder as r/w. Rename the files /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (Requires Root). Now when you flash you will NOT be overwritten after a reboot." (Skippen, M.,"SkipSoft", 2012). You should really try that out. it will solve a lot of your issues. Mark did an excellent job at this toolkit and i higher eurg and recommend you donate to his kit. especially if it works and fixes your phone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] milky1112:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2151476&highlight=recovery

Go here.. Download the flashable.. Flash in CWM... Reboot recovery... Profit

Be sure to stop by and thank Naddict for loading all those on there.. I did this yesterday and werked with no issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] truckerdewd:
Pulled from the new Nexus 7

http://www.omgdroid.com/download-google-play-store-429-pulled-nexus-7/

http://androidspin.com/2013/07/24/download-the-android-4-3new-nexus-7-wallpapers-now/

Sent from my wickedly awesome Galaxy Note 2 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[HTC Rezound] worldwithin:
Not really sure what's the deal with my Rezound, but it destroys it's battery at an alarming rate. It was recently replaced with a refurbished device as my old one's screen died. The old one worked just fine prior to that.

Initial issue I noticed was battery would die on standby within 3 hours of a full charge and device would be uncomfortably hot to the touch. I have no idea what is keeping the CPUs active as I'm running the same software as I was with the old device. It's so bad that if the device is charging via USB, it only stops the battery from discharging, almost as if it charges just enough to compensate for the drain. My old device didn't do that. Aside from the hardware, the only software difference I know of is the newer firmware / radios that came with the replacement device.

Presently using Bad Seed's Tranquility (same as old device) which still kills the battery, though not *as* bad as other ROMs Have tried stock and TRON ROMs as well which all trash the battery. I've flashed cache / davilk post kernel flash to no avail.

Device is a refurbished Rezound running the latest radios (baseband 2.23, old phone was 2.22) and Hboot with S-OFF. Amon RA 3.16 as recovery.

If anyone has any clue what on earth could be doing this, I'd so appreciate it.
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
Maybe the new one came with a bad battery. Try a different battery?
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Wakelock Detector or GSam Battery Monitor to see what's draining the battery might help diagnose the issue.
[HTC Rezound] worldwithin:
So, I installed Wakelock and it looks like the bulk majority of CPU wakelocks are from

Android System

UID

Dialer

I'm not really sure how to read these stats to narrow down the issue.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
How many wake locks are we talking here for top users... 100 or 20,000? Can you grab a screenshot?

Sent from my Infected Rezound
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliahmedashraf:
Hello all,

I am running 4.1.2 on my GS3. Until yesterday my predictive texts were working fine. Tonight however, I noticed that all my learned words have disappeared. I tried the learn via facebook and gmail options too and even though it says "sync complete" it doesn't show any learned words at all. I also tried manually adding words again by typing them on "compose a new text message" over and over again. What I noticed here was that when I typed words once. The phone learned it. But when I exited the Messages and begin composing again, the words it learned have disappeared again. Even though it was announced by Android about 4.2 being released and now 4.3, I am still running on 4.1.2 and it says that I have the latest update. How do I fix this issue? I tried using SwiftKey but the problem persists. I have also tried restarting the phone. Doesn't work. What do I do?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazaVakil7995:
In gingerbread it was home+power button but that doesn't seem to be working when I updated to jellybean.... any suggestions?

Device: GT-I9070

Kernel: cocore 6.8 + TWRP

OS: Stock JB, rooted OS
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobfrantic:
it works. home + power at the same time. hold for 2 seconds let go.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazaVakil7995:
Thanks a lot! It took less time in gingerbread to take one though :p
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamen75:
Has anyone been able to get the wiimote to work with the 4.3 update our are the needed API's still missing?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EpicNewb4g:
im interested in this as well, im still 4.2.2 cuz i dunno how to root in 4.3 yet
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sandys1:
hi guys,

I have been running ViperXL for the past one year. However, I have been longing for stock android for a long time. However, the last time I tried CM/AOKP (couple of months back) - the feature set was not on par with Sense 4 ROMS - mainly around driver issues.

For e.g. there were bluetooth problems, HDMI/MHL did not work, battery life was much worse, etc. I was wondering if that has gotten fixed and original android roms are on par with the Sense based roms.

FWIW - I'm not actually worried about the power features like some notification bars, etc. but basically fundamental performance and functional comparisons.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
For a long time, AOSP ROMs have had as many/more features than Sense ROMs and everything works just fine. The battery life isn't quite as good, but it's acceptable.

Sent from my evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] X96:
You may try the stable cm10 rom. Its good.

Cm10.1 is good, plus has a new 3.4 kernel, which in your case may not be suitable, unless few little bugs don't bother you a lot.

You can also try sense 5 roms, but then again, no Bluetooth as of now.

Try Rebeless rom. Its based on stock sense4+ but gives you an Aosp feeling.

I hope this helped. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] benyandthejets:
I keep coming back to sense in the end.. Little bugs here and there and the battery life is usually pretty bad. Radio problems are huge. On my college campus many of the rooms have 0 reception, forcing me to toggle airplane mode when I got out of class before I could reconnect to the towers. Caused me to miss a lot of texts and calls...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sandys1:
thats what I'm worried about - my phone is work critical to me. I need to be available on phone, chat, email all the time. Which is why I'm concerned that there is no real replacement for Sense based ROMs in terms of stability and performance. Extra features ? maybe - but that's not what I need.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
If you really want to use aosp you could try one of the 4.1 ROMs. In particular, the King Kang ROM by Rohan is awesome. It never missed a beat for me, and had the great customization that aosp offers.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
IMHO if your phone is used for work you shouldn't even root it... That's a huge security risk for any data kept on your phone.

I would have a separate phone for work and for rooting.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sandys1:
Not only did I root it, but I was part of the bounty that originally rooted it !

I'm not worried about blowing out my phone - that i can replace.

I just don't want a non performing phone as my daily driver.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I'm not running that ROM anymore, but from memory depending on use the overall battery time could be towards 20 hours or so. And I think I usually got between 2-3 hours screen on time. Always on mobile data, no WiFi.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] The_Zodiac:
Personally I found that battery life was close to double on sense based Roms.

Overall sense Roms feel smoother, and aosp Roms feel faster.

YMMV.

I usually run sense based (viperxl) but get bored and will try aosp randomly . always go back to viper though

Edit: if your looking for a daily driver I would go sense based for sure.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Deleted member 3452239:
What kind of battery life do you get on sense? I can push 3 days on aokp

Sent from my Nexus 4
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] The_Zodiac:
roughly 5 hours screen on and 20+ hours standbye.

but I would rate my usage as medium-heavy.

aosp based. (aokp included) usually get about half of that

But yeah with less usage/screen time my battery would probably last a long time
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
AT&T US Version running stock. Only boots in safe mode. If I hold the power button down it eventually restarts the phone and then boots to a white HBOOT screen. It takes about 10 seconds to show a 3 second countdown to reboot, there are no popups before that to simply turn off the phone. It only reboots if you hold the power button and volume up and it will sometimes not boot in safe mode, sometimes it will. Thanks in advance for any help.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
> It only reboots if you hold the power button and volume up and it will sometimes not boot in safe mode, sometimes it will. Thanks in advance for any help.

This is from the HBOOT screen.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Other than the hboot screen the reboot stuff is normal.

What does the hboot screen say at the top? Write exactly what it says and post. Eg locked unlocked, tampered, s-on, radio, cid, dsp, etc
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
*** LOCKED ***

EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.14.0000

RADIO-0.24p.32.09.06

OpenDSP-v34.1.0.45.1219

eMMC-boot

Nov 26 2012, 18:37:14:-1
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Use the AT&T 3.18 ruu. It will factory default the phone, all pictures and such on the phone will be lost.

http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_..._10.130.32.34_release_signed_With_Partial.exe

Or if under warranty take it to AT&T.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Ok I've also been trying to figure out how to backup the contacts from the phone. Is there a way I can export them to a CSV or vCard?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] phatryan69:
Contacts on the phone should be on said gmail account that u need to use to access the playstore...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Yea hopefully you were using a Google account on the phone and the contacts are synced on Google's servers.

You can check by going to http://contacts.google.com and log in to the account
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Yeah that's how it's set up on my phone but they aren't on her account for some reason.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Mums are good for not using accounts in phones. She likely just had them stored on the phone.

Right back when she first got the phone did she sign into a Google account or press skip?

I think if you skip and then later add an account you need to go back and set new contacts to save to the Google account by default.

Also she may have been answering to save to phone instead of the Google account.

I don't think there is much you can do. Would the contacts be on her sim card?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
I have no idea... I just launched the contacts and now it is syncing with AT&T Address Book. I may be able to import them from that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Okay so it's SIM (2) Phone (189) and Google (423) with only Phone and SIM checked. Interesting setup lol. Can I export the 189 from phone? The two SIM ones are duplicates.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Htc sync can export I think or if on the phone you goto manage you should be able to move contacts about.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
I was finally able to hook up the phone to HTC sync, it doesn't seem like there's any option to extract contacts. Is there any third party software that can do this? It seems like I'll be able to fix this phone with the ruu once this is done.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sephiroth2k:
Try fastboot erase cache maybe.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
I figured it out, the contacts app can do it apparently. I ran RUU and did the upgrade, it still boots in safe mode however. Is this phone fubar?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Would I be better off just rooting the phone? IIRC you have to be in safe mode to root. I cannot get it out of safe mode for the life of me.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You could just try doing a factory reset.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
I did that as well. It still goes through the new setup but it says safe mode.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
Can you post a picture of the safe mode screen?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Sure it is on every page though. Just says "Safe mode" in the bottom left corner with a grey transparent box around it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] macky_88:
Her volume down button is broken as well, could that be what's causing it to boot in safe mode?