yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] jcrompton:
Re 4.3 in general

I have been testing 4.3 on an "old" device , my Nexus S, the last couple of days. Interestingly, the device was much smoother than 4.2 based ROMs, at least on that limited processor device.

Once this all gets ironed out is there reason to believe that 4.3 will be better for our Note 2's?

Thanks for your work !
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
It really depends on your use cases...

I can make the fastest and most cutting edge android phone lag like crazy without installing anything silly...

I just need to type at my full speed on SwiftKey for about a minute and it will be lagging pretty horrendously. That's a bad app - SwiftKey is very poor lately for performance.

Why do I mention this? Well, your definition of better or smoother will really depend on what you are doing. Android is a horrendously complex operating system. It is ridiculously inefficient in many ways such as how data is presented to the user.

As such there are many badly written apps which will slow down your device. I reckon unless Google considers using native code for drawing the screens, we will never reach the true smoothness the hardware is capable of.

At the end of the day, a particular apple phone is available with lesser processor, graphics and RAM. Yet it offers smoother in-use performance because of its use of native code where possible, rather than a virtual machine based language like java.

I don't think it seems significantly faster than 4.2, but I probably am hard to please. I simply despair as I look at the code in android... All the nasty object orientation and strange ways to to things... Each and every time it happens, the java virtual machine must run instructions.

I reckon if you reduced the number of lines of code used to achieve simple tasks like show the settings menu (which is horrendous with resources in countless files and java classes), performance would be vastly superior.

Probably not much of an answer, but if anyone else is irritated by the horrendously inefficient code in android, I've finally found someone else who sees it!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] jcrompton:
That actually helps a lot. I think the processor and the device makes a difference too with the Nexus S being a "Google" device and the Note 2 being Samsung.

I just notice that when browsing Tapatalk that seems to be my main gauge - the scrolling seemed pretty smooth even on the Nexus S.

I read in the Nexus thread that the 4.3 code was written to run with less sytem resources but I wasn't sure of the source of that comment.

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IF YOU LOSE ROOT WHEN INSTALLING 4.3

I lose root when I install this ROM but if you will flash the newest update from Chainfire you will re gain

http://download.chainfire.eu/344/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.50.zip
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] alexng2208:
That's amazing!!! great help and flashing now! :)

update: AOSP keyboard having FC

everything else within expectations. no problem with using the ROM so far!

amazing amazing effort and feels like 95% finished product!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] vishnu8058:
Gapps?

Thanks for bringing 4.3 for Note 2. Are the official CM10.2 gapps compatibile with this ROM?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] mariuano:
http://goo.im/devs/kashamalaga/gapps4.3/gapps-jb-4.3-20130726.zip

Inviato dal mio GT-N7100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] gamesz2:
I want 2 try this but i read someone lose the root of his phone... Some other people also that problem?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Mohammed779:
You loss the root, HOWEVER, If you read that guy's post, he Said flash that file and you'll get root..

Im other words,

1. Flash CM10.2

2. Flash Gapps

3. Flash the file from the previous post

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] alexng2208:
thanks! i flashed the 10.2 with the older official gapps... nothing seems to be wrong with it and everything is working

do you know what is new with the latest GApps as attached a few posts above?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Eric-Mod:
Flashed it, and it's working good. For the 1st Build it's working quite fine. But the camera (app?) isn't working properly. I took one pic, the camera froze, and when I launched the camera again, it said "No connection to camera".

It's the first build so yeah.. this can happen of course :D
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] shingers5:
Don't use twrp try using plain cwm or philz recovery and report
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
II

I will try,right now.

In the meantime,where is the developer options?I cant find it.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Darkje:
tab the build number a few times... after i believe 7 times it will be counting down. Developer options are availble.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] blorro:
System settings/About phone/ Tap 'Build number' 6-7 times.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
After installing again, I.found out why the back button doesn't work.

It is because of the asop keyboard. I installed an alternative keyboard and now the back buttons works great.

Thanks for the rom pulser_g2 for the rom.

P. S. Can someone confirm me the name of asop keyboard in /system/app so I can remove it? I get a lot of fc from it, although it is not in use.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
Do we have some kernel build for this beast? Maybe?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
LatinIME.apk :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] abo0o0d101:
Root proplem back to 4.2.2
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Lol.

It helps if you go and enable root in developer settings... You need to enable it there to ADB + apps, then change to whatever is needed.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
I found out that the fc were generated from check spelling. Just for your info.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ojohnnyo69:
Awesome ROM

All works great. No problems here, rotate back button all good. One thing, I liked the launcher from my original 4.1.2 dont know what it was. Not to keen on this one. plus not so many perks with folders and stuff. can you recomend a decent launcher? Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] abo0o0d101:
thanks it work
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ojohnnyo69:
multi window

does this support multi-window?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
Why do I have two messaging apps? :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] abo0o0d101:
Is there any plan for the update to fix the screen rotation and the stability of the system
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] AlienSr1:
I like Apex, it has many options to configure it the way you like. Nova would be a good alternative to that.

Action Launcher

seems to be quite good as well, but I haven't tried it so far.

You can also check out Go Launcher and Launcher Pro ;).

No.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
Where you find"check spelling"?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Spitwista:
I really like buzz launcher nowdays.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
I have 2 problems here. Back button works but rotations it's terrible. Also, display can't turn of, only if I hit power button.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ojohnnyo69:
will this work as a launcher?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2236937 and if so which one?

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never mind it worked.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
OK that makes sense.

Maybe try Apex launcher or Nova launcher if you want "perks"?

No idea, I don't. Did you install one into /data at any time under another package name?

What stability issues are there? RE screen rotation, I have no intention to fix it, as arcee was looking at framebuffer things.

Settings > Language and Keyboards > up at the top, it's a tickbox

Rotation known issue - it works but without the animation. See above.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Darkje:
Wil the camera be fixxed?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
What about camera, it works.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yup it works, try "Focal" the inbuilt camera app
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Updated to 2nd August build.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
Where is the link?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
In the first place, where links always are?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
From some reason I can't see it...boom.. Here it it's. Sorry.

Very slow download....
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] b.deferme:
The update to use both mics on video recording is the only change compared to the previous build?

Thanks for this very early 4.3 build for my note2!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Darkje:
thanks for the update. downloading, will be here tomorrow morning 5 hours download time it seems to be busy at goo.im
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] gondsman:
One quick notice: I've read that android 4.3 enables TRIM support for the storage. From what I understand, using the TRIM command can be dangerous for phones with the infamous eMMC bug that causes SDS (like ours). Can someone check if TRIM support is enabled on this ROM?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Spitwista:
Not all n7100 got emmc bug...As far as I know its a 16gb mode 0xf1l http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2093599
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] gondsman:
Oh, yeah, you're right. But some (most?) of us have a buggy phone, and I just want to be sure I don't destroy my phone by flashing a ROM.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
Do you dirty flash or just start from scratch? What do you suggest guys?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
I just flash this update. First impressions..... Smoother and faster, damn rotations it's a really disturbing.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
No, lots of changes elsewhere (ie. in the non device specific parts). For example, from upstream, call blacklisting is now there :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
The eMMC brick bug affects the secure erase operation. The kernel is patched with Samsung's official brickbug patch (as are all CM kernels), which ensures secure erase operations are converted to regular erase operations. Entropy512 is the man for this though.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] umudeus:
Can we take full changelog for releases like bbq. Second question is when we get ota support for this rom. When i scan for new releases from settings\cm update, it shows me cm10.1 releases. Thank you very much
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] dzontra11:
Congratulations man.. Except that problem with rotations, this rom is beast,fast, like rocket and smooth .

Also, can we change the dpi somehow?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
You can look at the git repositories for now, and gerrit.

There won't be OTA support as these are unofficial builds right now. Unless something changes, and there's a reason to separate this from mainline CM ROMs. Those OTAs are for CM official builds only.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Sure, I have a script that does this on every ROM flash.

https://github.com/pulser/UsefulScripts

Grab the script 01dpi_change and put it into /system/etc/init.d/ and chmod it to 755

Now grab the file addon.d/99dpi_changer.sh and push it to /system/addon.d and chmod it to 755

The file in addon.d tells the next flashed CM-based ROM that you install to back up the file 01dpi_change, and restore it after the ROM is done.

The file 01dpi_change finds the line for 320 dpi, and changes it to 240. Modify it as necessary and push it to your device - I recommend 240 dpi. It's a "proper" Android DPI etc :) And there you go :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] shingers5:
Need help man. Keep using your device files to build and it finishes fine. However when flashed and booted everything I do or try to do causes a soft reboot. Any suggestions would be appreciated

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Or could just edit build.prop in system folder like I have done. Everything working fine
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Writing this from phone so can't give you links right now.

To fix boot loops, you need to enable the compile flag to use legacy framebuffer. It's on gerrit in android_device_samsung_smdk4412-common and by me. There are similar ones but use mine.

Now you need one that's harder to describe how to find. There is a -2'd patch by Ricardo Cerqueira in frameworks_native (the author was Xplodwild, name is Guillaume) that you also need which disables the screenshot feature. If you apply both patches it will stop the boot loop.

And yes just edit the build prop file for dpi. I just made the script as it retains it even after flashing new builds!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] shingers5:
thanks man

much appreciated

when you get a chance links would be appreciated
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] emprize:
can i take photo to external sd card by focal?

how can i sync facebook contacts?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
1. Not yet, but you could always contribute a patch to do it.

2. Not a clue - don't use Facebook. But isn't this a more generic Android query than this ROM? :) I guess you want to install an app that does it, maybe even just the official one?

Google is your friend!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] geekynoob:
Mate..!!

U got Swaggg :)

Respects..!! :D
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ojohnnyo69:
Miss the Bells and Whistles

Miss the Bells and Whistles, however not the samsung bloatware. I have been searching through for an exact return to stock xxdlk7 (PolandPlay) dont want it but it was the original. I live in Germany cant figure out why I have a Polish phone. Go figure. Anyway do I flash a boot image first from toolkit and then odin the stock firmware. Can someone walk me through the exact procedure of return to stock from 4.3??? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] blorro:
Check in thread for Sammy ROMs.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Get the .tar.md5 firmware package you desire, run ODIN, ensure Repartition is NOT ticked, and that the only ticked boxes are F. Reset Time and Auto reboot. Put the firmware package (tar.md5 file) into the PDA box (click the PDA button), plug the phone into the computer in download mode, and flash :)

You'll need to wipe /data, which this process will most probably do (depends on if the rom includes a userdata partition image).
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Tha TechnoCrat:
[MENTION=2178960]pulser_g2[/MENTION] buddy I am a novice developer but yeah I will try to contribute to this project.:)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] D3_:
Is anyone else having issues with VPNs? I can't enable them as the "I trust this application" checkbox won't respond.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] emprize:
i already installed official facebook app and added account in sync, but still no facebook contact in my contacts, thats why i ask:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] shingers5:
more than likely as this 4.3 and unofficial the fb app hasnt been optimised for oficial 4.3 yet.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
Can we make a list of things not working as should so we just update it for reference? What do you think?

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Also, please where is the folder that stores the SMS database? It used to be in /data/data. com.android.providers.telephony

But data folder is empty now...
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Tha TechnoCrat:
+1 for the list

"Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask in signature or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced"
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ZiChius:
ExFAT

Does this ROM support ExFAT format for SD card? I am using stock ROM so far and wanna keep this format system as I am working with bigger file sizes on it so it is essential for me.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] umudeus:
did you know smthing about this news... philz kernel/recovery + cm10.2 damages on our phones and camera. if its true (actually im using this recovery and nothing happens) i have 2 questions

1) is this recovery/kernel available with cm 10.2

2) for best results wch kernel is to be use

i dont want to bye bye to my sweet n7100 :crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Darkje:
You mean SDS ?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
The option is at the top of the thread view :)

RE data folder empty, sounds like you haven't enabled root.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yes it does.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] wardy01:
I must say. This is running sweet. No issues as yet and all seems to be working fine. Bluetooth in my car. Fb contacts are working for me.

Big thumbs up... Well done op.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I can barely understand what this means - "i dont want to bye bye to my sweet n7100"???

Well, I suggest you don't use philz kernel/recovery then?

This ROM comes with a kernel, just run it, and stop worrying about whatever this philz thing is? Never heard of it anyway, but it sounds bad news if it's a recovery and kernel...
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] wtr_dhd:
Can anyone confirm a succesful dirty flash coming from a CM 10.1-based rom (TegraOwners MR1 by thor in my case).

Many respect and kudos anyways pulser_g2! <3
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] wtr_dhd:
Ok it works.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] shingers5:
Not sure about this as I use philz recovery with all my roms and not had a problem so far. Been back to 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 and all is fine. I'd say for me anyway its prob just conjecture
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ultracd:
Notification Bar

friends,

Successfully installed the version posted on page one. I have only one comment ... Excellent. No forced closes. Running smooth and stable. But I have a question: In the notification bar are listed some programs (I'm using Yandex launcher, GreenPower Battery saver and both are listed). What is the function of this statement? I can disable it?

Congratulations on your beautiful ROM, Great job!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] AlienSr1:
I agree, PhilZ Recovery works perfectly fine.

Check your apps settings for notifications because the notification bar by itself does not show any notifications, icons.

Some apps still use notifications to not get closed by android, I believe.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] beyarfaj2004:
excellent work, thanks alot, but how about gapps?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] ultracd:
That's the problem. This had never happened in the other versions of CM and even the stock ROMS. 3 icons now appear (Yadex Launcher, GreenPower and Enhanced SMS & Caller ID) and just before the GreenPower appeared in the notification bar. I checked the other two programs and there is no option to not show icon in notification bar (SMS & Caller id even has the option but jn this ROM does not disable the icon)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] AlienSr1:
Well, then I have no idea why this happens, either.

Did you try to reinstall the apps?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
This is a feature of 4.3... Blame Google...

They seem to want to make your notification bar like the Windows XP system tray... If you don't leave an icon, it won't let you run in the background without being closed..

Google forget some of us have 2 GB RAM and don't need to worry about low memory killer...
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Formhault:
I think/hope the CM team will do something about it eventually...
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I doubt they will - they always seem to just agree with what Google do...

I, on the other hand... ;)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Tha TechnoCrat:
Buddy it would be good if you will be the official maintainer :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Formhault:
Did they (CM) agree with the fact that Google has not implemented the Permissions Manager themselves? No. They (CM) implemented it. :eek:

If they (CM) consider this a... nice-to-have feature, even for 2GB RAM devices... Well...

I guess/hope if they (CM) don't do it, someone else will make a standalone app for it... There must be more people out there that are extremely disturbed by this...

You disagree with Google and dislike this new feature, too?

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I agree!
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
See above in blue :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
That won't happen for the simple reason that I don't see any way to work within the CM framework of nonsense beauraucracy and spoiling of the ROM.

Who here remembers CM 7? Yup, Gingerbread, the one which was so customisable that it even had "safety warnings" on settings. And per-app, per-permission controls. CM then removed those when Google suggested they didn't like it :p CM also removed other features like the idea of Cornerstone multiwindow, because "Google said no".

Why should you be "bound" by Google in what you do in an open platform? It's open source for a reason - let's make it so much better than Google's, that they will cry and kick and scream, but we will still have a better OS than them.

I have no interest in being any kind of CM maintainer, given how they operate, and their woeful inefficiency. It took them AGES to get manta up and running (I dunno if it even works yet on their tree), because of their insistence that the maintainer does it... Where is the open source in that?

Ahhhh well, we're not restricted by their "ways" here :) Let's make it better, regardless of what people say :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Tha TechnoCrat:
You changed by POV of Google and Android
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Ogy77:
Any chanhelog for 04082013? :)
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
A rough one is here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44213539#post44213539

That's for nexus 10, but I use the same source tree, so anything non-device-specific should be fine.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Ogy77:
Where is new update,I see just 02082013?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
There isn't one... Why are you asking for a changelog for a ROM that doesn't exist, and may not exist...

I don't understand why you are asking for a 4th August changelog when the current ROM is 2nd August?
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] Ogy77:
Ok sorrry but on OP is last update 0408,sorry man.
[Galaxy Note II Original Android Development] albsat:
How about some mods on this release? I would love a mod with center clock and 4 toggle tiles per row (we run a huge phone, plenty of screen and 3 tiles do not make sense).

Would it be possible?