yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Accessories] rooted_1:
I can't comment directly on the BlueAnt Commute, but I've been using one of their S4 speakerphones in the car for a long while and love it. I can't imagine that the Commute would be any different.
[One (M7) Accessories] nitin_ko:
i am using jabra freeway, sound quality, battery backup and pairing etc all are simply outstanding. you can set up your own fm channel and use any music player to stream music.

size wise its quite mobile.

this is the only bluetooth device which i have seen which gets updates. have gone thru 2 updates and they keep improving stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
First, this is not a post to bash the mods, keep that BS elseware as I would like this to be actually read and taken seriously.

Second, to the mods, I understand this could have been sent as a PM but I am not willing to speak for everyone else so I am hoping this gives us an open mature forum to discuss this.

On to my point.

I just read a thread that was closed as "useless banter" because people should "read the threads" about roms before they install them. While I agree with the sentiment I can tell you I nearly always read these threads as they are sources of information that only someone who has read the whole thread, and or run a certain rom may know. This is how I narrow my search for a rom that is good for me. Once I have a feel for what is out there, then I pick a few roms, read about them, and finally try them.

When I first bought my galaxy S3 the first thing I did was to search for "best rom" threads, and from there narrowed down what I wanted. I quickly learned which roms were AoSP and which were stock etc. From there I was able to narrow it down to a couple roms, I wanted stock so I lost no functionality and stability. Over and over "cleanrom" was very clearly what I wanted, so I read about it in the original thread, and checked a couple roms, eventually I did in fact go with cleanrom.

When I bought my note 2 I did the exact same thing, even though Cleanrom was already established I found Beans was pretty similar and read about it.

Later I installed Beans and it just was not for me, so to this day I am still on cleanrom, however I have been "shopping" for a new rom for a while (Scott is no longer developing for the Note 2 after all) and to my dismay I find these threads being closed.

My point is this, there is no way I was going to read more than a couple rom threads with over 3 thousand bloody replies. I have owned the Note 2 long enough that now and then I get around to reading about some of the other roms, but I still have only scratched the serface. As I quoted before the "best rom" threads have been noted as "useless" however one of the first things I look for in a rom is one that is actually based on Verizon's firmware. I do this because not one international rom is fully functional. This is not a dig on them, it is just fact. No one has gotten MMS or signal extenders to work right. You can go through any thread and this question is asked on so many roms so many times it is ridiculous. Personally I much prefer to come to a "best rom" thread and find out what kind of roms are based on stock VZW than have to search through 10 roms looking for the answer... this does not even take into account that half the time I come to XDA lately the search box is missing (does that happen to anyone else?)

Again, I would really like this to be a flame free thread, if you agree with me, well state your reasons nicely, if you don't, please do the same. And on a side note, If the mods feel this thread is inappropriate they will let me know and or close the thread they really don't need your help telling me so :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] vballrkc:
Well Said. While agreeing to show full respect for the Mods and their way of doing things, I could not agree more with you. I find "best rom" threads to be incredibly helpful and have never tried a rom that I didn't get pointed to from one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
They don't have them because it's not a ROM competition nor a site for users. It's for developers. If you've been around the Android game, you have to know how minor group MMS and network extender bugs are, almost not worth mentioning compared to even trying to run CyanogenMod on some phones (including ours!). If you want to be a user on this site, you're expected to do the research. The ROM's built on our SCH-I605VRAMC3 base make it clear they're built on it. Even if the base isn't clear, this stuff is all open-source! Dive into the github and figure it out. If that isn't something you feel you should be expected to do, don't use a development site.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] boomerbsg:
You can tell by my low post count im a search button junkie. I too enjoy some of those best rom threads.

The biggest problem I guess I had with that threads closing was the reason.

Yes this is a Dev website, but thats a General discussion section. And thats about as general a topic as you can get. I guess if its worded like "I really like ROMxxxx" and a discussion starts comparing or recommendations for other roms is okay. But blatantly asking what rom is your fav isnt acceptable?

Also.. if those thread's are killed, ill be reading about how great v1 of beans is and nothing about v21.

Love the site.. mods will run it how they see fit.. just wanted to chime in, back to lurking.

Cheers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
That's what the threads are for lol. I mean you just listed exactly what they are. There's an OP with installation instructions. then a bunch of users praising or criticizing the ROM along with answering questions for the devs.

How would jumbling up all of that into one thread be better than separating it into a thread for each ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] boomerbsg:
check this thread out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2382148

Its someone talking about how much they like the stock rom, but want features from other roms on the stock rom. in the first page theres 2 rom makers pimping their roms.. and for good reason, their good roms. And do what the OP wants.

Then I actually learned something I didnt know about Beans and Xposed from that brief thread (that is nearly identical to what goes on in "Best rom" threads.

I didnt know about the Xposed framework, and that there are modules for it, theres no link nor real info on Beans main forum post here and Beans thread is 1900 pages deep.

So I got some good info from a small thread that by the very standard that killed off Best Rom threads, I probably would have gone much longer without knowing had it too been closed.

I get the need to maintain the standard on a forum, but thats the heart of any forum.. discussion, and much like life it gets repetitive in nature but its out of those that people new and old can learn things they didn't before. Someone may not be as experienced in Google-fu like us.

cheers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
Xposed is talked about all the time in beans thread. it's a long thread but it just repeats itself over and over. Search is your friend. idk how you expect a best ROM thread to be able to give you more detailed definition about a single ROM. you're assuming that because you happened to catch something basic (Xposed has been on the front page of this site for months and is one of the biggest things to happen in the rooting community this year) in a small thread rather than a big one that it would be easier for you to gather information from a best ROM thread that instead of containing info for one ROM, contains info for all of them and would be a hell of a lot longer than beans ROM thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Naddict:
All users need to familiarize themselves with the links in my signature below.

But more importantly, see this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16682226&postcount=2441

We do appreciate all the wonderful users here in XDA - but! ... This site IS about development, developers, and the journey of said development. Users accepted these rules when they accepted MEMBERSHIP. XDA did not ask you to join, you asked XDA to join and we allowed you to come in.

This is not a support site, nor is this a social media site where people want to know about your feelings and all that stuff. Thus, folks asking about best roms lends toward the site being about support, if XDA allowed it, the site would be full of individual posts asking and no one would ever read or search, which are expectations of members here.

We do, however, allow some off -topic banter so users form alliances and hopefully that better serves development. Other than that, users are expected ALWAYS to follow posting rules.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FusuyevO:
hi all

When I m setuping rom with odin,I clicked nand erase all.and my phone is not opening,only I m showing samsung intro.Not opening home+vol down + power.

N7100 JZ054K
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
I am only guessing but maybe you wiped your internal storage. May have to repartition your phone before you can load images. Are there any custom recoveries that can repartition?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contramundi:
good question for when i'm in need of one as well :)

i just checked my odin but i don't have a nand erase option at all, the closest to it would be the re-partition option.

as far as i've read, and could figure out, when using oding there's an extreme NO against the re-partition option as from what i read somewhere else, the partioning is done with pit files and they aren't available for the samsung note 2 (if i'm wrong about this please correct me as i'm still a beginner on the note stuff myself :) )

haven't seen a rom for the note 2 that actually deals with the partitions but if you can get in the recovery mode, or in download mode you can try and do a emergency restore through samsung kies (you need your phone's serial number which is below the battery) or if your able to enter recovery mode try and flash a custom rom :)

Also, if you can get into the download mode, you could also try and flash the firmware for your phone through odin, the latest firmware you can find at www.sammobile.com (just make sure you take the correct firmware for your device). After downloading (can take a couple of hours) unpack the file and point odin to it with the "PDA" button
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrous²:
Looks like he used the wrong Odin version. Odin 3.07 hasn't an "Nand erase all" option, whereas other Odin versions do. Try again with a proper Odin version.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contramundi:
so, if i'm not mistaken, the nand portion is basically the rom part of the device, like /system /cache /etc, so a wipe nand option would basically be the same as do a factory reset in twrp for example?

resulting in if you wipe it accidentally there's no real loss (apart from some data probably) and is easily solveable by flashing a custom or stock rom with a proper version of odin, or with a custom recovery if that one still is installed on the phone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrous²:
Well the Nand is not a partition, it's the hardware which gets partitioned. A nand erase is like Task29 on HTC Leo (HD2), like erasing anything what's meant to run the device.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contramundi:
wouldn't that mean that even if he used the correct odin as of now, the device would be useless as the most vital information is completely lost?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrous²:
Gotta correct that. Just looked at Odin 3.07 and it really has the option "Nand erase all". Sorry.

That's a question I can't answer unfortunately =(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contramundi:
what version of odin are you using? mine doesn't have the erase nand option at all, I do have version 3.04 so maybe that version doesn't have it and the newer ones do? (or maybe im overlooking something)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrous²:
It's version 3.07 I'm using. I've attached an actual image below.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] contramundi:
'

ah, i see it now :D

thought i was getting blind (wouldn't be a suprise as i still have to get some new and better glasses :P )
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wenousch:
Flash the rom again. It will be fine :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nullpenguin:
Hi to everybody,

Thank u for your interest to resolve this problem. Could someone resume what have to do to fix the checked "nand erase all" mistake please? :fingers-crossed:

I'll resume the problem : my device is GT-N7100. I flashed a recovery with "nand erase all" checked, then the andorid rom doesn't start. in fact as soon as the device is turned on, the download mode is shown.

will be nise if the sollution text coror will set as green :fingers-crossed:

thak u
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nullpenguin:
SOLVED

we need the follow things to restore the device at the factory state:

original firmware from samfirmware.com N7100XXUEMK9_N7100VFGEMK4_N7100BUUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5;

Odin 3.07 from qbittorrent ( U HAVE TO BE SURE THAT THE FOLLOW FILES ARE ATTACHED ) [ tmax.dll zlib.dll Odin3.ini ]

*.pit file downloadable from xda, today I've shared it in the last thread [ PIT_N7100_16GB_20121102.pit ]

9 minutes, 11 seconds of susspance plus 5 minutes of patience ;)

REMEMBER!

u have to turn off the device, then turn on with combo key [ vol+ ; home ; power ] to recovery mode finally choose " wipe data factory reset" ithem.

OPTIONAL

to flashing a custom rom as CGM or something, there are two ways:

By Odin: you need a rom as *.tar.md5 file of your model. in this case is GT-N7100

by *.zip file : in this case u must reflash the device with a custom recovery software as "ClockworkMod recovery" or others. the reason is the default recovery software doesn't recongize the *.zip file signature. then is not possible to install the custom rom. as soon as u flashed the recovery custom software, put in the external SD card, the custom rom. then reboot device in recovery mode and choose "update to external sdcard" ithem to navigate across the file system to find you custom rom.

for any questions reply the post :D

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Italians are not only pizza & mandorlino.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Froschfinger:
Hey there,

I know it has been discussed partly, but with I think different aspects and details than I have. To cut it short: in about 50% of my phone calls, be it with good or bad reception, people cannot hear me speak on the phone.

The fun thing is, this cannot be connected to the internal microphone since I have it both on the normal mic as well as my bluetooth headset. No matter whether I call them or they call me. Sometimes (!) it helps to mute and re-enable the microphone on-screen, but this is not always effective. I thought this may be related to a bad combination of firmware and radio, but I recently switched to InsertCoin GE und updated both FW and radio, to no avail as regards to that matter. Furthermore, sometimes phonecalls just drop in the middle of a conversation, with no change in signal quality as far as I recognize.

Does this sound like some software thingy (and one might have a solution) or would you believe this is hardware related?

All the best in advance

Froscher
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Froschfinger:
Nobody having an idea?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baedaa:
Hi can you tell us what exact combination of Firmware ROM Kernel etc you are using currently?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Froschfinger:
Hey there,

of course, I picked InsertCoin GoogleEdition with the corresponding 3.06.1700.10 firmware that's offered as a complementary download for the ROM. No hands on the kernel, left the one coming with the ROM. Does that help :)?

Best

Froscher
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baedaa:
can you do a nandroid backup and try with another ROM? You could also ask in the thread of the ROM if someone got a similar problem.

I would also downgrade the firmware to the latest for HTC One (non GE). this should not be the problem but just to be sure :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Froschfinger:
Yeah, I think I can. But I came from a 4.2.2 ROM with the latest radio, TrickDroid 8.0 and I had the very same problems. Does it more sound like a hardware than a software issue?

Best

Froscher
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baedaa:
if it happens with other ROMs too it is most propably a hardware issue :(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] dipenrique:
Guys I am creating this thread after trying a lot. Please help me.. :(

1) I wanted to flash a new ROM in friend's galaxy Y. I flashed GingerIceJelly v2.0.RC2 as instructed in the thread. But I got a boot loop. The phone doesn't get turned on.

2) So I tried to flash a new ROM, evolution-x4. I installed it perfectly (deleting data,cache etc as mentioned in the instructions) . But even after installing a new ROM, I get the same boot loop with same booting screen as that of the previous ROM (GingerIceJelly v2.0.RC2). I dont know why it is so. It should have been completely removed and the new ROM should have replaced it.

3) Now i tried to fallback to a stock ROM, I tried to flash it via ODIN.

I downloaded a stock ROM S5360_DDLA3_ODDLA2_DDLA2 .

Tried to flash it via ODIN, but I am just unable to. The flashing keeps getting failed. I have removed Kies, I have tried everything with Odin too.

Here are the msgs.

<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Since I am unable to install a new ROM, I cant use the phone.:( Please help me out by guiding something. Suggest me any ROM, that works on this phone and how to flash it. Thanks in advance. I have already wasted 2 days on this. :crying: Hoping for a quick solution. Thanks.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Sounds like after you wiped system and data in cwm you failed to mount system data before flashing the zip

That's why after flashing evo you still had boot animation of old rom - you failed to mount system & data after you formated it

Note - evo-x4 has no boot animation - you need to enable it yourself if you want it so on first boot it will stay on sgy logo longer
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] dipenrique:
I installed evo-x4 again following these steps-

Go to Recovery mode
Use the volume keys to move up and down.
Wipe data
Wipe Cache
Choose Apply Update From SDCard
Choose CWM - > You Will Boot Into CWM Recovery
Wipe Data & Cache Again Via CWM
Go To Advanced
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Wipe Battery Stats
Press Back Button
Go To Mounts And Storage
Mount /data , /sdcard , /system (if /system already mounted Skip mount /system)
Press Back Button
Choose Install zip From SDCard
Choose zip from SDCard

This time I made sure that everything is mounted. I am still stuck on the boot screen of GingerIceJelly. I don't know how to resolve this.

Please guide me a little more.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] dipenrique:
Please I need little more guidance on this..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Might be the cwm or kernel you are using

you have two options

1- flash hells fusion #50 kernel (find in dev section) - this will give you a permanent cwm that can flash any rom

2- flash stock rom via odin (see dokys thread in dev section) - this will give you a fresh base to flash a rom
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] dipenrique:
The kernel didnt work as you suggested, and the odin is not detecting the phone even though the latest USB drivers are installed.

Anways, I was somehow able to flash evolution, I am pretty relieved now that the phone is working. Thanks for your help. :) Appreciate it. :o
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Epongzkii:
sir can i flash hells fusion thru recovery mode ??

thanks
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Follow the instructions on the thread

flash in cwm with system mounted and aroma installer will start
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Epongzkii:
THANKS SIR :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martynk:
Hi there -

I got a HTC One on EE in the UK. I took steps to flash it to Google Edition stock rom, but mobile internet is now dead. Everything else is fine.

Steps I took:

1) unlock bootloader using htcdev

2) installed TRWP recovery and rooted, installed SuperSU

3) obtained S-OFF using revone (but didn't set a CID after obtaining S-OFF)

3) flashed M7_UL_JB43_STOCK_UI_S_Google_WWE_3.06.1700.10 (Google Edition stock rom)

Everything went ok, now have Google Edition stock rom and it works... but my mobile Internet doesn't work. At all. I can make calls, get and send texts, but no internet.

Info:

Baseband Version: 4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05L

Android Version: 4.3

Kernel: 3.4.10-ge22f38b root@abm009 #1

Build number: JWR66V.H10

Info from my bootloader:

*** UNLOCKED ***

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-OFF RH

CID-ORANG001

HBOOT-1.44.0000

RADIO-4A.13.3231.27

Under 'Status' I have:

Network: EE

Mobile network type: EDGE

Service status: In service

Mobile network state: Disconnected

Under Settings > Mobile Network, I have Data enabled ticked, and under Access Point Names I have my APNs configured correctly as per the EE documentation on their site.

Help... will massively appreciate any advice anyone can give me to fix.

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sauprankul:
What does it say under *#*#4636#*#* > Phone Information > Set Preferred Network type.

It should say GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto I think. I have a CDMA, so I can't be sure what it's supposed to say.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martynk:
Says 'LTE/GSM auto (PRL)' which based on research sounds normal/correct... yet still no data. The same page says:

GPRS service: Disconnected

Network type: GSM

GSM Disconnects: ========== DATA ==========

Help, I'm at a total loss what could be failing....
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martynk:
Decided to take the problem back to basics and rule out everything - put the SIM card in a Nexus 4... no Internet. Put the SIM card in an iPhone 5... no Internet. Rang EE... my Internet package had failed to update on the system. Rageface dot png. Thanks for your help!

Meanwhile - my CID says Orange (EE) yet I'm running the Google Edition rom... is this going to be a problem, or should I change the CID to 11111 etc? Can you change the CID at any time? thanks again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FinancialWar:
I have a i9000 running 2.3.3, I want to upgrade to 4.2 or something.

When I connect it to computer, it say MTP application and connect. But the computer would not detect the phone nor would kies. Tried many cables and on two computers.

Any advice would be great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pryerlee:
unlock phone (screen unlock) and then connect phone to USB
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FinancialWar:
Can't tell if you're trolling or not but that's would be the first thing I did.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
two possibilities

1 did you install the Samsung drivers on your PC properly?

2 is USB debugging turned on in your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Uninstall kies, reboot, reinstall kies, reboot and then try again. Kies is notorious for not detecting phones properly. If that still doesn't work, try it on another computer if available.
[Testing] abhirai22:
Dear friends

My phone is not catching the GPS signal. I installed gps test app and there gps satellites are visible but phone is not catch the signal. Kindly help me

Regards,

Abhijith