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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Hello there,

I'm new to Android (got me note 2 three days ago) and I rooted the phone yesterday, I flashed cm ROM into the note, because It was as simple as an iPhone, and it was fast, but I lost some of the greatest features that note 2, offers which are the multiscreen and the S-Pen features, I have posted a help thread about that and they replied that I need a Touchwiz ROM, I went to my close friend Google and searched for Touchwiz rom(s) but there were way too many, can you recommend a good light one with nice interface and noob-friendly? I would really appreciate it.

With regards,

OverDub
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sawdoctor:
It's hard to say which is best. A twizz rom is a stock based rom. If you want a rom with lots of features I'd look at one of the note 3 based roms like ditto. If you want something light any rooted stock rom will do then you can use titanium backup to freeze or remove anything you don't use. If you want to increase battery life then check out apps like greenify and receiver stop. They help to stop rogue programs running in the background
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Thanks for your help, seems that dn3 is good but I have a question, I'm using a Cyanogenmod ROM, will upgrading from cm to dn3 cause me any problems?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sawdoctor:
No there will be no problem at all. If you are already on a 4.3 bootloader you will be fine If you aren't you just need to flash either the wifi patch or devil kernel to get wifi. I am on the n7105 which is slightly different. If you follow any of Dr ketan's guides you will not go wrong. Airview pen window and quad screen multi window are all pretty cool features in dn3
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vin_7:
You can try Tiagra ROM, its supposed to be 4.3 Touchwiz ROM with the features of Note 3.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Thank you a bunch, I'm running a 4.3.1 jellybean CyanogenMod, im I going to need to flash a WiFi patch or a kernel ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
Just do a full wipe (is a must and most advisable) when you jump from 1 rom to another. :)

If you are not sure which bootloader you are in now (noobproof in my opinion) :

1) try download all the files you need first, and put them all on the SD card (ROM, Wifi patch N7100 dr. ketan).

2) Full wipe (if you are on philz cwm, do a clean wipe to flash new rom), and flash new rom.

3) let it boot. Try the wifi, if it doesn't work, it means you are on the old bootloader, then you have to follow the wifi patch instructions (or flash devil kernel on my device N7105).
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Thank you for the reply, I have the ROM manager app which is associated with CWM, it has the (install a ROM from SD card) option, and if u press it There are two checks which are (wipe data) and (wipe cache).

Is it safe to use the ROM manager way of installing a ROM ?

P.S: I used the ROM manager way yesterday to change ROMs from cm 10.2 to cm 10.2 nightly and it worked perfectly.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalanik:
Better flash MJ5 bootloader than Wifi-patch. A lot of people reported problems without new bootloader. MJ5 is knox-free.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
You can try what dalanik suggest for the bootloader.

as for the flashing of DN3, I would suggest u flash Philz CWM, or TWRP. I myself use Philz CWM (I always use his since Note1, and so far give me less headache in my personal opinion/experienced).

Anyway, CM10.2 to CM10.2 nightly are still the same base CM. When you want to jump into TW from CM, I would highy recommend to do a full wipe. And the full wipe is the best do from recovery.

I'm sorry, I have no idea on using ROM manager to flash ROM on Note device. I left it long time ago. Galaxy S1 is my last device to use ROM manager.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sawdoctor:
Good advice. Most people seem to have more success with phils revovery on DN3. Aroma can be buggy at times and different recoveries can struggle with aroma
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Well , I Wiped , cleared cache and dalvik cache, then flashed the DN3 rom , now im stuck in a bootloop after the DN3 finished installing, i cant access my recovery menu , i tried flashing philz and still cant access, the only thing i can access is the download mod[VolumeDown+Home+Power]

I would really appreciete some help because i might have bricked my phone, im a completely new to this, so please help in the "noob" language.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
So... you really did it from ROM manager ? I guess you are faster then I reply earlier.

ok.. Now you go to this website : http://www.mediafire.com/?v6cyi52g2ydbd

and then download : philz_touch_5.00.5-n7100.tar.md5

after that you can flash it from PC Odin (since you said u still can go into download mode).

Once you see pass and your phone reboot, press vol up + home + power to go into recovery. You shall see Philz CWM there.

here is how to flash PHilz from PC Odin :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2028103

(go to post #2)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
I followed your steps , by going into recovery and doing a full wipe , then flashing it, but i ended up in a bootloop, thanks for the quick reply :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Thank you so much for solving this , i now have my old CM 10.2 Nightly , so now DN3 is a no for me because of what happened , any similar roms you can recommend ?

Thank you again
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
btw.. which version of CWM Philz installed on your phone ?

if you want the Note3 features, I only know DN3. Sorry I rarely see the N7100 ROM, because I only own a N7105.

But if you don't care about Note3 feature, I believe N7100 got so many rom you can try....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
My CWM is 6.0.4.3 and the philz i downloaded before you told me to download 5.00.5 was 6.70.9 , i think its the latest.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
yep correct.

If you ever consider to try again, inside Philz, when you choose wipe data/factory reset, there's option something like "Clean wipe to install new ROM". choose this one. It will do necessary wiping + formatting system/data and necessary formatting. Then you can wipe cache & dalvik. Then you can go on on flashing again.

Or... The best way that I always use, is to clean the internal storage (if I jump from TW to AOSP or the other way around), by using Zoots script. This script (custom wipe => mega wipe), will remove everything inside the internal storage. It will make a very clean place (until your backside :p) to flash new ROM.

Link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1983489

Use it with Philz 5.0.0.5

Just an opinion, if you would ever like to try again in the future.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sawdoctor:
All recoveries can be a bit buggy with aroma and bootloop is common. Sometimes turning the phone on and off works sometimes it can take 3 or 4 attempts to work so don't panic. I don't think one of us has never had a bootloop with aroma. As antique_sonic said I think earlier versions of phils play better with aroma. I think it's version 5.15 not 5.05 that's the one I used anyway
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
Thanks :p

5.15 it is :highfive:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Thank you, all of you for your great help, I think I will stick with cm 10.2 nightly because it's bug free, light and simple, also im afraid of actually bricking my phone since I'm very new to this, I would've tried to flash dn3 but I deleted it due to its massive size (couldn't export to laptop Cuz I don't have one :p and my ExtSDCard is only 4 go, if you guys stumble upon a nice Touchwiz ROM, don't hesitate to let me know, thanks again :)

With regards,

Overdub
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If its just spen features you want there are apps like papyrus and spen gesture control that work with cm roms

Sorry think it's called gm gesture control
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] spyke1999:
is there a flashable zip with of stock 4.3 like full stock with knox and everything because i have the tar but everytime i flash it it hangs at tmobile 4glte screen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordcheeto03:
First thing I'd do is boot into recovery and do a factory wipe. Stock recovery is booted the same as a custom one; volume up + power. Also, it will probably take a while on first boot; unless you mean something crazy like over 5 minutes...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] spyke1999:
it was more like i gave up after 15 minutes and i tried all that already
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdapowerapps:
No, all the flashable zips you find on the forums will have the KNOX BL removed. After you Odin flash the tars and your phone freezes on the Tmo screen forever, you MUST go into recovery (Vol Up + Home + Power), choose "Wipe data/factory reset" and "Wipe Cache Partition." The phone will boot up after a few minutes. This occurs quite frequently when changing ROMs or going from one version to another (has happened to me on occasions).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] joemon871:
After you flash stock did you try wiping cache, dalvik cache, and fix permission?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdapowerapps:
If you Odin flash a stock tar, your recovery will not contain an option for wiping dalvik cache and it won't include a fix permissions option.

The only option, as I stated before, is to "go into recovery (Vol Up + Home + Power), choose "Wipe data/factory reset" and "Wipe Cache Partition.""
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] spyke1999:
tried it didnt work i finally got it to boot and it was good until i messed up and voided my knox warranty
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] joemon871:
Yeah you're right. I've been on custom so long to a point where i forgot those simple things.
[Sony Smartwatch] Rox598:
Hey people :)

Got my smart watch about 4 days ago and it was all good until tonight and now for some reason i can't see the clock anymore unless i press the power button :S i could have sworn it had a low light mode and the clock was visable ok but since tonight i can't see the time unless there's a light pointing straight at the watch. I hooked it upto the service centre thing and updated it through that but hasn't helped.

am I going mad here and just seeing things? :S

EDIT: i also noticed when i turn it off i get some weird colours appearing in the clockface some pinks/purples. i don't understand it was ok a couple of hours ago and it's been on my wrist the whole time :S
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
Did you try to reset the watch? Also our you have any custom clocks installed, remove them. As after reset, Sony smartwatch app will reinstall them on the watch, once the watch and the phone are connected.

On your watch, go to settings and tap reset watch.
[Sony Smartwatch] Rox598:
tried that chap loads of times and nothing :( tried re-installing firmware and nothing swell. no custom watchfaces installed either just the stock ones
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
Just to make it clear, you are not talking about the low power mode right? No backlight, but can be still seen by people in ambient light??? Maybe you should take a picture of the watch so we can clearly see what is going on.
[Sony Smartwatch] severoprisan:
At night my sw2 turns of the screen completely. But when I MOVE the watch it turns on the clock on the display. I think it has an accelerometer that turns off the screen when no movement is detected.
[Sony Smartwatch] gagga89:
The same for me. I think that isn't a bug, but accelerometer

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[Sony Smartwatch] Kroutnuk:
It is normal.

It is a feature to save battery when it isn't worn.
[Sony Smartwatch] Nomad1600:
I am more curious as to the "watch (display) turns on from moving it". Does the SW2 have an accelerometer? My watch display doesn't kick on when I move it. Or was this a feature of the earlier SmartWatches?
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
I believe SW2 does have an accelerometer. Put your watch on a table, leave it untouched for while, screen completely turns off. Not even the low power watch mode is displayed. But once you move it, low power watch comes back on (without the backlight). I observed it many times when it was charging and when left at the bed side table.

But it is not utilized for backlight function. That is a missing feature people are asking for. But I don't really need it. Just like a regular watch, I press a button to turn the light on when I can't see it in the dark.
[Sony Smartwatch] Nomad1600:
Wow... I didn't even notice the screen going completely black after sitting for a while. I am still on watch honeymoon, and either the watch is on my wrist or turned off and on the dresser. But sure enough, it does go into a deeper "sleep" mode and wakes up when I pick it up. Nice!

I do see that having it wake to the backlit mode would be nice but it would seem to kill the battery since when worn it would be in more constant movement. Unless they tuned the accelerometer to only wake when a more significant motion happens.
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
Yeah the previous iteration of smartwatch from Sony did not have always on watchface and it was a necessity. And to see the time you had to turn on the display. One way was to double tap on the watch screen to wake it up. Another way was to light up the screen by lifting your arm and turning the watch towards you. But the second way never really worked reliably.

But I don't think SW2 needs that. As we already have always on watch with great readability even in places where there little light.
[Sony Smartwatch] Rox598:
Sorry for the delay! yeah seems my watch didn't have the low power mode and now it does it's just near impossible to see unless i have some light directly on the screen
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
So there is nothing on the screen not even the low power mode on the watch. I don't know what to tell you boss as you have already done a reset. Maybe one thing to check is to use SUS to reflash the firmware using your pc, if you haven't done it already.
[Sony Smartwatch] Rox598:
sorry chap i updated my post there is something on the screen but it's impossible to see without some sort of light source on it makes it kinda annoying to use could have sworn it wasn't when i first got it but figured i'd ask anyway!
[Sony Smartwatch] thearif:
No problem. I never considered the low power hard to see. But I guess most of the time I am in well lit places :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digitalx1:
I cannot figure out for the life of me how to unlock this thing. When I type 0011# I get the menu but typing back then keyiinput and then 1 nothing happens if anyone has this phone and can point me in the correct direction please let me know
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidusr2014:
Recently I found out there was a kit kat update for my droid ultra it downloaded the update using 4G LTE and now and decided to install it then the phone shuts down and powers back up on its on I thought it was part of the update but this is the 100th time it's done it ive been waiting 8 hours for it to stop but it just keeps going it's not even showing any sign that it is updating!!!

I tried booting into recovery to factory reset it but whenever I select recovery it just boots up the phone normally HELP PLEASE!!! :mad:
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pacnet_:
response

It appears as if you have installed some kind of rooting tool. The reason why the phone boots up normally after you choosing Recovery is because you don't have a custom recovery tool installed.

To solve this same problem, I factory reset my phone. (this is assuming that you have windows) To do this, install the Motorola Device Manager (google it and find the motorola support page, you can download it there) and reboot your computer.

Then connect the usb cable to your computer and download the android SDK platform tools from here -

ht tp

://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#download

^remove the space in ht tp because i can't post links

Extract the /sdk/platform-tools folder to a location which you can easily access.

Then, open command prompt and type

cd [mydirectory]

for example, if i stored the platform-tools folder on my desktop, i would type

cd C:\Users\[myusername]\Desktop\platform-tools

then open the bootloader (fastboot) by holding POWER and VOLUME-DOWN instead of just the power button when trying to boot.

OR type this into command prompt (your phone has to be turned on for this)

adb reboot bootloader

then, once your phone is in the bootloader (do not press anything on your phone at this point), type this in command prompt

fastboot -w

Remember, this will wipe all your user data / cache but it should make your phone work again. I'm not sure how to do this without factory resetting so if there are any users who are more experienced, feel free to post your better solution. thank you.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidusr2014:
Thanks

Thank you so much currently I can't try out your method but it looks like it could work THANK YOU SO MUCH I'm going to try tonight and I'll tell you how it went. I really don't mind factory resetting as long as it saves my phone im all right thanks again :laugh:!!!
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidusr2014:
Will factory reset erase root??

One more thing I actually am currently rooted by using RockMyMoto so I think that is why the update didn't work but 1 last question when I factory reset will it erase root? I don't mind if it erases root but my main concern is that if root somehow stays I won't be able to do the software update.:confused:
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidusr2014:
Tried the method and it worked!!

I tried what you said and it worked perfectly but it still remembers my Wifi, wallpaper and all it showed the setup screen and I set it up so hopefully im in the clear the phone is downloading the update right now.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtek7:
It will not allow the update and you will still end in boot loop. Need to remove root first: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577029
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GXGOW:
Some battery saving apps have a special charging mode which should improve the battery life and health. Do those apps actually change something about the way the battery is being charged or is it just a placebo effect?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limyuyang:
Well,personally I don't use or trust any battery saving apps except for greenify. As they are all useless to me, so I wouldn't recommend you to install any battery saving apps. ( it's just my opinion ) :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GXGOW:
Well I was already using Greenify, so I won't need anything else. Thanks for the help! :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fat Cookies:
As far as I know charging a battery slower (using a lower current) and not fully charging it should preserve it's longevity.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xave1:
Something I really miss having changed from a SGS3mini with Android 4.1.2 to my new N5 with Kitkat is the buttons for wifi, sync etc. in the drop down home screen menu.

Is there an app I could install please to get this facility on my N5?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aooga:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc

Works great. Choose the "notification widget" after you download it to get it like the samsung one.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xave1:
Thank you so much. That's just what I was looking for.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derekwolfee:
Umm pull down the notification bar with 2 fingers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aooga:
Kind of impossible holding it with one hand.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derekwolfee:
Pull down with one finger and hit the top right icon that has a little person in it.. = same as 2 finger pull down
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xave1:
The app has things not available in the 2 finger pulldown such as screen rotate toggle.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Not being able to customise the quick settings tiles is its biggest problem. Although once I installed gravitybox, all that went away

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xave1:
Well I've had the device for a week now so probably time to root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony Boone:
I have information that I would like you all to examine. However, I cannot post the three images or the IP addresses of the DoD Network Information Center that are in the log files on my phone.

I think this is important and if not then no harm or foul. Is there someone I can send the post to that can look it over in the event there are any questions as to my motives or its legitimacy? I think this information needs to be made public as soon as possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony Boone:
Here is the information that I was going to post above. I'd like to know what this means as relates to their being a .mil IP address (22.230.19.19) associated with the Kernal, Android System, and Google Play services of this phone. I note that at the time of this particular event I had the phone in wifi mode only to update a couple of apps. Then I turned the wifi off. Wifi is only used for updates otherwise it's off.

Wondering if this has something to do with the phone or the home network?

So yesterday I installed the 'Android Firewall' from the Google Playstore and just today went through the settings. It has the ability to log accepted and rejected information requests. There are no hacked or cracked programs on my phone. It's straight out of the box with only five or six paid apps and the rest free and available on the Google Play Store website.

I checked all of the IP addresses in the firewall log file and found this one; 22.230.19.19. It's the IP address of the DoD Network Information Center.

Network Contact Information:

22.230.19.19

OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN

OrgTechName: Network DoD

OrgTechPhone: +1-800-365-3642

OrgTechEmail: disa.columbus.ns.mbx.hostmaster-dod-nic@mail.mil

OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/MIL-HSTMST-ARIN

Here is a screen shots and other related information. Note the IP address and the arrows pointing to 22.230.19.19. It's not just any program but it appears the actual Android kernal itself, the Android System, and Google Play services all are devised in such a way as to communicate with the DoD Network Information Center. At least in my case.

So I looked up the IP address 22.230.19.19 on this website and this is what was returned. Red diamond (or square) marks the spot of their facility on this map.

Then I did some further investigation with a program I have that returned this information on the IP address 22.230.19.19.

Anyone smarter than me have some information they'd like to share? Since I was on WiFi at the time would it have anything to do with my home network as opposed to the phone and why would a .mil IP address be interacting with the phone's kernal and android system? I can see it with the Google Play Store since Google was created with CIA seed money.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big gulps huh?:
interesting. I am curious as well. I am sure someone has came across this in the past. What phone are you using?