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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bob Simons:
did something wrong or just got unlucky or maybe both

Do I need to do a full wipe?

On old boot loader and nb4 modem, v19, current AIO gapps, last few updates have been dirty with caches wiped, tarp 2.7.1.0. Issue is radio tends to show low and alternate between high bars and no bars when starting to dial. So it shows 4 bars and I pick up the phone and press dial and its on zero bars. Hand up after it hangs on dialing for several seconds with no ring or connection and the bars come back. Usually not always works the next time.

Bad recovery? Bad flash? Bad practices? Bad luck? bad karma? Bad outcome for sure.

BTW, can anyone tell me how to get a rock solid backup including /EFS so I might get back from a disaster. I get scared when I read the TWRP 2.7.0.1 notes about how this release is for fixing bad restores, and also from when I read all the panic on the Samsung tool and /EFS backup threads.

The first time after installing 2.7.1.0 it happily rebooted and I then installed v19 and the new gapps I then rebooted and the screen showed the lines saying "rebooting into recovery" but it stuck there with an otherwise blank screen. Could not shut it off. Tried holding the buttons but only made it loop to the same place. Pulled the battery and same result, finally thought to reboot into download mode and then cancel and here I am in a world of something less than pain, but also less than joy.

So do redo it all from the top dirty (from the top meaning recovery, reboot, then rom and gapps), or redo (same as before) but rollback to 2.7.0.1, or either of those two but do it all clean?

Finally, is it time to update from nb4/old bootloader for ATT? If so, how ugly is the process? Odin back to the creation of the world and start over or is there a better way? I see a thread called the Effortless Guide to NE6 that claims complete reliability and death defying, (see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2765014) but a very long process and maybe not right for new modem and old bootloader and all that.

And that brings me back to the backup question of what do I have to do to recover from a stupid mistake. I once ate an S4 with the wrong version Odin. Not only did I feel really stupid but I needed another phone. With a 900T for AT&T (and no TMo service and warranty), there's no second chance).

I thank you all in advance even for just reading this and I realize thanks alone are not really enough. But thanks anyhow...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Check your apn settings and look your network connection type.

You can try system wipe (no harm)

If the problem still occurs try full wipe. (worst case scenario is data loss if nandroid backup doesn't work)

But then I would try to use different efs backup tools (I don't know what is the best and safest)

Then I would Odin to stock tw firmware and see if it works. If it doesn't work then take it to your customer service.

But that just me. Cheers

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Here's a link to an EFS backup tool

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...utm_medium=organic&utm_term=imei+tool+samsung

Dr ketan the dev has a great reputation - I have it installed - but I haven't had to test it out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Aye thanks.

Well I hope for everyone's sake that it doesn't even need to be tested ?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bob Simons:
When using a n900t on at&t there's no customer service as far as I know. At&t wants nothing to do with a 909t and I can't buy tmo's support as I don't have their plan, and to Samsung I changed the recovery, I do have share trade but I have no grounds to make a claim.

The issues started with this last flash. I'll check out the efs tool you mention. Do you think there is better stability overall after odining to latest first?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Just try:

1. system wipe

2. factory reset

3. Odin back to stock to fw

That's definitely safest way to do it

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Bob - I was starting to have some small issues on the 4.3 bootloader - I flashed the 4.4 bootloader with Odin - Much more stable - Better with TWRP 4.4 version 2.7.1.0 as well.

As for support - I never bothered with calling Rogers for tech support - a) Just about anyone on xda knows more than carrier tech support & b) There's far better resources here and even on google ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bp328i:
I was having the same issues as you when I was using the APN T-Mobile US LTE IPv6 I have since switched to APN T-Mobile US LTE and everything is running great!

Oh, that is after a reboot...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ac3theone:
Edit: nevermind, I see what i did their... I'm still getting used to the new device model names, im coming from a galaxy s4.

Can I flash teamaseks kernel in the OP on my T-Mobile galaxy note 3? Only reason I ask is because it has the name of the int note 3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bob Simons:
I think you're on tmo and I'm not. I'm using the settings from the "900T on AT&T" threads with no changes for the last five months or so. As Otisman and Shaggy have said, I probably need to reflash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bp328i:
Yep, sorry I missed that...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] diamantericos:
Quick question has anyone checked the code to see if google added back tablet mode in 4.4.3 by any chance?

DEMON GALAXY NO SOULS NOTED !!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Hlte is unified branch now.

So yes you can.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ac3theone:
This makes flashing much more fun. ???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Aye my flash counter just hit 12747827482x ?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ac3theone:
Lmao ?nicee
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Funny - I don't even see mine - counter burnt out? ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Might be ?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nevrlow:
Hey I'm new to the note 3 on T-Mobile. Which zip is the latest for me to flash? On Tmo. I see the tmo zip but it looks outdated.

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Also does the T-Mobile note 3 come boot loader unlocked? Man I'm out of the loop on this phone lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Use Hlte version?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nevrlow:
Yes I got it. Thank you. Rom is sweet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] celtichazard:
Any news about of 4k capture camera app?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Wait to you see it with the icing on the top if you think it sweet now better head to the dentist lol rotten teeth for sure
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] t3tr1s_:
I have one request for this ROM. In the future is there any way you can have the option for signal text showing as DBM? Like the LTE icon or 4g/3g icon with the numbers next to it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Hi everyone I just wanted to say that I just flashed this rom for the first time today.

I was drawn to this rom by the claims in the op of stability being a primary concern. I was using temaseks rom for quite a while but ever since it was merged with cm 4.4.3 I was getting a lot of problems.

Loving the rom so far
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wgrant:
I've noticed that when backing out of an app instead of hitting the home button the previously active app will open for a moment then close. If I open the recent menu it'll show the app I backed out of as second and the one that showed for a second as first.

This causes no issues it's just an observation. Also, this is in a fresh/clean install of v19 and it's been happening since the first flash. It never happened before this version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] willl03:
Strange thing, I don't get this with clean or dirty install

The cause my be elsewhere, hope it works for you

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Do you mean like this?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PsyCl0ne:
Hey team, I don't think call blocking is working correctly. I have adjusted the number twice and they are still coming through.

~PsyCl0ne
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jonphinguyen7:
This rom is always excellent. Can't wait for some sweet cm themes to beauty this puppy up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wgrant:
Just to double check it's not on my end I did another fresh install, 3 complete wipes before flashing including the internal storage. No additional apps or items flashed aside from gapps. Still have it. As I said, it's not an issue but it's definitely something new to this version. It's very much livable and even better if it's isolated to only me haha. Keep it up brotha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] t3tr1s_:
No, it's actually your signal strength. Is located in your device information under dbm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] CZ Eddie:
So, Slim uses some kind of light sensor that can automagically change the theme from normal to dark, depending on how much light is in the room or if you're outside in direct sunlight.

Is this a feature particular to Slim only?

And is there any way to get it to change to a custom theme? And is there a way to adjust the lumens required to change theme?

I love Slim Dark. But I need a much brighter theme than the normal one, for when I'm out in direct sunlight.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cpufrost:
I'm seeing the same thing here as well.

Really surprised to see a score at levels low for a snapdragon 600 device, let alone running on an 800!

Playing games, OTOH, everything seems smooth so I figured it could be ignored.

Battery life seems better too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bp328i:
The only issue I'm having is this. It happens a about every 6 hours.

The Google-text-to speech Engine has stopped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Try cf lumen app. You can invert colors with it

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bootup:
I'm getting this also. Have cleared data a few times, uninstalled and re-install and it still throws this error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] willl03:
This is in Gapps, Slim might have to fix something in their Gapps

I'm running the minimal version with no problem

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devilman539:
I've had no issues either on the latest PA gapps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
Did you update to the latest Slim Gapps?

There was a Slim Gapps update previously which had a "bug" in Text to Speech - Slim released a second Gapps update the next day to fix the issue.

The current Slim Gapps version is 5.8 - Are you still having an issue with Text to Speech?

I'm running Slim Minimal Gapps 5.8 - No issues ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bootup:
I will load the latest Gapps (I thought I had latest already but will be sure...) and report back tomorrow. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] willl03:
It's in, incredible what PA has created huge step up from Halo

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Jorisman:
Awesome! cant wait
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
Hey all. Made mistake of leaving this ROM to experiment with others. This is by far the BEST ROM. I'd really love the cLock tho found on some other aosp ROMs. Gonna try using TB to bring it over now that I'm coming back. I was on v17 when I left. I see now were on v19. Just v wondering, is it still 4.2.2? Also, still OK to use lean kernel? It's my fav for battery life.

Thanks in advance guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Shaitan.sk:
Hi V19 is Based on 4.4.3! Try the Kernel its inbuild in V19 is Temasekkernel. I found it great!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
4.4.2 was super stable. Is 4.4.3 stable too, with all the customizations?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Shaitan.sk:
Yes its all Stable. I have it installed since three days and nothing Freezed or Reboot or else!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] willl03:
Thanks man

CM lockscreen widget is on the Play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dvtonder.chronus

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
Oh my God. Awesome find. Can't believe I never saw it b4.

EDIT: does this still have that super aggressive ad blocker? If so will the same zip to disable b4 still work? And, do we have to flash that camera fixer zip under the gapps list on the slim website?

Thanks so much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Shaitan.sk:
No Adblocker includet. Camfix i dont know i use A Better Camera App.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Couldn't be happier with this rom. Here's a screenshot of my bbs. I know it's not a lot of screen time on but it shows that everything is working well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
Bro. Clearly this ROM is head and shoulders above the rest. It is RIDICULOUS how perfect it is. If I had more $$$ to give I would. I swear it. Anybody who says another ROM is smoother or more well put together has obviously not run this bad boy. Knocked out of the park, brother. Thank you so much!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
Check it bro. Quick set up. Nothing fancy yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] clifton56:
Am I really the only one who is having a proximity issue when on a call? I've tried all the suggestions in the thread..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Have you tried this in setting

And this fix

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Oh boy family you guys are in for a treat test build batt life with tema 3.75 exp kernel steller
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aalupatti:
Two things

1- Did u try cleaning the proximity sensor by blowing air ( you can get a canned compressed air ) through the ear piece ?

2- I had this trick 1 working for sometime. But after sometime the dirt is too much. Then I had to open up the phone and clean the sensor. Sounds like a big thing but its quite easy. I found an you tube video about disassembling note 3 . I am not expert with this kind of work, but it was quite easy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devilman539:
Are you going to be incorporating that and peek into future builds? Also have you considered adding the cm ribbon toggles? Other that that this is my DD and I love what you've done with it bro
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] CWick4141:
Few posts back.. Here is wills response

Sorry but I'm not interested in the original recents menu

Hover is in the work

First I have to merge other PA features it depends on, it's going well

Peek -> floating windows -> App blacklist -> hover

V20

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jaycb420:
;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] YungMage:
You're a time traveler O.O
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cougar11:
Had a quick question regarding Peek....what if we already have Peek, from the Playstore? Would the Rom version be more integrated or will it be the same? Thanks In Advanced.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] useltonm:
I don't understand how you get the screen on time that you do. I've followed the kernel suggestions posted and I'm down around there with an hour and a half of screen on time.

I've also been getting random reboots and wake of death problems.

Running v18 right now and lean kernel.

Any tips on how to dig into what is causing me problems?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
otisman - is a god among men - don't try to follow Icarus' example - ?

?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devilman539:
Tmasaek kernel has been so much better for me. Try that one and see how it goes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] patrick gayle:
I don't know why I lost root access? Any help would be great...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
If you did a Factory Reset - And wiped system and caches - before you flashed the Rom.... Go to about phone - click on the build number - 7 times to enable developer options - go into developer options and allow root access for apps and adb - reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pathtologos:
I've got a TINY bug, I think. Every time I hang up after a call my screen gets dim as hell. I check my brightness (I don't use auto, I like it BRIGHT) and the setting I like hasn't changed. I just have to tap the brightness slider right where I have it set and it goes right back to how I like it. Kinda weird. Didn't see this on v17.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Just thought I would give you a tip that has been by far the biggest improvement in battery life for me.

Just fyi, I use greenify to hibernate google play services and other crap, and tasker for other things.

You asked about screen on time - and I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but simply put - the longer your battery isn't wasted on other things, the longer time your screen can be on.

Greenify helps a lot with wakelocks from google play services and other crap, but by far the biggest battery drainer for me is cell standy. If I'm at work indoors, tmobiles signal strength for lte and 3g is CRAP.

By making the phone turn to 2g (edge) only while I'm at work or while the screen is off, I get huuuuge battery life, almost no wakelocks at all.

So I recommend finding a way to turn your network mode to 2g only when you don't need it. It might take some time to get used to it, but if you find a way that's convenient for you it can really help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
Let me tell you all best tip for wakelocks no need for 3rd party apps.

Monitor your wakelocks.

Use app ops permissions feature.

Permission you need to turn off is wake up.

That can really improve battery life.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
But like, that doesn't stop what's already running in the back ground right? Google play services can leave all kinds of stuff running and using memory from my experience.

Still though, cell standby seems to be a worse collector of wakelocks on my phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] patrick gayle:
Thanks so much.. all is well now! :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Also you can backup and restore the app data from greenify, which comes in handy after a clean flash. I have several apps i like to keep greenified and modifying each of their permissions individually would be a pain, for me personally
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Well family batt life here you tell me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Eonn:
This rom is great. The battery life is great. It has all the features I want.

But the only problem I have is with texting and MMS. I checked my APNs and set the correct ones, but sometimes my texts arrive late, or it sends late, and it's not only that. My picture messages sometimes never get sent and I sometimes never receive pictures from other people. What can I do to fix this? I've done fresh wipes, installed different messaging apps, but I still get the same problem. Any help please? I really don't want to switch to a different rom as I never have this problem with any other roms.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Wow that weird I use hangouts along with the rest of the testers and don't have an issue sending MMS or getting them either check your perfered network provider in network make sure its correct too
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Eonn:
If you're talking about preferred network type it's set to LTE/GSM/WCDMA

Is it because I install slim gapps? I don't run full.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Hey I'm sure you've posted it recently and if so can you refer me to a post # with your current cpu/io/kernel settings?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaggyskunk:
It wouldn't have anything to do with Slim Gapps - I think that most of the testers are running Slim Gapps - And at least a few are running Slim Minimal Gapps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
No it doesn't stop it running in the background. But it stops wakelocks. So you don't need to worry it running in background.

It can actually do you more harm than good if you disable it because so many apps rely on it.

So it causes instability and breaks other apps features.

Actually it can consume even more battery because phone needs to wake it up so many times so it uses more cpu prossessing etc.

So really no point to greenify it.

I greenify only apps what are badly coded as they have wakelocks even when I disable it from apps ops.

Ok here's some my real life examples:

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Eonn:
What can I do? I factory reset wipe everything and do fresh installs but only have problems with texting through this ROM. I don't have that problem with any other ROM. Can someone take a ss of their network and show it to me? I'm on T-Mobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
That's actually not recommended generally. It's bad to greenify frequently used apps because cpu needs to work & load more.

Easiest way is to hunt down your wakelocks and use app ops to disable those.

If some wakelocks still occurs then use greenify.

That way you have more functional and stable phone.

And battery life is better.

But if you don't use any app which relies or connects to Google play services. Then it would be justified to greenify Google play services. So basically users whom don't use gapps should greenify it. But then there's really not even point to greenify it lol

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
I see what you're saying and I've discussed this with a few friends of mine.

But for me, personally, just about any app that relies on it is probably an app I DON'T want to run unless i specifically call for it. I use Tasker to schedule a sync for that stuff every two hours, otherwise i simply don't want to be bothered by anything throughout most of the day.

However I'm probably going to try the app ops method and uninstall greenify just to test it out on this rom.

The thing is though, i would really like there to be a way to backup the app op settings. In case i need to do a clean flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Here you go

Also I'm on tema kernel so msmhotplug 0>1 and CPU boosted 2>1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
TCP Control: westwood

IO scheduler: fiops

Max freq: 2265600

Governor: yankactive

msm hotplug: enabled

(cpus_boosted 1)

multicore powersave: 0

dynamic f sync: on

No uv

gov settings:

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Where two in the same piats my fin brother from another mother alohas
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] piats:
lol I almost thought for a second that we had same mother. But atleast telekinesis connection works

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crespi_:
Okay awesome thanks for the info. Next question is how is your ui with that? Is it Snappy enough to not feel sluggish? Guess i could just try it myself so nvm ha

And just want to see i really feel a good community vibe for this rom I'm glad I'm here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otisman:
Yah ui is snappy as hell and smooth as slik where family in here help all when can and get help when needed that's what make W03slimkat tread unreal much alohas and glad to see you like it chefs the bomb!