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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
It's no problem sir. I'm here to help.

I will apologize for my previous post, just a lil stressed out and a lil sick atm.

Can you tell me what is it your trying to accomplish. So we can point you in the right direction. I'll help anyone trying to learn to mod Android themselves.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] androidmonsta:
Won't it be easier to just restart all over by wiping and reflashing than meddling with important system files?

Meddling with systems.apk is like meddling with win.exe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
[MENTION=1840999]Bajanman[/MENTION] Sir is there a way to edit lockscreen aligbment?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
[MENTION=5392761]androidmonsta[/MENTION] ?

Was going to recommend that, but you never know what they want to do. But I completely agree with you. Messing with stuff you're unsure about will just leaf to problems!

Hey.. I got your pm about the alignment. But couldn't really see where the problem was from the pics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Problem booting DN4-2.2LTE

For some reason when I attempt to flash this ROM to my AT&T Note 2, the phone will not boot after flashing. In fact it's totally dead and doesn't respond to any button presses. I resurrected it by removing the battery, booting into recovery and restoring the backup I had just made. I followed all the instructions. I've been flashing ROM's for quite a while now and this is the only one I've had a problem with.

The only other thing I didn't check was if the bootloader was version 4.3 or higher. Pardon my ignorance but how do I check that? In indeed I'm on an old bootloader, how do I update it?

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
[MENTION=1840999]Bajanman[/MENTION]

The alignment of the letters on 3,6,9 and 7 seens to be misaligned? Shouldn't it be like the ones on 2,5,8? The camera shortcut seemed to be cropped too? I tried 240 mid to see if it's dpi related, well now the lockscreen is on the bottom left of the screen? Shouldn't it be aligned center?Thanks for the reply sir.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Go here and check the last 10 pages...

Then you'll find that after flashing the Rom you needed to flash Agni kernel too get it to boot. Also if you were using cm prior to flashing Dn4, you need to flash a Tw Rom, then flash Dn4. All you answers are in the main thread ok.

Ok I'll check out the pics again and see what's up. I can say if you're running a 240 dpi mod. Then there's you problem. Really think 240 is too small for this phone.. The optimal dpi is 270 for the screen size on this device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
Guys it sounds like a modified system ui apk. He needs to flash the rom's stock system ui (or drop it in in recovery)

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System ui can be renamed, if it's been modified, the biggest requirement is that whoever modifies it keeps the signature intact. However, changing the name can cause problems when the system tries to access the apk because it's looking for systemui.apk not systemui+this&that.apk.

It's a core android rom system file, which provides an interface for you to interact with your device (mainly the notification & status bars. Framework & touchwiz framework handle the rest. I wouldn't mess with it unless you know what you're doing. If you have a modified system ui file and are having problems, you need to flash or swap in the correct system ui file for the rom. I hope that helps, and for what it's worth, no, I've not seen a system ui apk named anything other than the standard.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jimmyrweems:
What settings are you using for angi? My battery life isn't that great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] furryfella:
Hi to all, been reading this forum for a long time now since DN3 first came out. Just wanted to say how impressed I am by your helpfulness to everyone. I myself have benefitted greatly and learned alot just by reading and applying what you guys post here. Its so great to have the Note II stay relevant in 2015, so big sincere thanks to you all.

Of course I have a couple of Noob questions!

Firstly with the OTA update: i've read there are some minor bugs with it that are being looked into but nonetheless it does some good things under the hood. I've held off updating, not having experienced many problems, and so preferring to wait till bits are ironed out. Consequently I keep getting the notification that the update is still there for the taking. would you reccommend I go ahead and update, or should I wait for an upcoming subsequent one?

Secondly, and I dont think this is a ROM issue but an Android/ BBC issue: I use BBC's Iplayer to watch catch up TV. When I upgraded from DN3 to DN4 (and therefore to Android 4.4.4), the player works for about 10 seconds then the screen goes all green and behaves like the horizontal adjustment is way off with duplicate lines of unwatchable video interweaving on the screen. Audio is fine. I read there was a known issue with Iplayer and 4.4.x, which I can confirm as it happened on my wife's S3 when she upgraded to 4.4.4 and the new version of Iplayer, which was theoretically fixed with the new release, but not for us. I'm thinking the soloution is to find an older .apk of Iplayer which does work with 4.4.4, but thought I'd ask you guys for advice and at the same time give heads up to others who may be experiencing the same.

Another Android oddity I've discovered is the talking stock calculator. It seems when you add a service to accessibility, it somehow activates text to speach on the stock calculator. The soloution again seems to be either switch off all services at the bottom of the accessability menu, or just get a different calculator installed.

Lastly at the risk of embarassing myself, I thought I'd share my experience installing DN4. It went quite well except I found I had no service/baseband/Imei. I read about installing AGNI and wiping cache and installing the correct sequence, still had trouble till I realised the silly thing I had done which caused all the problem: I had left my SIM card installed while I flashed everything. Removed it, installed the ROM, no more trouble! Its an obvious thing, but I hadn't seen it mentioned as a possible fix for some noobs like me. Hope that might help someone!

Cheers to all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnbronk:
All I'm looking for is this great ROM as is with 240 dpi and a 5x5 launcher. I am going to follow the other poster's advice and start over and do backups as I go so I can determine where the issue is arising. I'm still curious though, purely rhetorical question... Can SystemUI.apk be renamed to Bob.apk, be in the correct location on the file system and function correctly?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
No please do not rename the apk. The system will look for systemui.apk not Bob.apk unless a rom has been entirely recoded to reference the modified apk, but no one would do that kind of work just to be able to rename systemui.apk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnbronk:
Thanks! That's the answer I have been looking for. I have NO intention of renaming ANYTHING. I was trying to get a sense, from a development perspective, how things work. I figured you couldn't just rename a file and have it continue to work. The only thing close to that that I can think of is stuff located in the init.d directory in Linux.

I appreciate everyone's input and I'm back where I want to be and this is OHoR.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Delete...Nvm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnbronk:
Yeah... That's what I was gonna do, modify SystemUI. I've done it before and then the whole file name thing came. The reason for my original post was to see if any of you guys had seen a situation where SystemUI had been renamed. As I said, I'm not the guy that's going to rename files in the Android OS.

I'm now back to fresh DN4 and I'll carefully look and consider 240dpi/Launcher MOD's. I'll also take a look at Nova.

Thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Ok. You quoted my post right b4 I removed it. Lol

Good luck on setting everything to your liking. Think you'll like nova similar to Tw but with lots more features.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
I've been testing out atom launcher & it's been pretty good so far. It's compatible with novas themes and has a few features that even Nova (one of my previous loves) does not. It's worth trying, imo. Touchwiz widgets work on it as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Thanks for responding. I guess the reason I missed the part about flashing Agni Kernel 4.39 is because it's listed on instructions for the DN3. I didn't know this applied to DN4 also. As for flashing the TwRom I'm assuming you mean the latest Teamwin Recovery (2.68 as of this writing). I already have that.

Let me give it another shot. Again thanks for your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] androidmonsta:
I guess you read the opening thread wrongly. The instructions were for dn4. It's just telling you dn3 is located in post #2.

[MENTION=1840999]Bajanman[/MENTION] is also saying that if you had came from a cm (cyanogenmod) based rom previously, you need to flash a original tw (touchwiz) firmware or tw based rom first before flashing DN4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rktdoc:
How in the heck do you get the kernels bootloaders or any of that downloaded,is there a separate location besides dev host?

All I can get from there is a bunch of spam, and crap my security sees as a malicious threat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Huh?? ?

I have no clue to what you're talking about!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
[MENTION=5914765]iamincredible09[/MENTION]

Ok finally checked the lockscreen numbers and I have no problem. Think it's something you did messing with the dpi! If it's really bothering you, might have to start over fresh. And leave that 240 dpi crap alone... Better off using app setting from Xposed

Look below>>> I added my screen and yours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
If you use the included ad blocker and download from dev host on your phone you should be fine. Unfortunately dev host like most file hosting sites uses ads
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kozmo21:
If you click on the "Download" link, you can get that. Just click on the "Download Now" instead, and it should work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
Thanks for getting back! Actually, the lockscreen happened prior to me flashing the 240 mod. Now I am thinking something might went wrong while I was downloading the ROM itself. Did you get it from E-Team's page?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
Yes exactly this. Before they redesigned it, it was much easier, but as long as you know which magical button to press you'll be fine every time. I use adblock plus when I'm browsing on my pc also, which helps weed out a bunch of crap
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Flashing the 240 mod? Why? Anyway I'm sure that is your main problem! Wondering where you got the mod from? And did they provide a revert zip?

Did I get what from the Eteam page?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
They're asking if the rom came from the eteam site and [MENTION=5914765]iamincredible09[/MENTION] yes, it did because we are opposed to unofficial mirrors
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Ahhh ok. I almost said no! I got off my laptop...Lol :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
Thanks a lot! Here's what entirely happened, I am at DN4 v2.1. I flashed DN4 v2.2 for Note 2 LTE from E-Team. Somehow, when I finished every bug is fixed but the lockscreen was like that. That's when I flashed the 240 mod to see if it's dpi issue and saw that although the lockscreen is quite small, now it seems to be complete. I flashed the revert zip and now lock screen is okay but I am in 320dpi. I tried changing it to 270dpi but the lock screen is not centered. is there a way for me to align it centered? Thanks again. I am new to exploring Android system files, so sorry for lots if questions. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
I would use app settings to adjust dpi for certain stock apps individually. Like you, I like the way 240 dpi looks on my device but in the end it was way too much hassle because some things just wouldn't align properly because they weren't meant to.

For some people they can ignore that but I'm a themer/designer by nature, so small cosmetic imperfections really bug me. On the other hand, I can easily overlook small functionality issues (ie broken functions) if they don't affect the look of things too much.

Side note:

As a team, ideally we want things to look good and work, and since we all have different things that we see that need fixing (things that bug us), the rom ends up being better for you guys overall.

/End side note

Now back to the 240/270dpi stuff, you really need to play with xposed's app settings module to try to find the best settings for you. With whatever you can tolerate, because it won't align perfectly as it was never meant to. Keyguard.apk & touchwizhome.apk are the ones I would focus on, but don't be surprised if it doesn't get it to the way you want it (although I could be wrong, so give it a try). I just know that for me personally, I gave up on 240dpi although I liked the way looked so much better, it was too much trouble for me and there were too many cosmetic imperfections for my taste. Good luck to you.

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You so silly! [emoji14]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Thanks for your help. I tried flashing again and it didn't work. Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Let me see if I can get this right.

You said first I need to flash the TourchWiz firmware. I'm not seeing a link for that in the main page with the instructions. Do you have one just to be sure I don't flash the wrong one?

Please tell me if this is the proper sequence:

1) TW Firmware (don't have it yet)

2) DN4_V2.2-LTE.zip

3) PSN_AGNi_pureSTOCK-v4.3.9_N7105_4.4.x_AROMA.zip

TeamWin recovery 2.8.6 is installed. My bootloader is I317UCALK7.

After successful installation can I use Apex launcher instead of Touchwiz? Also, once I flash the TW firmware, will it be possible to flash a CWM based ROM or am I stuck with Touchwiz ROM's?

Thanks again. I appreciate your patience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
No you wouldn't be stuck on touchwiz, you can go back and forth freely, it was just my experience (and others) coming from cm to DN4 can be a pita. I had a backup of a touchwiz rom so I just restored it before flashing, but if you don't have one, just grab a stock rom to Odin. I'll post a link shortly but depending on which touchwiz firmware you were on last, just flash that in odin, then flash your recovery, and flash dn4. Yes it's at least 2 extra steps & files but it will literally only take you a few minutes to do.

So if you don't have a touchwiz rom backup handy, follow this guideline:

1) flash stock touchwiz firmware (doesn't have to be from sammobile, you can get one that's already rooted, etc, the key is flashing it with odin

2) flash a custom recovery (twrp). This may not be necessary, but if the firmware you choose replaces your recovery with stock, you'll want to have a recovery on hand to flash in odin.

3) flash dn4 & set it up

4) flash agni

5) enjoy your new rom!

Flashing stock firmware won't keep you on touchwiz anymore than it did when you first got it and put cm on it. It's just the coming back from cm that's difficult sometimes (not all the rom's though) and that's simply because cm & tw are so different. As long as you have root access and an unlocked BL, you can flash what you want, you are not locked in to any one rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
I see. well I just installed App Settings, it seems to be not making any changes I made? And it didn't ask for root access?

BTW, I see you are talking about AGNi Kernel. I am actually using Widzard 2.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Did you check the module in Xposed, then reboot to activate the app setting module? If not, do that then try changing your setting. Don't forget to hit save at the top of the screen next to the 3 dot menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Please reboot after uninstalling the module, then download and install again ok. Reboot once more to have Xposed recognize it. Done

Let us know what happens ok..?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcboypalaboy:
Cannot Install DN4 v2.2 LTE

Hi guys, It seems that I cannot the install the latest DN4 v2.2 rom for gtn7105. ive already tried to wipe data,cache,dalvik cache, internal storage and nothing seems to work. I'm also using the latest version of TWRP which is 2..8.6.0.. however DN4 v2.1 with the LTE patch work. I dont know what's the reason why I can't install this rom. please help.

Regards,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] androidmonsta:
You only mentioned it didn't work. However, there is no mention of what problem are you facing. Not sure how we can help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Thanks so much for your help and for being patient with me.

Currently I have the CyanideL 5.1- RC10.5 - I'm having some trouble with it which is why I want to try this ROM. I'm assuming is is NOT touchwiz, which is why the procedure isn't working.

I'm assuming there's no need to wipe before doing all this (right?). I have the TWRP recovery on the phone already, but I'll reflash it just to be on the safe side. Do I have to boot into the download mode again, or can I do it with Odin without rebooting? Also, will wiping first necessary before flashing DN4 and Agni?

Will it be possible to boot into the stock ROM before flashing DN4? The reason is I have an unlock code, but it doesn't seem to work with customs ROMs. I'm thinking I might try it with the stock ROM to at least see if it'll unlock.

Any finally, if all this goes south again, can I simply boot into recovery and restore the backed up ROM?

Once again thanks for your assistance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
Always wipe before flashing a rom. In this case you won't do it before the odin stuff, you'll do it before you flash the rom.

Yeah you'll have to go in download mode to flash a stock rom in odin. But it'll reset your device so don't worry too much about wiping before odin. The reason I say you may have to flash recovery depends on which rom you flash in odin. If you get out directly from sammobile, it's going to replace your recovery with the stock one, so you'll want to reflash recovery while you've got odin up and running.

However, if you get a modified stock rom (pre-rooted, with no recovery included), you would not have to reflash recovery so it depends on where you get the odin stock rom from. Zen Arcade has some good ones for odin posted in i317 android development.

Then after you're up & running on stock touchwiz, reboot into recovery, wipe wipe wipe, and then install the rom.

This applies any time you odin back to stock, which is helpful to know how to do anyway, because odin-ing to stock can fix a lot of issues that build up over time or save your butt if you screw up on a bad flash ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Thanks, I think I got it. Just two more questions before I proceed. When you flash back to stock with Odin, is the data on the external SD card safe to put backups and other vital data, or will Odin wipe that too? And - it's possible to boot into the stock ROM after flashing the firmware and before flashing the DN ROM, right? I'm trying to see if I can unlock the phone. The unlock code AT&T gave me isn't working with customs ROM's.

Many thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Anything on the ext sd card will NOT get touched by Odin ok. So you're safe to put whatever you want on it. Don't forget like [MENTION=4645236]absinthesummer[/MENTION] told you, if you're going to flash a fully stock Rom. You'll need a copy of Twrp tar file to add it from Odin. Then you'll have your custom recovery installed.

And yes you can boot into the stock Rom and do whatever unlock you need to do. Think you'll need a different sim from a different carrier, for the att unlock code to work OK. Then afterwards you can start the Dn4 flash. Good luck ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
Sir, lockscreen is fine now. My only concern is I am looking for a way to get the data icon in the statusbar to show H, H+, 3G, 4G and not just the big 4G icon that comes with the ROM 2.3 update from OTA. Is there a way to revert it? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
You're the second person asking for this, I bet you guys have the N7105 models. Which is the reason y'all asking for those icons. Can you post a small screenshot of the so called big 4G updated icon. That you got with the update thx.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
I Actually have the Korean variant. Which is e250k. I'm sure though it's not 4G i'm getting coz I set my mobile network to WCDMA only
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Ahhh I remember you now. I see you fixed your lockscreen ?. If you want to actually check what your phone using. Setting, about device, status>>

Going to try something on my tester phone and see if it will work for those wanting the older icons.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
[MENTION=1840999]Bajanman[/MENTION]

Thank you so much for the help! Hopefully it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Yes it worked on my tmo tester. I'm sure you know how to edit build prop right. If not I'll have to make a flashable zip so anyone can use it if they want it. Pics below>>
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
Thank you so much! This helped a lot!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
You're very welcome.

Btw you should still receive the Ota updates ok.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] :
I tried changing the 4G icon to lte by editing the csc file only. I ended up with a small 4G with lte next to it icon if you want to try it. Looks ok

https://copy.com/yfbWLw1xzAoOsSrU
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] iamincredible09:
Will this show even if I'm on H+? Coz 4G is not available in my area
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] absinthesummer:
Yes, it's funny that way ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] humb12:
Help..

Could you help me out once again? I tried to flash ths stock ROM from sammobile. As you know this must be done first in order to install DN4. After going through the motions with Odin, it saya "Firmware update start..." then "SingleDownload" and finally "boot.img". Then everything stops. I left it for as long as 10 minutes and nothing. I was even able to boot back into the ROM that was already on there, with no files erased anywhere.

I've flashed stuff with Odin many times before and I've never had a problem until now. Any ideas?

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wassco:
DN4 Battery drain

Everything works fine, (and ive done the basic tweaks to lower battery drain) but for some reason this rom just sucks the life outta my batter (100% to 80% in about 30min-1hr of minimal use)

Airplane mode is on, wifi was connected but idle, BT off, brightness lowered, even tried some tweaks to kernal (battery saver etc)

anyone else draining fast on this? love the rom, but if it means i get 1/4 the battery time im used to.. im gonna switch back. :(

Stock 4.3 rom i was getting 2 days with minimal use. so i know im not over exaggerating about the battery.

Thanks for any replies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] androidmonsta:
For battery drain issues, it's always hard to tell without using any diagnostic tools. There is a very very simple one included in the phone which doesn't give much details. You can find it under settings > power saving. It will tell you which app is staying draining your battery.

For a more detailed app, try the free betterbatterystats app. Search in this forum for it. Install and grant it su permission on first run. Let if gather info and soon not only you can find out which app is draining your battery, you can also find out which app is causing wakelocks, the main culprit for battery drain as it prevents the phone from sleeping properly.

For your reference, my battery life: