yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
Jumped the gun by one day I guess.... Installed 3.4 last night and boy did Google+ give some serious issues. I cleared all updates from all apps requested, but G+ got into this horrible crash loop that took FOREVER to uninstall with TB, it just kept taking precedence and had to use screen in between its crashes. G music was giving a few crashes as well, uninstalled both apps completely and just flashed 3.5. So far all is good.

Thanks for all the updates
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] viper31573:
How do you remove updates from system apps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
Through application manager or app info. upper right is uninstall updates if you have any. I wound up uninstalling G+ completely through TB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] viper31573:
guess i just dont have any to remove. i see no option in app manager to uninstall updates
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
I'm reading about an app called "disable auto update apps"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] viper31573:
I got it now. There were no updates to remove on most apps. Only update there was was play store
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
If you need to disable the apps from updating this looks like a good app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smargav.appsupdater.free
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Most apps are auto updated by play store. I go into it and turn off auto updates. You open play store tap on top left corner and choose settings. Below is the way I set mine up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
If I want to try the white messaging in the Xtra add ons I just download and flash? Then if I don't like can I just flash the blk 3.5 zip to get default messaging back.. does anyone have an answer?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thumprxl:
Just curious... The people who are having trouble with Google +, are they also the ones having gps issues? Google + is working fine for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
I have problems with google+ and gps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidx2.3.3:
Is there anyway to get a stock un blacked out messaging app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
Have no GPS issues, but G+ gave me the fits ( only after I applied the updates) Had no problem before the updates and no problem with the stock app downloaded from play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Google updates= bad things.. If it aint broken dont update it. If you look around multiple devices you will notice a big trend. Most people who have updayed gapps have issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
I was only referring to the 3.4 and 3.5 updates for this ROM. I was already successfully running latest version of those aps, including G+. I'm assuming the updates were of same version only inverted. After flash of update, that's when they went haywire. Uninstalled G+ and play music and reinstalled from play store and all is fine now, just not inverted. I'll live...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bgstyle:
Is anyone having an issue with bluetooth retaining the connection for media. It will work for a while then stop but I can still take calls via bluetooth. If I want to have media functions back I have to reboot the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
I just went back to r3d final 6-30-14... any way of turning off the update for 3.5 blk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
You can freeze the updater with titanium backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
Is n3bula rom updater the right thing to freeze? Thank you. ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
Believe so...freeze it then check
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] athack:
Yeah that's what I did. . When I went to check the updater it force closed. . Everything else opened in the n3bula xtras so it must of been the right 1...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kdizzleh85:
Great rom for my unlocked and rooted note 2. Finally on kitkat and off mj9. Great so far. We will see how GPS does today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ozo012:
How is the responsiveness on this ROM compared to MJ9? I have am running an older MJ9 Trent's Blackedout build 5 and I continually have random lag where the phone freezes up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
Hmm? I am running this Rom with MJ9 and it is flawless. Should I be I on ND7?

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bambamishere:
Both will work fine,but you know the old saying (if its not broke don't fix it):)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
Yep, I will leave it alone. Just a word to anyone who installs this and uses the stock alarm clock be sure to check the alarm tone it was default to "scream" and it scared the bejesuses out of me at 4 in the morning lol :eek:

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kdizzleh85:
Mj9 is great and trents rom was great but kitkat blows JB out of the water.

One issue I have to fix is the loss of GPS. I tried several times. Anyone find a fix yet. I flashed so fresh so clean too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaveKnowsAll:
No lock in Music City USA (Nashville)

My 2006 cic never loses lock either, but I hate the interface.

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Sorry you got stuck in the no gps club. No fix yet. You will see it here when someone cracks it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kdizzleh85:
It has to be a lib file that is set up incorrectly. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2316429 im gonna look into it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaveKnowsAll:
2 others have tried those a few weeks back and got into boot loops, so I don't think I ever tried those exact ones. When you replace the lib files, go back and fix the permissions, or you will get boot loops regardless. I actually have a set of gps files from the note 3 that I'm going to try out for my regular weekend effort. Good lcuck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thumprxl:
He's not kidding... Same thing happened to me!! ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
My GPS works fine, but I loaded miui the other day and could not get a lock. Read that someone tried Maverick: gps navigation to get gps working. I tried it and it worked. Maybe it will work on this rom too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbrownla:
Smart Clip Service FC

Anyone have any tips on what I need to add or remove to get screen slipping to work? It is still force closing on me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
What is screen slipping?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbrownla:
When you click the S-Pen and drag around what you want to clip, then you get marching ants and can do things with what you clipped out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pmsrefugee:
I can get the marching ants and change the shape but if I try to +or- it says it can't recognize the shape. Doesn't fc but that's all I can do.

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Edit. I unchecked some spen options and it started working. Turned back on check boxes and it still works. I can add and subtract and save it to scrapbook.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbrownla:
This is the error I'm getting. I ran a logcat. I am going to fiddle around with it because I think I somehow have the wrong .jar file probably because I didn't do a system wiperformance and had the problem before reflashing this rom. I just wiped data and cache etc. So I may have an old .jar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
Anyone know why the power saving toggle does not toggle the power saving in the settings? Not talking UPS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jnewberry1:
Disregard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
Not sure if this is solved or common, but I don't have root, I reinstalled from philz cwm and reinstalled super su and still no root.

I have a flashable zip for stock 4.4.2 ota, I'm going to try it, but just thought if it doesn't work maybe someone would have a solution.

The zip worked and super su updated itself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ed270:
I didn't even check that and have lost root as well. So I need to flash another 4.4.2 Rom to fix?

Nevermind ,I went back to the install instructions and flashed the 1.93 SU and all is well

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fallen00sniper:
I never looked in this thread lol I just used the one I had from the ota thread, probably the same one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] theleland:
TabletUI - TabletKat or TabletMetrics

Loving this ROM!

2 Qs ...

Has anyone gotten TabletKat or TabletMetrics to work on this ROM? I'd like the Tablet UI universally without having to go into each app but can't seem to get either of those to work properly.

Also - with N3BULA ROM MultiWindowManager caused errors with S-Health. I'm getting S-Health errors flashing saying like failed to register. Could it be related, or is this a different MWM that's baked in? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] freddy0872:
So I did a quick search on this thread. Flashed the rom it all went according to plan! Love it! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into it! Ultra power saving mode is unbelievable!

2 little issues I've noticed and wonder if anyone experiences these as well.

When disabling the ultra power saving mode is it normal for all the xposed add-ons to basically state they are inactive? And require a reboot to start?

Also my wifi Hotspot does turn on but say a laptop or tablet does not see it. I even changed the name and such to make sure that wasn't just being stubborn.

Thanks again! It has brought new life to my beloved note 2!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
Ultra power savings is a known bug.. the correct code was not added to keep it from doing that.. it erases your accounts as well..

I am not sure he included WiFi Hotspot on this ROM.. very simple edit.. you can search xda. There is a tutorial in the s5 android development section that works fine..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sting5566:
I use hotspot all the time with no issues at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dms76:
I just came from beans26 and this rom runs pretty smoothly! Feel free to add me to the no gps club, tried angi kernel just to see if that works and nope plus broke Google+ oh well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] freddy0872:
Thanks for the responses! Found the mod. Didn't fix the issue. I might get a log when I get home and see if I'm having an issue elsewhere. Might try to flash it again and see if that helps to.

Thanks again guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaveKnowsAll:
So I did my usual weekend of try everything, includeing Note 3 gps libs, then newest agni, the newest twrp, re-odin'ing MJ9, etc. Didn't do any good. But this time I DID remember to also record the sys logs. Simply cleared the log, started up GPS Toolbox, waited for a fix (or no fix), then started up Maps, waited for a fix (or no fix) and saved the log. Even so, it's amazing the number of entries created for such a short time. I don't expect you to dig through all of this, but I do appreciate the effort you have gone to and wanted to make sure I got you the log.

I actually created two: one with gps not working on R3Ds, and one with the same steps with gps working on DN3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
I think your best route is to have the dev use the official rom and not a port. The port was out before we had an official vzw base. We have had the vzw for a long time now. No reason to use a port. The vzw base GPS seems to work for everyone. So why not switch over to vzw base? I brought this up months ago and the dev never responded.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] allankhouri:
Does this have the flashlight option in the notification area?

Does this have the flashlight option in the notification area?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razortaz18:
This is the real solution. Although I have no idea how much work is involved to accomplish this. And I really don't expect much more development for this aging device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
What's up guys. I came from b26. Followed directions to the t or so i think. But i have no phone app or contacts app.. I can make calls by sending a text, then swiping right on the message and it calls but then it shows nothing about me being in a phone call.. I tired dirty flashing ontop after clean flashing it.. I guess I'm gonna try doing another wipe and doing it all again..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] m.jude.m:
GPS Works For Me Now

Ok... I started out having GPS on this Rom and then lost it... in the last few weeks I've tried a number of different Roms to see if GPS would work with no luck.. I was starting to think hardware. I was down to 2 last options... factory reset and re-root or just live with it because it's a hardware issue, but before I did either I tried one last option that I never tried before and it worked... I now have GPS... hopefully this will help some of you:

When I started I had 0/0 satellites in GPS Toolbox

1. Downloaded/Installed TWRP 2.8

2. Downloaded latest AllianceRom and put on ext SD Card.

3. Removed ext SD Card

4. Put phone in Recovery

5. Performed the "Swipe to Factory Reset"

6. Went back in to "Advance Wipe"

7. Selected all Check-boxes but USB (didn't think i needed to)

8. "Swipe to Wipe" (errored out on ext because it was not in phone)

9. Placed ext SD back in phone

10. Rebooted "Recovery"

11. Installed Alliance and I had GPS

12. Installed GPS Toolbox (got 20/20 satellites)

13. Put phone back into Recovery

14. "Wipe" > "Adv Wipe" > Checked Dalvik Cache, Cache, System, Data

15. Re-installed R3ds v3.0 and Super SU v1.93 > Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache > reboot system

16. Set up account > Left the two "let google/apps know your location checked during setup (i never left those checked before) > Download GPS Toolbox (got 21/21 satellites) > Reboot back to Recovery

17. Installed R3ds v3.3 (still had on phone from OTA) > installed SuperSU v2.01 > Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache

18. Let phone fully boot > back to Recovery

19. Installed R3ds v3.5 > Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache > Reboot system > I NOW HAVE GPS

Like I said, probly not the solution for all but hopefully for some.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
Interesting. ..it's definitely software related because on initial boot I had a satellite lock...but on a reboot it went to 0/0 satellites.

I'll give it a try

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Did you install r3ds with twrp also?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] m.jude.m:
all with TWRP 2.8

Yes, I did it all in TWRP 2.8.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
Have any of you tried this app for gps? http://lifehacker.com/make-your-android-s-gps-lock-faster-with-a-config-file-1638080080
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
I got a good gps lock for a little bit. Replaced to get rid of rgni cause im not a fan of it at all. And then i lost gps. I give up with 4.4 i think I'll just go back to 4.3 and have a reliable phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkool1:
This happened to me as well. I just clean installed again and got the phone app & contact app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fkfmfz:
You can go to ota app and under settings uncheck the notifications.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
This is the only rom i cant get gps lock on. DN3 locks abd SR locks. But everyone says this rom is the most stable. I have to have gps. I drive for a living.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ace2d:
This rom is pretty sweet and the only reason I don't use it is because of that GPS issue I'm not driving a lot but it does also affect location with other apps and that's an issue for me.

I am on sk remix at the moment was running trends rom until last night didn't like it much but was too lazy to restore my Sk backup. Last night I was leaving work unplugged it from the charger and it restarted on its own and didn't get past the boot animation. Took that opportunity to go back to sk... Wish I could be on this rom though.

Crtl+z
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
Same here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] theleland:
Anyone having issues with it not waking up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] freddy0872:
Yea I was as well. I started to dig into my wifi Hotspot issue not working. And it refused to wake up for me over and over so I decided to restore myself back to Alliance 26. It's not as quick as this rom but one of the qwerks I had here don't give me an issue on Alliance. I'm Def Gunna keep my eye on this tho in the mean time.

I do like the rom! Awesome work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaveKnowsAll:
It's my safest bet, but I hope not my best one. I do run the rooted stock during the week (typically, though this week it has been DN3), and keep trying to get this working. The reasons that the effort is worth my time (although I probably be on a Note 4 Edge within a month, so maybe I'm wrong!) are

R3Ds, for me, gives much better battery life than stock

I like the Note 3 features, specifically the ones that make better use of the stylus functionality. This is whay I have a note and not an S5

I prefer the customization options built-in as opposed to using Xposed

I will try the Alliance ROM steps that worked for another user this weekend, though my hopes are low at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] audiophizile:
Anybody have a link for the 4.3 version of this? I'm on ss mj9 so can't use latest.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fkfmfz:
The ota is not as stable. And I posted a nd7 ota build with s5/n3 features. Some had issues booting it. But if you install it with the latest twrp it installs and boots fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Interesting. Thanks for the response.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbrownla:
Incredible

This rom is EVERYTHING. By the way people, if you want to have some fun, install Samsung SideSync on your PC or Mac (I didn't know they'd released it for Mac until today), and on your phone.

You will have to install the APK manually, and there is an issue with the screen orientation. But other than that, it's a lot of fun and a new way to work with this rom and your i605!

Fantastic job on this rom you guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thumprxl:
I'm on the 3.5 OTA and everything still works fine. Gps, Google+, and pretty much everything else seems to be stable. Battery life is great. Signals are strong and I'm not sure why so many are having issues. Great work on this rom!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaveKnowsAll:
I can verify that the build you posted installs and boots just fine. Unfortunately, for me I still have 0/0 on the GPS.

I have made every substitution to lib files and edits to the gps.conf file that I can think of. Typically, I only have problems previously with the ports of international ROMS, but if this one you posted was built off of the Verizon 4.4.2 i605 OTA (which works great for me, from a gps perspective) then I am at a loss as to why it would not work. It is possible that the international ROMs have some signal noise thresholds or voltage regulation deep down in the code that would make some hardware fail to register any gps input (0/0), that explanation fails for the US base.

It is interesting to me that on ROMS that work, if I run GPS Toolbox right after the flash, I get 0/0 for a second, then 0/26, and then it starts the initial lock process. As it does so, that 26 number walks down to what it can actually see some signal from. So the initial "26" is not coming from any signal information, but from some other information (hard-coded, or pulled off of wifi or network connection location info perhaps) that is telling the program that it should be able to see up to 26 satellites. My guess is that this is enumerating the satellites potentially visible in the Northern hemisphere of the US. It has some base information about those satellites built in, and then matches that up to the signals that it starts to receive. What seems to be happening to me is that this base information is absent/failing to load for me on R3Ds, so that there are no named satellites to even start to compare the signals against. None of the programs that pull AGPS data do anything to resolve this.

Or maybe I just dropped my phone one to many times....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
I just tried this and it seems to lock pretty quick now and sees the satellites. I will know for sure when I drive again tomorrow. Fingers are crossed but I think this just might have done it. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
I am having the same problem. I just tried to reformat the internal data. We shall see.

Yep. This worked. Working fine now and was able to restore my backup. Also, GPS is now locking perfectly. I am thinking that you must wipe internal drive in order to get everything to work properly. I wiped everything except external drive, now working perfect including GPS lock. Prior to that I was having constant reboots and finally could not even write to the drive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
I too love this rom but had problems with the GPS lock. I may have fixed this problem. Not completely sure yet, but I do have a lock at the moment. I am NOT sure exactly what fixed it, but I also used TopNTP from the Play Store. I heard about this from someone else long ago and it may have helped to fix the problem. Give it a try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ace2d:
We need confirmation because of this does fix it up be flashing this in a min

Crtl+z
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thumprxl:
Absolutely wipe everything except external and USB... Anything that resides on the phone itself needs to be wiped. I had no problems flashing with twrp 2.8 and everything is working like a charm.

^^^^^I'm glad you now have gps too!!! ☺
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
I'm going to re flash on 2.8...that topNTP didn't work for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] glockman4519:
Anyone else not able to download themes for the XTheme engine included with this rom? The site gives a 404 error ".

If anyone has a working link to the XThemes and the battery mod I would greatly appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
Finally, GPS works for me. New TWRP 2.8 works...I had a FC on initial start up where you put your name into the phone before you restart and add SU...after that clear sailing. I updated to 3.5...I still have a FC for Google+ but that's it so far.

Hope the other GPS guys try it to see if it works for them
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] glockman4519:
Did you update the Google apps before the update? I found that if you update your apps then add the OTA, I didn't get any force closes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
Ota first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] glockman4519:
I did the same thing the first time I tried this rom and kept getting Google app force closing. I reloaded the rom and waited till after I updated the apps that came preloaded and then flashed the update and I had no force close at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mising:
Had anyone been able to download the main ROM recently? The OTA downloaded fine, but the ROM download fails after about a minute. I have tried all the mirrors with the same result. Have not had a chance to try on a PC yet.

OK, tried on PC and I get - 405 Not allowed nginx/1.7.4 on all AFH mirrors.

Anyone have a mirror available?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nswenson:
Flashing with TWRP 2.8 didn't solve GPS issues for me. Are you guys certain you're getting GPS lock, rather than a high accuracy lock? Please install a tool such as GPS status and tell us how many satellites you're locking on to. I see that high accuracy mode appears to give a lock, but that's not the same as true GPS.

I should add that this ROM is really nice, really the best one out there if GPS was working. Unfortunately it's a no go without GPS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bjhatch:
I was locking for a few hours verified with gps app...I even rebooted a few times. As I added apps I lost it. Now shows 0/0 satellites