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I waited and waited. Thought about rooting and using a ROM before the official ICS update came from AT&T but just decided to wait. Finally got the update via Kies, excited like a school girl. Initially it was a cool new bit of scenery, and as the OS settled in with me, i found myself disappointed and wanting my gingy back. I've been upgrade for a couple months now i think, and had plenty of time to try to get used to it.
I am finding lots of things that just plain suck.
1 - Text message notification audible alert discontinues after awhile (unknown amount of time), only resolution I've found is to reboot the phone. This sucks because just out of nowhere my text notification tone stops. Everything else like ringtone etc is fine. This is a dealbreaker for me almost. This worked fine on Ginerbread.
2 - new Swype software gives me problems when the word suggestion feature stops working completely. Swype is hard to do without word suggestions at times. Only solution i've found is again, reboot the phone. This sucks. I know, don't use swype, but i WANT to use it. It worked perfectly on Gingerbread.
3 - the widget for Google Voice is super tiny now, and i don't see a way of making it bigger. It's approximately the size of 4 icons, whereas before on Gingerbread it was huge and you could easily read/see your voicemails. Maybe i'm missing something on how to change the widget size, but i see no way of doing it.
4 - my News and Weather widget, which i used for weather and news all the time, since my original Galaxy S, does not display any weather information anymore. Just says "No Weather Information". this worked fine on Gingerbread. I guess different phone OS makes widgets work differently. I just want mine to work as expected. News still comes through fine though.
5 - Unlocking the screen seems more difficult now, usually takes me a couple tries, whereas it seemed really smooth and awesome before the update
6 - Power Saving widget is huge now, takes up half of one screen, whereas before it was just 1 row and you could scroll across. Why make it bigger and take up more room with no additional functionality?
After listing all this out, i'm trying to think of the things i LIKE about ICS update, and i can only think of one, which is the data monitoring/limiting which is kind of a cool feature. I doesn't seem any faster really than before. So overall, i honestly was happier with Gingerbread. 6 things that i find that suck versus one thing i like.
Maybe this is me being picky, but as excited as I was to get ICS, i'm equally disappointed in the upgrade. My wife uses a Galaxy Note and it is available for her phone now, and I told her don't bother with the upgrade.
Anyone have any advice??? experience the same problems? I know i could root, install a custom rom etc, but i really like the touchwiz stuff from samsung and i was really happy with just the stock gingerbread OS, even with all the bloatware, i just disregard all that junk.
I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Never had the texting problem but I'm definately always having to swipe the lockscreen a couple times to unlock it.
News and weather widget works fine here too.
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I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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at&t sucks. bottom line.
Advice, if you want to stick with touchjizz, run a custom one, there are plenty that *should* have those issues taken care of.
But the widget size issue, thats just looks, with a different launcher can change size of widgets.
Lol I called this one. A bunch of people upgrade to stock ICS. Then they complain and want to switch back, mess it up, and start new threads. Hopefully they all learned their lesson about carrier upgrades . I mean even I tried it, just to see what it looked like and how it functioned. Then again I knew how to get back to a custom Rom Before I did it. It's actually not too bad, but there were just too many bugs and battery life was too bad for my taste.
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No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
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No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
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Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Thank you for this useful reply/input and picture... I'll give it a try.
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I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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Nick281051 said:
Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
Im having alot of these problems plus my samsung keypad freezes and crashes browser freezes
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Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
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Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
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It isn't 100% on all phones it seems to be random but instead of posting something VERY VERY risky for people not so inclined to troll the forums and find out about the risks of certain actions why not shut up or post what you think will work then link them to a topic showing what bad could happen. You just seem like you want people to brick and make more topics about how they tried to reset and bricked. You also need to think of Google searches that link to this topic and they read it and see you said reset and they do it. It isn't just xda its anyone with the internet don't lead people to a possible brick
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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And where are you getting this information?
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johnny_1437 said:
i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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The only way to go "back" to Gingerbread is to flash UCKH7 straight stock or one of the Gingerbread stock plus root packages in Entropy512's thread. So yes, use that, or one of my guides.
I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
Flash back to stock and check if it occurs. If it does use triangle away and send it back in mate
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I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
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I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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Oh no... I like the phone and I hope I dont have to sell it off.... So I am hoping someone here woudl be able to help me out.... I am backing up nearly everyday with TiB....
Even I love my s3 but I love note 2 even more and I am buying a note 2....the main reason I am selling it is if it conk out one day here in India it's very difficult to claim warranty we really need to slug it out with Samsung India and I don't have the time or patience to do that...
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happened to me too
I don't recall it happened to me while using stock touchwiz roms.
However, since I've moved to AOSP roms (first AOKP M1 and then JellyBam), it happened to me 3 or 4 times now.
Do you get it also on touchwiz roms? Which OmegaRom are you using?
Wich kernel are using my mates? Maybe that is problem, combination firmware and kernel...
Regards
using latest OmegaRom... as mentioned... first happened in CheckROm and even in Wanam...
Was using siyah kernel... so now testing Perseus and see wtr this happened or not...
Just happened when I have monster warlord running and locked it.. when I unlock... it happened again... must be something like not enuf ram or went into deep sleep... very strange indeed. Nevertheless change to Perseus to test out different kernel for now...
tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en and post the screenshot. It might be SDS
Same happened with my phone. Go to see what it's up to and suddenly its not responding. The only option is to hold power down until it reboots.
It would also do it on in coming calls and managed to delete a text which arrived shortly before it froze.
Hoped upgrading to the latest firmware would help, didn't. Going without root, nope. Freezing apps in Titanium, still no joy.
Finally this morning I had enough and went for a full wipe. Very little installed but no problems since.
Would suggest doing the same, especially if you plan to sell the phone anyway.
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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Have the same problem with mine, using the latest wanam stock rom and every now and again the phone will either just restart or lock with the screen off (led notification will keep blinking however).
Just trying the official Vodafone rom now through Odin. If this doesn't solve it I think the phone will have to go back.
To note: issue appeared after installing some root apps. Notably adfree and beats drivers. Anybody else have either installed?
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
THEsirloin said:
Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
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Just return it to the nearest samsung store for repair.. I believe it is hardware failure
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
I have now updated again using kies with the official 4.1.2. I have no problems with restarts when using the stock apps. I have however had issues with the google servers and now believe this to have been the main reason for the crashes earlier (Christmas new phone activation traffic?).
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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I am not selling it to some innocent 3 person I am exchanging it with note 2 by paying the difference amount at a local Samsung retail store (just sending back there own Frankenstein to them)
And about culture my friend I don't need a lesson from a person who doesn't even have the sensibility to understand that his comments can hurt others(u started It fIrst)..
As today Is my last day in the s3 forum I don't want to sign off on a bitter note so sorry if I have hurt u in anyway.
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
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I can't say for sure, but around Wednesday isn't unreasonable.
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
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I do run AdFree, and yeah, I saw the notice about the new version - it's a different app entirely... still called AdFree, uninstall the old one, and install the new one. Not sure why they did that.
I'm at a loss - I just reinstalled XELL4, and it's still doing it. Short of doing a full wipe and starting afresh (which I really can't be bothered with), I don't know what else to try. Was working fine up until now.
Everything was fine until I flashed PAC-man and Paranoid Android a while back. I went back to stock after and then realized my proximity sensor wasn't working. It was 100% fine before that. In a phone call, my screen turns off and then doesn't come back on unless I stick the phone under light. Somehow my proximity sensor turned into a light sensor. I have tried everything since. I read somewhere that Perseus kernel would help. So I unlocked again, flashed CleanROM (which I liked very much) and Perseus v30. It seemed to work again. I was happy... Until I flashed the latest Perseus v31 a few days ago. It's broken again and I can't get it back. Went back to stock again, unlocked again, flashed a stock rooted rom, flashed beans deodexed rom, flashed CleanROM, flashed perseus, nothing. NOTHING works. What the heck is going on here!? Should I just finally give in and go the warranty route, or can someone identify this problem and come up with a fix. And I know about the temporary setting in call settings, I want my sensor to work though. I know it's not just me, I've seen this in multiple threads for other devices as well, also happening after flashing PA or another AOSP ROM. I wonder what else broke that I don't even know about? I'm tired of dealing with this issue. Thoughts?
I'm not surprised this happened in PAC. All the Asop ROMs are based off of cm10 build we have which has a known big of proximity not working. If you had success with Pegasus 30 and clean ROM, try flashing that again. I guarantee someone else on Xda can come up with a better solution so don't waste your root by getting a new device with a new boot loader in it XD
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Sounds less like a hardware issue and more like a custom rom issue.
Yeah....better warranty that.
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1ManWolfePack said:
Sounds less like a hardware issue and more like a custom rom issue.
Yeah....better warranty that.
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Exactly why Verizon wants these things locked down. ... Oh and they suck
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Exactly. The guy troubleshooted his own post and doesn't even know it.
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1ManWolfePack said:
Exactly. The guy troubleshooted his own post and doesn't even know it.
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he just doesn't want to take responsibility for breaking his own stuff.
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I traded my other phone for an HTC One today and I'm loving it! But I'm having an issue with the camera... No matter what settings I choose or how much I tap to focus, it's always blurry! The phone was rooted with twrp recovery and android revolution rom pre-installed, but I don't know if its bootloader unlocked or s-off... All I know is I went into twrp and wiped caches and data/factory reset and logged into all my accounts... The camera sometimes manages to focus and works, but the rest of the time it just stays blurry... Any thoughts?
EDIT: I attached a picture I just took of my headphones so you can see what I mean...
That's your problem, you have apple headphones.
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spitfire2425 said:
That's your problem, you have apple headphones.
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lmfao they dont sound that bad tho... got a pair of beats mixr too but anyways... turns out its hardware related so im gonna return it tomorrow... would u happen to know of an easy way to unroot and relock bootloader?
[how to]return to 100% stock from revone or moonshine s off
http://androidforums.com/internatio...stock-revone-moonshine-s-off.html#post5918438
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as above post states, you probably need to revert to stock to get rid of any lingering settings from a rom that could be causing it.
I actually did so, but still the problem presisted... I ended up returning it and getting a new replacement One thanks for the tips both of u!
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[how to]return to 100% stock from revone or moonshine s off
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Is it possible to restore to stock without being S-Off? I am currently having the same issue and was going to revert to stock and if the issue persists exchange the phone. So I'd like to be completely reverted to stock if I need to exchange it. Thanks for the help!
Ever since I updated to 4.2.2 my camera has been blurry...definitely reverting.
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I actually did so, but still the problem presisted... I ended up returning it and getting a new replacement One thanks for the tips both of u!
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i am having a similiar issue with my htc one, pictures have blurry edges in 99% of all times.
i am curious, was your problem fixed with the new HTC one you got as replacement?
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i am having a similiar issue with my htc one, pictures have blurry edges in 99% of all times.
i am curious, was your problem fixed with the new HTC one you got as replacement?
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yup, even flashed newer firmware and same rom (arhd) and its working perfectly, that was definitely a hardware issue
My HTC one has issues focusing in low light scenarios, resulting in blury images with flash
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My HTC one has issues focusing in low light scenarios, resulting in blury images with flash
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Funny, for a supposed "Better-in-low-light" phone camera, mine is also bad at low light conditions. Slow focusing, also.
That happened to me once, no matter what I tapped on to focus, the camera refused to do so. But I just closed the app and opened it again and it fixed itself. Maybe try that.
Could someone post a link to Scotts CleanROM for Verizon Note II please? The link on his website is pointing to a server which is trying to hand out a virus as the page comes up with a security warning that the website is not safe.
Thanks
Tom
http://d-h.st/DTn
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Scottsroms.com has all his old files
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Did you actually try that link?? It takes you to the same page with the virus warning I said earlier.
As soon as you hit that page, it's trying to get you to install a player which is NOT what it should do. It SHOULD let you download the ROM file.
Anyone else have a good link please?
Thanks
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http://d-h.st/DTn
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Scottsroms.com has all his old files
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Yes I did try the link it works fine. Which download are you clicking on? Click the small download in the middle with the black background. I'm trying to help you, relax.
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Proof that the link works
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Ok, I got it. There's more than one download link on the page and I guess I didn't hit the correct one? Confusing as hell !!
Thanks for helping the blind!! I guess I better get a seeing eye dog that can use a computer!
I didn't mean to make you think I was upset, I'm just under a tremendous amount of pressure and stress right now with my business and getting my phone back on line is really adding to the stress. I paid for FEDEX overnight shipping to the repair facility and FEDEX overnight saturday delivery to return it and I have been sitting here all weekend trying to get it back up.The guy who fixed it installed an app (TWRP) I have never seen or used and never told me what it was or what to do with it and he didn't return my calls or emails over the weekend to let me know if it was safe to use it with a custom ROM. I had to search all weekend to find out exactly what it was and how to use it. I'm sure you know how expensive that type of shipping is and to have paid all that and still not have my pohone up on Monday morning was a waste of money.
Thanks so much for the help here. I will be more carefull looking at links from now on.
Tom
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Proof that the link works
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Rudy,
Thanks again. I am downloading the ROM now, although it's slow and will take 30+ minutes. I have a question. I see that some of these ROMS have the ability to accept OTA updates?
My phone specs are
Verizon Galaxy Note II
Android 4.1.1
I605VRALJB
BUILD # JRO03C.I605VRALJB
I don't want my phone to take any updates EVER!
Can I prevent that from happening?
Do you know what I need to do to accomplish that?
Does Scott's ROM's block OTA updates?
It seems he has discontinued support for the Note II and I 'm not really that good with this and I don't want to have my phone get updated and get locked out again. I just spent a lot of money to get it back to v4.1.1
Thanks for any help with this and thanks again for helping me with the download issue!
Tom
ITAdmin said:
Rudy,
Thanks again. I am downloading the ROM now, although it's slow and will take 30+ minutes. I have a question. I see that some of these ROMS have the ability to accept OTA updates?
My phone specs are
Verizon Galaxy Note II
Android 4.1.1
I605VRALJB
BUILD # JRO03C.I605VRALJB
I don't want my phone to take any updates EVER!
Can I prevent that from happening?
Do you know what I need to do to accomplish that?
Does Scott's ROM's block OTA updates?
It seems he has discontinued support for the Note II and I 'm not really that good with this and I don't want to have my phone get updated and get locked out again. I just spent a lot of money to get it back to v4.1.1
Thanks for any help with this and thanks again for helping me with the download issue!
Tom
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Hey Tom,
Any custom rom usually has OTA's from Verizon blocked, Scott's included. The download speed you are experiencing is normal.
When roms say they have OTA capability, it usually means that they have the ability to send their own updates via OTA.
Hope that helps. Also, this thread isn't in the right location--you'd be posting to Q&A or general for this type of question.
Anyway, let me know if you need anything else. Have a great day
I just wanted to thank everyone for their help! I now have Scott's Note II ROM on my phone and it's working great!
I do have one problem though. Somehow I managed to change the keyboard where I type text messages and now it doesn't show the keyboard, but has a writing board or whatever it's called and I can't figure out how to get the qwerty keyboard back? It's a screen where the keys would normally be but you can use your finger or a stylus I guess to write or draw. Can anyone advise me how I get it back to normal?
Thanks again to all!
Tom
ITAdmin said:
I just wanted to thank everyone for their help! I now have Scott's Note II ROM on my phone and it's working great!
I do have one problem though. Somehow I managed to change the keyboard where I type text messages and now it doesn't show the keyboard, but has a writing board or whatever it's called and I can't figure out how to get the qwerty keyboard back? It's a screen where the keys would normally be but you can use your finger or a stylus I guess to write or draw. Can anyone advise me how I get it back to normal?
Thanks again to all!
Tom
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Never mind, I figured it out! Doh!
I also throw out there that gas dies eventually on this rom. If you check the thread, it has happened to a lot of people including my wife's.
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Not sure what you mean by running out of gas???
He means....GPS, some had problems on this ROM.
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Ok thanks.
I am noticing that the radio seems to be a little weaker. Is that my imagination?
I would go with something newer that is still supported Krowley's smooth rom would be a good place to start.
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JasonGeiger said:
I would go with something newer that is still supported Krowley's smooth rom would be a good place to start.
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I also see that what I thought was a defect in the manufacturer's ROM is still occurring in Scott's ROM That's when you have a phone call and you hang up and then it starts playing audio files that you have on your phone. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to stop it?
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ITAdmin said:
I also see that what I thought was a defect in the manufacturer's ROM is still occurring in Scott's ROM That's when you have a phone call and you hang up and then it starts playing audio files that you have on your phone. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to stop it?
Thanks
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I don't remember that on cleanrom, but it's based on international firmware so there were common issues with a lot of people concerning GPS. Seriously, there's some great roms that are based on Verizon 4.3 and soon you'll see 4.4.2. Why waste your time with a 4.1.2 rom? Like I said smooth rom, Trents rom is excellent, as well as some more feature packed roms that are awesome but may be overwhelming for you at this point. See what's near the top of the list in Android development forum, pick one, and after backing it up try another.
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