You are all probably sick of hearing this, however, I am new to android from the Iphone world. I tried to do my first root with out proper research. I downloaded a "foreign" rom from what I read. My issues are as follows:
-Lost ability to use all four of my bottom touch button. I can not use my home button or search button.
-Lost my ability to Swype text.
-Can not hear or talk to incoming or outgoing calls, connect but nothing after. No connection sometimes.
-My entire layout on my phone is all different.
My Galaxy S2 is currently running
-2.3.4
-Baseband Version I9100XXKG6
-Kernal Version [email protected] #2
-GINGERBREAD.XXKG6
What I want to do is be able to start over and do the proper research and get this going again. I checked a lot of threads with posting of stock Kernals and what not, but none of the links were working. How do I get my hands on everything stock or at least something similar so my phone is back working 100%. Thanks for any and all help! I would like to use my Android to it's fullest.
You can just reflash your Rom. There are two version of s2, slcd and super amoled. Have you check whether you flashed the wrong version of Rom?
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Thanks
Thank you for your reply, I will be checking into this first thing in the morning. I will let you know how it goes and of I have anymore questions that aren't answered from the threads here.
And there are two different s2 too... 4.5" and 4.3". Don't get into the wrong section of forum.
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as the title says, somehow i have activated the scrolling news info on the lockscreen and want to turn it off.
how do i do it?
Hi there Hpsauce this is very simple
Settings > Security > Lock screen options > turn off information ticker > done
if you get any problems let me know.
thanks mate for the answer and quick response.
wish i could get all my questions answered so quiclky about this phone
got so many issues with it at the moment seriously thinking about going back to mt htc ones.....really want to give the gs3 a chance though.
Thats no problem mate.
What else is up drop me a list and ill see if I can help
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Thats no problem mate.
What else is up drop me a list and ill see if I can help
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hope i dont get in trouble for listing stuff here lol...but i really appreciate your help.
I have a gs3 that was supplied by orange uk. I dont know if it has orange specific software on it (the box and phone seem unbranded) but im having several issues with it.
I have been trying to ask the question if i have the latest firmware or if there is one i can update to in a bid to solve the issues i have.
It seems i dont have the option on the phone (under the about phone section) to manually check and kies says no update available however i would be happy to flash with odin if i knew there was something latter that i could use as im getting to the point where ive nearly had enough of the phone.
if there are options to sort it out then willing to try as there are things that i really like about it.
will post a screen shoot with the fimrware info etc and anything you know about it (dont worry if you dont) would be great.
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regarding the branding when you boot your S3 is there an orange boot screen?
Ok so I looked over your screenshot and there are difference in are settings as you can see here, looks like are kernel versions are different.
And what are these problems you've been having, as that may be just down to the device.
sorry for answering your questions with more but it will help me answer your questions
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regarding the branding when you boot your S3 is there an orange boot screen?
And if you could send a screen shot with your kernel number and stuff that would be great, I received a firmware update today but im un-branded so that may have something to do with it as branded devices are normally behind.
And what are these problems you've been having, as that may be just down to the device.
sorry for answering your questions with more but it will help me answer your questions
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again thanks for the quick reply
does the screen shot i posted prior to your post not give that information or do i need to look elsware for it?
No my phone does not have any orange splashscreen or any branding on the phone itself (however it was supplied direct by orange). It came in a normall samsung box with no orange stuff all over it however it was sealed with orange sticker on it.
problems so far are:-
1) very laggy in and out of app to homescreen.
2) lots of 'sorry not responding' in various apps (video player, messaging etc)
3) inconsistant battery drain....yesterday i got through the whole day with 50% spare (unplugged at 6.30, charged at 10.45pm) today i was down to 25% by 2.00pm (unplugged at 6.30) nothing different done in usage.
there have been other things but these spring to mind at the moment.
Have to be honest and say its really ruining the exsperience at the moment. My htc one s is so smooth and quick. I had the gs3 on preorder and really looked forward to it (knowing how good sgs2 was) had high hopes for this phone. I really think lots of these problems are possibly down to being quad core as i owned the htc one x for a week and had similar issues.
I'm to sure about your handset it may be unbranded then, you will have to ring Ornage and find out though.
And yeah I updated my post as you posted your as I wasn't expecting you to post a screenshot so quick.
and as far as the issues go, I haven't heard of any of them in the S3 yet other than the UI redraw issue. The battery will need to be recalibrated by the sounds of it this is easy enough to do if you would like to do that?
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I'm to sure about your handset it may be unbranded then, you will have to ring Ornage and find out though.
And yeah I updated my post as you posted your as I wasn't expecting you to post a screenshot so quick.
and as far as the issues go, I haven't heard of any of them in the S3 yet other than the UI redraw issue. The battery will need to be recalibrated by the sounds of it this is easy enough to do if you would like to do that?
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thanks again for your help
a guy on another thread has said that i have orange branded firmware on it and thats why i dont have the option to manually check for update. He has said i need to flash to the latest uk generic branded firmware.
I am going to give this a try (downloading at the moment) just hope i dont have problems with the radios etc.
thanks for the help with the battery issue however i am assuming that this will all be reset when i flash?
Yeah then you can re-calibrate it and it should all be good.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help mate,
good luck
thanks mate.
3g and MMS doesn't seem to work. I've tried turning ariplaine mode on and off but to no avail. It started about 2 weeks ago, out of the blue.
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3g and MMS doesn't seem to work. I've tried turning ariplaine mode on and off but to no avail. It started about 2 weeks ago, out of the blue.
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It would be better for u to post more info about ur device/Rom/Kernel/Modem etc, else nobody will be of any help to u over here
Sorry this is my first time here.
I'm on an S2 SPH-D710. I installed CM10 about 3 months ago, and about 2 weeks ago my 3g and MMS stopped working.
Right now I'm running the cm-10-20121027-EXPERIMENTAL-d710-ProjectSilk rom that was recommended.
I researched the problem and I keep coming across people saying it's the APN settings. But either everyone figures it out and leaves just a "OK Fixed it" message or they don't reply at all.
How do I access my APN from CM10?
Tell me any other information I need to give to you to help me out.
EtsuRah said:
Sorry this is my first time here.
I'm on an S2 SPH-D710. I installed CM10 about 3 months ago, and about 2 weeks ago my 3g and MMS stopped working.
Right now I'm running the cm-10-20121027-EXPERIMENTAL-d710-ProjectSilk rom that was recommended.
I researched the problem and I keep coming across people saying it's the APN settings. But either everyone figures it out and leaves just a "OK Fixed it" message or they don't reply at all.
How do I access my APN from CM10?
Tell me any other information I need to give to you to help me out.
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thats why i asked u to provide details of ur phone ma8
As u see the S2 SPH-D710 is samsung Epic 4G touch which has its own dedicated section for u on XDA.
since this is I9100 (international)section, ur posting in the wrong section and wasting ur time waiting for a solution which i am afraid will not help u
the correct section for u to post ur issue is in the link below hence do proceed there
Epic 4G Touch Q&A
Wrong forum. Ask mods to move your thread here by clicking the triangle with the ! in the right hand corner of your post.
Hey everyone!
I couple of days ago I bought this phone from alibaba.com because I got a good price for it and the specs where decent, atleast for the price.
So far, it's a great phone. It has one bug though which is that sometimes, not always, the volume will go from mute to FULL and force itself to stay there. Like if you were to try and lower the volume, either via the phone menu, or with the side buttons, it would go back up.
This is kind anoying, and these spasms lasts for maximum 30 seconds, ie after 30 seconds you can normally turn the volume down.
But overall, good phone, would've been better if it wasnt doing that. Anyways, to my question.
I want to install Cyanogen mod on this phone. That is the reason why I made this thread, to ask for help/informationg regarding this process, wether its possible or not.
Here are some information I took from the "about phone" window;
Model Number: N3
Android Version: 4.3.0
Baseband Version: N3XXUAMDK
Kernel Version: 3.4.5-526212 [email protected]#1 tue aPR 23 23:00:57 kst 2013
Build number: N3_V1.0_V01_2013
SELinux Status: Enforcing
For specifications phonewise visit this link; turns out I cannot post links yet, but just google "No.1 N3" and their main page will pop out and there are the specs. (I have the 1gb version btw, on their page it costs 199 i think)
So, is this possible? I feel like if this is some kind of software failure, installing cyanogen/or any other rom might fix it.
Also, if it isnt going to fix it, I'd still want my phone to have cyanogen if possible.
Thanks in advance everyone!
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Just got this phone in the mail....looks identical to note 3 butttt ...it just isn't connecting to my mobile network. Very frustrating
Radio frequencies are correct etc. I'm on Telus network, I did get a connection for 2 mins and then gone.
On the manufactures website the specs indicate it comes with 4.2 but mine has 4.3. Wondering if the 4.3 is an issue.
The status bars are all grey with a red x above them. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks
Porting cyanogen-mod is possible, but just in the way, that almost nothing is impossible.
There is no cyanogen-mod porting so far for the 6589 phones, so you have to port every driver and everything by hand.
If i were you, i would try to flash the newest no1. n3 rom and look if it runs better.
At my No.1 S6 the last firmware solved always every annoying issues from the beginning.
I haven't found a thread about this phone here yet, so i cant give you a link to the latest firmware.
I saw that needrom.com has a rom for the No. 1 N3 so you who had a problem with your phone could maybe use that.
The volume error has seem to have dissapeared now for some strange reason?
Anyways I'm happy, but I still want more discussion about this phone. It's very good actually.
Thanks to the one posted here.
Also, I have no experience with android development so me porting cyanogen to this phone would not work at all
I think i will get my N3 next week.
Now i'm on my No.1 - S6...
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I think i will get my N3 next week.
Now i'm on my No.1 - S6...
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From where did you buy it?
Also, please post here with your thoughts of the phone when you get it!
I buyed it second-hand, originally it came from tinydeal.
Is here a general discussion thread about this phone?
I got mine today, with firmware from 2013-11-18, and the camera-pictures are very noisy.
I guess this is an issue of the camera-drivers.
How are your photos?
So no.1 n3 dont have any custom rom
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Is here a general discussion thread about this phone?
I got mine today, with firmware from 2013-11-18, and the camera-pictures are very noisy.
I guess this is an issue of the camera-drivers.
How are your photos?
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You have the white bootanimation or the black bootanimation?
My camera is good actually, cant complain on that.
I can give you all the files required to get the black boot animation "version", as I contacted customer service and they gave me the files.
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So no.1 n3 dont have any custom rom
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Well, not yet atleast.
I think something will come up though sooner or later for the N3.
So, has anyone mixtured and experimented with this device?
Looking forward to hearing about your devices.
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You have the white bootanimation or the black bootanimation?
My camera is good actually, cant complain on that.
I can give you all the files required to get the black boot animation "version", as I contacted customer service and they gave me the files.
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Thanks, i have the black bootanimation...
ImhereregardingmyN3 said:
You have the white bootanimation or the black bootanimation?
My camera is good actually, cant complain on that.
I can give you all the files required to get the black boot animation "version", as I contacted customer service and they gave me the files.
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HI friend, you can give me the files please :S?
New to XDA with No.1 N3
Daemonarch2k said:
Is here a general discussion thread about this phone?
I got mine today, with firmware from 2013-11-18, and the camera-pictures are very noisy.
I guess this is an issue of the camera-drivers.
How are your photos?
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ImhereregardingmyN3 said:
You have the white bootanimation or the black bootanimation?
My camera is good actually, cant complain on that.
I can give you all the files required to get the black boot animation "version", as I contacted customer service and they gave me the files.
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American noob here. XDA Developer Boocy has some interesting info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2438752
I received my No.1 N3 (the lower end $179 version as a matter of poverty) with the black boot animation. I believe it shipped with the updated ROM version on http://www.needrom.com/mobile/no-1-n3-2/ . I didn't use Boocy's backup and root tutorial because the cpu name has a T at the end of it (MTK6589T) and this is Android 4.3.0... it seems this phone needs some time on the market before developers see a demand for custom ROMs and we can get a straight forward fix for the GPS issues.
MTK Droid Tools reference in Boocy's post rooted the phone with the superuser button and SuperSu (after spending 8 hours researching why my MTKDroidTools didn't have a root button as seen in some image searches).
As a noob who spent the past 3 days on this phone, MTKDroidTools rooted the phone, but none of the GPS "fixes" or apps I've found work... and GPS is essential for my job. I've researched other custom ROMs but found nothing. I"m stuck at attempting to go back to stock with the needrom.com version posted above (because I didn't know enough about creating and flashing backups until it was too late).
Please link any relevant guides that have helped you in working with this phone. Keep on Google and let the rest of us know when this phone gets the attention it deserves from the developer community! (Thank you developers!)
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HI friend, you can give me the files please :S?
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I've installed the first version of the stock rom from needrom.com... black boot animation. I'm installing the update, which is what I believe came on the phone, black boot animation. I don't think I've seen the white or know where it came from. I'm not sure where the boot animation is stored on the phone, but I'm assuming it is attached to the ROM and when you flash you get a different animation?
I forgot to mention I have MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.5.2... and that in rooting by pressing the SuperUser button, I replaced the HBOOT screen with CWM (when you press volume up, power on, and home screen button during boot). Not sure how I did that, but I'm still trying to figure out where the kernel, rom, and recovery screen and recovery ROM are and which one gets replaced with what. Guides appreciated.
Sorry, if GPS is so important for you, i'm afraid to say you got the wrong phone.
No Fix will make a REAL good GPS, because the antennas are not really good.
With EPO and AGPS on, my phone gets a hot fix in less than 10sec, but navigating with maps is nearly impossible.
Finding satellites inside a car with chromed windows is more than hard.
Nearly all china-phones, but specially the clones have bad gps, and i think they always will.
Better buy a better phone than a cheap samsung galaxy grand or something.
jtsimaras said:
Just got this phone in the mail....looks identical to note 3 butttt ...it just isn't connecting to my mobile network. Very frustrating
Radio frequencies are correct etc. I'm on Telus network, I did get a connection for 2 mins and then gone.
On the manufactures website the specs indicate it comes with 4.2 but mine has 4.3. Wondering if the 4.3 is an issue.
The status bars are all grey with a red x above them. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks
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Hello,
Were you able to solved the connection problem of your phone with telus? I had the same problem would you mind sharing the solution to this problem with me please? Thank you for your kind ness.
Telus Network in Canada - No.1 N3
Anyone using the same phone in Canada with Telus network please help. Mine was able to connect to Telus 3G network for an hour and then gone. If someone here know how to fix this problem I would appreciate your help. THank you.
hello help my no.1 n3 backup rom downloads link help my
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hello help my no.1 n3 backup rom downloads link help my
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Hello to you all,
I have the following issue with my Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 (International Version):
If I lock the screen the time simply stops going. For example: I lock my screen at 13:00, unlocking it an hour later and the time on the phone is still 13:00. Same with the countdown timer, which stops everytime I lock the phone.
I tried searching for solutions in the forum but found nothing. Searching for my specific problem mostly ends up in solutions for clock-widget issues or incorrect time zone problems.
The Specs:
Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 International Version with cm11.0-Installer. I have had the same issue with ParanoidAndroid 3.99 RC2 and cm-10.2.0.
The system information screenshot (as a noob I cant post outside links, so here you go): i dot imgur dot com slash PhyzPPi dot png
Some additional information that might be useful:
I live in Germany, using a german provider. The phone was purchased from a German seller, I am sure it is no fake (tested with GSIII-identity).
Any help is highly appreciated, this bug makes my phone pretty useless. If there are any questions regarding the specs, feel free to ask.
Thank you!
- Tigortank
Addendum: I flashed the original Samsung Firmware, it did not solve the problem completely. The system time is still incorrect.
Dear all,
I contacted the retailer and sent in the S3. They generously replaced it and sent me a working one with correct time & date.
Since the phone I bought in the first place was a used one, it may have gotten this fault from a failed flash attempt by the previous owner.
Anyway, I am glad to finally got a working S3, even though I never found out the cause of this error.
This thread may be closed.
Greetings
- Tigortank
..but I do have one question: Why did no one ever reply? Did you have no suggestion/answer/solution to this particular problem, or was the quality of the question not sufficient? Please let me know.
Why did no one ever reply
One why should they reply its a developers forum not a paid for service .
Two why did you not read the faqs and guides .
Three the only answer would be to factory reset as per the faqs and guides .