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[TWEAK/HACK][ICS][GB] Data Speed

This is my Data Speed Tweak that would be found in my "DARKSTAR" ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22991708#post22991708 )
It is a flashable .zip
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ITS ON YOU!!!
This has been tested on 3 gingerbread ROMs and 2 ICS ROMs, but it should work on any rooted ROM (including stock) on the E4GT.
Code:
installing
1.) reboot into CWM or any custom recovery
2.) install from external SDcard
3.) reboot
i went from .32 megabits/sec (fastest) to .75 megabits/sec (slowest) (on 3G)
**This will work in most areas but not all.**

What does this change to increase 3g speed?
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blackcanopy said:
What does this change to increase 3g speed?
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it adds a file to the system part of a ROM

When i go to install this in cwm, I get a Error status 6, installation aborted. Yes it is on the external sd card. any ideas?

First try and reinstall. i prefer to install from my pc because it seems more reliable that dling from my phone. test speeds before and after and let us know how it goes. what cwm are you using. you might want to try the latest zip/tar for your build if your not already on it.

jazzneel said:
When i go to install this in cwm, I get a Error status 6, installation aborted. Yes it is on the external sd card. any ideas?
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I got the same error. I downloaded to both internal and external and tried flashing both
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blackcanopy said:
I got the same error. I downloaded to both internal and external and tried flashing both
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i just updated the update script so try and redownload

jamcar said:
it adds a file to the system part of a ROM
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Hey Jamcar, any possibility of giving us a little more info on what this actually adds to the system?

I tried downloading again to both internal and external and flashed both. I am still getting the same error
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jasone4gt said:
Hey Jamcar, any possibility of giving us a little more info on what this actually adds to the system?
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it puts a file in the /system/etc and it tell the radio how to connect to the network and it increase the connection speed for a faster download

Is this just a script that does the DNS or whatever changes to skip the Sprint proxies?
If so awesome, good stuff =) If not I'd love to know so I can try this as well.
For those who haven't seen it before though, you can do it manually from this Qbking vid.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LnUFd4osq8
It helped mine out a little bit.. doubled it probably though trust me it wasn't impressive beforehand so doubling wasn't much of an accomplishment.

Is it a file that can just's be pushed into the proper folder? Flashing doesn't seem to be working for me
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blackcanopy said:
Is it a file that can just's be pushed into the proper folder? Flashing doesn't seem to be working for me
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yes using adb or root explorer extract the .zip and put the only file in the /system/etc and reboot

jamcar said:
i just updated the update script so try and redownload
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Downloaded after this and I am also getting the error.
Ok will try that.

When pushing this, I already have a file of the same name. They both appear to have the same info. So did it flashed (or at least put THAT file in place)?, but have an error on something.
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borkan said:
Is this just a script that does the DNS or whatever changes to skip the Sprint proxies?
If so awesome, good stuff =) If not I'd love to know so I can try this as well.
For those who haven't seen it before though, you can do it manually from this Qbking vid.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LnUFd4osq8
It helped mine out a little bit.. doubled it probably though trust me it wasn't impressive beforehand so doubling wasn't much of an accomplishment.
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no that dns bypass is possible via a build.prop edit but thats not what this is, this is just simply a sysctl tweak, you can read about it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523707 op should update his post that it works on ALL android because we ALL have the linux kernel

Perhaps those that have already done it manually can't do by CWM because there is no change to the script?
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shabbypenguin said:
no that dns bypass is possible via a build.prop edit but thats not what this is, this is just simply a sysctl tweak, you can read about it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523707 op should update his post that it works on ALL android because we ALL have the linux kernel
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You just answered my question, I'm about to bake this in my own little rom. Samsung forums always make me feel funny because everything is the same but with a lil diffrent tweak or theme here or there so I never release my work

something else kinda odd is the date on the one already on my system is dated 01 Aug 08 the one from your zip is dated 14 Nov 11. But they both have exact same lines within the script. And they are both 540bytes. MD5 has same number as well. I don't know if any of this info is helping anyone, but just trying to share what I am getting on my end.
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Getting an error when trying to flash
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[NEW][KERNEL][REPACK] FK23 with AGAT tREC_v0.2.2 recovery

For those of you who would like to run stock kernels with the builds
here is repacked FK23 kernel with my recovery and some init.rc edits.
SD card read speed.
Custom boot animation support
init.d support
Link:
AGAT_FK23_repack.tar Flash with ODIN or Mobile ODIN.
Did some edits in initramfs and run some tests.
Moved couple of apps to sd. After few reboots apps still working.
Moved apps to sd and flashed kernel separately. Apps were recognized on SD.
Tried to connect to pc in recovery.
ADB shell - works
Mount USB storage - not working. Will try to look into it more.
Hopefully it will work for all of you as well.
Don't have updater-binaries and updater-script for JB so can't make flashable zip yet.
If anyone has working JB flashable zip let me know and I'll try to make zip as well.
Installation instructions:
1. For best results copy tar file to root of your sd card
2. Use mobile ODIN to flash.
Phone will reboot.
It looks like any other method gives some problems with apps 2 sd.
Enjoy the kernel.

nice!
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Awesome!!!!! How can I flash it so ot doesnt trigger yellow triangle etc

colonel.shepard said:
Awesome!!!!! How can I flash it so ot doesnt trigger yellow triangle etc
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Use mobile ODIN.
It never triggers yellow triangle.
Or use triangle away after flash.

Cool
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Awesomeness right here...:beer:
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Agat, I modined the kernel, now market doesn't allow me to install to sdcard
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bordermadman said:
Agat, I modined the kernel, now market doesn't allow me to install to sdcard
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You modified the kernel?
Can you be more specific?
What app did you try to install?

YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL. SIR.
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how exactly do I install this im confused.
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Thanks for this Agat! Cheers :beer:
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I think he meant he used mobile odin to flash the kernel and now he cannot install to the SD
Where people come up with these short hand ways to say things boggles my mind... smh. :banghead:
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Sorry, that was very vague of me, i installed via mobile odin, i was trying to install romtoolbox pro and tapatalk, it is worth mentioning that most apps that i had installed before flashing the kernel disappeared. :good:
agat63 said:
You modified the kernel?
Can you be more specific?
What app did you try to install?
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I flashed using mobile odin and for some reason I lost access to all my purchased apps!!:crying: Gonna try the stock kernal one click and see if that fixes it. It tells me " Couldn't install on USB." I have the same problem as bordermadman.

rdavis429 said:
I flashed using mobile odin and for some reason I lost access to all my purchased apps!!:crying: Gonna try the stock kernal one click and see if that fixes it. It tells me " Couldn't install on USB." I have the same problem as bordermadman.
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I have only 4 apps on sd and I moved them for testing purposes only.
gps status, root explorer, home switcher, titanium back up.
All 4 are working and I was able to move them back to device and then to SD again.
Apps mentioned above are paid apps. I don't want to buy them just to test if I can download.
Do you have any free app in the list that I can try.

I'm having ZERO issues downloading apps or accessing my purchased apps.
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One clicked back to full stock kernel and all my paid apps show back up.

Working really good over here, thanks a lot Agat.

rdavis429 said:
One clicked back to full stock kernel and all my paid apps show back up.
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I have few paid apps on the phone.
root explorer, beautiful widgets, Triangle away, Mobile odin.
I always use mobile odin to flash/test kernels.
All my paid apps are present and working without any problem.

agat63 said:
I have only 4 apps on sd and I moved them for testing purposes only.
gps status, root explorer, home switcher, titanium back up.
All 4 are working and I was able to move them back to device and then to SD again.
Apps mentioned above are paid apps. I don't want to buy them just to test if I can download.
Do you have any free app in the list that I can try.
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I didn't have any problems with the free apps. Mobile Odin was one of the apps I lost access too. I did run a mD5 check before flashing.
I moved the file to my sd card and will try again in the morning. I'm pretty share I did some wrong on my end. If not, will try and capture a adb log for you.

How to fix the "0" folder?

Hi I flashed CM 10.1 with twrp, but was created the "0" folder in my sd card. Somebody know how can I fix this problem?
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Googling helps when trying to find answers...
There are a lot of guides on how to "fix" this. If done CORRECTLY you will have only one 0 folder. You also need to update your recovery to the latest version.
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If you are not going to give meaningful help, perhaps it would be better not to say anything.
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Altaman said:
If you are not going to give meaningful help, perhaps it would be better not to say anything.
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The irony.
OP. It's a 4.2 thing. Not a problem. Use the search in the future there are dozens of threads about this.

Altaman said:
If you are not going to give meaningful help, perhaps it would be better not to say anything.
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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish...
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Altaman said:
If you are not going to give meaningful help, perhaps it would be better not to say anything.
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I DID help you.
I WAS going to leave it at the Google part. However, I left it up to you do your own work instead of spoon feeding you.
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this isn't a problem as such, this is just a new feature in 4.2.1. so if you create another users a folder called 1 will be created and so on, this is just the user-space of that particular user.

use TWRP recovery

darkshot said:
Hi I flashed CM 10.1 with twrp, but was created the "0" folder in my sd card. Somebody know how can I fix this problem?
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Like the others said it's not necessary an error.
It would be an error if you flash another ROM and you end up with "Emulated/0/0" folder struckture.

For 4.2 roms, Install CWM recovery 6.0.2.3
Backups made after the instilation will be in data/media/clockworkmod.
To see the backup when you usb connect to a computer, you need to move the backup to data/media/0/clockworkmod.
The data/media/0 folder would have already been generated and is your new SD card directory.
CMW now has .tar back ups set as default. This means no more blobs folder and a complete backup is made.
You can select to save using the blobs folder method if you prefer.
So keep in mind if you have a backup using the blobs method that you want to restore, you may have to restore it before installing the latest version of cwm or switch between the .tar and dup methods (untried by me)
D3VIOUS runs a clockworkmod revovery thread on the development section, read the last 3-4 pages and your pretty much set.

darkshot said:
Hi I flashed CM 10.1 with twrp, but was created the "0" folder in my sd card. Somebody know how can I fix this problem?
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it isnt a "problem" the sdcard format changed in 4.2 due to the multi-user feature being added.. now you have 2 choices
1. flash the latest twrp and you will only have that one "0" folder
2. use the guide linked in my sig to revert back to the old sdcard format and get rid of the "0" folder

[Q] Backing up EFS file - I747

I just rooted my phone and as I'm typing this I have the titanium backup running and well..backing up everything on my phone. Now I want to double check with the EFS file. I know that it is really important, especially before I start to flash a custom rom on my phone. So what I'm getting at is where in the world do I find this file and how do I back it up? Like I said all I'm wanting to do is double check this to make sure that it is done properly...any help is greatly appreciated!

Please make sure you are using the search feature. I found the below link within a few seconds.
EFS hold specific information about your phone such as the IMEI, IMSI, Data Settings, etc...
This is also known as an "NV Backup"
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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I had no idea it was known as NV backup, I'm still new to all of this. Sorry about that mistake, regardless thanks for your help.
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There are apps like andromizer and galaxy 2 unlock that will back them up for you and you can move them to you HD or ext SD card as well

hednik said:
There are apps like andromizer and galaxy 2 unlock that will back them up for you and you can move them to you HD or ext SD card as well
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Since I'm still getting used to all of this, is there some sort of guide I can use to make sure I'm doing it all properly? Or does the app do it all automatically?
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mookie_33 said:
Since I'm still getting used to all of this, is there some sort of guide I can use to make sure I'm doing it all properly? Or does the app do it all automatically?
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This the absolute best way to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
Its under the android development section.

Yes it is. Much better chance of restoring your imei if it gets all jacked up.

hednik said:
There are apps like andromizer and galaxy 2 unlock that will back them up for you and you can move them to you HD or ext SD card as well
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Ok so I have downloaded Andromizer and there are quite a few options on there backing up this and backing up that... from this thread that I created its about backing up the EFS folder, that is my main concern. I ran the backup, and it completed within seconds. What I'm getting at is...is that it? Is this all I need to backup or do I need to backup any other information pertinent to being "stock". I just want to make sure everything is perfect before I start flashing a custom rom or messing with kernels. Like I said before, any information is greatly appreciated. I'm open to learning about all of this.

mookie_33 said:
Ok so I have downloaded Andromizer and there are quite a few options on there backing up this and backing up that... from this thread that I created its about backing up the EFS folder, that is my main concern. I ran the backup, and it completed within seconds. What I'm getting at is...is that it? Is this all I need to backup or do I need to backup any other information pertinent to being "stock". I just want to make sure everything is perfect before I start flashing a custom rom or messing with kernels. Like I said before, any information is greatly appreciated. I'm open to learning about all of this.
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Really besides EFS the only thing you need to do is make a nandroid of your current stock ROM.
After that, get to choosing your first ROM =)
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RPelham said:
Really besides EFS the only thing you need to do is make a nandroid of your current stock ROM.
After that, get to choosing your first ROM =)
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This may seem a little redundant but did the Andromizer app get everything you mentioned before? You had mentioned something about the IMSI and a few other things...did that EFS backup include everything you mentioned? I'm assuming that all of those codes (if that's what they are...) are also important?
I apologize for all of the questions.... this is a learning experience for me lol
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mookie_33 said:
This may seem a little redundant but did the Andromizer app get everything you mentioned before? You had mentioned something about the IMSI and a few other things...did that EFS backup include everything you mentioned? I'm assuming that all of those codes (if that's what they are...) are also important?
I apologize for all of the questions.... this is a learning experience for me lol
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I'm not familiar with that app, but all of that data is included in the EFS folder. as long as it backed up the contents of that folder you'll be fine.
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The gs3 is fairly idiot proff... Nandroid and refs and you are okay.
Samsung makes it easy
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hednik said:
The gs3 is fairly idiot proff... Nandroid and refs and you are okay.
Samsung makes it easy
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it has been pretty easy so far and I'm going to get everything else done this weekend. Just so I know what you're talking about explain "refs". I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about but I just want to doubke check.
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Use this post with instructions on backing up the correct stuff. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
I don't believe the other tools backup the memory block needed. They probably back up the efs folder which for our phone is empty.
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johnhazelwood said:
Use this post with instructions on backing up the correct stuff. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
I don't believe the other tools backup the memory block needed. They probably back up the efs folder which for our phone is empty.
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So the only thing I had to do to backup was this:
To make a backup:
Open Software Download from the Start Clients menu.
Click on the Backup tab.
Make sure your phone is listed under port.
Select the location you want to save your backup.
Click Start and wait for it to finish.
You should now have a QCN file of your NV.
Save the file in a safe place.
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and now that is it? Now I can go on to create a Nandroid of my stock rom, correct?

mookie_33 said:
So the only thing I had to do to backup was this:
and now that is it? Now I can go on to create a Nandroid of my stock rom, correct?
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That's it. Its really that easy. Just always keep a nandroid and your efs backed up and you are good to go
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mookie_33 said:
So the only thing I had to do to backup was this:
and now that is it? Now I can go on to create a Nandroid of my stock rom, correct?
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I remember my noob days. Believe it or not, it is really this easy on most Samsung devices. Don't nuke it out. As long as you followed the thread thoroughly and did what was instructed you are fine.
I encourage you to do a lot of reading and do not let yourself get panicked over things. Remember...as long as your phone can turn on, you are safe. As long as you read thoroughly and follow instructions, you will be fine. And regardless how confident you are in your skills after some time, remember to follow instructions anyway. Overconfidence will cause you more problems than being a noob who is willing to read.

hednik said:
That's it. Its really that easy. Just always keep a nandroid and your efs backed up and you are good to go
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Okay sweet! :good: I have a nandroid now and my efs is backed up and both of those are saved to my seperate partition of one of my hard drives conveniently named "Backup". Everything is there! Now I'm going to go read about flashing custom ROMs lol. Thank you everybody for your help, I've learned a lot in the past few days!

mookie_33 said:
Okay sweet! :good: I have a nandroid now and my efs is backed up and both of those are saved to my seperate partition of one of my hard drives conveniently named "Backup". Everything is there! Now I'm going to go read about flashing custom ROMs lol. Thank you everybody for your help, I've learned a lot in the past few days!
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Enjoy. Since its your first time avoid anything based on Verizon gs3 builds or sprint. Those can be a bit buggy and most new rooters don't want to deal with that...I know I didn't. Try custom and stock based and don't be influenced... Flash what you like and enjoy the good work done here
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[Q] Phone Won't Remember Default Apps

Hello. When I am opening files or links it will ask me what app I would like to use, and even though I select "Always" afterwards it still prompts me again the next time I try the same action. Now I just hit "Just Once" in order to avoid that annoying "Clear defaults" message (Yes phone, I know where to clear defaults, you've told me a thousand times...). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

What Rom? Rooted or not?
Did you try the usual, turn it off and pull the battery, clean the odex left over files. ..etc?
Maybe some tweaks you did or a roque app you installed?
More information would be helpful.
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Hello. It is rooted, but I'm pretty sure that this issue predates the rooting. I did it with a one click solution from here so I'm not sure what the rom is called. The screen shot attached should give you that info. Also, not sure what you mean by "clean the odex left over files". Thanks.
premiatul said:
What Rom? Rooted or not?
Did you try the usual, turn it off and pull the battery, clean the odex left over files. ..etc?
Maybe some tweaks you did or a roque app you installed?
More information would be helpful.
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You are currently on the old stock Rom.
Go here and install the latest version UVBMD1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Most likely that will fix your problem.
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Does it matter which one I install (Factory Image, Odexed , Deodexed, Kernel, Modem)?
Also, can I just use ROM Manager from the app store o install it? Thanks.
premiatul said:
You are currently on the old stock Rom.
Go here and install the latest version UVBMD1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Most likely that will fix your problem.
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It is up to you which one you want.
It looks to me that you didn't do this before, so my advice is to read, read, read and when you think you understand it READ everything all over again. We don't want you to brick your phone.
Go to Original Development section and learn how to flash Roms.
Good luck.
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I've rooted and flashed roms before on my previous two LG phones and my tablet, I've just haven't seen them labeled like that before (Factory Image, Odexed , Deodexed, Kernel, Modem). My question is: Which is the best/easiest one to use for a newb like me (or a link to good thread that explains the difference)? Thanks.
premiatul said:
It is up to you which one you want.
It looks to me that you didn't do this before, so my advice is to read, read, read and when you think you understand it READ everything all over again. We don't want you to brick your phone.
Go to Original Development section and learn how to flash Roms.
Good luck.
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I've been having the same issue.
T mobile note 2
Latest at&t Bean stalk Rom
Latest Devil kernel
No system apps are restored with tb
Basically no apps retain default settings
Examples
Facebook: does not retain dolphin as default browser
Handcent: does not retain quickpic as default gallery
This happens even if phone is not shut off. I can set them as default apps and at some point in the day they lose the setting. Happens whether clean install or dirty flash. Any ideas? If more info needed please advise.
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I should add that some of my defaults work fine. I use different text editors to work on files from different apps and never have any issues with those. It seems to be mostly browsing issues on my phone.