Is it ok to restore my sprint galaxy s3 16gb rom backup on another sprint galaxy s3 16gb phone. I had to unroot my phone but there is some information I need out off my backup.
Ps just as a side note and future reference is this possible with the 32gb as well. For ex. Does the phones storage make a difference. Restore a backup from a 16gb on a 32gb and vice versa.
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I recommend just to restore apps and data not system apps neither nandroids.
When I switch from my OG Epic to the GS3 I just restore apps and data from Titanium Backup. No issues.
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Yes, this is perfectly OK as long as its the same phone, the internal storage size doesn't make a difference (unless you're restoring 20 gigs of data or something, which is very unlikely)
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Yes, this is perfectly OK as long as its the same phone, the internal storage size doesn't make a difference (unless you're restoring 20 gigs of data or something, which is very unlikely)
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Hey thanks I will try this later. You saved me lots of work and worry.
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Hey thanks I will try this later. You saved me lots of work and worry.
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Yup dont worry. I've gotten a refurbed evo shift tons of times and restored the same nandroids across all of them with no problems. I've even seen people upload their nandroids for others to restore in the hopes of fixing a seemingly random bug
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Hey I want to do the same. Want to restore my ROm to 32 Gb phone. Did it work for you? Someone else posted somewhere that IMEA number became the same. Don't think that could happen.
That cant happen, that info is stored in the NVRAM...
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Hey I want to do the same. Want to restore my ROm to 32 Gb phone. Did it work for you? Someone else posted somewhere that IMEA number became the same. Don't think that could happen.
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Haven't done it yet because im going to do it on my sisters phone and she has needed it. I will see if I cant do it tonight and let you know. I was wondering how the phone number and service would work out in this case. Although in my case all I plain on doing is restoring the nandroid getting some info off and then put her rom backup back on.
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It wont affect anything to do with that as that info is stored in the nvram
You dont lose your number when you flash roms right? same concept when restoring a backup, you're just reflashing a rom thats been modded by you
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It wont affect anything to do with that as that info is stored in the nvram
You dont lose your number when you flash roms right? same concept when restoring a backup, you're just reflashing a rom thats been modded by you
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Hey I like the way your looking at it. Now that totally makes since.
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After I root all I want to do is remove some of the Sprint installed apps. What is the best way to do this? I have searched and I am very confused, lol.
Titanium backup pro let's you freeze and uninstall apps
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You can also flash a rom they don't have any sprint apps
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I like the features of the stock rom except Sprints crap, lol.
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Titanium backup pro let's you freeze and uninstall apps
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Ill check this one out.
Be sure to make a nandroid backup before removing system apps, there are some apps that are needed or that will cause problems if removed.
Titanium Backup is one of my favorite apps. You need the pro version to freeze apps or backup system apps, but you can uninstall system apps with the free version - just enable Chuck Norris mode in the app's settings.
And just so you know, there are roms that are very close to stock but have some of the unnecessary apps removed and include neat extra features. You can always nandroid backup and try one out. If you don't like it just nandroid restore and everything will be as it was when you did your backup... like you never flashed anything.
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Chuck Norris mode
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I can't tell if your joking here, lol. Any suggestions for a good rom that is close to stock?
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I can't tell if your joking here, lol. Any suggestions for a good rom that is close to stock?
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Nope, not joking :]
And I don't run Sense or keep up with the current roms, but take a look through the development section and read the first post/descriptions of any that interest you. When you find one that you like just follow the download link in the thread and put it on the root of your SD card. Make a nandroid backup and backup whatever apps and data you want to keep with Titanium Backup. If you want to save your texts use SMS Backup & Restore or a similar app. Wipe thoroughly and flash. There are guides on flashing roms, check those out if you need further instruction.
Read everything you can and be sure that you understand what you're doing before you do it... this is just advice that I give everyone. Good luck, and if you need anything else we're here to help.
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NVM, I found the answer.
Hey PlainJane, how are you running miui, I am at their site and they don't seem to have a version for the evo 4g.
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Hey PlainJane, how are you running miui, I am at their site and they don't seem to have a version for the evo 4g.
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Did you go to miui.us they have a version
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found it but it seems a lot of the other roms don't support 4g, what is up with that?
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found it but it seems a lot of the other roms don't support 4g, what is up with that?
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The people that make miui are in China so they can't test WiMAX or lte to see if it works or not so they just leave it out
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Theyre also a closed source so no dev can try and port Wimax to it
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Kind of sucks, I use 4g a lot because 3g is so overloaded here in Houston, it is so slow.
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Kind of sucks, I use 4g a lot because 3g is so overloaded here in Houston, it is so slow.
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I have full 4g and signal in my area but I never use 4g because it kills your battery
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I have full 4g and signal in my area but I never use 4g because it kills your battery
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I know with my old Epic 4g and Nexus S 4g the 4g went into sleep mode when not in use, I would also disable 3g which increased the battery life, does the Evo's 4g radio not sleep?
They've got in man. Look for the supersonic. I've got it copoied on my SD card. Hold on and ill get ya a link.
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I've been using the clockwork mod recovery for a while now and been doing the usual backups and stuff when flashing new roms. I notice it does create a very good backup image. I always wondered how exact and precise of a backup is it? Anyone run into odd issues after doing a restore that doesn't appear until they do a restore?
Only had one problem but that was my own fault..I didn't have enough memory on my memory card and kept getting md5 mismatch... Solved that and flashed the backup but my phone got messed up had to flash a fresh rom such a pain... So always have at least 400mb of memory ha
Edit: and I think u should of post this in android general section
Pretty darn exact, haha.
It also seems to get md5 mismatch error if u try to move the file any where. But it solve by zip-ing the backup before u move it tho. Just thought i share somthing i experienced.
Out of curiosity, what's the average time it takes for a full backup? Whenever I do one, it takes me 15 to 20 minutes...and the backup is almost always over 1 gb but that part makes sense due to how much it backs up.
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Out of curiosity, what's the average time it takes for a full backup? Whenever I do one, it takes me 15 to 20 minutes...and the backup is almost always over 1 gb but that part makes sense due to how much it backs up.
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U already answer that. It depends on how much it backs up. Lol.
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U already answer that. It depends on how much it backs up. Lol.
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Lmao, fail on my part hahah.
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Thanks for your experiences. Good to know! :good:
Hey guys. I am not very optimistic but I thought I would ask. My mom asked new to root her phone and put on cyan 10 for her. During this process I had some issues and wound up rendering to stock with Odin and then tied and flash successfully. I didn't realize though that Odin would completely wipe the internal and she neglected to tell me she had pictures on there she wanted. Any possible way to recover data after a flash through Odin?
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Hey guys. I am not very optimistic but I thought I would ask. My mom asked new to root her phone and put on cyan 10 for her. During this process I had some issues and wound up rendering to stock with Odin and then tied and flash successfully. I didn't realize though that Odin would completely wipe the internal and she neglected to tell me she had pictures on there she wanted. Any possible way to recover data after a flash through Odin?
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http://www.wondershare.net/ad/photo-recovery/?gclid=CMum_Lqj_7ICFWThQgod8XgAlg
Worth A try
I've flashed through Odin numerous times and have never had any personal data deleted. Maybe you did something wrong? As for file recovery, use a data recovery software and see if you can retrieve files from it. I know it works on USB flash drives and RAM drives, it should, in theory, work for phones and devices as well. I use 'Recuva', I haven't tried it on my phone yet but I've recovered from USB drives and old hard drives and works like a charm.
If you do use this method, it's best to recover files to a USB drive or anything external, for safety and reliability reasons.
I haven't ever had that issue either. It's partly why I didn't bother backing up those files in the first place. I'm going to go pay her a visit again today and brave the scolding to give this a try. I'll post back my results. : fingers crossed :
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There's also an android app called Disk Digger that might be worth a try. I've never used it myself though.
Russian smashed across the interwebz from my Galaxy SII.
Well happy to report all went well. It of her 970 photos, around 2 were corrupt (artifacts in the picture etc). Of the 67 videos 8 were corrupt. All in all a 99% success rate on each. I also setup dropbox on her phone for good measure. Thanks for the assist guys. You saved my ears.
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What did you end up using?
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Hate to resurrect this thread, but was actually just looking for my post to use the software I used for somebody else. The software that I used was the one mentioned by Bluntified, Recuva. Worked like a charm!
OK so I rooted all my previous phones with no issues, just wondering running stock this phone is pretty fast don't know how much "faster" it can get. I know all the features rooting can bring like removing annoying bloatware, carrier iq, build props etcc. What else could you do with these roms? With stock I already could do a lot of the stuff I couldn't do with previous phones running stock. I know overclocking, undervolting anything else I missed that these roms provide apart from asthetic looks?
I guess I just wanted the opinion from people rooted to see if you get that "night & day" difference effect that you get when you root
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If it wasn't for removing bloat and carrierIQ i would be satisfied with stock. BUT AOSP/AOKP is my main reason and 4.2. The TouchJizz ROMs aren't my thing overall. But i think stock out of the box is great, i have plenty of friends with the S3 that wont let me tough their phone cause they are so happy with it stock.
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There are way too many junkwares phone provider put on the stock TW. Even pure TW contains Samsung's junkwares. Rooting will allow you to remove or freeze those junkwares which makes the phone performs even better with better batt life. You can also install a firewall such as DroidWall to block internet access from apps. Block ads with AdAway. Block apps from autorun themselves when certain event occurs such as power is plugged in. There are endless helpful things you can do with a rooted phone.
I'd suggest reading more about rooting, flashing, custom recovery and see what you're missing without root.
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Yes rooting is really worth it.
People that I work with have note 2 and s3 and my s3 is much faster and snappier then all of theirs.
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If it wasn't for removing bloat and carrierIQ i would be satisfied with stock. BUT AOSP/AOKP is my main reason and 4.2. The TouchJizz ROMs aren't my thing overall. But i think stock out of the box is great, i have plenty of friends with the S3 that wont let me tough their phone cause they are so happy with it stock.
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Yeah this is one of the few phones that don't come messed up from the box, I would say battery life could definitely improve on jb so I know rooting will help that a bit. Thanks for input
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There are way too many junkwares phone provider put on the stock TW. Even pure TW contains Samsung's junkwares. Rooting will allow you to remove or freeze those junkwares which makes the phone performs even better with better batt life. You can also install a firewall such as DroidWall to block internet access from apps. Block ads with AdAway. Block apps from autorun themselves when certain event occurs such as power is plugged in. There are endless helpful things you can do with a rooted phone.
I'd suggest reading more about rooting, flashing, custom recovery and see what you're missing without root.
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Yeah all those things you stated I already knew, I like the adaway stuff several other apps that can do that too. Also voodoo sound is nice. Voltage control all that.. I'm pretty careful and all but I guess I just don't want to deal with all the hassle. Backing up nv, roms, apps whole nine yards.
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My question is i read around forums people stating that triangle away can't take away the tripping counter when you flash a s3 that came with JB already installed out the box any truth?
Just would like to know since I have a long warranty on it just in case.
Also backing up your emei would insure you will get it back if something goes wrong? Because I saw in that forum it was a mixed bag some people could get it others couldn't and had their 4G missing too
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Yes............
Rooting IS worth it, next QUESTION!
Lol
And they have a thread on how to not trip the counter.
And as far as stock jb tripping the counter... haven't heard that but I honestly dont think it will unless you flash a new rom
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Counter thing is dumb in my opinion. I'm sure there is a work around, Odin back to ICS and then Odin JB then go from there maybe, idk.
Yes, banking up your imei is a full proof plan and use twrp instead of cwm!
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Oh okay one more thing backing up. Where you guys backup your roms internal or sd card Which one is more ideal? Just wondering since I never had phone with this much storage. I assume in touch recovery it let's you decide when you're backing up right?
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Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
Also do not mess with it while its in your card because it will not boot up. My suggestion is leave it as is
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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Especially a backup of your imei... Can't stress that enough.. I learned that hard way and I thought my phone was completely screwed so i got two new gs3's not knowing it was such an easy fix even if you didn't back it up
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Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
Also do not mess with it while its in your card because it will not boot up. My suggestion is leave it as is
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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Thanks dude appreciated
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Rooting is definitely worth it. Probably the best things you can do with it is remove bloatware, install an Ad-Blocker, and control the CPU to increase battery life or performance. With the Triangle Away app, you can easily reset the Custom Binary counter for warranty exchanges as I have done a few times.
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Counter thing is dumb in my opinion. I'm sure there is a work around, Odin back to ICS and then Odin JB then go from there maybe, idk.
Yes, banking up your imei is a full proof plan and use twrp instead of cwm!
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The is an app called triangle away that resets the counter. If you don't know, don't offer useless advice.
Backing up your NV data is a "fool" not "full" proof plan indeed tho.
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Oh okay one more thing backing up. Where you guys backup your roms internal or sd card Which one is more ideal? Just wondering since I never had phone with this much storage. I assume in touch recovery it let's you decide when you're backing up right?
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When in recovery you can choose where to back up to. I would personally read thru the stickied threads and get some information that has been deemed infallible by the higher ups. Asking basic stuff on a thread sometimes leads idiots to respond like they know something. The info on the stickies is concrete and not opinion based or anything.
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I have TWRP. I used to use CWM, but ever since getting my G4, that was what was only avail at the time. I really have to complaints on it though...other than the navigation from forlder to folder was easier on CWM.
Cwm is rock solid. Twrp has bugs(backup/restore especially) and lacks dev support.
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Since OUDHS is based off CWM (IIRC), I'll have to say that. For the most part I've used CWM without problems anyway.
If you are using roms bssed off cyanogenmod... I say CWM but if your using TW roms go with TWRP
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Wow. Didn't expect these comments. Here's my 2 cents. I started with cwm on my DX, then got touch cwm, then started to do aosp on all my phones really started with the gnex. Once I got my gnex ran aosp ever since. Have 3 s3,s as well. Twrp all the way. Never had issues and last checked it was faster. But then again. I haven't used cwm in years
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I tried all three on touchwiz and twrp seems to work best for me.
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I prefer TWRP, used to use CWM and it never failed me, so I will not complain, it's a preference. My bigger question would be, how would I move a file in recovery to another recovery if I wanted to have a few recovery options? Example, have the original backup on OUDHS and then switch to TWRP, how do you move that file? Sorry, not trying to hijack, but this thread seems like a good place for this kind of a question.
Had alot issues with twrp restoring nands, I went to cwm on my s3.
Twrp it points to backups that get put into the "0 "partition instead of the way it used to let u restore from external sd...in my opinion the multiple user partitions that now get created in custom recovery since jellbean is a huge headache. .. ive lost plenty of backups.. and no thanks to flashing cm10, downgrading to move all info back to internal storage is a train wreck ... I hate the way it is all set up now ..
Twrp benefit is its touch based and u can name your backups.
Cwm seems better but not as pretty.
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I prefer TWRP, used to use CWM and it never failed me, so I will not complain, it's a preference. My bigger question would be, how would I move a file in recovery to another recovery if I wanted to have a few recovery options? Example, have the original backup on OUDHS and then switch to TWRP, how do you move that file? Sorry, not trying to hijack, but this thread seems like a good place for this kind of a question.
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Anything done from one recovery is not compatible with the other.. for instance as far as I know u can not restore a twrp backup with cwm and vise versa
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Anything done from one recovery is not compatible with the other.. for instance as far as I know u can not restore a twrp backup with cwm and vise versa
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Easiest way, save a backup with each recovery, that way, when the need arises to switch recoveries, you have it saved.
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Easiest way, save a backup with each recovery, that way, when the need arises to switch recoveries, you have it saved.
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That sounds like a lot more work (and space?) than it's worth!
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That sounds like a lot more work (and space?) than it's worth!
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True, but it is an option, and when I needed it (due to a different recovery) I was in a jam, I had to wait til I got to my home computer. I have now uploaded all my recoveries to DropBox. I have a 32gb sd card, so space is of no real problem for me at this time.
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True, but it is an option, and when I needed it (due to a different recovery) I was in a jam, I had to wait til I got to my home computer. I have now uploaded all my recoveries to DropBox. I have a 32gb sd card, so space is of no real problem for me at this time.
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Good point. I've been meaning to sync a bunch of stuff to my dropbox, but with upload speeds of less than 1Mbps, it's easy to procrastinate doing that.
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Good point. I've been meaning to sync a bunch of stuff to my dropbox, but with upload speeds of less than 1Mbps, it's easy to procrastinate doing that.
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Try and edit and change your apn settings to back to hspa+
My thread in general explains how and why ...you may gain a mb or 2 on upload there's no real fix for faster uploads, but u will get huge increase in megabytes on the download side.
I always use wifi for dropbox uploads.
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Try and edit and change your apn settings to back to hspa+
My thread in general explains how and why ...you may gain a mb or 2 on upload there's no real fix for faster uploads, but u will get huge increase in megabytes on the download side.
I always use wifi for dropbox uploads.
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Ohh no, it's nothing to do with my APN settings; it's the area which I live. I'm on AT&T service, and within about a 20 mile radius of my home I'm on EDGEand spotty 3G. My home internet is only 2Mbps down/ .25 up, so that's out too. It's just a case of bad location.
But thanks anyway!
Cwm but at the time twrp was only available. Twrp had crashed several times on my tablet while loading roms. But no issues so far on my phone.
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Ohh no, it's nothing to do with my APN settings; it's the area which I live. I'm on AT&T service, and within about a 20 mile radius of my home I'm on EDGEand spotty 3G. My home internet is only 2Mbps down/ .25 up, so that's out too. It's just a case of bad location.
But thanks anyway!
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So u are on att sim withba Tmo s4? Or att branded s4, just confused why u wasnt in the att forums
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So u are on att sim withba Tmo s4? Or att branded s4, just confused why u wasnt in the att forums
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TMO S4 on AT&T service... I jump around between the two, whatever peaks my interest I read/reply.
I prefer TWRP. I've never had a problem with it, very reliable. In my experience, it is very well supported and updated frequently. Not to say CWM is bad, it always worked for me as well.
TWRP for me!