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[REQ] & My 1st Day with GT-N7105 (UK)

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Hi all,
So today was my first full day with my new device an Orange Note 2 LTE (GT-N7105).
The device is locked to Orange, has the usual Samsung bloatware and the EEsim app.
So I started today with mini battery test, from a 100% charge I dropped 18% in 3 hours with 2 hours screen on time.
- Not a vigorous test by any means but suggest that this device does is not inferior battery wise to the N7100 model. (NO LTE active during test)
I then moved onto rooting, I used the following link and successfully rooted with no problems. READ EVERY WORD OF THE FIRST POST AT LEAST.
-http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/samsung-user-group-136/n7105-root-custom-rom-flashing-tutorial-r-d-stage-3942841.html
I then installed custom recovery using the name guide in the above link.
- Recovery installed fine and did a nandroid (which I later deleted by mistake )
I then checked and my device status showed as modified, and my counter was at 2.
I then flashed a custom kernel with init.d support., again with no issues.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927852
I then installed the sdexternal2sdinternal mod and it worked perfectly.
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I then wanted to see if I could undo everything.
I flashed this firmware through odin, you extract the file from the zip and place it in PDA (If this cause you any loss in anyway it is not my fault this is not a guide of what to do just info so people know what's what in principal.)
- http://www.hotfile.com/dl/176688736/5947a01/N7105XXALIJ_N7105OLBALIB_MM1.zip.html
My device booted fine, and still had all it's data, I checked my device status and it said (what ever it says when it's not modified lol), but my counter in download mode showed 3 counts. I hadn't expected to see unmodified status with counter > 0 but apparently that counter doesn't affect that dialogue box. I checked for OTA but none showed, I went to recocvery and wiped data and cache, rebooted, clicked OTA and it found and downloaded. I could not find where it downloaded this file and it insisted on reminding me at least every 3 hours I had to update.
- So now I was on stock firmware, no root, device status unmodified, OTA worked, the phone still locked to orange.
I re-rooted again, flashed CWM as before, wiped data and this time when I booted I got a load of singTel bloatware - I'm not sure why this either didn't appear before or why I hadn't see it. Anyway, I flashed the kernel again and the sd mod and it all work. I used titanium to remove all the extra bloatware. Downloaded a few games with large file sizes, then installed to the removable card and played absolutely fine.
Finally I used Triangle away to reset the counter just to make sure that worked, and it did.
What's next:
Well there are no custom roms for the n7105 at the moment, not even stock roms with root, deoxed, etc, etc, BUT there is someone working on a patch to make n7100 roms work. At the moment flashing an n7100 custom rom on the n7105 will work but no modem activity at all (no network, wifi, data, etc etc) They tried using the n7105 modem on the n7100 but it didn't work, they're working on it but it is harder than they expected. I'll link this later.
Network unlock - the galaxsim unlock app (free from market) is work on the n7100 (apparently) but not on any of the many LTE variants. The dev is working on it, but the way the network lock is store is completely different (at least file names and locations are that's as far my expertise goes I'm afraid) it looks promising though especially if the US handset are different in the same way as ours.
So to recap, the orange (EE) handset can have:
Root
Custom recovery,
A complete SD card for SD internal swap

I'm glad I read your thread, you've done everything I wanted to do to my 7105 but havent been brave enough to try being a noob. Is there anyway you could check the call recording mod works on the 7105 as well before i try it.
Many Thanks from a nervous noob

Glad I could help.
Got a link to the appropriate thread for call recording? Is it an Omega mod?
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app

I dont own an N7105 but if you post a deodexed SecPhone.apk maybe i can enable recording for you guys. No promises though.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Nice write up! To unlock your phone use play store app called "unlock your phone safe & fast" its by unlockunit. They only list n7100 but it still worked on my n7105

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944795 is the link for the call recording mod, its for the stock 7100 so should work on the 7105 but I'm not sure I'm compitant enough to fix my phone if it doesnt lol

This mod crash the phone.
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Thank you for trying hopefuly one of the devs will look at it for us. Hope it hasnt caused you too much inconvience

Er just spent an hour getting my phone running again. Nandroid got saved to internal then got wiped! Bed now.
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Hope they can come up with custom ROMs soon. This phone is fine on Stock but we can always use some modding!

If anyone can nandroid a stock uk ee locked rom I'd be much obliged if you'd upload it for me.
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In .tar format would be amazing. Id be really grateful to anyone who could help!
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I'm very much hoping the N7105 will be thoroughly dissected, and hackable by the time I get one when it's possible to buy one off contract in the UK.
thanks for posting all the useful information so far
Paul

does it have DC HSPA+ 42 the N7105 model

What speeds you getting on LTE and where about's in country are you?

Yes the n7105 has DC H+ 42
In not using lte and don't intend to.
Three all the way!
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Thanks for sharing this to us.
My first day was not as sucessfull as yours lol
I do have a I have a samsung galaxy note 2 im in UK in t-mobile... JRO03C.N7105XXALIJ
but i used the toolkit2 v2.0 to root that was for another build I choosed 1 build JR03C ALIE (teh noob)
my note is rooted, CWM etc etc and stuff but i have no signal no imei ... :silly:
a fellow xda user told me to try chainfire root method...
it roots my phone but not signal, no imei etc...
do you think that i can try to flash that kernel that you mention to see my babe back to life?
( Kernel-N7105XXALIJ-CWM.zip )
Im also downloading the STOCK firmware that you mention in hotfile to try latter..
any help, would be much appreciated
using odin to flash the stock rom did the trick i got signal back !!!!
thanks!!

Glad it's solved. Flashing stock definitely the right solution. Chainfire auto root from the original Dev thread is the wtg
For anyone else who reads this, if you run intob trouble don't flash pit files or re-partition unless a trusted expert tells you to do so. Use pm and be patient.
I'll try to update op later, will attempt a deoxed rooted stock rom for cwm at the weekend if only the Chinese one still exists, just a play thing tho nothing more.
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lol in my noob super excited moment
I wrote the wrong stuff, no need to flash the rom (and wait for hours to download)
the official kernel was enough hehehe
Thanks for you post i was able to get in track, and now that I know i just need to be patient to flash other rom until we get something
cheers!
EmptyArea said:
Glad it's solved. Flashing stock definitely the right solution. Chainfire auto root from the original Dev thread is the wtg
For anyone else who reads this, if you run intob trouble don't flash pit files or re-partition unless a trusted expert tells you to do so. Use pm and be patient.
I'll try to update op later, will attempt a deoxed rooted stock rom for cwm at the weekend if only the Chinese one still exists, just a play thing tho nothing more.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda app-developers app
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EmptyArea said:
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Hi all,
So today was my first full day with my new device an Orange Note 2 LTE (GT-N7105).
The device is locked to Orange, has the usual Samsung bloatware and the EEsim app.
So I started today with mini battery test, from a 100% charge I dropped 18% in 3 hours with 2 hours screen on time.
- Not a vigorous test by any means but suggest that this device does is not inferior battery wise to the N7100 model. (NO LTE active during test)
I then moved onto rooting, I used the following link and successfully rooted with no problems. READ EVERY WORD OF THE FIRST POST AT LEAST.
-http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/samsung-user-group-136/n7105-root-custom-rom-flashing-tutorial-r-d-stage-3942841.html
I then installed custom recovery using the name guide in the above link.
- Recovery installed fine and did a nandroid (which I later deleted by mistake )
I then checked and my device status showed as modified, and my counter was at 2.
I then flashed a custom kernel with init.d support., again with no issues.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927852
I then installed the sdexternal2sdinternal mod and it worked perfectly.
-
I then wanted to see if I could undo everything.
I flashed this firmware through odin, you extract the file from the zip and place it in PDA (If this cause you any loss in anyway it is not my fault this is not a guide of what to do just info so people know what's what in principal.)
- http://www.hotfile.com/dl/176688736/5947a01/N7105XXALIJ_N7105OLBALIB_MM1.zip.html
My device booted fine, and still had all it's data, I checked my device status and it said (what ever it says when it's not modified lol), but my counter in download mode showed 3 counts. I hadn't expected to see unmodified status with counter > 0 but apparently that counter doesn't affect that dialogue box. I checked for OTA but none showed, I went to recocvery and wiped data and cache, rebooted, clicked OTA and it found and downloaded. I could not find where it downloaded this file and it insisted on reminding me at least every 3 hours I had to update.
- So now I was on stock firmware, no root, device status unmodified, OTA worked, the phone still locked to orange.
I re-rooted again, flashed CWM as before, wiped data and this time when I booted I got a load of singTel bloatware - I'm not sure why this either didn't appear before or why I hadn't see it. Anyway, I flashed the kernel again and the sd mod and it all work. I used titanium to remove all the extra bloatware. Downloaded a few games with large file sizes, then installed to the removable card and played absolutely fine.
Finally I used Triangle away to reset the counter just to make sure that worked, and it did.
What's next:
Well there are no custom roms for the n7105 at the moment, not even stock roms with root, deoxed, etc, etc, BUT there is someone working on a patch to make n7100 roms work. At the moment flashing an n7100 custom rom on the n7105 will work but no modem activity at all (no network, wifi, data, etc etc) They tried using the n7105 modem on the n7100 but it didn't work, they're working on it but it is harder than they expected. I'll link this later.
Network unlock - the galaxsim unlock app (free from market) is work on the n7100 (apparently) but not on any of the many LTE variants. The dev is working on it, but the way the network lock is store is completely different (at least file names and locations are that's as far my expertise goes I'm afraid) it looks promising though especially if the US handset are different in the same way as ours.
So to recap, the orange (EE) handset can have:
Root
Custom recovery,
A complete SD card for SD internal swap
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I was hoping you would talk more about what you think of the device and what the overall performance is like?

[Q] why is the stock att rom the only one nobody has?

After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter

I found this over in the dev section in the Reference sticky.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/181184536/fa1bbef/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip.html
I haven't downloaded it, so I couldn't tell you what's in there. It might be a CWM flashable rom-only zip, or it might be odin-flashable files in there. You'll have to download and see.
Edit: Did a little more research.. That's an Odin tar file inside the zip.

pcrussell50 said:
After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter
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I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!

Buckeyeken said:
I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!
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Why not flash cleanrom att special edition and the correct modem. I have not had any issues with his rom. Did you do a backup of the stock rom before you flashed a custom rom? If you did go back to your stock backup.

www.stockroms.net

so i see we're all pretty junior here. none of the experienced folks have chimed in here yet.
getting back on topic, you could make a case that the att stock rom could/should be the most widely used rom in the entire gn2 world. yet it does not appear to be widely available, when the most obscure ones are. why is this?
-peter

thank you for posting that link, "member", because i couldn't. that's where i got the one that gives a "bad" or "corrupt" when i try to flash it in the CWM console.
sooo, is it corrupt? or is it user error on my part where i have to do something to the .zip file to make the CWM flash console able to use it? or do i have to flash it with mobile odin, (which i don't know how to use, yet).
-peter

ok member, i just unzipped the sgh-i317 file from stockroms and there is a .tar file in there, but "kies" is in the name of it. does that mean i have to use kies to flash it?
-peter

Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
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And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.

UrbanLagoon said:
Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
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i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
[removed link because it will not let me post any]
UrbanLagoon said:
And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.
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you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter

What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105

SmiLey497 said:
What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105
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He wants completely stock, as shipped. That's how I understand it anyway.
For pcrussell50, you'll use Heimdall to flash that .tar file. I use Windows so I've never used Heimdall, so I definitely cannot help you with it. Good luck!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020607

success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter

even more success...
i picked up the ota update to 4.1.2 just as if it was totally stock--so i think now i AM totally stock, after waking up this morning rooted, and spending parts of today unrooting back to factory stock. so now i know i can do it. i'll re-root here again when i can get some time. thanks all, and i'll try to help anyone else in my boat as best i can.
-att gn2 sgh-i317, now running 4.1.2
-rooted to stock rom, then unrooted
-using a mac for rooting/syncing
regards,
-peter

pcrussell50 said:
success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter
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If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
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twanskys204 said:
If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium
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i must not have had it ticked, because after reading your post above, i went to odin (still on my phone) and tried to open it and it told me i need to have root (super user) to use it. it said no such thing when i was rooted, so at this point i _think_ i'm not rooted. i'll look for the app in the app store for even more confirmation.
normally i'm not such a blabbermouth with posting, but i need to get up to 10 so i can post links. then you might not hear from me as much unless i actually have something of value to contribute.
-peter

Deleted as I was too late to the party.

pcrussell50 said:
i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
[removed link because it will not let me post any]
you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter
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So glad I left iOS. Even with a jailbreak it's nothing compared to android. I been rooted since day 1 and now I'm running the type 3 international stock rom by micosa. It's beautiful! Love the inverted apps for battery saving! I also have a swift flow beta keyboard and I lowered the height of the keyboard so there is more screen real estate with the keyboard up. And with s pen board switcher, I can go to handwriting mode as soon as I pull out s pen!
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[Q] Bottom touchkeys quit working

I'm a noob here, so plz don't flame me if this isn't posted in exactly the right place.
A few days ago, the 4 touchkeys across the bottom of my T989 suddenly stopped working, out of the blue. I don't know why.
When I bought my T989 in Nov2011 (my 1st android), I got it from a guy who bought it for his son, but his son decided he wanted an iPhone instead, so it was brand new with box and factory screen protector and all that, BUT already rooted and running GB 2.3.5 Juggernaut 3.1. Until now, I didn't want to mess with it because I didn't know jack and didn't want to f*** up my phone, so I've been operating flawlessly without any rom or FW updates for 14 months. But since it's f***ed up now anyway, it's time to get my android s*** figured out.
In the past few days I've flashed stock ICS 4.0.4 AFTER WHICH the touchkeys functioned normally UNTIL Kies said there was newer system FW, and so I updated to that with Kies, and then they didn't work anymore again. NEXT, I found out about the *#2663# code, flashed back to GB 2.3.5 and succeeded in updating the touchkey FW, but that didn't help. I opened the phone and carefully examined the touchkey hardware and (without removing the screen) everything appears perfect. It's clean and there are no pinched or torn ribbon connections from a screwed up factory assembly. Also, I have had my phone in a D30 case since day one and it's been forever since I've dropped it. Obviously, I don't know for sure if this is a hardware or software issue, but the fact that the touchkeys worked again after originally flashing ICS, and the touchkey lights still flash on at startup, is screwing with my mind.
The only thing left to try that I can think of is to revert to the older pre-Kies-update system FW (which, so far, I prefer), but I don't even know if that's possible. Can anyone give me a clue, or any other ideas? Thx.

I kinda lost track of your troubleshooting but I'll give u a suggestion.
1. Flash cwm 5.0.2.7 recovery
2. Flash darkside super.wipe script
3. Flash slim star 2.2 ROM
4. Flash gapps 10/11/12
5. Flash darkside cache.wipe script
6. Reboot and wait 5-10 min
7. Reboot again and setup ur phone.
If your soft keys quit working again, I would be stumped.
PS. I picked cwm 5027 cuz its what I use and if u have any follow up questions I could answer them. Twrp and others are just as valid. I picked slim star ROM because I can confirm everything works also if u have follow up questions I could answer them. If you do not have cwm5027 recovery then DO NOT used the two scripts I mentioned. Good luck
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

Thx bzlik88
Okay, so, here's what I did:
Using TWRP Touch Recovery 2.3.3.0
Wiped cache, dalvik cache, system, android secure, and factory reset
Flashed slim star 2.2 ROM
Flashed gapps 10/11/12
Wiped cache, dalvik cache
Rebooted & set aside for 11 minutes
Rebooted & setup
It's weird, during bootload the touchkey lights light up (which they always used to with juggernaut), but only dimly, not full strength. But they don't respond to touch...so far...
I like this slim star rom. It's graphically minimalist, but it's loaded with options.
bzlik88 said:
I kinda lost track of your troubleshooting but I'll give u a suggestion.
1. Flash cwm 5.0.2.7 recovery
2. Flash darkside super.wipe script
3. Flash slim star 2.2 ROM
4. Flash gapps 10/11/12
5. Flash darkside cache.wipe script
6. Reboot and wait 5-10 min
7. Reboot again and setup ur phone.
If your soft keys quit working again, I would be stumped.
PS. I picked cwm 5027 cuz its what I use and if u have any follow up questions I could answer them. Twrp and others are just as valid. I picked slim star ROM because I can confirm everything works also if u have follow up questions I could answer them. If you do not have cwm5027 recovery then DO NOT used the two scripts I mentioned. Good luck
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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gapps 10-11-12
I guess the other 2 good things about this rom is that it allows me to have all the toggle controls in the status bar which I absolutely can't live without (only having five in the stock roms is like sandpaper on my brain), but also gives me a navigation bar that allows me to replicate the touchkeys I've lost with a replica software navigation bar directly above that I can set up with the same "touchkeys." It takes up some screen area, but I can bump the screen resolution to a higher density to make up for the lost real estate.
The only problem i'm having is with gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip, even though twrp said it flashed successfully, I don't have the google apps. I tried flashing it again, still no gmail, maps, navigation, etc. (The ones in Google Play I guess are the 121212 versions and aren't compatible.)

jaybird16 said:
I guess the other 2 good things about this rom is that it allows me to have all the toggle controls in the status bar which I absolutely can't live without (only having five in the stock roms is like sandpaper on my brain), but also gives me a navigation bar that allows me to replicate the touchkeys I've lost with a replica software navigation bar directly above that I can set up with the same "touchkeys." It takes up some screen area, but I can bump the screen resolution to a higher density to make up for the lost real estate.
The only problem i'm having is with gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip, even though twrp said it flashed successfully, I don't have the google apps. I tried flashing it again, still no gmail, maps, navigation, etc. (The ones in Google Play I guess are the 121212 versions and aren't compatible.)
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If u have the play store then u flashed gapps correctly. Whatever else u want can be downloaded from the play store...gmail, maps, nav.
So ur touchkeys still don't work?
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Your device is not compatible with this version
Yes, my hardware touchkeys still don't work. I've been slogging away at this for about a week now and I'm ready to give up.
I would run with this slim-star rom because I can put software touchkeys right above my inoperable hardware ones. Plus I really like the rom.
But I have a hurdle still.
Yes, I have the play store, but...
When I go to download the gmail app from the play store, it tells me "Your device is not compatible with this version" and it doesn't give me a download button. It does that for other google apps too.
So now the hurdle is google apps. Why is play store telling me this? Is there something wrong with how I flashed my slim-star? I flashed from a v2.2 found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109841.
thx
bzlik88 said:
If u have the play store then u flashed gapps correctly. Whatever else u want can be downloaded from the play store...gmail, maps, nav.
So ur touchkeys still don't work?
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It turns out that this is a common issue for people updating to ICS via kies. Although not everyone, a substantial number. I guess the only thing left is rolling back whatever u updated but idk how. Sry
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Screen Resolution
Actually, I never updated to ICS via Kies, although I did let Kies flash some type of firmware update. I regretted it immediately.
The fact that I changed the screen resolution from 240 might have something to do with playstore not liking my device. I'm going to look into that. LCD Modder Pro might fix it...
Thx
bzlik88 said:
It turns out that this is a common issue for people updating to ICS via kies. Although not everyone, a substantial number. I guess the only thing left is rolling back whatever u updated but idk how. Sry
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jaybird16 said:
Actually, I never updated to ICS via Kies, although I did let Kies flash some type of firmware update. I regretted it immediately.
The fact that I changed the screen resolution from 240 might have something to do with playstore not liking my device. I'm going to look into that. LCD Modder Pro might fix it...
Thx
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Just download the multi DPI play store. It is because u changed DPI but if u use the modified play store ull be fine. No need for another app, that probably won't work anyway.
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brick...lol
Yep, it was the resolution. LCD Modder Pro fixed it and I was able to download Gmail. But then I soft-bricked it. Oh well, start again.
Thanks for turning me onto slim-star. By far the best rom I've seen so far.

Problem enabling Trace Input with ZVC update

I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but I have tried enabling Trace Input by editing the Build Prompt using Root Browser four times now, and all four times have resulted in the following two error pop-ups:
Unfortunately, com.android.systemui has stopped working. OK
Unfortunately, Home has stopped working. OK
Pressing OK gets me nowhere. It only brings back the same two messages instantly, making it impossible for me to do ANYTHING. It's a stock rooted OTA ZVC, so there's no custom recovery nor ROMs to flash even if I had a custom recovery. Two out of the four times, I had to use the LG Flash Tool and flash the ZV7 and 8 tot files and kept installing the OTAs until I was back to ZVC. The other two times, I flashed the ZVC files. Of course, regardless of what you flash, you're losing EVERYTHING on your phone — music, movies, pics, texts, call logs, apps, etc. Reinstalling tons of apps and using the USB to transfer tons of pics, movies, and music takes FOREVER to do, so I was wondering if any of you were having this same issue. If so, how do I resolve it?
P.S. I usually tether my data to my computer, but right now I'm using my little sister's wifi hotspot. Sprint is upgrading the towers on my area, so not only is there no LTE available right now, but the download speeds are terribly slow. I'm downloading the ZVC tot now, and it's 0.6/2.1 GB with 10 hours left to complete. I'm hoping someone can/will provide me with a fix before then to save me the trouble of starting fresh all over again.
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andriodee said:
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but I have tried enabling Trace Input by editing the Build Prompt using Root Browser four times now, and all four times have resulted in the following two error pop-ups:
Unfortunately, com.android.systemui has stopped working. OK
Unfortunately, Home has stopped working. OK
Pressing OK gets me nowhere. It only brings back the same two messages instantly, making it impossible for me to do ANYTHING. It's a stock rooted OTA ZVC, so there's no custom recovery nor ROMs to flash even if I had a custom recovery. Two out of the four times, I had to use the LG Flash Tool and flash the ZV7 and 8 tot files and kept installing the OTAs until I was back to ZVC. The other two times, I flashed the ZVC files. Of course, regardless of what you flash, you're losing EVERYTHING on your phone — music, movies, pics, texts, call logs, apps, etc. Reinstalling tons of apps and using the USB to transfer tons of pics, movies, and music takes FOREVER to do, so I was wondering if any of you were having this same issue. If so, how do I resolve it?
P.S. I usually tether my data to my computer, but right now I'm using my little sister's wifi hotspot. Sprint is upgrading the towers on my area, so not only is there no LTE available right now, but the download speeds are terribly slow. I'm downloading the ZVC tot now, and it's 0.6/2.1 GB with 10 hours left to complete. I'm hoping someone can/will provide me with a fix before then to save me the trouble of starting fresh all over again.
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I'm sorry, with those 2 errors kind of hard to do anything on the phone. I would say I could send you a build prop, but without getting into a recovery or without the errors won't do any good.
If you can use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715496
The auto-rec program. It keeps download, down grades aboot, gives you recovery.
I do apologize if I don't remember but if you are one of the few unlucky with white line syndrome on the phone after a recovery is installed.
Cloudyfa has the fix linked on the first page also.
Which will make it like you didn't just try to put recovery on.
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The app you used to edit may have truncated the build.prop, I know rootexplorer says its too big and truncates in a warning message, do it on computer and overwrite or use a separate build.prop editor. Check permissions on modified build.prop which should be rw-r-r. I have done this on both my G2s with no problems.

Abhinav.tella nailed it. I use Rom Toolbox lite, just as I show in my thread. Works like a charm on ZVC. Also, you can just flash a ZVC TOT if you had to. You don't need to flash all the way back using an old TOT file and work your way to current.
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abhinav.tella said:
The app you used to edit may have truncated the build.prop, I know rootexplorer says its too big and truncates in a warning message, do it on computer and overwrite or use a separate build.prop editor. Check permissions on modified build.prop which should be rw-r-r. I have done this on both my G2s with no problems.
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I guess I can try that. My only gripe is that if it doesn't work, I'll have to tot back and have no files or anything on my phone again. That is a hassle and it really sucks having to reroot and install all my apps and stuff again.
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andriodee said:
I guess I can try that. My only gripe is that if it doesn't work, I'll have to tot back and have no files or anything on my phone again. That is a hassle and it really sucks having to reroot and install all my apps and stuff again.
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I did it on my computer.

abhinav.tella said:
I did it on my computer.
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How?
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Also clear data on keyboard before rebooting! Nobody seems to mention that.
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joshuajones said:
Also clear data on keyboard before rebooting! Nobody seems to mention that.
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Dont have to....

my att s3 lags a LOT

hi, i have a samsung galaxy s3 (ATT).
its rooted, ive been on a few roms this last month, and they all lag at times. sometimes it works flawlessly like it should, but there are many times when my phone just lags. its so bad that i literally have to pull out the battery and put it back in to reboot since rebooting the regular way lags and takes forever as well. ive wiped the system and installed new roms, cleared cache, messed with performace settings (i have them set to 1500 mhz or lower). i have no idea whats causing the lag. must i wipe the entire internal sd first and then install another rom? i need an opinion, any help? thanks

Have you made sure that none of your apps are slowing the device down....I would install something like trepn profiler and see what your soc is doing

ohaai said:
hi, i have a samsung galaxy s3 (ATT).
its rooted, ive been on a few roms this last month, and they all lag at times. sometimes it works flawlessly like it should, but there are many times when my phone just lags. its so bad that i literally have to pull out the battery and put it back in to reboot since rebooting the regular way lags and takes forever as well. ive wiped the system and installed new roms, cleared cache, messed with performace settings (i have them set to 1500 mhz or lower). i have no idea whats causing the lag. must i wipe the entire internal sd first and then install another rom? i need an opinion, any help? thanks
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Flash stock, factory reset and test clean. If you are keeping or restoring old apps and data, im willing to bet
thats causing your issues.
crazymonkey05 said:
Have you made sure that none of your apps are slowing the device down....I would install something like trepn profiler and see what your soc is doing
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Never knew about this....thanks! Just registered to download it, but still waiting for the confirmation email. Ill try to remember to post it when I can get it.

DocHoliday77 said:
Flash stock, factory reset and test clean. If you are keeping or restoring old apps and data, im willing to bet
thats causing your issues.
Never knew about this....thanks! Just registered to download it, but still waiting for the confirmation email. Ill try to remember to post it when I can get it.
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Ok, when flashing stock, u mean thru Odin? Or just use the root injected stock ROM?? I guess my question is, will I have to use the method to get rid of root and then re root? Just wanna make sure I'm doing this correctly. Thanks for replying btw
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crazymonkey05 said:
Have you made sure that none of your apps are slowing the device down....I would install something like trepn profiler and see what your soc is doing
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Hmm, I'm gonna have to try this right now. Thanks.
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ohaai said:
Ok, when flashing stock, u mean thru Odin? Or just use the root injected stock ROM?? I guess my question is, will I have to use the method to get rid of root and then re root? Just wanna make sure I'm doing this correctly. Thanks for replying btw
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I generally prefer odin, but either should be ok.