Develop Bugs

[Q] No more scrolling background?!?!?

Hello!
I hope you can help. After upgrading the ota the day yesterday, whenever I change the background and picking a picture from the gallery, it only allows me to choose part of the picture, that is, the vertical form, which gets too zoomed in and looks horrible. Before, I would allow me to choose a different form, more landscapy...
Yes, the backgroudn scrools, but the image quality is HORRIBLE!
Is it happening to you? Do you know how to fix it?
Thank you so much!

I already answered this question in two threads (one of them yesterday), plus there are a few more about this, its the ROM, Samsung made it that way. Search and youll find out how to fix it.

phatmanxxl said:
I already answered this question in two threads (one of them yesterday), plus there are a few more about this, its the ROM, Samsung made it that way. Search and youll find out how to fix it.
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Sorry,
I really did search and only found one post from september 2011 without answers... I will look again, but could you at least let me know which post?
Thanks

I didn't mean to be rude, sorry also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466553
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429428
This one has a fix, but I haven't tried it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435635
Most of the dev ROMs have this fixed already.

phatmanxxl said:
I didn't mean to be rude, sorry also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466553
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429428
This one has a fix, but I haven't tried it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435635
Most of the dev ROMs have this fixed already.
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Thank you. You were not rude, you were helpful! I always search, but couldn't find them possibly because I didn't know the right words to search for. Thanks again

The Search button is lost?

Looks like there is no Search Thread function anymore (Not the global search on top, but the other one)
I cant find my way in the XDA world without the search function
Probably something that will be fixed soon, just letting everybody know
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong part (it's about xda.com)

I still have the search button...

I have no search button also.... please bring back..... Pretty PWEASE

I mean the search b̶u̶t̶t̶o̶n̶ function to search on specific sections like on the forums of a phone instead of the global search. or do you have both?

Sorry, I thought, that a global search button disappeared to you. Forum search function disappeared for me, too.

kaizokan said:
I mean the search b̶u̶t̶t̶o̶n̶ function to search on specific sections like on the forums of a phone instead of the global search. or do you have both?
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Im missing the ability to search specific threads, with the built-in search. The google search function at the top works but i find it useless.

levin91e said:
Im missing the ability to search specific threads, with the built-in search. The google search function at the top works but i find it useless.
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Yea, I can't find it, too. That is too bad :/

I also have this issue as well. As a mod, I would be worried that people start posting in wrong sections on topics if the search doesn't come back.

button
i have it in the upper right corner.

supra13 said:
I also have this issue as well. As a mod, I would be worried that people start posting in wrong sections on topics if the search doesn't come back.
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Of course, because they don't do that enough as it is?

cakedev said:
i have it in the upper right corner.
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Yea, but this is global search.

Its working now.

not anymore...

Already does.

This is really the latest thread I can find on this issue of thread search functionality missing? Did they remove it a long time ago and I'm just now noticing... could have sworn I used it since May. WTF? Fail forum design.

emuking said:
This is really the latest thread I can find on this issue of thread search functionality missing? Did they remove it a long time ago and I'm just now noticing... could have sworn I used it since May. WTF? Fail forum design.
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Its just down right now... I'm sure they will get search up and running again soon...

Is there also a problem with the search actually working?
Lately when searching inside of massive threads, i would get results but then when i click to go that specific post, i would take me to the top of a page that has none of my results in it. This renders the search useless and i dont have the time to read through 300 pages to see if the fix to my problem has been found.

Search should be back now.

It is just there as before on my pc

Yeah should be back.
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[Q] Forum search missing?

I was going to look something up last night and I was not able to find the forum search tools. The only search is the device search at the very top. I thought it might be a temporary issue so I just waited and tried again today and still can't find it. Have I become blind or what?

It's still there (directly beside the device search).

As soon as I submitted the post the other menus along with the search menu appeared...???? Problem fixed but wonder what the heck the deal was?

damon20r said:
As soon as I submitted the post the other menus along with the search menu appeared...???? Problem fixed but wonder what the heck the deal was?
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Maybe the page wasn't loaded properly or something. It never went away for me.

I was looking for the forum search tools. I think both of the searches at the top are meant to find a specific device, although one will somewhat work as a general site search.

Theonew said:
Maybe the page wasn't loaded properly or something. It never went away for me.
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That was my first thought last night, I closed and restarted the browser and even the computer. Plus it was the same way today. Just a fluke I guess, I never realized how much we depend on that little button. LOL

damon20r said:
I was looking for the forum search tools. I think both of the searches at the top are meant to find a specific device, although one will somewhat work as a general site search.
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It depends on the theme you are using. If you use the "2010" theme, it will be there. If you use the "2013 beta or 2013 beta - 1024" it will not.

Didn't know I had a choice of themes. Have to look into that.

damon20r said:
Didn't know I had a choice of themes. Have to look into that.
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Just scroll to the bottom of the page and choose one from the drop down.

Moved to About XDA section.

[Q] Weird icon in upper task bar, anyone know what it is??

I just got this weird icon in my task bar (white square with two bent lines in it). I attached a picture. I have checked all programs for icons, nothing is in the drop down, I have gone to the "about me" in settings and checked for an update, none available.
Driving me crazy!
Anyone know what this icon is?
***Nevermind, found it, it was the NFC icon.***

jaysenslaptop1 said:
I just got this weird icon in my task bar (white square with two bent lines in it). I attached a picture. I have checked all programs for icons, nothing is in the drop down, I have gone to the "about me" in settings and checked for an update, none available.
Driving me crazy!
Anyone know what this icon is?
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Do a search in the Q&A forum, this same question has been posted six different times over there already.

That's the logo for NFC...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication

Wow I'm sorry but it amazes me how many times this has been answered
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Good old sideways z!

Noobs.....dnt even know how to take a screenshot either....lol
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jyazzie110 said:
Noobs.....dnt even know how to take a screenshot either....lol
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This is ridiculous. Not everyone is an expert in this phone. Get over yourself, and try being helpful instead of just an overall prick.
I get the idea of telling people to search, and that is totally understandable, but responses like this really piss me off. You were a "noob" once too.
OP, this icon indicates NFC is turned on in the software (Near Field Communications) as already indicated by scmlee.
To be more helpful than the post I quoted, you can take a screenshot with the Note 2 much easier than how you did it. Check out this video to how to do screenshots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byq3qa7zcTY

jyazzie110 said:
Noobs.....dnt even know how to take a screenshot either....lol
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At least he knows how to spell.:cyclops:

Since this is a common question, maybe a sticky needs to be made in the Q & A section titled "What is this strange icon in my taskbar?"

kirkla79 said:
Since this is a common question, maybe a sticky needs to be made in the Q & A section titled "What is this strange icon in my taskbar?"
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Considering the number of threads with that exact title, I'm not so convinced a sticky would even help.
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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

they didn't help things either by making the symbol the strangest N ever! Yeah lets make the NFC symbol a super goth N... perfect idea!

jaysenslaptop1 said:
I just got this weird icon in my task bar (white square with two bent lines in it). I attached a picture. I have checked all programs for icons, nothing is in the drop down, I have gone to the "about me" in settings and checked for an update, none available.
Driving me crazy!
Anyone know what this icon is?
***Nevermind, found it, it was the NFC icon.***
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it means your phones in "Ninja mode" ya better keep it by your side at all times or it may disappear into the night on you
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gmkelly001 said:
Do a search in the Q&A forum, this same question has been posted six different times over there already.
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Typing "NFC icon" would have been lot easier to type than your snarky reply.

bTrizzy said:
Typing "NFC icon" would have been lot easier to type than your snarky reply.
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Perhaps. But guiding people, who managed to find their way to xda, to try and do some research on their own first, like searching or reading thread titles, empowers them to be stronger users. And it cuts back on the 20+ threads with the exact same topic and title.
Give a man a fish and he eats for tonight. Teach him to fish and he won't go hungry.
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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question
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It's called a statusbar. Taskbars are for Windows.

I kind of have to defend the OP here, as I had the very same question when I got the AT&T variant of the Note2. I'm hardly a newbie, but I've generally avoided the US variants of these phones (and that icon doesn't appear on any of the international firmware releases that I've seen.)
As for searching, what search term would you suggest? Without knowing that it relates to "NFC", there really aren't any good keywords to use that would narrow down the search. The message subject ("weird icon in the upper task bar") doesn't generate anything useful (other than this thread which didn't exist when the OP was made.)
If you get REALLY lucky, you might get just the right combination of keywords to hit a previous thread. For example, "strange icon notification" will hit the Q&A thread I made almost 2 months ago.)
About the ONLY thing I can fault the OP for is that this should have been posted in the device Q&A (and not the device General) section. That, however, is a pretty typical mistake and I've even been guilty of it on occasion.
Take care
Gary

Anyway to remove it?
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mastermindx85 said:
Anyway to remove it?
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Turn off NFC???? Not sure if there is a way to easily remove it permanently if that was what you were asking.
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Go to settings under wireless and networks header select more settings and you will get this screen
Select nfc off.
Not sure if that was what you were after but there it is.
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Deleted. Refresh fixed my issue.
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Changing SPen Hover Image

Ive searched youtube, googled it (specifically for this phone) and searched the forums and apologize if this has been answered before but id like to change the hover "pointer" image when using the spen to something else...preferably something "Andy" related. Any ideas? Thank you for reading!

graveghoul said:
Ive searched youtube, googled it (specifically for this phone) and searched the forums and apologize if this has been answered before but id like to change the hover "pointer" image when using the spen to something else...preferably something "Andy" related. Any ideas? Thank you for reading!
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I searched for this also and could not find anything.
So I dissected a TouchWiz rom and took a look at all the images but didn't see the pointer's image either.
In Paranoid we get a mouse cursor, maybe if you open it up you might be able to find it.
But for TouchWiz roms I don't think you can change it, but I'm no dev so don't take my word for it.