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Switching Carrier and Phone need help getting data

I am switching both carriers and phones. I am moving from ATT with the SG2 to T-Mobile to the SG2.
I have invested tons of time setting up my ATT version and loads of data in my apps. I am not worried about the Mail/Exchange part I realize I will need to redo that part. What I am hoping someone can help me with a way to move over is the following: (Also I am NOT ROOTED)
1. Touchwiz screens
2. Application data from Market downloaded apps
I realize I can reinstall the apps but the data from the apps is my issue. I track expenses etc using several apps.
TIA,
ED

Without root you're sol mate
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a couple of things re: data
as far as emails goes, if you are hooked up to Exchange Server or Gmail
your email resides on the server side, and stays there.
but if you are using POP3 emails that have been downloaded to the phone and removed from the server, then you will be stuck, unless you get Titanium Backup (which needs root) to migrate the emails over to the new phone

kenvan19 said:
Without root you're sol mate
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Well thats not the answer I was hoping for. I would prefer to not root install Titanium and reflash since I am returning the SG2 back to ATT. I don't want something to go wrong.
I'm still hoping for a better answer.

kenvan19 said:
Without root you're sol mate
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What this guy said.

Avast! Anti-Theft Anyone?

Anyone else use this? I used it a while back for my N1, tested the remote auto-enable GPS, siren, lock, etc and they all seemed to work great. Haven't used it since though and just decided to fire it up and get it set up on my GNexus.
Think it's worth using or just a waste of time?
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Cerberus
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I'm using it, always have been an avast fan on my pcs
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Cerebus is the best out there, that's what I use.

Cerberus is best IMO as well.
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Cerberus is the ****. one license for 5 devices also....

I'm using Avast!, but not sure if I should switch Cerberus or use both together?
(I'm not rooted at the moment)

I'm using my brain.
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alxrock said:
I'm using Avast!, but not sure if I should switch Cerberus or use both together?
(I'm not rooted at the moment)
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i cant imagine you need anything more than cerberus.
and im not rooted and dont plan to...

I just dumped my Avast! and got Cerberus set up now. Thanks for the input. I've heard a lot of good things about Cerberus, and wasn't too sure about Avast!
rican408 said:
i cant imagine you need anything more than cerberus.
and im not rooted and dont plan to...
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I also just signed up with Cerberus. Thanks everybody!

I just "Attempted" to sign up with Cerberus last night. Paid for the app through Google Play, still haven't activated my device, and nobody is answering my e-mail to let me know what is going on. We'll see how it goes.

I've never in my life lost a phone, or misplaced it for that matter. I just figured, with Avast! being free, "why not?" have a safety net in case I lose it.
Set it up with my wife's phone as the "trusted" number so if it gets lost, I can track it
Cerebus is probably better but I don't see the need to pay for something like this, personally.
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uoY_redruM said:
I've never in my life lost a phone, or misplaced it for that matter. I just figured, with Avast! being free, "why not?" have a safety net in case I lose it.
Set it up with my wife's phone as the "trusted" number so if it gets lost, I can track it
Cerebus is probably better but I don't see the need to pay for something like this, personally.
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I've worked inIT for years and one thing i noticed with virus removals. They came in by the bunches with eset, macafee (sp) Norton, etc all paid subscriptions. The least infected computers I've seen were all running avast free. My personal laptop has never been infected. Recent, avast on my phone picked up malware code not only in an app i downloaded from the play store (koi pond live wallpaper) but it also noticed the same app/malware in my mybackuproot compressed back up of the app.
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I can also vouch for Cerberus! Just make sure you don't restore it through titanium, it causes problems

My apologies for gravedigging, but...
I have avast installed currently. Has anyone actully used either of these to recover a stolen phone?

funkbuqet said:
My apologies for gravedigging, but...
I have avast installed currently. Has anyone actully used either of these to recover a stolen phone?
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I applaud you for finding a relevant thread to post in. I have used rooted avast to find a lost phone. I left it at work derp.
"best to be fresh" sent from the n7

I use Cerberus as well as Avast. Cerberus anti-theft is much easier to re-enable after flashing a new ROM, so I just turn that feature off in Avast. There doesn't seem to be much virus activity in the Android sphere yet, but Avast has a nice firewall, permissions snooper, and some other things. Saves me from having to install a few separate apps that cover the same territory.
Haven't lost my phone yet, but I've seen posts by people who have recovered their phones using Avast, and others using Cerberus.

hi all
not sure if this is the right thread, but i also installed the avast anti-theft on my note 10.1 and my wife's note 1.
the problem is that i already un-installed the avast program. using the application manager, also using the titanium backup to remove it.
apparently it is still there. i just recieved an sms from my wife's phone that a new sim was inserted and all, but she informed me she just turned off her phone. no sim was removed or anything.
now this would just be irritating if we are in the same country, but right now she is using her roaming number and that number is sending back these messages to me.
is there any other solution to totally removing that notification? i am worried that when i follow her there also and have my sim be on roaming, my Note 10.1 would also be sending these messages everytime I turn off my phone or remove my sim.
any help would greatly be appreciated, as this has been already going for 2 weeks now. i am afraid to look at the bill on her mobile number.
thanks guys.
sorry for the long post.

jappy01 said:
hi all
not sure if this is the right thread, but i also installed the avast anti-theft on my note 10.1 and my wife's note 1.
the problem is that i already un-installed the avast program. using the application manager, also using the titanium backup to remove it.
apparently it is still there. i just recieved an sms from my wife's phone that a new sim was inserted and all, but she informed me she just turned off her phone. no sim was removed or anything.
now this would just be irritating if we are in the same country, but right now she is using her roaming number and that number is sending back these messages to me.
is there any other solution to totally removing that notification? i am worried that when i follow her there also and have my sim be on roaming, my Note 10.1 would also be sending these messages everytime I turn off my phone or remove my sim.
any help would greatly be appreciated, as this has been already going for 2 weeks now. i am afraid to look at the bill on her mobile number.
thanks guys.
sorry for the long post.
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You may need to check settings/security/device administration and see if avast is still there. Avast hides a secondary app to prevent someone from simply uninstalling the app if stolen and you'll have to disable the administration option to truly uninstall it.
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[WARNING] Google Music and Root [MEGA UPDATE--FIXED]

If you have root, then be careful. If you authorize 10 devices (different ROMs) to your Google Account, then you can't add any more. It used to be as simple as deauthorizing devices every time you reach you limit. As of now, you can only deauthorize 4 device PER YEAR. Be careful...I just had to reupload all my music to a different account because of this.
MEGA SUPER ULTRA EDIT: Google appears to have fixed the issue. Both Adrynalyne and I can now deauthorize devices. It still says the 4 device restriction applies, but seems to be fixed. YAY GOOGLE!

Good thing I just deauthorized all but two devices! This blows
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when did this start happening? I unauthorized devices all the time on my account.

I called and they said it happened within the last 60 days. They couldn't do anything, but passed it onto Level 2 Tech Support and will email me if they can manually deauthorize my devices.

Got phones?
...of the people, by the people, for the people...

How does Google determine if your device is the same or not? Something in build.prop? If when flashing between ROMs we keep this value the same, your device would always appear to be the same. Problem solved.
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snkrhead2323 said:
Good thing I just deauthorized all but two devices! This blows
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Me too! I did just check to make sure it wouldn't let me deauthorize anymore, and Amphibliam is correct. Quite a bummer. Do let us know if you are able to manually deauth any devices or if any other workarounds are found.

ragnarokx said:
How does Google determine if your device is the same or not? Something in build.prop? If when flashing between ROMs we keep this value the same, your device would always appear to be the same. Problem solved.
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I think it has to do with how the app authenticates with your Google account. Each time you click "allow" on the prompt to allow the Music app access to your account counts as an activation.

I'm stealing this info thanks
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Def. Need to find a way around this. I'm maxed out on deauthorizations and I'm at 8 devices.
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codesplice said:
I think it has to do with how the app authenticates with your Google account. Each time you click "allow" on the prompt to allow the Music app access to your account counts as an activation.
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Last time I changed ROMs and restored Google Music with data via MyBackup, it didn't ask me to authorize - it was already authorized. Potential work around?

Possibly. Doesn't help me at this point. My tenth device was reached when I upgraded to build 36. I forgot to flash gapps, so it killed all my google accounts. I tried restoring data from the Music app on my Inc2, but no dice. My guess is once this s**t really hits the fan, people are gonna find a fix. If this happens again with no workaround, my fix is called Amazon MP3.

http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1230356
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"Please note that you can only revoke access to four devices per year."

They can't provide an AOSP supported device and then limit Google services to it and not expect an uproar.
Seems to me a simple data wipe would do the same thing.

Honestly, the only reasons why this isn't widespread is because people just haven't flashed enough ROMs yet. This won't just affect the Nexus, but ANY rooted Android device that flashes 15 or more ROMs in a year. Which is like 99% of the rooted population. My guess is that within 1-2 months, this will be all over the internet. I was just unlucky enough to be one of the first. But this really is absurd. What is the reasoning behind limiting the # of devices that can be revoked? Absolutely ridiculous.
And yes, any data wipe would do the same thing, so I imagine if you have a phone with issues (like the Nexus) and you buy the first one, then try 2-3 data wipes/different ROMs to get signal drops/color/whatever fixed. That's 3 devices. Then, they get 2 more Nexuses, and try the same thing on the first, but the second device is fine, so they flash a ROM. That's already 7-9 devices right there. That means you can only flash 5-7 ROMs before you encounter this issue.

Amphibliam said:
Honestly, the only reasons why this isn't widespread is because people just haven't flashed enough ROMs yet. This won't just affect the Nexus, but ANY rooted Android device that flashes 15 or more ROMs in a year. Which is like 99% of the rooted population. My guess is that within 1-2 months, this will be all over the internet. I was just unlucky enough to be one of the first. But this really is absurd. What is the reasoning behind limiting the # of devices that can be revoked? Absolutely ridiculous.
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Wiping a device has the same effect.
You don't need to flash a rom, because it doesn't change your esn, meid, or even your android_id.

I updated my post.

Amphibliam said:
I updated my post.
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I am sure that once this issue is out in the open, it will be a rule that you can only deauthorize 4 unique devices each year. As of right now it is not differentiating between multiple instances of the same device.
I have no idea who to ***** at, but I'll support anyone who starts a complaint, petition, or whatever.

It was mentioned earlier but, what I do is restore my "accounts/sync" with titanium backup.
That way you don't have to authorize the device each time.
Be sure to:
After backing up all apps and system data, then after flashing a new ROM on first boot, install titanium backup (pro or not) VIA APK
Then run Titanium Backup and restore the accounts
Then restore the google music app with DATA via Titanium Backup
Then use the market and music like normal without any need for autorizing a new device etc..

[Q] AT&T galaxy s3 can't check for OTA updates?

Literally every time i check for software updates i get
"Communication failed"
The server is currently unavailable.
Your device will automatically check for an update within the next 48 hours.
Then if i check again it says device is up to date, you can check for updates again in XXhours. If i go into application manager -> AT&T Software Update and clear data, i can check for updates again but i get the same communication failed. I also tried clearing data and rebooting phone, and it still wont check.
And i can't get Samsung Kies running on my windows 7 pc for some reason, so i can't get updates from there either.
Is anyone else on AT&T experiencing these problems? Any fix for this? I really want that update that adds brightness control to the notification menu.

jefferson9 said:
I really want that update that adds brightness control to the notification menu.
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I did not update, but hearing that update would disable local search, add new modem. Nothing about Brightness control

There is no brightness control on ATT update. I was having the same problem you were and exchanged the phone. There is no fix as far as I know for the error you are getting. It is a common issue. Search the annoyances (bugs) thread.
I don't know if the OTA update resolves your issue because they day after I exchanged mine the update came out.
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I also haven't been able to get the OTA update. I assumed it was because I rooted and the device is listed as 'modified'. Is the update worth it?

It is in my opinion, and my usage habbits, for the WiFi stability increase that is gained.
Universal search is stripped (searches conducted on phone do not include on device results, ie contacts).
In other words, if you use the Google search by long pressing your menu button the results from your search will only be pulled from the internet.
I rarely use the search built in, so it hardly mattered to me.
Check out the developer forum for ways around the universal strip if you are rooted and want to update.
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Well i reseated the SIM card, and removed the little blue tape from the sd slot and the SIM slot, rebooted and still not working.
I wanted to avoid rooting, since the stock software runs so smoothly and i liked being on the latest at&t software. I guess since i can't get OTA updates now theres no reason not to root.
Will this issue be fixed eventually? Or would i be better off exchanging phones while i can?

I'd exchange it. If you have faulty hardware then rooting won't do anything for you.
Peace of mind, if anything, that if you decide to root your phone is functioning as it should from the start.
Others will argue it's software issues.
But, whatever the cause, none of us paid to have a 90% functioning phone from the factory. Go get what you paid for is my take on it.
Good luck.
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the1stSecond said:
I'd exchange it. If you have faulty hardware then rooting won't do anything for you.
Peace of mind, if anything, that if you decide to root your phone is functioning as it should from the start.
Others will argue it's software issues.
But, whatever the cause, none of us paid to have a 90% functioning phone from the factory. Go get what you paid for is my take on it.
Good luck.
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Well speaking as a software engineer, i'm almost certain its a software issue, most likely with at&t's software update app, or on their servers. Mabey reinstalling the at&t software update application will help?

It sounds reasonable to me. Maybe try the method for No trip flash counter in devoplment? You would be upgrading to the newest firmware and have root and not trip the flash counter. You would still be able to check for ota updates (although should just return the status of your software is up to date since it is a totally stock ROM just with root injected). I imagine that would reinstall the software update service. Although with your knowledge you are way over my head. And whether or not when updating ROMs if that application is reinstalled is something I can't answer.
Maybe just try this first:
Settings> Application Manager> All> AT&T Software Update> Clear Data> Confirm
Power off Phone
Remove battery for at least thirty seconds.
Reinstall battery and power on device.
Try again after device boots up.
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I've been having this same problem
I was thinking that its because of AT&T's controlled release of the OTA.
Its been so long since the release, that I can't imagine that's still true. I also agree that its probably a software thing. I have a number of the bloat apps disabled and also wonder if one or more of those would interfere with such a thing.
I'd love to hear about a resolution.

k3y0n4 said:
I've been having this same problem
I was thinking that its because of AT&T's controlled release of the OTA.
Its been so long since the release, that I can't imagine that's still true. I also agree that its probably a software thing. I have a number of the bloat apps disabled and also wonder if one or more of those would interfere with such a thing.
I'd love to hear about a resolution.
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That's an interesting theory, I've disabled some boatware too. Have you tried enabling them? I'm going to try that now.
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So, if it's a software issue why is it two identical devices running the same software from the factory yield different results? I.e. my first device would do exactly as your original post outlines, then my replacement device had no issue checking for updates (same stock software, same device form factor).
If you search there are a lot of examples of complaints of this exact issue.
I am also very interested in this because even though there are many complaints out there, the only answers seem to be;
1) who cares this is xda and we update through Odin/cwm etc...
2) replace it.
Good luck, I hope you guys find an answer.
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jefferson9 said:
That's an interesting theory, I've disabled some boatware too. Have you tried enabling them? I'm going to try that now.
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I haven't tried enabling everything. I've tried enabling 'Samsung Push' which seemed like the likely starting point. I've been trying to do some debug on some battery drain things, so I've been hesitant to change too much at once. Also, I can basically only check every 24 hours so its slow going.
As far as the hardware issue, it just doesn't make too much sense that a hardware issue would be causing a problem because the software update would presumably be using the same hardware as the rest of the working smartphone functions. I think the explanation to one device updating and one not is more likely a server device id filtering or a user changing more than 'just the new hardware'.
Its neither here nor there though. Everyone will have there hair brained theories. Why don't we start asking what features will be on the next iphone. Seriously though, apple has to add a removable battery right? (I'm just kidding, please don't spam a million responses about how that will or will not ever happen.)

k3y0n4 said:
I haven't tried enabling everything. I've tried enabling 'Samsung Push' which seemed like the likely starting point. I've been trying to do some debug on some battery drain things, so I've been hesitant to change too much at once. Also, I can basically only check every 24 hours so its slow going.
As far as the hardware issue, it just doesn't make too much sense that a hardware issue would be causing a problem because the software update would presumably be using the same hardware as the rest of the working smartphone functions. I think the explanation to one device updating and one not is more likely a server device id filtering or a user changing more than 'just the new hardware'.
Its neither here nor there though. Everyone will have there hair brained theories. Why don't we start asking what features will be on the next iphone. Seriously though, apple has to add a removable battery right? (I'm just kidding, please don't spam a million responses about how that will or will not ever happen.)
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You can bypass the wait time between checks by going into application managment -> at&t software update and clearing data. Then you can try to update again.
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I've had similar issues checking for updates. i gave up and pulled the first update with the USALG1 rom posted in the development forum sticky. I too have several apps disabled (actually moved out of the system/app dir) and was wondering if that possibly caused issues. I never did try updating through kies though.

My kies wont even run on my windows 7 64 bit. There seems to be alot of people having problems with kies on win7 64 bit, nothing from samsung either. So theres really no way for me to get updates

This is How I Got My Phone to Update
I should add that this was my 2nd galaxy s3 to not update. I did a factory reset hoping it would fix the issue. It didn't. I called att customer care for help b/c I was thinking maybe they just set up my account incorrectly when I first got the phone. Nothing else really makes sense. They said they couldn't help and take it to the store. I took it to an att store, and they said they don't actually do any software troubleshooting, so they just exchanged it for a new one. I tried doing the update there, it failed, so I took it home, and I force closed all the update apps, cleared all their data, and it worked as soon as I hit update. If force closing and clearing the data from the att and samsung update apps doesn't help, There may be nothing else you can do except take it in to an att shop.

AndroidLonghorn said:
I should add that this was my 2nd galaxy s3 to not update. I did a factory reset hoping it would fix the issue. It didn't. I called att customer care for help b/c I was thinking maybe they just set up my account incorrectly when I first got the phone. Nothing else really makes sense. They said they couldn't help and take it to the store. I took it to an att store, and they said they don't actually do any software troubleshooting, so they just exchanged it for a new one. I tried doing the update there, it failed, so I took it home, and I force closed all the update apps, cleared all their data, and it worked as soon as I hit update. If force closing and clearing the data from the att and samsung update apps doesn't help, There may be nothing else you can do except take it in to an att shop.
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When you got it to work, exactly what apps did you force close and clear data? Just AT&T software update? Any others?
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I force closed the At&T Software Update app and I think the Samsung Push Service. It is really the AT&T software update app that finally started downloading immediately after trying it again.

So I finally attempted the Keis connection and it worked immediately. I don't know what other problems people are having, but when I installed it on my Win7 x64 machine I had the S3 connected. After I ran the software for the first time it mentioned an update and proceeded to update it. Keep fighting the good fight jefferson9.

[Q] Rooted my Note 4 yesterday and have lost meta data

Hello everyone,
I rooted my Note 4 yesterday and discovered this morning I've lost meta data transfer to my bt audio in the car. I'm still figuring out this as the idea of rooting my phone and getting rid of all of the Sprint bloat is very appealing. However I have not up to this point loaded any Custom Rom. Once I do this, should I expect the meta data info to come back or is this a feature I have lost? Apologies in advance if this has been covered as I did a few searches for meta data and couldn't find a thread. Thank you in advance.

dh321 said:
Hello everyone,
I rooted my Note 4 yesterday and discovered this morning I've lost meta data transfer to my bt audio in the car. I'm still figuring out this as the idea of rooting my phone and getting rid of all of the Sprint bloat is very appealing. However I have not up to this point loaded any Custom Rom. Once I do this, should I expect the meta data info to come back or is this a feature I have lost? Apologies in advance if this has been covered as I did a few searches for meta data and couldn't find a thread. Thank you in advance.
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Well, it is very unlikely rooting your phone would cause that issue. Think very carefully about any changes you made after rooting. A change is probably at the root (couldn't resist) of the problem. Hope you figure it out.

I've never had Meta Data info with my note 4 in my Acura TL. I had it with my Galaxy S4.

masbirdies said:
I've never had Meta Data info with my note 4 in my Acura TL. I had it with my Galaxy S4.
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
JHill: I think you're on to something. So I was on here yesterday, reading intently that some folks had gotten galaxy tools and wifi router working via ROOT. So that was the last push I needed to root my phone.
However as you responded I noticed my meta data was no longer there. After reading your post, I deleted those 2 apps and amazingly...all is well with my bluetooth audio streaming meta data info. You guys are the smart ones..so I don't have a clue, but it's back after I deleted those 2 apps.
Masbirdies: I've always had meta data on my Sprint Note 4 in my 2013 E350. However when I first bought the phone, there was a bug that the meta data didn't refresh after each song. Samsung was aware and Sprint issued a OS update about a month later and everything was fine until my issue from this morning. Happy to say all is working again. My wife has an X3 and meta data works fine on my note driving her car as well. So maybe it's the Acura ??

Because of this very reason I do not remove bloat..that and the fact that storage on the phones is huge and you have an sd slot. What do you gain? A couple of hundred MBs? And what else did you gain? Aggravation and lost time. There are apps out there that let you freeze apps. I personally bought Titanium Backup..well worth it for the use I get out of it over the past 4+ years of rooting and flashing. If you freeze an app and it messes something up you defrost it...not spend time hunting for files you removed. Back in the Epic 4G days it was necessary to debloat because there was only 512MB of space to use on the phone...but now 16GB or more.

KennyG123 said:
Because of this very reason I do not remove bloat..that and the fact that storage on the phones is huge and you have an sd slot. What do you gain? A couple of hundred MBs? And what else did you gain? Aggravation and lost time. There are apps out there that let you freeze apps. I personally bought Titanium Backup..well worth it for the use I get out of it over the past 4+ years of rooting and flashing. If you freeze an app and it messes something up you defrost it...not spend time hunting for files you removed. Back in the Epic 4G days it was necessary to debloat because there was only 512MB of space to use on the phone...but now 16GB or more.
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Great point Kenny. One that I'm learning the hard way. I was contemplating unrooting my phone for this reason. The was my first and probably last time for rooting my phone. Just seems like I haven't gained anything.
**Full Disclosure** I have not loaded a custom ROM, so simply going off Kenny's point above about the PIA for me getting certain things back the way they we're.

dh321 said:
Great point Kenny. One that I'm learning the hard way. I was contemplating unrooting my phone for this reason. The was my first and probably last time for rooting my phone. Just seems like I haven't gained anything.
**Full Disclosure** I have not loaded a custom ROM, so simply going off Kenny's point above about the PIA for me getting certain things back the way they we're.
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Rooting has many advantages, such as using a great app like Titanium Backup, or Flashify, or Quick Boot, as well as many others. Hopefully soon they will figure out Xposed for Sammy phones and Lollipop and that will open a whole world of modifications you can choose. The best thing about root and custom recoveries is the ability to back up your phone, all the things in user data and your configuration..so when you mess with it and screw it up (we all did and do trying new things) we can instantly restore to the point when everything worked. The downside to rooting? It is a hassle to get OTAs and updates. You have to jump through some hoops.
Happy flashing!!!!