Weird symbols instead of caller info - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

Anyone else encountered random symbols instead of caller info? Only happens with callers not in Contacts. Running Eclipse ROM. Clean flashed and still have it. Shows up like this in full-screen, popup, and notifications.
Anyone deal with this with Eclipse/other? Know a fix? Thanks to all.

I havent used that Rom but try updating the language pack in settings.

Double0EK said:
I havent used that Rom but try updating the language pack in settings.
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Turns out it was a permissions issue. Tried different SystemUI mods, extra fonts, clean installs, and more I probably forgot, but, fixed permissions in TWRP Advanced Menu WITHOUT SELinux checked, and that fixed it.

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[Q] Blu Kuban 1.0.5.1 recent flash missing phone app/shortcut

Recently flashed 1.0.5.1 and ran the x2 script. Everything runs fine. This ROM is absolutely the best one I have run on the e4gt. But...I'm missing the phone shortcut. It's not listed in the drawer, and there's no option to add a shortcut or widget to the launcher. I can place calls by opening my contacts or using the direct dial widget. Phone.apk is in /system/app (obviously). I had no errors during the flashing process.
Any ideas on how to solve this? Or to identify exactly what is causing the phone shortcut to be missing? I don't know of any way to reinstall just the phone portion. A reflash would probably solve it.
Mostly a noob.
Thanks!
slackert said:
Recently flashed 1.0.5.1 and ran the x2 script. Everything runs fine. This ROM is absolutely the best one I have run on the e4gt. But...I'm missing the phone shortcut. It's not listed in the drawer, and there's no option to add a shortcut or widget to the launcher. I can place calls by opening my contacts or using the direct dial widget. Phone.apk is in /system/app (obviously). I had no errors during the flashing process.
Any ideas on how to solve this? Or to identify exactly what is causing the phone shortcut to be missing? I don't know of any way to reinstall just the phone portion. A reflash would probably solve it.
Mostly a noob.
Thanks!
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Navigate to the APK and install it by selecting it. See if that helps.
try re installing the zip

[Q] Phone icon disappeared

Do I'm running everything stock, including stock launcher and after a reboot my phone icon disappeared. Still says phone underneath icon, but icon is missing. Anyone else have this happen or know a fix?
Dedline said:
Do I'm running everything stock, including stock launcher and after a reboot my phone icon disappeared. Still says phone underneath icon, but icon is missing. Anyone else have this happen or know a fix?
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I had the same issue recently and just a reboot fixed it
kjhud said:
I had the same issue recently and just a reboot fixed it
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Reboot has not fixed mine.
Have you tried clearing the cache from the phone application? I don't think clearing the data will make you lose any important information since contacts used an app called "contact storage. " if you choose to clear data, you may miss out on your settings. Also try downloading a different launcher and then going back to TW

Help my phone unlocks slow, seriously tried anything!

Hello,
Installed newest pureaosp M update yesterday. Since then waking up my phone became slow.
Power button NOT faulty! In recovery I can see it works very very well.
It's like my phone is sleeping so deep it wakes up after 5 presses or more.
What did I try?
Well, everything except from stock KDZ. Something on some partition must be ****ed up, but what?!
- wiped data, cache, system, dalvik, installed clean rom > problem persists.
- restored my NAND backup made with TWRP from a few weeks back. That setup was PERFECT. Now > power button lags.
What could it be? I am sure it's not hardware related, my phone locks imediately when I press the button one time. I'm not a flash noob and I am not affraid to brick my phone, but this is WEIRD.
Some ideas?
I also had the same problem, but I could never fix it, use the ROM currently Liquidsmooth and not have that fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-g-intl/development/rom-liquidsmooth-v6-monthly-t3250957
cpitru said:
I also had the same problem, but I could never fix it, use the ROM currently Liquidsmooth and not have that fails.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-g-intl/development/rom-liquidsmooth-v6-monthly-t3250957
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Thanks man it really works! Well at least, that rom is fast and unlocks right but.... are you able to be called? When someone calls me the phone soft reboots. I can call out. Nevermind I didn't read the bug list!
Hello! I did not have that problem, but initially I changed the "dialer.apk" for other reasons. look at "system / priv-app / dialer" and change the apk for this:
com.google.android.dialer_2.2-20200_minAPI23 (check apkmirror) giving permissions rw-r - r-- and then settings / applications / default applications, and sets the default dialer
For me it works well. If your problem persists you must be some other failure.
Another thing you should try is to install the ROM update
I hope I've helped!
cpitru said:
Hello! I did not have that problem, but initially I changed the "dialer.apk" for other reasons. look at "system / priv-app / dialer" and change the apk for this:
com.google.android.dialer_2.2-20200_minAPI23 (check apkmirror) giving permissions rw-r - r-- and then settings / applications / default applications, and sets the default dialer
For me it works well. If your problem persists you must be some other failure.
Another thing you should try is to install the ROM update
I hope I've helped!
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Hmm that doesn't work for me. I can call but when I receive a call I get a soft reboot. But it's in the bug list. You don't have that bug?

[ROM][CM12.1] UNOFFICIAL CM12.1 for LS970

Installation Instructions:
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_ls970
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Changelog:
​20160814:
Updated using branch cm-12.1​20160127:
Updated to CM-12.1 using codebase cm-12.1-YOG7D
Updated libs from mako, which fixes GPS, Encryption, & some dirty log messages.​
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Special Thanks:
Looking at the commit log, I've got to say thank you to Shelnutt2 and Ricardo Cerqueira. Seth, for his work on porting this device & permission to post this build, and Richardo for maintaining the gproj kernel.
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I've been using this with Ting. Seems more stable than the CM-11 build that I was using. Mms & cell data are the two things that do not work out of the gate for me. Wondering how this shapes up with Sprint. I vaguely remember cell data working, but I don't think the default mms app did. However, I was able to use a third party mms app for pictures.
If this works well for people I'll see what I can do about getting my changes pulled upstream.
XDA:DevDB Information
UNOFFICIAL CM12.1 for LS970, ROM for the Sprint LG Optimus G
Contributors
fuzzy7k, Shelnutt2, Ricardo Cerqueira
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: CyanogenMod
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2016-01-28
Last Updated 2016-08-17
What gapps version to use?
Thanks for providing this! I've installed it, to replace my cm-12-20151108-NIGHTLY-ls970.zip ROM. But I haven't been able to find a gapps download that will work with this (all Google services keep crashing) or fail to installed (Status 6). Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
gapps version
I was able to get this working. After battling through a barrage of pop-up messages telling me that various google apps had crashed (repeatedly for each one), I got into Play Store and did an update all. I had to uninstall/reinstall Keep and Messenger, and now all seems well.
The only thing I'm currently having a problem with is Titanium Backup, which keeps crashing no matter what I've tried.
Otherwise, all seems to be working well. I'm hoping that a the flaky problems I was having with the previous CM-12 ROM will be fixed with this version.
For whatever reason, no matter what version of CM12 I install, wifi does not work. I'll put in the password and then it times out "failing to authenticate." Have you run into this issue? Any known fixes?
For whatever reason, no matter what version of CM12 I install, wifi does not work. I'll put in the password and then it times out "failing to authenticate."
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My wifi is working. With the previous CM12 install I did have a problem where wifi would stop working after it was connected ("!" next to the wifi indicator), and I'd have to turn the wifi off and on again to fix it. I haven't experienced that problem yet with this build, though it's too soon to know if that problem has gone away.
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My wifi is working. With the previous CM12 install I did have a problem where wifi would stop working after it was connected ("!" next to the wifi indicator), and I'd have to turn the wifi off and on again to fix it. I haven't experienced that problem yet with this build, though it's too soon to know if that problem has gone away.
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Yeah I just went through unrooting and going to stock (where it worked fine) and now tried again to install without luck. I don't understand this problem or what could possibly be the issue at this point.
Edit: I have noticed that I'm not seeing my 5 GHz network although it was available in stock.
Profile switcher
It seems the option to switch profiles from the power button is gone. In the settings for buttons, there's an option to show "Airplane Mode", but not the profile selector. I do have multiple profiles created, so it's not because of that.
geodosch said:
I was able to get this working. After battling through a barrage of pop-up messages telling me that various google apps had crashed (repeatedly for each one), I got into Play Store and did an update all. I had to uninstall/reinstall Keep and Messenger, and now all seems well.
The only thing I'm currently having a problem with is Titanium Backup, which keeps crashing no matter what I've tried.
Otherwise, all seems to be working well. I'm hoping that a the flaky problems I was having with the previous CM-12 ROM will be fixed with this version.
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Hey geodosch, same experience here with pop up errors with one difference, I was not able to get into Play Store... I only have four com.google.* green droid icons, and after clicking them I get 'App isn't installed'. Which gapps did you install, any other tips?
Many thanks!
I tried quite a few, but the one I eventually used was downloaded from opengapps.org. Select ARM; 5.1; Micro. You may want to use a different variant based on your needs. The details of what's in each is here.
The filename for the one I used is 'open_gapps-arm-5.1-micro-20160304.zip'
I don't recall anything else special I needed to do. I hope this helps!
A couple of issues
I've found was appears to be a bug in the call log. Whenever I make an outgoing call, the call log shows an incoming call at the same time, with the ID of "unknown".
The other is an intermittent problem, which I haven't been able to determine how to reproduce. Sometimes the screen will go black, with the exception of the top status bar. I've had it happen when unlocking the phone, and also when opening a new app. Once this occurs, I've only been able to recover by rebooting. Holding the power button does bring-up the reboot screen, and as mentioned the status bar is fine, so it doesn't appear to be related to the display driver. I also took a screenshot when it was in this state, and the image is what the screen looks like: black with a status bar.
Sorry for the seemingly silly question, but where is the download? Following the link leads me to a wiki which leads me to a nightly build from mid 2015.
curiousGeorge said:
Sorry for the seemingly silly question, but where is the download? Following the link leads me to a wiki which leads me to a nightly build from mid 2015.
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Did you click the "Downloads" tab near the top of this topic? (Between "Discussion" and "Reviews") There should be a link there to "cm-12.1-20160127-UNOFFICIAL-ls970.zip", dated 2016-01-28.
Thanks for the tip on where to find the download. This is actually a really clever thing to do; integrating the download into the forum navigation itself.
geodosch said:
I tried quite a few, but the one I eventually used was downloaded from opengapps.org. Select ARM; 5.1; Micro. You may want to use a different variant based on your needs. The details of what's in each is here.
The filename for the one I used is 'open_gapps-arm-5.1-micro-20160304.zip'
I don't recall anything else special I needed to do. I hope this helps!
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I'm having a lot of trouble getting Google Apps installed. I get the messages about the failures, but no Google Play store appears. I've tried on the latest "nano" release -- I'll try the exact file you mentioned.
One difference may be that I'm on TWRP 2.8.3.0 -- what's your recovery? Mine cries foul about no SELinux context support in the kernel, and I also noticed the Gapps blob said something about fixing SELinux permissions (it doesn't report success or failure). After installation there are 4 or 5 "google logo" icons that don't do anything, labeled com.android.google.whatever that don't open, instead claiming "XXX isn't installed" where XXX is the name of the app. Another poster here said the same. Anyway, I'll try that particular file and cross my fingers!
Edit: nope. Transferred the Gapps zip to the storage, booted into recovery, wiped everything except internal storage, flashed the ROM, flashed the GApps, reboot. Still get a bunch of green lifeless icons that won't load any app. What to do?
Ah, looks like I was right. It's the silly SELinux thing. The trick is to go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485 and set the phone to permissive. Which you can totally do because you can go into the build info and click build number until you get "developer mode" enabled and enable root access in apps. Then everything works perfectly, even from a seemingly glitched install, regardless of GApps version. Pretty nice eh?
I'm gonna let everything update and then try reenabling SELinux, for kicks.
[edit]Ah, rebooting screws everything up again until the SELinux changer finally loads and changes things to permissive. So it doesn't exactly stick at boot. Still looking for a permanent fix...
curiousGeorge said:
Thanks for the tip on where to find the download. This is actually a really clever thing to do; integrating the download into the forum navigation itself.
I'm having a lot of trouble getting Google Apps installed. I get the messages about the failures, but no Google Play store appears. I've tried on the latest "nano" release -- I'll try the exact file you mentioned.
One difference may be that I'm on TWRP 2.8.3.0 -- what's your recovery? Mine cries foul about no SELinux context support in the kernel, and I also noticed the Gapps blob said something about fixing SELinux permissions (it doesn't report success or failure). After installation there are 4 or 5 "google logo" icons that don't do anything, labeled com.android.google.whatever that don't open, instead claiming "XXX isn't installed" where XXX is the name of the app. Another poster here said the same. Anyway, I'll try that particular file and cross my fingers!
Edit: nope. Transferred the Gapps zip to the storage, booted into recovery, wiped everything except internal storage, flashed the ROM, flashed the GApps, reboot. Still get a bunch of green lifeless icons that won't load any app. What to do?
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I'm running ClockworkMod 6.0.4.7. It's been a while since I originally installed the CM ROM, but I know I didn't have any luck with TWRP, though I can't say for certain that it was at fault... it may have been due to some other issue which I later fixed, and switching to CWM may have been incidental.
I've found that using the official CM recovery fixed my gapps woes.
On another note, GPS isn't working for me.
So, I totally didn't see any notifications that this thread was active. I've been working on trying to get Marshmallow up and ran into a dead end. So, I came here.
geodosch said:
I've found was appears to be a bug in the call log. Whenever I make an outgoing call, the call log shows an incoming call at the same time, with the ID of "unknown".
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Same here, although it doesn't do it for all callers, I'll rebase on the newest code and see that does the trick.
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The other is an intermittent problem, which I haven't been able to determine how to reproduce. Sometimes the screen will go black, with the exception of the top status bar. I've had it happen when unlocking the phone, and also when opening a new app. Once this occurs, I've only been able to recover by rebooting. Holding the power button does bring-up the reboot screen, and as mentioned the status bar is fine, so it doesn't appear to be related to the display driver. I also took a screenshot when it was in this state, and the image is what the screen looks like: black with a status bar.
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I experienced the same. Although, I haven't in some time, since I stopped trying to use multiple profiles, that must contribute. adb still works as well, and I tracked the error in the code and it was right next to a TODO item. Go figure. If you see it again and are next to a computer, see if you can't get a logcat so I can check on that code again.
geodosch said:
It seems the option to switch profiles from the power button is gone. In the settings for buttons, there's an option to show "Airplane Mode", but not the profile selector. I do have multiple profiles created, so it's not because of that.
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It's there, under "Power menu". Just search for power.
Nicene Nerd said:
On another note, GPS isn't working for me.
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I read somewhere that you may need to get a lock in a ZVC build before flashing. Try that. It sounded like hog wash to me, and didn't work when I tried it. But, after updating the libs, all was fine. So, maybe both conditions must be met. On a positive note, I rarely have GPS enabled, but when I flip the switch, it comes on. So, it's not like you need to leave it on across reboots.
fuzzy7k said:
So, I totally didn't see any notifications that this thread was active. I've been working on trying to get Marshmallow up and ran into a dead end. So, I came here.
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fuzzy7k said:
Same here, although it doesn't do it for all callers, I'll rebase on the newest code and see that does the trick.
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Glad to see you taking I look here. I really don't want to replace my Optimus G, since all phones now seem to be either low-end performance or over-sized. So I'm glad I can still keep mine going with these builds.
fuzzy7k said:
I experienced the same. Although, I haven't in some time, since I stopped trying to use multiple profiles, that must contribute. adb still works as well, and I tracked the error in the code and it was right next to a TODO item. Go figure. If you see it again and are next to a computer, see if you can't get a logcat so I can check on that code again.
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I hadn't tried adb before rebooting (Murphy's Law: whenever it happened I was often doing some time-constrained task, so I just rebooted as quickly as I could.) But the next time it happens I'll connect and check the logs. It's interesting that you mention multiple profiles, because it seems to have happened several times in my car, and I have profiles set-up to switch when the car bluetooth connects/disconnects.
If you're going to be poking around in the code, another issue that I've been having is the default app for the browser no longer seems to work consistently. I know this worked on an older CM12 build, and think it used to work on this one. But when something launches a browser I'm very often prompted for which one (Chrome or Browser.)
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fuzzy7k said:
It's there, under "Power menu". Just search for power.
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In the power menu, I see an option to switch users (which is disabled, since I don't have multiple users set-up), but I don't see an option for Profiles.

Got an OTA update today...

And it really messed things up. Device not seeing other launchers, and the native launcher is 'stuck' - any modifications I make (icons/screens/widgets/positioning etc) resets after every reboot.
Cleared cache, but no luck.
Help.
And notifications don't show on the top (only when I pull down, and not all)
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And it really messed things up. Device not seeing other launchers, and the native launcher is 'stuck' - any modifications I make (icons/screens/widgets/positioning etc) resets after every reboot.
Cleared cache, but no luck.
Help.
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I made an account just to post here cause I'm having the exact same issues. I've had so many issues and I thought things would be better, but this update completely ruined our phones. Not only is the phone even more dysfunctional now, it's uglier too. The cosmetic updates are gross, the new emojis are gross, AND they added software that's unremovable.
ctakah27 said:
And it really messed things up. Device not seeing other launchers, and the native launcher is 'stuck' - any modifications I make (icons/screens/widgets/positioning etc) resets after every reboot.
Cleared cache, but no luck.
Help.
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Nyanwiz said:
I made an account just to post here cause I'm having the exact same issues. I've had so many issues and I thought things would be better, but this update completely ruined our phones. Not only is the phone even more dysfunctional now, it's uglier too. The cosmetic updates are gross, the new emojis are gross, AND they added software that's unremovable.
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If you guys read my mega thread you will see there is a fix for the launcher customizing resetting there in tge fidst post under the change log.
But i also have a list of bugs i will forward to Nubia once the community have found them all.
For alternate launchers, be sure to set it in the App Info settings > 3-dot menu > default apps > Desktop.
Patrick Morgan said:
If you guys read my mega thread you will see there is a fix for the launcher customizing resetting there in tge fidst post under the change log.
But i also have a list of bugs i will forward to Nubia once the community have found them all.
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Yeah I saw Unfortunately it didn't work for me, and my launcher still resets on restart. I did it multiple times too.
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Yeah I saw Unfortunately it didn't work for me, and my launcher still resets on restart. I did it multiple times too.
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Try doing an in place update of the full rom zip, then clear cache and data of launcher.
During beta test clearing data fixed it for all testers. So its possible the OTA had an additional bug for you
Can confirm on the update the method you described doesn't work (on mine the alternate launchers don't show up in the defaults list for desktop).
@Nyanwiz - I ended up flashing the latest Q stock rom, but would be willing to try your suggestion. Can I just flash the full zip of new R build over it without losing data? And if it doesn't work, can I flash the 10 back?
Or do I need to do through the front end system updates UI?
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Try doing an in place update of the full rom zip, then clear cache and data of launcher.
During beta test clearing data fixed it for all testers. So its possible the OTA had an additional bug for you
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By any chance do you remember which rom those testers used for their testing? The fix hasn't worked for me, and I was running the US rom
Hi, I also had the same issue where any app icon when dragged onto a home screen would disappear. Tried to force stop the native launcher and restart the device. It worked after a few goes and my old home screens were restored and i am able to add apps onto my home screen. Haven't tried any custom launcher like nova yet. I'm guessing its a bug I was about to submit a ticket before it "fixed itself".

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