The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[Swisha]

Don't think a bigger screen alone will make me want to go back to an iPhone. iOS needs to grow up too...

[stev]

Paranoid android is cool. Might not be as "appealing" as its in beta right now. To be honest I wanted a close to stock ROM and its super easy to update. I think cataclysm is more customisable and while some might like it, it can be a bit overwhelming. I really wanted to edit my quick settings and have a battery icon with percent and I got that out of PA.

gonna try the paranoid android rom this evening.....

u guys noticed any bugs / little problems with the franco kernel yet? been reading that stock is better (not sure)....still gonna try it though. lol

[rodfarva]

I'm currently running rooted stock rom + Franco Kernel
as M_2NR said, a lot of the good stuff is still in beta/nighlys .. I tried cyanogemod on a friend's nexus 5 (since his was one of those with the low speaker volume problems and we had to flash an XDA solution) and at the time it was too buggy for anyone's daily driver.

as far as the kernel being buggy...Ive had no issues.

The funny thing is - Since I've flashed franco's kernel, I believe my phone is faster. But to be completely honest, I don't know. the phone was so damn fast to begin with, maybe its in my head.
However, after a couple of days, I can say that the battery life is better.
Its all about the tweaking anyway, but you'll need to grab the paid version @ playstore.

stev you rooted and all that good stuff yet?
Finally got my helium backups done, so I'll try a few Roms this weekend

[stev]

didnt do anything as yet. planning on unlocking bootloader and installing the franco kernel tonight....gonna buy the franco updater tonight

Planning on using TWRP as oppose to CWM.

[Chriztoph3r]

Hey guys, just soft bricked my phone, anyone by chance got a USB jig. Just need to get the phone back in download mode to flash over the official rom

[gfbl]

hi guys, willing to pay someone to show me how to unlock and root my samsung ATT branded S4, its a i337 model 32 gb version, tried the youtube versions with no success, tried kies and odin but still nothing.

[rodfarva]

hi guys, willing to pay someone to show me how to unlock and root my samsung ATT branded S4, its a i337 model 32 gb version, tried the youtube versions with no success, tried kies and odin but still nothing.

Some Details wil help
what do you mean by 'no success'
Errors? is it going through the entire process and then remaining locked?

[Chriztoph3r]

This could be a simple thing you missed... Did you make sure that usb debugging was ticked if not Odin wouldn't detect the phone..

[S_2NR]

Hey guys, just soft bricked my phone, anyone by chance got a USB jig. Just need to get the phone back in download mode to flash over the official rom

I have one but not sure where it is

[Chriztoph3r]

Serious... I was planning on making one but don't know if il find the correct resistors... Will be a great help if you find it...

[gfbl]

yep i made sure usb debugging was on first, i did everything as per youtube video and it didnt complete the process. I tried it a few times. Have no problem paying for some assistance and being taught

[gfbl]

also tried the other method of *#9090* and a fwew variations of that to gain access to the menu, and entered one a sthe input value but when i do the proceeding steps nothing happens so i read it might be the firmware? and would have to root or flash it?

[Chriztoph3r]

Hey use the cyanogenmod installer, it's pretty much plug and play. The app installer isn't in play store anymore but you can find it on the cyanogenmod website. I did use it once, even a kid can root a phone now with that app... Check it out

http://www.cyanogenmod.org

[M_2NR]

I find my phone running a lil hot now and battery life and lil worse. Probably its an app though... I hoping so... but yea rod this phone just screams. Android devices have caught up. And as swisha said, a screen size alone won't bring me back to apple phones.

[ZeroOne]

also tried the other method of *#9090* and a fwew variations of that to gain access to the menu, and entered one a sthe input value but when i do the proceeding steps nothing happens so i read it might be the firmware? and would have to root or flash it?

If you tried the service menu hack and that didn't work then flashing older firmware will not help you to unlock.

I brought an unlock code on ebay that worked for me, you need to submit the imei to generate the code.

[rodfarva]

light flow has been behaving strangely of late
gonna drop it, since many apps now support customised led and tone notifications natively..

M_2NR ... worse battery life & heat? have you tweaked anything WRT the processor? I know nexus devices heavily throttle their processors by default...which I suppose is good and bad. could be an app as you said..

agreed...I guess with you guys on iOS
Was so happy with that OS for so long... interestingly, I jailbroke my iPhone 5 and sped up the menu animations....contrary to what everyone has been saying, my iPhone showed its age and stuttered often with the lack of animations...apparently they hid my device's slowness

[stev]

I find my phone running a lil hot now and battery life and lil worse. Probably its an app though... I hoping so... but yea rod this phone just screams. Android devices have caught up. And as swisha said, a screen size alone won't bring me back to apple phones.

since last night my phone getting warm and battery draining.....figured out this morning that the gmail app was syncing ALL my emails....not 30 days.

My phone spent all night downloading old emails. lol

for some reason the setting changed.....Gmail cache was 0.9Gb this morning.

changed setting back to 30 days and cleared cache.

[-Roach-]

Gmail cache was 0.9Gb this morning.

Wtf!...

[gfbl]

also tried the other method of *#9090* and a fwew variations of that to gain access to the menu, and entered one a sthe input value but when i do the proceeding steps nothing happens so i read it might be the firmware? and would have to root or flash it?

If you tried the service menu hack and that didn't work then flashing older firmware will not help you to unlock.

I brought an unlock code on ebay that worked for me, you need to submit the imei to generate the code.

who was the seller?

[M_2NR]

light flow has been behaving strangely of late
gonna drop it, since many apps now support customised led and tone notifications natively..

M_2NR ... worse battery life & heat? have you tweaked anything WRT the processor? I know nexus devices heavily throttle their processors by default...which I suppose is good and bad. could be an app as you said..

agreed...I guess with you guys on iOS
Was so happy with that OS for so long... interestingly, I jailbroke my iPhone 5 and sped up the menu animations....contrary to what everyone has been saying, my iPhone showed its age and stuttered often with the lack of animations...apparently they hid my device's slowness

Dan. Throw away light flow and use paranoid :p notification led config built in.

I just remembered I was forcing automateit on my notification bar and that probably causing the drain. For iOS not to lag u have to turn on increased contrast, turn off parallax/motion. The 4S i had was so much faster.

The kernel creator claims as is its awesome so I'll take his word for it.

Wtffff stev

[MISHI]

Quick question:

Have a relative with the i747 S3 with LTE. He can use the phone for calls but he cannot check the balance or even to enter a new phone card. Error states "invalid USSD or MMi code"

Tried both my sim cards from Bmobile and from Digicel and no avail. Also tried using a comma a the end of the codes with no luck; even a code that had gotten me into a netork menu and even selecting auto or "All" in each section (GSM LTE WCDMA) yielded no results.


is there any special code or option there to be able to use the USSD codes?

[Chriztoph3r]

Quick question:

Have a relative with the i747 S3 with LTE. He can use the phone for calls but he cannot check the balance or even to enter a new phone card. Error states "invalid USSD or MMi code"

Tried both my sim cards from Bmobile and from Digicel and no avail. Also tried using a comma a the end of the codes with no luck; even a code that had gotten me into a netork menu and even selecting auto or "All" in each section (GSM LTE WCDMA) yielded no results.


is there any special code or option there to be able to use the USSD codes?

I think sometime ago I was reading on xda about someone having this problem, he solved it by registering over the imei code. Google and see if you get lucky.

[Kronik]

I have a i747 and never encountered that problem

[ismithx]

USD$100 off the Moto X sometime tomorrow. deal only gonna last for one hour. that is; the unlocked sim free version. http://gizmodo.com/motorolas-knocking-1 ... 1508933947

[rodfarva]

Dan. Throw away light flow and use paranoid :p notification led config built in.

The kernel creator claims as is its awesome so I'll take his word for it.

Wtffff stev

Did just that this weekend ...pa Beta3 (flashed beta4 this morning )
Also went back with Franco kernel...everything seems good..no issues so far. Loving the immersive mode
But I'm not sure if my use has increased but my battery is draining faster.

I also tried open framework on stock android before that....pretty nice but it forced me to go back to dalvik

[Chimera]

Im using a 747 as well and no such problems.

[kurpal_v2]

Quick question:

Have a relative with the i747 S3 with LTE. He can use the phone for calls but he cannot check the balance or even to enter a new phone card. Error states "invalid USSD or MMi code"

Tried both my sim cards from Bmobile and from Digicel and no avail. Also tried using a comma a the end of the codes with no luck; even a code that had gotten me into a netork menu and even selecting auto or "All" in each section (GSM LTE WCDMA) yielded no results.


is there any special code or option there to be able to use the USSD codes?

Sounds like an iPhone using a gevy sim :/

[S_2NR]

Im using a 747 as well and no such problems.

Had one and never had that problem. Sounds network related

[stev]

been using UCCW clock widget since i got my N5...updated the app last night and now it keeps force closing

anyone has a nice clock widget?

[BrandoHD]

been using UCCW clock widget since i got my N5...updated the app last night and now it keeps force closing

anyone has a nice clock widget?

I use Chronus!