I know this isn't specific about the P970, but that's the Android I have, and that's where I'm experiencing this very annoying thing with Android and SIM.
All other phones I've had, all of them, always gave me the option to store both my SMS's and my contacts to the SIM card instead to the phone, and to transfer both SMS/contacts from/to the phone to the SIM and vice-versa. And it's a feature I found extremely useful, not only for keeping my privacy, but mostly for keeping my contacts and my messages always with me, no matter of which phone I'm using: mine, my brother's, my girlfriend's, or my mother's. (Even very useful when flashing different ROMs, trying CM7, going back to nova, or to stock, etc.)
All other phones I've ever had could do this, except Android.
With Froyo it was already not possible (or at least I never found how) to use the SIM for messages. Only I could use the phone. But still contacts could be saved to the SIM.
But now, with Gingerbread, it's even worse: the SIM is totally ignored (except, of course, exclusively for importing its contacts).
What's the f...g problem Google has with SIMs? Why this "discrimination". Why Google doesn't like SIMs?
I have a theory
Don't really know what you're talking about man, I have LG OB [that's why I'm here of course] and when I save new contact theres this option that clearlly say "save contact to: phone, SDcard, SIM"... even if is an existing contact you can move it or copy it to the SIM... before posting I checked so I'm pretty sure theres something you didn't notice or something
I guess google wants you to maximize the cloud feature on android so SIM is not used anymore as contact storage.
But i agree with you, user has the right to choose, not significant for most of us but by providing this option maybe useful for some users like you.
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk
In LG's froyo you could save and import contacts/sms to the phone from your simcard.
But now as I'm using CM7 I don't see an option to create a contact for my simcard.
Not a big deal for me since I like this whole cloud thing. Perhaps there's an app in the market that will let you backup your stuff to your sim card?
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Felsar said:
Don't really know what you're talking about man, I have LG OB [that's why I'm here of course] and when I save new contact theres this option that clearlly say "save contact to: phone, SDcard, SIM"... even if is an existing contact you can move it or copy it to the SIM... before posting I checked so I'm pretty sure theres something you didn't notice or something
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Hi. Don't know if you read well my post.
I say: in Froyo, you can manage contacts in your SIM, though you don't have setting for "store messages in SIM" card. You have to do it one by one.
But in Gingerbread, you can't any longer use your SIM, either for storing contacts or messages.
lesp4ul said:
I guess google wants you to maximize the cloud feature on android so SIM is not used anymore as contact storage.
But i agree with you, user has the right to choose, not significant for most of us but by providing this option maybe useful for some users like you.
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That's what I mean. There are still users who prefer (or who even need) to store contacts and messages in SIM. For this, Google didn't need to implement a new feature: it would have been enough with leaving the feature which was already there. There are some "hidden corners" in the Gingerbread settings where -I bet- not more than 0,01 % of the users ever get to, but still they're there! How come they've totally disregarded the "store to SIM" idea?
yeomond said:
In LG's froyo you could save and import contacts/sms to the phone from your simcard.
But now as I'm using CM7 I don't see an option to create a contact for my simcard.
Not a big deal for me since I like this whole cloud thing. Perhaps there's an app in the market that will let you backup your stuff to your sim card?
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Yes, there are a couple of apps that let you do it. But they're not very efficient, they're useful only for contacts (not for messages), and it's quite annoying and time consuming to use them. I liked much better the Froyo approach.
zogoibi said:
Hi. Don't know if you read well my post.
I say: in Froyo, you can manage contacts in your SIM, though you don't have setting for "store messages in SIM" card. You have to do it one by one.
But in Gingerbread, you can't any longer use your SIM, either for storing contacts or messages.
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hehe... my mistake, you right I didn't take a good read at your post, and you're right can't seem to move/copy sms to SIM... I don't use that feature, but I do with contacts as backup, now you say you can't in GB, what about import/export to SDcard?? at least for contacts you can do that to SDcard
Yes, you can do that, save to SD. But it's not the same, there's not the same flexibility as with Froyo. And, after all, if you save to SD, you're still "bound" to the "Android universe", you can't escape: what's the use of having your contacts in your SD, Android format, unless you put that same SD to another Android phone? But imagine you want to migrate to Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Blackberry... whatever.
Maybe I'm too "nasty-minded", but I'm convinced that Google is not playing fair game here...
zogoibi said:
Hi. Don't know if you read well my post.
I say: in Froyo, you can manage contacts in your SIM, though you don't have setting for "store messages in SIM" card. You have to do it one by one.
But in Gingerbread, you can't any longer use your SIM, either for storing contacts or messages.
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WTF!? i just upgraded my moms phone and accidentally uninstalled the PC suite back up program that had ll the programs cause the uninstall button is RIGHT next to the pc suite button. now your saying i can't use the sim contacts? i am stating for the record i can't get Froyo back.
EDIT: you can import sim contacts from the sim.
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EDIT: you can import sim contacts from the sim.
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Yep, and that's about what you can do with your SIM thanks to Google-the-Good-Guys. But think of this: in an ideal Android-Google world, a few months or couple years from now, nobody will have a single contact in their SIM because everyone had been using Android long enough; therefore, the "import for SIM" feature will be perfectly useless, and I can predict: it will be removed from future Android versions.
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any help, whether you know the answer or can direct me to where I might find my answer is appreciated.
thanks.....
Hi all,
I just bought a used Nexus one recently. I have yet to activate it with T-Mobile.
I've been reading up on the Nexus one but still have questions that I can't seem to find the answer to even though I have searched through this forum and others.
If you guy/gals can help me out I'd appreciate it. I apologize if a certain question has been asked many times but I did try and search first......FLAME SUIT ON!!!....
Here's the stats on my phone:
Android 2.2
Kernal : 2.6.34.1 - cyanogenmod [email protected] toxygene #1
mod version: cyanogenmod 6.0.0-n1-rc2
Build #: FRF91
1 - Tethering - do I just need to go under settings and enable tethering hotspot? is there a default name I would look for when scanning on my macbook for the network?
2 - voice action - I got the phone about a week or two before they announced the voice action feature. would my phone have it or do I need to update the software, if so, how? where would the functions be to activate and deactivate voice action on the phone?
3 - android market - since the phone is modded, can I still download apps from the android market or do I have to get it from aftermarket spots like pandaapp and such?
4 - sync - I have a macbook. what would I sync the phone to? I saw an app on pandaapp called PC Suite. Is that what I would download to sync my info to? I have already downloaded Double Twist which should take care of syncing my music, videos and photos.
5 - micro SD card - what's on it? are my contacts stored there or the SIM? I talked to a T-Mobile rep and he said that all the new android phones have contacts on SD card and not SIM anymore. He said the older phones have it on the SIM and some reason the new ones can't be put on the SIM so that I would need to sync it or back it up some other way....true?? I'm asking also because I have the 4GB card now and would like to upgrade to a 16GB card while my phone is new to me with less data. What would I need to do to move the info over to a new SD card? I think I remember reading that the ROM and all that was on the SD card. I saw a post today on the Nexus General forum asking about the SD card too but it did not fully answer what I need to know.
6 - mod version and kernal : is it good for now or should I update it to the RC3 or to another whole mod version? if so, please link me to easiest instructions for a DIY. Though I have read some good things about my setup. I just want something stable and awesome....
7 - forum - besides this forum, what other ones do you like to check up on about our phone or android in general? or is this the one and only.....
I think that's all the questions I have for now. I would love to know the answers to these questions and be able to upgrade my SD card asap so that I can activate my phone with T-Mobile already.
Thanks.
doo_s4 said:
Hi all,
I just bought a used Nexus one recently. I have yet to activate it with T-Mobile.
I've been reading up on the Nexus one but still have questions that I can't seem to find the answer to even though I have searched through this forum and others.
If you guy/gals can help me out I'd appreciate it. I apologize if a certain question has been asked many times but I did try and search first......FLAME SUIT ON!!!....
Here's the stats on my phone:
Android 2.2
Kernal : 2.6.34.1 - cyanogenmod [email protected] toxygene #1
mod version: cyanogenmod 6.0.0-n1-rc2
Build #: FRF91
1 - Tethering - do I just need to go under settings and enable tethering hotspot? is there a default name I would look for when scanning on my macbook for the network?
2 - voice action - I got the phone about a week or two before they announced the voice action feature. would my phone have it or do I need to update the software, if so, how? where would the functions be to activate and deactivate voice action on the phone?
3 - android market - since the phone is modded, can I still download apps from the android market or do I have to get it from aftermarket spots like pandaapp and such?
4 - sync - I have a macbook. what would I sync the phone to? I saw an app on pandaapp called PC Suite. Is that what I would download to sync my info to? I have already downloaded Double Twist which should take care of syncing my music, videos and photos.
5 - micro SD card - what's on it? are my contacts stored there or the SIM? I talked to a T-Mobile rep and he said that all the new android phones have contacts on SD card and not SIM anymore. He said the older phones have it on the SIM and some reason the new ones can't be put on the SIM so that I would need to sync it or back it up some other way....true?? I'm asking also because I have the 4GB card now and would like to upgrade to a 16GB card while my phone is new to me with less data. What would I need to do to move the info over to a new SD card? I think I remember reading that the ROM and all that was on the SD card. I saw a post today on the Nexus General forum asking about the SD card too but it did not fully answer what I need to know.
6 - mod version and kernal : is it good for now or should I update it to the RC3 or to another whole mod version? if so, please link me to easiest instructions for a DIY. Though I have read some good things about my setup. I just want something stable and awesome....
7 - forum - besides this forum, what other ones do you like to check up on about our phone or android in general? or is this the one and only.....
I think that's all the questions I have for now. I would love to know the answers to these questions and be able to upgrade my SD card asap so that I can activate my phone with T-Mobile already.
Thanks.
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1. Just turn on the hotspot. I forget it's name.
2. Update Voice Action through the market
3. Use the market.
4. Not sure any app will sync your personal info. That's all synced in the Google cloud.
5. Saved on internal storage not SIM or SD.
6. Update to RC3
7. His is the only forum worth reading. Everything else is late to the game or a repeat of here.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
doo_s4 said:
Hi all,
Here's the stats on my phone:
Android 2.2
Kernal : 2.6.34.1 - cyanogenmod [email protected] toxygene #1
mod version: cyanogenmod 6.0.0-n1-rc2
Build #: FRF91
1 - Tethering - do I just need to go under settings and enable tethering hotspot? is there a default name I would look for when scanning on my macbook for the network?
2 - voice action - I got the phone about a week or two before they announced the voice action feature. would my phone have it or do I need to update the software, if so, how? where would the functions be to activate and deactivate voice action on the phone?
3 - android market - since the phone is modded, can I still download apps from the android market or do I have to get it from aftermarket spots like pandaapp and such?
4 - sync - I have a macbook. what would I sync the phone to? I saw an app on pandaapp called PC Suite. Is that what I would download to sync my info to? I have already downloaded Double Twist which should take care of syncing my music, videos and photos.
5 - micro SD card - what's on it? are my contacts stored there or the SIM? I talked to a T-Mobile rep and he said that all the new android phones have contacts on SD card and not SIM anymore. He said the older phones have it on the SIM and some reason the new ones can't be put on the SIM so that I would need to sync it or back it up some other way....true?? I'm asking also because I have the 4GB card now and would like to upgrade to a 16GB card while my phone is new to me with less data. What would I need to do to move the info over to a new SD card? I think I remember reading that the ROM and all that was on the SD card. I saw a post today on the Nexus General forum asking about the SD card too but it did not fully answer what I need to know.
6 - mod version and kernal : is it good for now or should I update it to the RC3 or to another whole mod version? if so, please link me to easiest instructions for a DIY. Though I have read some good things about my setup. I just want something stable and awesome....
7 - forum - besides this forum, what other ones do you like to check up on about our phone or android in general? or is this the one and only.....
I think that's all the questions I have for now. I would love to know the answers to these questions and be able to upgrade my SD card asap so that I can activate my phone with T-Mobile already.
Thanks.
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1. basically, just go to settings, wireless and networking, tethering and portable hotspot, and then, you can set your name for the wireless tethering (the name which you will look for in you laptop)
2.voice action is like voice search, you have to update the app manually, there are tutorials in android developement or themes and app. i forgot which one is it.
3. you can download apps from market like usual. nothing changes.
4. unfortunately, i never sync my pc with my n1. so i can't help you with that.
5. well. the contacts (at least mine) is synced with your google account, not with your memory card.
6. i see you already using CM 6 RC2. so if you want to update to RC3. you just have to download the rom, put it in your SD card, go to recovery(turn off your phone, then press and hold volume up when you turn it on. pick recovery with your volume up/down button, then use power button to "click" it), in recovery, do nandroid backup, and then flash zip from memory card.
7. i also visited android.modaco.com it's really a good site. if you want to know about news or updates on android, you can visit talkandroid.com, androidcentral.com, phandroid.com, there are a lot of sites like that.
i hope it answers all your questions. try to look at android developement sub forum. it worth the time to browse the forum.
william tanaya said:
1. basically, just go to settings, wireless and networking, tethering and portable hotspot, and then, you can set your name for the wireless tethering (the name which you will look for in you laptop)
2.voice action is like voice search, you have to update the app manually, there are tutorials in android developement or themes and app. i forgot which one is it.
3. you can download apps from market like usual. nothing changes.
4. unfortunately, i never sync my pc with my n1. so i can't help you with that.
5. well. the contacts (at least mine) is synced with your google account, not with your memory card.
6. i see you already using CM 6 RC2. so if you want to update to RC3. you just have to download the rom, put it in your SD card, go to recovery(turn off your phone, then press and hold volume up when you turn it on. pick recovery with your volume up/down button, then use power button to "click" it), in recovery, do nandroid backup, and then flash zip from memory card.
7. i also visited android.modaco.com it's really a good site. if you want to know about news or updates on android, you can visit talkandroid.com, androidcentral.com, phandroid.com, there are a lot of sites like that.
i hope it answers all your questions. try to look at android developement sub forum. it worth the time to browse the forum.
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1 - thanks
2 - i found the post. it's in the themes and apps. it says if you have adb, plug into usb and run. what is that and how do i know if i have it?
if i don't then i need to use the terminal emulator. from what i have read, is that what you download from the android market? is this all tough to do?
3 - thanks
4 - so how do you keep all your pics and stuff? i guess I'll have to search some more or post a thread just asking about syncing and see what everyone does for syncing.
5 - hmmm....i guess i'll have to search some more on this one too. that would be strange that contacts are not saved anywhere on the phone.
6 - thanks for the instructions. if I have any problems....you might just get a PM from me.... but i'll also search for guides too if anything.
is it worth updating it from RC2 to RC3? what are the pros and cons?
7 - thanks for the sites. i'll take a look at them too.
oh I have another question. what do I need to do to get flash 10.1? just through the android market?
thanks.
snlu178 said:
1. Just turn on the hotspot. I forget it's name.
2. Update Voice Action through the market
3. Use the market.
4. Not sure any app will sync your personal info. That's all synced in the Google cloud.
5. Saved on internal storage not SIM or SD.
6. Update to RC3
7. His is the only forum worth reading. Everything else is late to the game or a repeat of here.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk
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1 - thanks....found it and where to rename it.
2 - so i can update this thru the market and not HAVE to do it manually?
3 - thanks
4 - i will do some more searching about this just in case. thanks
5 - is there a way to see this file somehow to ...maybe back it up or something besides using google sync or something like that. if not, does this mean that if i were to maybe lose my phone i would be screwed and lose my contacts unless i were to do google sync or cloud?
6 - is it really worth it? what are the pros and cons? what's new on the RC3 over the RC2?
7 - thanks. i figured but I just like reading other forums too and to meet more people that share out enthusiam.....
I have another question. what do i need to do to get/update flash 10.1 since my phone is modded? same as stock phones?
I'm replying on a phone so I can't go and number them and stuff.
Contacts ARE stored on the phone and synced and backed up and stored on your gmail contacts. As long as you are using the gmail app, your contacts are synced. If you reset your phone, after u sign in to Google on the phone, all your contacts, mail, calendar are downloaded.
You can back up the contacts using apps u can download if you want.
New Voice Search, you can download/update it from the market. But since you're on RC2, you'll prolly get errors.
Best thing to do is download and update CyanogenMOD6 ROM, make sure to download the updated Google add-on pack too, it has the new voice search along with other Google apps.
If you're going to change SD cards, just copy everything from your old one to the bigger one.
Your pictures are stored on the SD card.
Sent from my Nexus One
Hey All,
It is almost 10 months I am using this LG-P970 phone, but until now I've seen nothing but a headache, does anyone else agree?
My main problem (besides the bad performance) is the incident of losing my contacts.
It has happened to me 4 times until now under Froyo, Gingerbread and even Zeus 7 (the most recent incident 2 days ago).
Simply it happens when I open the contacts list, I see that all my contacts are erased in addition to the call log, and I am very aware it is not a matter of contacts display setting as some people might suggest.
The first time this happened to me my contacts were not even synced with Google because I didn't know the contact type should be "Google Contact" in order for it to be synced, and every time I want to create a new contact I have to change its contact type before saving it (I know how to convert existing contacts but please tell me if there is another method to automate the process for new contacts).
I don't know what you think of this phone, but I am pretty sure that my new mobile phone won't be related to the LG family.
Cheers all!
i've never experienced data loss with any of the ROMs
recl said:
i've never experienced data loss with any of the ROMs
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Me too...
Inviato dal mio LG-P970 con Zeus V6.39
All of the described below seems more than an user problem than your phone, btw, I never lose contacts or data
ErnuB said:
All of the described below seems more than an user problem than your phone, btw, I never lose contacts or data
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You seem to have a good control of your P970, can you expert explain to us how data loss can be a user problem?
Well the best solution is to NOT sync your contacts with Google.
It can either delete new contacts when you restore, or it restores deleted contacts, personally it's crap lol.
Just save them all on your SIM!!! If ever you lose Sim contacts like that. then it's your SIM which is damaged.
I NEVER experienced such problem.
And just to say, Optimus Black is not a crappy phone at all! Mind the way you define it.... Not because you are having contacts problems that it's a crappy phone... It may be an app causing this problem, your SIM card which is damaged, or whatever else.
Yes it's a user problem, we don't know what are your settings after a full wipe and whatever you do wrong or what applications you install that wipes the contact list.
From the first android phone that i had years ago, g1, copied the sim numbers to phone and after adding the google account, google synced it automaticaly and saved all my contacts to google account.
Since then i've added/deleted several contacts, changed several phones (at least 10 with android), and every time i added in the google account to it the contacts where synced.
I think i flashed over 100 different roms, never bricked a phone, even though i used several methods to root and flash recovery, hardest method was on g1 and i think it was the most inteligent one, if any of you had one
Now i'm on zeus 7, so it must be your fault
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2
no need of google syncing or SIM backup.
contacts -> import/export ->export to sd card.
now u have a [email protected] card. just back it up on your computer or online storage and restore as many times u want. no tension.
in case of newer saves, just delete the old vcf and redo the process or just save normally. (the vcf's will be named progressively, 000,001,002...)
hope i helped.
regards,
achyut.
If your coming from somewhere else where you don't have contacts backuped on sd and only on sim.
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2
The contacts should be stored on your google acc.
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yaz87 said:
You seem to have a good control of your P970, can you expert explain to us how data loss can be a user problem?
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No need for sarcasm, I just don't find that annoying chosing google when creating a contact, a small fee for the great service i get in return
Thank you all for your participation .
Maybe "crappy" is not the right word to describe a P970 here as I have seen it has many fans (I did not mean to be offensive), and maybe you have a point if you never had any bad experiences with your devices, but what happened with me was annoying!
I would like to assume that I did something wrong with the phone the first three times I lost my contacts (it also happened when it was brand new - no flashes done or ROMs installed), but do you think the following is too wrong?
1. installed a clean Zeus 7 after multiple wipes/restore factory settings and cache wipes (using cwm in a patched V20B software version)
2. the ONLY apps that I installed were :whatsapp, viber, facebook, google translate, french language pack for the keyboard, and google maps
3. randomly I unlocked the phone once to see that my contacts were lost
As simple as that.
My OB sometimes clean my sms box... but i think it's related to OC and UV... when i set for example: [email protected] and [email protected], after some time my smss are gone, and it's almost as plain as the nose on your face (in my case).
I use titanium backup to save them and restore after loosing them, but after seting my cpu to stable config, sms are where they should be.
i've had a small problem with the p970 but that was a google problem.
i had my contacts stored on my google account, but wenever i made a new contact it wasn't stored in google.. so when i flashed a new rom the latest additions to my contacts were gone.
but as most of the people allready said, do not sync your contacts but export them to your sd card. works flawless..
but i never experienced the problems you have, performance is realy good with the great custom roms we have here at xda.
i have my p970 for 6 months or so and i'm very happy with it.
You need to sync your contacts to.
Not just save the on your phone.
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When we save a contact name with 2 mobile nos. (mobile contact and home contact).
When trying to save to SIM those contact.....saving is done only mobile contact.....the remaining is not saving...any solution..
I know about saving in vcf file...But I just want to know saving in SIM multiple nos with a single contact like vcf file..
sekhar13515 said:
When we save a contact name with 2 mobile nos. (mobile contact and home contact).
When trying to save to SIM those contact.....saving is done only mobile contact.....the remaining is not saving...any solution..
I know about saving in vcf file...But I just want to know saving in SIM multiple nos with a single contact like vcf file..
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SIM cards have relatively limited storage capabilities. They can store a contact and a number in each memory slot (I don't know if there is another piece of information that can be stored) but definitely it can't store two numbers for the same contact name that's why you see "X (home)" and "X(mobile)" for example as two separate entities.
I have the same problems with op - it has erased my contacts randomly 3-4 times in my 16 months of using it. Unrooted - official roms (2.2 and 2.3, various firmwares).
And a couple times sd card was 'destroyed' - losing everything stored there. Of course after reformatting sd card was fine....
I understand it is not a common issue - else more noise would be made around this issue, but something must be wrong with some batches.
A real disappointiment this phone.
sekhar13515 said:
I know about saving in vcf file...But I just want to know saving in SIM multiple nos with a single contact like vcf file..
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It is simply not possible. The form of storing contacts data on SIM is rather ancient but it is industrial standard.
All I can say is the hardware is not at fault for the problems OP has listed in his post, it's a software thing.
Let's say it is possible to switch to a non-Google ROM. say Windows Phone 8 which doesn't sync with Google for its contact, the contacts will likely stay intact.
edit - Of course before anyone start jumping over Windows Phone 8 on our phones, no it's not happening and I'm using an easier example of switching OS to demonstrate that the hardware has nothing to do with software issues.
Hi,
I did check other threads but I couldn't find anything directly related to this. I run my Galaxy S on an official firmware and don't have any mod installed. Well, aside from having it rooted.Firmware version is 2.3.6 xxjw4.
For a few months now, I feel the phone is getting slower and slower but now is becoming ridiculous. I mean, too many times it might take up to 5 seconds just to unlock the screen or get into the contact list. I have very few apps installed and I think I make a light use of it... basically, I use it as a phone, I use the calendar for appointments and I browse the internet. That's pretty much it. I use the full Opera browser though, and that's a heavy one. I also know about the need to sometimes unmount the SD card.
So anyway, my question is this... might it be the case that this phone is getting old and its hardware can't cope like it used to with its software? Or could it be some other problem that I don't even know how to ask about or check?
Cheers!
Maybe its time for you to flash a custom ics/jb rom? For ics , i recommend SlimIcs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488096
Mongopusher42 said:
Maybe its time for you to flash a custom ics/jb rom? For ics , i recommend SlimIcs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488096
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At the beginning when I started to have this phone, I was using stock rom, I could not cope either with the tendency of this phone to micro-freeze and developpers brought a tweak called "lagfix" it saved the world for this phone... no more freeze due to non efficient memory management.
Now it's standard on any custom rom, so yes... go for a custom rom.
Badzoo said:
At the beginning when I started to have this phone, I was using stock rom, I could not cope either with the tendency of this phone to micro-freeze and developpers brought a tweak called "lagfix" it saved the world for this phone... no more freeze due to non efficient memory management.
Now it's standard on any custom rom, so yes... go for a custom rom.
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Thas wassup
Thanks guys and I'm sorry to acknowledged your answers so late... I thought I had set it to instant notification but I apparently didn't!
Yes, I remember the lag-fix thing, it did wonders for this phone.
I'll try the custom rom because this is just getting insane... just today it took me a good full minute to go from checking emails to get out of there to get into my contact list and return a missing call. I would go with a Galaxy III but the thing is a bit huge and second it's still at a novelty price. I'm sure I can get one much cheaper in a couple of months.
Well, thanks so much once more and I'll let you know how it goes! :good:
Done, much, much faster!! But the interface looks ... Nothing is familiar anymore, have to go through it all over again :laugh:
Kutusov said:
Done, much, much faster!! But the interface looks ... Nothing is familiar anymore, have to go through it all over again :laugh:
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try this MIUI v4 the interface is much easy.
Samtan4326 said:
try this MIUI v4 the interface is much easy.
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Well, currently I had to revert to a xxjw4 as somehow all my contacts wouldn't be backed up. Strange thing really as it started by showing up the right names on my contact log but they would be replaced by just the numbers. I made several attempts to restore those via Titanium Backup Pro but they wouldn't stick. Couldn't find any reference to this anywhere except a single post on a forum by someone complaining about the same problem and the answer was that those with be retrieved by Google sync. Not in my case...
I haven't given up yet but for now I do need those for work so I had to go back. Funny thing is that it's no longer lagging as it was, maybe because of all the wiping data and system and cache I had to go through.
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Well, currently I had to revert to a xxjw4 as somehow all my contacts wouldn't be backed up. Strange thing really as it started by showing up the right names on my contact log but they would be replaced by just the numbers. I made several attempts to restore those via Titanium Backup Pro but they wouldn't stick. Couldn't find any reference to this anywhere except a single post on a forum by someone complaining about the same problem and the answer was that those with be retrieved by Google sync. Not in my case...
I haven't given up yet but for now I do need those for work so I had to go back. Funny thing is that it's no longer lagging as it was, maybe because of all the wiping data and system and cache I had to go through.
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if you backup your contacts try using file explorer to restore back by click on the xxx.vcf file, the contacts will restore back after you select the vcf file , good luck.
Samtan4326 said:
if you backup your contacts try using file explorer to restore back by click on the xxx.vcf file, the contacts will restore back after you select the vcf file , good luck.
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Ah, so that's the file, thanks!! It kept asking me for a vcard on the SD card which didn't made much sense I'll have to try it during the weekend, even after rolling back I've spent the day with all those little problems you forget about fixing, like trying to take calls while driving and the phone not recognizing the bluetooth earpiece...
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I too had 2.3.6 xxjw4 on my SGS GT-I9000. Changing to a custom rom has given my phone a new lease of life! I moved to RemICS-UX, which is an ICS rom (perhaps not suitable for yourself as bluetooth not functional and development has moved on to Remics-JB, a jelly bean rom).
Beware of moving directly from stock to jelly bean custom rom. Many have run into trouble doing this. The wisdom from above is to move from stock to ICS before moving to a JB rom.
As for contacts, I previously set my phone to back up and sync my contacts to my Google account (Setting->Accounts & sync). Then, when the phone reboots after rom installation, Google syncs all my contacts back to my phone. Of course, I do nandroid, Titanium, and MyBackup backups - belt and braces!
Also don't forget to back up your efs folder with its imei details in it. Some people have lost their imei details when flashing, and this may save you the trouble of reflashing xxjw4 to recover it.
My phone is supposed to synch with my Google account and does it more often than I would wish! I feel it noticeably slows everything down when it's synhcing away. Even so, it was unable to get my contacts back. I'm really not sure what happened because when it booted up after recovery, I did had most of the right names on my contact log but a then they were replaced by the numbers only. Contact folder was always empty too...
BTW, where is the xxx.vcf located? Can't find it anywhere....
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BTW, where is the xxx.vcf located? Can't find it anywhere....
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You create the vcf file prior to flashing. Go to Contacts->touch menu button->choose 'import/export'->choose 'export to storage'. You will be told the name of the vcf file and its location (in my own case 'mnt/sdcard/00001.vcf'. You can open the vcf file with a text editor and even make a backup on external card. To restore after flashing, go to Contacts->import/export->import from storage.
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You create the vcf file prior to flashing. Go to Contacts->touch menu button->choose 'import/export'->choose 'export to storage'. You will be told the name of the vcf file and its location (in my own case 'mnt/sdcard/00001.vcf'. You can open the vcf file with a text editor and even make a backup on external card. To restore after flashing, go to Contacts->import/export->import from storage.
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Right! :good: Just shows how much I know about this stuff
Quick update... re-read everything that was posted here and few other guides and tried to upgrade the ROM all over again during the weekend. I paid special attention to what you (Oct-Al) said about upgrading first to ICS from stock. I don't know the name of ROM but I've used the one that has a ICS333-2.0.1 and a gapps file. All went smoothly but, again, no contacts. The synch thing with Google doesn't work for me also. Synched everything to my account but nothing stays there. I probably have a lot of settings turned off as I tend to opt for maximum privacy and I even disabled that chat thing on my gmail acc.
But now that I know how to create the Vcard I'll give it another try. If all fails I guess I'll just have to fork up some money and get me the SIII although I think that phone is too big. Handled one the other day and it's great with youtube, browsing the internet, etc but carting that thing all day on your trousers' pocket shouldn't be all that nice...
Backup contacts database
Kutusov said:
Right! :good: Just shows how much I know about this stuff
Quick update... re-read everything that was posted here and few other guides and tried to upgrade the ROM all over again during the weekend. I paid special attention to what you (Oct-Al) said about upgrading first to ICS from stock. I don't know the name of ROM but I've used the one that has a ICS333-2.0.1 and a gapps file. All went smoothly but, again, no contacts. The synch thing with Google doesn't work for me also. Synched everything to my account but nothing stays there. I probably have a lot of settings turned off as I tend to opt for maximum privacy and I even disabled that chat thing on my gmail acc.
But now that I know how to create the Vcard I'll give it another try. If all fails I guess I'll just have to fork up some money and get me the SIII although I think that phone is too big. Handled one the other day and it's great with youtube, browsing the internet, etc but carting that thing all day on your trousers' pocket shouldn't be all that nice...
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There is another option! How confident are you with SQLite databases?
If you look in data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases you will find a database called 'contacts2.db' together with some other stuff. If you use Root Explorer (available from Play store - but not free) you can inspect the database with the internal SQLite viewer and confirm this is the database you want. Back up the folder and its contents before flashing.
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There is another option! How confident are you with SQLite databases?
If you look in data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases you will find a database called 'contacts2.db' together with some other stuff. If you use Root Explorer (available from Play store - but not free) you can inspect the database with the internal SQLite viewer and confirm this is the database you want. Back up the folder and its contents before flashing.
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Funny that posted this just now I was loggin in to give an update. :laugh:
So I've tried a couple more times and ended up with some problem with the external SD card that wouldn't mount and, stupid me, that's where I had the Vcard file.
Anyway, as I have all the files downloaded I'm pretty fast as trying different things now and I've just realized that all hell brakes lose AFTER I try to recover apps + data with Titanium Backup. Flashed CM9 as a pre-requisite to Slim Bean and everything was fine. I could even retrieve my contacts. But after running TB and rebooting I end up with a never ending sequence of failing processes like gmail, media, android something (they are so many and they pop up so fast I can't even read some of them).
So I'm now fairly confident I can do the upgrade but I'll have to do it in the old fashion (to me) way. I'll have to flash the ROM and then download apps by hand, one at a time.
I'm liking so much the looks and ways of Android 4.xx that there is no way I'm going to give up now :silly:
Well, all done now!!! Running Slim Bean 2.3.0 perfectly, with all the contacts. Everything seems fine, except for my calendar that I can't retrieve (there's always something). Not a big deal aside from the birthdays...
So thanks a lot to you all!! :good:
...well, final update...
I started to have a lot of stuff force closing after restoring a back-up from Titanium Backup. Stock Rom settings and data aparently don't go well with the custom Rom.
Anyway, now sorted... ordered myself an HTC One X :victory:
Does anyone know a way to remove the Dual sim number icons that appear in call history / messaging?
Its serves no purpose if one is using a SD card in the 2nd slot. :<
DeeXii said:
Does anyone know a way to remove the Dual sim number icons that appear in call history / messaging?
Its serves no purpose if one is using a SD card in the 2nd slot. :<
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I am looking for the same solution - hopefully one can be found but I have not had any luck so far for the stock Samsung apps
it is annoying and I agree totally useless when an sd card is in the second slot
The only idea I have had is to not use the Samsung message and contacts apps
Android Messages from Google works and looks pretty similar to the Samsung one and works well
I will live with the sim icon in my recent contacts list as I cannot find a good contacts and dialer replacement option
hope this helps
I can make a small tool but
- Needs Root
- You may not able to use second SIM unless reversal applied. This is probably not required bcoz basically it's only for those who don't want to use second SIM.
I’m trying to move across my calendars, notes and text message history from my iPhone 12 Pro Max to my S21 Ultra. The data copies and is stored in memory but Smart Switch seems to be crashing upon “arranging data”. I’ve restarted and launched the Smart Switch app again and the same thing happens.
Any suggestions please? Are there any decent methods of transferring my WhatsApp messages? Ideally, I only need a handful of my message threads and I don’t really like the thought of using some of the 3rd party apps due to them potentially them collecting my data.
Thanks.
There isn't really an easy way to export whatsapp messages from iPhone to whatsapp unless you use 3rd party app.
You can also export the chat to email....but that is pain and takes lots of time.
Ambrosios said:
There isn't really an easy way to export whatsapp messages from iPhone to whatsapp unless you use 3rd party app.
You can also export the chat to email....but that is pain and takes lots of time.
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Thank you.
I only need around 5 message threads, once exported to email, is there a way to import it back into WhatsApp?
Maka344 said:
Thank you.
I only need around 5 message threads, once exported to email, is there a way to import it back into WhatsApp?
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Sure there is a guide somewhere in the wild....
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Sure there is a guide somewhere in the wild....
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Could you kindly point me to it please?
Smart Switch can get squirrelly even when transferring from different Android OS's/devices.
You need to find a work around.
Hopefully on the same device it will backup/restore without issues. I haven't fully tested it yet.
The earlier Samsung Kies backup was a problem child too.
Always use a second backup for critical data ie photos, contacts and files in case SS fails.
The best way to go with Android is to get a model with SD card support and use the SD card as a data drive. Place all critical files etc. there including everything needed for a complete reload. Then backup the card data at least 2X on two physically separate hdds.
im a tech enthusiast i buy flagship always so i switch between apple and different android brands.
believe me its very hard to transfer whatsapp message or sms sometimes between ios and android. to save you time there is an app called dr fone that should be able to transfer everything you have ios to android and vice versa including whatsapp kik viber etc.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the help. It’s a shame that I cannot seamlessly switch between platforms in today’s day and age without issue. Too many companies trying to trap you to one platform.