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cyanogen mod

Im very new to rooting and rom switching so please go easy
I just tried the cyanogen mod 6 for my nexus 1 and i have a few questions about it.
First, i cant really see anything new accept a few things in the cyanogen menu under "settings". Second, i cant see a speed increase either. Stock is actually working faster!
After all the amazing stuff i keep hearing about cyanogen, i just wanna know, what is it about this one (cm6) that im missing??? I just wanna appreciate it like everyone else

I have no clue.. i went back to Geo411m's ROM..
Personally i want a ROM that is more closer to stock as possible, and i really have no need for certain tweaks really. I used the 5.0.8 N1 quite abit before i went over to Froyo. It was allright for me but later on i really like stock based ROM's.

i agree. its seems as though the stock roms work best with froyo (for now anyway) i have been using a rom called "frf_blackbar_v3_signed" and its working great.
Since im new to this stuff (coming from an iphone!) i just figured i was missing out on something right under my eyes! I know its a new rom and it will get better too.

Have faith and give CM some time
They've been working on it for two weeks and its only their first official froyo release(RC1). Im sure things will pick up and get more exciting soon.
I also tested the performance of stock vs cm, and they didn't differ by that much...

Cyanogen has tons of additional features. What I recommended you do is look at his changelog.
He has listed all the new goodies.
Personally I like the kernal which allows overclocking, the music app which has support for flac right out the box, and the renderer which switches the screen color to save you battery.

I will pay attention to Cyanogen ROM for sure..

yea il be keeping an eye on it as well. Can i ask...
What is a kernel?
What is a online kitchen?
why do we have to flash different radios? (do they mean TMO and AT&T radios?)

Sindroid said:
I have no clue.. i went back to Geo411m's ROM..
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Exact same here. Went from CM6 to Geo411m's ROM yesterday. Its fast, I know what I have, and battery life is good. Tried LeoFroYo this morning but there was just too much there for what I need. A quick Nandroid restore to Geo411m and that's where I'm staying for now
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

blunted09 said:
yea il be keeping an eye on it as well. Can i ask...
What is a kernel?
What is a online kitchen?
why do we have to flash different radios? (do they mean TMO and AT&T radios?)
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kernel is the guts of your system
online kitchen is where users can create their own roms
new radios add new features that some roms depend on
i don't recommend you messing with any of these things until you do a lot of reading

from what i understand the only way to truly screw up is if i DONT do a nandroid backup. If i do a nandroid backup once when i just rooted and unlocked the bootloader do i still have to do them every time i wanna put on a new rom to fully ensure that i dont brick or badly screw up my phone?

not necesarily, i nandroid before i do any mods to my system just in case i trash it i can boot it right back up just like it was 5 mins prior

If you truly brick your phone, you won't be able to boot into recovery to restore. You do a nandroid once you have your rom setup the way you want, so when you restore you go back to that point. Cyanogen is one of the best, if not the best. The man went through it with Google, just to bless us with his gift, show some RESPECT!!!!! I just flashed his latest & greatest, and I love it. Although im not a fan of white status bar. I like nothing stock, but I flashed black status bar, and pushed black goggle search box, and rm the apps I didn't want, like twitter and gmail. It's a keeper, and will only get better.The more ability to customize the better. That's why I root in the first place. Options, options, options, I love it.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

blunted09 said:
from what i understand the only way to truly screw up is if i DONT do a nandroid backup. If i do a nandroid backup once when i just rooted and unlocked the bootloader do i still have to do them every time i wanna put on a new rom to fully ensure that i dont brick or badly screw up my phone?
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You don't brick your phone by flashing a new ROM that doesn't contain radio. You don't brick your phone with almost anything that you do, in the worst case - you're left with a phone that doesn't load OS and needs wipe+reflash, and you lose all your settings and data.
But:
You DO brick your phone by flashing the wrong radio / interrupting radio flash before it finishes.
As with the rest of your questions: I suggest you use this forum and Google and read a lot. That would answer your questions.
Also, I was a user of CyanogenMod on 2.1, kept it until LeoFroyo hit 1.2-beta, flashed, liked, and now I'm with Enomther, who has a fast, stable ROM with most of the features Cyanogen has, and it covers everything I want/need. I'll wait for CyanogenMod to integrate Apps2SDExt into framework, and then compare it again.

[Q] Random ICS Queries

Hello! My apologies if these questions have already been covered, but I'm having a hard time figuring things out:
1) Anyone have opinions on what's the best ICS Rom that supports the S-pen fully? (Or if there even are any that support it?) I'm an artist that does sketching on the Note and want to make sure the pen works properly.
2) Will there be any problems in updating to the full Note ICS rom when it's released if you're on one of the current builds?
3) I'm a medium-level rom flasher that's a little nervous about bricking my phone when doing one of the ICS installs. I probably am asking a stupid question (well, I am ), but in people's opinions, how safe is it to install? Should I wait for a full build? I'm getting annoyed by my poor battery life in Gingerbread that for the life of me I cannot figure out. ><
Thanks!!

Featherbeard said:
Hello! My apologies if these questions have already been covered, but I'm having a hard time figuring things out:
1) Anyone have opinions on what's the best ICS Rom that supports the S-pen fully? (Or if there even are any that support it?) I'm an artist that does sketching on the Note and want to make sure the pen works properly.
2) Will there be any problems in updating to the full Note ICS rom when it's released if you're on one of the current builds?
3) I'm a medium-level rom flasher that's a little nervous about bricking my phone when doing one of the ICS installs. I probably am asking a stupid question (well, I am ), but in people's opinions, how safe is it to install? Should I wait for a full build? I'm getting annoyed by my poor battery life in Gingerbread that for the life of me I cannot figure out. ><
Thanks!!
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1) Midnote 3
2) No
3) Absolutly safe, you even don't need computer to flash Midnote 3

Hmmm... The directions of installing Midnote seem a little intimidating! I'm going to have to read them a few times to make sure I know what's going on.

Featherbeard said:
Hmmm... The directions of installing Midnote seem a little intimidating! I'm going to have to read them a few times to make sure I know what's going on.
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It just seems difficult. It's not so hard. But don't flash 3.1 over 3.0, because when I did that I got some FC's. So I back to 3.0... At 3.0 is everything perfect, no problems and bugs at all.

anonymous572 said:
It just seems difficult. It's not so hard. But don't flash 3.1 over 3.0, because when I did that I got some FC's. So I back to 3.0... At 3.0 is everything perfect, no problems and bugs at all.
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It's still making me nervous. 14 steps is pretty darn big!

I have been using AlBa ZCLP5 Full ICS Repack For a couple of days and haven't had any problems at all. Stock Touchwiz launcher with full S-Pen functionality and it's easy to flash.
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579301
Edit: I see now that it is "Closed For Investigation" so might be better to wait and see what that is about.

anonymous572 said:
It just seems difficult. It's not so hard. But don't flash 3.1 over 3.0, because when I did that I got some FC's. So I back to 3.0... At 3.0 is everything perfect, no problems and bugs at all.
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Thanks for your help! I got it installed and it's super fast! The only problem is I'm getting Google Play FC's

Featherbeard said:
Thanks for your help! I got it installed and it's super fast! The only problem is I'm getting Google Play FC's
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Try clearing the cache and data of google play store.

Tried that but unfortunately it didn't work. I tried to follow the instructions of someone in the main Midnote thread, but now the store's gone from my app list and no matter how many times I flash the gapps 7.1 zip, it won't come back.

Featherbeard said:
Tried that but unfortunately it didn't work. I tried to follow the instructions of someone in the main Midnote thread, but now the store's gone from my app list and no matter how many times I flash the gapps 7.1 zip, it won't come back.
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Try downloading the latest google play apk from here - http://www.mediafire.com/?l1a74m4bxyt65aq
put it in you sd card and by root browser try putting it in system/app or push it as a system app using Titanium Backup.

Don't know about market, because I don't use it. And other google\samsung apps too.

[Q]Rooting is a must?

Hi Guys,
My note is arriving tomorrow and im pretty excited. i don't own any andriod phone and is really a noob in this.. but i plan to update from GB to ICS and have been reading/googling to do that.
Many people suggest rooting but i saw someone stating that updating can be done without rooting(Something about odin..). Now im confused. Do i really need to root in order to get updated to ICS?
i heard ICS stunner 5 is pretty good, is there any known bugs or watever features not working properly? is there anything i should look out for when updating to ICS?(i dont want to brick my phone on the same day i got this note)
Thanks a million

bensonk said:
Many people suggest rooting but i saw someone stating that updating can be done without rooting(Something about odin..). Now im confused. Do i really need to root in order to get updated to ICS?
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Rooting is absolutely not a must. You'll get your OTA stock ICS update even if unrooted.
bensonk said:
i heard ICS stunner 5 is pretty good, is there any known bugs or watever features not working properly? is there anything i should look out for when updating to ICS?(i dont want to brick my phone on the same day i got this note)
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I'd stay away from Beta ICS releases for a while if I were you. There's a lot to learn before one can cope with their maintenance, workarounds and fixings. You'll get there when you're ready.
Hope this helps.

When you flash a repack which injects SU (root) then you do not need to root your phone prior, but that will increase your custom count, which could be removed using triangle away.
Is root necessary? I say the answer is personal. It is your call at the end of the day. but once you take the plunge its wide and deep sea out there , you just keep swimming.
So as Chasmodo suggested, just make yourself comfortable with GB then root, unroot, flash a custom ROM and then take a plunge into the ICS.

I think the main thing that will decide whether you need to root or not, is whether any apps you want to use require root.
I rooted my phone so I can use Market Enabler, Adaway, Titanium backup... can't remember what else off the top of my head.
If none of the apps you want to use require root, there really isn't any reason to do so.

Android phone without root is like watching porn with screen turned off.

Rooting is not a must, it's something that you should though. As for custom ROMs, you need root, for Over The Air (OTA) updates or to flash a stock ROM through PC Odin, you don't need root.
I wouldn't advice you to actually stay away from ICS ROMs (Stunner and Imilka's CM9 especially) but yes, they're more complex to flash than say a regular GB Custom ROM. But it's all pretty easy and straightforward these days so don't worry and flash whatever you want. It's pretty hard to brick GN.
Just remember, whatever you flash, never forget to make a backup of your current system. How? You'll learn it soon.

As stated previously if you're new to droid stay with stock, ics update is coming soon. So sit back and enjoy.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

As a noob i would strongly suggest you do NOT root..
rational as follows:
1. You will get ICS soon enough
2. If you dont root, the chances of you shooting yourself in the foot is really small.
3. You should not do things if you dont know a) what you are doing, and b) what can go wrong and c) How to get out of it
4. The number of people who know what they are doing are 1% of the people who think they know what they are doing.
5. there is a whole lot of hurt when folks in 4. above go off and do 3. above.
6. You can't spell zerglings
Look.. You will have so much fun with the Note as stock and with the soon ICS, and need to learn so much about efficient use, setup and customisation of your new toy (never mind the 50apps you download) that you have plenty of time to educate about the pitfalls & benefits yourself along the way .. before you post your..
"i think i just bricked my Note"..
thread.. and the objective is simply NOT to be one of those folks..

Completely agree with Mystic38. My first post here at XDA was 'Bought and bricked' it was my first android phone.
Later I came to know more advantages of root - not just changing fonts. lol
Reasons to consider root
1. Hide ads in angrybirds (yeah! without disabling data everytime you play it)
2. Clockwork recovery
3. Custom roms
4. Kernels
5. More secure --- PDroid, LBE Privacy
6. Scripts and tweaks
This will go on and on...
Take your time, read alot and when you are confident ROOT!

+1 for above, and then when ICS is official and a little stable throw all away and lets hope there will be miui

Thanks guys, i think you all are right, its better to stay put and learn more before jumping in and shoot myself in my foot or do something foolish heheh.
i guess im gona stick with GB until the official ICS is out.
and gona THANKS +1 everyone for the replies
u guys are awesome

same with TS here. I already spend many weeks reading regarding root It's just a matter of time... we will be the next.

Mystic38 said:
As a noob i would strongly suggest you do NOT root..
rational as follows:
1. You will get ICS soon enough
2. If you dont root, the chances of you shooting yourself in the foot is really small.
3. You should not do things if you dont know a) what you are doing, and b) what can go wrong and c) How to get out of it
4. The number of people who know what they are doing are 1% of the people who think they know what they are doing.
5. there is a whole lot of hurt when folks in 4. above go off and do 3. above.
6. You can't spell zerglings
Look.. You will have so much fun with the Note as stock and with the soon ICS, and need to learn so much about efficient use, setup and customisation of your new toy (never mind the 50apps you download) that you have plenty of time to educate about the pitfalls & benefits yourself along the way .. before you post your..
"i think i just bricked my Note"..
thread.. and the objective is simply NOT to be one of those folks..
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This way you stay a noob forever!
1. You will get CRAPPY ICS soon enough.
2. Same for if you root. Rooting isn't dangerous, flashing custom ROMs is but even that ain't dangerous if you use the right files and follow the steps.
3. Completely agree.
4. Where did you get that stat from? NOT TRUE!
6. Yeah, don't root if you can't spell that. I can't!
It's pretty hard to brick a GN IMO.

@Sujal, Don't be mean dude, 'Every phone is hard to brick if you know what you are doing'.
I consider myself advanced user, Note is not my first android phone but my first thought was not to 'play' with it like previous phones.

Boy124 said:
@Sujal, Don't be mean dude, 'Every phone is hard to brick if you know what you are doing'.
I consider myself advanced user, Note is not my first android phone but my first thought was not to 'play' with it like previous phones.
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I'm not being mean bro.
I had a Galaxy S II before I had my note. I also never rooted it but maybe because it was stolen in 9 days. (still hurts :/)
But, everyone has different opinions. I personally feel it's worth playing with it, no matter how long you've had it for. Stock Samsung firmwares are BAD, this is the reason I suggest people to flash custom ROMs, be it GB or even ICS.
And yes, it's hard to brick any phone if you know what you're doing.

this...
Mystic38 said:
As a noob i would strongly suggest you do NOT root..
rational as follows:
1. You will get ICS soon enough
2. If you dont root, the chances of you shooting yourself in the foot is really small.
3. You should not do things if you dont know a) what you are doing, and b) what can go wrong and c) How to get out of it
4. The number of people who know what they are doing are 1% of the people who think they know what they are doing.
5. there is a whole lot of hurt when folks in 4. above go off and do 3. above.
6. You can't spell zerglings
Look.. You will have so much fun with the Note as stock and with the soon ICS, and need to learn so much about efficient use, setup and customisation of your new toy (never mind the 50apps you download) that you have plenty of time to educate about the pitfalls & benefits yourself along the way .. before you post your..
"i think i just bricked my Note"..
thread.. and the objective is simply NOT to be one of those folks..
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this!!!
nuff said..

I was rooted with ICS and went back to stock. I like stock because I don't have to spend any time working on the phone for something I don't really loose. The only thing I really like was speeding up my note but I got to say that really doesn't make much difference in everyday use. ICS should come soon and no matter what has been said, you can't get the update form Samsung if you are rooted.

deserthi said:
ICS should come soon and no matter what has been said, you can't get the update form Samsung if you are rooted.
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Oh, you can't get the update if rooted?
Wanna bet a couple of bucks that a fully functional stock ICS Rom will be posted here before you even get a whiff of OTA/Kies update?

chasmodo said:
Oh, you can't get the update if rooted?
Wanna bet a couple of bucks that a fully functional stock ICS Rom will be posted here before you even get a whiff of OTA/Kies update?
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Add couple more ;-)
BOOMED from my BOMBASTIC NOTE

abhisahara said:
Add couple more ;-)
BOOMED from my BOMBASTIC NOTE
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I was trying to say getting ics from Samsung as a stock download. One can seemingly get anything on this great site.

Ics scaring me

Hi Guys,
I am a new user in the community as well i am a new owner of a galaxy note.I purchased it 3 days back,I have no knowledge about ANDROiD as i have been using NOKIA since last 7 years.
I have a very few simple questions on which i would like to take your EXPERT advice
1.I have updated the FIRMWARE to ICS now.Now after i have updated it i feel that the battery is draining too fast,Just wanted to know how to fix it.
2.Also i have heard that there is a bug in ICS which can brick the phone.How can i check if that bug is there in my Phone or not?
3.Also wanted to know as to how can i make sure that i get atleast 1.5 days from normal use
Please reply back guys as i am very eager to use this fone but when i see the battery backup i feel very disappointed
Please help

dilpreetpuri said:
Hi Guys,
I am a new user in the community as well i am a new owner of a galaxy note.I purchased it 3 days back,I have no knowledge about ANDROiD as i have been using NOKIA since last 7 years.
I have a very few simple questions on which i would like to take your EXPERT advice
1.I have updated the FIRMWARE to ICS now.Now after i have updated it i feel that the battery is draining too fast,Just wanted to know how to fix it.
2.Also i have heard that there is a bug in ICS which can brick the phone.How can i check if that bug is there in my Phone or not?
3.Also wanted to know as to how can i make sure that i get atleast 1.5 days from normal use
Please reply back guys as i am very eager to use this fone but when i see the battery backup i feel very disappointed
Please help
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If you are running stock ICS(which I'm sure you are) you should assume that you are affected by the bug.
Refrain from doing factory reset using the STOCK/CWM recovery as this will trigger the bug even on STOCK recovery. If you have CWM do not do a NANDROID RESTORE.
If you are rooted i suggest flashing a safe custom kernel, a good one that I can
recommend for solid battery life and balanced performance is Speedmod k3-3 just look for it on the development section.
If you don't like custom kernels and prefer stock just do not do the ones I've mentioned above. If you really need to do a factory reset do it on Gingerbread.
Regarding the battery life, there are many factors to consider. First thing that you need to check if your phone is going into deep sleep. Download cpuspy on play store and report back here so we can help you.

HOLY CRAPPPPPP
Well i have already done the FACTORY RESET 2 times but now its working fine so far
So what should i do now?????????????????????????

Also i would like to know if i can switch back to gingerbread os using Skies software?????????????????

You cant use Kies but Id recommend using ODIN because its faster and safer.
Check out dr.ketans guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997, the man is a genius.
His English isnt great, but essentially
Download ODIN
Download whichever stock rom you want (GB)
Set phone to download mode
Connect to Odin
and flash.
His instructions are a lot more detailed (maybe to much so). But if you do this, the dangerous kernel will be gone and youll be safe.

I know where you are coming from being fairly new to the android scene. Have been in it now for about six months and i would consider myself fairly literate. From what you were saying you updated your phone to the official ics version for your phone. Well... The first thing you need to do my friend is read, read, and read some more. Alot of what i know and have learned has been from researching these forums and the web. Rootgalaxynote.com is pretty good for noobs as it usually has videos showing you how to do things step by step but you should also read some of the faq's about rooting and flashing on this site. If i were in your shoes the first thing that i would do would be the following;
1.) root the device using Dr. Keetans method on this site. If you havent done this it wouuld be a good place to egt started. His method will not trigger your phones counter.
2.) I would revert the phone back to its earlier version which would be gingerbread. You can do this by looking in the stock gingerbread roms section under android development on this site. Our fellow senior members have made it fairly easy to find and after reading you should have a pretty good idea of what to do.
3.) Install a kernel that is safe for ics roms such as franco kernel or abyssnote kernel. This should be fairly easy for you to do just make sure you do tue steps exactly as they describe or else you will mess the phone up.
4.) After that you can pick out a custom ics rom which if you are looking for optimal battery consumption this would be the best way to go about it as official ics rom consumes a substantial amount more battery than the sleak, lean more refined custom roms out there. Just be carefull what you choose as some are full of bugs and features not working.
The main thing here is to cover alot of ground and do your homework. Research is key and you always want to stick with sites like xda and a few others. Xda may not be the most user friendly site out there but it contains a wealth of information and iw where the best of the best come together. Hope this helps my friend.

dilpreetpuri said:
HOLY CRAPPPPPP
Well i have already done the FACTORY RESET 2 times but now its working fine so far
So what should i do now?????????????????????????
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If you can still run it fine, then you're good. But from now on refrain from doing things on the recovery until you're on a safe kernel. Some users reported that they were able to do a factory reset to the nth time before encountering the brick. Meaning you can factory reset 999 times and get away with it and on the 1000th time, brick ur device seriously god knows when it will happen.
Just stay away from CWM or Stock recovery for now if you don't know what you're doing just to be safe.
P.S. ICS is nothing to be scared of if you know what you're doing. Do a little research about the hardbrick bug good place
to start reading about it is this POST

Well i completely agree with you mate and i need to do a lot of homework before i make any change.However since i am very new to the terminology used in ANDROID so would like to ask you if there is any website which can explain me a lil bit about these terminologies so that i know what everbody is talking about or is it that i should simply go through the forums and then join all the bits and pieces to get an idea about the terms used.
Also i would like to ask you that "ODIN" is it like another software which is used to flash the FIRMWARE

dilpreetpuri said:
Well i completely agree with you mate and i need to do a lot of homework before i make any change.However since i am very new to the terminology used in ANDROID so would like to ask you if there is any website which can explain me a lil bit about these terminologies so that i know what everbody is talking about or is it that i should simply go through the forums and then join all the bits and pieces to get an idea about the terms used.
Also i would like to ask you that "ODIN" is it like another software which is used to flash the FIRMWARE
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hmm. website... ? well you can start on this website http://developer.android.com/about/index.html and don't forget our ever loved website.. (XDA-DEV)...
Just by snooping, hanging around, munch and digest all you can and soon you'll be able to pick some neat tricks in learning android terminologies in no time at all.
ODIN (PC /Mobile) is a very neat indispensable tool for custom room makers and flashers... With this tool you can always at your disposal.. whilst jump from one custom rom to another, which ever your choice or liking. Changing ROMS is akin to Flashing.. so if you flash a ROM, you are changing your current ROM to whatever ROM you would like to have it installed on your phone.
Every custom ROM has its highlights and lowlights... pick what suits you best and your good to go after. Flashing ROMs with Gingerbread support (if your still in stock GB), assures you no brick at all... Now on the other hand, if your already in ICS(Stock) and would like to flash custom roms with iCS support.. then I do warn you to be wary of it. A lot of people have fallen and have been bitten by the hardbrick bug... Just always be extra careful in doing it.
Cheers bud!

First of all i really thank everyone for their help considering that i am a noob when it comes to android
2ndly i am alos getting an impression that Gingerbread is a better bet as of now till there is a permanent fix for the Bug and secondly i am getting an impression that GB was much better when it comes to the battery backup
Correct me if i am wrong
Alos a clarification
Stock rom means the firmware from SAMSUNG?Am i correct?
Custom rom means that it has been tweaked to avoid any known issues?Am i correct?
Also if i change from custom to stock riom does that hamper the warrenty or not?

dilpreetpuri said:
First of all i really thank everyone for their help considering that i am a noob when it comes to android
2ndly i am alos getting an impression that Gingerbread is a better bet as of now till there is a permanent fix for the Bug and secondly i am getting an impression that GB was much better when it comes to the battery backup
Correct me if i am wrong
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Right
dilpreetpuri said:
Alos a clarification
Stock rom means the firmware from SAMSUNG?Am i correct?
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Correct
dilpreetpuri said:
Custom rom means that it has been tweaked to avoid any known issues?Am i correct?
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Correct
dilpreetpuri said:
Also if i change from custom to stock riom does that hamper the warrenty or not?
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Yes! Flash it back to Stock Rom and unroot it. You should be good to go.

You should not worry too much about the bricking bug. If you stay on stock rom and your phone gets bricked you are covered by the warranty. It is not your fault that the phone has that problem.
I also recommend that you ask some friend that has experience to help if you want to flash/root/install custom rom, given that you have little experience with android.

i have just checked in and found this link "Root Your Phone"
This means he is going back to a particular version
Right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV3PLcYbAnU

Dilpreet,
U remind me of myself 2 years back when I was equally inquisitive, enthusiastic but lacking knowledge...
First of all... There is no problem whatsoever if you remain on stock(yes u r right official) Samsung ics provided you don't do factory reset ahead.
2. U need to familiarize yourself with android terminology such as rooting, flashing custom (yes again u r right tweaked) roms, recovery mode, download mode, full wipe, Odin, directly/not directly root able roms etc etc... I am not trying to psyche you out but just giving a word of caution. Unless you know all of these terminologies well (you will get lot of reading on xda on each of this) , PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING. By anything I mean even reverting to GB. U must have updated from GB to iCS OTA (over the air) that is on device itself but this rversal won't be easy unless u fully know what u r doing... so first familiarize urself and then get into it.
3. As regards battery life on stock ics , you can use app named juice defender (available on play store) it has lot of options for battery saving. Besides check if GPS and wifi options are not switched on when not in use... some apps are battery hoggers. Check battery usage under settings ---- battery to see how its doing.
4. There are few safe ics kernels available like what has been told u before by some people in this thread... I would strongly suggest Cm9 or any cm9 based rom like asylum (btw Cm stands for cyanogenmod ) which are smooth and safe & yes extremely battery efficient too.
5. Lastly, I will pm you one apk file which will help you know whether your phone has a brick bug or not... do uninstall that application after you check it. For installing any external app (apk file) you need to go in settings ---- security --- and tick unknown sources
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Nopes... rooting is gaining administrator rights over your phone. In simple terms , being able to access system folder on your phone... Beware, rooting voids warranty.. Please refer Dr. ketan's guide on rooting note on other thread... That's best
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". Lastly, I will pm you one apk file which will help you know whether your phone has a brick bug or not... do uninstall that application after you check it. For installing any external app (apk file) you need to go in settings ---- security --- and tick unknown sources:"
Thanks for the info mate
And i have already checked the article which helps you to check if your handset is affected or not and what i could understand was that we just have to install the application and then run the application and will generate a result
But what after that?
I mean how ill i come to know which files to look for which will tell us if its affected or not
I am not aware as to which all files to look for
Please help me

It will throw up the result after checking.. u need not look for anything... it will tell u if ur phone is prone to brick bug.. check it urself. Have sent u the apk file already through pm (personal message).
This will just tell you if you are really prone to this bug, nothing beyond that. If you are then you have three options:
1. Stick to stock ics rom but don't do full wipe again
2. Revert to stock GB through Odin
3. Switch to safe ics kernel (and enjoy lovely ics experience without boring Samsung touchwiz)
For the last you will have to root your phone for remaining, rooting not required.
PS: Please press Thanks button if I have helped you anyway
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Device: SGN N7000
ROM: Asylum V.15

dilpreetpuri said:
HOLY CRAPPPPPP
Well i have already done the FACTORY RESET 2 times but now its working fine so far
So what should i do now?????????????????????????
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What ROM are you on exactly??I've heard this brick issue is solved in the ROMS released last month.With CF-root 5.6 it's even safe to wipe.But no one dares to try apparently so it needs confirmation.

I am on 4.0.3
Any help guys??????????????????????

dilpreetpuri said:
HOLY CRAPPPPPP
Well i have already done the FACTORY RESET 2 times but now its working fine so far
So what should i do now?????????????????????????
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Lol...I know just how you feel, searching for answers!

just got the galaxy note now what ?

i have come from a htc hd2 so i like to change roms alot.
what should i do with the galaxy note ?
i would like ICS so what are the steps ?
any help please

Have a good search round this forum and make sure you understand clearly how everything works before you decide to start flashing, I came from the HTC Desire and the Galaxy Note is a whole different ball game. Enjoy you new Galaxy Note

is the official ics update any good ?
what does rooting do ?

I personally didn't like the official ICS update, that is when I decided to flash a custom ROM.
Rooting gives you more control over your phone, lets you install apps like "Titanium Backup" that require root permissions to run.

i have the la6 kernel
im lost

watercooled223 said:
is the official ics update any good ?
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Apparently this really depends on your location. For example the one Samsung released here (France, 4 months after being announced, too) was so broken it bricked a number of terminals and was subsequently withdrawn. With no word of when a fix will come.
Apparently other areas had working systems. One would think it would just be a matter of strings to translate and a few apps to package, so it's all very puzzling to someone who isn't familiar with Android (I've been intimately familiar with Linux for more than 20 years, and Unix before that, but I still don't get it).
And then, as you'll see by browsing the forums, many people seem to have issues with ICS. Issues that (IMO) just don't seem to make much sense in a system that would have been tested for a couple days by an intern somewhere...
OTOH, many people apparently have no issues.
So as with everything on the network, I suppose YMMV, take it with a grain of salt, yada yada... void where applicable.
See if anything is reported about your proposed (if any) update. Then decide if it's worth it (maybe it is).
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what does rooting do ?
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Same as on any other terminal ? Lets you access functions that are typically "off limits". Among the most useful ones, you can now read/write anywhere. Which means you can allow/deny anything for any application. And notably block all those silly annoying bundled apps so they won't want to update any more, or, if you like, even start (a process known as freezing).

Have a look at the videos in my signature once..
For Rom official one is good but custom ones are great..
All roms are unique in their own way...the ones that stand out as totally awesome are Paranoid Android and TMT Hybrid IMUI...
Its your choice...

thanks guys
does the la6 kernel complicate things ?

watercooled223 said:
thanks guys
does the la6 kernel complicate things ?
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Yes.... Speedmod is adviced for stock ics...

its still on gingerbread at the moment

ok im now rooted and installed cwm and done a backup of the stock rom.
now i want to install the paranoid android ics rom.
im coming from the stock gingerbread GB rom
do i need to wipe first ?

all done
now rooted and running paranoid android
thanks guys for the links and the help

now that i have paranoidandroid installed am i able to try any other custom roms ?

watercooled223 said:
now that i have paranoidandroid installed am i able to try any other custom roms ?
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yes, just be careful, follow instruction to the dot, and don't take any shortcuts,
also, it's good to have tb backup, as additional security precaution

p107r0 said:
yes, just be careful, follow instruction to the dot, and don't take any shortcuts,
also, it's good to have tb backup, as additional security precaution
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does this mean that i have one of the safe kernels installed ?
sorry whats tb backup ?
i have made a backup of the original rom if thats what you mean ?

watercooled223 said:
does this mean that i have one of the safe kernels installed ?
sorry whats tb backup ?
i have made a backup of the original rom if thats what you mean ?
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1. probably, but make sure in paranoid thread,
2. I assume you have done cwm backup, which will be rather useless when switching ROMs, having tb (i.e.Titanium Backup) backup you can generally restore your apps and data between roms (except for the system ones)
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yes all backed up with cwm and tb.

watercooled223 said:
its still on gingerbread at the moment
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And that was the right thing to have for the time being, too bad you hurried on to ICS. In my opinion, when you have a new phone, you have to know it, enjoy it, love it ( ? ), installed a couple of hundred apps, and then, after being more than familiar whith it, it would be time to upgrade it, tweak it, etc., so the change could be apreciatte. It's like eating always the desert at first, withouth eating the soup and the salad.
As for rooting, if you had to ask, you probably did't need to root, but since that's already done, I'll give you a hint. There is one VERY interesting thing about rooting which anyone would find usefull. The posibility of using a Firewall. In this way, you could not only block those annoying ads (and save a little battery since the ads have to download from Internet). You can also protect your device from troyan / spy applications, which are increasingly expanding in android. For example, a simple sound board app, or a screen saver, ¿why should it use your internet connection? ¿To what ends?
Enjoy the Note, it's a hell of a phone.