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Official JI6 Changelog.

Found via a post contributed by another member at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8575203
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Since many people have been asking what's new/changed in JI6, here's the *almost* complete list of changes that are not visible from UI alone, so I believe it deserve its own thread.
Please see below list of some changes found in JI6 outside of what is listed at the top of the article.
* Improvements:
o Avatar: Added checking routine for file corruption
o Swype: Applied updated build of Swype
o Thinkfree Office: Applied updated build of ThinkFree Office
o GMS: The Google Mobile Services has been updated
o DLNA: Backbone updated
o Kernel: 3D library patch
o Telenav: APK updated
o Kies: Can now be quit with Home key
o Hard Reset:When performing a hardware key reset, data is erased
* Modifications:
o Radio: 3G antenna bar patch
o SNS Sync: The interval value for synchronizing has been changed
o Task Manager: String change to Internal Memory
* Additions:
o Media Hub: Samsung Media Hub is now available
o Message Alert: Alert message added for Yahoo email over WiFi
* Fixes:
o Ringtone: Ringtone disappearing corrected
o Silent Mode: No sounds play after unchecking silent mode
o Feeds & Updates: Force close problem addressed
o Calendar: Force close problem addressed
o Contacts: Unknown name addressed
o SNS: Contact sync error addressed
o MMS: Out of memory exception addressed
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nice man, thanks

Thanks, but it's definitely not complete. It's at least missing the change where when battery becomes fully charged you get audible notification and icon in notification bar.

lexluthor said:
Thanks, but it's definitely not complete. It's at least missing the change where when battery becomes fully charged you get audible notification and icon in notification bar.
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yeah, I stated that it is the changes made besides those you can see from UI. (UI stands for User Interface - battery notification counts under this category).
P.S. I know MediaHub is included but without starting the application, you can't tell from looking at the UI alone.
Edit: I added Almost to my sentence, there happy? lol.

How's the lag is it better
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spacecasespiff said:
How's the lag is it better
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Sentence composition=FAIL!
Sry just had to post it. Some have reported either positive or no difference. It's all over the threads if you read them...

spacecasespiff said:
How's the lag is it better
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JI6 feels extremely smooth compare to stock JDF, I don't even use lagfix anymore because it makes the phone soft brick when you flash another ROM (stock or cooked). Many people have reported the same changes in feeling as well for both JI5 and JI6.

ShinyBuddha said:
Sentence composition=FAIL!
Sry just had to post it. Some have reported either positive or no difference. It's all over the threads if you read them...
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oh, I see what you did there. Better lag can't be that bad, I mean it is BETTER.

I just found a widget for the market.
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crtsj said:
I just found a widget for the market.
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Built in to ji6, If so where?
On a side not I've noticed after the update my phones a little buggy. Like it blazes in places it used to lag and lags on things it used to never have problems with. I know the is not the thread to talk about such things. Just thought I'd mention it while asking about the market widget. Thinking of doing a hard reset to see if that still clear it up.
Also not positive about this but I think the phone will auto drop out of 3g when battery is low, possibly to save juice. Like I said I'm not positive on this but I get full bars at home and since updating phone has dropped out of 3g several times, which has never happened before. This only happens as far as I've noticed when battery is getting low. Maybe its just coincidence. Has anyone else noticed this?
I'm 100% stock and not rooted
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JI6 was very smooth compared to JFD, that's for sure. However, having moved on to Bionix 1.8 w/ voodoo, I find stock JI6 kind of laggy, especially in home key transitions.

lexluthor said:
Thanks, but it's definitely not complete. It's at least missing the change where when battery becomes fully charged you get audible notification and icon in notification bar.
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Is there a way to turn that off? I got the update last night and it was annoying to have that tone go off while charging my Vibrant overnight.

Left out the part where the update fixed the default program bug. You can change program defaults without the phone resetting them. As an example ... Using launcher pro or zeam when I press home it would give a selection dialog that tells you to pick one. Now if you were to check the default and choose launcher pro the home button would automatically open launcher pro like three time then open up the default program selection.
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Anyway to disable Media Hub so it doesn't start every 15 minutes and drain my battery. I'll probably never use it.

presence06 said:
Anyway to disable Media Hub so it doesn't start every 15 minutes and drain my battery. I'll probably never use it.
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What do you mean by that... Does the app actually start on its own or are you talking about auto updates
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<happy>
Full charge sound is gone!
</happy>
<sad>
can't remount /system read-wirte
</sad>
<silly>
Mute and Headset swapped on Phone screen.
</silly>
<mad>
Can't get rid of startup/shutdown sounds! (see sad)
</mad>
Robert

Is it me or did youtube get a face life also
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Xanthony said:
Is it me or did youtube get a face life also
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The only difference with you tube is that theres now a HQ button
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yes, Youtube is now the HD version which allows streaming of higher quality version of same video by default.

PaiPiePia said:
yes, Youtube is now the HD version which allows streaming of higher quality version of same video by default.
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Yeah I just noticed the option to have the app default HQ
Also they updated the UI of the music player
While playing music in the now playing section (where it shows the album art) when they phone is tilted to landscape the player now puts the album art to the left and the controls on the right (it would go to the spinning discs if landscaped)
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[Q] Key Click Sound Stops???

Hey I have a question which I can't find anywhere on this or any other forum. I purchased an AT&T branded X10 about 2 weeks ago and I'm loving it (can't wait for 2.1). Anyhow I have downloaded tons of stuff and changed all kinds of things on the phone but am still running stock ROM, nonrooted. What I did notice is that I kinda like the click sound when I tap an icon or setting button, but I hate the keyboard type sound, so I turned off the keyboard sound but the icon click sound is still on. I have also noticed that after a little while of using the phone, calls, games, internet and whatnot the clicking sound for icons stops working, it just doesn't make the sound anymore and setting hasn't changed. It will reset to making the sound when I soft reset the phone. The only thing I can think of is that my task killer is killing a service that needs to run, but I'm not sure which one to tell it to ignore. I am currently using Task Manager v1.7 which has a widget to click and kill running tasks.
Any help here would be appreciated, Thanks

My phone has done this from day one and on different roms. I'm hoping it will be fixed I the 2.1 update.
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Froyo Update Changes Thread - Pros and Cons

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO POST ISSUES WITH THE UPDATE PROCESS, ONLY ISSUES AFTER UPDATING THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED/FIXED BY THE NEW VERSION.
In an effort to consolidate all the information into one thread, hopefully everyone can just post their own experience with the new Stock Froyo build here after having updated through Kies.
List issues you're experiencing, as well as issues that may have been fixed with this update from the previous version.
Hopefully this will cut back on thread spam and help people decide whether or not they want to try out the stock Froyo 2.2 update!
I'll start it off and say that so far I've heard that the Gallery is working great, but Avatar seems to be having DRM issues. GPS seems to be something where YMMV, some say it's great, some say it's worse.
What have you noticed?

So far all good things.
CONS: missing stock android keyboard, paid apps missing in Market until ROM is recognized.
I installed the GB KB and am good to go as far as that is concerned.

GPS in UVKA 7 still wayyy off for me, definitely a hardware issue.
I have not done any tweaks or change in settings, like a I said wayy off..

Pros (to me at least):
I noticed that the screen auto-rotation is now controllable via the notification/switch pulldown on the home screen.
I don't recall this from before, so please gently correct me if I'm wrong. While entering text, if you hold down on the entry window a blue pointer appears that you can use to place the cursor in the text easier.
Gmail improvements:
- You can reply/forward messages from the top of the email instead of having to scroll all the way to the bottom.
- You can scroll from from email to email by using arrows at the bottom of the window, instead of having to go back into inbox/outbox/etc and selecting the next email

CON: I can't get any data.
Any help?

With regards to the Calendar app, can anyone confirm whether or not you can now actually change the default calendar from My Calendar to Google? Or do you still have to change each new entry to Google when you go to add an entry into the Calendar? That was such a dumb move.... a step backwards from Android via Touch Wiz, heh.

Pros: higher Quadrant score than 2.1
Better UI
Mobile AP
Flash
Camera seems to be better in the dark now
Better battery life
Faster
Cons: No apps in the Market's Download section
Old market
Avatar is not accessible

shadrage said:
With regards to the Calendar app, can anyone confirm whether or not you can now actually change the default calendar from My Calendar to Google? Or do you still have to change each new entry to Google when you go to add an entry into the Calendar? That was such a dumb move.... a step backwards from Android via Touch Wiz, heh.
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You are able to set other calendars as the default calendar. I just created a new event and no longer does it default to the lame TouchWiz calendar.

How's the gallery perform? Does it freeze like it did after that small update T-Mobile sent out months ago?

Puraw Wave said:
How's the gallery perform? Does it freeze like it did after that small update T-Mobile sent out months ago?
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The issue with the gallery lock was always random for me. So far I have had no issues moving in and out of the gallery.

Avatar doesnt launch because the mouny point for the external sd has changes. The drm issue im unsure how to remedy.
Lag is still the same.
Still cant set default home screen.
Changed calendar notifications to white background.
Skype anf yahoo apps should work now.
C2DM works for apps like Trillian (saves a lot of battery)
Will check if the exchange client still rapes battery tomorrow.
Oh, and wifi calling/sms for those of us in very low reception areas.
Data speeds seem incredible. Wifi reception inproved...
Improved txt selection copy and paste. Darker notification bar.
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I kinda feel the phone is a little bit slower. Does anybody have the same feeling?
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Major problem, the haptic feedback is really really really weak. This happened b4 when i flashed a leaked 2.2 rom and the official one does the same thing -.-, the vibration intensity is at max when ur in the settings and set it to max u get a strong vibration, however when u press any of the 4 bottom buttons and dialer u get really weak vibration, feels like its at the lowest setting. This really annoys me. Does neone know how to fix this or if a rom currently out has alrdy fixed it?

Puraw Wave said:
How's the gallery perform? Does it freeze like it did after that small update T-Mobile sent out months ago?
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I have had horrible gallery issues, every time I opened it it would freeze. It's great now, but why the hell did they go back to old pics on the top? I want my recent pics on the top.
My gps did not work, but I turned it off, reset it w the gps restore app and now it locks in maps at 30 meters to start instead of 1400 meters. (so, much improved)
Avatar does not work for me, but I updated my co worker's phone, and hers works. wth
I can't look at my display settings, it forces close, I think because I had a bunch of flipfonts installed. I uninstalled them all and it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
ETA: Haptic feedback feels fine to me

I feel the phone is a bit lag too
I want to flash back to JFD and try it from zero again.
BTW I cant root with z4root, how can I root now?

KA6 was the version released through Samsung Kies

Flashed KA7 (screw KA6..). Took awhile to boot up but made it
Gallery seems to be okay, haven't deleted any pics yet. Phone seems as snappy as it did with KA5. Data speed seems the same as well. GPS actually performs better, if not the same as KA5. Just a minute or two to lock on and failry acurate within 30FT (on my way home I was able to lock onto 6-10 sats in a few seconds). Installed GB Keyboard, no issues there. Market udpated itself, apps show up and works just fine.
All in all, works just as good as KA5 did, with maybe some minor improvments.
PS. why is the haptic feedback such a huge issue? OMG MY BUTTONS DON'T VIBRATE WHEN TOUCHED!!

shoeless said:
Pros (to me at least):
I noticed that the screen auto-rotation is now controllable via the notification/switch pulldown on the home screen.
I don't recall this from before, so please gently correct me if I'm wrong. While entering text, if you hold down on the entry window a blue pointer appears that you can use to place the cursor in the text
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Both of those have been there since at least jl4.
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Unresolved issue I noticed so far :
- Still can not delete browser bookmarks !

Haptic feedback is extremely weak.

Collection Of Gingerbread Issues :(

hi guys wassup ..
pls stick to this thread as am going to post all the issues of gingerbread on this thread ..
starting by now i'll update it with every issue I can find
we start after awhile ,
lets count
1- the Swype spacebar in portrait is too small
2- screen-off animation
3- VOIP Support
4- The new google Music app crashes though
5- the light on the the keys doesn't turn off, only if the screen is also off ( thought its a good bug )
6- poor wifi connection
7- the eBook reader missing with some ppl ( not with me )
8- not supporting arab language
9- Wiimotes still dont work on 2.3
10- no charge via USB ( COMPUTER )
11- flash 10.2 or 10.3 on some sites is not working
12- the screen off suddenly after 1min when u play some of the games
There is Some More Coming
Note Some Of The Issue Are Writing By The Members of The XDA .. big thanks for them
Please Guys List Any Issue You Got So I Can Edit It To the Thread

Ok, number 10, its not a bug. The tab will trickle charge is used with standard cable.
If you buy an adaptor, then you can get it to charge at a 'normal' rate.
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5 isn't a bug. Its a feature of gingerbread.
Wifi has been better for me on 2.3.3
The screen off animation is enabled if you flash Overcome 2.0.0 Beta 1 or 2.

No issues with the wifi. Working fine.
5. Actually is a good thing for me. I always tend to tap the wrong button when im in the dark cause the light turns off immediately on froyo. Though the disadvatages would be when watching movies, the light of the button can be distracting.
8. Is also not a bug. Lol

No issues with the wifi. Working fine.
5. Actually is a good thing for me. I always tend to tap the wrong button when im in the dark cause the light turns off immediately on froyo. Though the disadvatages would be when watching movies, the light of the button can be distracting.
8. Is also not a bug. Lol
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ya its not bug , but some ppl consider it as a bug , but not me lolz
for the arab language ya maybe its not for u but it is for some ppl
anyways i make it support arabic now u can check in dev section

I don't use the space bar using swype. It creates its own spaces.
therefore not a bug either. lol
Yeah right, but we're on Gingerbread \0/

I have VOIP working after applying this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...07&postcount=2
Then it shows up in Setting:Call Settings: Internet Call Settings
But I cannot answer incoming VOIP calls with the TAB (although it might work with a bluetooth headset) because there is no incoming call screen or answer button like there is for a normal GSM incoming call.
Outgoing calls work fine.

Im interested in voip on the sgt. Installed the fix. Now I need a sip account. Someone here to advice me on this one?
Yeah right, but we're on Gingerbread \0/

RichAP said:
I have VOIP working after applying this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...07&postcount=2
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can you fix the link please, i am interested in this to.

I put the file in a public dropbox for you
h t t p : / / db.tt/3ANVtBV
Copy to system/etc/permissions
You need r/w over there
And restart tab
Under phone settings youll find internet options available
(hope my link works)
Yeah right, but we're on Gingerbread \0/

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why so ??????

Printing is not working (email and web) worked fine with my Tmobile USA Tab on 2.2.

The whole gingerbread is a collection of bugs! I dont like it in my tab! Froyo works way faster, smoother and better in the tab!

vince_junior said:
The whole gingerbread is a collection of bugs! I dont like it in my tab! Froyo works way faster, smoother and better in the tab!
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No idea what is wrong with your GB, but I'm finding GB to be the complete opposite!
Regards,
Dave

stoney73 said:
Ok, number 10, its not a bug. The tab will trickle charge is used with standard cable.
If you buy an adaptor, then you can get it to charge at a 'normal' rate.
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Agreed. This is definitely working for me in GB - exactly the same behaviour as Froyo.
Regards,
Dave

My notification tray freezes up and displays distorted icons and text up there
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Well.i think they flashed gingerbread with to many bugs. For me im going to wait for an.update at kies. Im kinda scared of flashing it because of brick.
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Inspite of the issues gb is much faster for me. The lag problems have greatly diminished
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vince_junior said:
The whole gingerbread is a collection of bugs! I dont like it in my tab! Froyo works way faster, smoother and better in the tab!
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Weird. My tab hasn't experienced any lags despite the horde of apps eating up my ram in the background. It's much faster and smoother for me.
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Official ICS Firmwares - Bugs List

Hi
Use this thread to list bugs you have found in Stock Note ICS 'LPY' firmware, and work-arounds you have discovered for them.
Feel free to include bugs in Apps that don't work quite as intended in ICS but did work fine in GB.
Nigel

1) Facebook (uses ICS Sync Mechanism). Sync's ALL facebook friends and not just those already in contacts even when option to 'Sync with existing contacts' is selected. Result is a load of contacts with photo/name only where folks have not included contacts info in their FB profile. Solution is not to sync contacts with FB!! Not syncing means you don't get the contacts pics (the main reason why I want to sync). There are some 3rd party FB pic sync apps, but I have not tried any of these with ICS as yet.
2) Font size used for name of apps under icons for apps is bigger than in GB. This results in app names wrapping mid word where the same app name fitted on a single line in GB. This can result in the final 1 or more letters in the name of an app appearing on a second line under the icon. It looks ugly.
3) The 'Select Input Method' prompt appears as a notification under 'ongoing tasks' randomly.

Email widgets can fail to update, lose their assigned accounts and lose the option to switch accounts. The only fix for the first problem is to scroll rapidly down the email list to force an update, the assigned account can usually be reset on the widget, but occasionally the widgets get locked and have to be deleted and regenerated.
Also, not sure if this qualifies as a bug or change in behaviour, but the way audio output is dealt with when bluetooth audio devices disconnect has changed. Whereas in GB, switching off eg. a bluetooth headset would stop any streaming audio, with ICS the audio continues, but is switched to the Note speaker.

ICS is rather a large jump isn't it? We only have one build. You should make this specific to LPY if you want, but having it just be for ICS bugs isn't very specific or logical. It's like saying: Bugs for GB! That's A LOT of builds. If you want this thread to be useful, make it more specific.

Experiencing Random screen flickers and pixel salad. Resolves by resetting or lockscreen. Not sure if it's Kernel related like custom kernels experienced in GB roms i.e. franco kernel v9. pls help to shed light on this?

S Planner
I have found a bug in my ICS LPY S planner package. I use it with exchange and the status is not properly synced with Exchange:
Note-----------------------Exchange
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Free-----------------------Tentative
Tentative------------------Busy
Busy-----------------------Out of Office
Not nice...

When the phone is connected to car dock and kept in horizontal position, if you recieve a call, the phone app force closes and you cant answer it.
Solution: Keep the phone in vertical position in the dock!!

blitzkriegh said:
Experiencing Random screen flickers and pixel salad. Resolves by resetting or lockscreen. Not sure if it's Kernel related like custom kernels experienced in GB roms i.e. franco kernel v9. pls help to shed light on this?
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Hi
I got this while playing with the face unlock stuff after the initial update. I did a hard reset to get shot of any left over junk, and have not re-enabled the face unlock, and have not seen the pixel-fest since. I suspect it was not using face unlock rather than the hard reset that sorted.
Nigel

Bugs I have found so far :
Phone does not connect to computer via KIES.
Many bugs using original car dock - phone app closes when dialing, calls dropped when using Bluetooth - I did not try vertical mode yet
Phone randomly stops entering deep sleep mode , BetterBatteryStats lists a kernel wakelock called : l2_hsic . This does not impact battery time by much, but still annoying
Phone randomly reboots while screen is off - but I had this in gingerbread too
In call log , when I clicked a number it used to show me all the times that number called, now it does not.
Sometimes the phone forgets the personal ring tone assigned to a contact and uses default ring tone
... that's all I can think of right now, the good side is the ROM is MUCH FASTER in touchwiz and other apps..

rigor.m said:
Phone randomly stops entering deep sleep mode , BetterBatteryStats lists a kernel wakelock called : l2_hsic . This does not impact battery time by much, but still annoying
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L2_HSIC does affect battery had 6hours kernel wakelocks from it.
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To those with sleep issues, have you tried full wipe then reinstall Apps? I had issues with not sleeping and battery life, but since hard resetting, thee phone sleeps fine. Its not as painful to do this with ics since it will auto reinstall apps. (Configure backup and restore in settings before reset). Its supposed to backup app configs as well, but I found this did not work (many apps have their own mechanism to backup their config)

Currently irritated to death by the random reboots while in sleep. Sometimes 18 hours apart... Sometimes 18 minutes apart.

blitzkriegh said:
Experiencing Random screen flickers and pixel salad. Resolves by resetting or lockscreen. Not sure if it's Kernel related like custom kernels experienced in GB roms i.e. franco kernel v9. pls help to shed light on this?
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On LPY stock but rooted.
By "Pixel salad" you mean multi coloured horizontal lines filling the screen up?
I got this when I woke my phone up and was about to unlock it (pattern lock) when I received a call...
I decided to swipe answer to see if it still functioned and it did...

veletron said:
3) Keyboard config icon appears randomly in notifications for no apparent reason.
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It appears when the keyboard is displayed so that you can change keyboard if you wish, as opposed to using long press in GB.
Regards,
Dave
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senectus said:
On LPY stock but rooted.
By "Pixel salad"
Phone randomly reboots while screen is off - but I had this in gingerbread too
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having frequently used apps moved to SD card may cause random reboot. nothing to do with 'screen off' but worth checking.

I have no complaint about ICS except that the battery life is abysmal and the audio hiccup all the time.
I am currently on LPY. Wondering if you guys have the same issues. The audio hiccup is the most annoying. Don't know how to describe it. It's like music skipping while playing. It happened even on zPlayer and Poweramp so it's not stock music player dependent. At first I thought that my sd card is failing but when I tried to play it on my PC, all the music files played normal without any hiccups.

In my case I cannot use skype and I keep getting this error message "you cannot be signed in at this time. Please try again later". So far I have tried clearing app data, force closing, reinstalling and installing modded and older versions of skype and no luck still. Skype is running just fine on my laptop.
I am on rooted LPY.
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I use "voice talk" when driving and often launch it by double clicking the home button. However I notice that every 2nd or 3rd time i launch it, the microphone doesn't respond (the blue concentric circles indicating sound don't move). Clicking done makes it ask to try again and the microphone works normally.

zkyevolved said:
ICS is rather a large jump isn't it? We only have one build. You should make this specific to LPY if you want, but having it just be for ICS bugs isn't very specific or logical. It's like saying: Bugs for GB! That's A LOT of builds. If you want this thread to be useful, make it more specific.
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He did make it specific....he said "stock Note ICS 'LPY' firmware". Did you not read his original post? Before you try to sound clever, read before you post!
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Use the widget and adjust brightness to very low. Now Open stock browser and set there the brightness to automatic. Go to a app like Facebook, tapatalk and open a Page where you get directed to the browser to open it. Press home button now. Go to the widget and press synchronization button on or off doesn't matter now you will see the brightness button that was black to jump from alone to auto. I guess that's the automatization process of Samsung.
LPY stock rom
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