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Where have all my thumbnails gone?

Hi!
I've lost my Facebook contacts thumbnails, and the ability to see any pictures on their albums.
And my two latest movies that's inside the foto album is not showing in the album view.
Anyone else got this on V1.43 ROM?

ToddeSwe said:
Hi!
I've lost my Facebook contacts thumbnails, and the ability to see any pictures on their albums.
And my two latest movies that's inside the foto album is not showing in the album view.
Anyone else got this on V1.43 ROM?
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Facebook albums never worked for me with 1.43 and it doesn't work for me on 1.48 either.

It did for me until yesterday for some reason, AND my Album thumbnails is disapering from time to time...
What the hell, the phone is just a month old and already huge problems with this and that....
Since i started to tweak and mod my phone all kinds of problems accurs.
I'm getting a bit sick and tired of this phone... should have waited and kept an eye on what was written on XDA first.
But you can't always trust what you read, it can be a nob that can't handle the phone or a computer so i guess that would'nt had helped either.

ToddeSwe said:
It did for me until yesterday for some reason, AND my Album thumbnails is disapering from time to time...
What the hell, the phone is just a month old and already huge problems with this and that....
Since i started to tweak and mod my phone all kinds of problems accurs.
I'm getting a bit sick and tired of this phone... should have waited and kept an eye on what was written on XDA first.
But you can't always trust what you read, it can be a nob that can't handle the phone or a computer so i guess that would'nt had helped either.
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Try t disable Sense, restart, go to file explorer, backup HTC Album cache from Application Data\HTC, delete the Album Cache and enable Sense.

I have now found out what causes both my problems:
The FaceBook issue was due to larger file cache tweak BsB, as soon as i turned that off my Facebook thumbs is back.
The video not showing in album was due to me changing to VGA, now i'm back to 320x240 and everything i film in that resolution is showing up in Album.
Hope this helps someone else as well.

Solved Gallery issue

I am having a gallery issue where I select a picture and and different picture loads. Sometimes from the same album or different album. Shutting down sometimes resolves the issue or a soft reset and sometimes it does not. Sometimes I have to go into USB mode and add or delete a picture for ot to work properly again. One time the images in my download album al appeared blurry. I downloaded a picture from my email and then they all appeared normal again. Anyone else have this gallery bug?
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tdoughone said:
I am having a gallery issue where I select a picture and and different picture loads. Sometimes from the same album or different album. Shutting down sometimes resolves the issue or a soft reset and sometimes it does not. Sometimes I have to go into USB mode and add or delete a picture for ot to work properly again. One time the images in my download album al appeared blurry. I downloaded a picture from my email and then they all appeared normal again. Anyone else have this gallery bug?
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Another one of those mind boggling simple bugs in Gingerbread/Nexus S.
Yes, I've seen similar, in that if I take a picture, it often won't show in the gallery unless I open it via a file explorer app from the sdcard.
I haven't tried forcing a media scan manually (there are apps for that), to see if that addresses it.
The Nexus S feels much more like a BETA product (software wise) than I recall the Nexus 1 feeling.

tdoughone said:
I am having a gallery issue where I select a picture and and different picture loads. Sometimes from the same album or different album. Shutting down sometimes resolves the issue or a soft reset and sometimes it does not. Sometimes I have to go into USB mode and add or delete a picture for ot to work properly again. One time the images in my download album al appeared blurry. I downloaded a picture from my email and then they all appeared normal again. Anyone else have this gallery bug?
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I had this exact same problem. You have to delete all of the thumbnails for your photos so that they reload. The only thing is, the thumbnails are no longer stored in the DCIM folder like they were pre-Gingerbread. Unfortunately, I don't remember exactly where they're stored - I used root explorer to find them and delete them.

/Android/data/
You will see a folder called 'com.cooliris.media' delete it. The gallery app will regenerate your album thumbs.
-Nexus S

This problem has been reported to Google. Please visit the link and star the report to bring more attention to it!
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13419 Thanks.

I mean wth do we have to go through all that to see our pics... they took forever to fix the text issue they said they have a fix for which we haven't received. The fix for blurry mms is fixed thank god. Now this? Yeah the N1 did feel like a better product but the updates helped that one too. These are stupid things that shouldn't be an issue though.
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This issue happens on and off; it's quite absurd. My pictures are once again not opening to the correct photos. As I've said before, it's stuff like this (among a slew of other issues and glitches) which make Gingerbread, and to some degree Android, feel like a second rate experience.

Has anyone also experienced that sometimes pictures aren't clear in the gallery? Often, the picture will come up unclear, but after a second, will be clear as it's meant to be. But sometimes the clarity doesn't happen.
Does it have anything to do with the internal memory or something again (similar to the random ringtone change issue)?
Is this yet another glitch of Android?
Edit: I should mention this is not the MMS issue which is often mentioned. I'm talking about regular photos that are taken with the Camera. Those sometimes don't clear up either.

Yeah, I get this too.
I wait until all the pics are done downloading from the SD card... then I pick the picture.

leyvatron said:
Yeah, I get this too.
I wait until all the pics are done downloading from the SD card... then I pick the picture.
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It happens to me randomly even long after the SD card has loaded.
Why is the gallery reader like this anyway, where it is blurry at first, then clear?

Promise you its not androids fault. You will never EVER have a phone with HTC SENSE do that.
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My gallery just freezes when trying to load. Sometimes the newest downloaded or pictures just taken won't show up, its random.
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DryPaper9 said:
My gallery just freezes when trying to load. Sometimes the newest downloaded or pictures just taken won't show up, its random.
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Indeed. If you haven't already, please star the report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13419
Thanks.

onthecouchagain said:
Has anyone also experienced that sometimes pictures aren't clear in the gallery? Often, the picture will come up unclear, but after a second, will be clear as it's meant to be. But sometimes the clarity doesn't happen.
Does it have anything to do with the internal memory or something again (similar to the random ringtone change issue)?
Is this yet another glitch of Android?
Edit: I should mention this is not the MMS issue which is often mentioned. I'm talking about regular photos that are taken with the Camera. Those sometimes don't clear up either.
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The low res fade into higher res gallery quirk is more of a feature and is how the gallery always has shown photos even back on the nexus one. It allows quick flipping enough photos without having to insanely cache everything in full from the start. It only should take a second to flick over though.
I'm loving the nexus s gallery performance. I'm sorry to hear some aren't as thrilled.
One if the posters spoke about this stuff not happening in htc - that's rubbish, the 3d gallery acts the same there too, only worse, because oh the lack of hyper fast inand. And the htc gallery is rubbish, it struggles to even show thumbnails if you have too many pics. I speak from experience owning the desire hd, which is the most powerful htc phone to date.
The wrong photo issue is completely fixed by clearing the photo cache and then restarting the device. It didn't clear up until the restart, for some reason.

I have some issues with the gallery as well. But I must say that it performs 10X better then it did on my N1, it was sooo slow and laggy on that thing!!!

Get JustPictures! from the market, way better that Gallery3d imo, plus you can access your picasa, flickr, facebook, smugmug, etc pics from there as well.

Android Gallery sucks ... It just sucks. It does not display in high quality, 16 bits instead of 24 bits. You will see terrible color banding on gradient colors.
Google just lied when they told us everything is 32 bits on Android 2.3.
Nah, that's not true.
I hate that because HTC Sense gallery is much better.
Skip that 3D animation transition, it is an image gallery. Without high quality output, that's no good.
JustPictures is the same, it still display terrible color banding.
ikon8 said:
Get JustPictures! from the market, way better that Gallery3d imo, plus you can access your picasa, flickr, facebook, smugmug, etc pics from there as well.
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I'm very happy with the Gallery performance, and as has been said the low res image fading to high res is a feature of the Android gallery, it's always done that on every handset I've owned.

The gallery has it's share of quirks/bug in the NS version of it, but agreed with others, the fading is a design feature, not a bug.

Has anyone encountered the situation wherein even the application images are in your gallery?

Changes I noticed on 4.1.2 XXDLL4

These are some changes I noticed on the new 4.1.2 XXDLL4 ROM released for India.
1- Better browser performance. Now I see the browser like a 'real' desktop. I always had flash player installed but there were annoying white empty spaces in some websites, but now there is no more.
- Browsermark results (mobile view)
(Desktop view)
2- There is a three dot icon while calling. Don't know what it does or it's meaning!
3- Obviously the most flashy feature is the introduction of ink effects!
Different colour options are available, if you like
4- You can edit notification panel now, add or delete as per your wish. You can now permanently disable the Mutliwindow too. So holding the back button won't enable it anymore.
5- AnTuTu benchmark, if anyone is interested.
6- The number format in SMS is weird! It splits the number! Bad.
7- Sorry I don't find the continuous input prediction to be better, nor Swyping.
8- There is a cursor control option in keyboard settings, however you won't be able to use it with Continuous input!
9- And I hate the new 'slim' clock font introduced. Loved the previous bold look WAY better!
10- And I think the S Note application is faster than before now. It'd take 3/4 seconds to create a new note before, and it seems faster now, say 30%? Or am I wrong?
11- When the font size was selected as Normal the cursor was not seen in some applications like Tapatalk and others, but now it is fixed
So if you guys are noticing anything else kindly share here.

I think that the spaces between numbers are good? Easy to read.
Mine is BTU, nothing yet on Kies
Still waiting
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One thing I noticed, a VERY welcomed addition i might add, is the Gallery "ACTUALLY ASKED ME!" If I wanted my Facebook photos to appear or not! Thank god for that haha.

Is there any Lag?
Zooming in gallery was laggy in poland 4.1.2
is it the Same Here ?

Here's my list
1. Camera feature: Hold Volume to focus, release to take photo
2. Video feature: Press Volume to start recording, press again to toggle flash.
3. 480p Flash Video Works (if you have latest Flash Player 11.1.115.34 Installed)
4. New Samsung Keyboard Feature: Cursor Control, Continuous Input (If you didn't already have it)
5. Customized Notification Toggle Icons
6. New Notification Toggles: AllShare Cast, Smart Stay, S Bean, Driving Mode, Blocking Mode
7. Brightness slider can now be disabled, but who would do this?
8. Stock web browser rendering improvements, seems to load pages faster, but I can't say for sure.
9. Ink Effect with S Pen on Swipe lockscreen, and customizable ink colors.
10. Gallery in normal list mode is now 3d rendered. When you flick it fast, the photos tilt.
11. Brightness control notification disappears at 5% battery. Don't like!
12. New save option for HDR shooting mode for camera. Save HDR only.
13. Write notes to front of the picture with polaroid type frame...
14. Video Player app's alphabetization is fixed.
15. Screen capture icon for Video Player app is changed.
16. Multi Window with Video Player adds sharpening to entire screen.
17. Bug fixed when full screening Video Player from multi window (no more notification bar).
18. S Planner has new post-it option.
19. Groupcast
20. Vibration and pop noises when Email is hovered with S Pen in Email app.
21. Handwriting recognition bug fix where it used to only first take in a few strokes interpret only the first few letters, then resume, but it would mess you up in the process. No longer an issue.
22. Click on the picture of your contact, in Contacts app, and it is integrated with services such as facebook, skype, maps, etc.
23. Set music in slideshow in gallery? Was that there in 4.1.1?
24. The slideshow music plays when you choose "Play continuous shot" in Gallery with photos taken in continuous shot mode.
25. In landscape mode in Gallery, the last shared option icon is present next to standard share icon in gallery. This may have been there in 4.1.1. Just seeing it for the first time because I probably don't share photos often.

Lucidmike said:
25. In landscape mode in Gallery, the last shared option icon is present next to standard share icon in gallery. This may have been there in 4.1.1. Just seeing it for the first time because I probably don't share photos often.
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That is new for the Note II.

For Camera phone firmware changed to ZKFJ03 from ZKFI07.....but doesn't support writing......
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kannanX10 said:
For Camera phone firmware changed to ZKFJ03 from ZKFI07.....but doesn't support writing......
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Same here! This gets me to think, has anyone on official 4.1.2 had luck of having same rear cam & phone firmware version (i.e ZKFJ03)?

kannanX10 said:
For Camera phone firmware changed to ZKFJ03 from ZKFI07.....but doesn't support writing......
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same here too :/

yahyoh said:
same here too :/
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If you update ota then it will update ur cam software. Else you must download the the cam software on sdcard before you can update manually.
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colman1982 said:
If you update ota then it will update ur cam software. Else you must download the the cam software on sdcard before you can update manually.
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not with ota i used the full odin Rom

I anyone in the UK getting the USA voice in voice search? It started happening before the update and I still doing it, which makes me think it's something on the storage that's screwed up perhaps?
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I did quadrant test after the update and NoteII stood number one in the list as compared to 2nd spot before update. Made me happy :3

When I flash this Firmware via ODIN, will the cam firmware be updated?
When not, how can I update manuelly the cam firmware?
Excuse me for my bad english.

Danney92 said:
When I flash this Firmware via ODIN, will the cam firmware be updated?
When not, how can I update manuelly the cam firmware?
Excuse me for my bad english.
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Everything gets updated.

You can set the LED flashlight from camera to flash together with notification led when you have a notification ... It is at Developer options ...
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Danney92 said:
When I flash this Firmware via ODIN, will the cam firmware be updated?
When not, how can I update manuelly the cam firmware?
Excuse me for my bad english.
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Its the same if you update via odin (using full stock rom) or via OTA update/samsung kies. I tried both methods successfully and the rear camera & phone FW versions remain same (i.e. ZKF107 & ZKFJ03 respectively).

Laynee1 said:
One question :
Im on 4.1.2 poland currently. I have rooted my phone and i have cwm on it.
How to wipe and flash this rom , so i have clean flash ? What to do? Wipe in CWM, and then flash via odin in download mode ?
Thanks for help tho
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Can you help me folx ? Thanks

thanks, cant wait for it to reach my note 2

I have read somewhere that in 4.1.2 the statusbar background color has been changed to "Black"
Is this true???
from the Giant Killer Samsung Note 2

N5100 - 4.1.2 -> 4.22 : Findings What's New/Changed.

************ As of August 23 2013 I have reverted and downgraded my version back to 4.1.2 ***************************
Battery Drain and S-pen issues just kiiled all the fun.
Building a list of changes / updates I have noticed as to what i see as new after updating from 4.1.2. (i.e before i get used to it and forget what it was like).
A lot of you with other devices might already be familiar with changes,but hope it helps who only have this as their primary device.
If anyone has any of their findings to share i'd be glad to add to this list.
*** Major or Generic Changes (most should be aware of these):
1. App to SD Option available. (right now my 64 GB External SD is already full, so haven't tested it fully, but it worked for some and was unable to move on a few.)
2. Different Lock Screen with editable widget region. and an additional effect instead only the ripple as in previous.
3. Gone are those special home screens what you would get for your accessories (or hidden as I could not find them). Like taking out s-pen or plugging in a headphone. (seems like the notification bar shows those recommended shortcuts now)
4. Different & kinda new notification & toggles menu system.
5. Adapt Display Option Added to Screen Mode (Settings > Display >Screen Mode). This is default now. My prior setting used to be movie.
6. DayDream: Seems like a Customizable ScreenSaver, however I haven't been able to preview or activate it yet. (any tips when/how it launches).
7. A Bit louder audio comparatively on headphones. I cannot confirm this or if anything changed at all, but i feel my earphones a bit louder now at full.
8: S-pen : Noticing a tiny bit of offset (note: tiny like perhaps 0.1 mm - 0.2 mm towards top right (1 'o'clock).
****** Confirmed *****
9: Little bit different text rendering (perhaps a new engine). The Make text legible (enhance) option makes much more pronounced difference as compared to before. Everything is a more Darker and more anti aliased. Might take a day or 2 getting used to. Tried few Pdf's and CBR(comics) I feel them a bit different (little muddy, or as said above needs eyes to adjust).
10: Responsiveness seems fine.
9 ****** There is a new travel wallpaper slide show setting in lock screen wallpapers © pakure
*** App Specific Changes
1: The accuweather widget (default on 4.1.2) is gone.
2. Gallery : A New Layout and structure. (New Look) any new features ? remains to be seen.
3: Stock Music Player: A bit different Look and feel (perhaps a global touchwiz update)
3.1: Smart Volume option : Adjusts All tracks to similar volume level. Nice.
3.2: Tube Amp Effect added to Sound Alive. Although Audio purists would likely have everything disabled, I am kinda liking this on earphones. It has a bit of fullness to it.
I am not sure if they are adding any tube saturation/ additional Harmonics to make it should warmer, but sound has more of a glued together feel to it (as opposed to expanded/ wide).
3.3: Song Info can be edited after going into details.(I am not certain if it was already there in previous, however it looks more noticeable and prominent now.)
4: Stock Video Player: Again a bit different look and layout.
4.1: The video Color Settings option is gone. (In Older version you could choose amongst normal, cool , and warm setting) (my preference being warm) but perhaps, the Global Screen mode settings takes care of that.
4.2: Some of the videos failed to play (I think I was able to play them before on stock player). Might be due to different codecs per regional release.
4.3: Option for Outdoor visibility is gone from video settings. (not that I cared for it any bit)
*** UPDATE **** 15 August 2013
4.4 : Definitely Sharper videos (sd content) in stock video player ( as compared to mx player) as well as videos have more solid blacks than 4.1.2 firmware.
5: Few New apps (Might be that I have access to them now because of a different region Generic firmware) : Video Hub and Music Hub and their integration with Stock players.
watch-on and few other apps (video hub) don't work as likely my region is not currently supported.
*** Old Issues Findings/Reports
1: Screen Freeze : I did not have that issue in the previous firmware and I don't have that issue in current. Others might like to add.
2: Battery used to jump from 96% or 98% to 100% : Needs further testing/ long runs. (my tablet is mostly on AC anyway).
*************** More Additions/Revisions will Come as Discovered.
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Confirmed / Verified Issues
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01: Alarm does not ring if you have a magnetic smart cover on. : RESOLVED as of 10/10/2013 Firmware Update : N5100DDCMI2
02: S-Pen Offset : RESOLVED as of 10/10/2013 Firmware Update : N5100DDCMI2
03: Unable to Wipe Cache Partition from System Recovery : After the progress bar it gives the error message and reboots. (if anyone got tips. please share)
04: No editable lock screen shortcuts : RESOLVED In Earlier Firmware Updates.

Great info! Is flash still working with stock browser?
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46&2 said:
Great info! Is flash still working with stock browser?
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Yes, my version of flash player is 11 and it's working with stock browser. Though stability is a bit dicey it seemsand more often that not is crashing.
On further tests i would say, stock browser does not like flash anymore. Firefox still plays ball.

My Note used to freeze all the time, especially using whats app. with 4.22 it hasn't frozen once.
not sure i like the new darker over rich colours.
battery seems to be draining more, but not 100% sure

On my N5100 I have an issue with alarm after update. There is no alarm when smart cover is closed.
I've checked it several times.
Does anyone have the same problem?

LomDiV said:
On my N5100 I have an issue with alarm after update. There is no alarm when smart cover is closed.
I've checked it several times.
Does anyone have the same problem?
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Problem Confirmed and updated in Main Post.

intelliriffer said:
Problem Confirmed and updated in Main Post.
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Is SAMSUNG LINK working for anyone? I tried it just once on PC+S4(works fine) + NOTE8 - but note8 refuse to connect. Tried lots of things to do, clean data. removed and readded Samsung account but no luck at all. Other things working fine - like GroupPlay with S4...Altough will probably never use them but wanted to try it just once.

ianbbaa said:
Is SAMSUNG LINK working for anyone? I tried it just once on PC+S4(works fine) + NOTE8 - but note8 refuse to connect. Tried lots of things to do, clean data. removed and readded Samsung account but no luck at all. Other things working fine - like GroupPlay with S4...Altough will probably never use them but wanted to try it just once.
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Go to app manager and for Samsung link uninstall the updates.
then launch samsung link (factory version it reverts to). Update it again when it asks you to from samsung app store. that should likely fix for you as did for me.

Anyone have some before and after update quadrant scores. Been waiting for the OTA update on my N5100. Just ran a quadrant on my stock 4.1.2 and seeing a score of 6779, what score are you getting on the 4.2.2 update?
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Total noob here... Can anyone tell me how can I flash the 4.2 update for my n5100. I don't want to brick my device
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Confirming a offset with s-pen (for me about 1-2 mm at 3 O´Clock)
A additional issue: The Samsung MultimediaDock will not recognized as a Dock. Nor HDMI nor Mass Storage. Only Charging woks fine.

superng888 said:
Total noob here... Can anyone tell me how can I flash the 4.2 update for my n5100. I don't want to brick my device
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I've got mine update over air. Just wait or check update in Setting -> About device -> Software update

intelliriffer said:
S-pen : Noticing a tiny bit of offset (note: tiny like perhaps 0.1 mm - 0.2 mm towards top right (1 'o'clock).
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Maybe this will fix it?
intelliriffer said:
The accuweather widget (default on 4.1.2) is gone.
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I have a weather widget still did you check the system/app/.
46&2 said:
Anyone have some before and after update quadrant scores. Been waiting for the OTA update on my N5100. Just ran a quadrant on my stock 4.1.2 and seeing a score of 6779, what score are you getting on the 4.2.2 update?
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Getting the same Quadrant score more or less depending on test.

LomDiV said:
I've got mine update over air. Just wait or check update in Setting -> About device -> Software update
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sorry i forgot to mention that my n5100 is rooted with cm10 installed on it and cwm

Well you have to flash using ODIN.
There is no flashing zip currently.

nickdollahz said:
Maybe this will fix it?
I have a weather widget still did you check the system/app/.
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Mine Is Un-Rooted, and always has been factory Stock. (never ever rooted in past either).
I can't use that app without root, and i don;t think i can check into system/app unless i am rooted either.
however the wdiget went missing from homescreen and is nowhere to be found is app drawer widgets.
Personally weather widgets don;t matter to me but the s-pen issue does. Now I could just open the pen up and calibrate it (physically) but feel it's samsung who needs to fix this up along with few other things.
btw what is the procedure (if any) to revert to previous version.

Well the widget is just an APK. So you are correct in that it doesn't matter.
Not sure what you mean by revert to previous version?
If you want to flash back to 4.1.2. You need to use ODIN. Put your device into download mode and flash the correct 4.1.2 firmware for your device from sammobile. (Make sure you have the correct CSC for your region)
Apparently all the Spen app does is change a setting from right hand mode to left hand mode then back to right hand mode... and vice versa.
Just offering you some solutions because Samsung solutions will take some time if they come at all.

nickdollahz said:
Well the widget is just an APK. So you are correct in that it doesn't matter.
Not sure what you mean by revert to previous version?
If you want to flash back to 4.1.2. You need to use ODIN. Put your device into download mode and flash the correct 4.1.2 firmware for your device from sammobile. (Make sure you have the correct CSC for your region)
Apparently all the Spen app does is change a setting from right hand mode to left hand mode then back to right hand mode... and vice versa.
Just offering you some solutions because Samsung solutions will take some time if they come at all.
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Thanks,
My S-pen offset is not so troublesome as it's off by just a little, (unlikely but it could also be that different regions releases have different offset compensation built into them).
I don't know much about csc or anything but if I download the sammobile official firmware release for my region (INU) india (4.1.2), would that be all it would take to downgrade from 4.2.2?

Yes granted your device was originally from india. You could flash any of them but you want to flash the one for your region so that all carrier bloatware and carrier based services work.
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nickdollahz said:
Yes granted your device was originally from india. You could flash any of them but you want to flash the one for your region so that all carrier bloatware and carrier based services work.
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Just to inform, all unlocked in India, no carrier locking
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9/28/15 Performance Update build 7SRA- UEA2

Hi everyone! Seems like Alcatel has released yet again, another performance update! This new update, build number 7SRA-UEA2 has the following changes:
General Performance Improvement: Overall software enhancements aimed at improving device responsiveness and overall user experience
IPv6 Support: Device now fully supports the Internet Protocol version to IPv6
Snapchat Performance Fix: Addresses crash issue when using Snapchat app that arose when users would swipe while selecting filters
Facebook Messenger Performance Fix: Users can now share recorded audio files via Facebook Messenger
Camera FV-5 Lite Application Fix: Fix that addresses the rear-facing camera functionality when using the Camera FV-5 Lite application
Also, Band 12 LTE is still enabled after this update. I can also confirm that the filters/crashing issues with Snapchat are indeed solved. Feel free to reply with your own experience below!

It would be nice if TCL would give a release date for an actual Android update.

I just got the update. Scrolling performance seems better and stock camera seems better. Anyone else notice any improvements?

Stock. uea2 update on my 5.5" is freezing a lot. Anyone else?

mauimarty1 said:
Stock. uea2 update on my 5.5" is freezing a lot. Anyone else?
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What do you mean by freezing? Did you just install the update? My phone was freezing after the update just finished. It takes awhile for the phone to finish the initial configuration. After about 5mins. My phone started to work again.
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mauimarty1 said:
Stock. uea2 update on my 5.5" is freezing a lot. Anyone else?
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Nah, everything is working perfectly

Just got notification of the update. Need to charge my phone before downloading and installing it.
Want to read more reactions to this update also.

It was freezing for me right after the update finished. A few reboots later, it appears to have stabilized. The Recent Apps still has the lag - but other than that it is flying now ! I had to revert the animations to 1x !

stl1859 said:
It was freezing for me right after the update finished. A few reboots later, it appears to have stabilized. The Recent Apps still has the lag - but other than that it is flying now ! I had to revert the animations to 1x !
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Yeah recent apps still has lag, but I can live with that. As long as Alcatel keeps up with the updates.
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There is now a FlipCover menu under settings

AmelFl said:
There is now a FlipCover menu under settings
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Yeah, I noticed the "FlipCover" option also. http://www.alcatelonetouch.us/Aero-ALCATEL-ONETOUCH-5-5-inch-Smartphone/dp/B00ZAR87FI
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I already had the Flip Cover option in my 6045Y since I first booted it (10-ish september, I guess?).
However, I can't install the OTA because I'm rooted, is there any system image or ZIP to just flash it? I don't care if I have to format it, I just don't want to unroot it to be able to install it.

ps3cfw said:
I already had the Flip Cover option in my 6045Y since I first booted it (10-ish september, I guess?).
However, I can't install the OTA because I'm rooted, is there any system image or ZIP to just flash it? I don't care if I have to format it, I just don't want to unroot it to be able to install it.
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It's to your advantage to actually INSTALL the update. Update's make changes to more partitions than just System and Boot which is what the TWRP images restore..they are great for fixing a hosed system partition but if you use them all the time you are going to miss out on newer radio drivers and other changes which may be required for things to work smoothly.
Do a full unroot from within supersu config...reboot...download and install the update...after sucessful reboot you can reflash TWRP(if replaced by factory recovery) and then flash the supersu zip file to re-enable root.

Instagram is still a stuttering mess.
GPS Icon bug and AM/PM lock screen misalignment are still present. Can't believe those two easily fixed things have made it past 3 updates.

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Instagram is still a stuttering mess.
GPS Icon bug and AM/PM lock screen misalignment are still present. Can't believe those two easily fixed things have made it past 3 updates.
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GPS Icon issue happens on more devices than just the Idol however there is an xposed module to fix the issue.

Mes3 said:
Instagram is still a stuttering mess.
GPS Icon bug and AM/PM lock screen misalignment are still present. Can't believe those two easily fixed things have made it past 3 updates.
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This update thoroughly fixed the issues with Snapchat filters - works great now - but the stutters scrolling through Instagram are my one glaring issue with this phone. Also most videos in my Instagram feed won't play immediately and repeatedly flash a "repeat" or "play again" icon while loading the video, only to have most of the videos never actually play. I've never seen this app behavior on other Android phones.
Regarding the lock screen, I could swear they reduced the font size on the clock with this update (or I'm just now noticing the AM/PM misalignment?).
Can anyone confirm if this update fixed the wake-in-pocket issues some people were experiencing? I haven't had enough time to test.

i downloaded the update where is it located? so i can dig it up with es file explorer

Welp, phone unrooted, still can't find any update whatsoever. I'm using a "french" 6045Y BTW.
Any clue here?
PS: Flamewolf, a .zip package can also edit partitions on it's own accord, just because normal CROMS don't do that, it doesn't mean they CAN'T.
For practical example, just check out sdmerge for the E400. Do you think those .zip use magic to add 1 GB to your phone?

Still no update for 1st or second update in Eastern Europe (Croatia/Serbia/Bosnia)
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I doesn't have the update, I'm using a 6045Y (French).