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[Q] WIFI and USB Tether Sucks on TMOUS

Hi
I am a noob with a rooted TMOUS HTC HD2.
I have the latest KWBR rom installed along with Nexus One FROYO.
The internet connection via USB and Wifi are terrible when I connect the phone normally. Its also slow when I connect via FROYO. I am supposed to get 3G speeds or better; instead it feels like I'm dialing up from 1997. When I had a G1 connections were fast... Any suggestions on what I should do to improve? Are there settings I should tweak? Using a Vaio Netbook laptop.
Thanks.
Cacy

Tell us your actual speed using http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1

Rooted. I swear, between that and HardSPL being called jailbreak im about to shoot someone. If you are HardSPL'd you are NOT rooted, because WinMo doesnt require stupid rooting of any kind to be able to do stuff, outside of SDA application unlocker for a T-Mo branded HD2. Anyways, WiFi routing will always be slower than physically tethering your phone through USB. Keep in mind, cell connection speeds vary wildly from cell to cell, so your mileage will most definately vary as far as speed is concerned. I generally get 1.0MBps down at my house, but like 2 miles down the road I get almost 5...so its just all relative to your location.

boudicon said:
Hi
I am a noob with a rooted TMOUS HTC HD2.
I have the latest KWBR rom installed along with Nexus One FROYO.
The internet connection via USB and Wifi are terrible when I connect the phone normally. Its also slow when I connect via FROYO. I am supposed to get 3G speeds or better; instead it feels like I'm dialing up from 1997. When I had a G1 connections were fast... Any suggestions on what I should do to improve? Are there settings I should tweak? Using a Vaio Netbook laptop.
Thanks.
Cacy
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What do you mean by rooted? Also wondering if you have tried different Wifi router programs and which one you are currently using.
I'm surfing the web fast when connected to my TMOUS HD2 on my laptop.

If you read the android development thread where you got your android build I'm sure the 1st post states android is still in it's "development phase". Nothing is stable about it, and 3G is not working perfectly.

It's the netbook
or it could be the signal quality

Well I would not Generalize that tethering with T-mobile sucks, because this is the speed I get when tethered with my "rooted" HD2. Oh yeah, it's also "jailbroken", and of course it comes that way from the store.

masondoctorjt said:
Well I would not Generalize that tethering with T-mobile sucks, because this is the speed I get when tethered with my "rooted" HD2. Oh yeah, it's also "jailbroken", and of course it comes that way from the store.
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RAGE. RISING. Preparing to launch ICBMs in...three....two....one......

ashasaur said:
RAGE. RISING. Preparing to launch ICBMs in...three....two....one......
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NO! Let ME take care of this!
Dropping the bomb in 3......2......1.....
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bye bye

While I completely agree that we all have to start somewhere. I really hate it when people just throw terms around like jailbreak and rooting . I swear for a smartphone , the iPhone has really dumbed people down
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PhoneConnect247 said:
I swear for a smartphone , the iPhone has really dumbed people down
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Yeah, I know. Not every hack/crack/exploit done to a phone has to relate to these iPhone terms.

Exactly my point, the iPhone has made cracks and hacks available to the general public. We had HardSPL's since WAY before the iPhone was even a thought, and yet it's now called jailbreaking. Pisses me off it does. People come the iPhone to an ACTUAL smartphone, and think they have to jump through UNIX hoops to actual LOAD APPS onto it. Losers.

ashasaur said:
Exactly my point, the iPhone has made cracks and hacks available to the general public. We had HardSPL's since WAY before the iPhone was even a thought, and yet it's now called jailbreaking. Pisses me off it does. People come the iPhone to an ACTUAL smartphone, and think they have to jump through UNIX hoops to actual LOAD APPS onto it. Losers.
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Exactly. The general public separate from us here at xda-developers didn't even know about smartphone hacking 'till the iPod touch/iPhone combination came into play, and now they relate EVERY hack to it. Makes me wanna nuke 'em, like I said in a previous post
The iPhone is pure crap. Add a 1GHz processor, more RAM, a GPS and more all you want, but in the end, crap is still crap except it's faster crap.
I swear, the iPhone community has dumbed down every hacking community. Oh sure, it's easy. Flash a new Recovery image to your iPhone/iPod and you're done. I bet that if you asked an iPhone user to root a G1 on 1.6 they wouldn't even last 2 seconds. They'd probably **** up the phone so bad it would probably have to be JTAG'd to recover it.
And some of the users of iPhones are hipster d-bags. I love it. Someone tried to wave their iPhone in front of my face talking about their phone is better than my HD2. A nice 20 second start for Windows and a nice fast boot into Android shut their damn mouth. I told 'em, it doesn't matter if you have a front camera. Who uses it all that often. It doesn't matter that your phone has a 1GHz processor. The interface is some simplistic Mac OS X port. It's what you can DO with the phone that matters. They fling the whole App Store thing in my face. I showed them how over 30% of their stinkin' App Store is full of FART applications. I start up XDA WiFi Sharing for tethering, tell them to do the same: "$20 more dollars a month for USB tethering". I laughed in their face and walked away
(Oh, and the dialer completely froze on the iPhone too )
boudicon said:
Hi
I am a noob with a rooted TMOUS HTC HD2.
I have the latest KWBR rom installed along with Nexus One FROYO.
The internet connection via USB and Wifi are terrible when I connect the phone normally. Its also slow when I connect via FROYO. I am supposed to get 3G speeds or better; instead it feels like I'm dialing up from 1997. When I had a G1 connections were fast... Any suggestions on what I should do to improve? Are there settings I should tweak? Using a Vaio Netbook laptop.
Thanks.
Cacy
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Now I tested your slow speed claims, and I can say. Your netbook is slow. Look at my results
Proof:

Damn straight, the iPhone has turned the masses into thinking they can "hack" something because they can plug in their phone and hit that damn "Restore" button. iPhone users in general are d-bags in my experience. Give me the days of the G4 Wizard and never knowing if your flash is gonna kill your device if you look at it the wrong way before you give me the iPhone. You gotta love how they always use the app store as a plus...well I don't know about you, but ive got like 50+ programs on my HD2...all WinMo freeware from places like pocketpcfreeware.com and from here on XDA...not a damn dime spent on programs. Oh and I can install stuff to my SD card straight out of the box. And tether. And install themes. And use Flash. Or another browser that isn't Safari. And use custom ringtones...that I make myself out of downloaded songs...for free. /end rant.

ashasaur said:
Damn straight, the iPhone has turned the masses into thinking they can "hack" something because they can plug in their phone and hit that damn "Restore" button. iPhone users in general are d-bags in my experience. Give me the days of the G4 Wizard and never knowing if your flash is gonna kill your device if you look at it the wrong way before you give me the iPhone. You gotta love how they always use the app store as a plus...well I don't know about you, but ive got like 50+ programs on my HD2...all WinMo freeware from places like pocketpcfreeware.com and from here on XDA...not a damn dime spent on programs. Oh and I can install stuff to my SD card straight out of the box. And tether. And install themes. And use Flash. Or another browser that isn't Safari. And use custom ringtones...that I make myself out of downloaded songs...for free. /end rant.
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And Flash. And Android. Come on, we gotta rub it in
"Give me the days of the G4 Wizard and never knowing if your flash is gonna kill your device if you look at it the wrong way before you give me the iPhone. "
Oh those were the days. I remember one time I thought a ROM flash died in the SPL and Radio stage. My heart sank. But then the magic number, 11% came up
As a matter of fact, it's still those days for us T-Mobile US HD2 owners and those horrid .51 radios
Someone who doesn't know flashes a .51 on a TMOUS. Boom. No HD2. A pure OH SHI----- moment.

Ahh the old 11%, if it passed that you where GOLDEN. If it got stuck there...no more Wizard!

ashasaur said:
If it got stuck there...no more Wizard!
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Yep. That's when you were screwed. I was hesitant to start flashing phones due to the fact I lost a $100 motherboard to a failed BIOS update

ashasaur said:
iPhone users in general are d-bags in my experience.
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Speaking on this, I'm gonna go undercover to the Apple store today. Make a video. And put it on Youtube.

[Q] EPIC failure now a newbie needs help rooting

I am now stuck with this POS phone and my wife has one to. I purchased this phone because radio shack said there is a shorter waiting list for this one and this one is better than the EVO. I like the display and the slide out keyboard and the evo side to side comparison is like night and day but now the evo is way better than the epic by far. my phone has the mysterious back syndrome when browsing with the keboard open and I am now sick of it. no flash is now causing my browser to crash when a pop up comes on and fully loads. that is new because I used to be able to x out of them a few weeks ago. And every other epic problem it has I found it. Samsung and sprint stuck it to me. everyone waiting for the 2.2 update should just face the fact there is none. Explaine the nexus s with 2.3? I beleive the problem is hardware and nobody is going to waranty a billion phones. I will never buy anything samsung again.
I need to know the easiest way to root my phone and how and what ROM has working gps,bluetooth, and doesnt crash to often (my stock one crashes once a month). I didnt want to go this way but then I cant use the phone as sprint sold it to me either. I was told the same thing everyone else ,within a couple weeks 2.2 would be availible, usb to hdmi adapter cable, flash support .ECT. the 4g speeds i have tested in 2 states only acheived 2 down 1 up . screw sprint and samsung. sprint has the crappiest coverage of all the carriers and I switched because i wanted the evo instead I got this. I am going to waste more of my time and file a BBB case against them for the lies!

wow.. are you serious... your going to complain about the phone and expect somebody to help you? how do you get anywhere in life?
Why don't you start reading?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
If you don't like the phone just switch to an evo.. nobody is holding a gun to your head.
Oh and you posted in the wrong section. reading your thread again.. you must be joking.

Lol epic is a POS. I guess he never owned a Moment.
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rgregg504 said:
Lol epic is a POS. I guess he never owned a Moment.
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He never owned a evo either. The evo is just as much of pos the epic is. They both got there flaws but I choose my epic over my evo
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I do have an evo but don't like the android keyboard, the display sucks but it does have flash player, hdmi out, and got froyo before the epic came out. I could say that sprint friken did a hard reset on my phone yesterday to "fix" the issues I am having with the phone and forgot to tell me that my calender of appointments would be gone so I am venting a little, but when I siighned up for the phone there were lies told to me ,mainly the 2.2 update that everyone is still waiting for. And it only took 3 tries to send this from my epic because it keeps backing out of the browser with the keyboard open, that wouldn't bother you? Other phones have a keyboard calibration menu. Sprint did telll me they are going to send a new phone today so yahoo.

I did read a lot of the link that you posted for me but get confused by the problem people are having just by plugging their phone into their computers. I figured that problem out the first day after a few hours and found out the epic sucks to much power out of the USB and screws you. Now the thbread is 99+ pages of confusion and I was looking for a shortened version of the story with a good rom link . Wow I made this post without backing out of the browser for once.

wolffer0 said:
Wow I made this post without backing out of the browser for once.
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So basically your clumsy thumbs are hitting the back button or the home button and you are pissed at your phone for that? That is all I am gleaming out of your nonsensical posts. How about you do this:
*Write a list like this of issues you are having with your phone
*Use plain language and drop the emotions
*Explain exactly what happens and what you are doing if anything to cause it

I'm loving the Epic. Not very happy with Sprint over the whole update, but thanks to this site I could care less when their update comes out. Loving the Midnight Rom on the Epic. Would like to check out a few more, but going to do some more reading before I do.

If my thumbs were hitting the back button that would be an easy fix, cut my thumbs off. my phone from day one backs out of even texting by itself even with it 3 feet away from any human at random. This backing out by itself only happens when the keyboard is open and I actually have slide marks on the buttons because after i type something "quick" I have to close, it otherwise at any time the page back button goes haywire. all the way back to the begining. I am not ripping on XDA or any of its members so sorry if I came off that way. I paid for the top of the line sprint phone and use it for work and home and am tired of waiting for stock update to fix these problems. I know XDA and its members are going to be the one that supports this phone because history shows. I got a good deal at new egg on the evo and use that for 1 thing. browsing the internet and when it comes to a flash file, it plays it, my epic boots me out of the browser.

Odin flash to DI18 and then update to DK28...beautiful! I highly suggest the flash so that it is clean before the update. It doesn't like a lot of changes, such as apps and rooting.

Anyone on the DI18 on here able to replicate this? I remember the browser actually being more stable, but that could just be me.... See if the replacement does the same thing, I dont think it will... unless there was a stock browser update on DI18 I dont know about. but if it FCs on keyboard open, and you are on stock, never had flashed anything... try a new one... dont give up, the software is not perfect either way, stock or leaked DK28... and will be until we get source on something... then the Devs will perfect it. Besides, stock is boring... modify!

wolffer0 said:
If my thumbs were hitting the back button that would be an easy fix, cut my thumbs off.
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Friendly advice: When asking for assistance, please make note of your emotional well-being at the time so you do not come across as a hormone-addled teenage girl auditioning for drama club. Trust me, I have a 17 year old girl; I see this daily and this is exactly the over-reaction I have come to expect from her. i.e., ME: "You have to do your homework before you can get on Facebook.", HER: "MY LIFE IS OVER!!!! I HAVE TO TALK TO MY FRIENDS NOW! I'M DROPPING OUT AND BECOMING A STRIPPER!!!!" ME: "..." HER: "hrmph. FINE!"
If you have a hardware problem, it's covered under manufacturer's warranty and the phone will be replaced. You already stated that you have one on the way so is the drama really necessary?
The GPS on these phones is hinkey even with 2.2. Mine seems to work flawlessly on Quantum but it freezes up after about 20 minutes of walking with cardiotrainer on. Better than 2.1, at least, because it always gets a lock in seconds.
Good thing about Android is that you can actually download other applications that perform the same function for testing. For instance, in regards to your browser problem, there are multiple browsers to download. Personally, I use Dolphin because it was the first one I tried with tabbed browsing and I love it. There are probably better ones out there, but this one suits my needs. Try multiple applications to see if your phone's hardware's the problem or if it's a software issue.

Can you give me your Epic POS (and yours wife too). And buy yourself another an EVO? PM to send you my address...
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looking into why I lost my appointments on my phone I found out that my calender is stuck syncing. so i can wright off my calender ever comming back. It took me 3 months of just waiting for this update to fix the phone and the rest going through sprints tech support and even samsung to get the new phone. they didnt just say here is a new phone to try. I sure am going to root the new one the day I get it.

Having 2nd taughts...

I'm not sure what to do. The phone comes to bell in few weeks all I hear in this forum is bad customer reviews and disappointed people. Is anyone happy with atrix? What is motoblur? Is it really that bad of a phone?
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Besides a few issues that will get fixed up in the 1st OTA, I think most of the issues are people issues.
It's Change.
Its hard to let go of a Nexus 1 or Hacked/Rooted Captivate when you've cherished your device for so long. The icons are different, the menus are different, some features you liked are different or gone.... the list goes on.
I know this.. I hated my Verizon Fascinate after my Incredible. I brought it back... then got it again at BBY when they were free. I now have the Atrix and I compare it to the Fascinate all the time... colors... menus... default apps... the list goes on. I actually use ADW Launcher Ex and have the icons and app drawer setup like the Fascinate (the iPhone look icons). I hated the Fascinate at first, now I want the Atrix to look and feel like it.
The biggest gripe I see, is people not wanting to adjust to change.
Now that my physiology 101 is done, Moto better fix this shi* before I bring this phone back!!!
I kidd.. I kidd...

I'd also say bout 60% of the people reviewing the phone doesn't even own the phone....
I got the phone yesterday... I actually like it over my Captivate that i have. Motoblur takes alil to get use to.. but i just threw launcherpro on with custom icons and such...
the phone is pure speed...
screen... eh if you do a side view it looks kinda bad.. straight on its alot better than the captivate.
battery life: heh haven't had it on the charger since it came in cept to root it.
almost 30 hours with no charge

Wow guys thanks. I will buy the phone no matter what people say. My carrier is sending me iphone 4 so ill sell it and get the atrix and from my point of view every phone have problems when it's released. After few updates prolly atrix Will become a beast. I don't own it yet. But my guess lol. Hopefully comes true cause I'm gonnna buy it
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The phone is fast. But there are bugs. Way too many. And issues with being locked up.
Depending on how/if the errors get addressed will be my tipping point for staying or leaving AT&T.

kenyu73 said:
Besides a few issues that will get fixed up in the 1st OTA, I think most of the issues are people issues.
It's Change.
Its hard to let go of a Nexus 1 or Hacked/Rooted Captivate when you've cherished your device for so long. The icons are different, the menus are different, some features you liked are different or gone.... the list goes on.
I know this.. I hated my Verizon Fascinate after my Incredible. I brought it back... then got it again at BBY when they were free. I now have the Atrix and I compare it to the Fascinate all the time... colors... menus... default apps... the list goes on. I actually use ADW Launcher Ex and have the icons and app drawer setup like the Fascinate (the iPhone look icons). I hated the Fascinate at first, now I want the Atrix to look and feel like it.
Now that my physiology 101 is done, Moto better fix this shi* before I bring this phone back!!!
I kidd.. I kidd...
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You are right. I read most of the issues people have and alot of them are user error. I came from Iphone and Nexus One and I enjoy using Atrix. People just have to adjust to change.
The biggest gripe I see, is people not wanting to adjust to change.

if your having second thoughts, your best bet is go to the store and play with it before buying it. thats what im going to do after seeing the mix reviews.

Yea I played with the atrix for like 30 mins at AT&T I like it and compared angry birds from my iPhone 4 and atrix the red is a little darker on the atrix and yellow is not that great but what ever I mean it's not going to be like the i4 but I am still thinking of switching

Quick trick to get OTA Jellybean

Not sure if this is where this goes but this worked for me on 3 Nexus S 4G's today..
All of them on different accounts. One is flashed to MetroPCS and still get's Jellybean love!
Remember it will not work right away, just when your sick of doing it BAM..
One phone i tried for 2 hours and nothing..Then just before my friend left my house i tried once more and it worked..
If this does not work for you,well, at least i gave you something to do while you were bored!
But i swear it worked on 3 phones today!
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Open the Settings application.
Select Apps.
Select the All drawer, and select Google Service Frameworks.
First, Force Stop the application, then Clear Data.
Now that the Google Service Frameworks are reset, you may check for an update, by selecting About Phone in Settings, and select System Update.
**The last update check should be garbled. Around 1969.**
--------------->If this did not work, try these steps several times. This is important, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE A RESULT.
Give a thanks if it works for you and reply back with results..
Enjoy
** Not sure about this breaking push notification on apps?
First I heard of this. I guess try at your own risk but my wife's Nexus S 4G seems to be working great after using this method.
## Maybe try to back up apps that use push notifications with Titanium Backup and reinstall after if u have any issues.
Just a thought not sure if that will help!

TONYSALEM78 said:
Not sure if this is where this goes but this worked for me on 3 Nexus S 4G's today..
All of them on different accounts. One is flashed to MetroPCS and still get's Jellybean love!
Remember it will not work right away, just when your sick of doing it BAM..
One phone i tried for 2 hours and nothing..Then just before my friend left my house i tried once more and it worked..
If this does not work for you,well, at least i gave you something to do while you were bored!
But i swear it worked on 3 phones today!
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Open the Settings application.
Select Apps.
Select the All drawer, and select Google Service Frameworks.
First, Force Stop the application, then Clear Data.
Now that the Google Service Frameworks are reset, you may check for an update, by selecting About Phone in Settings, and select System Update.
**The last update check should be garbled. Around 1969.**
--------------->If this did not work, try these steps several times. This is important, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE A RESULT.
Give a thanks if it works for you and reply back with results..
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I thought this broke the push notification on apps that use push, no?

I decided that I could resolve the push if need be and went ahead and tried this again (did it previously on other updates). Tried about five times, walked away for about 15 minutes. Tried again and it worked. Update is downloading now.

Cool. Glad its working for people! Enjoy
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Thanks man it works!
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So, I just switched to the NS4G from my ET4G because it's been having some hardware issues (Not really relevant for this, but figured I would introduce myself to the Nexus S community this way haha...)
This is what worked for me:
*Force Stop Google Services Framework
*Clear Data On Google Services Framework
*Wait about 5 minutes
*Checked for updates
I did it 1 time, and it worked for me. Not too sure if it'll work that way for everyone, but I believe it's def worth trying.

didnt force stop at all but clear framework and checked now, didnt work.
Read your post, cleared data,
waited 5 mins.
checked and now update.
Thanks file size 121.6mb

ok, so this means only one thing could be possible...Sprint lied to us. they told us the update would start the 6th, but it didn't start until yesterday. I can't count how many posts I saw from people who tried this and it didn't work...now, miraculously, it starts working when we know it's out?!?!?!?!
Look at the facts, people!! Sprint lied to us and the update did not start the 6th like they said. if it had, this would have worked on sept 6th, and would not just magically start working on sept 10th!

This worked. I'm on jellybean now. It took over 26 attempts. No joke. But so worth it.
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Sprint didn't lie they said this is a two part roll out starting the 6th the galaxy nexus got its first then us look at the facts they still have a few days before some people will get it and they didn't even have to bring it out for our phone oh and download supersu and flash it thru recovery for root and air kernel r1 works with this
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Flashable .zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31430372#post31430372

So question for the New Jelly Bean update... Teamviewer came out with there Quicksuppprt app. It says it only works on Stock firmware, Non modded. It works on Stock ICS but doesnt work on Stock JellyBean. Is any one else having this problem. Im not sure if its because i flashed Jellybean via ODIN yesterday since i didnt want to wait for the OTA to get pushed or is it just the fact that it doesnt work on JellyBean NS4g's yet
Also im rooted, forgot to try before i rooted my device :/
Can anyone who waited for the OTA to get pushed to there phone confirm or not if they are able to Download and install "TeamViewer QuickSupport" to there Jellybean NS4g device
Thanks and much appreciated

shrekdaklown said:
Sprint didn't lie they said this is a two part roll out starting the 6th the galaxy nexus got its first then us look at the facts they still have a few days before some people will get it and they didn't even have to bring it out for our phone oh and download supersu and flash it thru recovery for root and air kernel r1 works with this
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are you kidding??
1. they never said it's a two-part update. they said updates would start the 6th...nothing about two parts. even the reps I spoke with said I should have had it already!! The funny thing is, not even two hours after I complained (and openly admitted to having looked on XDA for it and it wasn't out yet) people started getting the OTA. That's pretty coincidental, no?
2. they owed us an update. we are nexus owners. we get every update until the hardware can't run the firmware. If they don't like that, they can choose to stop selling the nexus line...there's the door. If it's a phone that's only on one carrier and the carrier doesn't update, google should step in and release the factory image immediately. Now don't take what I'm saying the wrong way. I don't mean they LEGALLY owe us an update. I mean since we own a development device, they would be pretty stupid to turn their backs on us....many of us have given google a percentage of the code used in final release versions of android. If they turn their backs on those people, they will be pretty screwed. They use quite a few features from roms that were here before google ever had the idea to do that. For example, swipe to clear notifications...that came from CM team. It sure as HELL wasn't google's baby, that's for sure!! That's why I say they owe us an update. Whether any one of us has personally contributed code or not, we have still contributed to the android project by testing the code that the developers here contributed to android.

if they are releasing a rom for two phones it wont be a single wave the galaxy nexus owners got it first because they bought the newer phones and when we bought our nexus s's they never said they would update it forever we are lucky we got it they could have been like nope you have to be a galaxy nexus and honestly we are lucky because most companys would have made us upgrade to get it or make our own i was right beside you waiting for the update and as soon as i had the image files on here i odin'ed them to my phone most sprint reps have no idea whats going on with roms and such but i know i count myself lucky to have a phone like this and not be stuck like i was with my evo shift alot of companys owe us for bettering there product but how many actually pay

wifi
Tried this using 3g or 4g all day and nothing, then tried with wifi and if worked like a charm the 1st time i tried, dont know why it worked out this way, but to those for which this method is not working when connected to 3g or 4g try using this method while connected to wifi, it might just work as it did for me.

Doing the checkin CMD does nothing but the same thing as going through the settings about phone and clicking system update..
Haven't tried this method yet.. May try soon..
Hopefully that OTA hits my way some time soon..

I forgot to add that I was on Wifi also...
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Doing the checkin CMD does nothing but the same thing as going through the settings about phone and clicking system update..
Haven't tried this method yet.. May try soon..
Hopefully that OTA hits my way some time soon..
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Make sure your on wifi and you remove or delete Google services framework data in settings...apps. it took me over 26 times before it worked. I'm happily running stock jellybean
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hp420 said:
are you kidding??
1. they never said it's a two-part update. they said updates would start the 6th...nothing about two parts. even the reps I spoke with said I should have had it already!! The funny thing is, not even two hours after I complained (and openly admitted to having looked on XDA for it and it wasn't out yet) people started getting the OTA. That's pretty coincidental, no?
2. they owed us an update. we are nexus owners. we get every update until the hardware can't run the firmware. If they don't like that, they can choose to stop selling the nexus line...there's the door. If it's a phone that's only on one carrier and the carrier doesn't update, google should step in and release the factory image immediately. Now don't take what I'm saying the wrong way. I don't mean they LEGALLY owe us an update. I mean since we own a development device, they would be pretty stupid to turn their backs on us....many of us have given google a percentage of the code used in final release versions of android. If they turn their backs on those people, they will be pretty screwed. They use quite a few features from roms that were here before google ever had the idea to do that. For example, swipe to clear notifications...that came from CM team. It sure as HELL wasn't google's baby, that's for sure!! That's why I say they owe us an update. Whether any one of us has personally contributed code or not, we have still contributed to the android project by testing the code that the developers here contributed to android.
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Sprint stores had the file so people who had a replacement or a friend inside could of got the update on the 7th.
Sprint never said it was a two part update, but they said it would be a slow rollout for ns4g not gnex, over 8 days between which leaves you to believe the first half would be gnex, second half ns4g. Gonzo posted the files he got at the service center hours before anyone got the OTA link posted so the files were out since the 6th for both phones. SO my point is big deal it was only 4 days. Better than 4 months for ICS and deff better then whats going on over at verizon. Sprint told the truth. Not all reps know the facts. I worked for target and it doesnt mean i knew when we were getting new shipments of products. You should be mad that Sprint didnt explain the process but OTA 4 days later is better than no OTA.
Hopefully, you didnt quit your job or something like that to get the update on the 6th because thats your fault.
but cheer up, you have it now. Play around with the smoothness and yell out "I CANT BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!!"

I have been trying to get this to work the last couple of days with no success.
Would having an unlocked bootloader prevent me from getting the OTA? If so, how do I lock the bootloader only?

Thoughts on the Sprint Varient

Ive been a long time lurker on this site prolly since the GSII-- I dont post much then , or with me GSIII or Note 2- I guess thats why that account no longer exists. So with my purchase of the Note Edge i knew this would be my go to place for any information or eventually ROM's-- i gotta say that normally i never spent more then a day with Touchwiz- usually rooting and flashing within 24 hours of purchase. Ive had the phone foe about 4 days and.... HOLY MOLY this phone is slooow... so much crap is running-- 3gb of ram and 2 and half of it is always used-- sprint zone and fb keep updating and re downloading even though i continuously uninstall them daily and revert to original software versions. Now i finally understand peoples hatred towards touchwiz.. im used to ASOP-- I coulda swore touchwiz was NOT that bad in the GSII days ;-( although i have faith the dev. will take off eventually with this phone... if there were other options i might have considered going else where-- im coming from a rooted note2) But i dont think there is anything remotely better then samsung-- as bad ass as the phone is spec'd out to be i thought it would be as zippy as the nexus--- but it is most definitely slower then my note- Also since ive been ot of the loop this KNOX stuff is all new to me--basically from what i gathered by googling any root will void the warranty on the device? ive never ever sent a phone in to samsung but there is times ive gone to A Sprint tech center for help--will they turn me away if its 0x1? well i just wanted to stop by and say hi to this forum-- im beginning the process to acquire files so i can root my phone tonight-- id think the sky is the limit with the things we can do with out phones--- Much thanks to the DEV's that make this possible!!

Well your sprint one seems to be acting funny.. I'm on my T-Mobile Note Edge, and I started from the G1. This phone is really smooth, no errors, and for the first time really no reason for me to have to root my phone and get rid of bloat ware to speed things up! And that was before I disabled the bloat ware anyways. You could say I'm also waiting for a way to root without tripping Knox. I'm kinda curious how ASOP or CyanogenMod will look like on this phone, and if they'll be able to use the edge productively. I'm actually throughly pleased with the phone, especially with how the home launcher is setup. My only bug is the fact that the second favorite edge doesn't allow for reorganization. That's my 2 cents. I hope your experience becomes more enjoyable
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Let me restate...i kinda sounded like a whiney brat with my last/first post. I realize that we as a group aa the less then 1% that care about specs.. and ver numbers. Im just not used to TouchWiz trying to do everything for me yet not the things i want it to do. for example every time I touch it text entry field I have a keyboard icon on the top of the notification bar...prompting me to choose Input method EVERYTIME?!? everyday I get sprint zone adverts in my notification bar even though I uninstall it every night before bed.. and multiple times a day I'm asked if I would like to sign in for Picasa.. i say no 3 or 4 times a day.. i cant figure out how to delete it. I miss the custom roms where all this bs is not even installed. Granted i knew there wasn't much support when i took the jump.. and honestly these issues would be the same with the regular note 4... id most definitely be willing to throw some $ to a recocognized established dev out there ... im miss my paranoid android and illusion roms :-/ but i know nothing out there can compare to the note edge at the moment...!

I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.

I'm using the AT&T stock version and haven't encountered any issues except I waited to long to send it back to get the white version. Lol. Other than that I like the device.

nick.farinas said:
Ive been a long time lurker on this site prolly since the GSII-- I dont post much then , or with me GSIII or Note 2- I guess thats why that account no longer exists. So with my purchase of the Note Edge i knew this would be my go to place for any information or eventually ROM's-- i gotta say that normally i never spent more then a day with Touchwiz- usually rooting and flashing within 24 hours of purchase. Ive had the phone foe about 4 days and.... HOLY MOLY this phone is slooow... so much crap is running-- 3gb of ram and 2 and half of it is always used-- sprint zone and fb keep updating and re downloading even though i continuously uninstall them daily and revert to original software versions. Now i finally understand peoples hatred towards touchwiz.. im used to ASOP-- I coulda swore touchwiz was NOT that bad in the GSII days ;-( although i have faith the dev. will take off eventually with this phone... if there were other options i might have considered going else where-- im coming from a rooted note2) But i dont think there is anything remotely better then samsung-- as bad ass as the phone is spec'd out to be i thought it would be as zippy as the nexus--- but it is most definitely slower then my note- Also since ive been ot of the loop this KNOX stuff is all new to me--basically from what i gathered by googling any root will void the warranty on the device? ive never ever sent a phone in to samsung but there is times ive gone to A Sprint tech center for help--will they turn me away if its 0x1? well i just wanted to stop by and say hi to this forum-- im beginning the process to acquire files so i can root my phone tonight-- id think the sky is the limit with the things we can do with out phones--- Much thanks to the DEV's that make this possible!!
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root it and strip the rubbish and bloat, was da matta you?!
mine was slow and lagged like crazy from all the "indexservice" and annoying samsung crap running. i stripped it all and use CM cleanmaster and battery doctor. no autostarting apps and no bloat like weather and yahoo finance...
titanium backup to freeze or remove crap.
mine (915p sprint):
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Best variant ever!!! :highfive:
No problems since I pulled it out the box...

bignibb said:
I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.
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theres a fix listed in the note 4 root post. let me see if i can find it.
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993 first post, midway

bignibb said:
I have none of the issues you speak of. My only real issue is with kit Kat since I can't write to my sd card but other than that I am good with my phone.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
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deeznutz1977 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
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even better

All those fixes are for rooted phones, i have not yet taken the plunge. I rooted my wife's note 4 but have just been hesitant to do my edge. I thought I was going to wait on lollipop but might not make it

Welp... enjoy your refusal

I wish there was a step by step thread on how to root the Sprint Edge and not any other variants because I don't wanna mix things up and brick my phone.

bignibb said:
I wish there was a step by step thread on how to root the Sprint Edge and not any other variants because I don't wanna mix things up and brick my phone.
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follow the steps in the link i posted but get the cf auto-root for the 915p. easy. i did it by following the link. if you screw up relax, you can fix it. but you will not screw up

cvaria said:
follow the steps in the link i posted but get the cf auto-root for the 915p. easy. i did it by following the link. if you screw up relax, you can fix it. but you will not screw up
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Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.

bignibb said:
Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.
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i would suggest at least reading the steps before asking questrions

bignibb said:
Does that include either custom recovery?. Is there one that is prefered to the other.
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I usually use CWM, but that's only because it's old school. Right now I chose not to install it in the last step of that thread because I have never used TWRP before. I have to say that I like the touch interface.

Besides getting the sprint variant of auto root you also need the sprint variant of TWRP. I posted a guide with basic steps including getting private mode working with xposed

For those that are here to help, thanks for pointing me to where I need to go, for those that posted about my needing to read, maybe you should spell check your snyde remarks before posting........lol
Sometimes its easier to answer a question and move on than to waste yours and my time. Yours by typing and not helping and mine by reading and not getting an answer.

bignibb said:
For those that are here to help, thanks for pointing me to where I need to go, for those that posted about my needing to read, maybe you should spell check your snyde remarks before posting........lol
Sometimes its easier to answer a question and move on than to waste yours and my time. Yours by typing and not helping and mine by reading and not getting an answer.
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look dude, i'm not trying to be a jerk but, you didn't even read the post. you just fired back a question. it's all right there in the in the link i posted, props to the creator, very well laid-out.
"RTFP"
nobody is going to baby you. you wanna root and do phone kung-fu, read!