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(Sorry for posting this in a new thread. I couldn't find another SGS2 CM7.1 thread that it seemed relevant to.)
So yesterday I installed cm_galaxys2_full-75 on my SGS2 and I have to say I'm completely blown away. Its not quite ready for my daily user, but it is very close and already a fantastic system.
Couple of possible bugs I noticed that stood out. Bluetooth works. I could pair with devices and send individual files (didn't try a batch of files) but when I paired with a Nokia A2DP headset, no audio went through. A little disappointing and not a deal breaker, but still something that was frustrating. Hunted out and plugged in the wired headset and got my musical fix that way. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to figure it out.
What ended up forcing me back to VillainROM was the wifi. It was flakey for some reason. Then, after about 3 hours, it wouldn't detect any access points at all, let alone connect to them. Just didn't show any in the list. Wifi is not the greatest in my area at the best of times. There are about 25 APs in about a 200 yard radius of my place fighting for channels and bandwidth, so sometimes you almost have to be sitting over the AP to maintain a connection for any length of time. But when the phone no longer saw *any* APs, things got a little frustrating.
I did have one little power related issue. I turn my phones off when charging while I sleep. However, yesterday I noticed that if you turn the phone off then plug in the charger, it will cause the phone to turn on and boot up. Not ideal. Not sure whether its a deliberate feature or something to report as a bug. I'm wondering if its because of the battery charge indicator that displays on the screen when the phone is off and charging. Again, not a deal breaker, but I like to look after my batteries.
I really like the direction of the system. It was extremely fast and smooth on the phone. Installed the GApps and started loading everything back from the market. Because of the wifi situation, this got tedious having to do it over 3G/HSPA+ so got the important stuff I needed to get through the day.
I love the customisability of CM7.1. The themes and profiles are something I miss from my old Nokia days and CM is the first time I've seen it really well implemented on Android. Every other platform I've tried has essentially needed to have themes flashed rather than installed. A minor thing I guess, but annoying none-the-less. What it did manage to do is have me reconsider ADWLauncher. I'm a LauncherPro Plus guy. Have always just liked the simplicity of it. But the way it is presented in CM7 has me thinking I might try ADW out a little more thoroughly.
Performance is outstanding. I didn't notice any jitters or slowdowns in the system the whole time I was using it. In fact, even when switching between themes several times, once the theme had loaded there didn't seem to be any hit in performance. ADW was fast and smooth. The system as a whole seemed better in performance than the original TouchWiz 4.0 does on the device.
A days worth of using it left me really impressed. To the devs and the team working on it, you're doing a great job. Thank you for the efforts.
I'm fighting the urge to make the switch to this distro full time. I'm tempted to grab build 77 and see if I can replicate the wifi bug. ;-) The wifi issue is the only thing keeping me on VillainROM for now though.
Link download Place? Cant find it in dev thread
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Link download Place? Cant find it in dev thread
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Go to the Q&A thread everything you need for downloading is there for you.
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kinthiri said:
(Sorry for posting this in a new thread. I couldn't find another SGS2 CM7.1 thread that it seemed relevant to.)
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Really? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176411
Download and install the latest CM7 nightly. BT A2DP works now!
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Really? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176411
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Given that is the Q&A thread, and this post wasn't asking for help, I'd rather not add more noise to that thread with an OT post.
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To be honest, i didnt like it -.-
its still under development, lets hope the stable version works better
my only gripe is the music quality is poor compared to what I have at the moment on 2.3.5. DSP manager didnt help much tbh
Don't know what the hell is going on but it's so frustrating I am about to throw my phone out the window. Recently I upgraded to stock plus v3.01 ROM and also Ext4 4 ALL kernel since I was running into the dreaded data/data memory full issue. Everything seems to be working fine until recently the phone would slow to a crawl right around midnight, I would be watcing a flash video clip before midnight, then right at 12, everything just slow down and nothing I do would resolve this...I can reboot, take the battery out..etc..phone would still be super slow, pretty much the same way until next morning. GoLauncher EX would crash all the time during this time as well, is if there's some kind of ghost process running in the background sucking up all the resources. I checked Mybackup and doesn't look like there's any schedule backup service...so I am pulling my hair out still don't know what's wrong. Anyone else experienced this before, any idea what can be causing this?
This happened to me when i was using that same rom! What i did was just install a different rom.
Try looking on Ebay for a new flux-capacitor for it they always go bad
I had this ROM too... it was cool, but a battery hog.... Back to CM7 Nightly's.... shouldn't have left to begin with....
1. does not belong in this forum
2. try asking the developer, or even in the ROM's forum
Too much porn. Those midnight shows will do it.
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Thanks for the feedback..looks like the ROM is the culprit..time to upgrade to something else
Cool story bro
CM7 nightly
Haven't had any problems with Stock+ regarding this issue....
definitely very strange.....
Very strange issue. Has it been reported to the ROMs dev?
i m using note from over 1 month now and i think its slower than other phones, i have used sgs2 before this. my touch stops responding sometimes while browsing or playing music.also 1 error i have experienced a lot is when i play music directly from folder. My firmware is up to date. have you experienced the same or is it just me?
ive only had the phone a few days but i cant say i have seen it slow down, only time was after flashing the kl7 stock rom as it needed a few reboots to bed in
i just put la1 on and now it seems faster than before
Are you on LA1?
Use LA1 with new abyss 3.1 test kernel. This thing flies and no overheating of any sort.
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My note is faster than the S2 aside from using the pinch to zoom out on the app drawer and home screen. So idk probably a defective unit? or a defective ram module?
sorry folks, i am noob, so i ll probably have to look on forum to find out what you guys are talking about. i havent rooted my phone yet. but now i am willing to. i will surely look into it this weekend. any specific tutorials you guys wanna direct me to for rooting?
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Use LA1 with new abyss 3.1 test kernel. This thing flies and no overheating of any sort.
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where did u find abyss 3.1 test kernel?
plebian said:
i m using note from over 1 month now and i think its slower than other phones, i have used sgs2 before this. my touch stops responding sometimes while browsing or playing music.also 1 error i have experienced a lot is when i play music directly from folder. My firmware is up to date. have you experienced the same or is it just me?
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It is really getting annoying slow right now. In fact i noticed Netflix stuttering for the first time last night.
plebian said:
sorry folks, i am noob, so i ll probably have to look on forum to find out what you guys are talking about. i havent rooted my phone yet. but now i am willing to. i will surely look into it this weekend. any specific tutorials you guys wanna direct me to for rooting?
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Try LA1 from here.
I'm not rooted either.
Just stock LA1.
I use rhapsody rom and abyss 3.1 test and my note is very fast! I have some problem with battery drain but I think next kernel will solve this issue
(stock phone unrooted) mine sometimes freezes but most times is ok. had an episode or two of crashing restarting without being able to do anything but now ok, some force closures in stock video player, stock file manager sometimes takes ages processing everytime i move into different folders. other video players and file managers are ok. stock task manager shows total ram at about 800mb of which about 644mb is being used most times or there abouts. thought the phone had 1gb where is the missing 200mb?? any clues.
I do not have a note, but going back to stock may fix your problem (or wiping dalvik and regular cache should fix this). After a while a rom can just get "clogged" up, which most do (cm7 takes longer usually). Clearing these or a whole different rom should fix this.
If you havcpower saving on can make a difference. On one stock ROM it lowered my cpu thresholds significantly
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So tried to add this to the alpha 5 topic, but I do not have 10 posts yet.
I flashed from MIKG 3.0 to alpha 5 on Friday with no issues. I ran the fix for the google calendar and was happy with the overall setup. I added the COD tweaks and was impressed with the speed/smoothness of the system. Camera worked out of the box and didn't have any real issues until tonight.
Phone randomly restarted, no big deal. but then I noticed that i had degraded signal. did the *18 call with no change. I had to send a few texts and they all hung and finally failed. restarted phone and same issue occurred.
With the ROM still being a WIP I was not upset, it just isnt a daily driver yet, close though.
next issue was when i restored from nandroid. I hung at the boot screen for ever. Pulled battery and did full wipe and tried again to no avail. I was getting worried at this point. I did have an earlier nan backup of MIKG and that one worked.
Oh and much to my kids dismay angry birds would not load.
Not really looking for any help just trying to get my posts in.
Thanks!
jumpmasterguy said:
So tried to add this to the alpha 5 topic, but I do not have 10 posts yet.
I flashed from MIKG 3.0 to alpha 5 on Friday with no issues. I ran the fix for the google calendar and was happy with the overall setup. I added the COD tweaks and was impressed with the speed/smoothness of the system. Camera worked out of the box and didn't have any real issues until tonight.
Phone randomly restarted, no big deal. but then I noticed that i had degraded signal. did the *18 call with no change. I had to send a few texts and they all hung and finally failed. restarted phone and same issue occurred.
With the ROM still being a WIP I was not upset, it just isnt a daily driver yet, close though.
next issue was when i restored from nandroid. I hung at the boot screen for ever. Pulled battery and did full wipe and tried again to no avail. I was getting worried at this point. I did have an earlier nan backup of MIKG and that one worked.
Oh and much to my kids dismay angry birds would not load.
Not really looking for any help just trying to get my posts in.
Thanks!
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nice info ive been trying to find out how the ics roms are going cuz i havent had time to flash myself. but in regards to your nandroid restore not working. what recovery are you using? (you should use amon-ra 2.3 if you aren't already) and also the mikg restores take a while to load because sense 3.0 is huge, if it doesn't load in about 2-3 minutes then just pull the battery and start it up (don't wipe) and it should boot right up in a reasonable time. it happens occasionally. and welcome to xda saw you had one post so i figured i would welcome you
I have flashed multiple versions of MIKG all wit CWM, it was up in the 7-10 min boot loop time. the kick stand was getting warm. I started with the batt at 90% and when I was finally back up it was at 20%.
I as well can't post. I came from cm7. I used from manager to back up cm7 then install alpha5. Worked fine for me. Using cwm instead of ra though. Not sure if that makes any difference.
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I would try to flash with ra. The rom is working great for me as a daily.
Only issue I had with Deck's ICS was no GPS for Navigation.
You may have to do the GPS fix by going into sense rom
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You may have to do the GPS fix by going into sense rom
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I have tried it with no success. Guess my phone just hates GPS It happens with every other ROM I flash. I keep the GPS fix file on my SD card, GPS status/toolbox app, and a fresh sense ROM at hand just in case.
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I have flashed multiple versions of MIKG all wit CWM, it was up in the 7-10 min boot loop time. the kick stand was getting warm. I started with the batt at 90% and when I was finally back up it was at 20%.
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Yeah there's something always wrong with CWM I have used amon-ra since February and have had no problems with it. Also as a sidenote with amon my mikg back up with 300mb of apps took all of 5 minutes to back up and like 8% battery. If your backup drained 70% of your battery there is definately something wrong haha
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Glad you posted this here.
I don't have enough posts either. I like the ROM but i had a few random reboots too. I flashed from Team Nocturnal stock RLS.5. I also use CWM for Nandroid. I was getting around in ICS well but had a few hangups. Calandar was the biggest issue, but I think I remember that being mentioned, so no biggie. The only major issue I cared about and I don't know if this has been any one else's problem, but my benchmark was significantly lower on this ROM. 805 on quadrant. Just wanted to post if anyone is reading. That would explain why it was a little jerky.
almost there!! lol
ics was really fun to play with. have u tried swapping to nova launcher? it seemed to free the rom up a bit and make it much more tolerable. I do like trebuchet because it seems to look better imo.
my gps seemed to work fine after i flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15760767&postcount=30 it did cut out eventually but that was after a flash to a 3.0 rom ( not to do the gps fix btw) and nandroiding back sooooo i dunno could have been something got fubared in there
there was a calendar fix somewhere in the 400 page post. you had to flash a specific gapps and calendar fix.
Flashed Decks a5 the day it was released. Loved it. I'm still running CWM and haven't had any issues. I did install the GPS drivers listed in a GPS fix post and use Waze for navigation. Quick lock and solid. Gmail sync and calendar sync worked as well, using Jorte as my calendar. I used the file titled ICSGoogleApps12-16. My only issues were the jerky video and most games I played wouldn't load.
Amazing work, I tried all the other ICS rom's and I had less issues and smoother operations with Deck's.
Great talent. I have no complaints cause I know it is all a work on progress. I can't believe my old EVO is running ICS before my buddy who just got a new phone...... priceless! !!!!!
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NoStOcKEvO said:
I have tried it with no success. Guess my phone just hates GPS It happens with every other ROM I flash. I keep the GPS fix file on my SD card, GPS status/toolbox app, and a fresh sense ROM at hand just in case.
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After flashing any new ROM or ROM update I always flash the latest GPS Fix from here ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412
... and the latest Radio Combo from here ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
It always fixes GPS lock for me (CM7 nightlies, ICS Evervolv, Deck ICS). Always Nandroid backup of course. I don't use Sense ROM's so YMMV.
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Flashed Decks a5 the day it was released. Loved it. I'm still running CWM and haven't had any issues. I did install the GPS drivers listed in a GPS fix post and use Waze for navigation. Quick lock and solid. Gmail sync and calendar sync worked as well, using Jorte as my calendar. I used the file titled ICSGoogleApps12-16. My only issues were the jerky video and most games I played wouldn't load.
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Similar experience as well.
I'm using the Google Calender sync and don't seem to be having any problems with it. Haven't tried that GPS fix though, gunna try that tonight.
I've noticed as looking through the official thread it seems many people have a problem with the trebuchet (sp) launcher on page 7 of the widgets. I'm having no issues. Anyone else like this?
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wolfz616 said:
Similar experience as well.
I'm using the Google Calender sync and don't seem to be having any problems with it. Haven't tried that GPS fix though, gunna try that tonight.
I've noticed as looking through the official thread it seems many people have a problem with the trebuchet (sp) launcher on page 7 of the widgets. I'm having no issues. Anyone else like this?
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I had an issue with the stock launcher on page 7 of the widgets. I just switched to Nova Launcher and have had not problems, in fact I personally like it better.
I've also been using this rom lately. Although it has some features broken, its still very very usable. Makes me realize how much I don't use "premium" features.
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Also, this from us very snappy and smooth. But when I do quadrant benchmarks, it gets a score of about 945, which is lower than stock evo and lower than my 1500 scoring miui rom, but it feels faster nonetheless. Is this a product of the hardware acceleration?
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Disregard what I said. I'm actually using drew's. So many ics roms out there.
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So I've been running decks for awhile now, no problems. Only thing is I get a random freeze and reboot about once a day or so. Anyone else having that issue?
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Hi guys
I changed my rom for the first time from stock 4.0.4 to ultimate jb rom.here are the things i think you should know about.we are gonna talk about safe kernel,backup,ui experience,what you gain and what you miss and ofcourse benchmarks and battery.
Ok,probably you have read this "make sure you are on a SAFE KERNEL then you can wipe"
But which kernels are safe?
Well i used philz' kernel 3.99 for my jplr8.ofcourse you shoulf find the kernel suitable for your device.if you look around in xda you will find the kernels uploaded by the philz himself
After you flashed the kernel you will see that your recovery changes to a more userfriendly interface.
Note:the philz kernel brings a touch based recovery.some might not be able to scroll using volume rocker.but it worked for me.anyway try to use the touch interface as it is more safe.
Backing up:
I suggest that you backup the following:
1.a nandroid backup using rom toolbox or recovery
2.your sms using go sms pro cloud backup
3.some apps that you know have important data,saved passwords or... and ofcourse go sms so that you will be able to restore the backed up sms.you already know that you should use titanium backup
4.write down your contacts.that was the way i did that but if you have a better way plz tell everyoneunder this topic.
5.your s memos and notes.i lost my s memos in the process
6.write down your app names or just place their apk somewhere you know.also you can use titanium backup too but i am a lazy guy
After flashing the rom using philz safe kernel wait for the phone to reboot.it will take about 3 to 10 minutes showing samsung logo but dont worry that is normal.
Now do the first setups and go walk through the ui.
For the first hours the ui will be having some lags and some bugs but that is ok.the rom is just getting to know your device and they are shaking hands
After some hours the ui is buttery smooth,the scrolling and menus are best and i am really pleased with the overall exp.
What you gain:
Apps:new camera,new gallery,update me and some hubs that did not work for me becaus im from iran (this is unfair)
Widgets:coolest widgets you cannot even imagine.for example how about a fully operational task manager for your homescreen?yeah,thats awesome.you can even close apps from the widget itself.epic win for me
Motions:some s3 and note2 motions like direct call and etc.
Special samsung features:smart stay and smart toggle,multi window apps with hack that you can loadup almost 90% of apps out there.s voice,airview in gallery and most of the places,a samsung service guy that buys breads for you every morning(fresh hot breads) and so
Also you are able to record calls in this rom
What you miss:
Your contacts,sms,apps but if you have backup dont worry:thumbup:
Apps:samsung apps(ah,who needed this one?i dont miss it anyways),social hub(honestly i miss this one,but you have facebook so dont worry) i cannot think of any other app,plz remind me if you do
Widgets:honestly i have what i want in widgets and i dont miss any
Motions:nothing
Special features:nothing
BENCHMARKS:
i did a benchmark right now withouy reboot overclock or anything(not even closing xda app or any tasks.nothing really)
Antutu:7500
I know thats low but im sure if you reboot and free up some ram and do it again it will be over 9000(without overclock)
Battery:im really pleased with the battery.it works for me better than stock rom and i have about 4 hours of screen on wifi usage.it does not drop just like the 4.0.4
Final words:if you want a great experience and battery you should try this rom.smooth fast and powerful.i cannot say anything else but im proud of the guys behind this rom and i appreciate their job
Forgive my bad english caus im iranian.and also this rom does not have persian or arabic language keyboard but does not mix up the words.so it means you can read well but you cant write.im sure you guys will have this problem solved for your roms as im gonna look around for a way.when i find out i will tell you
PLZ PLZ SPEND TIME AND TELL US YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ROM SO THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER
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I almost forgot pop up browser.if you cant find it just click on a link
And also for once the head of the gallery dropped low after i tagged a face.im sure it will 90% not happen again and it was not such a pain in the...you know
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Here is a way that you can disable shutter sound in camera with a new menu.
Plz dont use it to capture under girls skirts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36284780
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You can also hide apps in menu.that is cool
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friedje said:
Being on xxlsc since two weeks without a problem, today was my turn of good luck.
I picked up my phone and forgot it was on the charger.
It got ripped out of my hand and fell flat on the floor.
Instead of finding it the way it should be, It smiled back at me with the Galaxy Note N7000 boot logo....
I tried to turn it off, but It wouldn't, it just went black for a few seconds and then came back in the same state. So I booted into cwm and chose for Turn power off.
This worked. So when I switched it back on a few seconds later, it went into boot animation and then froze....Turning off got me the same state as before, it smiled back at me with it's useless boot logo.
Repeated my earlier steps, same result.
Then I noticed with the device being shut down, pushing the home button didn't show up the battery state as it usually does. Neither did a quick touch of the powerbutton....
I didn't feel like to wipe and setup the phone again, so I plugged in the charger to see if that at least would function normally....
Plugging the phone in, without touching anything else made the phone come up in the middle of the boot animation, then it booted....
However I lost all account settings. Google account and email account info was completely wiped...
I entered those manually and all is working back.
So just a long story to share my experience, and maybe it might help someone someday finding himself in a similar situation...
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Thanks for taking out the time for writing this.
I will do anything helpful
I also thank you for being around a lot in these topics and helping people
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He he.. I am a bit addicted
I'm still using this rom but there is two problems, one is s voice-wake up command does not work in lock screen and another one is bettary draining. I hardly use 2 hours on 3g network...how to solve this??
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Facing sudden dead? Bootloop??? ( stuck on N7000 logo ).
Don't cry,
1st, reboot to recovery ( power + menu + vol up button )
2nd, make new Nandroid backup
3rd, nandroid done?? Restore the backup and boot system..
4rd, enjoy your "leaked" JB again..
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please add to first post the known bugs, like when your os crashes (instability, flat battery, or you do battery pull) your device wont boot.
Fix: almighty safe kernel cache and dalvik cache wipe. Sometimes fix permissions is needed. If this doesnt work, do a nandroid backup, factory reset, nandroid restore and it could work(reported by others a couple times)
You can also suggest removing safe to uninstall system apps. That handshake your talking about is not 100% correct. More like 99, 9% You can increase free ram by removing these apps, and especially automatic test system app. This a leak with stuff on there that wont in final release That one will dramatically increase device gui performance after a reboot. lol.
all at own risk
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I'm still using this rom but there is two problems, one is s voice-wake up command does not work in lock screen and another one is bettary draining. I hardly use 2 hours on 3g network...how to solve this??
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Just maybe you might find your answer if you actually post the question in that particular rom thread....just maybe
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