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[ROM] [SGH-I757M only] Paranoid Android

Paranoid Android (Jelly Bean) for Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE (SGH-I757M)
This is a fairly new ROM built from the Paranoid Android 2+ source code.
I do not develop this ROM nor do I provide support for it.
I felt that we needed a new topic to talk about this PAndroid ROM as the CM10 topic was getting pretty hefty and unorganized.
Since the development for this ROM is new, don't expect it to be as stable as CM9. Check "What Doesn't Work" for a list of what's broken!
If you still don't know what ClockWorkMod Recovery or Paranoid Android is, Google it or search XDA.
WARNING! Do not flash this to a different device model from the one it's meant for. It will not work with the other Galaxy S2 iterations, so don't try it with the Bell Galaxy S2 I9100M (non-HD). DO NOT flash it on the Asian variant of the GS2 HD (SHV-E120) either, as it uses slightly different internal hardware - the ROM will be unstable and the phone component will not work. If you are sure you have the CANADIAN Bell Galaxy S2 HD LTE (SGH-I757M), you may continue.
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Flashing The Recovery Menu
Do you have the stock recovery menu installed? If so, move to step two. If you already have CWM installed, move to "Flashing Paranoid Android"
Download Odin from here: bit.ly/WXpnCN AND download CWM Recovery here: bit.ly/WXpfDA
Start your SGH-i757m in 'Download Mode' (Shut off device. Hold the Volume Down key while powering the phone on. The device will vibrate and soon you will see a Warning screen, where you will need to press Volume Up to enter Download mode.)
While in Download Mode, start up Odin and connect your phone to the PC via USB. You should see a status message in Odin saying your device was "added".
In Odin, press the 'BOOTLOADER' button and select the CWM TAR file you downloaded from step two.
In Odin, press Start. Once Odin is done it should say "PASS". If it doesn't finish or is stuck, try re-downloading the recovery file.
Your device will reboot.
Flashing Paranoid Android
Download the latest version of PAndroid from Socim's Dev-Host: bit.ly/WK042w AND G-Apps from: bit.ly/117KEsZ
Place both *.zip files on your Micro-SD card. Do NOT Extract Them!
Start your phone into CWM Recovery mode. To accomplish this hold down the Power Button to turn the phone on, and then immediately hold down Volume Up + Volume Down at the same time. Let go of the buttons at the exact moment you see the "Samsung" Logo.
Select "Wipe Data/Factory Reset"
Then choose "Install Zip" then "Chose Zip From External SDCard" and select the PAndroid version you downloaded in step one. Do this TWICE just to be sure.
Next flash the G-Apps file you downloaded from step one the same way.
OPTIONAL: If you need to install the Stock Bell ICS Modem, now would be the time to do it. You can get it from dsixda's Dev-Host: http://bit.ly/Wu4SJe
Reboot your device.
What Doesn't Work
Some GUI elements (ie. Youtube Controls) become hidden behind content
Some camera apps display as unintended (ie. Instagram)
No touch-to-focus for camera. Regular focus does work though
"Random" crashes
Sources and Acknowledgements
Huge thanks to Socim for getting the ball rolling on this device again! bit.ly/Vc3j7d
Also, I based most of my instructions off of dsixda's posts. bit.ly/UavsHn
And to the community for not letting this amazing phone go to waste!
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thank you so much for the ROM. A quick question though, the white flash at my hardware keys (navigation bar) remain always on. I think the light should only be activated on use.

legendofjon said:
thank you so much for the ROM. A quick question though, the white flash at my hardware keys (navigation bar) remain always on. I think the light should only be activated on use.
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They should only stay on when charging.
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legendofjon said:
thank you so much for the ROM. A quick question though, the white flash at my hardware keys (navigation bar) remain always on. I think the light should only be activated on use.
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I suppose it because I set touchkey autobrightness to true in framework config, so you guys who doesn't turned on autobrightness will encounter this.

Home and Search buttons don't work
ROM looks good so far, just flashed this morning. Only issue I have noticed is the home and search buttons don't work.
[UPDATE]
I reinstalled and looks like something that loaded when I restored with Titanium backup caused the home button issues. Everything looks good now.

ljdizzo said:
ROM looks good so far, just flashed this morning. Only issue I have noticed is the home and search buttons don't work.
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Everything working great for me including the home and search buttons...this looks to be a very stable ROM...
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im getting a status 7 error in cwm any reasons why?

Thank you for this.
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skodazek said:
Thank you for this.
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No problem! Really gave me time to truly get used to the post editor! :laugh:

Is this rom still being worked on? I have a t989d and the jb roms for it are amazingly stable and still being improved. Would love to see a jb rom for this phone become a stable daily driver.
Gonna flash this either way and check it out!

Working Good here. Great work!!!
The phablet mode 600px with a defualt DPI of 290 works great and looks great for most apps! Some may need individual adjustment. The only app that will need adjustment after reboot is the launcher. This is what you do.
You head into paranoid settings,
hit the Apps button on the left.
Then choose Trebuchet and adjust the DPI to exactly 228. Hit Apply.
This makes everything look right again. In both the drawer and on the home screen. Otherwise your apps in drawer will not fill the screen properly, and icons start looking to small. On the home screen, for some reason if you have 5 coloumns or less, you lose your last two icons on your launcher. You will also need to do the following.
head into the launcher settings,
click home screen.
Adjust the rows to your choice.
But the coloumns need to be 6 or more.
While you are in there you will also want to
enable Resize any widget
and disable wallpaper scrolling.
I also changed alot of my dpi for other individual apps, making things look even better. This rom has made my phone work and look more awesome than it was ever destined to be! Thanks to everyones continued efforts on this phone.
Only issues I have are backlight keys sometimes do not want to come back on when you unlock phone. They do come back on later tho, never really timed it. Also andom reboots. Maybe like one or two a day.
Also I should mention DO NOT install the latest gapps
gapps-jb-20121128-signed.zip
I installed it and it broke my keyboard. If you just gotta try it..... then make sure you have a nand backup done first.

To get the backlights to come on just adjust your screen brightness...lights come on, for me anyway. I have the slider in notification bar so it's not a big deal.
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I tried it for a few minutes and half way through restoring the apps and settings, the phone got extremely hot. So now I'm back to CM10, but if anyone knows what's wrong, I'd love to try it out again.

Siavash8 said:
I tried it for a few minutes and half way through restoring the apps and settings, the phone got extremely hot. So now I'm back to CM10, but if anyone knows what's wrong, I'd love to try it out again.
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I suggest not restoring your apps and settings using Google's wizard. Sometimes it breaks a lot. Instead, just restore your apps manually using the Play Store OR a previous Titanium Backup.
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CharlieMPK said:
I suggest not restoring your apps and settings using Google's wizard. Sometimes it breaks a lot. Instead, just restore your apps manually using the Play Store OR a previous Titanium Backup.
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Agree. For example some touchkeys won't work if you come from cm10.
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rukusx7 said:
Also I should mention DO NOT install the latest gapps
gapps-jb-20121128-signed.zip
I installed it and it broke my keyboard. If you just gotta try it..... then make sure you have a nand backup done first.
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When we got Android 4.2 we will need it.

Hey guys just an update on my phones experience. The rom is pretty stable for me as well. However I have had a few sudden reboots and system ui crashes. As well the latest gapps do not work correctly for me for some reason so I flashed the gapps from cm9 and that works.
The sudden reboots happen mainly when watching a video or changing wallpapers and the system ui crashes out of no where.
Now I have wiped cashed partition and delvik cach which solves the above mentioned two issues it for awhile but continues again. As well re flashing the PA rom from Nov 22.
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CharlieMPK said:
I suggest not restoring your apps and settings using Google's wizard. Sometimes it breaks a lot. Instead, just restore your apps manually using the Play Store OR a previous Titanium Backup.
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Actually that's what I always do. At first, I let the Play Store downloads all the apps again, and then I restore the user apps data using Titanium Backup. This way, I don't have to tap "Install" for every fricking app. But it got so hot in the middle of downloading the apps, that I kinda freaked out and got back to CM10. It may be related to the settings and configuration connected to my Google account. I'll try again without entering my user name and password at the start and see how it goes.

I ran the ROM for the better part of 16 hrs (workday testbed) other than the play store crashing here and there, I had no issues, I was very impressed. I noticed the benchmark scores were low but if anything we know they're nothing more than a number in most cases. I did have the same heating up issue with heavy file transfers but honestly couldn't give you a value of PA vs dsixda's ICS rom. Performance "felt" much smoother and more fluid. Gallery, lights and what not worked like a charm.
PA question - Where do I turn on display battery %? I'm going to run it another day with all my automated & battery apps running, see how battery life is.
Thanks for the dev on the ROM guys, really gave new life to the device. I was seriously debating axing it for another, at my own expense since its a work phone.

Everything except for the Paranoid settings, adjusts the same way as CM10. You can find the option for battery % under System Settings/system/Status Bar.
I forgot to mention one thing that had caused me issues. When I installed PANov23 I had high useage on the app named "media". I killed it have not had a problem since. I also prefer the noop or deadline scheduler and have heard that the CFQ scheduler can sometimes take some time to scan your sdcard causing high CPU useage upon bootup. I also recommend spending the money on the PRO version of Titanium Backup. If you are a frequent Flasher, and not a dirty flasher, then you SHOULD have a paid copy of this app!!
I also use GSam Battery Monitor to watch what eats my battery. Its like Better Battery Stats, but more robust. Check it out.

rukusx7 said:
Everything except for the Paranoid settings, adjusts the same way as CM10. You can find the option for battery % under System Settings/system/Status Bar.
I forgot to mention one thing that had caused me issues. When I installed PANov23 I had high useage on the app named "media". I killed it have not had a problem since. I also prefer the noop or deadline scheduler and have heard that the CFQ scheduler can sometimes take some time to scan your sdcard causing high CPU useage upon bootup. I also recommend spending the money on the PRO version of Titanium Backup. If you are a frequent Flasher, and not a dirty flasher, then you SHOULD have a paid copy of this app!!
I also use GSam Battery Monitor to watch what eats my battery. Its like Better Battery Stats, but more robust. Check it out.
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Should have mentioned I've never been a CM10 user. I started off with Android only very recently with an S3 first and the dev wasn't there for a daily driver, then I swapped that in for a Note 2, so again, little dev atm. And then i757, so again, even less dev.

XXBLL7 Android 4.1.2 Official Firmware Change Log

Now that XXBLL7 Android 4.1.2 Official Firmware is available for our cameras it would be interesting to see what changes it brings. As usual it's a hunt and track down for changes to upgrades but maybe we can compile a list?
So far I noticed there is now 4 new scenes in SMART mode...
"FOOD" - Take pictures that emphasise the vivid colours of food
"DAWN" - Take pictures that emphasise the dawn sky by making the blue more intense
"SNOW" - Take pictures that emphasise the brightness of snow by making the white more intense
"PARTY/INDOOR" -Take pictures of parties or other indoor activities without blurring
Also:
You can set an option to not automatically fire up the camera when you power on - very pleased by this one!
An icon has appeared on the notification bar - a battery with a recycle sign - to tell you that you have enabled 'Smart Network' mode (turns off network functions when screen is off)
Updated versions of Samsung built in apps naturally
Still looking...
Sadly the storage card dialog still pops up on a cold boot
Remote Viewfinder still not working

apprentice said:
Now that XXBLL7 Android 4.1.2 Official Firmware is available for our cameras it would be interesting to see what changes it brings. As usual it's a hunt and track down for changes to upgrades but maybe we can compile a list?
So far I noticed there is now 2 new scenes in SMART mode... "FOOD" - Take pictures that emphasise the vivid colours of food
and "DAWN" - Take pictures that emphasise the dawn sky by making the blue more intense
An icon has appeared on the notification bar - a battery with a recycle sign
Updated versions of Samsung built in apps
Still looking...
Sadly the storage card dialog still pops up on a cold boot
Remote Viewfinder still not working
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I want to flash this firmware, but can it be rooted?

Since I've rooted my Camera with Exynos Abuse, it says it is non-standard and refuses to tell me about any updates. Do I need to back out everything before it will notice the update? Does the abuse hole still exist after the update?

Claghorn said:
Since I've rooted my Camera with Exynos Abuse, it says it is non-standard and refuses to tell me about any updates. Do I need to back out everything before it will notice the update? Does the abuse hole still exist after the update?
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Check in settings-about device-Status If "Device Status" says "Custom" then you will not receive OTA updates. Mine says "Custom" as I rooted with odin. I don't know if Exynos Abuse changes the device status.

Is French language included in this firmware ?
Thx

robb13 said:
I want to flash this firmware, but can it be rooted?
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I've just tried to, straight after flashing "without wipe" and the Exynoss Exploit APK from Chainfire fails to Root, but I'm going to do a wipe and see if it's a problem with some residual files or something.
Update:
With ExynosAbuse 1.40, although it detects the device as Exploitable, it's unable to Root the device.

Can't root with Exynos Abuse 1.40... But Auto-Root is working fine !
Could you check amount of ram ? I have now 755mb, and before i remember (or i'm drunk) that i had 768mb
Strange...

I downloaded from Samfirmware and installed through ODIN although I lost root I was able to re-root successfully again using chainfire's method.
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there are a few other settings in smart mode which are snow, home party or something, there is also a weather app that has been installed

There's a setting in the settings menu called power that I didn't notice before, that allows you to choose when the device shuts itself down. Another thing I've found is that you don't have to keep enabling voice control in the camera app every time you close and open it now.
And just the general responsiveness seems better in the camera app too.
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Can someone check the ram available please ? 755mb max ?

luminouche said:
Can someone check the ram available please ? 755mb max ?
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Isn't that dependant on what apps you have installed and individual set ups?

apprentice said:
Isn't that dependant on what apps you have installed and individual set ups?
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He is talking about the max available RAM on the device that is usable.
I don't have the galaxy camera, but the RAM amount can indeed change (The S3 had 7xxMB with ICS and now has 8XXMB in JB)

Skander1998 said:
He is talking about the max available RAM on the device that is usable.
I don't have the galaxy camera, but the RAM amount can indeed change (The S3 had 7xxMB with ICS and now has 8XXMB in JB)
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Ah, OK. In that case the total I have is 755Mb since the update.
Hope that helps.

Yeah, the value you have when you long press home (Samsung task killer).
In 4.1.1 it seems to me that i had 768 instead of 755.
After Odin update, i also had another 'camera update' during few minutes, on the 1st boot (specific to Galaxy Camera ?)

luminouche said:
Yeah, the value you have when you long press home (Samsung task killer).
In 4.1.1 it seems to me that i had 768 instead of 755.
After Odin update, i also had another 'camera update' during few minutes, on the 1st boot (specific to Galaxy Camera ?)
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I have 780MB with the ATT stock rom. I will update later to 4.1.2 and see if it changes.

apprentice said:
You can set an option to not automatically fire up the camera when you power on - very pleased by this one!
An icon has appeared on the notification bar - a battery with a recycle sign - to tell you that you have enabled 'Smart Network' mode (turns off network functions when screen is off)
Updated versions of Samsung built in apps naturally
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I update the rom and found new smart mode like you say, but I don't found the option for disable camra on boot and don't have the battery sign i notification bar.
Can you tell me where you found the option for disable the camera ?
Thank you
David

New Triangle Away
Just to inform the community, I've been helping Chainfire over the past day or so, to get Triangle Away working for our Cameras
And he's done it!
Pic of my camera Before:
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He is currently tidying up a few bits but, the next release to hit the Play Store will support the EK-GC100

RavenY2K3 said:
Just to inform the community, I've been helping Chainfire over the past day or so, to get Triangle Away working for our Cameras
And he's done it!
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Ye !!
Thank you to you RawevnYéK3 and ChainFire, this is great
About my question for how disable camera when start the Camera and where is the icon about the mode "Smart Network" in notification bar, I found the icon, in fact I expect an icon like Wifi, BT, etc, but it's only a small one inform you "Smart Network" are use when you activate it.
But I still don't found where disablecamera on boot

djudenne said:
Ye !!
Thank you to you RawevnYéK3 and ChainFire, this is great
About my question for how disable camera when start the Camera and where is the icon about the mode "Smart Network" in notification bar, I found the icon, in fact I expect an icon like Wifi, BT, etc, but it's only a small one inform you "Smart Network" are use when you activate it.
But I still don't found where disablecamera on boot
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I've currently set the camera up with a lockscreen so it doesn't extend the lens when I hit the power button, but also, if the last thing the camera had open was the home screen, it opens back up in the home screen when I unlock the device.
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Constant TouchWiz Popup when Home button is pressed

sorry, if this has been brought up, I searched, but didn't find any threads.
Anyways, I would say about 40-50% of the time when I press the Home button, I get this popup
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and after I press "TouchWiz Home" I'd hit "Always" and then I get this:
this constantly popups up... well.. again, maybe every other time I hit the Home button... it's quite annoying... can any advice me what do to?
thanks in advance for any tips/advice
Ken

Try task manager and clear the default, then try and set it again and see if it works

radicalisto said:
Try task manager and clear the default, then try and set it again and see if it works
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Okay, so here's a dumb question, where's the task manager? Is it call something else?

trainerKEN said:
Okay, so here's a dumb question, where's the task manager? Is it call something else?
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Not a dumb question at all, Push and hold the home button, select the little globe in the bottom left, once you go thru to the next screen, scroll accross to CLEAR DEFAULTS and choose Touch Wiz and hit clear, exit out then try setting TW again and pressing Always.

radicalisto said:
Not a dumb question at all, Push and hold the home button, select the little globe in the bottom left, once you go thru to the next screen, scroll accross to CLEAR DEFAULTS and choose Touch Wiz and hit clear, exit out then try setting TW again and pressing Always.
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okay, so I'm there, but I don't see TW to clear

When you press the home button the TW asks you to set Just once/ Always yes? -- if you choose always it should store it in there as a default. -
OK, try settings > general > application manager > choose ALL then scroll down to TW - choose TouchWiz Home - It should show 850KB or so in size, If not clear cache then clear data, hit force stop, reboot your phone and see if it stores the data this time.

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When you press the home button the TW asks you to set Just once/ Always yes? -- if you choose always it should store it in there as a default. -
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yes, I always press "Always"
radicalisto said:
OK, try settings > general > application manager > choose ALL then scroll down to TW - choose TouchWiz Home - It should show 850KB or so in size, If not clear cache then clear data, hit force stop, reboot your phone and see if it stores the data this time.
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okay, so I just did it... let's see if it works... I will follow up, thanks!

Hit the home button again and if it doesn't pop up, it's sorted

radicalisto said:
Hit the home button again and if it doesn't pop up, it's sorted
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ugh, it just did it again

trainerKEN said:
ugh, it just did it again
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Ok for some bizarre reason it isn't storing local data, I'm at a bit of a loss.
What Model number do you have? and what firmware are you running? - rooted also? any mods installed recently or other launchers?
when you went to cache, did it show 850kb or so in the app itself? as if it was storing the data at all?
You could try a factory reset. I know it isn't ideal and it bugs me when I have had to do one previously. It may fix it. 9 out of 10 times it does.
EDIT: I'm at work so my replies may be a little sporadic or so, but I'll be around to help.

radicalisto said:
Ok for some bizarre reason it isn't storing local data, I'm at a bit of a loss.
What Model number do you have? and what firmware are you running? - rooted also? any mods installed recently or other launchers?
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the number says SM-N900W8, it's running 4.3, NOT rooted, bone stock, no mods... I just got the phone 2 days ago
radicalisto said:
when you went to cache, did it show 850kb or so in the app itself? as if it was storing the data at all?
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I don't remember what the number was, but I'm pretty sure it was in the 700kb....
radicalisto said:
could try a factory reset. I know it isn't ideal and it bugs me when I have had to do one previously. It may fix it. 9 out of 10 times it does.
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I'm going to try the previous instruction again and see if it helps, if not I'll do a factory reset. Not much trouble since I just got the phone 2 days ago...
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: I'm at work so my replies may be a little sporadic or so, but I'll be around to help.
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thanks man, I really appreciate your help

What mine shows, let me know what happens when you reset it. Usually does the job especially on the Note 3 lol.
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radicalisto said:
What mine shows, let me know what happens when you reset it. Usually does the job especially on the Note 3 lol.
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okay, so I ended up just doing a factory reset... and in the process... there was a system update. I have a feeling when I got the phone at the store, I was flying through the setup process and skipped it. As of right now, it looks like it's working fine :fingers-crossed:
thanks again for all your help... I'm going to pass this along because apparently I wasn't the only one with this issue

Ahh cool, least you got sorted, No problem man. Enjoy the phone

Did you enable Google Now? Disable it, and it will not ask you again.
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Did you enable Google Now? I have mine disable and it stop prompting me to choose TW again. Go ahead and try disable your Google Now.
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okay... so I wanted to post an update. Truthfully, the issue started up AGAIN! I was sooooo annoyed, I didn't want to post because I figured it was frustrating others reading my issue. Apparently, I wasn't the only person having this issue. I did some search and came across a thread over at Android Central...
here's the thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...lete-action-using-touchwiz-easy-home-huh.html
anyways, the trick is to uninstall the latest version of Google Search update. JUST TO CLARIFY, this does NOT mean you're actually uninstalling Google Search (because, I mean... there's no way I'd ever use Bing or Yahoo search :laugh: )
You go to your Google Play Store, search "Google Search" and the app will come up... it's already installed so you'll get the options of "Open" or "Uninstall".... You click on "Uninstall" and ONLY the latest version of Google Search will be uninstalled... Google Now, Google Search WILL still be there... But this issue will be gone
So, needless to say, the latest version of Google Search has some kind of bug with TouchWiz or whatever.
Hope this help others in the future

Yes im having this issue too and reverting back to the older version is the solution. This phone has given me many bugs. Totally aint worth the money.
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Has Google Search bug been resolved?
andresalonika said:
Yes im having this issue too and reverting back to the older version is the solution. This phone has given me many bugs. Totally aint worth the money.
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I had this problem and then removed the updates. However, I now see a new update for Google Search dated January 9, 2014. Has anyone tried this update to see if the problem persists?
Maybe tonight I will give it a go.
Thanks

No more touchwiz problem
:good: After upgrading Google Search to the January 9, 2014 yesterday, I have had no more problems with Touchwiz Home stopping notice. It has been about 24 hours since I updated it.
I guess Google resolved the bug.

I'm facing this issue after update to kitkat. I can't uninstall google search update as the version installed in the rom is the last one. Pop up is very boring What can I do ?
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PC Quick Commands | Android 4.0+ | 1.4 BETA

What is PC Quick Commands?
PC Quick Commands is a good looking, simple and open source app to send important commands to your PC. I know a handful of apps exist that offer similar functionality but I just wanted to write my own and I will be adding more functionality to it soon, while keeping it simple and free of bloat/ads and unwanted features/commands, like other apps.
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Features
Android Wear support (beta)
Open source and free
No ads
Lightweight in terms of size and resource consumption
Good design
Supports Android 4.0 and above
Commands supported as of now:
Restart
Shutdown
Log off
Suspend/Sleep
Hibernate
Run command (like, ping www.google.com)
Run application command (like, chrome.exe)
Custom command
More commands will be supported soon!
Operating system support:
- Windows (XP/Vista/7/8/8.1)
- Mac & Linux (SOON!)
This is a BETA app so things are not guaranteed to function properly every time. I am working hard to add more commands and iron out the bugs.
Download (Play Store)
Download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ssrij.pcqc.pcquickcommands
IMPORTANT NOTE: Requires client app to be installed on your PC/Laptop to function properly: You can download it from here: http://goo.gl/5YnnLm. Please make sure .NET Framework 2 is installed else the client app won't work!
Source
Source code: https://github.com/theblixguy/PCQuickCommands

Changelog:
Version 1.4 - September 10th 2014
More bug fixes
Version 1.3 - September 9th 2014
Support for Android Wear
Bug fixes
Version 1.2 - March 30th 2014
Updated UI
Ability to store recently executed commands for faster access (BETA). To access recent commands, just swipe from the left edge of the screen!
Ability to login/signup on first run
Ability to switch to a different account
Automatic update checks for both client app and Android app
Bug fixes
Version 1.1 - February 15th 2014
New setup tutorial
New about page
Minor fixes
Version 1.0 - February 14th 2014
Initial release

Have you ever heard of Salling Clicker? Was an app back in the day before smart phones that worked via Bluetooth to control your Mac from your phone as well as some other neat little scripts. I would love to see something like that for android and it appears you're already part of the way there!
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tbot said:
Have you ever heard of Salling Clicker? Was an app back in the day before smart phones that worked via Bluetooth to control your Mac from your phone as well as some other neat little scripts. I would love to see something like that for android and it appears you're already part of the way there!
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I see.. but I don't want to make a "Control your PC" alternative. The aim is to enable the user to send important commands remotely, using an available internet connection. That is why I have kept the list simple. I don't want to overwhelm the user with crapload of commands and I want to keep things simple and straightforward. If the user wants to control his entire keyboard or mouse or other stuff then there are apps available for that. There's an option in my app to send a custom command (working on it) using which you can send anything, from mouse location coordinates to media control commands like play and pause. It'll be live in next version

Gotcha, and makes sense. I just miss the text notifications, and mainly music controls, which involved fading out and pausing music when a phone call came in, and restarting and fading in when the call ended.
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tbot said:
fading out and pausing music when a phone call came in, and restarting and fading in when the call ended.
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Might consider adding an option to enable that feature via an IAP after app reaches stable state

Maybe you could use some ideas from Unified Remote? It has "touchpad", keyboard, and basic multimedia functions as well.

Awesome work! Thought about linux support?

Thanx , working great ( Winodws 8.1 )

Would it be possible to add an option to turn the computer on? I use PcAutoWaker to do this right now but it doesnt allow me to turn it off. It would be cool to have one app do it all.

Nice job. Multimedia commands (vol+ vol- play stop next) would be great.

13im6b said:
Nice job. Multimedia commands (vol+ vol- play stop next) would be great.
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+1
And a cursor would be nice. Check this app, it has nice and simple controls: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cafbit.valence
Tap = Click
Double Tap = Right Click
Two finger slide = scroll
Keyboard plus Modification Buttons (STRG, SHIFT, ALT) plus special keys (ESC, TAB...)

Twnksinr said:
Awesome work! Thought about linux support?
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Yes, I'll start the work when both apps become stable.
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jsgraphicart said:
Would it be possible to add an option to turn the computer on? I use PcAutoWaker to do this right now but it doesnt allow me to turn it off. It would be cool to have one app do it all.
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It is certainly possible, I'll look into this after my exams
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I think you should add a feature of "booting on start" for the desktop PC client, as it is really annoying to launch it manually every time. Thanks bro!

pickandwhammy said:
Maybe you could use some ideas from Unified Remote? It has "touchpad", keyboard, and basic multimedia functions as well.
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I don't want to replicate touchpad and keyboard functionality, I just want to make it easy for people to send important commands! My plan now is to add more commands and also make the commands more powerful, like instead of only running Chrome, you could specify the URL to open or enable users to execute multiple commands and more.
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ssrij said:
It is certainly possible, I'll look into this after my exams
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And maybe a widget to quickly select an action?

13im6b said:
Nice job. Multimedia commands (vol+ vol- play stop next) would be great.
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That is what I am working on right now, next version will have it!
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ekabon said:
I think you should add a feature of "booting on start" for the desktop PC client, as it is really annoying to launch it manually every time. Thanks bro!
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Working on it. For now, you can create a shortcut of the app and set it to run on startup by moving the shortcut to the Startup folder. There are other ways to make it start on startup as well.
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And maybe a widget to quickly select an action?
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That'll be very helpful, will be doing that once app becomes stable.
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Yoga Tab 3 Pro - post your tips and tricks to reduce lag.

As a happy yoga tab 3 pro user you will already know that your tablet hangs, freezes and can have some general lag all over the system! Very unsatisfactory (I actually love it by the way).
So if you have anything to share which you feel improved your over all user experience post it here.
here's my tip, freeze everthing! I used titanium backup and froze the apps that I don't use but were clearly using my ram.
uploading a couple of screen shots. One shows the apps that I have frozen and the other shows running apps.
So just look at was is running and if you don't need it freeze it! There was loads of crap running that I would never use.
Whole system feels alot snappier without a shadow of a doubt.
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i knew it you were a hacker... that keyboard exposed you!

I highly recommend leaving system apps unfrozen. If you can't uninstall or disable it through the settings menu you shouldn't be removing it. That's why Google and Lenovo restrict apps from being uninstalled. Bloatware on the other hand should be nuked into star dust.
Edit: freeing ram also does nothing. The OS manages ram. If a foreground app needs more ram the OS allocates it. If there isn't enough(extremely rare. 2gb is a lot for a phone/tablet) the OS will automatically free ram from non-critical apps.

walther1337 said:
I highly recommend leaving system apps unfrozen. If you can't uninstall or disable it through the settings menu you shouldn't be removing it. That's why Google and Lenovo restrict apps from being uninstalled. Bloatware on the other hand should be nuked into star dust.
Edit: freeing ram also does nothing. The OS manages ram. If a foreground app needs more ram the OS allocates it. If there isn't enough(extremely rare. 2gb is a lot for a phone/tablet) the OS will automatically free ram from non-critical apps.
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I can only guess from your response that you do not own a lenovo tab 3 pro, if you did you would know two things:-
Firstly Lenovo clearly do not know what they are doing or people would not have a tablet with fine hardware lagging all over the system..
Secondly, 2GB is clearly enough unless the clever developers at lenovo released the tablet with beta ware applications and a kernel that strangles your available ram by using 1.1GB for itself!!!
And lastly thanks for mentioning that people should be careful freezing system apps, i should have made that clear in my post. I have frozen all that is shown in my screen shot and have had no adverse effects.
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i don't know how (much) they will impact on the memory issue that affect YT3Pro but seeing the list @joesnose posted you can safely tweak those services (they're all crap or useless services)

joesnose said:
I can only guess from your response that you do not own a lenovo tab 3 pro, if you did you would know two things:-
Firstly Lenovo clearly do not know what they are doing or people would not have a tablet with fine hardware lagging all over the system..
Secondly, 2GB is clearly enough unless the clever developers at lenovo released the tablet with beta ware applications and a kernel that strangles your available ram by using 1.1GB for itself!!!
And lastly thanks for mentioning that people should be careful freezing system apps, i should have made that clear in my post. I have frozen all that is shown in my screen shot and have had no adverse effects.
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Why would I post in a thread if I don't have the device? If you're having so many issues you should flash the stock rom in the root thread if you have root, or call Lenovo support. There is definitely something wrong with your device.

Are you saying your kernel is not hogging over a GB of memory?
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Thread title needs changing to how to fix everything!!!
Is it just me? Usb otg works fine.for usb storage devices, unfortunately doesn't appear to suport other usb devices!
Anyone else can you confirm you are able to get any mouse, keyboard, etc working?
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No problem here with USB mouse. Still trying to find a solution for exfat storage though.

Great, thanks @Shug69. I will have to find another adaptor to try.
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Heres a little tip posted by bigdoors over on the lenovo forums.
Under developer options:
I set all the animations and transitions to .5x
.I checked "Force GPU Rendering"
I'also checked "Disable HW overlays.
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Thanks @Samiej6 for this one.
Also, I successfully mounted my exFAT sdcard with the help of lurker0's post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3126394.
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Just found a way to set a custom image for the lock screen.
To set the lock screen image, you have to use Settings/Display/Wallpaper then LenovoWallpaper, and by default you can only select from the default Lenovo images.
To add your own image to this gallery, you'll need to be rooted, and install the Root Explorer app.
Copy your Lock screen image to your SD card, and create 2 more copies of the image file and add the following extensions;
<img>_land.jpg
<img>_land_small.jpg
<img>_port.jpg
Then copy these files using Root Explorer to /system/etc/localwallpaper
Also in the /system/etc/localwallpaper directory, you'll need to edit the customed_wallpaper.xml file to add a new line;
<wallpaper name="<img>_land"/>
Save and close the .xml file, and force close LenovoWallpaper app via Settings/Apps/All.
Now go back into Settings/Display/Wallpaper and launch LenovoWallpaper again, you should now see a new blank row at the bottom of the Lenovo images, which if you tap will load your image file, then just untick the Desktop option so that only the Lock screen image is changed.

rfsteel said:
Just found a way to set a custom image for the lock screen.
To set the lock screen image, you have to use Settings/Display/Wallpaper then LenovoWallpaper, and by default you can only select from the default Lenovo images.
To add your own image to this gallery, you'll need to be rooted, and install the Root Explorer app.
Copy your Lock screen image to your SD card, and create 2 more copies of the image file and add the following extensions;
<img>_land.jpg
<img>_land_small.jpg
<img>_port.jpg
Then copy these files using Root Explorer to /system/etc/localwallpaper
Also in the /system/etc/localwallpaper directory, you'll need to edit the customed_wallpaper.xml file to add a new line;
<wallpaper name="<img>_land"/>
Save and close the .xml file, and force close LenovoWallpaper app via Settings/Apps/All.
Now go back into Settings/Display/Wallpaper and launch LenovoWallpaper again, you should now see a new blank row at the bottom of the Lenovo images, which if you tap will load your image file, then just untick the Desktop option so that only the Lock screen image is changed.
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Thanks for the post. I might add that I have changed the lock screen wallpaper without accessing any system files. Just changed it in the lenovo launcher settings then switch to whatever launcher I like and lock screen sticks.
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Today I just had enough of all the freezes,lags etc etc and decided to give my pro3 back to the store. Fortunately I decided to give it a last chance. I copied most apps to memory card, did a soft reset (it switched off and refused to switch back on !!) Long long press on power button btw. ) Then enabled zooming in Chrome browser. To my surprise this bustard started working like a charm, no more lagging, freezing, no need to root, everything's seamless now. Lots of nerves it cost but eventually the tablet works like it should from the start.

"shadow-dozing"...
Just tick Settings/Power_manager/Background_app_management : a kind of "shadow-dozing"...
I also disable Google' stuff versus UC Browser (tailored for Android System Webview).

Battery Problem?
Hi Guys,
I had the Lenovo Tab 3 Pro, and returned it for poor battery. The estimations are subjective, but Aida64 reported a 4400 battery inside. I know there are 2 batteries, one of 4400 and one of 5800 or so. Can mine be defective? I guess it also had the battery drain over night issue.....I didn;t expect it to hold more than 4-6 hours of full-time use.
I returned it to get the Plus, and in this one, Aida shows a 2000 mAh battery.....
Should i drop them both, or get back to the PRO, considering that the reports are both false, and the battery will last as expected? I understand that the PRO should be better in terms of performance, despite being older?
Radu

I have a question for experts: which app can I use for downclocking CPU to 1440Mhz?
An user said downclocking to 1440Mhz doesn't slow the tablet. I tried nofrillsCPU, but it didn't regognize root; kernel adiutor doesn't save settings at reboot.
Thanks in advance.