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CM7 on D2G - issues with APNs, possibly Rogers specifically?

I'm posting this on the four android-related forums that I participate in, in hopes that someone has seen this before and knows what to do.
Here's what I had:
- Droid 2 Global, unlocked, rooted, with Fission ROM, using Rogers Wireless, a GSM network in Canada
- it had been working just fine for 5 months
Here's what I did:
- Used RSDLite and the SBF loader to flash the stock 2.4.330 firmware as seen here: http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
- ended up with a bootloop, as the directions said I would. cleared data and cashe, no problem, phone booted.
- started up phone, switched to GSM mode, entered APNs, immediately had data service, tested phone functionality, all was well, used APN backup/restore and APN Manager to make backup files of my APNs
- Used stock recovery mode to upgrade to 4.5.607 (gingerbread) firmware as seen here: http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/4.5.607_Firmware
- I used the file linked to from here: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/22/gingerbread-build-for-the-droid2-global-leaks/
- started up phone, switched to GSM mode, entered APNs, immediately had data service, tested phone functionality, all was well, used APN backup/restore and APN Manager to make backup files of my APNs
- rooted phone using the adb method that is out there. rebooted and confirmed root access. installed a couple apps that need root. tested phone functionality, all was well. used APN backup/restore and APN Manager to make backup files of my APNs
- As described here, http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/CyanogenMod Installed Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap and ROM Manager in order to flash CWM. rebooted into CWM, factory reset, installed the latest release (10/06), and rebooted
- started up phone, switched to GSM mode, phone app crashed immediately (as is to be expected, based on known bugs), rebooted for it to take effect
Now here's the problem:
- phone can make calls and receive texts with no problem, but cannot get data. wifi also works.
- went into wireless settings, mobile networks, access point names, nothing shows up. Clicked "add APN". entered the APN info that had worked for me before at the past two junctions. hit menu button, then save. takes me back to the APN screen, but no APN shows up.
- repeated this cycle a few times following reboots, etc. Eventually the phone gets to the point where the "add APN" button will not even come up when the menu key is hit.
- during the above, was also checking the "network operators" setting. The phone does locate all of the networks that are "in the air" but no matter which one I choose it will tell me "your sim card does not allow a connection to this network"
- used root explorer to check /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db. There is a list of about 1500 APNs. There are multiple entries for Rogers including all of the ones I tried to enter that appeared not to save.
- used APN backup/restore and APN manager to attempt deleting existing APNs, restoring the ones that were known to work, etc. Nothing works. These programs do work, and when I check the telephony.db file I can see what they have done to the file, but they are unfortnately unable to make any APN "stick" at the APN screen, and apparently that is the only way that it will work.
more info:
- I've noticed that the list of rogers entries seems to get larger and larger as I go through this process multiple times. I may be wrong, but it seems that this telephony.db file might not actually get changed or updated when you flash a new kernel/firmware/mod/rom to the phone.
- I'm sure that the lack of a list of APNs and the "sim card does not allow connection" message are related. For whatever reason there seems to be a bug in CM7 where the telephony.db file has problems "talking" to the APN screen in settings. But it must not affect most people.
- yes, I have tried a new SIM card.
- yes, I have tried clearing cache, data, dalvik, and fixing permissions.
- Anyone else on Rogers Running CM7 on a D2G? If so, I'd love to talk to you. Maybe I could convince you to send me a working CWM backup. I imagine that if you're a conscientious rommer, you have a backup made folling a fresh install of CM7.

I used to do at one point. The froyo base 2011.08.13 version was the last one that worked for me. Newer ones boot looped if SIM card is inside, no matter what I do. I stopped trying after couple further releases all of which boot looped. Essentially quit using CM4D2G due to bluetooth not working with BT handsfree. Later, after the official Motorola GB release came, I have not even looked back. Since I like few BLUR features, especially dialler, the GB Motorola released suits me very well. With the doubled battery life and the MUCH BETTER GSM radio in 606/607 bulds, phone finally settled down and I can now rely on it.
I have CM7 on another of my phones - actually 2 of them - a Milestone and (recently) a HTC Vision - I love CM7.1 especially on the latter!
I assume your phone works fine with stock rom - right?
Edit: I have a XT860 which is in for repairs - once I get it back and I have a reliable daily phone I plan to experiment with the new GB based CM4D2G. Hopefully this week...

leobg said:
I used to do at one point. The froyo base 2011.08.13 version was the last one that worked for me. Newer ones boot looped if SIM card is inside, no matter what I do. I stopped trying after couple further releases all of which boot looped. Essentially quit using CM4D2G due to bluetooth not working with BT handsfree. Later, after the official Motorola GB release came, I have not even looked back. Since I like few BLUR features, especially dialler, the GB Motorola released suits me very well. With the doubled battery life and the MUCH BETTER GSM radio in 606/607 bulds, phone finally settled down and I can now rely on it.
I have CM7 on another of my phones - actually 2 of them - a Milestone and (recently) a HTC Vision - I love CM7.1 especially on the latter!
I assume your phone works fine with stock rom - right?
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Yes, everything works really well with stock rom. I was quite impressed, as it was my first GB experience. Unfortunately, as with cars, I am all about the "options", and I can't seem to let go of a feature once I have experienced it. I love CM7 and I really want to make it work for my D2G.
I posted this same thing at the rootzwiki thread, and one of the head developers said "You my friend may finally have identified where the gsm data issues are coming from. it isnt just you, it's 98% of the gsm users that arent having data". Another user got me to change a couple of permissions. I thought he was onto something but it didn't work, either. Nonetheless, I think I brought enough attention to this issue and also gave them something to work with through all my trial and error. I am optimistic.
But, for now, I think I have to take CM7. I want my data! I am really tempted to just give stock GB a shot. But Blur scares me. Most people don't seem to like it, though I admit I don't fully understand what Blur is! I see there is MIUI and apex, angel Hexen and VenusX. I might have to try them first.

hallo!
had exactly the same problem! i bought a verizon phone an using it in greece!
But i simply dowloaded some APNs manager from the market and within 2 minutes my phone was connecting to the internet!! So if this worked for me i`m sure its gonna work for u too!!

greek_lover_69 said:
hallo!
had exactly the same problem! i bought a verizon phone an using it in greece!
But i simply dowloaded some APNs manager from the market and within 2 minutes my phone was connecting to the internet!! So if this worked for me i`m sure its gonna work for u too!!
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Can you be more specific as to what you did? Because it sounds exactly like something I tried already. What was the exact name of the software you used? Was your problem 100% exactly the same as mine, or just similar? I literally can't make an APN show up at the APN screen at all.

seventieslord said:
Can you be more specific as to what you did? Because it sounds exactly like something I tried already. What was the exact name of the software you used? Was your problem 100% exactly the same as mine, or just similar? I literally can't make an APN show up at the APN screen at all.
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Some people have this exact problem with the D3, looks like in the D3 placing the phone in airplane mode and then on again is enough to make the APN manager able to read the MCC/MNC codes and, consequently, to store the provided apn.

I wish it was that easy, but it's not. I have tried a number of solutions similar to that but no dice. I appreciate the attempt though.
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For the record I have that problem on the D2g flashed with the latest builds of cyanogen rom, (with the same SIMs perfectly working on D3 and D2g with the stock rom), and the airplane mode trick doesn't works too.
So far I haven't found a solution

To get my wife's d2g to work in japan I had to use root explorer to manually edit a file. The file is located at etc/ppp/peers/pppd-ril.options mount the file rw and manually edit the user name and password to match your apn. Toggle airplane mode on off after saving changes and it should work.
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Thanks, i guessed that if a proper fix may be hard to find, a workaround was easy enough, I'll try it later with the gingerbread froyo.

dobosininja said:
To get my wife's d2g to work in japan I had to use root explorer to manually edit a file. The file is located at etc/ppp/peers/pppd-ril.options mount the file rw and manually edit the user name and password to match your apn. Toggle airplane mode on off after saving changes and it should work.
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sounds interesting. I will give that a try the next time I flash CM7. I moved on to Apex. It's ok, but absolutely dreadful for battery life. I can't imagine CM7 is any better considering it has about 50 more bells and 125 more whistles. But I do prefer CM7 to anything else so as soon as I actually have some tweaking time again, I'll give this a shot.
Since both CM7 and Apex are built off the same firmware, I could just flash them overtop eachother, and wipe date and cache, right? As long as it's that easy, I could see myself trying this sooner.

seventieslord said:
sounds interesting. I will give that a try the next time I flash CM7. I moved on to Apex. It's ok, but absolutely dreadful for battery life. I can't imagine CM7 is any better considering it has about 50 more bells and 125 more whistles. But I do prefer CM7 to anything else so as soon as I actually have some tweaking time again, I'll give this a shot.
Since both CM7 and Apex are built off the same firmware, I could just flash them overtop eachother, and wipe date and cache, right? As long as it's that easy, I could see myself trying this sooner.
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I gave this a try, and no dice. Too bad.
Thanks anyways.

The Solutor said:
Some people have this exact problem with the D3, looks like in the D3 placing the phone in airplane mode and then on again is enough to make the APN manager able to read the MCC/MNC codes and, consequently, to store the provided apn.
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I now own a D3. CM9 is doing the exact same thing to me!
I tried what you said and I am still not getting data. phone and texts work though, just like before.

CM7 APN Issue is Fixed!

The APN issue in CM7 is finally fixed!
Check out the last few comments here - http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmo...on Model Network Owner Summary Stars Priority
*I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS*

Wow that's awesome thanks for the update
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

That didn't take long to make it over here. Lol.
Seems good so far here.

Awesome news...loving my G2x more and more every day! Can I just download that boot.img and flash it to my existing ROM through ADB? I'm on EagleBlood 2.3.7 which is a CM7 variant.

pettigrew95 said:
Awesome news...loving my G2x more and more every day! Can I just download that boot.img and flash it to my existing ROM through ADB? I'm on EagleBlood 2.3.7 which is a CM7 variant.
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It should work fine. The change appears to be in the ramdisk, so if your ROM didn't require anything odd from it, you should be fine. Last time I played with EB, it didn't do anything odd in there.

ttabbal said:
It should work fine. The change appears to be in the ramdisk, so if your ROM didn't require anything odd from it, you should be fine. Last time I played with EB, it didn't do anything odd in there.
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Thanks going to flash now!!!

Which comment I should read. .?

Reading those comments, it doesn't appear it was "fixed" but rather "helped". It seems that certain reboots didn't shut down the radio "perfectly" and the stock OTA files had some top layer reboot switch, which would reboot the radio after a set time of being disconnected.... which CM lacked.
It is weird because I am running MIUI and I haven't had a disappearing APN in some time... although we don't have a functioning WiFi calling app (Invalid SIM). I just thought it was funny when ricardo threw out Kinteco (or whatever WiFi Calling APK is) as I have wondered why CM7 had bad APN issues when MIUI has bad WiFi Calling. I see they tried building a rom without Kinteco (?) and the issue persisted, so I don't know.
So now, resetting from the UI is the same as a hard reset (pwr + volup) and a battery pull. I think bootup will also recycle the radio so it properly turns up too.
Sweet. While I don't know if it is perfected, it looks like they are on top of it and should be cooked in nightlies within a few days.

First a2dp now apn fix.... Ricardo is a genius, everyone should buy him a beer!!

player911 said:
Reading those comments, it doesn't appear it was "fixed" but rather "helped". It seems that certain reboots didn't shut down the radio "perfectly" and the stock OTA files had some top layer reboot switch, which would reboot the radio after a set time of being disconnected.... which CM lacked.
It is weird because I am running MIUI and I haven't had a disappearing APN in some time... although we don't have a functioning WiFi calling app (Invalid SIM). I just thought it was funny when ricardo threw out Kinteco (or whatever WiFi Calling APK is) as I have wondered why CM7 had bad APN issues when MIUI has bad WiFi Calling. I see they tried building a rom without Kinteco (?) and the issue persisted, so I don't know.
So now, resetting from the UI is the same as a hard reset (pwr + volup) and a battery pull. I think bootup will also recycle the radio so it properly turns up too.
Sweet. While I don't know if it is perfected, it looks like they are on top of it and should be cooked in nightlies within a few days.
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Actually, I don't think that's quite correct.
The change makes it so the ril-daemon shuts down earlier on reboot, to make sure the radio is stuck in a funny state when the system boots back up, hence the apn issue. Also, the only problem they were reporting still having is sometimes it happens when you come out of cwm and reboot back to android. I just looked at the changelogs on cm7 and it appears he's just patched this as well. Hard reset is not the same as the new reboot function. If you look at the code, you'll see he just added
on property:sys.shutdown.requested=1
stop ril-daemon
at the end of the shutdown sequence. A hard reboot is not the healthiest thing to do on our phone because it's a journaling file system, can create corruption. (It's very rare, but it happens.) This reboot is the same as regular, shutting down everything properly, just adding the stop command to the ril-daemon (the service that controls the radio chip, essentially).
First part of your post was correct, though (Plus, it's already in the nightlies. 165 has the stop ril-daemon on shutdown, and 166 it looks like will have it on rebooting from recovery as well.)
Ricardo is the man

Also, please be sure to keep an eye on the thread. Ricardo has been asking for various radio logcats from both Stock and CM7 ROMs. Everyone that knows how to do this (logcat -b radio) should pitch in with logs as he requests them.
Here's to a %100 working CM7.
And yes, beers.

mstrk242 said:
A hard reboot is not the healthiest thing to do on our phone because it's a journaling file system, can create corruption.
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I was under the impression that a journaling file system is specifically there to protect against file system corruption. Your comment made it sound like it's riskier to hard-shutdown a journaled file system than a non-journaled one...or maybe I'm misreading you.
Quoth wikipedia:
"A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of the changes that will be made in a journal (usually a circular log in a dedicated area of the file system) before committing them to the main file system. In the event of a system crash or power failure, such file systems are quicker to bring back online and less likely to become corrupted.[1]"

Read the sentence after. Its very rare but it happens. Ext2/3/4 filesystems are extremely robust. Much better than ntfs and the like. On most other file systems its very likely a hard reboot will corrupt data. Its super rare on journaling file systems but there is a possibility. I just wanted to point out the difference in that post not scare people into not hard rebooting if the need arises.
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newb questions about GPS on my phone

Hi everyone,
Running a galaxy sII lte, rooted on official 4.0.4 and my carrier is Rogers. I believe this is the same phone a the skyrocket so I hope I'm in the right forum.
I have a problem with the GPS on my device, or maybe the option is not available on my device I don't know. I did some research about it but still couldn't address this problem. I turn on my GPS signal and it tries to locate me for hours never actually pinning me anywhere on the map. Now I don't have a data connection, but the maps are all cached to my phone, it's the pinning that doesn't work for me. My question is, is my phone capable of doing this without a data connection? If not, what makes an iPhone different that it can do this? Why even have a GPS toggle if I'm getting limited through data?
Thanks in advance!

First off, let me say welcome to xda! Also yes u are in the right section.
Secondly, look for the "agps fix.". It will address the issue with non-locking. With it, I went from 20 seconds to 3.
If that doesn't work look for the galaxy nexus GPS fix, its pretty much the same as agps, which I recommend u try first.
Lastly, caching of Google maps is frankly, [email protected] U need a data connection to use them. For offline GPS, theres really only one app capable, sygic. Look for it in the play store. I have no experience with it so I can't comment on its effectiveness.
If I helped hit the thanks button

Hi!
I totally agree with Icenight89. I also have the Rogers' Skyrocket (the model number is SGH-i727R; you can verify this under the battery inside the phone), and I got problem with GPS position locking. It took about 10 to 15 minutes to lock my position; after I applied the fix, locking takes seconds.
Google Maps needs an active data connection -- be it WiFi or a data plan from Rogers -- in order to guide you through the maps. Caching just takes an instant of the map/area you want, and allows you to view it while you are offline. Without a data connection, though, you won't be able to, say, search for a specific address, look for restaurant/gas station/touristic attraction or get directions. If that is what you are looking for, you might be interested in another GPS navigation app.

icenight89 said:
First off, let me say welcome to xda! Also yes u are in the right section.
Secondly, look for the "agps fix.". It will address the issue with non-locking. With it, I went from 20 seconds to 3.
If that doesn't work look for the galaxy nexus GPS fix, its pretty much the same as agps, which I recommend u try first.
Lastly, caching of Google maps is frankly, [email protected] U need a data connection to use them. For offline GPS, theres really only one app capable, sygic. Look for it in the play store. I have no experience with it so I can't comment on its effectiveness.
If I helped hit the thanks button
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Alexandre-P said:
Hi!
I totally agree with Icenight89. I also have the Rogers' Skyrocket (the model number is SGH-i727R; you can verify this under the battery inside the phone), and I got problem with GPS position locking. It took about 10 to 15 minutes to lock my position; after I applied the fix, locking takes seconds.
Google Maps needs an active data connection -- be it WiFi or a data plan from Rogers -- in order to guide you through the maps. Caching just takes an instant of the map/area you want, and allows you to view it while you are offline. Without a data connection, though, you won't be able to, say, search for a specific address, look for restaurant/gas station/touristic attraction or get directions. If that is what you are looking for, you might be interested in another GPS navigation app.
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Thanks guys, the patch worked wonders!
I wonder if there is a fix for those that don't root, because doesn't that take away one of the key functionalities of the phone? Was this addressed in jelly bean?

It looks like the GPS is working wonderfully for some people, but awfully for others. I had no problem with the GPS when I was on stock Gingerbread. I did not stay long enough on stock ICS to tell if the problem started when I upgraded, I went pretty quick to CM9 nightly, and I had the GPS to work not so good. Applying this patch was like night and day, now the GPS is working great.
So no, I'm not sure that this patch will make its way into a stable ROM -- in your case, Rogers' stock ROM. You may want to take a look at Rogers Community Forum and ask if someone had problem with the GPS. If a lot of people report GPS malfunction to Rogers, Rogers might consider patching its ROM.
And about your other question: I don't think there is a way to patch the GPS on an unrooted phone. This patch write/replace a system file, which means you have to have root access to apply the modifications.

Alexandre-P said:
It looks like the GPS is working wonderfully for some people, but awfully for others. I had no problem with the GPS when I was on stock Gingerbread. I did not stay long enough on stock ICS to tell if the problem started when I upgraded, I went pretty quick to CM9 nightly, and I had the GPS to work not so good. Applying this patch was like night and day, now the GPS is working great.
So no, I'm not sure that this patch will make its way into a stable ROM -- in your case, Rogers' stock ROM. You may want to take a look at Rogers Community Forum and ask if someone had problem with the GPS. If a lot of people report GPS malfunction to Rogers, Rogers might consider patching its ROM.
And about your other question: I don't think there is a way to patch the GPS on an unrooted phone. This patch write/replace a system file, which means you have to have root access to apply the modifications.
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Technically u don't need a rooted phone, merely a custom recovery on Samsung based devices, which u can flash via Odin, and reflash stock after but yes, in principle u are correct. U cannot use it with a non-stock phone

Thanks everyone that helps a lot!

fornoggg said:
Thanks guys, the patch worked wonders!
I wonder if there is a fix for those that don't root, because doesn't that take away one of the key functionalities of the phone? Was this addressed in jelly bean?
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Why wouldn't you want to root? I feel so naked without it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727R running SKY-ICS 4.2F6-2.7

mymusicathome said:
Why wouldn't you want to root? I feel so naked without it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727R running SKY-ICS 4.2F6-2.7
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Everything I have bookmarked about GPS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726565
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438129&highlight=gps+lock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21453-optimal-gps-settings-for-galaxy-nexus/
They all work with everything from GB up to JB on multiple models...
Most of them require root permissions or a custom recovery (CWMR) to install.
Hope this benefits SOMEBODY, I spent a great deal of time researching this...

I had similar issues with my galaxy s2.
There is a free app in the play store called "gps status".
Tools/manage a state/reset
Fixed it.
~Samsung Galaxy SIII (SPH-L710) - Blazer ROM v1.6 - TWRP~

CM-11 testing for sm-t325 (mondrianlte), no radio support

I'm working on adding support for a WiFi only build of CM-11 for the SM-T325.
I am making no attempt at this time to add cellular support because I don't own the device and it would be very painful to try to do that without the device. However, a WiFi only version seems possible and I want to use this thread to validate that.
As a first step, I'm looking for people to test that this recovery works for them on a SM-T325: cwmr-20140528-mondrianlte.
You'll need to unzip the file and then flash it in Odin. If you don't know how to do that, then a test build is probably not for you!

Yes..it works!!!
crpalmer said:
I'm working on adding support for a WiFi only build of CM-11 for the SM-T325.
I am making no attempt at this time to add cellular support because I don't own the device and it would be very painful to try to do that without the device. However, a WiFi only version seems possible and I want to use this thread to validate that.
As a first step, I'm looking for people to test that this recovery works for them on a SM-T325: cwmr-20140528-mondrianlte.
You'll need to unzip the file and then flash it in Odin. If you don't know how to do that, then a test build is probably not for you!
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i can confirm that this recovery does indeed function as expected...i installed my rom (ran into a weird "android is upgrading" bootloop but it eventually loaded...that may be my experimental multiwindow mod i'm using or the fact that i have completely deleted the touchwiz launcher) as well as created a backup (didnt restore) & all seems to be in order. I may be overreaching a bit about my abilities but im sure if u get a working wifi version going for us then the least i can do is get the cellular working...on a sort of related note would u happen to know if its possible to output through hdmi while in recovery mode? As far as this build is conncerned...anything else u may need tested just give me a shout
edit: looked for the backup which is usually on the internal sd (read:accessible from pc) and although the folder is there its empty...finally found it in "data-media-clockworkmod" & just wanted to know is this normal?

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i can confirm that this recovery does indeed function as expected...i installed my rom (ran into a weird "android is upgrading" bootloop but it eventually loaded...that may be my experimental multiwindow mod i'm using or the fact that i have completely deleted the touchwiz launcher) as well as created a backup (didnt restore) & all seems to be in order. I may be overreaching a bit about my abilities but im sure if u get a working wifi version going for us then the least i can do is get the cellular working...on a sort of related note would u happen to know if its possible to output through hdmi while in recovery mode? As far as this build is conncerned...anything else u may need tested just give me a shout
edit: looked for the backup which is usually on the internal sd (read:accessible from pc) and although the folder is there its empty...finally found it in "data-media-clockworkmod" & just wanted to know is this normal?
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That is normal (it is independent of users and /sdcard is specific to user 0 of the tablet).
If you want to work on the radio, you'll need to be able to build sm-t320. If you get that to build, I'll push up my current repos for the sm-t325.
Would you mind booting into recovery and grabbing a dmesg (/proc/kmsg) for me?
Hopefully I can post a cm 11 build in a couple of hours and we can see how that works.

crpalmer said:
That is normal (it is independent of users and /sdcard is specific to user 0 of the tablet).
If you want to work on the radio, you'll need to be able to build sm-t320. If you get that to build, I'll push up my current repos for the sm-t325.
Would you mind booting into recovery and grabbing a dmesg (/proc/kmsg) for me?
Hopefully I can post a cm 11 build in a couple of hours and we can see how that works.
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either i dont know what i'm doing or adb isnt working properly in cwm...when i connect i get a weird "usb recognized but there's a problem" sound instead of the usual "affirmative" noise if that makes sense (windows)

Here's a build to try: cm-11-20140528-UNOFFICIAL for the sm-t325.

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Here's a build to try: cm-11-20140528-UNOFFICIAL for the sm-t325.
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I will give it a try. No mobile Internet with this rom, right? Which gapps I should use? Or is gapps for every rom the same?

works perfectly...thx
crpalmer said:
Here's a build to try: cm-11-20140528-UNOFFICIAL for the sm-t325.
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everything seems to be ok on my end although i cant test as thoroughly as i'd like to because my screen is screwed (broken lcd)...gps took a long time to track & still never redrew the map after it did but that was without high accuracy mode enabled & no data of course. Mic, camera, mhl/hdmi, sound, video playback, wifi, bluetooth (wait let me check...yep!), auto brightness, lid sensor are all working properly...so now i need your permission. Besides getting data working...i just want to know am i free to use this in a dual boot configuration with my rom & post it in my thread? Also...this is not important but do u know if screen mirroring works with the wifi version?

THEDEVIOUS1 said:
everything seems to be ok on my end although i cant test as thoroughly as i'd like to because my screen is screwed (broken lcd)...gps took a long time to track & still never redrew the map after it did but that was without high accuracy mode enabled & no data of course. Mic, camera, mhl/hdmi, sound, video playback, wifi, bluetooth (wait let me check...yep!), auto brightness, lid sensor are all working properly...so now i need your permission. Besides getting data working...i just want to know am i free to use this in a dual boot configuration with my rom & post it in my thread? Also...this is not important but do u know if screen mirroring works with the wifi version?
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I don't know whether or not screen mirroring works. No one has complained but I don't have any way to test it.
You can (obviously) post a link to the thread. I would prefer that you didn't link to a specific version as I hope to post more test builds here (although so far only 3 people have downloaded it which shows either a lack of interest or a lack of early adopters).

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I don't know whether or not screen mirroring works. No one has complained but I don't have any way to test it.
You can (obviously) post a link to the thread. I would prefer that you didn't link to a specific version as I hope to post more test builds here (although so far only 3 people have downloaded it which shows either a lack of interest or a lack of early adopters).
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Hello, I will root my device and download the test build as well ! Will post back soon.
Thanks for trying to bring support for this device !

Bautinho88 said:
I will give it a try. No mobile Internet with this rom, right? Which gapps I should use? Or is gapps for every rom the same?
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Sorry, I missed this post... Use the gapps from the sm-t320 thread.

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Sorry, I missed this post... Use the gapps from the sm-t320 thread.
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woohoo...well i got data working but calls are a no go as of right now. i can assure u the lack of activity in this thread is definitely not due to lack of intereset....more than likely its because its barely been a full day not to mention that there are not that many of us lte users but best believe once word gets round they'll come running. As far as my permission request...what i was thinking is that i'll just wait until the monthly releases start coming, make the proper changes for data (unless u actually make ours official also which would be awesome) & include it in a dualboot (hopefully multirom) setup. From what i've read ...alterations will need to be made to both kernels/roms which is why i was asking could i use it. I would definitely put a "use at your risk" disclaimer up as to not have the official thread flooded with issues not actually related to cm itself...let me know if u need anthing else on my end
edit: i do have one weird issue though...i copied the dialer app from another device with cm11 but it doesnt show up in the app drawer but is in fact found within the app manager in settings (i know i can just download another dialer but thought i would ask)
edit 2: calls not working yet & but i did get the phone app to appear & sms are also good to go (no mms at the moment)...got rid of the error message on outgoing calls (incoming wont even ring at all) but now it just force closes before it dials out (even with a different dialer)

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woohoo...well i got data working but calls are a no go as of right now. i can assure u the lack of activity in this thread is definitely not due to lack of intereset....more than likely its because its barely been a full day not to mention that there are not that many of us lte users but best believe once word gets round they'll come running. As far as my permission request...what i was thinking is that i'll just wait until the monthly releases start coming, make the proper changes for data (unless u actually make ours official also which would be awesome) & include it in a dualboot (hopefully multirom) setup. From what i've read ...alterations will need to be made to both kernels/roms which is why i was asking could i use it. I would definitely put a "use at your risk" disclaimer up as to not have the official thread flooded with issues not actually related to cm itself...let me know if u need anthing else on my end
edit: i do have one weird issue though...i copied the dialer app from another device with cm11 but it doesnt show up in the app drawer but is in fact found within the app manager in settings (i know i can just download another dialer but thought i would ask)
edit 2: calls not working yet & but i did get the phone app to appear & sms are also good to go (no mms at the moment)...got rid of the error message on outgoing calls (incoming wont even ring at all) but now it just force closes before it dials out (even with a different dialer)
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Here's a new build that has all of the telephony bits enabled. I haven't tried booting it (I'm at work, the tablet is at home) but it should have the dialer and all the other framework that is needed for telephony. Let me know if you get calls working with it:
cm-11-20140529-beta

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Here's a new build that has all of the telephony bits enabled. I haven't tried booting it (I'm at work, the tablet is at home) but it should have the dialer and all the other framework that is needed for telephony. Let me know if you get calls working with it:
cm-11-20140529-beta
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Can I use TWRP or must be done under recovery (cwmr-20140528-mondrianlte) from the first post?

megatooth said:
Can I use TWRP or must be done under recovery (cwmr-20140528-mondrianlte) from the first post?
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twrp is fine. The recovery was just because the first step is to make sure that boots before bothering to get the whole system to boot..

I will install your latest build and return with impressions.
Edit: @crpalmer: Phone.apk/dialer is missing and I have no service.

megatooth said:
I will install your latest build and return with impressions.
Edit: @crpalmer: Phone.apk/dialer is missing and I have no service.
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Yeah, I made no attempt to get the radio working, hence the title...
@THEDEVIOUS1, did you make any progress on modifying the build I posted to get voice working? If so, let me know what changes you've made and I'll see if I can incorporate them.

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Yeah, I made no attempt to get the radio working, hence the title...
@THEDEVIOUS1, did you make any progress on modifying the build I posted to get voice working? If so, let me know what changes you've made and I'll see if I can incorporate them.
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Long story short...still no voice. Now for the rest of it...i've gotten it to the point where i can dial out but neither the mic nor speaker works when the call is answered by the other party (i think this is due to the fact that it reports that the call ends as soon as it begins on my device). As far as receiving calls is concerned...NOTHING. I have even gone as far as flashing a note 3 modem (yeah i know...stupid :silly in an attempt to fix it & still no go...i just recently found the build prop edit to allow outgoing calls so hopefully the rest is as simple as editing the build prop. Speaking of which...getting data/phone working is NOT quite so simple but i've gotten it down to the bare minimum number of changes that need to be made. So far we need to add the "lib-qcril-hook-oem.so" from the n9005 cm11 rom & the "libsec-ril.so" as well "libril.so" from the stock T325 rom (which is enough by itself to get data working) as well as decompile the framework-res.apk & and change both the sms & voice config bools enable to true (which i'm sure there is a flag for in source)...this makes the phone app appear as well as allows u to send texts then we need to add the line "ro.telephony.ril.v3=newDialCode" to the prop which allows us to dial out. Well...thats where i'm at as of right now so its back to google for me to put together the rest of the pieces unless u have some insight from working on devices with radios that can be of some assistance

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Long story short...still no voice. Now for the rest of it...i've gotten it to the point where i can dial out but neither the mic nor speaker works when the call is answered by the other party (i think this is due to the fact that it reports that the call ends as soon as it begins on my device). As far as receiving calls is concerned...NOTHING. I have even gone as far as flashing a note 3 modem (yeah i know...stupid :silly in an attempt to fix it & still no go...i just recently found the build prop edit to allow outgoing calls so hopefully the rest is as simple as editing the build prop. Speaking of which...getting data/phone working is NOT quite so simple but i've gotten it down to the bare minimum number of changes that need to be made. So far we need to add the "lib-qcril-hook-oem.so" from the n9005 cm11 rom & the "libsec-ril.so" as well "libril.so" from the stock T325 rom (which is enough by itself to get data working) as well as decompile the framework-res.apk & and change both the sms & voice config bools enable to true (which i'm sure there is a flag for in source)...this makes the phone app appear as well as allows u to send texts then we need to add the line "ro.telephony.ril.v3=newDialCode" to the prop which allows us to dial out. Well...thats where i'm at as of right now so its back to google for me to put together the rest of the pieces unless u have some insight from working on devices with radios that can be of some assistance
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Can you send me a logcat of making a call?

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Can you send me a logcat of making a call?
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Keep an eye on this post...i just jumped off the deep in end & tried to install the hlte version as is (with kernel swap of course ) so it may take me a minute to get back (i have a nandroid but like to make the cjanges manually so i know the exact process & origin of files). Well i'll be damned...incoming calls work (complete with mic & speaker) with note 3 version of cm11! Outoing still seem to be an issue but this clears up a few gray areas i had concerning whether the ril files matched the modem & so on...i had the bright idea of swapping a few of the framework files then just thought they were so similar that the whole thing should boot. Anyway....shouldnt be long to figure out what the hold up is now bu tgive me a few & i'll post the log after i test a ouple of things then flash back to the other setup
edit: Aaaaaaannnnddd....done! added the line i spoke about in my previous post to the build.prop & now both incoming & outgoing calls are working with the N9005 version...just out of curiosity i'm about to go through & see whats broken the first of which i notice is rotation (i personally hate portrait) but seems like everything else is as well including wifi, camera, lid, bluetooth, & ironically speaker audio (video playback & apollo play no audio through loudspeaker...both work through wired headset). I will still get that logcat a lil later...at this point i dont think it has anything else to do with the build prop because i had already added most of the stuff i found missing in ours from the hlte & it didnt work. I'm thinking maybe another lib file that needs to be swapped...perhaps maybe something in framework

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Keep an eye on this post...i just jumped off the deep in end & tried to install the hlte version as is (with kernel swap of course ) so it may take me a minute to get back (i have a nandroid but like to make the cjanges manually so i know the exact process & origin of files). Well i'll be damned...incoming calls work (complete with mic & speaker) with note 3 version of cm11! Outoing still seem to be an issue but this clears up a few gray areas i had concerning whether the ril files matched the modem & so on...i had the bright idea of swapping a few of the framework files then just thought they were so similar that the whole thing should boot. Anyway....shouldnt be long to figure out what the hold up is now bu tgive me a few & i'll post the log after i test a ouple of things then flash back to the other setup
edit: Aaaaaaannnnddd....done! added the line i spoke about in my previous post to the build.prop & now both incoming & outgoing calls are working with the N9005 version...just out of curiosity i'm about to go through & see whats broken the first of which i notice is rotation (i personally hate portrait) but seems like everything else is as well including wifi, camera, lid, bluetooth, & ironically speaker audio (video playback & apollo play no audio through loudspeaker...both work through wired headset). I will still get that logcat a lil later...at this point i dont think it has anything else to do with the build prop because i had already added most of the stuff i found missing in ours from the hlte & it didnt work. I'm thinking maybe another lib file that needs to be swapped...perhaps maybe something in framework
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The outgoing call issue is likely just that the audio configuration is missing the use cases for voice calls. That's why I wanted the logcat because that should be easy to add.
When you're done with the hlte version (which is actually not a great idea for a daily driver as there are other things that are different that you may not notice (two biggest I can think of is that the hardware is different and several of the HAL libraries need to enable/disable different files in /sys/ and the networking configuration is different which may break some kernel/user-space interactions).
But if you can send me the logcat, the build.prop that you are happiest with and detailed information about anything else that you chnaged (e.g. exactly what you changed in frameworks so I'm not guessing) then I'll take a look at another test build.

note edge downgrade (LP to KK)

Hi, I have note edge N915F and is currently running on lollipop 5.0.1.
With LP, my battery drains very fast and random over heat occurrence and stutter. They say KK is better compared to LP(Battery wise). Thats why I wanted to downgrade back to KK.
I successfully downgraded my unit once using ODIN but after I install KK it automatically upgraded to LP(I understand that to stop this my unit should be rooted?) But after reading all the guides in this forum I wasn't able to understand the procedures/steps and I don't want my unit to be BRICKED. (NEWBIE here)
I need help on how to downgrade from LP to KK.
Thank you !

When you updated to lolly. ..have you done a factory reset? A lot of problem can be solved sometime just by doing clean install.
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kuailan said:
When you updated to lolly. ..have you done a factory reset? A lot of problem can be solved sometime just by doing clean install.
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Yup twice or thrice done that, also wipe cache in recovery mode but unfortunately it doesn't help at all. My average SoT is 3hrs+(Is that normal for note edge) with normal use one game running(COC) but not all the time.

This is what I normally do...I know a little hassle...I flash the updated lolly stock firmware...which would mean I loose the root. That doesn't matter. I do a factory reset. After all done. ..then i root. Sometime I just don't trust recovery to do well in full wipe. There are times when I also do three times wipe...before installing other custom rom.
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kuailan said:
This is what I normally do...I know a little hassle...I flash the updated lolly stock firmware...which would mean I loose the root. That doesn't matter. I do a factory reset. After all done. ..then i root. Sometime I just don't trust recovery to do well in full wipe. There are times when I also do three times wipe...before installing other custom rom.
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What do you mean by "Flash"(I'm sorry, I'm not very familiar with the technical terms). What is your average SoT at Lolly firmware?

Mangna said:
Yup twice or thrice done that, also wipe cache in recovery mode but unfortunately it doesn't help at all. My average SoT is 3hrs+(Is that normal for note edge) with normal use one game running(COC) but not all the time.
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Here is also another tip on how to get good battery life: (of course people have their own preference, you dont have to do the same...but the following setting seem to give a good battery life).
1. In the notification slidedown bar, in the slider for brightness...set to 2, while maintain the auto checked
2. In the Wifi advanced setting.....turn off network notification, Turn off the keep wifi on, and unchecked always allow scanning
3. Try to disable most of vibrating stuff (notification, feedback or even keyboard/pen etc.. )
4. Under S pen, disable pen detection
5. Install auto disabler app or even the popular clean master app (have auto disable app). Basically this app allow you to disable some app to start at boot. Personally I disable all the app.....basically I just open them as I need. This way you can ensure nothing stealing your resources in the background. Dont worry in disabling all of them that are detected by the app, it wont messed up the phone. Personally I really think most of the battery issue is caused by something in the background running...or causing the system to wake up (unable to sleep).
Optional setting:
1. Always remember, using WIFI is better for the battery than the 4G data. So switching off data, while using WIFI is better.
2. Turning of location can be a big help....and only turn them on as you need them (i.e. using GPS app).
3. Switching the network mode to non LTE can make a big difference. Obviously this is will mean no 4G speed....but for some people that rely mostly on Wifi, this doesnt matter. For me I dont really think too much speed difference between 4G and 3G....Besides data can be costly too (at least here in Australia)
4. Turn on the power saving mode when you dont use the phone.
Anyway, give a go.....trial and see if your battery get better.....good luck

kuailan said:
Here is also another tip on how to get good battery life: (of course people have their own preference, you dont have to do the same...but the following setting seem to give a good battery life).
1. In the notification slidedown bar, in the slider for brightness...set to 2, while maintain the auto checked
2. In the Wifi advanced setting.....turn off network notification, Turn off the keep wifi on, and unchecked always allow scanning
3. Try to disable most of vibrating stuff (notification, feedback or even keyboard/pen etc.. )
4. Under S pen, disable pen detection
5. Install auto disabler app or even the popular clean master app (have auto disable app). Basically this app allow you to disable some app to start at boot. Personally I disable all the app.....basically I just open them as I need. This way you can ensure nothing stealing your resources in the background. Dont worry in disabling all of them that are detected by the app, it wont messed up the phone. Personally I really think most of the battery issue is caused by something in the background running...or causing the system to wake up (unable to sleep).
Optional setting:
1. Always remember, using WIFI is better for the battery than the 4G data. So switching off data, while using WIFI is better.
2. Turning of location can be a big help....and only turn them on as you need them (i.e. using GPS app).
3. Switching the network mode to non LTE can make a big difference. Obviously this is will mean no 4G speed....but for some people that rely mostly on Wifi, this doesnt matter. For me I dont really think too much speed difference between 4G and 3G....Besides data can be costly too (at least here in Australia)
4. Turn on the power saving mode when you dont use the phone.
Anyway, give a go.....trial and see if your battery get better.....good luck
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Thank you, I will try and see if there's any changes on my battery usage otherwise Ill visit service center of samsung.

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What do you mean by "Flash"(I'm sorry, I'm not very familiar with the technical terms). What is your average SoT at Lolly firmware?
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Sorry my bad, I should get a little detail. Personally I dont update my phone through OTA (which mean over the air, direct from your phone). I always download the file from Sammobile site. This is the whole stock firmware file or ROM. To install this firmware, you will need an app called ODIN. This app allow you to flash the firmware to your phone. In basic term, this ODIN is a tool to restore the ROM or the OS of your phone. Do a little search in the forum, and you will learn more. Considering you have recovery, and root....so I am pretty sure you are familiar with ODIN??
Anyway, currently on stock firmware BOE1 (N915G).....I am getting at least 5-5.30 hrs of screen on time (depend if I used a lot of wifi or 4G). I am pretty much happy, on average my phone will last more than a day.

kuailan said:
Sorry my bad, I should get a little detail. Personally I dont update my phone through OTA (which mean over the air, direct from your phone). I always download the file from Sammobile site. This is the whole stock firmware file or ROM. To install this firmware, you will need an app called ODIN. This app allow you to flash the firmware to your phone. In basic term, this ODIN is a tool to restore the ROM or the OS of your phone. Do a little search in the forum, and you will learn more. Considering you have recovery, and root....so I am pretty sure you are familiar with ODIN??
Anyway, currently on stock firmware BOE1 (N915G).....I am getting at least 5-5.30 hrs of screen on time (depend if I used a lot of wifi or 4G). I am pretty much happy, on average my phone will last more than a day.
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Yup, I once use ODIN to downgrade my firmware. I get it now, I installed KK but after successfully installing, It automatically update to Lolly via wifi. My phone is not rooted BTW, I don't know how to root it that's why.
Mine is BOB6 (N915F).
17H 25m on Battery(34%) and screen on time 2H11m. Wont last a day, geez I wish I bought different model or brand. This unit is way too expensive but with poor performance(battery).

You can disable OTA updates after downgrade
Hi... I downgraded my Edge to KK and disabled the OTA app through ADB. If you search the Note 4 forums you can find instructions on how to do it. It's not difficult, but some basic knowledge of ADB is necessary.

Geners said:
Hi... I downgraded my Edge to KK and disabled the OTA app through ADB. If you search the Note 4 forums you can find instructions on how to do it. It's not difficult, but some basic knowledge of ADB is necessary.
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Copy that ! Thank you. May I ask what list/items did you disable on the ADB or Debloater to block OTA.
Some of the items/list on my ADB:
wssyncmlnps.apk-----------com.wssyncmldm
wssyncmlnps.apk-----------com.wssnps
FotaClient.apk---------------com.sec.android.fotaclient
LocalFOTA.apk---------------com.LocalFota
SPDClient.apk----------------com.policydm
Thanks

I'm on AT&T. If you are on a different carrier, Your update apks might be different. Might have to do a little research to make sure you find the right ones.
These are the commands I entered:
ADB shell "pm block com.sec.android.fwupgrade"
ADB shell "pm block com.ws.dm"
If you change your mind later and decide you want to take the updates, simply change the word "block" to "unblock".
Easy peasy
Edit... Looks like maybe the FOTA is the one you wanna block. But, again, I'm not POSITIVE. ( I deny any responsibility for what you do to your device. ) I'd do a little searching before blocking anything. An easy way to check after blocking is to try to run SOFTWARE UPDATES in your settings menu. If you blocked the right apk, NOTHING will happen when you click on it.

Geners said:
I'm on AT&T. If you are on a different carrier, Your update apks might be different. Might have to do a little research to make sure you find the right ones.
These are the commands I entered:
ADB shell "pm block com.sec.android.fwupgrade"
ADB shell "pm block com.ws.dm"
If you change your mind later and decide you want to take the updates, simply change the word "block" to "unblock".
Easy peasy
Edit... Looks like maybe the FOTA is the one you wanna block. But, again, I'm not POSITIVE. ( I deny any responsibility for what you do to your device. ) I'd do a little searching before blocking anything. An easy way to check after blocking is to try to run SOFTWARE UPDATES in your settings menu. If you blocked the right apk, NOTHING will happen when you click on it.
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Understood, yeah I'm on a different country as well so might be different.
Anyhow I gave my unit to Samsung Service Center for them to check if there's any unusual on the hardware otherwise I will just follow your tips.
I'll be using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
Thanks

i downgraded. i did not realize all the subtle features i missed with the alleged "upgrade" to lollipop. wow. that was the worst thing i ever did. got some help in reverting. i feel great again with this phone. since there is no note 2 edge its like getting a new phone. awesomeness can now resume.