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[ROM][BETA 4.0.3][Evervolv-ICS-2.1.0-01MAR-HeroC]

This is now considered a beta version of Ice Cream Sandwich for the HeroC. Please keep all comments/communication about this ROM in this thread, and keep the Development thread clean for people actively working on the ROM.
No guarantees that anything will work, or that your phone will not be turned into a brick or a toaster. Please backup if you value what is currently on your phone.
You can use this with or without gapps. If you load them both on the initial setup, be sure to select "Setup Wizard" when the system first comes up.
In its current state this ROM with GAPPS needs around 155M in /system. I am currently running firerats at 160/20 just to be safe for testing purposes. I would recommend at least 155 for system.
There are some obvious places where we can reduce the size, but that will come as we continue to refine and move forward. Performance in not great, but overall it is fairly functional. Gapps are just some a minimal version to get Market working.
THIS ROM TAKES A LONG TIME TO BOOT (ESPECIALLY FIRST BOOT).
Boot animation has been added in 26NOV version. Please be patient.
This is a work in progress and there remain many Opportunities for Improvement (the gentle euphemism for Defects).
Working (at least for me):
Touchscreen
Trackball
Phone
Data
WiFi
MMS
Audio
Bluetooth
SD Card
Market
GPS
Gallery
Boot Animation
LatinIME Keyboard
Prediction/Dictionary
Network Stats (Data Usage)
Headsets (Audio Jack & HTC 11 Pin)
Not Working:
Camera
Gallery2
Graphics Acceleration
TBD (Lots of other stuff)
25-NOV-2011 Initial Alpha release
TeamICS-4.0.1-25NOV-HeroC.zip
26-NOV-2011 Update with working GPS. Disabled broken qcom egl so that Google Maps works (slowly). FIXED LINK
TeamICS-4.0.1-26NOV-GPS-HeroC.zip
28-NOV-2011 Updated kernel for better alignment with ICS. Lots of additional updates. Updated to fix wifi issue (wlan.ko replacement)
TeamICS-4.0.1-28NOV-NEWKERN.zip
01-DEC-2011 Updated kernel to support network stats (Data usage). Modified LatinIME to show entire keyboard. Synced with CM/AOSP repos.
TeamICS-4.0.1-01DEC-HeroC.zip
06-DEC-2011 Updated with test fix for random app crashes (phone, exchange, popups, etc.)
TeamICS-4.0.1-01DEC-HeroC.zip
18-DEC-2011 Updated to latest AOSP/CM 4.0.3 source base. Fixed trackball. Replaced Gallery2 with older Gallery for the time being. This has major changes to the source base and limited testing, so backup is recommended.
TeamICS-4.0.3-18DEC-HeroC.zip - Currently offline while resolving some issues
18-DEC-2011 Updated to latest AOSP/CM 4.0.3 source base. Update from earlier post to add audio driver fixes, and su updates that restore Superuser functionality.
TeamICS-4.0.3-18DEC-HeroC-AUDIOFIX.zip - Currently offline while resolving some issues
20-DEC-2011 Back to 4.0.1 for the time being, until 4.0.3 issues can be resolved. This version has all of the standard fixes including radio/data, trackball, and audio. Also includes Gallery instead of Gallery2.
TeamICS-4.0.1-20DEC-HeroC.zip
22-DEC-2011 Minor update to include fixes for Headset (Audio Jack) and Dictionary/Prediction.
TeamICS-4.0.1-22DEC-HeroC.zip
25-DEC-2011 Add basic Bluetooth functionality. Additional testing in progress. Classification changed to Beta, as all major functionality is working except for Camera and Hardware Acceleration.
TeamICS-4.0.1-25DEC-HeroC.zip
01-MAR-2012 Integrating development with Evervolv team. Brings alignment with ICS 4.0.3 development.
Evervolv-ICS-2.1.0-01MAR-HeroC.zip
GAPPS
You can use the latest ICS Gapps from here. Or other Gapps of your choice.

FAQ / Fixes
DATA ISSUES
If you are having issues with Data try the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
If you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.
KEYBOARD ISSUE
Attached below is a replacement keyboard that doesn't have the bottom row off-screen. This is just a quick hack to get a functional keyboard. After some clean up and testing, I will include it in the releases going forward. Just replace the existing /system/app/LatinIME.apk with this one for the time being.

Reserved 2
This is also reserved for later use.

Nice.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

I've got work in an hour........ so here we go, I'll let you know what happens.

whoa man, already? YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
p.s- happy thanksgiving btw!!
edit:btw downloading it right now,, going to give it a go
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hmmm after the HTC screen, i get a black screen showing nothing. Plugged the charger and shows charging light.. Still waiting for it, it's been like 3 minutes. im on 170 40 mtd settings. K nvm it setup just appeared. For those that are trying, wait for it.
EDIT: K been messing around with it (sorry for all these edit, just trying to prevent a lot of posts and I am awake this late so might as well show some heads up) but problems I found
1) Keyboard is half (missing space bar and the alt function)
2) Screen orientation is choppy
3) Im missing the actual market app, might be firerats issue
I found a pointless feature.. but using the trackball brings up a cursor lol didn't know it'd do that. Making it "click" u have to press the ball then scroll quickly rather than just keep clicking the ball.

Thank you ICS Team. Other than the items listed in the OP, I cannot get data to work. Phone is stuck on No Service and every few minutes will jump to roaming and then back to no service. If I try to call a number with the dial pad, the dial pad disappears after I press send, I assume this is because I have no cell signal. Could not test google apps due to no data. I was still able to play with the home screen, widgets, etc.
@ Majin101, my keyboad seems to be working ok, I do have the market app but haven't tried to use it yet. I am not using firerats mod. If anyone else tries to flash this, make sure you wait a few minutes for the rom to boot as mentioned in the above post. You will see a blank screen but it will eventually boot.

This is going to be a great rom. If you use a different keyboard you also get space and alt to show up.

Findings.
Okay, Seems nice. There is no bootscreen, so be patient, when setting up, choose "setup wizard"(this is kind of a no brainer, but you never know). Alright:
1. Data isn't working, I changed the roaming settings, but it didn't help.
2. As mentioned in an earlier post, the keyboard is missing some keys.
3. I do however have the market application. I used the gapps in the op and am using firerats 160 40
Really amazing work. The fact that this is even running on my hero amazes me. And they thought it would have trouble with eclair

Freeroot said:
Okay, Seems nice. There is no bootscreen, so be patient, when setting up, choose "setup wizard"(this is kind of a no brainer, but you never know). Alright:
1. Data isn't working, I changed the roaming settings, but it didn't help.
2. As mentioned in an earlier post, the keyboard is missing some keys.
3. I do however have the market application. I used the gapps in the op and am using firerats 160 40
Really amazing work. The fact that this is even running on my hero amazes me. And they thought it would have trouble with eclair
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Data is working well for me with the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
Try that, and if you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.

As i was installing in cwm i got an error stating "random offset: 0 x 150" yet the rom still installed. Any ideas as to what this was/is?

jaybob413 said:
Data is working well for me with the following settings:
"Data enabled" checked
"Data roaming" unchecked
"System select" Home only
Try that, and if you still have issues with data, please capture the output of "adb logcat -b radio" from boot to completely booted and post it to pastebin or equivalent.
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Alright, that did the trick. Really nice work.
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rizdog23 said:
As i was installing in cwm i got an error stating "random offset: 0 x 150" yet the rom still installed. Any ideas as to what this was/is?
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I got the same error. It booted just fine and I thus ignored it. Would be nice to know though.

For those that want to fix the keyboard, just download ics keyboard from market. For those that cannot download from market, use root explorer to go into "cache" and create a folder named "downloads", for those that want to increase scrolling speed etc., flash the TweakZ.zip found in the android general forum here at XDA. I would also recommend setCPU.

I also got Random Offset 0x1ba. Once rebooted, HTC screen showed up then black screen. I waited 10 min but it looked frozen. So I pulled the battery. Then I accidentally formatted my SD card and the fun was over.
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk

The "random offset" comment has to do with the flashing of the kernel. I'm not entirely sure but I think it has to do with the way the boot.img is packed. Should be harmless though..
Good to see you'll got this thing running though.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

Another feedback!
pros
1) Ive been texting sending and recieving just fine no problems (havent tried mms)
2) Made calls talked fine (although my face kept hitting the end button..)
3) Installed swype, texting is fine now and changed the dictionary too english to get rid of those red lines under the words
4) Also increased pointer speed to just use the trackball if needed
other bugs:
1) Noticed that some of my notification doesn't make a sound or plays
2) When I play music its coming through the ear piece speaker rather than the back speaker
3) google map fails to login

Darn looks like I have to go back to CM7.1. People try to call me but my won't won't tell me someone is calling and their isn't any sound either. Also the gallery app opens but doesn't show pictures and apps are missing from the market but thats probably a build.prop issue.
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Just flashed without mtd and it seems to be working better. I'm receiving calls and can hear my sound now.

Great job guys! Running for about an hour and besides the above mentioned bugs, I've noticed one more.
When I put the phone on the charger it becomes unresponsive and the screen goes dark. No way to wake the phone nor is the charging led on.
The only way I can charge the phone is to do a battery pull and boot the phone while on the charger.

mines charging and im still able to use it?

Very Impressive, to say the least!
*note for the development team - you are the F-ing man!!!!

[Q] Troubles with Pyr'o'Ice ICS Desensed 1.1.2

since I'm a new member, I don't have permissions to post in the development forum, which is ridiculous ... I get fighting spam, but this is silly, as I'm sure I'm gonna get yelled at for posting my question in general ...
oh well, here goes:
I just installed Pyr'o'Ice ICS Desensed 1.1.2 and everything is working great so far, with the exception of two things:
1. the native browser never works, always crashes, but its no biggie I can use Chrome.
2. I cannot set any custom notifications or ringtones as that dialog ALWAYS crashes. so I'm stuck with stock sounds ...
I can't complain, coming from a stock MT4GS Sense UI this is a big change, but still I would like to report these issues to the ROM developer so they can be aware ... but XDA wont let me post there ... so here's hoping he'll see the post here.
which he probably wont...
if anybody's got any tips to solve my problem, that'll be great, otherwise, I'll keep posting my findings until I hit that magical number that will finally let me post into the development forums ...

Well, you're wrong. Nobody is going to yell at you for posting this here. What would have gotten you yelled at is if you started this thread in the development section.
sent from a Nokia 3210

The browser issue is a known issue. As for the rest did you do a full wipe after installing the rom?
sent from a Nokia 3210

Well, aside the situation when memory gets low, browser is fine here. Also sound changin works.
Do u have custom ringtones on your sdcard?
sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced

Browser, and sound selection all work fine for me. Try full wipe if you didn't do so earlier. If you already did, try redownloading.
@tbalden - I have custom ringtones/notifications/alarms on my SD card and it doesn't affect the behavior or cause any problems.

I'm not certain I did a full wipe (still new at this) but I'll try again.
Also another problem related to the notifications, now whenever a new notification starts, it never stops, and they overlap so after a few emails, its a crazy mix of sounds playing all at once.
quite annoying.
Just to be certain, how do I do a full wipe?

in recovery:
1 factory reset/wipe data
2 wipe cache
3 wipe dalvik cache

Full wipe worked.
Notifications now work, gonna play around and see what else, if anything, is broken.
Thanks.

I had problems with sending text messages. Auto-complete didn't work. I'd have to know the phone number. Similarly, in gmail, I tried emailing my friend Jean... i started typing "Jea".. several choices showed up, but none that I recognized (from some really old emails perhaps).
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Another bug I found was with the power down button. I held the power button down, and selected reboot, then changed my mind so I cancelled it. Tried again, but selected power off. It prompted me to reboot instead, hit ok; the phone rebooted instead of powering off.
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Contact name autocomplete seems to work based on phone numbers, but not people names. So, if I was to type in a phone number, it will find it in my address book.

emi.bu said:
I had problems with sending text messages. Auto-complete didn't work. I'd have to know the phone number. Similarly, in gmail, I tried emailing my friend Jean... i started typing "Jea".. several choices showed up, but none that I recognized (from some really old emails perhaps).
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Contact name autocomplete seems to work based on phone numbers, but not people names. So, if I was to type in a phone number, it will find it in my address book.
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Remove your Google account, wait 5 mins then add sync account again
sent from a Nokia 3210

The Power off reboot issue is a UI problem. When you power off, it says reboot. But its powering off, I've never had a power off reboot issues. Try wiping cache, might helps.
Sent from my HTC myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk

Pretty stable now after the full wipe.
However I'm still having a number of issues still with crashing apps and ui dialogs ...
But before I start posting all the individual issues I'm having, I was wondering if there is a way to monitor/view the syslog?
I'm clueless when it comes to android dev, but I've got enough linux and software development under my belt to figure what went wrong.
I did a number of searches but nothing came up other than hooking the device up to computer and looking at the logs there, I was hoping for something like an app so I can view these problems on the fly.

ahmadnassri said:
Pretty stable now after the full wipe.
However I'm still having a number of issues still with crashing apps and ui dialogs ...
But before I start posting all the individual issues I'm having, I was wondering if there is a way to monitor/view the syslog?
I'm clueless when it comes to android dev, but I've got enough linux and software development under my belt to figure what went wrong.
I did a number of searches but nothing came up other than hooking the device up to computer and looking at the logs there, I was hoping for something like an app so I can view these problems on the fly.
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If apps are crashing from restored backup, you might want to do a fresh install, otherwise you need to find out if they are compatible with ICS
sent from a Nokia 3210

AgentCherryColla said:
The Power off reboot issue is a UI problem. When you power off, it says reboot. But its powering off, I've never had a power off reboot issues. Try wiping cache, might helps.
Sent from my HTC myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk
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I just tried to power off, it prompted me to power off (not reboot), I confirmed, and it shut down completely.
I started it back up, Selected Reboot, then cancel. Selected Power Off, and it prompts me to Reboot, which I confirmed, and it restarted instead of shutting down.
I just did this twice. Does not seems like just a UI issue. It recalls the fact that I first selected Reboot. Does not do the opposite. So, if I first selected Power Off, cancel, then Reboot, it will reboot correctly.

I'm never going back to android 2. Here's a few other small things I found in 1.1.2:
There are 2 different Gallery apps installed. On purpose?
Under Manage Apps, I found several apps I can't access anywhere, maybe they're not apps, but here they are: Bubbles, Black Hole, Phase Beam.
Sim Toolkit won't run. It say "SIM Toolkit is not ready or unsupported".
Street View is installed, but Maps is not.
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Any way to configure my contact list to display a dial button next to contact names?

The battery drained overnight because I forgot to plug it in. I got it charging now, however, when i turn it on, com.android.phone keeps crashing every 2 seconds.
Wiped cache and dalvik cache.. no effect. From Manage Apps, I cleared data for the Contacts app. It stopped... I rebooted.. it's back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1505394-p-3.html

did you try to fix permissions usually helps with force closes

EaglesBlood ROM Complaint

First of all, I know this is in the wrong section but that's because I have not made 10 posts yet.
Now onto the complaints and recommendations.
1. Lock screen is tedious. There is no way for the lock screen to activate. Even when I reboot, the phone just completely bypasses the lock screen. I don't even know how the developers have missed that. It is such a fundamental function and I can't even use it.
2. Home button loses functionality. My home button doesn't work. So every time I want to go to my home screen, I need to press "back" a million times. Fix it?
3. Create on-screen buttons. Like what the Genesis ROM has. You can choose to have Galaxy Nexus's digital buttons.
4. Quad-circle lock screen is cut off. You never fully see the circles when you selected one of the four. Do what Hellfire ROM did and make it a semicircle.
The first two are just deal breakers for me at times. But the only reason I have this ROM is that it is the only one that can call, and that's why EaglesBlood is pretty good. I hope the above recommendations/criticisms will be seen by the developers because it will greatly benefit many people. Thanks.

Your lock screen may be disabled under security settings. Have you checked that?
The lock screen issue, and particularly the home button, indicate that you likely have a bad flash. Redownload the rom and wipe, wipe, wipe, reflash. If this were a ROM related issue it would be expected that there would be at least one other mention of the first two issues in the ROM's thread. Bad flashes or downloads are not uncommon. Try again, see if they persist. And be careful restoring things through Titanium Backup.
Why would you want the digital buttons taking up space on the screen when we have perfectly functional ones?
I agree completely about the quad-lock.

everything besides the quad lock screen being cut off sounds like user error, and if you don't like it then use another rom... not trying to be rude as you will take this, but how many people report that the roms "home" button doesn't work? How many people post that there is no lock screen (and how did you see the lock screen being cut off if you can not see the lock screen? You can use any rom to make calls if you go to Owain's thread and get the "new_baseband" zip he created
all you need to do is properly install the rom or maybe redownload as it may have been corrupted during the download.

Just like ladygagadisco, I realize that this is the wrong section, but I don't have 10 posts yet... And just like her (I am assuming gender based on name), I have all the same troubles. And this is now the third time I have downloaded the ROM and installed it. So, I guess this question is directed towards her... did you ever get this fixed?
I will try one more time and hope like it hell that it works.
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Well it seems that the fourth time was the charm. The home button now works.

I'm running the GB EB 2.3.7 ROM and I think it's the best for my phone so far.
Being in Canada with Videotron I had issues with some other ROM's. I tried EB's ICS 4.0.4 ROM but for me not to be able to record Video (known issue due to NVIDIA not releasing drivers for Tegra2 for ICS) and not getting voicemail notification were a big deal for me so I downgraded to EB GB ROM.
I have not used or verified your option 3 & 4 but 1 & 2 worked in both EB ROM's I installed.

Do a full wipe. EB is the most stable former. No problems aside from the known bugs
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda app-developers app

T.O.S.
ladygagadisco said:
...(edit)... Do what Hellfire ROM did and make it a semicircle.
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Creating secondary false userID's to flame others will get you banned from this community. I suggest you take this strongly into consideration and use better judgement.

[Q] SlimBean Activating on Every Reboot

I'm running SlimBean 2.5. Every time I reboot or power off/on the phone, I get the message
"Activating...
Activation can take a few minutes"
If I press the Home button, the screen goes away and I get the normal home screen. Everything works fine at this point...so I'm not sure what it's doing "activating".
It's not a big deal, but it's an annoyance.
Any way to fix?

I had the same problem and I gave up SlimBean. If you check your phone status you'll see that you lost your no. and the MIN. No big deal though. Is it not only SlimBean but any AOSP/CM10/AOKP ROMs in certain conditions.
Are you by any chance in roaming?
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JeffN825 said:
I'm running SlimBean 2.5. Every time I reboot or power off/on the phone, I get the message
"Activating...
Activation can take a few minutes"
If I press the Home button, the screen goes away and I get the normal home screen. Everything works fine at this point...so I'm not sure what it's doing "activating".
It's not a big deal, but it's an annoyance.
Any way to fix?
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jb_alphamale said:
I had the same problem and I gave up SlimBean. If you check your phone status you'll see that you lost your no. and the MIN. No big deal though. Is it not only SlimBean but any AOSP/CM10/AOKP ROMs in certain conditions.
Are you by any chance in roaming?
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Thanks for the info. Do you know if there are any Jelly Bean ROMS for the Verizon Galaxy S3 that don't have this problem?
I'm not roaming...just normal reception in NYC. Are there any adverse side effects to this that you know of? Or is there any way to fix?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
P.S. If you gave up SlimBean, what are you using now?

I'm having this issue with SlimBean 2.5 as well as AOKP JB4. I am in a major city with 4G coverage and I rarely see less than 4 bars at work (where I'm currently flashing).
Any ideas anyone?

Issues like this are why I won't be trying any AOPS rom's. The risk is too high and I don't want to spend time fixing IMEI. Never had any problems like this flashing rom's on my Evo.

I'm not sure if this is what fixed my issue or not. I simply formatted /system before flashing and have yet to see the activation screen. Though I haven't been using the phone quite as much as prior flashes, it has gone FAR longer without seeing the activation screen...just over an hour.
FYI: I installed AOKP JB4 this time. I'll be flashing the latest SlimBean ROM shortly and updating the post afterward.

OK, I installed SB and...unfortunately, I got the Activating popup.
So, I was thinking (I like to think). The first time I installed JB I clicked Start right away and it asked me for WiFi info during initial setup. I found out that it was doing that because it didn't have a data connection at the time I clicked "Start". So, I now wait for the radio to connect to the tower (i.e., the meter turns blue and shows 4g) before clicking start. This fixed that snag, so I thought...what if that activation app also needs the same connection to work, but it's not written well enough to handle this situation? I.e., it stores some flag that tells it failed the last time through and doesn't reset.
This is what I normally do:
cwm: factory reset, wipe /system, wipe dalvik cache, install sb & addons.
os: initial setup, change DPI to 320
<reboot 1>
os: use titanium backup to restore ID
<reboot 2>
os: use titanium to restore apps, etc
So this time, after reboot 1, instead of eagerly jumping in and setting up the phone, I did not unlock the phone until the data connection was made.
And...no more activation popup. I rebooted a few times and it's been going for 15+ minutes. I'll update if I see the activation popup again.
I know it sounds crazy...but see if it works for you and let us know!
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So I was thinking some more. I wondered if the activation popup always shows up if there is no signal. So this time I rebooted and unlocked straight away. I went to the app store, no connection. I hit the home button and...activation!
I rebooted again, but this time I waited for a data connection before unlocking...I did the same things as before. No activation popup!
Any ideas?
I'm going to flash AOKP JB4 and see if I can reproduce this.
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I could not get the Activation popup in AOKP JB 4. One thing I noticed is that AOKP connects to the network MUCH faster than SB. I know I was getting the Activation popup in AOKP JB 3, so maybe they updated something? Perhaps the order of apps at startup?
Well, I'm sticking with AOKP JB 4 for now. If you ever get SB to work without the popup PM me, please!

You are sort of on to something there. on first boot always wait for data, go through the setup, then you can reboot and what-not. I havent seen a activation screen in a LONG time, and I am SlimBean maintainer for our device, so you can imagine how many times I flash this GS3

cordell12 said:
You are sort of on to something there. on first boot always wait for data, go through the setup, then you can reboot and what-not. I havent seen a activation screen in a LONG time, and I am SlimBean maintainer for our device, so you can imagine how many times I flash this GS3
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Yeah, I've seen your name all over the place I can absolutely imagine how many flashes you've done.
I can pretty well reproduce the activation screen issue with SB on my device on any boot. All I have to do is unlock the screen the second it's available. It only seems to happen on boot, and I don't do that very often, so I guess that's not a big deal.
I restored to a stock backup last night because AOKP wouldn't connect to my head unit via BT. I'll install SB today and give it a whirl.

Some more info.
I installed SB and waited for signal before setup. It worked fine. I rebooted a few times and, for the most part, waited until after the data connection was made before unlocking. I assumed it had already activated and was done since I didn't see the Activating screen. Unforatuntely, I just rebooted again and I unlocked immediately...and got the activation screen.
That wasn't a big deal, I figured I'd reboot and it would go away. Nope! When I rebooted it immediately went to activating...no unlock was necessary. After this point I tried playing around to see if I could find some rhyme/reason to it. Unfortunately I couldn't. The first 4 reboots produced the Activating screen no matter what I tried. Then for some unknown reason it stopped...4 reboots worked fine, no matter when I unlocked.
I am a little concerned about the length of time it takes to get a data connection. It may be just my device (hardware hiccups happen!) but it seems that it takes SB 2.6 twice as long as AOKP JB 4 to make a data connection. If that was figured out then we might not have to worry about this at all.
FYI - I'm a developer. I got my professional start on SunOS using C back in 1994 and used Unix exclusively until 2003. So I'm VERY comfortable with Unix. That being said, I'd gladly lend my expertise in troubleshooting this, if you so desire.
Hell, if you could hook me up with some links to good DIY ROM compilation instructions I'd probably go as far as putting in my own debugging code to figure out what's triggering that screen. I've been interested in getting into Android development anyway and this would be one hell of a way to start!
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Well, the Activating screen is back again. This is getting frustrating.

JeffN825 said:
I'm running SlimBean 2.5. Every time I reboot or power off/on the phone, I get the message
"Activating...
Activation can take a few minutes"
If I press the Home button, the screen goes away and I get the normal home screen. Everything works fine at this point...so I'm not sure what it's doing "activating".
It's not a big deal, but it's an annoyance.
Any way to fix?
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Update 11-18-2012, using Verison S3.I am getting the "activating" message as soon as I install gapps-jb. Actually, as soon as I setup my google account. That tells me there is something wrong with the gapps. It goes away as soon as I hit the home button. I hope it get fixed soon. That's what is stopping me to use it everyday.

After going back and forward thru flashing all CM based Roms, I decide to nail the cause of this annoying message at startup. The problem always happened after installing the latest gapps 20121212-signed file and previous ones. The app that needs to be dissabled is "Setup Wizard.apk". For some reason this app runs at every startup,causing the "activating" message to pop up. The fix is: go to "manage apps" > All > Setup Wizard and click "dissable". End of the story.
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Nougat for Zenfone 3 ZE552KL is now live!

I'm from Indonesia, and the update can be downloaded now
Check it manually on your settings
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Cannot play several game
For those who play Clash Royale, its not working (for me), its only showing black screen
Tried clear data and reinstall, still black screen
Mobile legend also, stuck on the splash screen
Anyone else face the same problem?
Edit: Reboot solved the issue, thanks to @flaming homer

I haven't updated yet but I would like to ask a few questions:
1: For best results, you update your phone first and then do a factory reset or not?
2: Backing up data - How to back up my data (Contacts/Apps/Music/Photos) the best way without risking to lose it?
3: How long does the update take to install itself? How much battery should I have for it?
Thank you.

if you have a ze552kl device you can download nougat update from here: https://www.asus.com/it/Phone/ZenFone-3-ZE552KL/HelpDesk_Download/

Star Trek Timelines stuck on "Activating Combadge"
Edit: Another reboot seemed to have solved this issue

Blackrose110 said:
I haven't updated yet but I would like to ask a few questions:
1: For best results, you update your phone first and then do a factory reset or not?
2: Backing up data - How to back up my data (Contacts/Apps/Music/Photos) the best way without risking to lose it?
3: How long does the update take to install itself? How much battery should I have for it?
Thank you.
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In order of your questions:
1. Ideally you would do a factory reset, but it's not a big deal if you don't. Most people won't, it's mainly just something that enthusiasts do to keep their phone as snappy and stable as possible.
2. That really depends on what you want to back up. For apps, that should be done automatically to your Google account. Photos should be the same if you've set up Google Photos. Music depends on how you put it on your phone in the first place, and contacts should be backed up automatically if you have it enabled on your Google account.
3. It took precisely 30 minutes on my phone. Your milage may vary depending on the number of apps you have, though.

Blackrose110 said:
I haven't updated yet but I would like to ask a few questions:
1: For best results, you update your phone first and then do a factory reset or not?
2: Backing up data - How to back up my data (Contacts/Apps/Music/Photos) the best way without risking to lose it?
3: How long does the update take to install itself? How much battery should I have for it?
Thank you.
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Hi Blackrose,
1. I update the phone and didn't do factory reset, after the update finished, you need to reboot the device (if not, some application stuck on splash screen )
2. Its best for backing up data, but the update notice says storage will be decreased slightly, so if your storage is nearly full, you need to back up your data, but for me, I
update without backing up the data
3. I update at 79% of battery, and it takes around 15-20 minutes
Hope it can answer your question

Hi, I managed to update my smartphone successfully without losing almost any data (only a few wallpapers, because I forgot to back them up).
Thank God for the Helium app, which saved my game app data and other important app's data. It was a bit of a struggle to get it working but everything went fine at the end.
I haven't experienced any issues with Nougat so far.
Thanks for the replies. Best of luck!

I updated my zenfone3 earlier. But now i can't open the mobile legends app. It's stuck on the loading screen. Can someone help me with this? Thanks
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zuchun said:
For those who play Clash Royale, its not working (for me), its only showing black screen
Tried clear data and reinstall, still black screen
Mobile legend also, stuck on the splash screen
Anyone else face the same problem?
Edit: Reboot solved the issue, thanks to @flaming homer
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Can you teach me how to reboot. I have the same problem.

Unable to activate the System Ui Tuner by long pressing the settings icon in the notification drawer. Is there any other way?
Lost the" No Peeking " notifications privileges after updating to Nougat.

After Nougat update auto focus does not work anymore while video recording. Videos are blurry. Could you please check if it is the same on your phones?

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Novelists said:
I updated my zenfone3 earlier. But now i can't open the mobile legends app. It's stuck on the loading screen. Can someone help me with this? Thanks
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Can you teach me how to reboot. I have the same problem.
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Hi, sorry for late reply
Only thing I do is reboot/restart the phone
Hold down power button, then choose Restart
Mobile legends will be fixed

radier said:
After Nougat update auto focus does not work anymore while video recording. Videos are blurry. Could you please check if it is the same on your phones?
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Hi Radier,
I check it on my phone, and while video recording and taking photos, auto focus is working.
Do you use default app?
Try reinstall it from play store, hope it can fix your problem :cheers:

hiflyingme said:
Unable to activate the System Ui Tuner by long pressing the settings icon in the notification drawer. Is there any other way?
Lost the" No Peeking " notifications privileges after updating to Nougat.
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Hi @hiflyingme,
for System UI tuner, you can draw the notification completely, then you can find "edit button" next to "settings icon"
and for "No Peeking", I'm not sure it is the answer you search for, but for me, you can go to Settings>Notifications, choose application you wanted to hide peek, then activate "Show silently"