Recent content by Mike Lang1

Thanks for the reply. Just wiped the cache in recovery and it did not help. As soon as it rebooted, the same message came up.

What caused this error message and how do I get rid of it? When I did something related to the settings, like turning on/off airplane mode, the error message "Unfortunately Settings has been stopped" popped up and I had to click OK for it to go away. It also came up right after my Note 2...

Hi all, Are there any calendar replacement that can make full use of spen? The Samsung calendar only lets us write in Monthly view and we have to turn it on to see the handwriting. I like to have a calendar that I can freely write note on it in any view (day/week/month/year) and ideally I don't...

Found the solution: I purchased "Xposed Additions" that lets me to remap any key (softkey and hardkey). Worked perfectly. It needs Xposed Framework but I used it to run Xprivacy already. - - - Updated - - - Thanks. But it only works when you are on the home screen. Not inside an app.

Thank you. It drove me crazy when all a sudden I saw this white circle following my finger and I couldn't figure out where it came from.

thanks. I'm trying to decide which one I should install to my Note 2. I'm rooted with a stock recovery.

Any preference on CWM vs TRWP?

I just read it on the web that Google Now is being updated. I haven't seen it on Play Store yet. It has lots of improvements and I can't wait to get my update. There is an apk file floating around but I like to update it from Play Store.

I have been using Nova Prime for a while and I just tried Next Launcher 3D trial and I like it. It seems to be fast, snappier and beautiful themes. However, I experienced some reboots and bootloops since I installed it. I read their facebook page and it seemed to have some problem with some S4...

The reason I asked the 'dd' command is that my Note 2 was rooted but I did not install a custom recovery. I use CF Autoroot and it keeps the stock recovery. I try not to install CWM or TWRP if I don't need it (more things to go wrong :-) )

Thank you Paul, I appreciate your reply. - I understand the user apps/data parts. - why did you say "we should never do factory reset on a rooted phone"? - from what you said, factory reset **will not** restore the phone to a factory state. I thought there is another copy of system stored...

Hi all, I have searched but couldn't find any info. 1) what exactly happened when we do 'factory reset'? What gets restored? In other words, if I removed/deleted some bloatware from /system/apps on a rooted phone and if I do a 'factory reset', will those come back just as the phone was brand...

Problem solved: I have a Note 2. The GPS did not work. No white circle on the status bar when GPS is turned on and it did not pick up any satellite. I tried everything including factory reset, restore OEM ROM from sammobile and nothing worked. I sent it back to samsung. The 1st time they...

Found a google support phone for the Google Play Store and talk to a support person. Google must hire the minimum wage workers to work the phones. She basically just acknowledged that yes, there was a problem. No, we don't have a fix. Sorry. That was it. It was a waste of time even to talk to them.