Importing basic phone Settings to different custom ROM? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
long time no post here^^
I just got myself an S3 and coming from an i8000 with Window Mobile I had a LOT to read and "study" these past few days^^ (I almost didn't touch a smartphone in 2 years too... long story)
After flashing a couple of ROMs and reinstalling my apps with Titanium Backup, I got a bit bored of having to revise all the Settings manually.
Is there a way to somehow save the many Settings and restore them on a new ROM? On WinMo it was easy to make a .reg file with all my favorite settings to apply on a new ROM but here I have no clue (as I also read it's not possible/good to backup system data from a ROM to a new one)
Any suggestion to at least make the process a bit easier? to at least preserve settings such as my preferred vibration strength, ringtone, screen timeout, font size, etc
Thanks! (and sorry in case I missed something obvious... I exposed myself to really a lot of new stuff in just 2 days and I am bit overwhelmed with searching new apps, ROMs and themes, learning about the OS and rooting, discovering the phone features and accessories/cases, etc)

Not possible at all?

There are multiple posts asking this question .
Use search as i have vowed not to reply to such questions if their is an R in the month .
jje

Would you care to provide me some keywords for my search? I tried something like "import settings to new rom" and the like but nothing relevant come up... just some references to Titanium Backup (as I wrote before in my post) or unanswered questions similar to mine or just about importing apps/contatcs/logs/etc
Thanks anyway

Anyone? the post above gave me some hope but I really can't find anything I wonder what I am doing wrong... usually I am not so dumb @[email protected]

One last try before giving up^^

JJEgan said:
There are multiple posts asking this question .
Use search as i have vowed not to reply to such questions if their is an R in the month .
jje
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Mmm, I start to think you meant there is no solution to this often asked question?
If so please next time try to be more clear...

tacchan23 said:
Mmm, I start to think you meant there is no solution to this often asked question?
If so please next time try to be more clear...
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Nope clear is the simple fact that i refuse to search for others . Their is even an exact same post on the subject today .
jje

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Also if you dont have something important to say and your just going to complain then dont post.
great thoughts, also congrats on mod status sir
what happened to the rooting thread? all ive seen is bs the past couple days. its gone way off topic.
people are postcounting up... nothing happened yet today, so until something does, it may as well be locked to stop people just upping postcount
HighRidas said:
what happened to the rooting thread? all ive seen is bs the past couple days. its gone way off topic.
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I agree it has gone off topic a little bit, But when nothing new is happening and people just want to add there 2cents then that happens. I will keep an eye on it though. I know the 3 Devs working on getting Root are working there butts off to do it and I have faith we will see it.
The good thing is, it seems rooting is not a matter of "if", just "when", which I never have a problem with.
i just hope that the "when" is "sooner" rather than "later" because im getting "pissed" about this "bloatware" >.<
Wifi Tether, apps to sd, froyo 2.2?
So now that root has happened I know a lot of us are interested in added functionality of our devices. So far mine is stock but with live wallpapers and some free'd up memory. However, I'd like to use wifi tether, apps to sd, and preferably get froyo 2.2 on here. My question is do we have a lot of devs working toward this now or is it too soon after root? I don't mean to seem impatient here and I understand there is still a lot of focus on getting everyone to the point of root since it was difficult for most of us. Anyway, any status update or something would be nice.
Answered quickly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6845610&postcount=11
Thank you!
Personally i know of 5 or 6 devs working on projects for the slide... If I remember correctly, another couple are going to start on it very soon also
Not sure if this is a dumb question... When the G1 was rooter, shortly after other methods of rooting were found. I fear some of us will endlessly have the problem of getting ADB to recognize the device in recovery. What are the chances of another root method coming available for the Slide?
if an update comes out, there will be more methods im sure... just not sure on a timeline for them
fermunky said:
Not sure if this is a dumb question... When the G1 was rooter, shortly after other methods of rooting were found. I fear some of us will endlessly have the problem of getting ADB to recognize the device in recovery. What are the chances of another root method coming available for the Slide?
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Fermunky, I've been following your problem because I was having it too. What finally got it for me was, I formated a different sd card, put it in the phone, removed all software ( htc sync, pdanet) and removed all drivers I could find using usbdeview. Then rebooted with phone unplugged, installed pdanet following all their instructions, then the loop worked perfect. Good luck
Tl;dr version, i tried it all at the same time and it worked
Widgets
hey, is it possible for someone to make some of the htc widgets compatible with adw launcher? I have the slidemeroot rom with live wallpapers and like it a lot. However, I miss the variety of widgets such as multiple calendar views now that I have to run adw launcher to get the live wallpapers. I'm looking for a way to get the best of both worlds and have live wallpapers along with the sense widgets. Is it possible? or better yet, get live wallpapers on stock rom without adw launcher so it works with my modes as well (cuz I miss that too). Maybe I just need to give up on the live wallpapers
can we have links to these listed roms?
Can't get superUser on legend to slide
I have been working/searching on the issue for a while and just cant figure it out.
every file is called superuser.apk and I am pretty sure they are all ROM/device specific. I can't get them to install.
Could someone help me with the following:
1. The source for the correct superuser.apk for legendTOslide Please
2. Do I adb push? In recovery? In device mode? sample command?
Thank you
khtims said:
hey, is it possible for someone to make some of the htc widgets compatible with adw launcher? I have the slidemeroot rom with live wallpapers and like it a lot. However, I miss the variety of widgets such as multiple calendar views now that I have to run adw launcher to get the live wallpapers. I'm looking for a way to get the best of both worlds and have live wallpapers along with the sense widgets. Is it possible? or better yet, get live wallpapers on stock rom without adw launcher so it works with my modes as well (cuz I miss that too). Maybe I just need to give up on the live wallpapers
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You can get Live Wallpapers to work in ADW Launcher, but the HTC Widgets are bound to Sense UI.
Ok so Google just released another 2.2 update for Nexus. Right now I'm running stock slide rom. Can I update to the Nexus' roms without root?
B-Eazy said:
Ok so Google just released another 2.2 update for Nexus.
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Tmobile will release an official 2.2 update. Just have to be patient.
B-Eazy said:
Right now I'm running stock slide rom. Can I update to the Nexus' roms without root?
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No you cannot.

Help using Functions on phone :)

Hi guys.
Sorry if i have posted in the wrong part of the forum, i have done a search but can't find the right place to post.
Just a bit of help using my new phone.
I can't figure out how to change my message tone to one i want (on my SD card),
Also i am unsure on how to forward messages on. :/
I will probably post here when i get stuck again, so really sorry if this is in the wrong place ...
Sharon
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Looking up stuff
shazza2010 said:
Hi guys.
Sorry if i have posted in the wrong part of the forum, i have done a search but can't find the right place to post.
Just a bit of help using my new phone.
I can't figure out how to change my message tone to one i want (on my SD card),
Also i am unsure on how to forward messages on. :/
I will probably post here when i get stuck again, so really sorry if this is in the wrong place ...
Sharon
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Sharon, to forward a msg, long press it and options will pop up.
Regarding the ringtones and notifications, create two folders on the SDcard called ringtones and notifications, drop the files you want to use in this, post a restart it should come up in Settings-> Sounds options
Cheers,
Vikram.
P.S. a lot of the capability is stock Android so it would make sense for you to search in general android forums for answers instead of searching specific to this phone ...
Thanks for the responce I have managed to work out how to forward.
So any types of these questions i should go to an Android forum?
Sorry am new to this phone...
Thanks in advance
Sharon
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Is there a sent box on this phone or does it just come up with the conversation window.
shazza2010 said:
Thanks for the responce I have managed to work out how to forward.
So any types of these questions i should go to an Android forum?
Sorry am new to this phone...
Thanks in advance
Sharon
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Is there a sent box on this phone or does it just come up with the conversation window.
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SMS are based on conversations like gMail have. Some time I hate it, but many times it is most better solution that I ever seen.
About question - I think that its fine. I had same problems But I just used google.

[Q] SGS II USB Reverse Tethering

Hey everyone
I hope you answer me asap .
I've searched in the internet for usb back tethering & i found it & worked for me great , but now the problem is , when i installed the KJ2 rom the method wont to run , is there any way you guys know it to run the back tethering again ?
old way :
1. sharing internet from your network driver with samsung .
2.putting these ip addresses in the samsung network conn. :
10.1.1.1 as main ip
255.255.255.0 as Default GW
3.opening better terminal emulator from your device & adding the following commands :
su
ifconfig usb0 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 10.1.1.1 dev usb0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
now this way was working great for me but after the KJ2 ROM installation it didnt work atall.
i am waiting for an answer from you guys
& thank you
i am starting to bump since no reply till now
woops bump
hard to know that such a huge forums doesn't gave 1 guy knows waht am i talking about !!!
or they just read then meh ?
DADER said:
I've searched in the internet for usb back tethering & i found it & worked for me great , but now the problem is , when i installed the KJ2 rom the method wont to run , is there any way you guys know it to run the back tethering again ?
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The answer seems pretty obvious to me, revert to your previous ROM.
thank you for your obvious answer but i am sure that there are another more useful obvious answers in the forum .
& btw people upgrade their properties not downgrading them .
again , thank you for your obvious reply
@DADER,
I agree with the other guy... Return to your previous ROM if yu NEED this feature atleast until someone can give you a better answer.
@DADER,
What the heck is "usb back tethering"? When I do a google search for that exact term in quotes (which guarantees that only that exact phrase is found), the ONLY result I get is this very thread.
Are you trying to do tethering via usb to have your computer use the phone's 3g connection? Or trying to tether the phone to use your computer's network connection?
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@DADER,
What the heck is "usb back tethering"? When I do a google search for that exact term in quotes (which guarantees that only that exact phrase is found), the ONLY result I get is this very thread.
Are you trying to do tethering via usb to have your computer use the phone's 3g connection? Or trying to tether the phone to use your computer's network connection?
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back tethering means u run internet in your phone from your pc internet , not the wifi- router or wifi card. & if u red my post you will understand what am i talking about !!!
DADER said:
back tethering means u run internet in your phone from your pc internet , not the wifi- router or wifi card. & if u red my post you will understand what am i talking about !!!
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I did read your post. It is barely comprehensible, which is why I had to ask what the heck you are talking about. And as I said, the term "USB back tethering" in a google search doesn't turn up any pages but this one.
well , a month ago there was a blog which i found in it this method , google is a moody search engine
what the **** , i've been posting this thread for a week & no reply from a mod or developer - i just want if there's a solution or not- ( btw with all of my respect to the members whom participated in this thread ).
i hope someone gives a look to the thread & gives me a decisive answer ....
Happy New Year XDA-Members
DADER said:
well , a month ago there was a blog which i found in it this method , google is a moody search engine
what the **** , i've been posting this thread for a week & no reply from a mod or developer - i just want if there's a solution or not- ( btw with all of my respect to the members whom participated in this thread ).
i hope someone gives a look to the thread & gives me a decisive answer ....
Happy New Year XDA-Members
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Check out android apps sub forum as is an application recently released.
I'd link but I'm mobile.
Sent from the valley of the shadows....
stylez said:
Check out android apps sub forum as is an application recently released.
I'd link but I'm mobile.
Sent from the valley of the shadows....
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i appreciate your answer but if u can give me more leads to the program such its name or in which page , thread's name ....
because the app forum is such a big one & cant search the threads one by one tho
DADER said:
i appreciate your answer but if u can give me more leads to the program such its name or in which page , thread's name ....
because the app forum is such a big one & cant search the threads one by one tho
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What you're talking about is called USB Reverse Tethering. That should clear a lot of things up.
Secondly, if you're not getting a reply, don't just continually bump the thread.
..and finally, take people's advice: if you really need this, then go back to the old setup. If not, stop complaining.
Your best bet would be to contact the original developer, not start a new thread.
screamworks.
.. Or why not take this as an opportunity to learn more about linux? The method you posted sounds like it should work if only you tweaked the commands to work with your new ROM. Start by getting familiar with ifconfig and linux network stack.
screamworks said:
What you're talking about is called USB Reverse Tethering. That should clear a lot of things up.
Secondly, if you're not getting a reply, don't just continually bump the thread.
..and finally, take people's advice: if you really need this, then go back to the old setup. If not, stop complaining.
Your best bet would be to contact the original developer, not start a new thread.
screamworks.
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Its the Q&A forum & i am not doing anything wrong except finding an answer , & no need to be so aggressive like that , if you dont know any answer then dont troll a post .
finally , who the hell are you to tell me stop or not to , mind with your own business ok .
juicejuice said:
.. Or why not take this as an opportunity to learn more about linux? The method you posted sounds like it should work if only you tweaked the commands to work with your new ROM. Start by getting familiar with ifconfig and linux network stack.
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well , thank you for your help i will try to be familiar with network commands .
i wish stylez could give me a name for that program & i will appreciate that alot
DADER said:
Its the Q&A forum & i am not doing anything wrong except finding an answer , & no need to be so aggressive like that , if you dont know any answer then dont troll a post .
finally , who the hell are you to tell me stop or not to , mind with your own business ok .
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I wasn't being aggressive, it's called common sense. Don't start acting as if you're entitled to help from people, when they do it in their spare time out of their own free will - the least you can do is not waste their time by doing some basic searching beforehand.

[Q] On the search for a new ROM

Hi ..
I'm currently running the Archidroid 2.1.4. I do love it, the resolution options, the customisable settings window, the speed, stability, and endless options of the Novalauncher.. but 2 things are just causing me to search for a new rom...
I wondered if anyone could recomend a rom to use that has similar features to Archidroid, but doesn't have the drawback that Archidroid has whereby when making a phone call the network drops out.. apparently this is a known feature of Cyanogen... as I use my S3 for my tethered internet link at home, it's a real prob as whenever I talk on the phone my network drops out...
Also, as I'll be changing ROM I wondered if anyone has a link to a good back up app (I have Titanium but not a 100% sure how to use it) so that I won't loose all my apps / dictionary / bookmarks and SMS etc...
Thanks for any support you can provide...
What rom best rom posts are not allowed .
All roms have a full description and user feedback.
Suggest you have a look at what was called carbon on the Play store and read the TB instructions .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
JJEgan said:
What rom best rom posts are not allowed .
All roms have a full description and user feedback.
Suggest you have a look at what was called carbon on the Play store and read the TB instructions .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
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Hi..
Thanks for the response on TB, I'll go take a look...
Not really asking for a 'best rom' I'm just asking for any recomendations with features of DPI and stability with the cuztomisation that Archidroid has, not really sure how that breaks rules? Is that not just a discussion openner?

Better notifications (screen off)?

Hello.
I am not satisfied how notifications on my RN 9 Pro are (not) working.
I am often forced to mute phone, and I am not able to look constantly on my phone screen.
On other devices I used nice app called NoLED. I am attaching screenshot from my other device, so you can get the idea why.
Sadly, it is not working with Android 10. Developement is abandoned long time ago.
Is there any app with such functionality which works with Android 10?
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Partially solved. Call and messages are working. Added apps (messenger, viber, whatsapp) are not working.
[end edit]
Not trying to self-promote but there appears to be many threads on this problem so I created a new thread so people can find a possible fix easier.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-9-pro/help/missing-notifications-sound-led-fix-t4191869
iammudd said:
Not trying to self-promote but there appears to be many threads on this problem so I created a new thread so people can find a possible fix easier.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-9-pro/help/missing-notifications-sound-led-fix-t4191869
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Why do you need to post this same thing all over the place in different threads?
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Why do you need to post this same thing all over the place in different threads?
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Yeah, sorry... but the same Q has appeared in about half a dozen separate threads without solution...which means ppl aren't searching for answers...so I had to answer individually.

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