yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Have to agree with you there - Samsung product naming is such a counter-intuitive headache that it is really difficult to keep track of exactly how may Galaxy products are actually out there!!

Following up on your example, there is the Galaxy Ace 800MHz, the Galaxy Ace Plus 1GHz, and then the Galaxy Ace 2 800MHz Dual Core

Then there's the Galaxy S, SL, S Plus, R, Y, Fit, Pop, yapity yapity yap, S2, S2, and S2 yet again, and I think we should be prepared for a deluge of 3 different S3's now!! Sometimes I think the mission statement at Samsung is to conquer the English Alphabet - a Galaxy for every letter, A thru Z *Chuckles*

The only reason I'm looking out for the SIII is to see how big a hit it will be to HTC. Been following the One X forums, as i was planning to get the device - but i'm not sure anymore. Too many bugs with the software (which i can live with, because XDA will come to the rescue) but there are actually major issues with the build quality itself - the body separating off from the screen under heavy load and heat, light bleed from screen edges, screen flex issues, and what not. And very, very surprisingly, a lot of users report that the camera is only average...and not a leap in terms of Imaging as it was made out to be by the HTC promos. Similarly, the One S is plagued by their space age ceramic body not quite able to tolerate the earth's atmosphere, with chipping and flaking. These are manufacturing and design flaws, which can't be fixed just by claiming warranty and replacing. There are users who are having problems after replacing 4!! HOXs and have finally given up on it. This is going to need HTC to take a complete relook at their design and manufacturing process. Looks like half-baked, improperly tested products were pushed out.

And you know why I think they were not properly tested? It's because of this stupid "secrecy" hype that Apple had introduced into the phone industry. Companies are now so paranoid about leaks, they don't let out enough of the handsets to be tested out in the open by users like us. You can't field test a product in a controlled atmosphere! It needs to be out in the open - get reviews from users, ask them what they like and dislike- then make the final product and launch it. Hell, they could have a poll here on XDA for crying out loud!!! It's not like they don't snoop around here anyway. I think half their bug fixes are siphoned off from here, lol!!

P.S. : Didn't realize i got carried away and ended up typing this monster post. Please forgive me if it seems inappropriate. I'm just very frustrated as I had almost decided to get the One X in June. But now I'm not sure they'll fix everything right. What'll they do with the faulty pieces? Dump them in Asia, of course! Come 2013, you better get your act together HTC - I'll be watching you!!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yeah, thanks guys!

Specswise, I think the PS3 is better than the xbox. Yeah, Blu-ray is a major plus, I don't have a blue-ray player yet! However, most of my friends have xbox's and they previously had a ps3 :(

So, even though Ps3 gaming is free, none of my friends actually really use it! But then again, I'm not much of a heavy gamer, and to be honest, i think i will be using the blu-ray feature more than gaming! Can the ps3/xbox browse the internet? I mean like actually use the game controller to surf the net? Because I see that the PS3 has a dedicated browser app. If so, that would be epic!

The 2 main games that my friends mostly play are FIFA & COD. God Of War has always been fantastic since the last time I played it on PS2 - I can't wait to see how graphics have evolved on the PS3!

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Yeah, I saw those SGS3 leaks yesterday! To be honest... I'm not really impressed! The specs are on par with the One X. The last SGS series were groundbreaking, and way ahead of the competition. With this new SGS3, I would actually still consider the One X over it, given the choice!

Even though MP don't mean much, I expected the SGS3 to be a 12MP shooter... How is it going to differentiate with the One X ImageSense? Average consumers only care about the MP, and if they see the One X has ImageSense, they would think it's an extra feature that puts it ahead of the SGS3.

Also, the most disappointing thing, is the SGS3 has Mali-400 GPU - the same one used in last years model!! :eek::eek:

What a silly move by Samsung, using last-gen hardware on their new flagship :(:( TouchWiz looks the same old, you really can't tell the difference from TouchWiz 4.0, or whether it has ICS under it.

Of course, my assumptions are only based on the supposed specs of the leaked SGS3.

Also, I dunno if it's just me, but lately, I've noticed a lot of tech journalists / reviewers actually criticize manufacturers for skins. I can totally understand their POV on crappy skins like MotoBlur etc, but they have even started it on Sense. Even the new Sense 4.0. If you read a lot of reviews, they still say that Sense 4.0 UI is bloated & sluggish. They much prefer pure ICS. :confused:

I remember a few years ago when Sense came out, it received a great response, everyone loved it. Thats why the Desire went on and beat the SGS as phone of the year in 2010 - purely due to the innovative Sense UI (even though it had weaker specs) Then in 2011, we saw the SGS2 was phone of the year because of it's killer specs toppling the Sensation with Sense UI - skins didn't really matter at this point anymore.

Now in 2012, most reviews I see are reviewers bashing manufacture skins, and how they should leave it stock ICS and not tamper with it...

What are your thoughts on this? :confused::confused:
[HTC Desire S] Forwox:
Hollla,

Roland my name is. I am 19 years old telecommunications student from Latvia, Riga city.

First of all, I am really passionate of doing sports, skating, what I am doing already 13 years of my life. I just love to skate fast, do Freeskate, slalom and speedskating. Secondly, I am video maker. You can check out videos I have captured and edited right here => http://www.youtube.com/user/PioneerLv/videos

;)

However, few years ago somehow I found my interest into mobile devices and OS systems. Now I am studying telecommunications. That's why I am here, hanging around with my Android device, reading tips and tricks, finding solutions, making my own experience. Well, have some practice in python, c++, but so far I haven't started any programming look out on android os.

Also I am really interested into motorsports and technical things. For few years I am a part time Sim racer. Maybe you have heard about racing simulations etc. Well, that's different story.

Hello xdadeveloper forums and specially Desire S users. ;)
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
@Oly The early versions of Sense UI just modified some parts of Android, making it better while not removing the essence of it. Sense 2.x/3.x removed EVERY SINGLE THING from stock android, and added tons of bloatware and useless features which traded speed for looks. A non-tech savvy user would never be able to tell the similarity between Sense 2.1 and stock GB. Now, Sense 4 is much better, it keeps the best parts of ICS while adding some more features. The only issue reviewers have is that the multitasking is more like WebOS than Android, and that's kinda weird for them. Most of us love it, and can't wait to get it here.

Also, versions of stock android before Eclair (2.0) were just too ugly too be used. While usable, Eclair, Froyo and GB were ugly too. ICS brings a very polished new interface, so most UI skins are useless now.
[HTC Desire S] pughie:
My contract expires in August so unsure what ill be upgrading too loved the idea of the one s and x as never had a HTC device before and I love this phone however I too have been put off by user feedback. Can't say I want the sgs3 either a couple of colleagues own a sgs2 and it just feels cheap in my hands prefer the sensation to hold if I'm being honest although its performance is epic.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yeah, I guess so! IMO, Sense 2.1 was still good! In fact I prefer it over Sense 3.X. (purely because of the 2D screen transitions, and the music player)

I never really got to use it long, before I jumped over to the leaked VoidU, Sense 3.0.

I would even consider using a Sense 2.1 ROM now, if it has 2.3.5 & some new apps from Sense 3.5 (HTC Watch, Notes, Tasks etc)

We only used Sense 4.0A, and impressed with the speed, but if you look at full Sense 4.0, you can still see it is heavy actually.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UqOlZydVto[/YOUTUBE]

I like pure ICS, it really is beautiful! I think I might go ahead and use CM9 as a daily driver when it comes out...

Same situation here mate, my contract is up in August :) Don't think I'll be getting a One X/SGS3; they'll be out of my budget.

Hopefully the One S might get a price drop. I check HUKD every day for good contract deals (exactly what I did to get my DS at a decent price)

Or, I'm actually thinking of getting a Galaxy Nexus. Although it will be old, the price will be nice, and it will be the first to get JellyBean. (I'm fed up with HTC/Samsung slow updates!) I might miss Sense though... At least I can get a good taste of pure ICS first, on CM9 for DS. If I do decide to upgrade, the screen has to definitely be bigger then the DS!

Or, ultimately just hold off, and keep my beloved DS for a little longer and what for something big to come along :)
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Was too lazy to write about myself the last fee days.. Now I'm gonna do it..

Hey :-) I'm Florian, 21 years old graphics design student from Germany. I live near Berlin, planning to move to the city this year after I finished my studies.

I'm drawing stuff since ever, as long as I can remember. I like graphics, digital arts, good typographie, illustrations and so on...tell me if you want to see some of my work, i could spam the whole forum with all that stuff...

I'm also very interested in music (specially psytrance and electronic music) and i am visiting a lot of music festivals.

I love being outside, just chillin around or riding my bike.

my hometown has 7 lakes (one of the biggest in Germany though) so I'm much into water sports.

I like playing video games though, but the time does not allow me to do so very often.

Like the most of you I have a passion for technic. Anyways the ds is my first smartphone, I always was convinced by not needing that.

Until last summer I was using my wonderful Sony Ericsson Walkman crap :-) had it for about 6 years. Then I decided to go high tech, didn't regret it :-)

I don't like Facebook and it's privacy policies (main reason for me not to be there) but you can find me on tumblr, skype etc...

Btw I'm proud owner of an xbox360 :-)

Reason for this choice was the ability to play own music while playing a game. I don't know if it changed until now, but afaik the ps3 does not allow you to do so.

Due to the lack of time (and money :-) I sold most of my xbox games. gta4, FIFA 09 and battlefield 3 are the ones left.

I'm really enjoying these times here at xda, I stumbled into and you all gave a lot to me :-)

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Ooops messing around with buttons... Look at post above
[HTC Desire S] outsidetown:
Nice thread oly!

I'm James, 27, I live in Brecon, south Wales, and am a professional children's illustrator. You can check out my work here: www.daviesjames.com

Aside from drawing, I love hiking, working out, and fiddling with my phone.

Got to say this is one of the friendliest forums I've ever seen, a nice "community" feel to it (mostly thanks to oly, Ben, and enigmaamit!)

Currently running Endy, but always ready to switch...
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
@oly

Fortunately someone knew the non result that was the che v arse game so we simply deleted it, and watched spurs instead.

Getting my game face on for the early united game. Just past midday so can start on the booze...

@shrome

Was seriously disappointed with Barca's performance, very poor, should have started with Sanchez, looks like that's the league gone.

Although being a united fan watching real, with Ronaldo is like watching an ex girlfriend, that you still have feelings for, although that was some quality goal.

I'm hoping that both real and barca both win this week and we get a super champions league final to look forward to.

Swyped form ym Dersie S unsig XAD Permuim
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Lets create apoll to decide if he is paul.robo or not :D

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3G ok for you?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Yup, 3G works for me, though I don't have a 3G pack, to it's just edge :p
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Additionally, he created the account just yesterday. After the kernel was leaked..

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Flashed the firmware and restored AOKP now.

Will test the new radio first before jumping on to sense

Tested new firmware works fine on AOKP

wifi, 2g, 3g, calls all working fine
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I think it went pretty well. A few questions I think I may have gone wrong. English lit on the other hand went dreadfully wrong. I didn't know which poems to compare. How'd you find it?
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Wait what what happened with paul.robo? I heard about the IMEI number thing, what's happened now? I feel out of the loop :p
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I would like to know as well. He just seemed to have disappeared. Last I heard we were going to get some amazing ROMs. Oh well.

Also Oly and whoever else is doing exams,

are you guys on study leave? Our school refuses to give us study leave until half term and i have to say this sudden weather + plus attending lessons + plus doing exams has got me knackered!
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
have no idea abt it.

The IMEI thing was said by the same guy we suspect to be paul.robo :D

Here's the post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26479752&postcount=18
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Yeah I have study leave XD

And about the paul.robo thing yeah I heard before from him himself that he was changing IMEI numbers...
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
This happened :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26090671#post26090671
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Well what an idiot... told me about it and he tried to reason it by saying he did it for a policeman once I was like wtf
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Hey, I think C3 went well for me! I was pleasantly surprised! I expected a hard paper. I compared with my friends, and I got the same calculation questions, so I'm happy :D

The only hard one for me, the last one, where it was talking about the matches and methane :( I guessed it :( but it was only 1 mark I suppose!

I struggled against time in the Literature! I couldn't decide which to do at first, and spent about 5 minutes of my valuable time thinking! But I think I did alright... I thought the unseen poem was alright and pretty easy to understand ...

What about you? How much did you write in total?

Yeah, lol, I've been on exam leave since 11th May!!! But I go into school most days, because I have much more motivation to work at school lol. My last exam is on 20th June....

I have only 6 to go now :D you?
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
i have 14 to go :(

Yeah the unseen poem was alright. For the last question on C3 i put something about activation energy. Not sure if it was right. I would go into school if i had the choice but i don't! :(

There's nothing worse than coming in on a useless day!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Wow, 14, unlucky mate :( How many have you hadso far? I've had 9, so just 6 to go :D I've pretty much done the main ones now, most of my exams were this week!

Yeah, you were correct for the last one, something about activation energy was the answer :p

Unlucky haha, tbh, i don't like exam leave, i feel so lonely now :( I'm like the only one in my year on school, so i go to lunch on my own, and sit on the bus on my own lol :(

Anyway, good luck in the rest of your exams!

OT: What are your thoughts on the new ROM with Sense 3.6 guys? Are you impressed? Are you all using it as your daily driver?
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Ugh I've had 8 exams 13 to go :P I thought C2 was really easy I found it a breeze but I found C3 hard... I never got my head around titrations and I never properly learnt the chemical tests :p ahh well it should balance out...
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Yeah what did you guys get for the titration question?

I got 0.61 for concentration and 48g for the 2nd part.

I heard 48 is wrong and i was supposed to divide by 4!

I didn't do C2 but found that C3 asked for a lot of info from C2.

I've already had 7 so I have the same amount as Duke_Nuke! Don't think you can get any more exams than that or at least i haven't seen anyone who was more than that.

I'm alone as well Oly. All my friends have been struck by a nasty 'virus' and cannot come in but miraculously recover on the day of their exam.

I just want science out of the way. I have spent all my time on science which is why i'm not hopeful for the english lit.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yeah, I got 0.61 too :p

Yeah, I got 12 for the second one! For the final bonding question, did you get -810?

Lol, I wasn't too worried about the sciences, I was so worried for Spanish and English!

I'm so glad I finished Spanish and literature today :)

Now I'm just gonna focus on the English language paper and some physics this weekend!

Oh yeah, some classics too :p
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I've still got a host of subjects to work on. Geography, history, maths, physics and english language. Looking forward to a long break!

Yeah i got -810.

But only because it told me in the question after the reaction gave out heat!! Otherwise i probably would've ended up putting endothermic!

EDIT: Also, 2 kids in year 10 are doing their IGCSE and their AS Level and beat everyone in my year in the IGCSE!!!! Crazy!
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
I've got AS computing tomorrow which I'm really not feeling too confident about... :L
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Y'all a bunch of children.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Lol, apparently we are :p

Different topic - does anyone else hate Aroma installer, or is it just me? Trued flashing a ROM with Aroma, the installation process is usually automated by the control app for me. It stopped mid way due to Aroma, and then i went through a loooooong setup menu with a bunch of options i didn't really care about. Would've been much better without it.

Sent from a device waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
These are smart kids I must say !! :)
[HTC Desire S] Tapur007:
Yap, had issues with Aroma earlier in one of the ROM's... Din install an app / feature even after choosing the option in the Aroma Installer !
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Well thankyou you're too kind ;)
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Well, it isnt that usefull, yo can always remove stuff u dont want with TB later....
[HTC Desire S] Tapur007:
Hey guys (suku, shrome, ben & the others),

Can anyone of you please make a small FAQ post here in the off topic thread about the installation etc regarding the new ROM (leaked) / firmware by Virtuous?

The Virtuous thread has seen crazy updates... Difficult to keep up.

I've read your posts here, but, just thought if you'll would be kind enough to combine them at one place to clear out any doubts... I or the others might have regarding the ROM.

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Lol, yeah, loads of my friends tripped up on that question too :p

Wow, those are smart kids. Some of the year 10's sat their maths GCSE 2 weeks ago, I felt ashamed that they were taking it 1 whole year earlier than me!

I was in the top set and was meant to take it in year 10, but I wasnt good enough lol, I had to wait till this year.

Sorry if I'm asking this again, but are you edexcel history?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
No need for a FAQ, just flash it :p It has no downsides whatsoever, and the precedure is pretty simple, as long as you're properly S-offed and not unlocked via Htc Dev (in which case there's no way to flash it)

Put the PG88IMG.ZIP in your SD card, boot into bootloader, and flash it. Reboot. It may take long, be patient. Wipe all partitions in recovery after that (except sd card) and flash the ROM. Oh, and the firmware will wipe your data, so be sure to make the backups before flash ;)

Sent from a device waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Yes i am. And i've got USA and International relations on the week where i have an exam every single day :(

My maths skills aren't the best but they're not the worst. I'm hoping to scrape in to an A and i have to say it's the one i'm really worried about.
[HTC Desire S] Tapur007:
Thanks dude... I had doubts regarding moving back & forth between this ROM & My other nandroid backups (CM9, Endy) with the latest Hboot and Radio.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
There's no hboot in the package, just a Radio, which seems to improve battery life.

Sent from a device waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC
[HTC Desire S] Tapur007:
Great! So this is finally gonna be my 1st Radio Flash :D (remember me asking about it earlier in this thread,... Din have the courage to flash it at that time + had no real benefits)!

Thanks...
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Oh right haha, AQA maths? I'm so glad I've finished Maths now forever! :p

Wow, how are you finding the whole syllabus?

Isn't International relations like the cold war and stuff? I did that paper last year! Now, I've got USA and Great Britain in June...

I struggle with history... I keep getting B's in my mocks, and only one A :(

After physics on Wednesday, I have 12 whole days to do solid history revision, and then 8 days for the other history paper!

I had most of my exams this week! 7 this week, and did 3 today!

So I'm 2/3 done now! Nearly there, nearly there! :D
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I wouldn't mind having all exams now if the school would have the decency to give us study leave. Every other school in the area broke up a week or 2 ago.

I find history alright. I can remember everything but in the mocks i always lose out on exam technique. I seem to lose a lot of marks on not structuring my answer properly even though the information is there.

That's one of the reasons i absolutely detest the USA paper. All the source questions are just there to make me fail!
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
I'm doing ocr history but I havnt done the exams yet, they're my last exams :P and I'm due to do a-level history as well...
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Which type of history do you do in OCR? Is it still modern?

I want to do history at A-level but don't want to do modern history and also just don't think i'm capable of doing history at A-level.
[HTC Desire S] Duke_Nuke:
Yeah I'm doing modern history (i think) :P its basically Germany from 1918-45 for the first paper then the second paper is the source based paper which is how was British society changed 1906-18 for a-level I'm doing aqa modern world history :)
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Germany!! :D:p

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
as long as you are properly s-off , ensure that you must check the md5sum of the radio file on the sd and flash with a full battery charge it shouldn't be a concern,

I've changed radios dozens of times without issue, but care must be taken.

Currently running latest leaked radio and aokp roms

I know it's already been said, but it caught me out, flashing the radio wipes data so ensure you nandroid first.

Swyped from my DesireS
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Ok, dunno If I missed anything, but the guy we think is Paul.robo got his account disabled .... So it definitely is him? :D

How did they find out? Who reported him?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
LoL... gotcha!!:p
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
:D:D:D I cannot stop laughing.

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Almost 3:30 a.m here in India. Must sleep now... will get murdered by patients in the OPD tomorrow!!:p

G'night all...
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Mr ninja fighter has caused some problems on SXL forums as well...

Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3. WAKE UP HTC!!!!