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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] americasteam:
Still undecided if I'm keeping the One X. May go for the S3. The only thing I do despise, other than pentile screens, about the S3 is the forums here at XDA. It's worse than an iPhone forum. Samsung could poop a turd and these people would tell you why a turd is now better than anything else any manufacturer has ever produced. It's a tad ridiculous. :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jnichols959:
Yeah, that's what I was saying in the OP. Agreed 100%.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] BarryH_GEG:
You can't compare any brand's unlocked retail devices to those sold through the U.S. carriers. The SGS3 section you're reading is for the international device and each of the U.S. variants will end up with their own forum. Look at the development in the international One X forum; based on the number sold (2MM so far) it too should always stay pretty active.

The i9100 forum is the most active forum on XDA as you'd expect based on the number of phones sold. Most of the lead developers are in the EU as you'd expect for a device sold globally. I'm sure the i9300 (SGS3) forum will be just as active.

Samsung's never locked their bootloaders and their devices are the easiest to mod. It's always been that way so shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. HTC's taking a firmer stand on unlocked devices. In the EU they're no longer covering h/w repairs on devices that have had third party ROMs installed on them (just unlocking the bootloader is OK). This is new since the introduction of the One's. Considering that 95% of people that buy an Android phone don't even know what a bootloader is their obviously putting the financials (savings on warranty repairs) over the needs of what they refer to as the "enthusiast" community. Just something else to consider when comparing devices.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Like Barry said, and once it's released it will be plagued by complaints on XDA, just like the HOX has been, just the nature of the environment.

What hasn't helped HOX progress in the US is the hold at customs, but that is rumored to clear up soon, then we'll be cooking.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tekkneke:
This is what I was thinking too. Bootloader lock? Seen that before and seen phones still be well supported. HOX will be one of the top phones of 2012, so whether devs hack the bootloader or we get direct support from HTC, it will still get done eventually.

The customs hold is more concerning...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
What I read here is the GS3 is no further along in development than the ATT HOX?

Leaked ROM: Check

Root: Check

What else do they have?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jnichols959:
They ship with an unlocked bootloader. That's a pretty big deal imho. Yes, the amazing devs here tend to unlock all the big phones one way or another - but shipping unlocked sure makes the first month or two a lot more fun for folks that like to tweak their android device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nugzo:
You can pretty much say the internatiional One X was bootloader unlocked.. I mean all you had to do was go to htcdev.. It wasnt like you had to do anything special cept plug your phone in and goto a website. Not really a big deal there either.. :cool:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
Although Samsung's bootloaders are typically not locked, starting with GS2, Samsung's bootloader tracks and displays on boot up how many times you flashed non-Samsung ROM.

As others have pointed out, comparing an unbranded international version of GS3 to a AT&T branded HOX is pretty rediculus. When it finally hits AT&T (which is unknown at this time), its firmware will be modified to AT&T's demand which is pretty in line with what you get with AT&T's HOX.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jnichols959:
Yeah, I keep hoping I can get a cutting edge, quality android device on a US LTE provider with good dev support but it seems the carriers (and to a lesser extent the patent disputes) are the ones making that difficult.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bongd:
I hate to say anything that could be misconstrued as something negative to the devs, but it does suck to see that our device isn't getting much love. It's a matter of circumstance and I'm sure the devs out there would love to work on this device, given the opportunity.

Just gave my Galaxy Nexus to the wife... was cleaning it up and putting the latest CM9 nightly on there and it was just beastly. I think if the camera was better I would have stuck with it. The camera on the HOX is absolutely stunning though. I have no idea how any idiots could complain about it. The pictures I take look absolutely beautiful.

Might consider selling this device in favor for a GSIII. We'll see.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Shaddy-Z.:
look how beastly the international HOX roms are. Our phone will hopefully get that kind of love. This phone will be the next HD2 if we can get the BL unlocked.

Sent from my Calculator
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] louis.b:
I really wish that someday there would be a different forum address for each manufacturer so I dont have to deal w those Samsuck fan boys. Came across one in another forum and my gosh what a fking ****. If you take notice they're all over Youtube trashing anything non-Samsuck. I hate Samsuck just because of them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] warri:
I had a captivate. Development was slow, at first, with all the ATT restrictions..but we got through it. I am 100% Positive we will have our devices unlocked and loaded to the fullest potential.

It might take some time, but so far the stock experience has not been to painful with my HOX, Once Rooted, you can De-brand your device, Replace the missing apps, Remove Bloatware.

Yes we don't have a custom Recovery, and no easy Kernel Tweaks, but they are coming....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] viny2cool:
Samsung has come up with very good devices you have agree with that. Galaxy S1 then S2, Note (Probably S3 also). Samsung is competing with Apple, all other android manufacturers are competing with Samsung (in my personal opinion).

I also have captivate which has many hardware issues and as above poster said dev was slow at first but see now, we were among the first ones to get CM9 (alpha) and its very stable now....The development is crazy there still.....

I am sure ATT variant of SG3 will be awesome, as in no locked BL and easy to hack as usual.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fitchpuckman:
I'm as excited as the next person to see what an unlocked bootloader will eventually do for the dev of the HOX, but I think you hit an interesting point; the quality of Sense 4.0. I know everyone ultimately would like to see the unlock, but do you think there may just be less overall development as some people are satisfied with the Sense 4.0 experience? Not to discredit the hard work that many folks are putting into dev, but I wonder if there is just a smaller quantity of dev's out there actually trying, leading to less eyes on the device, leading to a smaller likelihood/pace of new barriers being broken in the process.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
nope. i want AOSP. period. i've never ever been a fan of Sense or any overlay for that matter. i love what google has done with stock ICS. i've had my eye on the eXoDIZED ROM by JDR0iD in the international HOX threads. that's exactly what i'd like to see. or even better, MIUI.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Miui and aosp are quite different. At any rate, samsung development is far from rosy. I still have a skyrocket that has no official ics and all the custom Roma are still riddled with touchwiz, no matter how hard the devs try to hide it. I personally enjoy sense on hox 100x better than the Frankenstein touchwiz roms. Cm9 on my nitro was ok, not great. The HTC email app, dialer, lockscreen, etc blow away stock ics apps IN MY OPINION. All I'd like is a tweaked kernel to get rid of the multitasking nonsense and I'd be quite happy.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
GS3 AT&T version will have S4 CPU instead of Exynos4 if rumor is true. So, it will be the same situation as Skyrocket (S3 CPU instead of Exynos of Intl version).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Right, which means a decent chance of getting crappy ROMs because all the developer support will be focused on the Int'l version. Not totally different than what we are seeing with the HOX. And don't rule out ATT locking down Samsung's BL either....we will see.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] designgears:
The rumor is true, I have seen it ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
I have no doubt it is true. Now the confirmation:)

Actually, the minute S3 announcement is over, I ordered my HOX. It is basically the similar phone but I don't have to wait couple more months. Besides, it is nice to not getting the crappy build quality of Samsung phones I had in past 5 years (BJ1, BJ2, Jack, Captivate and GS2). I do miss AMOLED. Although the LCD screen on HOX is nice, it is not even close when it comes to black level and contrast.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
this is great news. now lets see what they do with the design and bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] americasteam:
What about the rumor of 2gb of ram?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Shaddy-Z.:
Bleh I prefer this screen much more. I hate how you can see the pixels on AMOLED. Hurts my head a little. You can see the pixels on every screen but the HOX is good about hiding it because of the very high PPI.

Sent from my Calculator
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
GS3 screen has almost the same DPI as HOX, pentile or not. I seriously doubt you will see pixels in normal usage.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Those amoled screens look lie crap to me. Pentile or not.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] louis.b:
LOL. yeah right. I have used my cousin's s2 and I regret every minute of my life spent on it. What an overhyped phone. Too bad he got it on a contract so he couldnt get rid of it. Samsung is competing w Apple and they have lost. They sold more but only because they only sell cheap smartphones as well. The s2 lost to Iphone 4 s in every major carrier in the US and despite being the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world Samsung's profit is so many times less than that of Apple, who controls about 80% of smartphone revenue. HTC made a mistake last year but now that they refocus I believe they will be back to their innovative self. Look at back all past HTC devices and you can see true differentiation, unlike Samsung and their copy cat way of life. I concede they are innovative as well in CERTAIN aspects but they're not the "King" of anything and their plasticky S3 does not "blow" anything out of the water so their fan boys can just stick it up their asses and stay away from other people who choose to not use their lousy products.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Not happening I'm almost sure.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bmbrad:
Maybe. Look at the HTC amaze. Htc would not release wifi drivers. Which has made development poor. We still have some great roms but not kernel development sucks. Hopefully the one x wont get screwed over.

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Chill out lol.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lamenramen:
Yup agreed. We are in the minority, though. I never felt that amoled screens were better than an iphone 4's screen. Here we are, 2 years later, and nothing in my opinion beats the iphone 4's screen.

I'm well aware that apple did not make this screen; they only forced Sharp or whoever to give them an exclusive.

The One X's screen is the first one that I think equals the iphone 4's screen. It's better to me b/c it's 4.7", but inch per inch, it appears about equal.

I can see the pentile matrix, for certain. Colors look unnatural to me, and the brightness on AMOLED screens is much much lower than on the One X or iphone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bmbrad:
Lol Canada just confirmed 2 gigs of ram for the gs3 with the s4

http://phandroid.com/2012/05/30/samsung-galaxy-s3-with-2gb-of-ram-confirmed-for-canada-us-tour-begins-june-20th-in-new-york/
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Shaddy-Z.:
Yeah everybody hates the iPhone but you've got to admit, they pretty much set the gold standard as far as expections from a high dollar smart phone.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
I was talking about the international version. That's awesome for Canada though. US carriers tend to ruin the galaxy line though, so now I'm interested in seeing what they have up their sleeves.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jmattp:
I agree, and I've touched on this subject in other threads. The Pentile (super?) AMOLED is absolute crap. Purple or yellow grays (depending on what temp the displays were tuned at time of production) and grainy, crosshatched whites. I absolutely hate it and will never use another device with a Pentile AMOLED (or a glossy plastic battery cover for that matter.)

The One X has a great display and really nice case. I just hate those damn soft keys. ICS already has "buttons" yet the manufacturers haven't caught on, unless there's some patent against it.

To me the plastic of the Galaxy S III is too glossy, that home button is gross looking, and I'm sure the display will be a disappointment.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
I'm not jealous of the development, I'm jealous of the 2 gigs of ram. I wonder how battery will suffer.

Sent from my HTC Edge
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorak86:
Is this fine to do it wont effect my phone? just some app data?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coltie:
If you want to format all the data on the phone, you format usb storage, it works for me.

If you perform a hard reset it will bring your phone back to stock rom with no superuser benefits.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Usb storage is a nothing to with the phones memory its a folder for use during usb mass storage ,

....................................

Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .

Backup data first if phone is working .

Boot CWM recovery

Mounts and Storage

Format cache data system sd card .

Remove battery

Boot to download mode

Open Odin

Install correct stock firmware .

Root and install custom rom if required .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coltie:
Sure, you say so, bro.

I always do that and it cleans my phone.

You should try it out yourself and speak after.

I have wiped my apps and files in the file manager not once by doing this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorak86:
hey thanks jje i literaly just found your post in another thread and came back here and here it is again

thank you both of you for your quick replies:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Yeah Yeah Yeah if you say so sure it works sure its the best way .

is that a slice of ham flying past ???

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineu:
Hi I have a captivate with CM 10 mistakenly format the internal card through recovery and now trying to turn it just goes to recovery, I can install a stock rom with odin without risk of brick?

sorry my English is not my native language, I use a translator
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jonasdu91:
Hello everyone!

I had some stability issues on my Samsung GT-I9003, so I flashed it . And, as the title says it, I'm stuck in a bootloop. I've tried 3 or 4 flashings with different packages. Some where "One packages", with one unique PDA, or I tried the XXKPE with everything. And I'm lost. I never get past the first boot screen.

[EDIT]

I found a way to boot it, but the touchscreen isn't working, so I'm now stuck on the language selection page...

Is it my ROM who doesn't fit?

[/EDIT]

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] marshygeek:
Before going to download mode try wiping everything, then flash xxkpe TWICE then wipe again. Make sure you flash it correctly. And odin shows PASS. Try flashing the latona.pit included in xxkpe.

Press thanks if it helped..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jonasdu91:
Thanks for the answer!

Problem is it didn't work!

I got a little deeper in the problem. In order to boot to android, I need to flash the bagaria root file. It contains the normalboot image. So I assume that the boot is corrupted. I'd add that after the rooting, the android recovery boots and wipes everything, but he says that the CSC wasn't installed, because "[...]/stl11" is not there. Is it the .pit?

I'm lost, again...

Thanks a lot for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] marshygeek:
so weird. Where did you download your xxkpe. Try here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004647

then follow the guide here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14933114

I think you just fail a step on flashing a rom.

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Flashing bagaria root is done after flashing a stock rom for it to be rooted. You failed to put CSC file in odin maybe. Follow the guide above perfectly then everything will be fine.

You start the procedure on Step 3 if your done downloading XXKPE here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004647
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
/stl11 is the /cache partition.

look like you fail to flash pit file, or u flash "one package .tar file" with partition ticked in odin.

see below for the samsung recommend setup

flash pit file with all the firmware one short.

if you flash from Froyo to GB, i recommend to flash the bootloader update.

however, flash on you own risk.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] techie.raj:
For those who are struck in boot loop or Softbrick their mobile do the following things exactly as they had mentioned. I followed them and boom my phone is back to normal.

For bringing your phone back to download mode (Recovering from Softbrick)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1411768

After entering into download mode (reinstall Ginger bread )

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133787

Note: This step deletes your user data, so be sure what you are doing

Definitely your phone should be back to normal if you follow these steps exactly.....

Million Thanks to all those who helped me in bringing back my mobile to normal function....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Abhilabhila:
Hi, I am facing the same issue with a GT-I9003 as jonasdu91. I tried all the solutions mentioned above, tried all sort of firmwares. The only time the phone responded was when I flashed the bagaria file. That too ended up with a non-responsive touchscreen at the language selection screen.

Could anyone suggest what more could I do to get the phone to upgrade?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Nate_Lines:
Worked for me too!!! You saved my life! Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vihega:
Good!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xumix:
How do I flash other stock rom after that? I've tried to flash XXLE4 rom, and received boot error and unmounted FS
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
Hello everyone, an acquaintance of mine, had initially given his Galaxy SL device to a friend of his, asking him, to 'update' the software on the device. The device had come with Android 2.2.1, pre-installed on it (PDA: I9003DDKB2; PHONE: I9003DDKA5; CSC: I9003ODDKA6).

Apparently, my acquaintance's friend flashed the

I9003DDMF1

stock Gingerbread firmware via PC ODIN, and after my acquaintance gave me the device, I noticed, it did not boot to a home screen. It would boot loop at the Samsung boot animation.

The device boots into Download Mode, but does not get into the stock Recovery Mode. So, I attempted numerous remedial procedures. I used PC ODIN3 v1.85 for all flashing instances.

Keeping Misledz's guide, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133787, as a reference, I flashed the I9003XXKPE firmware package, followed by the I9003XXKPQ_I9003SERKPQ_SER firmware.

After PC ODIN gave a PASS for the I9003XXKPE firmware package flashing instance, the device rebooted, and I observed a process, looking like the stock Recovery Mode, continuing on the device. There were a couple of strings, displayed in red colour. The device rebooted again to the Samsung logo, and I had to pull the battery out, to continue with the I9003XXKPQ_I9003SERKPQ_SER firmware flashing instance. After PC ODIN displayed the PASS sign and the device rebooted, I unplugged the USB cable, but the boot loop at Samsung boot animation persisted.

Since the above mentioned procedure did not solve the boot loop issue, I decided to take the device back to a stock Froyo firmware, and if successful, reattempt to 'update' the device to stock Gingerbread (2.3.6), by following Misledz's guide. I flashed the I9003_XXKB1 stock Froyo firmware, but this time, the device would not go beyond the Samsung logo.

As a momentary last attempt, before seeking help here, I flashed the I9003ZCKC1 firmware package, but yet, the device does not go beyond the Samsung logo.

All the flashing instances completed successfully on PC ODIN.

Is it possible to revive the device, such that it boots to a home screen and is functional again? I desperately need help.

:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xumix:
Firstm download this XXKPE: https://disk.yandex.ru/public/?hash=mTOUkkpPv4WgFtvIpy07S2CwUoU5gUcna1FTdjKHc90=

and flash it.

Put the files like this:

It contains all 5 files needed to boot your phone. This will repartition your phone and make it alive, after that, you may flash any 2.3.x ROM you like.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
xumix, thank you very much for your response.

:)

I believe, the 5 files contained within the I9003XXKPE_Odin3_1.8.5.zip package, would correspond to the options available in PC ODIN3 v1.85, as follows -

Am I right?

:silly:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xumix:
You are right
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
xumix, I flashed the I9003XXKPE_Odin3_1.8.5.zip firmware package using PC ODIN3 v1.85, but to no avail. The boot loop on the Samsung boot animation continues to persist.

:confused:

EDIT

I have noticed there is a u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit, contained within the Odin3-v1.85 folder. What is this, PIT file for?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
I re-flashed the I9003XXKPE_Odin3_1.8.5.zip firmware package using PC ODIN3 v1.85, and the process completed successfully. But, since the boot loop at the Samsung boot animation persisted, I pulled the battery out, and booted into Recovery Mode, not once, but on two separate instances. I was able to perform a wipe data/factory reset, on the second instance. I also performed a wipe cache partition and rebooted the device. But, the boot loop issue still continues.

I have attached images of both instances, I clicked using another device, to this post.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
If dont mind. Try my step below.

In download mode

Flash pit file alone. Make sure repartition is ticked.

Phone will black screen, you pull out battery and put back.

Download mode again. Flash xxkpe without pit file.

BTW, you error show properly is emmc chip broken, hope it is not.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
chongns, I followed your stepwise suggestions, to the word, but unfortunately, the boot loop issue still persists. One distinct error under the stock recovery is, E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p3. Am I correct to believe this error strongly indicates, or rather confirms, the internal SD is damaged?

Also, what are the possible causes (physical, and or, logical) that would damage the internal SD? Is it worth sending the device to an authorised Samsung service centre, for an appropriate repair process?

:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] YLNdroid:
Friends, I still await your expertise.

:fingers-crossed: