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[HTC EVO 3D] troyboytn:
I have all but decided to give Samsung a try once again. The Instinct turned be totally against Samsung several years ago but that's the past. I just don't feel that the LTE is a viable upgrade at this point, just as the 3d wasn't the upgrade from the original 4g that it should have been. I'm over HTC now....bring on the real superphone....and it's not the Evo LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] youdug:
I say always go for the better hardware. This round goes to samsung.
[HTC EVO 3D] neo4uo:
Evo LTE... Why you ask!? Samsung comes out with a new phone every 4 months and they put upgrades on the backburner. Plus Touchwiz sucks and HTC makes there phones easier to hack in every way... Example... The unlock tool... Samsung doesn't have one? So the only support you will get is on here. Now there will be alot of sales of the GIII so there will be alot of support here. LTE by sprint will take a year to get up good. I say go with the Evo though.
[HTC EVO 3D] myn:
Here are a few thing's i've learned about in the last few days doing "homework" for when we begin our next ROM. These are all in contrast to the way HTC currently does it.

Unlocking a Samsung device is a matter of "adb reboot download" then accepting an "are you sure" type of notification. (Or in the case of UnBrickable Mod. just uploading a custom bootloader that bypasses the "unlock" )

Creating your own firmware flash is much less convoluted, at least on the RFS devices. You can "dd if=/dev/block/KernelBlock of=/sdcard/zImage".. then you've done most of the work involved in making an Odin package. EXT4 devices want a "sparse image" and not a raw image. That said, Utilities to create/extract sparse images are readily available.

Flashing to the device is much less convoluted. Odin accepts 'dd' images

Working with the kernel is much less convoluted. the kernel is flashed as a zImage rather than a boot.img which contains a zImage, Ramdisk and params.

You can change the boot parameters in the SBL over UART without reflashing

Externally accessible UART for accessing real-time 'dmesg' and bootloader debugging.

USB pin "x", can be used to set several modes (OTG, UART, Download, Car-dock, desk-dock.)

No proprietary M10 assets :)
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
What about in regards to SVDO. I know it wont matter when LTE rolls out but for now I have to settle for 3g. Does the S3 support SVDO (simultaneous voice and data) even on 3g? Its been confirmed that the Evo LTE supports this already now on 3g by a few members including androidcentral. This may matter to some.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1653145&page=10
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
Found my answer regarding SVDO. Awesome its supported.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-galaxy-s3-passes-fcc-muster-launch-imminent/

SVDO and SVLTE support, including SVDO or SVLTE and simultaneous 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi tether

There is also these

Back covers

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668187

Batteries

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1691085

But most specially this ( thought only HTC had this)

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s3-wi-fi-display-hub-ead-t10udegxeu-p35120.htm
[HTC EVO 3D] stopeject:
I want to get the S3... and I don't know why. On paper it only one important advantage- the removable battery.

But EVO has kickstand and a dedicated flash button. I don't have experience with Samsung interface, but I hear that more people prefer Sense.
[HTC EVO 3D] dlads:
Sgs3. Monster of a phone. Might be getting it tommorrow.

Such a nice looking device and its fast. Very fast.

Beats the one x in every benchmark. Games would be superb on it. It's the only Samsung I've liked up until now.

Gsm users won't be getting the LTE. Isn't it dual core?

Just realised both are. That's so bad

Sent by EVO 3D powered carrier pigeons
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
I prefer Sense too but I really want a removable battery. I dont wanna be stuck next to a wall if I wanna use my phone while its charging. I have spare batteries for my evo 3d and chargers and I never have to worry about low battery as I always have 2 ready to go. When I remove a drained battery it goes in the charger after I pull the charged one so there will never be a chance that I'll forget to charge. Great when I travel too or when I'm in an area with bad reception that can deplete your battery quick. I'm just hoping the S3 battery will fit in my coin pocket(the small one right above the right side pocket) in my jeans. Thats where my I carry my spare evo 3d battery and I barely notice its there.

In regards to the camera button, there's already a hack for the s3 to use the volume buttons up or down as a camera button. I'm sure that'll be ported over to all the S3's.

For the kickstand I'll just buy a case with one cause I'll need a case anyway. The S3 I'm sure will have more case options as well as other accessories since its the same design for all U.S. as well as all international carriers. Another advantage there.

And you do have 14 days to try the phone out and sprint allows 1 exchange so you can always switch to Evo LTE. You do have to pay $35 restocking fee though if you exchange but you may be able to get that waived as some have gotten activation fee waved.
[HTC EVO 3D] edufur:
I was going to go with S3 until I heard they dumped quad core and went to dual core. That's depressing. Considering what we pay for these phones, we should be way past that now.
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
You do know most apps dont take advantage of quadcore right? Don't knock it till you try it. I have a Prime with quadcore and some apps and games runs smoother on my Evo 3d.
[HTC EVO 3D] hotbbq:
The number of cores is only one aspect to consider when comparing mobile CPUs. The the dual-core Krait S4 chips in the EVO LTE and the US version of the SG3 are based on the newer ARM A15 architecture. The quad-core Exynos 4412 in the international SG3 is based on the older A9 architecture. Real world CPU performance will probably be a wash between A15 dual-core and A9 quad-core. That being said you will probably get better battery life from the dual-core A15.

Another thing to consider is the GPU that is paired with the CPU. The SG3 uses an older Mali-400, but they have clocked it higher. The EVO LTE uses and Adreno 225 which is starting to show it's age.

Really, the difference between these phones is going to be preference for Sense vs. TouchWiz and what phone you think looks better in your hand.
[HTC EVO 3D] edufur:
You guys need to read up on the real benefits of quad core. While better gaming might be one benefit, it isn't the one that I (and all non-gamers) care about. The HUGE gain you get out of quad core is better battery life.

I've never cared about using my phone for gaming... but most people have cared about improving battery life.
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
I know tegra3 has a 5th core that takes over when device are idled that runs at 600ghtz, but does the equinox quad core have the same? I can see that helping during idle but during usage between quadcore and dual core theres not going to be a drastic difference IMO. Also if you look at HTC One x with quadcore vs. S4 the S4 lasted longer by a good 20% longer. But even at 20% gain or loss I dont think thats enough reason for people to chose 1 vs the other.

And also factoring in GPU. The faster the gpu the more battery it will use. So even if equinox quadcore cpu saves battery the faster gpu will drain it more so it will balance out.

In any regards, I chose the s3 because it has removable battery so battery life I'm really not too concerned with.
[HTC EVO 3D] edufur:
That is an interesting point of note. Maybe I was just seeing what I wanted to see. I guess I will keep my options more open then. In any case, I am not in any hurry until LTE is available in my area. By then, maybe all the flaws will be widely known and I can make an informed (and cheaper) choice. :-) Usually the Samsungs are best option because rooting is super easy... and they seem uninterested in keeping people locked out.
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
I know I have a feeling I'm going to hate it once I get the s3 and not have 4g in my area. I'm gonna have to rely on wifi a lot. But I do like that S3 supports SVDO on 3g so I can still surf and talk at the same time but slow surfing lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] hotbbq:
No, it does not have a 4+1 architecture like the Tegra 3.

That's won't always be true. It really depends on how efficient the architecture is, what fabrication processes they used (28nm or 45nm), and the specific game/application in use.

I can't post URLs yet, but search Google for "Samsung Galaxy S III compared to Tegra 3 and Snapdragon S4 in GPU benchmarks". The first link will take you to an article stacking all the GPUs up. The main take away is the the SG3 has the fastest GPU available in an Android device.
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
I think I saw that one where the S3 with quadcore scored 103 fps. In regards to gpu you are correct if comparing 28nm to 45nm but what is the Equinox quad using compared to S4? S4 is using 28nm already. If I'm not mistaken only ipad3 uses 45nm.
[HTC EVO 3D] hotbbq:
Exynos 4412 use a 32nm fabrication process.
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
Ok thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] gilbydakid:
Def going with Samsung now because of development.

I'm getting an et4g and while checking things out in that section the first thing I saw were cm9 and miui with 4g. :eek:

Sold me instantly.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Having owned the Samsung Moment and seen the Note/SGSII.. One thing I will NEVER be able to get over is the bluish tint on the AMOLED screens. I know this is a side effect of more accurate/deeper blacks that the screen can produce.

But everytime I see a Samsung, the screen looks like the ocean. I'll stick with my qHD Evo 3D screen that still looks good without those "deep blacks" and blue tint.
[HTC EVO 3D] o0adam0o:
I thought I was the only one that noticed that. I can't get over the screen. It sucks cuz at the same time Samsung development is much more advanced and active IMHO.

I think I've decided to wait for my contract to be up in 2013. I think the jump would be bigger from my 3d to whatever is out in 2013 as opposed to now.
[HTC EVO 3D] SoraX64:
The LTE (dual core) version of the One X gets better battery life than the quad core version.
[HTC EVO 3D] aweskelo:
I'm waiting it out.

Just wish the damn oem ics would drop for this thing already.

Would make the wait much less painful.
[HTC EVO 3D] hotbbq:
Either phone would be a worthy upgrade over the 3D, but I'm holding out until December time frame. I doubt there will be anything better released, but at least I can pick either the EVO LTE or the SG3 for $100 cheaper by then.
[HTC EVO 3D] woody296:
yeah, what he said.
[HTC EVO 3D] bagelicious:
I have a question regarding LTE service and AOSP ROM's. As we all know, Wimax does not currently work on any AOSP ROM's for our 3D's and it took about a year or so (I could be off by a bit) for them to crack it on the OG EVO. Is LTE going to have the same sort of problems with CM/MIUI/AOKP etc?

I highly prefer AOSP to Sense and TouchWiz but if you are stuck using only Sprint's 3G service then you could be SOL if you get terrible reception like I do.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slight22:
Update!

Spoken with Rogers, Telus and Bell. All three have told me they are going to be bringing the LTE phones and not the HSPA/+ phones to Canada as that is the network they are building.

So please correct me if I'm wrong. If i buy the LTE I can't use it in Europe but I get the dual core and 2 gig of RAM with LTE speeds. Though it makes me ask what happens with LTE phones if you go out of the LTE range?

If I buy the international version I get quad core but only 1 gig RAM, and am stuck at EDGE speeds.

If i can get the HSPA version I will get the dual core and 2 gigs of RAM and it will work in Europe but the big three aren't carrying it and neither wind nor Mobilicity can tell me which phones they are getting.

Am I missing anything here? I guess this sounds like a rant, and I apologize for that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slight22:
Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kls629:
verizon model is said to be LTE and GSM with 16gb and 32gb available
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slight22:
updated primary post
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kls629:
USA is in North America, but for Canada I am not sure.

Your initial questions was for people in US or Canada
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slight22:
Anyone else plan to be traveling outside NA with this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] JC0406:
I tried flashing an MIUI rom with e3 recovery and I got an error message about signature unverified or something similar. I'm just wondering is there any way I can verify the file, or should I just try CWM recovery? It's my friend's phone btw. Any help will be appreciated. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Shadow Guardian:
MIUI is a custom rom! U gotta use cwm for flashing it! Stock recovery does not support flashing of custom roms! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] JC0406:
Okay. But, the problem is I can't get CWM on the device even through Rom Manager. help?
[HTC One X] Thelargeportion:
Hi all,

Flashed LeeDroid V6.4.0 onto my clean OX last night and have been really impressed with how it works, but I have a problem with incoming calls.

When the phone starts to ring, it activates to the lockscreen where I have to unlock the phone and enter my pin before it allows me to see who's calling or answer the call.

I removed Sense and went with Nova launcher, and I've also activated AOSP Lockscreen. If I deactivate the AOSP lockscreen and run with the regular Sense lockscreen, this problem is not apparent.

Is this a bug anyone else has or is it just a question of re-flashing?

Many thanks for the awesome work,

Paul
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tonybholla:
Just wanted to give my general impressions on the Note. I'm a former iPhone user and jumped to the skyrocketing in January. I'm a total noob with rooting and flashing but I'm pretty competent with the help of xda. Ended up cracking the screen on the skyrocket and purchased the note last week. I was pretty impressed with it stock for about an hour and couldn't resist rooting.

The Team objection ics rom is out of this world, Unbelievable, 0 bugs, 0 lag, everything is flawless with good battery life to boot. I believe the developer is appdroid and I'd just like to extend my thank you for creating such a piece of artwork.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eviltango:
Glad you enjoy it, I find rooting is like a plastic surgery, it pleases you for some time but gotta adjust it often. I am all natural my friends, stock with go launcher running. I am more than pleased. Natural 5.3"

Send from the Noteorious BIG 5.3" Bell Canada
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mike208:
My girlfriend was digging the note when she saw it. It appealed to my inner nerd as well. So we went to AT&T and got a couple, she got the white, I got the blue. We are coming from sprint, and have yet to cancel our contract with them. We wanted to give the note and at&t a try before we fully jumped ship on sprint. I think I am ok with the service through at&t, so I am ok with trading sprint in for them.

The note is interesting. I don't like the default browser, it doesn't seem to zoom on web pages effectively, like it doesn't wrap text to make it readable. But I downloaded a new browser and thats fixed. The battery gets me through the work day, but with what I consider medium usage at best, it's only lasting 10 hours, which seems a little low, especially when I hear the ICS update is making the battery even worse.

I was hoping to be a little bit more wow'd by the note. But coming from an HTC evo, to the note isn't nearly the jump of going from my blackberry curve to the evo. I feel like with a phone this big I should be able to do some amazing things with it, but thus far I haven't figured out what it can really do.

It seems like a really great device, I just want to find ways to make it better or make it do more. Once I convince myself to keep the note, I know I will root it and start flashing, so I am sure that will help me scratch an itch. So I am glad to hear you are liking that rom. But I can't start scratching until I know I am keeping the phone. So I need to find ways/things to convince myself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jev3gs:
Mike208 - I am sure battery life will get better. My first android phone was a Samsung Captivate. In the beginning it was good for about 2.5 hours of screen time a day and made it through the day with push email. In the end I would regularly get about 3.5- 4 hours a day and come home with about 55% battery instead of 30%. In time i believe this phone will have a similar life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Well, what more are you looking for when you got the Note? The GNex is pure Android ICS, the HTC one X selling point was the camera, The iPhone 4S was Siri, and the Note is S-Pen and Huge screen. I never owned the Evo so I dont know what its selling point was but I'd think the 4inch screen to 5.3inch with higher resolution, single core to dual core processor, S-pen, thinner, ICS leaks latest os firmware, and 4G LTE is a jump. I wish the Note could cook us breakfast too but Apple has a patent on it.

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animatechnica:
Well said! I for one have discovered the joys of photography and drawing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sag7392:
@Mike208

Just like you, I tested the Note and ATT's network before jumping from my beloved OG EVO and Sprint. Like stated in the above post, every device has a selling point. The Note's selling point is the 5.3" screen and SPen...which I absolutely love. I would suggest learning how to use the SPen and SMemo. I use these tools often and love what they provide. Also, with my short time with a custom ICS ROM, I was loving what is coming down the pipe with ICS. I only switched back to GB, because I want to wait for the source to be released. Otherwise, ICS will really give this device a boost to the top.

Last, a friend at work just got the LTEVO. I had a chance to play with it for awhile and while it is certainly a great device, I didn't feel any buyers remorse. Since I'm so used to my Note, the LTEVO actually felt a bit to small for my taste. I guess it's true about not going back to a smaller screen, lol.

At the end of the day, I love my Note and can't see me going to another device anytime soon. Oh ATT's network is as fast as they claim too. It was kind of painful to see such a great device on a subpar network...at least until Sprint gets their network running the way it should. I actually have faith in Sprint and I'm rooting for them too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mike208:
Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. I got the phone because of its size. I was originally annoyed at the way the default browser handled web pages, btu fixed that with a new browser. I shouldn't say I am not wow'd with it. Just sayign when I got my evo I played with it and played with it and played with it. I haven't really got the bug to play with the note like that. I am sure its because it's not a new OS, like the evo was for me.

Yes I do need to learn to use the S-pen and S-memo, I don't really use either. My hand writing is not so great, and even worse on this device lol. I am definitely anxious for ICS, or at least to be able to root and flash.

I think I was expecting to do more with all the screen real estate. But obviously the more widgets I add, the worse my battery is. Well I am off to play with it some and see what I can figure out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sag7392:
Mike208, my friend I think you have it correct. Switching OS's will give you that desire to play and play and play. Like you, I came from a Crackberry and I played with my EVO forever it seemed. So when you update to ICS, it will give you some new things to discover.

On the wow factor was the data speeds! Not to mention the Note is fast stock. I still like to turn on my Note and marvel at the screen, lol.

I say try to learn and use every aspect of this device...it will really surprise you. Good luck and have fun!

And I didn't think you were complaining, just asking questions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wodin777:
When your eyeballs get as old as mine, all that screen real estate is wonderful! I don't have to zoom in nearly as far to be able to read it.

I too came from the EVO 4G, and I got that because at the time it had the biggest screen available, now the Note has (well, if you discount the Dell Streak).

My note has replaced both my EVO and my 7" Galaxy Tab (original version), now I only need to carry one device. There are compromises on both ends, but nothing I can’t live with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tonybholla:
I can agree stock is OK but I really wasn't wowed because I came from the ics leak on the skyrocket so I was used to ics for a few months. But the rom with all the s3 features and customizations it owns everything out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] level0:
Long time xda lurker and I think this is my first post. Replying here because I too came from sprint with my beloved original evo 4G running cm7. I keep getting offers from friends to buy my evo and I keep turning them down. I think I'm going to throw AOKP on it since it's supported.

Anyway, I live in Dallas/Fort Worth and my 4G speeds were always amazing. Having said that, the biggest wow factor for me with the move to att and the note has been the awesome data speeds. Little stuff, like d/ling a 3 meg app from the market is just ridiculously fast and comparable to my home uverse on the fastest plan.

My battery life is decent if I can keep it out of my fiance's hands and her constant playing of draw something and zombie lane.

I'm using SwiftKey Tablet Beta 3 because I love the word predictions. I was a long time swype user but it seems too inaccurate on the note. That's without the spen.

I'm using go launcher ex even though it is a laborious process finding good themes.

Haven't rooted yet because I've realized it's quite different going from an HTC phone to Samsung and wanted to get comfortable before switching.

Edit: guess this was my 2nd post
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gotshoaib:
For Swype to work accurate, you need to turn off languages other than English, ( or whatever you using) in swype settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mike208:
Yeah I was considering the S3 because it had some cool sounding features. So I am definitely interested in getting my root/flash on with this note. I may even take a crack at developing my own rom with this bad boy. I would love to see something like Diablos 4 Kornerz rom on the note

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612933
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] level0:
That does seem to drastically help the accuracy when using Swype with my index finger. I'm going to give it a try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] level0:
One more random thing. I thought I would try and run quadrant just for fun and after killing some background apps and ram using go taskmanager and go power master my stock unrooted note scored a 3100. Not sure if that is impressive or not but seems to be decent given other scores I've come across. Makes me look forward to ics roms even more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] level0:
Just tried an interesting experiment. Was running more quadrant tests and my score never got higher than 2500. I realized the only thing different was having swype set as default keyboard. Switched back to SwiftKey and scored 3053 on first try. Food for thought.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KillaHurtz:
Quadrant means nothing. I used to get 3000+ on my HD2 (2009 technology) which isn't even an official android device.