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[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
are you just randomly linking crap?

If you read near the last lines, they say turning off iCloud fixes it on "iphone 4, iphone 4s, ipad 2" and even in your 3GS link, turning off iCloud fixes the bug. It's a bug, not a hardware limitation. All the users say everything runs perfectly smooth after turning off iCloud with a single tap.

I had the iPhone 4 on iOS5 before switching again and it ran perfectly fine.

If you think apple is using the crummiest specs ever I'm sad for you. iOS has some of the tightest h/w s/w integration and thats why it's good.
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
If you'd read that thread, you'd have found that the users had to disable other stuff as well (notifications).

Having to disable software features due to outdated hardware is commonly called a "hardware limitation". But hey, fudge it all you want to get that "working 100% perfectly" stat required in that distortion field.

If you read carefully, that's not what I said.

Edit:

So it's impossible to get that same integration with, say, better hardware? Oh, okay.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
You clearly say "apple is using the crummiest specs ever" alright fine you have "possible" instead of "ever"

If you haven't used it, don't bash on it. I've had the 3GS, i9000, iPhone 4, i9100, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, and now HTC One X and apple is highly competitive. Yea it's not as customizable etc....but for most users outside of XDA, they don't care about flashing etc...

You can't compare android updates to apple. There's too much fragmentation. Android comes out with ICS, only Galaxy Nexus (barely the best possible specs at the time, 4S trumped it in specs). Next phone to release with ICS is HTC One X like 5-6 months later. Wow jelly bean is already on it's way. New Nexus come out with Jelly Bean, only GN gets updated within a few month (probably following trend), every other flagship phone doesn't update until around 4 months later.

As much as I love android, to say apple and iPhones aren't future proof or competitive is completely off. They're two different kinds of OS and phones and clearly iPhones doing stuff right to have such a massive user base, I've used them and they're great phones.

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Impossible? did I say that? no. Probably Windows Phone comes the closest to apple. Then followed by Samsung's Galaxy Series and Nexus.

Edit: Yea iOS obv isn't as demanding an OS as android, but it's still great in it's own ways and has it's Pro's over android as well as cons.
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
This, I agree with, but perhaps not for the same reasons. Android upgrades are much more drastic, but a lot more phones get left behind. iPhone upgrades are much more incremental, but captures many more old versions (I only objected with your characterization of "100% perfectly").

I don't think the "months later" observation is quite valid, even though it's an obvious area for improvement. This is because apple hides their upgrading process, making the notion quite incomparable. For all we know (indeed, it's plausible), iOS5 was designed for 4S months earlier, and they finished porting it to the rest right before it's released to everyone. At least, with "earlier source releases", homebrew devs are able to port it to other devices more quickly than any company can.

I didn't mean "competitive with android" (clearly it has enough product differentiation to do so) but rather that there are not enough competitive forces to push their hardware, for example, forward.

On the other hand I don't see how you can possibly call it "future proof". If they'd built iPhone 4 with just slightly better specs (available by everyone else at the time) it could've run everything in iOS 5 no problem. Indeed, it could've been the iPhone 4S: just look at this analysis of the competition at the time. When you could've had the hardware to support iCloud way back in 2010, but didn't, that's not what I call futureproof.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
Ye butt he problem is, in the link said iPhone 4s was slowed down by iCloud also pointing at a bug problem. Either way, I didn't notice any slow down by it. My dad has the 4s and it runs fine. I'd disregard it all around because I haven't experienced any slow down problems with iOS5 (when I had one and based off family members iPhones)

It's future proof, because it runs fine on future updates. The apple A4 chip is handling iOS5 fine. UI is handled mostly by hardware acceleration and the A4 has the SGX GPU which handles everything smoothly. It's still a fast GPU, can handle iOS games (which undoubtedly run better and look better than android games besides Tegrazone games). The 4s has the new SGX GPU same as iPad 2 which is one of the fastest GPU's if not the fastest.

iPhone 4 is still a top phone to this day, which is nearly 2 years after it's arrival. The camera is still good, CPU on paper may not be the best nor the GPU, but it runs the OS perfectly smooth and plays all the games except maybe the most current infinity blade and such. I would call it semi-future proof lasting 2 years and being able to compete. Retina display is still one of the best. Design is still classy and premium.
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
Uh, this is precisely what we've been disputing for the whole last page.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
zzzz....w/e

in actual fact, future proof is different for every OS and manufacturer

iPhones are still future proof any way you look at it
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
Er, no they aren't. If future software doesn't work on it, then it's not future proof.

In this case, not only does future software not work on it, but many users are stuck with the bugs with no knowhow as even what to disable. (For every person who posted on that 33-page thread, you can be guaranteed that there were ten more who were so technologically unsaavy that they couldn't even bother, and bought the iPhone because it supposedly "just works".)
[Galaxy S III General] NIKKG:
My wife has the iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.1 and I got the 4s with 5.1.1. They both run very well, no issues at all. The only problem I have is that the damn screen is too small, but that's not a hardware problem, its just my personal preference. If they had a 4.5" iphone, I would never switch to Android because with Android, you always gotta root it and it screw around with constant flashing just to get it working right because its so bloated with carrier junk.

Its like when I had my last 3 Androids, all I ever did was flash them with some stupid ROMs that a chef put out with some small incremental upgrade that isn't even noticeable. Seriously, its like I never get to enjoy the phones because I'm always installing new software after I reflash it a few times a week. Like a drug addiction.
[Galaxy S III General] Celidonius:
May I ask what you mean by having to flash your phone just to get it to work right? Is your only problem carrier junk? Those can usually be uninstalled, if not, frozen with apps. I have no issues with iPhones, I just want to know what you mean.
[Galaxy S III General] daraj:
I guess what he means that with the iphone you dont have to take those extra steps to ensure that its bloat free or lag free.
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
Does seem like you have a bit of a flashing addiction.

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[Galaxy S III General] blueseeker:
Yes, we all should wait for the iphone5 because it will be awesome! I read it on the internets.
[Galaxy S III General] twoashj:
It has been always hardest question.:) I'm not saying which one is better, two devices are just too different. Since my phone is too old, but I will just wait till iPhone 5 is released. It's not too late to buy then!
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
Totally agree
[Galaxy S III General] Goku80:
you people forget one thing though... iphones still hold there value compare to android phones. sorry to disappoint. but if you want a phone that will hold a bit of value in a year's time after purchase then the iphone is the one
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
Ah, but you, in turn, forget one thing. You yourself can exploit the price reduction by waiting a few months and then get an android for the cheap.

On the other hand, the Galaxy S series have held their value pretty well (they're almost as differentiated as the ifone), so this is kinda a gamble.
[Galaxy S III General] a67543210:
Best answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
There's is something we are all forgetting, the speed the smartphone world is moving at, CRAZY FAST!!The iPhone 5 will most likely come out around October. That's 5 months from now and there are gonna be lots of releases till October and in October like the note 2, who knows if HTC is coming with their own version of a note, Sony is looking to do damage too. Exynos 5250 should be available then , also quad core Krait. Those upcoming phones are gonna rock those crazy SoC and make the iPhone 5 (6) look old to us power users. I'm not saying the next iPhone won't be great, I'm sure it will be especially IOS6 with it, but android is all about strength in numbers and there a **** load of phones coming out with powerful hardware that may make us forget about the iPhone or the S3 or the HOX. We shall see.....
[Galaxy S III General] Arsaw:
Nothing much to compare IOS with Android. Iphone is all about user experience and ecosystem. Android on the other hand is all about hardware spec and customization. So to choose iphone5 or S3 is pretty simple decision.
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
Hardware specs mean nothing if the os does not take full advantage of them. I think ios does, while andoid not that much
[Galaxy S III General] CB620:
Get both!!!
[Galaxy S III General] MattyOnXperiaX10:
I am waiting for the Lg Lte2
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Would you pick dual core Krait or quad core Krait if they're on the same OS? Exactly.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
It's not like the iPhone's don't come without competitive hardware either. Falls in line with time frame just like android.

iPhone 4 had basically the same Hummingbird processor as Galaxy S

iPhone 4s has dual-core chip paired with one of the fastest GPU's out. An in between release of the SGS2 and SGS3 and the hardware matches that except the GPU is still up top trading blows with SGS3 overclocked Mali-400.

iOS makes a lot more use of the hardware also vs. android. At least until jelly-bean comes out when the Nexus will be integrated with it.
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
yes but the thing is that apple can run as good as android without needing a quad core cpu
[Galaxy S III General] deaffob:
I'll just wait and see if iPhone5 will get decent DAC. NA version of S3 won't have Wolfson :(
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
If by "as good as android" you mean "without 2/3rds of android's features", then yeah.

Plus, as I've pointed out before, there's no guarantee that iOS 7 or iOS 8 won't need them. Lagging behind on the hardware is just not a good thing, no matter how you spin it.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
True. That's cause IOS is very simplistic. And cause apple does the software and the hardware. IOS5 runs smoother on the 4s than the iPhone 4 so specs do matter.
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
So much is wrong with this.....first being that you're on an Android board in the forum for the phone which you're putting up against a phone that is not yet even a reality and happens to be Androids arch enemy. I hate threads like this because the only person who could make such a decision is you. You know what you like, don't like, need, don't need, prefer, don't prefer, etc. Do your homework, research the hell out of the devices you're considering and go with the one that best fits your needs. /thread
[Galaxy S III General] ECrispy:
If the iPhone 5 was made of cardboard with specs from 2005 and iOS 6 had half the features of iOS 5, guess what - it would still sell like crazy, the tech media and blogs would announce it as the best phone ever, and it'd make Apple billions.

That's the magic of the Apple marketing machine and the hype they've created in consumers. This doesn't mean iPhones are bad devices, far from it, but there is no reason to doubt the success no matter what.

btw, JB for iPhone is a LOT harder than it used to be, ever since Comex was hired. It takes months for anything to happen if ever. Unlike GS3 which was rooted before the phone came out. That has got to be a bug factor.
[Galaxy S III General] deffjeff:
If you want to wait, please do so. It should be based on your preference, and not what people tell you to do. You are the one making the decision.

But asking this on a prominent android flipboard is asking for some trouble ;-)

The reason why I would object against any Apple device is the closed software ecosystem they use. If I am willing to pay between €500 and €1000 for a device, I want to be able to do whatever I want to do with it, and I do not want too many restrictions on daily use.

And IOS has just 2 many restrictions and limitations.

Second most brands went past the 3.5" bandwagon a while ago, and I moved on with them. So I will never be able to handle a screen smaller then 4.3".

But these are just "preferences"; make your decision based on what you want and need, and stop asking people to make it for you.

We are all grown people for chrissakes......................:D
[Galaxy S III General] norpan111:
Nope , you have to jailbreak to do same stuff with the iphone..and then you notice you could use some more ram and cpu ..because it lags like **** with a little theming and tweaks
[Galaxy S III General] NIKKG:
I just jailbroke my wifes 4 and my 4s. Literally the easiest thing ever. Use the program called Absinthe 2.0. It only takes one minute to do and all you do is run the program, everything is automated. Its cool, it doesn't even erase your apps, it just installs Cydia on your iphone and your good to go. Even there hacked apps are easy to install once you get installous on it. Like i said, the only bad thing about iphone is the damn childish small screen. Thats literally the only reason I want the GSIII. The iphone screen hurts your eyes and its hard as hell to type on it.
[Galaxy S III General] faddys123:
It will probably be the iPhone 6 not 5 and galaxy s 3 :-)
[Galaxy S III General] Fountainhead931:
I'm gonna buy it (on contract) and take it to HK on my next business trip, sell it (IF its late to release in HK/China) and take the money and buy a bad ass Android, probably SGIII.
[Galaxy S III General] Kiahnlliya:
I think what he meant was that it's much harder for the jailbreak devs to come up with a working and safe jailbreak since Comex was hired by Apple. For the end user, jailbreaking isn't any harder. Like you say it's pretty much a one-click operation.

The resulting jailbreak apps (redsn0w, absinthe and so on) are made to be pretty much idiot-proof, but it's coming up with the jailbreak exploit itself that seems to be becoming a bigger and bigger hurdle.
[Galaxy S III General] despy1989:
A few things that I like about android OS are. (Not available on iphone OS )

1) Quicklinks to setting toggles such as wifi,BT , etc. Hate going thru 6-7screens before being able to change it

2) T9 dialer

3) Group SMS Nd email

4) Widgets ( weather , news gmail . Calender ,Sms...... I can just go on here till the new iphone launches. :-);-)

5) Larger screen size. GS3 will beat the **** out of any I phone device for the next 2 years. Pin the iphone I always end up pressing the wrong buttons

6) Better task manager with ability to force close all apps at once if you want

7) Swype - the best keyboard ever

8) CWM after rooting with the Nandroid back up and Flashalcoholism that comes along with ;-) ;)

9) XDA developers community and RoM , kernel , app development that goes with it

I could just go on you know . But if you are still not sure then I think I will be wasting my time

:-)))))))))))))
[Galaxy S III General] speedfreak228:
i am in sort of a dilemma as the op..... cant decide to buy the s3 or wait and see if verizon gets the note or note 2. and op i was an iphone user for years and so was my entire family, i had an upgrade that i didnt need so i used it to buy an android phone and have never went back to iphone since. just try it you will love it. alot more of the apps are free from google play unlike the appstore. if you dont like it return it.
[Galaxy S III General] dragonesdenano:
IPhone 5... I think will be more than plastic...for sure..

Enviado desde mi HTC One X usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] NIKKG:
I gave in today and pre-ordered the GSIII for ATT. That little kiddy iphone screen is just literally hurting my eyes man, I don't know what the hell they are thinking of selling a phone in 2012 with such a small screen. Even if the rumored iPhone 5 has a 4.0" screen, that's still too small, I had a Motorola Atrix with a 4.0" and it looks almost the same as the 3.5", there is hardly a big difference. I think once people realize how nice the GSIII is and how great a big screen is, they will start jumping from iphones.

If Apple whats to stay relevant in the future, they need to come out with some variety, like maybe 3 sizes such as 3.5, 4.3, and 4.8.
[Galaxy S III General] mardon85:
Stock for stock. If you like freedom to do as you wish with the storage on your phone then go Android. With Apple you have to sync with itunes even if you want to drop one song on. With android plug in drop on off you go. Any file format you're good.

I had a 3GS and then got a HOX and I can't belive how big Apple has got with such a locked down product.
[Galaxy S III General] SiNJiN76:
Yeah...it's like N. Korea. Those people have never had a taste of Freedom...so they don't know what they are missing.
[Galaxy S III General] NIKKG:
I actually like the itunes because its good with making playlist. I use the app isyncr to convert the itunes playlist over to android. Also, that freedom to do whatever you want with Android is all crap, all it is is freedom to waste time like flashing buggy roms constantly and loading stupid tweaks instead of actually using the phone. All that tweaking was fun at first, but becomes annoying after a while. The only reason I even want to root these days is just for the tether to work. I'll take a 4.8" jailbroken iphone over Android anyday if it ever gets made.
[Galaxy S III General] martinnr:
I just change my iPhone4 for one galaxy skyrocket, I wont ever use a phone with an smaller screen... no way!

Matrin
[Galaxy S III General] ajftl:
I'll wait for iphone 7
[Galaxy S III General] LeviathanPT:
I will wait for the end of the world..
[Galaxy S III General] jayharper08:
These threads about iphone never turn out well. We also have a comparison thread going.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ryknex:
:(I've Istalled 'Scalado Album' v1.1.4 In My Xperia S But It Seems The 'Animated Video thumbnail Don't Work,(The Thumbnails Are Showing But Not Animated:(

:oIf Someone Find This Issue Report Me,And If There Is Substitue Of This Album (My Main Attraction Is 'ANIMATED VIDEO THUMBNAIL' Like Samsung Galaxy S3) Post The Link Here.Thank You!:o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ryknex:
:(:( Please Help Anybody :(:(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wanzer:
It works for me. I've got the last version from Google Play..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChIcO*GsM:
no result in google play

i tried to search it in google play PC and fone
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ryknex:
Seriouly???Does It Reqiur Reboot???

And Its Installed Perfectly,But Why Not Animated Video Thumbnail???

And My Mobile Is Not Rooted:(:confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] L_B_J_1:
OK, my wife has had this phone since last September and it has just recently been suffering from some very unusual battery drain. Tonight I placed a fully charged battery in it at 9:30 pm killed all the non essential apps via menu / settings / running services. And by 11:00 it was already at 50%. What could be causing this issue? It is fully stocked and not rooted. Thanks for the help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
Possibly a app that u downloaded is waking it up or an update u did recently.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] new2androids:
I'm having similar battery drain problems with my SGS2. My phone shuts down, like empty battery power, when I'm online for a few minutes or playing a game when in fact the battery still has more than 50% stored power. This started happening a few weeks ago. I didn't download or update any app before I noticed this "phenomenon".

Anyone has an idea what could be causing this battery drain? How can I resolve this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sleshepic:
Thee have been a few times where my battery drained overnight where it only usually goes down like 5-6%. Both times I run found out there was either a tower down nearby or they were doing work. Check an app like badass battery moniter, it gives you a rundown of apps and modem drain.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] randomfied:
Download system panel and see what programs are eating up CPU and using data. Also consider Wi-Fi and data toggles they save a ton of battery and turning off background data. If your still have major drain issues hope got insurance...bring it down and get a new battery.
[Off-topic] djteotancolis:
Was wondering if anyone has any APN to get free data! dont mind slow connection but was wondering if anyone knows of any!
[Off-topic] - Swift -:
Is this illegal?
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
Yes.
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Please refer to the Forum Rules.

XDA is not a place to come for you to learn how to obtain free data. So no, none of us here will be telling you how to get it.

Thread closed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jim93:
I just realized that the audio latency issue hasnt been fixed in ICS when looking deeper into the audio part of the NDK.

Can everyone go here

and star the issue by going to the bottom and adding a vote (star)

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434

because currently Google seems to give a rats a* about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx97XEr2qF4#t=46m34s

repost if you want.Having to lobby to get low latency audio from an OS is kinda pathetic.

If this isnt fixed by the time the tmobile 3g change for iphones is complete I guess iPhone might be the way because a music production workflow is painful currently and it only discourages any production.

Why is this important?

It prevents real music apps from being ported into android like iRig or Beatmaker or fourtrack or any of smules app.

http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/12/07/smule-cto-ge-wang-on-why-android-apps-arent-coming-in-the-near-future/smule ceo discussing it and how it limits what can be ported into android
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charlie Brown:
Sounds like a plan. Going to do as you say and hope Google fixes this. No excuses ....if they want to compete with iOS, issues like this need to be rectified.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eyriiii:
Just read about this bug and I am quite shocked that Google haven't fixed it after 4 years!

I voted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] defconoi:
Maybe cyanogen can fix it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jim93:
Problem is that cyanogen cant fix because Google needs to fix it for app developers to jump on to this platform. App developers arent going to jump into a platform that requires someone to install a custom rom for their apps to work.

And everyone feel free to repost in other devices since this is an issue with all android phones.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hdorius:
can anyone guide me to fix audio(calls,media) like the lib to use or other ?
[Nook Touch General] speedman2202:
hiiii

when i turn on my nook there's a square black on screen show and when i just log on my home and explore some box and get back to screensaver ..... the black square gonna

look at this pic

this this problem in my nook screen ... or something normal .... or what? :S
[Nook Touch General] roustabout:
I see that also when I unlock.

It hasn't made any trouble for me on the nook touch or the glowworm. I'm not sure what's doing it but have decided not to worry about it :)