yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zainqaiser:
Well the easiest option for u is....just wait....coz u said that u r satisfied with note for the most part...even i am craving for the s3....but not for the price its selling for....eventually the price will drop significantly....till then i am playing on my note...once the price drops....then i'll buy s3 and sell my note...i am also from pakistan...but now lives in usa...and the resale value wont drop more.....thats what i think....until note 2 comes out...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
let me just say this ,samsung really screwed up the software side of things on the note ,if you want to compare then go and check an S2 ,you'll find it's also a lot faster than the note.

when I first got my note I hated it for this reason (previous S2 owner) ,then CM9 arrived ,oh boy was I in for a shock !! the phone seems to have gotten a hardware boost with it installed.

you don't care about the spen and even if you do ,you can find alternatives in the market like (free note) ,just install CM9 and feel the difference yourself ,all these small hiccups will be gone for good.

just make sure you read the instructions carefully and roll back to GB first via PC ODIN ,or else you could brick your shiny new phone.

also ,yes 420$ is **** low for a new phone , you remind me of the (sorry but has to be said for your own good) idiot who sold me his note for a similar price .

just read the instructions carefully and roll back to GB via pc odin then install cm9 ,and thank me later for saving you 400$ .

again ,install cm9 and you'll be wondering if it's the same phone in your hands.:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrLarner:
I'd avoid ebay, they'll rob the life out of you.

im sure they take about 10-15% of the final fee, so if your planning on getting 400-500 or whatever it is for your note, ebay will suck a load of that from you.

if you going to sell it, do it privately, or just be smart and not sell it at all.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joe2316:
What kind of accountancy student are you? Have you never heard of incremental costs?

What will it cost you to change to an S3 v keeping the GNote?

Now what benefit will it bring? Is that worth it? Do a quick CBA. If you are as poor as you say you are, well, buying the S3 won't fix it, will it?

Lastly, buying most any smartphone is an object lesson in DEPRECIATION. If you don't want to suffer it, do not buy any FMCG item.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] andreww88:
Exactly. Like I mentioned earlier, you WILL lose money on it if you buy a S3 and sell your Note. It's just fact of life. Just keep the freaking Note and save your money! Go buy something nice for your girlfriend, wife, whatever! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Janis:
First, give the idea of selling your old phone one week.

During that week, do some research on what new phones will be coming out in six months. "Now" isn't all that great when you compare it to 6 months from now. Do an actual feature comparison, between the phone you have and the phone you're jonsing for, including specs, features you really like that aren't on the spec sheet (how it feels in your hand, that kind of stuff) and a personal assessment of where you think development might be headed for both phones: this is your qualitative difference. Run your numbers (e.g. search ebay and amazon for the going rate for your current phone, and subtract that from what you will pay, total, for the new phone, including any plan changes you might have to make): this is your quantitative difference. Make a list of other things you could, or really should, spend that money on.

At the end of your week, listen to a couple of Suze Ormon episodes. Make yourself do it. Then, make a text file or something on your current phone of your qualitative difference. Go to the bank and withdraw your quantitative difference. Go sit in your car, or somewhere else safe and look at your lists (your alternative expenses and your qualitative difference list) and your handful of cash.

That's when your ready to decide if it's really worth it to you.

If you're buying phones and racking up debt, or eating poorly, to do it, go get a therapist. It's compulsive. And that's what Samsung eats for breakfast.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] leafsacc:
$410 is a good deal. Sell it to your family for $450. Sell it to your mates for $450. Sell it on Craigslist for $530 and let them bargain it down to $510 to make them feel they got a good deal.

That store is gonna re sell it for $550 or higher anyways.

You'll miss your Note once you get your S3...

Hopefully the Note 2 doesn't come out in Oct '12...

That's a lot of money on a phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] THUDUK:
Paranoid android would look crap on an s3..nuff said
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aami.aami:
great help man . i would do that. btw, the only thing that is keeping me from going for this deal is the bigger screen and the only thing making me go for this deal is the resale value of note in the future
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] soraxd:
came across this today, and thought id share it. its a launcher made by one of XDA's recognized devs, and it looks pretty slick, its an ICS launcher too

[youtube]MM4ImAH5Otc[/youtube]

About the launcher:

360 Launcher:

Clean

Fast

Extremely Smooth <<< You won't find another launcher which is as smooth as this. Don't trust me? Try it out!

Extremely Clear

Beautiful

Just Amazing

This is a combination of QQ Launcher and MXHome. It has a lot of features such as some free downloadable theme, animation, etc. If you love ADW, you will love it even much.

Features:

(based on Version 2.4.1)

Download theme from its site

Download custom lockscreen from its site

Download wallpaper from its site

Quick launcher widget (power widget)

Built in clock widget

Built in power saving widget (more setting requires 360 Battery Guard)

Folder in Home screen

Folder in Launcher

Unlimited apps in a Folder

Built in lockscreen

Built quick system setting widget

Icon transition animation in Home screen

Icon transition animation in App Drawer

Hide application

Built in lockscreen with theme

Drawer and charts has iPhone remove jitter effect

Icon background

Transition animation in app drawer

Transition animation in home screen

Launcher has tab to Apps, Music, Pictures and Video.

Custom app in dockbar

4 Theme clock widget available

Option to disable tab in app drawer

Option to choose between large or small icon size

Custom wallpaper in lockscreen

Quick launch widget

Flip Clock

Music player

Built in volume setting

Landscape mode

Custom grid size

Lock screen security

WiFi/3G Data widgets

Calender widget (press HERE)

Transparent status bar

White dot (Something that exists in the iDevice, press HERE for more information)

Rename icon

i think its worth checking out, it can be downloaded here

or you can see it on the market

home thread
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aussiesausage:
Would be good if I could read most of it.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] overon37:
good, really good, need more speed but it is good

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] zefs:
thanks...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] IcemanSR:
DAAH??

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Raptor_3000:
Hi all!

Does anyone have Phonebook and SemcPhone port with Xperia S for ICS 4.0.4(LWW).

Can anyone do this? Thank you.:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sulkie:
Would also really appreciate Phone app, including core.android.phone if possible
[Galaxy S III General] andip71:
Hi all,

before I bought my SGS3, I owned a SGS1.

For the SGS1 there was a secret code which allowed me to switch off any HSDPA / HSUPA traffic but limit the data to pure 3G UMTS.

This saved me a lot of battery, so I always used it.

Ref: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837716

The code was: *#301279#

Unfortunately this code stopped working already with the SGS2, so it does also not work for the SGS3.

Does anybody know some secret codes, might be the one I am looking for is contained?

Many thanks

Andi
[Galaxy S III General] andip71:
Found the solution

Hi,

I found the solution myself and posted it in the FAQ section already:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27135189&postcount=7

BR

Andi
[TouchPad General] badfelafel:
I love my touchpad + CM9, although it's getting slower and battery doesnt last all that long... it's a great device.

But I have been offered a xoom 3g

Should I stay or should I xoom?

Can't make up my mind - think this would be the benefit:

install ICS on XOOM more stable than CM9?

Decent working camera

s

GPS

not bothered about 3g

also IPS screen

SD slot.

Think am persuading myself :(
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
believe me im in that struggle aswell since there's a refurbed HTC jetstream im being offered for the same cash as the touchpad
[TouchPad General] nickster1:
Well if yours is getting slower that is on your end. Mine is only getting better. As far as battery life goes, you can do all sorts of tweaks to extend it. Anyways the zooms battery isn't good either. Camera-who cares? You already spent the money on this and this tablet is only getting better man. Look how far its come already. I would stick with this tablet. Don't throw your money away. :D

classicnerd butta touchpad.
[TouchPad General] akaja24:
i absolutely love my touchpad. while people are wandering around with their ipad's and everything... i sit there feeling good about myself that i have a dual booting, great piece of hardware, that like nickster said... is just getting better and better as they keep updating it, that i only spent $150 for. can't really beat that imo.
[TouchPad General] blackhand1001:
The Xoom is much faster. The CPU in tegra 2 is better than the snapdragon s3. Its also officially supported and has a higher resolution and better build quality.
[TouchPad General] qcnoob:
My friend has a xoom and battery life is very good. I used it a whole day with some heavy usage and still got battery left. While touchpad only last a few hours. However I love the 9 in screen size for reading, surfing, drawing etc by far over 10 in
[TouchPad General] badfelafel:
Am in 2 minds...

there's something nice and special about the touchpad

i like being able to dual boot and mess around...

i'm reassured that i dont have a £600 ipad (seriously, getting one of those out on the train is a bit much when a touchpad at less than a quarter of the price is not that far behind!)

but

i would like to:

be able to skype with family without having to reboot into webos

transfer files on an sd card

not worry about weird non native android bugs

not worry about weird charging issues with sudden refusals to like a particular cable

3g+gps would be nice, but don't need them...

you feel like a pioneer with the touchpad, a maverick. the xoom is just another tablet
[TouchPad General] BigBadWolf84:
Got both and I really enjoy my Touchpad. :)
[TouchPad General] mattvirus:
My touchpad bricked itself a few weeks ago and I bought a Xoom for cheap to use while i keep trying to bring the touchpad back to life.

The camera support and video chat capabilities of the xoom are fantastic...battery life is excellent (for me) and I'm 100% happy with it.
[TouchPad General] VerminX:
I totally agree hp touchpad is getting better and better, latest cm gives you working Mic so skyping is no problem. Camera on a tablet is a gimmick to me...most people will try it once and forget about it...unless of course you are chatting with family that lives far away...

Without overclock the battery is way more than I need to last me a days work

I paid 140 for mine and I'm sitting pretty until next hardware revamp

I bet Xoom would be pretty good as well but the price is what makes it less of a bargain...if I were you I'd only get the Xoom on some awesome deal

Now with the new optimizations coming to CM they'll make it even faster (2x) at almost the same battery draw

I also love the rubber stand that comes with the touchpad, haven't really seen equivalent on any other Android tablet, Apple on the other hand gets all the best accessories...urrgh
[TouchPad General] nubsors:
Not accurate, Xoom battery life is comparable to the iPad 2. It ranges between 9.5 and 11.5 hours of watching video.
[TouchPad General] badfelafel:
I'd like to update mine with a newer nightly to see if that makes it run quicker, but am wary and don't want to ask about it on here for all the abuse you get! there's so many posts about updates etc it's incomprehensible so i'm stuck :(
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
just try them because no two touchpad's are customised alike....just make a backup of what you're running now and install the new one, if you don't like it....wipe it and restore the backup.
[TouchPad General] nickster1:
The best its been rated at with screen brightness at 65% is 8:20.

G2x
[HTC Wildfire S] yashuperia:
how to root htc wildfire s i has just bought it...i m new...so can any give the file and prosess of rooting?
[HTC Wildfire S] phishphinger:
There's a sticky with all the info you require in the Wildfire S General section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1325730
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
Wrong section. This thread will obviously be closed soon.

-rezo609
[HTC Wildfire S] yashuperia:
i m very sorry..i am new so i made mistake
[HTC Wildfire S] parasthakur37:
C'mon man, beeasy on him, he's new to all this. :) :) :D
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
They were?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lolhalol:
im quite disappointed at what sony did with ics. the gui alone is not up to expectations. it looks exactly the same as GB on the surface. Sony could have done so much more but they stuck with the old. been using kamarush MINICMSANDWICH Lite AOSP with kamarush v2 kernal before i flashed the official ics. the minicm lite is so much beter. beter battery life. smoother & cleaner interface. the app drawer is so much more efficient. Sony just took GB gui and overlayed it over ics. compared to the icslite, the official one just looks like crap. Flashing back to miniicslite as i type this.

Cant wait to get the miniics lite update!!

This goes to show XDA people are beter and more advanced!!

Kamarush amazing ROM!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626346
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DragonClawsAreSharp:
This is not true. You find the common things in Xperia GB and Xperia ICS becuase both are having the Timescape UI.

If to the contrary to what happened in reality, you were given with Kamarush's ICS ROM from the day one you owned your cell phone, you would love the ICS update by Sony. At least the UI.

The performance obviously is cooler in custom ROMs. That's why they are made at the first place. For better performance.

Anyways, it all depends on for how much time you used a thing. You get bored very soon. And thus you have the cool custom ROMs out here in XDA.

So, instead of signing with my usual thanks, I will sign as...

Happy Flashing,

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lolhalol:
i guess your right, but i just cant help but feel the timescape ui looks very clunky and square. the stock google ui is so much beter imo. sony could have tweaked the ui rather than just port the ui. :( but yeah thats what all the custom roms are for!! cant wait to see what the crazy roms get cooked up now that the official roms are out there!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MSTHETERROR:
Actually the four cornered interface that sony uses, utilises the space available in small screens pretty well :) That's why they stuck to it. I don't think this UI will be changed. This is the most efficient IMO :) Well opinions differ. That's why some guy started rooting and modding :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] UchihaDareNial:
For me,it doesn't matter as I like Gingerbread and this ICS UI is same like Gingerbread :D but what dissapoint me is the ICS don't have the ICS toggle at the status bar T.T I saw many ICS phone with the toggle button but our ICS don't have any,but I'm glad they make the setting button on the status bar...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rajshrimohanks:
I did like most part of the ICS update except for these:

#1. There are certain areas in the ui which don't blend with the adjoining panels well.

#2. The light sensor is not used for automatic brightness and so now I'm stuck with fixed display brightness.

#3. The widgets still leave a lot to be desired.

#4. New camera ui is horrible.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nightcrawlerbr:
I liked the update, as Sony stated in its blog, most features of ICS were already implemented in GB by Sony, but we have the most up-to-date Android version with all its bug fixes (and I mean BUGs, not simple cosmetic stuff, I'm talking security bugs) with the same known, useful and space aware UI. Not to mention apps compatibility.

I really dont care about the interface colors and stuff, even the camera is way easier to handle the way they did, not much clutter like some vendors do, and the shots are still awesome.

So far didn't hit a single bug, no FCs, no reboots, its rock solid, stable and even battery efficient, I'm getting the same battery time as in GB.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ZsDaniel:
There are no toggles in the notification area in stock ICS. Just check Nexus S's or Galaxy Nexus's official ROMs...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] UchihaDareNial:
There isn't?So,what I saw then? :confused: I'm very sure that I saw a picture of stock Rom with the toggle...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ZsDaniel:
As I know just Galaxy phones (except Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus) and some Sense3 HTC devices have toggles out of the box...

I think you saw a picture of a CyanogenMod build, because with these ROMs you can have toggles by default.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
I've seen toggles in notification area on HTC One V, stock ICS. Looks quite nice, would love to have it on my LWW.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SoloRazr:
I personally don't like the toggles though. It's very samsungish to me.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
I think i saw simmilar mod for GB, i doubt it would be a problem (for modders) to do it for ICS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lolhalol:
there are toggles on the stock ics on the nexus. im on the trebuchet launcher with miniics lite and it has the toggles too. its an easy mod to do anyway!

btw i really like the trebuchet launcher. best launcher yet! looks very nice and very smooth!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
I feel performance is apparently decreased compared to GB stock rom. Even games like Fruit Ninja & angry birds which ran butter like smooth on GB now have got some frame skipping or gliches. Its a bit annoying for me however I'm quit satisfied with new features.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] javierdsv:
Now you can see the size of the photos... went from around 500kb to even 1.8MB.. they are not madness compressed anymore, therefore some quality was added.

Oh, and Xperia Ray got toggles too!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
That's why Xperia Play didnt get the ICS update...

Just googled some screenshots, looks good... i want that on my phone :S
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
we might take over this issue by OC stuff but i'm not into overclocking :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MSTHETERROR:
Many said Temple Run is smoother in ICS??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
Check THIS ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
I've tried that neither on GB nor ICS, so no idea :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
I can confirm that temple run is much smooter in ics than in gb.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Somyab:
I too confirm it.ics is yummy
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohsen1984:
What about other games?! fruit ninja & angry birds dissapointed me. If it's only me, so maybe I need to consider something else causing the issue.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gyeben:
Maybe some games are smoother in GB than in ICS because they aren't optimized for ICS yet... maybe.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
Angry birds are running very smoothly ( I've only used the original one and the space one). As for fruit ninja I haven't downloaded it. Don't like it much.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
Try clearing your ram & then try playing it.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] osvaldo25:
I waiting kamarush rom-
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lolhalol:
me too. if its as good as the 4.0.3 its gona be the best rom out there. kamarush roms are no joke! btw its in testing stage now. should be available soon!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Rumpelcita:
I'm quite happy with the stock sony rom in terms of performance and battery life, but I was wandering if it's possible to run the kamarush rom with stock kernel and locked bootloader, because it looks really nice =)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] aristone:
Encryption

Was anyone able to activate full phone encryption on ICS?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
Offline Google Maps to work on 'all devices with Android 2.2 or higher,' 3D compatibility less clear.

We'd heard earlier that Google had "nothing to announce" in regard to Android compatibility with the newly-announced offline Maps support and 3D modeling, but look -- things change. We reached out to the company and urged 'em to dig a little deeper, only to have the following confirmed: "For offline Google Maps for Android, all devices with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and above will be supported." As for the 3D portion? "We'll have more details about device compatibility for 3D imagery on Google Earth for mobile at launch." After the event, we spotted a Googler using the 3D build on a Galaxy Nexus, so it's obvious that Android 4.0+ will be supported, but we have to assume that some of these older Froyo devices may simply lack the proper oomph needed to fly around the downtowns of [insert major metropolitan area here].

Source(Engadget): http://t.co/cK4UH9ep

I am eagerly waiting for this even more than ICS. :D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] sshinde555:
Me Too Waiting For It ;)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] maheepmaurya:
try SYGIC

But I am using SYGIC Aura with India maps and it is the best navigation app out there. Offline maps, voice navigation, Full 3D support and Great UI. :D

So this news from Google doesn't excite me...:o
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] akshatsourav:
interesting :)

wait n see!!
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
I also have Sygic but Google maps are going to be better than Sygic's cause its maps aren't the best around.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] Indha Lezzio:
Nowadays you can download google maps tiles from several apps like Orux Maps, Locus, Maps- and several more. Then u can use the tiles in offline mode and navigate through them in airplane mode.

Even in current google maps app, in Labs section you can activate the option to cache a map zone in order to use the tiles in offline mode too.

Cheers... and let me say.... SUMMER IS COMIIIING :)
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] bobcdy:
google maps with gps?

Does anyone know if the new google maps apk will support satellite gps location sources, or only online phone/google location sources? Sygic Aura has offline maps but no satellite gps capability.

In other words, will it be an full offline satellite gps map system?
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
we can use offline maps in current version only...

1. Open Google Maps

2. Go to Settings -> Labs

3. Click on Pre-cache map area to activate it.

4. Go to your desired place, tap and hold.

5. Tap on the area that appears and select Pre-cache map area. that's it..

enjoy offline maps :laugh::laugh::laugh:....