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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
I'm looking for a new device to replace my Galaxy S I and either one of these will be upgrades, but I want to see if the GSII can actually fulfill my needs. If I buy a GS II I'd only expect it to last a couple of years before I make the jump to something even more superior in like 2014, but if it's a GSIII, I hope it's a long term investment and last me at least 3 years.

I use my phone mainly as a web browser, camera, and for all my social integration stuff (emails, facebook, etc.). I watch videos on my phone a lot, and I've got like 80 GBs of Asian dramas and tv shows waiting to be loaded on my phone. Frustratingly my GSI can only handle 720p so I could only play the 720p ones but I'm sure either the GS2 or 3 can play even 1080p mkvs.

Thus, the most important aspects of a smartphone for me include the Screen, the Camera, speed, and durability.

Here are the pros and cons I weighed out:

Pro GS2:

Much more compact

RGB instead of Pentile

Literally indestructible

Con GS2:

Quite a few cases of "screen burn"

Shorter battery life

Pro GS3:

720p instead of WVGA

Better CPU, GPU, and almost everything else

Longer battery life

Con GS3:

Quite large IMO, not sure if I'd be happy holding it for a long duration

Relatively easy to break, + - same level as the iPhone 4/4s

So what do you guys say? Would the GSII suffice for my video watching needs or would the GS III be a much better choice if I want to use my phone that way?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielsf:
Hi, I have the galaxy s2 and I am getting the s3. I don't recommend you get the s2, even though it is good cpu & gpu wise the screen, to be blunt, is crap in my opinion. I have to admit I was unnerved about the size of the screen on the s3, and all I can tell you to do is go to the shop and play with it. For me the screen was no where near as big as I thought it would be and was no longer an issue after playing around with it. I could touch everything with one hand. (I am 6'2 with decent sized hands)

The s3 is massively more future proof than the s2, so it could be a better investment of money. Also, I can't stress enough the amount more detail you could see on a pentile 720p screen than my wvga rgb s2 screen, for me that made me want to buy the phone alone. I'm not going to sugar coat it, if you look quite close you can make out the signs of pentile and see pixels. But from a usable distance it was so much more clear and crisp than my s2.

I should also mention the amount of people I have seen on xda saying how they dropped the s2 form wast height and it smashed. The s2 isn't as strong as people make it out to be. For the s3 I believe the drop testes weren't very controlled. As in one it survived being throw into the air and on to the floor, yet it didn't survive from a simple small height drop. I would just recommend you buy a case that protects the corners of the s3, like a tpu one that are really cheap.

Lastly, after I played around with the s3 it made my s2 feel laggy. I couldn't believe android device could be so smooth, and it did feel quite a bit faster. Overall, I honestly believe you should get the s3 over the s2 if money isn't a problem, and if it is bare in mind the s3 should be more future proof and you may not need to upgrade as fast as if you got the s3. I hope this helps you is some way. :)

Edit: Should mention, I was in a phone shop today, comparing my s2 next to the s3 for quite a while to make sure I actually like the s3. Also, look wise I thought the s3 was ugly and not a patch on the one x from the press photos and reviews. But after having it in my hand my first thought is that it looked beautiful, and I actually prefer it now to the one x, and it fitted so snugly in my hand next to my s2 and the one x. Photos don't do the phone justice, the phone looks so nice in life in my opinion of course.

Also, the s3 had a notification light and the s2 doesn't. I know the s1 also doesn't have one but coming from my old htc desire, I missed the notification light so much and I think if you got the s3 you may find you won't want a phone without one. Although I have to admit I really didn't like the color of the blue one at all, I have never had a white phone, but I really loved the white s3's. :)

For video watching the s2 is no good, the wvga screen just makes everything looks so soft and kind of lifeless. The s3's screen also had a lot less glare meaning, it should be nicer to watch videos on, and the much better battery is a massive plus for video watching.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
While I don't own a SGS2 (only the SGS1 and SGS3) I've played around enough with my gf's SGS2 to give a somewhat accurate comparison.

Both phones match your requirements just fine.

The SGS2 is beefy enough to provide enough CPU/GPU performance for casual games in the coming years and should get updates and fixes at least through community-support (I strongly recommend Cyanogenmod with Siyah-Kernel) for a long time to come.

It's true that the SGS3's size is quite large, but whether it's too large depends on your hands. I can reach any spot on the screen (except the notification-area which requires a bit of stretching) just fine, while my gf is unable to use it one-handed.

Go to your local shop and try fiddling around. Either it matches or it doesn't; you won't get used to an oversized screen.

Now to your question regarding app usage; I'd recommend the SGS3 over the SGS2 big time. While the SGS2 runs your apps just fine, the SGS3 is able to really switch between them easily and browsing with the Chrome Beta is just as fast as on your desktop browser.

The SGS2 sometimes feels sluggish especially with larger websites, multiple tabs or while running other stuff in the background.

Additionally the SGS3's larger screen REALLY works wonders when surfing the web, it requires far less scrolling around than SGS1 or even SGS2.

Software-features such as hovering multimedia player could possibly be backported to the SGS2, and I haven't used them add all yet so I'll not comment on their usefulness.

The SGS2's camera is MP-wise identical to the SGS3's, however the latter has FAR faster reaction times. However in comparisons with CM9's camera-app on SGS2 to the SGS3's stock camera, the SGS2 wins big time in image quality and fidelity. E.g. the SGS3 shows a large aura around a TV-set in a darkened room and the on-screen image is really fuzzy while the SGS2 shows a clear and clean image.

But that could be due to software-limitations; Samsung has never be known for their good software-capabilities, but rather their excellent and usually very endurable hardware.

Screen burn-in could -and most certainly will- be an issue on the SGS3 like on the Note since both use a very similar screen (minus the Wacom digizier).

It simply is a problem with all light sources including CRT screens and even LCD. You just don't see it on LCD's and Beamers because the actual light source is not on a per-pixel base but covers a large area.

However the average screen burn-in is not noticeable in everyday-usage. My (nearly) 2year old heavily-used SGS1 which was used as night-stand clock and showed instant messaging chats for hours has yet to show any important distortions.

Depending on your country and carrier you'll get 2 years warranty; if nothing big has shown by then you got a good unit.

I can't say anything on durability (yet :P ) but depending on how you use and treat it, that should not be a big issue with any device.

If you don't treat it like a Nokia 3410/3510 but like the 580$ high-end smartphone it is, it will survive. It's gotten Gorilla Glas II afaik, so the screen _SHOULD_ survive most drops.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
Thanks for the comments guys, very detailed and helpful posts!

I was wondering if the S2 would be future proof enough but from your comments I guess probably not. I just want a phone that is lag free and does whatever I want it to do (software wise) provided it's not something like computing the 100,000th digit of Pi in 3 seconds.

My hands are of medium size (probably medium-large for Asians), spanning 22cms from my thumb to my pinky. I've yet to find a local store here in UK near where I live with the GSIII in stock so I didn't have the chance to fiddle around with it, but I've held my friend's Galaxy Nexus with a case and it felt quite manageable.

However, I'm sure I won't be able to 1 hand operate the GS3 like I can with my GS1 (oh, the joys of swype!), but that wouldn't be that big of a problem as I don't think I'll risk holding the GS3 and using it 1 handed!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Mine span the equal length, so I'd say you're good to go.

The S2 is as future-proof as it can be for your need. If you're willing to shill out the approx. 100-150Euro for a S3 with a 2year subscription I'd say go for it.

I'm using my S3 one-handed nearly all the time, especially when walking the dog.

So far no issues, however I've ordered a case with extra grip in case my dog tries to hunt some wildlife and I fly/slide behind.

Since my language (luxembourgish) is not Swype-supported (and most certainly never will be), I've come to love Messagease (freeware). Sure, it takes some time to learn but it can be used one-handed with very high accuracy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
Thanks for the help mate.

I really wish the GS3 can actually last me longer than my GS1. I had the prospect of it lasting me for 3-4 years with good performance and it started to lag on the 2nd day when I tried to use a live wallpaper. Hope it's a different story with the GS3...and I'd love to get my hands on the S4+2GB RAM variant if possible (but Hong Kong only seems to be selling the international version).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andypull15:
i had an s2 and when you use the s3 for a few days then go back to the s2 you can tell how much clearer and better the screen looks on the s3 its amazing

movies looks fantastic
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggfb20:
I love my s2 but plan to wait for the upcoming nexus devices and see what they have to offer before jumping ship to my next device. While there are differences in the s2 & s3 they are not glaring enough to make me want to switch this very moment. It's going to take more for me to put my gs2 to sleep, much more not slightly more. Google better bring it with the next nexus line of devices or I'll be waiting even longer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
questions ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accordex:
Yes...tell me about the one on the right. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prashanthme:
In one ERA the S2 was a legend,,,, That doesnt mean that now its outdated... When compared to other phones which r single core its far better in performance and screen clarity... S3 is a new one, if u doubt give some months then see the development here and buy s3.... S3 specs r too gud.. But for me S2 gave a gud battery life(~1-2 days), dropped it twice.. And yes the processor burns like hell in S2.. Unless ur using it in cool room.. ;) It all depends on ur taste and budget.... Eagerly waiting for S4 in future.. which may come after 1.5-2 years later ;)
[Nokia Lumia 800] soldierblue348:
But the screen...

The left edge has this purple tint, and whenever I see black text on a while background, I see these... faint horizontal lines extending from the text?

Has anyone gone the repair route with Nokia, and if so, how did it go? It's either that or I send it back.
[Nokia Lumia 800] ChrisKringel:
The lines are a side effect of the screen. If you mean a thin line on the left side of the screen, this is a effect of the screen as well.
[Nokia Lumia 800] soldierblue348:
Well that's disappointing. As for the left side, I mean an area that's tinted pirple. It goes about 3/4 of a centimeter from the left edge.
[Nokia Lumia 800] ChrisKringel:
That's not normal. Some people have a full colored line with the width of maybe 1/10th of a mm on one side of the screen. But you should contact the Nokia Hotline, Chat or Mail Support with this problem. Could be a faulty screen...
[Nokia Lumia 800] soldierblue348:
I just sent it back. Nokia was quoting a 7-10 business day turnaround time.
[Nokia Lumia 800] dannejanne:
I got that purple thing too in one of my Lumia's. It went like a gradient across the whole screen for me. Changed it and the one I have now doesn't suffer from it at all.

The line-bleeding you mention from text though, it's part of the technology I'm afraid.
[Nokia Lumia 800] MisterHair:
Now you mention it, I have a 1 pixel purple line down the left hand side of the screen.
[Nokia Lumia 800] ChrisKringel:
As stated above, the thin line is a side effect of the pentile display.
[Nokia Lumia 800] inket:
There's also a green one on the right side. It's a side effect of the pentile pixel arrangement.

On mine the purple gradient is only noticeable with low brightness on a grey/white background.

The screen is the only bad thing about the Lumia 800, even though it has its own advantages like the ClearBlack.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfalir:
Guys hi,

i tried to unlock and root my european vodafone galaxy tab, last year, but i did not manage to finish the procedure. All i have done is that unlocked my galaxy tab so now during boot it shows an ulock sign. Since then i am unable to execute any system updates that appear.

So i need your help please to guide me how to restore my gt p7100 to its original factory state.

can someone help me and guide me with this?

thank you all

Dionisis Falireas
[Galaxy S III Accessories] 1Android:
I have watched several youtube reviews and looked through many pictures. I really like the ghost armor option. Is the Extreme Guard made out of the same type material? looks like it is a thicker, more "rubber" like protection instead of the cheaper hard clear plastic covers.

I see that extreme guard has that 75% code right now which makes me really interested.

Does anyone have experience with both? Which would you recommmend and why?

(As of now I do not see the S3 as an option through ghost Armor but I am sure they will be developing a skin shortly)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Woolios:
Just bought a couple from xtremeguard for 12 buck got 2 full and 2 fronts screen protectors. Thats like 2 beers at the bar. Go for it. Don't like it you know for next time.
[HTC One X] fatale80:
Hi,

recently i've updated my HTC One X to ARHD 6 by mike 1986 (HTC SDK API 4.12, HTC Extension 403_1GA_7) and system was working fine.

Don't know what happen but when i connect my usb cable to pc/mac 1X won't show up any option. It used to show me options like charging only, disk drive mode, htc manager, etc..

I've tried almost everything changing default connection type, disabled and reenabled ASK ME mode when USB cable is connected, enabled usb developer mode ...nothing helped.

My question is, have you guys came across this issue? What it could cause? Does anybody has any solution to fix this issue? Any help will be appreciated !

Thanks!
[HTC One X] Laurentius26:
Why are you opening a new thread in general section of HTC One X?

It's a custom rom you are talking about isn't, so why don't you place the question in the thread you downloaded the rom so the developer knows about it as well?

I think it's wise you start reading the >> Forum rules first.

You can also find them on top of One X General section.

Thanks! ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10076757:
Just got my galaxy S3 and im loving every second of it, BUT

the vibration is so "low" i cant feel it vibrate in my pocket compared to the HTC HD2 at all. is this normal. is there any way to make the vibration "feelable" if thats a word.

i had at least 7 miss calls with vibration on and i didnt feel none of them at all. you may say put the ringtone on. but i was in a situation where putting a ringtone on would not be right so i put it to vibration mode and i didnt feel jack all.

even with the ringtone on the vibration cannot be felt! so disappointed

any tips would help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riso123:
You must have a faulty device... if anything my device has to much of a strong vibrate!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10076757:
can you feel the phones vibration in your pocket?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bortak:
Pretty sure you can turn up vibration intensity in settings.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Settings --> Sound --> Vibration intensity. If you're still missing them on max intensity make some longer custom vibration notifications for your apps, be less likely to miss those (inbuilt feature).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riso123:
100%!

As others have pointed out, you can turn up intensity in settings, mine was on full and almost too much!
[General Questions and Answers] accid-burn:
I have installed 7.2.2.0 and I can not continue as the minicm screen. My cell phone is the Xperia x10 mini. An idea

ok. it'S work fin. I have install it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] p0fell0w:
i'm running the blackice rom on my sprint nexus and i'm seeing alot of processes running using up ram and i just wanna know what i can safely uninstall.

SecPhone

SyncMLSvs

BIP

DSPManager

Google Services
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theking_13:
DSP Manager.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP+Franco
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Unused ram is wasted ram.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miHah:
Hello

Ive been playing some games on TF for some time now, especialy Modern Combat 3. Its preety hard to get used to touchscreen controls and as i've been thinking if only we could use our keyboards and connect a mice to it and play a game like PC game? It would be much easier and playable :)

but when I connect mice, there is a pointer (mouse pointer, like on homescreen when using touchpad) that acts like my finger so its no use from it. Is it possible to set it up and run the game like PC shooters? (moving arround with mouse, shooting when the left button and so on?)

signed
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
I do this with an xbox controller with gamepad mapping to touch, but I think it'd be really hard to do with a mouse Dx you'd have to mod the apk
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuisuMercha:
Ok, now you have a video game. Just buy a PS3 bluetooth controller and plug it on the HDMI 52" Television with Home teather.

Or, play with the keyboard and mouse and think that it is a full computer graphics game, like CoD or MW3
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rancor22:
Is there a way to change or turn off the the sounds, musical scale of sorts, when you change the ringer volume. I would much have a single tone instead of the scale they have stock. I am currently on 1.85 without an unlocked bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
this is an excellent question. Prior to ICS you had separate volume controls for everything. I hate that they combined them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rancor22:
Actually I was talking about the kind of musical scale the phone plays when you change the ringer volume but separate volume for different apps would also be great.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilleather:
I have a NS4G flashed to boost mobile, calling, texting work great however for the life of me cannot figure out why data/mms will not. Im not asking for anyone to break rules in this discussion as i am fully aware of the legality of phone cloning. So that being said i will not be asking how to do any of the flashing process as its complete. I have tried changing the MMSC URL to mm.myboostmobile.com to no avail. All of my HA and AAA passwords are correct and the correct user profile is selected. When the phone boots up after flashing, the android activation screen appears but will never activate. Any input on this i would greatly appreciate. If you dont feel like discussing this in the forum please pm me...thanks
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
As the title says, I would like to know what software version do you have currently in your one v. Mine says 1.56.401.2 and I want to know if this is the latest available. I tried to run the software updater and at first it did installed a new version but that was one time only.

Thanks
[HTC One V] stubbakatt:
1.56.401.2
[HTC One V] towhytea:
1.66.661.3
[HTC One V] Passa91:
1.57.709.3
[HTC One V] paarthdesai:
m using custom rom soo -mine
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
Its odd how some of you have a version later than mine. If i press update now it will say that it has nothing to update... Oh well. Thank you all for your replies
[HTC One V] paarthdesai:
it can be different frm country to country na? one country has a later version other doesn't
[HTC One V] MisterMooth:
2.08.709.1
[HTC One V] paarthdesai:
:o hw is that possible :o?? :(
[HTC One V] TeHashX:
1.56.401.2 is the latest version for european region, the other versions 1.57.709.3 and 1.66.661.3 are for asia I guess and we can't update because of CID, the european is HTC__001
[HTC One V] ckpv5:
There are some updates for 1.56.401.2 but I'm unable to update is as my V is an Asia version.
[HTC One V] ckpv5:
That's the latest OTA update for 1.57.709.3 --> 2.08.709.1 (htc Asia TW)
[HTC One V] paarthdesai:
nt for HTC Asia India i think coz i sifted to stock rom and gt a update tht is-
[HTC One V] towhytea:
This is on koodo in Canada
[HTC One V] jparasite:
Do you, or does anyone know where I can get the RUU Image for this version? This is the one I have, but I can't seem to find system image (I can find the kernel on htcdev).
[HTC One V] GobletSky31689:
Mine is 1.56.720.2 (HTC India)

I was thinking about installing myONEv by ckpv5 but its baseband version is different......

myONEv RC1.1 (1.56.401.2 CL47452)

Baseband-3831.15.00.23-m Hboot-1.16.0000

Kernel-3.0.30-Virtuous-S4A-2-g7693c9b

My baseband version is 3831.15.00.19_m

Will it be a problem??
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
Got my replacement today, it is a HT25 version (May) and it has no problems at all. No light problems, no yellow spots, no casing problems. What was interesting to see is that this one came with the version 1.58.707.4 and it has ebuddy xms in it (don't know what this is but it's the first time I see it).

Will run the updater to see if there is something to update to, but I'm thinking that this should be the latest stable version.

@As for baseband, I think that is the version of the Radio.img is used. When I'm saying radio I reffer to GSM/Wifi connections. So if you flash another rom, you will most likely remain with the baseband you are currently having (if the rom you are installing does not have a custom radio.img inside it that will overwrite your current one). It is safe to flash it but do it at your own risk.

Flashing radio.img in a wrong way will end up in bricking your device 100%!
[HTC One V] Chris.nl:
202.08.401.2
[HTC One V] maxwen:
Hi

Its 2.08.401.2 :)

Named "System enhancement and support for HTC Media Link HS 46.77MB"

Regards

max
[HTC One V] -Blame-:
yeah, got the same version since today.

This also mostly solved the hissing issue with my headphones, there is only a very silent hissing left.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Toms93:
I know this is a double post am not sure which is the right section to post.

I don't know if am posting in the right section but I lost the charger pin that connects to the adapter. Is there a place I can buy just the pin-out for the USA wall connector? The tablet is pretty much useless cause I can't charge it with the other 5 volt USB connectors I have.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] buzzboy:
Hi,

I live in the UK, and use the non branded charger which is cheap, and definitely more solid and reliable than the official one.

I just had a quick look on EBay, and there's lots of choice:

http://shop.mobileweb.ebay.com/sear...2?kw=asus+transformer+charger&x=0&y=0&cmd=SKW

(Of course its still worth checking the buyers reviews first.)

I've had it for six months.

Compared to 4x Asus original replacements.

Cheers.