yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] blueseeker:
Interface. This is the only thing that Android doesn't have. And through interface I mean the fluidity and the animations. They are catchy. I don't like Apple, but their user experience is good. Sure, after a while I realise that it's getting boring and the lack of features is so 90's, but just for the moment I feel an impulse to buy that product. They are good!

I'm hoping for a proper UI process threading in Jelly Bean as the google guys said in some presentation. The most apps probably need to be rewritten for the new framework. It's sad so see quad cores like One X struggling to render a proper interface.

Also, the 3GS running iOS 5 is a joke. It's sluggish and stutters. Apple products are bad after updating. Only the newest device will run as intended with the latest update. I played yesterday with an ip4 with iOS 5.1.1 and the interface stuttered from time to time and on a few ocasions I've encountered even a slight lag.

iOS interface is unchanged from the beginning and it's getting too boring. Also, features wise they are like with 2 years in the past.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Lol. seriously?!?! But this is again subjective.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] SiNJiN76:
Apple starves it's costumers for a full year. So, any incremental update well make those starving customers rave and praise Apple for finally giving them something to eat. And it will seem 'Magical'. Ha ha ha...eh, that's how I see it.

They have such a large loyal base, they can do this...and they will keep doing it for as long as they can.

Apple is a 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', company.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Yeah but you're missing the point, even though all these other phones ( S3, HOX, desire hd, razr maxx.....) aren't nexus (es ?) they still are running the android platform. Some of the current high end android phones don't have ICS and that's pretty bad considering it's been out more than 6 months. The 3 gs is still getting supported by apple and it came out in 09. I'm not saying its google fault but if there's one thing the competition can use against android, actually probably the only thing, is that it sucks at updating phones in a timely fashion, everyone knows that. Doesn't matter who's fault it is the point is it takes forever for android phones to receive updates.
[Galaxy S III General] blueseeker:
I'm a die hard Android fan, but yeah, seriously! The response time it's not subjective, it's technically proven.

S3 yes, is a match for the iphone minus some missing UI rendering frames here and there, but all this no thanks to google.
[Galaxy S III General] raytraceme:
only ones to blame are U.S. carriers. ICS has been ready and out for most international devices but for some reason phones from U.S. Carriers haven't been updated yet :(
[Galaxy S III General] djkinetic:
Because every US carrier wants to install their Bloatware and put their UI overlays over it... that and they want you to buy new hardware.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
That's true. Google needs to impose some kind of rules or timeframe for carriers to release an update. Either that or Manufacturers need to tell carriers to stop filling their devices with bloatware. But it's so complex with android. With IOS, apple designs the iPhone, the CPU, the software and it's only one device. With android, you have a software, running on a Samsung or HTC, touchwiz or sense, snapdragon, exynos or TI omap plus carriers bloatware. So many things come into consideration.
[Galaxy S III General] djkinetic:
Because apple has it set up that way in the contracts they signed with carriers. Carriers allowed apple to do this because not having an iPhone in their lineups significantly hurt their bottomlines...its why sprint paid so much for their iPhone agreement...on the android side Samsung with the s3 release is making strides if u look at the us versions all look physically identical to the international version..so Samsung has taken an apple like approach in that regard
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
That's cause the S3 is very popular. Once you got a strong product you get to dictate how things should be.
[Galaxy S III General] CapsLockKey:
I couldn't care less about Apple's jokes, or these OEMs suing each other back and forth, but when Apple tries to outright ban a product at the border I'm interested in buying, they can go take a long walk off a short pier. SGIII and HTC One aren't Chinese ripoffs here trying to sell themselves as iPhones. Never buying an Apple product again with these lame litigation strategies instead of actually out-innovating the competition in order to protect their market share.

I also think it's BS that patents are allowed for common sense software features. If some 16 year old kid can code a program from scratch to do the same thing as a "corporate patented feature" on a cell phone, then it's not worthy of receiving a patent. These data tapping and voice search cases is as stupid as Apple suing people over using icons or a touchscreen. There is nothing innovative or proprietary (other than the code behind them) about those two things as they've been around in the technology world for years before the iPhone was even a thought in Steve Jobs mind. Anything that has already been done on a computer before should not be able to be patented on a smartphone as these things are no longer considered phones, but mobile computers that happen to make calls occasionally.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Nope I'm not missing the point . They launched iOS which is suppose to run in the best possible way on iPhone. They don't support any other hardware but iPhone. That's it.

Google helps in developing android and makes the nexus as the phone that is suppose to take advantage of the latest and greatest. Android is designed for nexus.

It's a blessing that android can easily be 'tweaked' to run on different hardware. Manufacturers just abuse it by taking advantage of this blessing and then leaving these phones as their step child.
[Galaxy S III General] kmoore11:
At Google's I/O 2011, they said they had a deal with manufacturers and carriers to get phones reasonable updates for at least 18 months after release. I don't know if they named it this, or the bloggers did, but it's apparently called the Android Update Alliance. Seems to have been forgotten about/ignored so far, seeing that it was announced last May and I haven't heard a peep about it.

If they could actually manage this, that would be a huge step forward, but I need to see progress. I have no problems with custom UIs and such, but I would like to see them be lighter and easier to update. Android gradually needs to get to a point where manufacturers don't need to make their own skins/apps, becaue the best stuff out there is already baked in.
[Galaxy S III General] dave_k605:
Updates, they are really only for phone enthusiasts....

Not one person I know with a smart phone, that isn't a phone geek cares about or knows what their phone is running.

I and most on this board do and that's why we flash custom roms. Now with that being said my fascinate could do all the same stuff on froyo as it does on ics.....other than looks/smoothness it's not like anything has gotten easier or less steps do to tasks, such as browsing the Web then finding something to drive to, it was simple then and simple now....

Im using aokp and honestly memory management isn't any better than on stock bloated froyo...my phone always has the same available ram as it did before.

sorry about the rant but updates are in my eyes not beneficial, well maybe for a better radio, but even then 99 percent of average smart phone users (the non phone geeks) can't tell a differance.

You can prob all agree about this, so let Apple bash against something that is.......truly a time waste, as long as apps get updated often the user experience is the same.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Galaxy S III General] kmoore11:
This also gives a good look at the new added features iOS 6 has, and how they compare to Android features: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phon...offers-more-than-what-is-coming-in-ios-6/7769

And about Apple's updates, they aren't as awesome as people make them out to be. The new turn-by-turn that people have been drooling over will only work with the 4S and above. So yes, they can update their phones, but they strip all the features of it away. http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._turn_requires_iphone_4s_ipad_2_or_later.html

Co-worker just pointed out to me how awesome it is that their new maps app will show traffic and construction.... oh how blind can people be?
[Galaxy S III General] CapsLockKey:
Got to disagree here. Incremental updates aren't noticeable, but there were noticeable differences between the major updates on my Epic. Froyo update alone brought apps to SD which was huge. Gingerbread was kinda meh other than performance improvements. ICS on the other hand has some added features that I love that going back to a GB device would be painful.
[Galaxy S III General] dave_k605:
Ok, so froyo and newest, their really isn't much that changes that the average user notices, most Android users don't know they can put music on their phones. So in my eyes updates for the common folk are a huge waste, you or anybody can defend this but really as long as peoples Facebook app, and maps get updated (very often) they don't care about ui related stuff, or know what difference there is.

There are way too many dumb people that buy smart phones, if that ain't enough, they all go for the cheapest ones as they don't care about specs. Slapping a new update on a poorly made phone won't fix anything, these people already are not impressed with their phones and a update will maybe, MAYBE change their views on the next to free phone they purchased.

The problem isn't lack of updates, the problem is android on underpowered devices. I'm not saying everyone needs the flag ships, but there really should be a minimum requirement.

I'm not trying to fight with you, I do understand the benefits of updates, what I'm trying to say is that maybe 15 percent of the Android market does care, I think it's a huge waste to update the normal Android phones that nobody got excited about on release day.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
Not impressed at all. Most of what they're just getting, Android has had for a while now.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Android can do everything. Yesterday morning I asked s voice to make me a coffee and bam there you go... I had a coffee at my end table!
[Galaxy S III General] circuit.007:
Let's be serious here. S-voice can barely tell me the weather.. its pretty much useless.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Mine makes coffee though. :P

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] simollie:
Mine makes coffee and checks weather all at once!

Oh, no, that's my wife, yet she thinks I'm divorcing her to marry GS3. :p
[Galaxy S III General] realfelix:
Well i was... Although just about the "NEW" innovative SMS reply to calls LMFAO. :D:D:D

Sent from my LT26i
[Galaxy S III General] ethanfel:
what's great with S-Voice is when i asked him (i'm french) "launche chrome"

He answer me "i detect 2 chrome'

-"chrome to phone"

-"chrome beta"

Wich one ?

I answer him

"chrome beta"

and he says

"theres no chrome béta" (in french beta take an accent)

that made me laugh :d
[Galaxy S III General] deffjeff:
I would rather be considered a dairy product than a fruitcake any day!

But all craziness aside; almost all of these new announced features in IOS have already been implemented a while ago. Their new "maps" lose in functionality because it does not include biking, hiking, public transport, and it lacks street-view.

3D mapping is nice, but will be on Android as well.

This is a nice, less preference based article between the two:

http://gizmodo.com/5917390/ios-6-vs-ice-cream-sandwich-the-ultimate-comparison?tag=wwdc2012

I do like that browser sync part:

"Browser Sync

Apple:

New in iOS 6, your browser tabs can be synced between all of your devices. In other words, the tab you open in Safari on your desktop will be easier to open on your iPhone or iPad. It's a pretty handy feature. Bookmarks are synced as well (which isn't new). The problem? Nobody uses Safari.

Full size

Android:

With Chrome (beta) for Ice Cream Sandwich you get that same thing (tabs, bookmarks, search terms, etc.) synced between Chrome and your desktop. The only difference: people actually use Chrome. Like, the most people. So, yeah."

So I consider myself lucky being an Android user; I had a lot of this before the other platform decided to come with it. What a waste of time it would have been if I would've had an Apple device!:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] nicholaaaas:
Samsung as a corporation is much much larger than Google. About ten times larger.
[Galaxy S III General] monkeyluis:
That's pretty funny. Kind of like when samsung made fun of Apple buyer's waiting in line. Apple is allowed to take a shot at them.
[Galaxy S III General] monkeyluis:
A lot of this was in iOS with 3rd party apps.

IOS had built in screen capture before android. :rolleyes:

Both systems are good, both have pros and cons.
[Galaxy S III General] fernando sor:
I'm assuming you mean assets as your referring to legal costs. Samsung electronics is worth about 383 billion and google about 200 billion. They would certainly resort to the courts if it was in their interest.

I love my shiny 4g iPhone!
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
There is no iphone 4g. There is either iphone 4 or iphone 4s. What am I gonna do with you iphone lovers...
[Galaxy S III General] fernando sor:
Yeah that's the joke bro. I hate apple lol

I love my shiny 4g iPhone!
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
That's a joke as well :p
[Galaxy S III General] fernando sor:
gotcha. you would be surprised how many people dont get that
[Galaxy S III General] rayz93:
Let them say all they want, bad mouthing it's competitors doesn't make them a better OS
[Galaxy S III General] nicholaaaas:
I'm not sure what you mean there. But like I said Samsung Corporation is at least 10 times larger than Google. So the previous poster who claimed that Google has more assets to fight Apple is misinformed
[Galaxy S III General] fernando sor:
Well if you include Samsung shipping etc then that could be. Samsung electronics, based on assets is not even double the size.

What I meant was Google has enough revenue to easily fight a sustained court battle. And even oracle when forced to pay Google's legal cost the amount was under 500k. But i agree Apple has more cash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
Just wondering, has anyone else in the phoenix area noticed a dramatic increase in data speeds in the last day or so? I'm out near queen creek, I could barely get 4g and now its flying!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Not me. Still erratic as ever. From work (the 101 and I17) varies between like 14MB down this morning to .45 down now. :D

Still better than my old Sprint 3G hehe
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dillym34:
In chandler and its not much better. I have noticed better coverage in Maricopa though?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] melinton:
Im in downtown phoenix, tempe and chandler and it feels a little faster and more reliable.. Might be the new VLDE update
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
When was the update? Nm.. I'm retartef
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] volcomguyaz:
Work at wild horse pass casino better there live in copa no diff
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thedarkness37:
Reception in Casa Grande is getting a lot better, before it was EDGE and now I'm getting two to three bars of constant 4G. Also areas on the Gila River Indian Reservation areas where there was no reception, getting full EDGE. Tmobile finally updating surrounding areas other than Phoenix and Tucson?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
That's what I'm thinking. Casa grand and San tan valley are close to each other.. makes sense
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] greenmaze:
I live in central PHX north of Camelback and I get terrible coverage. Data is nearly completely unusable and calls are not much better. I use wifi at home so it doesn't bother me too much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] seshaz:
usually have good signal everywhere in Phoenix with lde radio, on the other hand get crap signal in must of Tucson
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pio_masaki:
New telus radio gives me better signal strength and maybe slightly better data speeds in Glendale, at home in surprise I'm pulling 4g where I rarely got 3g. On aokp so no its not just the 4g icon always being on. I haven't tested actual speeds, just noticing smoother browsing and usage vs waiting 2 minutes for a thread to load lol.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Natureboy72:
Getting much better speeds in Fountain Hills.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] br00x:
Yeah i'm in Casa Grande and we don't get constant 4g but definitely way more then we use to
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] W.I.N.C.O.:
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[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
AllianceROM i9100 ICS v2​

Here's The latest progress on the update..

http://youtu.be/LSaZ5AzROe8

Major Credits to Ficeto without him our ROMs would never be as stable as they are because of his work in the kernels, scripts , ROM layouts and more and more... Appreciate the guy , dont let work that you dont see at first hand go unnoticed​

A personal thanks to ficeto and Robbie for guiding me and helping me put together my first full rom. Sorry for bein a pain on gtalk!​

Thanks to Dazznuts2000 for deodexing and preparing the base and of course credits to my fellow DEVs comnam90 and Robbie , whom released full roms in the last 2 days s well for i9000 and N7000....

Thanks also to lots of people for various mods,files,images etc......,wanamlite,Tungstwenty,jeboo,smando,udkSD,kahvitahra,jkay,evilisto,vertemus. Please shout if I missed you!​

Check the changelog HERE

Check the theme HERE

How to install HERE

Download AllianceROM v2 for i9100 HERE​
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
• Based on Stable Samsung release: XWLPG Android 4.0.3

• XXLPX Modem

• Ficetos latest Supercore 0.5 with BLN

• Deodexed / Pre-Rooted / Zip aligned

• CRT Off animation (switchable in Ficeto's new AllianceMOD Settings app)

• CRT Off animation fixed, no more flicker!

• 7 FAOSP Status bar toggles

• Ficeto's AllianceMOD Settings App and AllianceOTA App included

• Skip songs with volume key (optional: switch on/off in mod settings app)

• Fix for home button lag (optional: switch on/off in mod settings app)

•Added Flashlight on home button when locked [COLORS="red"] (optional: switch on/off in mod settings app)[/COLOR]

• Camera Snap with volume button / removed snap sound / low battery hack / Increased Quality

• Added toggle settings to hide clock/AM/PM (change in the AllianceMOD Settings app)

• Added enable AOSP Lockscreen Toggle located in AllianceMOD Settings app

• Added LG Optimus style lockscreen Toggle located in AllianceMOD Settinga app

• Added support to change status bar clock colour (choose in AllianceMOD Settings)

• Added support to change statusbar date colour (choose in AllianceMOD Settings)

• Added support to change status bar carrier colour (choose in AllianceMOD Settings)

• Added 4 boot options under the restart button ( powermenu )

• TouchwizUX and widgets from SGS3 and Nova Launcher

• SGS3 Shutdown animation and bootsound

• Mms.apk Convert sms to mms after 100 messages and raised max recipients to 100

• Call recording built in

• Incall noise reduction disabled + non increasing ringtone

• Custom bootanimation

• modified taskmanager SenseStyle(Home button)

• Transparent Phone/Contacts/MMS

• New pop-ups

• EFS BackUp to SD Card

• sms logs not removed but menu button modified so you can choose whatever you

• Other stuff I forgot
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
Some screens attached, for more go HERE
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
Before Flashing always do a checksum of the ROM:

SHA1: 6025f787fa4ed84ed94e2ed25ed7f21cfaa46f98

MD5: 11b805b2430fe8e93acc6e11e650f26c

Do a checksum of the ROM via a HASH Checker.

windows / linux

No Brain Guide:

This flash is a no brain flash. So stop thinking !!

Coming from ICS v1:

Download AllianceOTA from the market, check or uncheck wipe in the rom settings, put zip on internal SD and flash with AllianceOTA.

Coming from any other samsung custom rom:

Download AllianceOTA from the market, check wipe in the rom settings, put zip on internal SD and flash with AllianceOTA.

Coming from a stock or cm rom:

Flash this ROM HERE

and come back here and follow the above : no brain guide
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
F.A.Q

How do I change theme?

Once you have installed you can use the OTA app for visual and mod updates. Red and green versions of the theme are up now

My torch doesnt work?

Check you have alliance-tweak folder on sd with the folders written in the changelog

My text stays blue when i install a theme?

You need to install a text cleaner from OTA updates first

My MMS only allows 10 recipients

Clear data of mms app

10 recipientsSent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] srivas95:
Not able to install

Im coming from Omega V15, And when i try to install from the OTA app, It just reboots into Recovery Mode and then Does nothing, Am not able to Install Via recovery also... ANy help?:confused:

---------- Post added at 07:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:22 AM ----------

And by the way, Can i use this rom with speedmod Kernel?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] john9:
Thanks for your contribution .
[Galaxy S II Android Development] arkerio:
Awesome Features :)

Thanx

Downloading :)

Brother we still can't access http://www.alliance-rom.com

via some ISP kindly solve it :(

also i will ask my ISP :)

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If you are not able to use OTA app

install it noramaly like any CWM Zip

and yes you can use speedmod :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
Yes you can use any kernel but I dont guarantee that all ota features will work :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] srivas95:
Dude, I love this rom and everything, But You have to change the SMS app.. Its the only part of the rom i dont like.. Everything else is amazing:D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
What do you mean change it? What is wrong? :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] arkerio:
Hi

Very nice rom :)

as this is full rom, it should contain Gmail and Gmap (at lest gmail if not gmap :D)

but itz not a big deal

rom is super cool :)

only problem m having is with my isp

cant use OTA or Alliance-rom.com as with my new isp m not able to visit that :(
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
It does include gmail and maps. I think you maybe did a factory reset or something in recovery before flashing so data wasnt mounted. Uncheck wipe in allianceOTA amd reflash from OTA

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] arkerio:
Ohh thanx for Correcting me

thing is i was on CM based ROm and

i just wiped everything formt system and

flashed zip :D

but i was stuck on boot logo

so i flashed Robbies RE and flashed this

after wiping again everything :) (not system this time)

m i missing anything else

as i dnt want to flash again :D

but if m missing many other cool things then

i wouldn't mind flashing again :)

Enjoying the ROm

is there any way to port MIUI messaging app :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Goldie:
You probably missing youtube superuser allianceOTA as well?

Sent from my GT-I9100