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[Galaxy S III General] DC@KIll:
I am a noob here at xda and wanted the expert opinions of people, as there are conflicting statements being thrown out around here.

My first assumption:

WCDMA is a GSM based technology (i.e. an upgrade to GSM)

whereas, CDMA is sim-less technology (Verizon style 2G/3G)

is this correct?

To the main question i have: I have just moved to Korea for a 10 month employment project, and I would like to get a phone on a contract (1 contract allowed per person with an Alien Registration Card) and I would like that phone to be the Galaxy S3 with LTE. I would get a 1 year plan.

The issue is would I be able to use this phone with any regular 2G/3G sim card (the size is not the concern here, micro-sim etc) when I move back to Europe (Turkey, UK wherever)?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
first off, wcdma and gsm are totally different, this goes with LTE, if you get the S3 in korea, the GSM and wcdma(3G) will work unless the phone is sim locked, but this can be unlocked very easily, but LTE will not, I think korean uses lte850 whiles europe uses lte800, lte900, lte2.3 and lte2.6.

correct me if i'm wrong.
[Galaxy S III General] DC@KIll:
Thanks!

I should have clarified, I am not really bothered with LTE compatibility, because I expect LTE in Turkey is a long way off :) , all I need is 2G/3G usage from my Korean Galaxy version phone. Which should work is what I understand from your response.
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
You may need to take consideration that the korea version may only have korean language.

check the list that I have posted in post 31.
[Galaxy S III General] cezeff:
is everyone ignoring that the dual core MSM8960 is a more powerful chipset then the quad core...and 2gbs of RAM really does help out...i played with the phone in store today and it was on some redonkulious speeds...better off having that extra 1gb then not having it..who couldve thought a year or so ago we were getting games on the regular that require 500mbs of storage and the beefed up hardware to run it....
[Galaxy S III General] orangekid:
well all american variants are krait with 2GB ram, which is the perfect combo IMO
[Galaxy S III General] marcos600rr:
With the korean radio our quadcore beast should be able to work with tmous 4g band????? Any ideas????
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Dude, there's not even an official announcement of the Korean 2gb exynos. It's stilla rumor.
[Galaxy S III General] Hemlocke:
ALMOST perfect. That Adreno 220(225) is just bad. The Adreno 320 in the Pro would be ideal.
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
The Adreno 220 != Adreno 225 The latter is significantly faster. Also it seems you have a very bad experience with it. May I know which games lag badly when you play on a device with the Adreno 225?
[Galaxy S III General] orangekid:
I have no idea what you're talking about. The krait sgs3 with 2gb RAM and adreno 225 is just as good real life as the exynos. The exynos uses more battery and the dalvik vm handles more ram better than 4 cores anyways.

They bench almost the same.

I don't this obsession with more cores on everything.
[Galaxy S III General] Hemlocke:
It's not about more cores, it's about the old GPU architecture. The Adreno 225 is an over clocked 220 on a smallest process with a Direct 3D enhancement. The Rogue series MAY poke its head out in 2012, but the Pro Adreno 320 is incoming, as is the Mali T604, plus the SGX544MP and upgraded Mali 400 are lurking about.
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
Doesn't matter that it's based on previous architecture. The memory bandwidth it's doubled and drivers are updated. It's 3x faster than the 220 in GL Egypt benchmarks. Have you actually gamed on a Qualcomm s4 device? Just because there ate other more capable gpu coming in the future doesn't mean its bad.
[Galaxy S III General] Hemlocke:
Your numbers are higher than what I have seen (1.5-2 times faster), and I'm not saying it is awful, just a strange bedfellow for a flagship device.
[Galaxy S III General] Trev186:
Would the korean version work on sprint. ?
[Galaxy S III General] starscalling:
~_~;

Methink's you've not had much in-hand time with both chipsets? Now admittedly i've not had both a att s3 and an intl s3, but i had a 32GB iphone 4s that i traded for a att HOX that i traded for the intl S3. I play zygna poker on my handsets, and on the hox it would get that phone so damn hot, the s3 is like butter, and doesnt get hot at all.

Anyway, back to the meat and potatoes. for iphone its nice compared to a droid2. but the hox / s4snapdragon make the iphone seem slow - you can see the jerkyness and lag spikes it gets. they are there, its a fact of life. even with almost nothing installed its STILL THERE. very annoying. One X took that almost away - the response times were BUTTER - screen transitions are a snap of the finger. But there's still occational lag spikes. I push dialer and get a small lag before it launches. I install my fav 50 apps and I get a delay at times when launching menu. Not on the Intl s3. No Lag. Never. It was so good i put it in power saving mode. Still NO lag. its rooted, but ive left the samsung touchwiz on. and i'm telling you its faster than the HOX on a aokp ics was.

TL;DR version: samsung quad core feels MUCH smoother in hand. HOX suffers from lag spikes - its quite nice and snappy, just not as good an experience as the Sammy Quad. PEROID. (wish i had the 64GB version :X )
[Galaxy S III General] RMXO:
If you want to know if the Korean will work on a specific carrier, you could google South Korean radio frequencies to get the answer.

If South Korean models were able to work worldwide, you would of seen more of them for sale in the MP by now.
[Galaxy S III General] configurer:
I have been a "stalker" of this thread for a few hours now and I could say that I haven't received a clear answer to the initial question.So let me ask the same question but in terms of my country's mobile providers network techonlogy.Okay I live in Greece and basically we use SIM and MicroSIM cards.Here we use GSM techonolgy only and we do not have 4G LTE at all.We have only 3G networks and HSDPA,HSUPA networks (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 , HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100).I think that is all the knowledge about my country's mobile providers network.Will these Samsung Galaxy SIII work in my country or not?If they do will be locked or not?In case they are locked is there a way to unlock.

If it is working in my country according to the network technology and the fact that we use SIM/MicroSIM cards and the possibility that the smartphone is unlockable,where can I buy one of these?I mean is there any good/reliable Internet Korean retailers which they do offer international shipping?And in case the phone is indeed locked is there a website which can do the unlock of the smartphone?
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
All you need to know is in this thread, it's long but you need to more about the different versions available and how to obtain one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1710084
[Galaxy S III General] MattBooth:
If I could buy a 2GB model from Samsung to work in the UK I'd be all over it. Nevermind developer support. Just give me a rooted kernel and I'd be happy as a pig in ****!
[Galaxy S III General] american.swan:
I have lived in Korea for ~10 years. I just bought my first android phone. I did some research about the number of cores in phones and found out more cores are NOT always what they seem.

I bought the (2GB ram) LG Optimus LTE2 in early June. I'm very pleased with the phone.

I don't understand the love affair with the GS3.
[Galaxy S III General] PR_Grim:
check your APN settings. comparer then to the attached list of APN. You can add them to your apn list and try tthen to see wish one suites you best. I'm using ATT LTE pta apn. I live in Puerto Rico using stock blg8 rom on At&T.
[Galaxy S III General] deserthi:
I think that a quad core model with 2 gigs of ram will come to the US by the end of the year of first of next year. In the meantime, I am looking at the new Galaxy Note 2 coming next month....reported to have quad core with 2 gigs of ram and LTE. If it does that will be my phone!
[Galaxy S III General] zkieal51:
you can get the galaxy s3 without contract in korea..if you wanna use the phone out of korea you can buy only SK and KT!! Not LG

and now korea's phone is no country lock anymore!! since 2012.05,,,

but the phone is too expensive around $880++ for no contract

**galaxy s3 in korea>>> using micro-sim**
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
I think the note 2 will only contain 1gb of ram, samsung is not that stupid, the SGS3 is their flagship phone, they won't bring the note 2 with 2GB ram, it will kill their sales.

Thats why the 2gb version of the SGS3 is only available in korea only.
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
What the hell does it matter if they sell a Note or a S3, they're both Samsung phones so for them it doesn't matter if the consumer goes one way or the other. The international S3 doesn't have 2GB simply due to manufacturing, supply and pricing, which simply got/will get better and any future product is guaranteed 2GB.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
I found the 210L on a US site. I kinda wish they had the version that is compatible with ATT.

http://welectronics.com/gsm/Samsung/SAMSUNG-E210L-GALAXY-S-III-4GLTE.HTML
[Galaxy S III General] kevindd992002:
I live in the Philippines but am at Korea right now for a vacation. I use a quad-core non-LTE 1GB S3 right now. Do you recommend me buying the Korean version (2GB LTE version) of of S3 here? What is the con of buying this?
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
It depends on what you want, I would go for the international S3 lte, released sometime this week in some countries.
[Galaxy S III General] kevindd992002:
Hmmm, haven't heard of that yet. What is its difference with the Korean version? Can you link me to the release of the international S3 lte? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
korean version is full of bloatware and lte has problem out of korea, lte on the korean version is single band, unless it's locked.

no bloatware.

for international version lte is triple band 800/1800/2600.

the only think is it's only 16GB memory.

there is no link for the international version, some countries are starting to take pre-orders including hong kong, your country will probably have them soon, or you can try www.expansys.com
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Pretty big difference in my eyes.. It has a DMB antenna which slides out and looks ugly as hell when it is out. And its a little bit thicker I dont know about you but I would hate a useless antenna hidden in my phone and me knowing its there and can be pulled out lol and that is the reason its alittle heavier and thicker. Please do some research before wanting things :P... the normal GS3 and the New I9305 are same size. The I9305 is the quad/lte/2gb ram is the new KING version on the GS3 just wait for the 32 or 64gb version
[Galaxy S III General] kevindd992002:
Thanks! Now the problem is where do I source this phone. Can't seem to find one at expansys.

Although the i9305 is unrootable as of the moment, right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonblur:
I have a rooted pandigital star. Is there anyway to remove the apps that came preinstalled, like Getjar ect.?? i dislike them being there and taking up space :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alphaneus:
search before asking.

titanium backup let's you

Sent from my 8-Core LG Galaxy S7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonblur:
thanks

wow ok...i have been on this forum for quite sometime and i know to search before asking, thank you tho for the speedy response. i have already tried titanium and it does not function correctly on my pandigital star tablet but works great on my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alphaneus:
Try root uninstaller?

Sent from my 8-Core LG Galaxy S7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slayinu:
Is there anything for the p-star?
[HTC One X] b-george:
My buttons backlights are allways on and my screen in always brighter. I tested the light sensor with my g-friends htc one x, and my lux value was lower i got 160-225 in a bright room while she get 320 and her htc one x is very light sensitive to.

And i get very yellowish picture to using flash in dark areas, could it be the sensor to?

Can i calibrate the sensor, or another faulty hardware from HTC? :mad:
[HTC One X] b-george:
No one with same problem or solution?
[General Questions and Answers] colin1182:
I Have rooted my phone, and have the clockworkmod. I havent paid for the full version, but have verified that my binaries are up to date.

I am trying to create a nandroid backup, but when I go to the clockworkmod, then backups, then create backup, my phone reboots, then I get a triangle with an exclamation point that is rotated slightly counter clockwise, and a green android man standing to the right of it. at that point, nothing happens.

There are no menus, no options, nothing. I then have to restart my phone as usual.

I have scoured to internet and the forums but have not seen this issue or any related problem. How can I create a useful backup that I can restore from.?

I have mybackup Pro, and have created data backups, but when it comes to backing up my apps including APKs, the backup begins, then all the sudden my phone restarts and when I check the manage and restore areas, there are no backups for my apps.

Before I rooted my phone this program worked fine. Now all the sudden I cannot backup my apps.

I have also restored quite a bit from my previous backups, but the personalized settings for each app were not saved nor recovered.

At this point I have been unable to create any sort of useful backup, which means I do not want to risk downloading a new ROM such as ICS.

Im not sure how to procede, but my main question is why wont clockworkmod work to create a backup? it seems to easy to create a nandroid backup when browsing the forums, but for whatever reason my phone either freezes or reboots on its own when attempting to do so.

All other functions on my phone work correctly.

By the way, I have a samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch if that helps at all.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I really want to try some other ROMs, especially the newer versions of ICS since I am doubtful that anytime in the near future I will get an upgrade for it. especially with the s3 coming out with ICS already on it, I suspect it will be months before ICS becomes available for the S2, if it ever becomes available at all. I think manufacturuers and Sprint, Verizon and the like just want people to spend the extra money upgrading to the S3 and they will forget about the S2 alltogether.

Please advise how I can create a nandroid backup.

I have also downloaded titanium backup, but dont have the funds for the pro version, and on top of that, I have read that its a lot easier to brick your phone using that program since it is so much more powerful. Id rather stick to clockworkmod, but cannot create any sort of backup using it.

Any ideas? any suggestions? you guys seem very useful and intelligent when it comes to this stuff, and I literally just rooted my phone last weekend not more than 3 days ago and have had nothing but problems since. The root worked fine, my phone works fine including all functions, but I cant create a backup for the life of me.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[General Questions and Answers] steven8590:
Maybe you can try to flash a different kernel with different clockwork recovery or install a different clockwork recovery. Myself I always used Titanium backup and never had any problems (just took backup user applications not system applications), but I had an international galaxy s2. There is also rom toolbox which takes backups of your applications.
[General Questions and Answers] burdman:
Try in the forum for your phone specifically in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1587607
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
I noticed the phone gets hot when it's in the windshield mount car dock, are there any negative effects from prolonged use in the sun heat? I know nav units are tested for that kind of use in the sun but I'm not too sure about our phones. I'd appreciate any feedback, don't wanna screw up my phone ;)

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] KitF:
I know iPhones shut off when they get too hot, not sure about Android. It can damage the battery, I think, as well. Not sure what sort of advice to give, though.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
Thanks for the input. Anybody else with experience using a windshield mounted dock? Maybe I should make some sort of plastic thing that clips to the dock and provides shade to the phone, something similar to this: http://www.glarestomper.com/324.html but not exactly because this one does not keep the sun from hitting the back of the unit, it's just so you can see the screen.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tinyboss:
I would definitely worry about it. Hell, I bet most phones will overheat just fine in the shade, if you run them plugged into the charger for hours with GPS on and the screen at full brightness. Adding direct sunlight to the equation is just begging for trouble IMO.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
I will try and come up with some sort of shade/shield for my ibolt dock, first i need to find the right material that's easy to shape. Thanks for the input.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I remember the good ol' cassette days. Leave one on the dash and they'd melt lmao!!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] c5satellite2:
Excessive heat is very bad for Li-Ion batteries.

Sent from my ATT One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
I decided to use a cupholder mount.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] stnguyen09:
Get a vent clip mount and then you'll have air circulating around the phone at all times! Nevermind that those kinds of mounts can be pretty shoddy and break your vents.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I went with the right hand mount. They're free and fully adjustable anywhere within arms reach:D

Sent from my CmodX
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] imstill@g:
I went this route, still clear shot for gps and out of the sun... mostly, and I can aim vents towards the back of the phone if ever necessary.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
That looks like the cd slot, kinda nice but not completely out of the sun, that wouldn't fork for me cause i like the a/c pointed at my face :p

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Yes but you have two center vents. One for your phone and one for your face. :D

Those cd phone holders look super jenky... It looks like it would break your cd player.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
I already bought an extended suction mount which is like 11" long and i will attach it to the bottom of the cup holder, it's for the garmin mounts which i think the little ball joint is hopefully the same size as my ibolt dock ball joint.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] imstill@g:
Actually, they are well made, solid and pretty nice material. As far as CD player, all appears fine, but on the same token, this is actually the non used factory unit. My blue tooth deck is installed below. A suction cup system on the other hand, bad placement, for me at least
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Cup holder mount (depending on where exactly those are located on your car) seems less than ideal if you are using the phone for Navigation.

I use the Mountek CD slot mount same as the photo posted above (except mine is stock, imstill@g modded his to combine it with the EVO 4G LTE dock). On my car, the position is similar to the above pic, up high on the dashboard, for good viewing if using for Navigation.

If your AC is on, and the vents are anywhere close to the phone (even if not pointed directly at the phone) I wouldn't worry much about overheating the phone, even if in direct sunlight. Pretty sure the phone will shutoff if it starts to overheat. Given, its a heck of a lot sunnier and warmer in Florida than Boston, but I haven't had any issues with direct sunlight up here. Leaving something on the dash with the windows closed, and the car off is one thing. But if you're driving the car, and the AC is on, or even the windows open, I wouldn't worry that much about the temperature.

---------- Post added at 11:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 AM ----------

+1 to this. The Mountek mount is very well made, and works great. Most every cupholder, air vent, suction cup mount is crap in comparison. You can see from the numerous positive reviews on Amazon, many of which compared it to other mounts, and found the Mountek superior. If you don't use your CD player, its a great solution. It doesn't harm the CD player at all, aside from possibly deforming the fabric or brush "dust guard" in the slot.

http://www.amazon.com/Mountek-Universal-Smartphone-Blackberry-Motorola/dp/B004G1L52Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339601834&sr=8-2
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] veliksam:
I won't be using it for navigation because my hu already does have navigation. My biggest objective is to keep my device charged up and have the car mode auto switch on the Bluetooth, as well as keep my hands free and away from my device. Anyways, i will post pics of the end result once i receive my stuff in the mail. :thumbup:

Update here is my solution and final result: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27410305

Sent from my HTC One X
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Top_Banana:
Hi all. First post so be kind! I have spent hours searching but cannot find a solution which works, or anything which comes close.

I managed to get my hands on a used S5830. The phone boots and everything seems as it should be other than it registers no sim, no signal (or rather a no entry sign where the bars should be). The IEMI, baseband version, network & mobile network type all show as "unknown".

My first thought was to check the efs folder, but there isn't one. So I then tried to flashing various different firmwares, no luck there either. I also tried flashing different modems, again, no joy.

The phone also turns itself off or reboots about every 10 minutes or so. Even if the phone is turned off it will turn itself back on. I have to take the battery out to stop it draining.

The phone was already like this when I got it, I don't know what the previous owner did to it.

Current setup is...

GT-S5830

Baseband: unknown

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-perf-CL591990root@DELL126#1

Build: GINERBREAD.XWKS3

Any help appreciated. Cheers.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FinnAndJake:
Half bricked. How is your emei?

the Mafia aka KASE ARe For TroLLing :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FinnAndJake:
Its half bricked coz no imei. Sorry didnt see ur post.

the Mafia aka KASE ARe For TroLLing :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Top_Banana:
Dang. What actually causes the problem do you know?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FinnAndJake:
Hmmm...what did u actually do? Try reflashing again via odin. If not,send it to service center and say u updating via kies

the Mafia aka KASE ARe For TroLLing :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Top_Banana:
I bought the phone cheap, not sure what the previous owner did to it. Probably tried to root it. Have tried various firmwares via odin, single packages and multiple. The phone/modem just doesn't seem to flash.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FinnAndJake:
Pity,it must be halfbricked before u bought it. Get ur cash back

the Mafia aka KASE ARe For TroLLing :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PsyGik:
Maybe it was packaged with Froyo? Try that :confused: (if this was there in your various firmwares ignore this :D)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] KcLKcL:
No. The old owner was trying to unlock the phone but failed, lost his IMEI, and no way to get it back..