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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jcaicedo82:
I ve had every android phone that sprint had to offered. The og evo being the 1st superphone out we all learned how great android was and what android could do against apple. Since then several phones came in place to take the crown. The galaxy s line with is nice display and form couldn't touch any touch any of the htc flag ship devices they were just better build and quality. And the evo 4g was leading on the developmet side. Until samsung paired with google to bring the nexus s out. Then sammy took the lead launching the gs2 and now the gs3. U dont have to be an htc or and samsung fanboy to really appreciate android on at its best form and that is a combination of hardware and sofware what makes the gs3 the best one at the moment. So please dont fight over a name brand we r all android people . Right ? If ur happy with ur device then be it but recognized that the sgs3 is the best phone right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] liquid.emotion:
Coming from Htc sensation and nexus one

its was good and all i just wanted something more updated. The good things about htc phone in my opinion is that it is harder to brick than samsung.

I been flashing roms with my nexus one and sensation daily and had little issues with it.

S3 took me around 24 days. yes i bricked it. hahaha

back to my sensation for now until i can find a fix. actually i already found a solution for my S3. just wait for the product to arrive so i can repair my imei.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] David Dee:
Agreed. With my Desire z it was just flash away. No concerns about which carrier or version (everything was just compatible) and no Odin (everything was done through recovery). Samsung just seems so much more complicated and fragile. It is still an awesome phone, just challenging for those who like to flash.

On your imei, be sure to report your data on the tracking spreadsheet in the general thread. Those guys are working tirelessly to find a solution to this problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawlgsx:
Completely the opposite for me. I can't stand HTC's screens, and is the primary reason I won't go back until they change technologies. I find their screens dim, dull and useless in the sun. I know Samsung's screen is over saturated but the colors are alive and beautiful and bright, and I can use my phone in sunlight, neat.

The SIII is just a holdover for me until the Note 2 comes out, but its really nice aside from the small screen ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gunnyman:
The one x has an amazing screen. It's the only thing that I miss about that phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gjvah:
I was a huge HTC fan from the day they used to make those big Windows Mobile pocket PCs. However, I've had bad luck with them lately. It started with my Sensation. I had touchscreen issues, the screen wouldn't make proper contact with the casing and the touchscreen would become unresponsive. Then I discovered a bunch of dust under the screen (this is on a phone that's always been in a case and babied).

Onto the One X. I loved it for a short time, tried to pretend issues didn't exist. Tried workarounds for the missing multitasking. Tried to fix the wifi, the dropping signal, the Sense lag. Finally gave up when I realized HTC has dropped the ball on their build quality, both in terms of software and hardware.....big time. The One X is the only phone I've ever returned.

I am now a happy camper on my "cheap plasticky POS Samsung"... Everything on this phone is better than the One X. Absolutely everything. If you think otherwise, you're in denial. No more HTC for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lanarchy:
Coming from HTC Evo Shift
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] micaman:
I have strictly stuck with HTC phones through the last 8 years:

1-Magician

2-Prophet

3-Touch

4-Diamond

5-HD2

6-Evo3D

and I have to say the HD2 was the best experience of them all.

The Evo3d was giving me issues with the radio dropping calls and not re-connecting to the network when I passed through deadzones so I decided to give Samsung a shot. Boy I'm glad I did!!!! What an eye opener.

I do have to say I immediately missed the familiar HTC Sense interface and the flip clock but I got over it in less than 24 hours ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
ewwe..the sceen is dull and ugly!!

every single one of my htc phones had dirt behind the screen...

damn taiwanese can't even properly seal the phones...im done with htc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aseercte:
Never bought a Samsung smartphone till now always stood with HTC devices here's all my devices g1,hero,evo4g,evo3d,even tried the palm pre but now I must say I will stick with Samsung phones for a while, loving my gs3 and it's still stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] coogrrr94:
Coming from original Evo, great phone but after 2 years I just wanted to try a different brand...hello Samsung Galaxy S3. So far so good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drbveb88:
Really... With Odin I have never bricked my Sammy! DROID charge or the S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boogieroc:
Coming from HTC sensation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackdragon12:
Jumped ship from an HTC Desire... good riddens!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rambo8987:
Truth is the one x was a graet phone just lacking true multi tasking, external sd card slot, and the screen banding when pressed down would leave a pixel rainbow effect. It had software issues that could be fixed with updates but it still was a beauty. The main reason the gs3 is my new baby was due lack of space and multi tasking. This gs3 though? This thang is sexy!!!!!! Esp in all white. My only gripe is that Samsung could if made the can a bit better, not just the same as the s2 with a few extra features.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fabzbear:
Coming from the HTC evo 4g. Had it for three years.

Was great when it came out and was a solid phone.

Had it replaced a couple of times but for on my part with flashing and bricking the phone....2 in all. The second one is fairly new, think I should sell it.

Anyways it served me well, very well and competed (with modification) with allot of new phones that came after it.

I will miss it, but I think it'll be proud of me for picking it's replacement.

The Samsung Galaxy S3. What a beautiful phone, when I first got it holding it felt weird. It was so slim I felt like I was gonna break it having being so used to the weight of the evo.

The phone is so good out of the box with stock I've held off rooting because I really haven't had any REAL BIG reason's to flash..... along with the fear of losing the imei/mei.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
Recently came from the E3D and loved it but i played with the ELTE and was harsly impressed. Think I might keep Sammy on the horizon in the future.

Sent from the Apple despised Galaxy in Long Term Evolution!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 1sagain:
I came from the sgs2x from the htc hero. Used it for a month and now i have this beast!

Sgs3 all the way!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jethro650:
For all the HTC users that used 4EXT recovery I pm'd madmaxx the other day and he IS planning on supporting the S3 soon as his prior commitments are met. Good news for all of us who loved his recovery and app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] timpilcher:
Desire HD fiasco was last straw

Got my SG III yesterday. Had an Inspire 4g for my last phone.

Between AT&T not liking to update Android OS, and now HTC jerking users around, I went to a new carrier and a new phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NickStew:
Coming from HTC Thunderbolt. :) I was a themed and developer for it too. Just on a couple smaller sites though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Scottyedmonds:
My sensation was the best phone I ever had, I'm trying this gs3 out in hope to like it as much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] reddhanky:
Coming from HTC Evo4G. Have owned almost exclusively HTC products in the past since the Apache. But the HTC EVO 4G gave me so many problems I decided it was time to jump ship.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PDXunicorn:
Came from evo lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Damn skippy Epic Touch is a great phone-almost as good as GS3.

Mine is crippled because my son threw it in a toilet, now I have it mounted with screws on the wall by his bed, everything still works but power button only works to turn on the phone and stops working after the phone is on.I hooked it up to a light switch, if I want to unlock the screen I just hit the light switch.Makes a nice real expensive toy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
Can't wait!

This is my first Samsung phone after owning the HTC Hero and EVO 3D. I heavily considered getting the EVO LTE but thought I'd try something new and I don't regret it one bit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 18th.abn:
I had og evo, evo 3d, evo lte, One X, and One S and I am BEYOND happy with my sii switch! Even upgrading my wifes RAZR with another one!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SensationalAdrian:
I came from the sensation 4g on Tmobile. It was the best htc I had but I'm loving the Galaxy S III. The only thing I regret was switching to sprint bcuz the data is beyond horrible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shook187:
I made the switch from the EVO LTE and I couldn't be happier. I never thought I saw the day where touchwiz is smoother than Sense.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edufur:
I stuck with HTC for far too long. I can't believe that people are still buying them after being lied to repeatedly. The fact that they still can't get a real unlock out of them is just ridiculous. I was tired of dealing with blown earpieces... spanning multiple models.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikesDroid:
I've had HTC phones since 2007. Started with the Hermes (8525), then went to the Kaiser (Tilt), then Rhodium (Tilt 2), then the HTC Evo (Supersonic) but recently decided to switch over to the S3. Every on of my HTC phones ended up with blown speakers after regular use. The first couple of phones I replaced but the replacements would blow too. I was a sense fan and always ran Sense roms (even on the Windows Mobile phones) but I have to say, so far I don't regret my decision at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] munsterrr:
CHAD GOODMAN!!!!!!! lol. I keed i keed. Anyone coming from the EVO3D knows what im talking about.

I stopped by the old section the other day and was blown away by the amount of bull **** that was going on in there. It was the ultimate reason I came to Sammy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
The EVO 3D forums have some pretty solid guys but there is a high ratio of douchebags.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I was lurking over there yesterday and saw that they pissed off agrabren so no more CM9 from him for CDMA. That specific device forum has run off quite a few developers since I had my 3d, oh well s3 here and all is well.

Used to have some pretty solid guys, the dbags just got out of hand too fast and the cleanup happened way too late.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] laura.lucille:
Advice

I currently have an EVO 4G, with the SOSN ROM on it. I love the ROM, & it really did improve the speed & battery life... But the phone sucks anyway. I get to upgrade September 1st, so I'm going with the S3, although S2 isn't completely out of the running simply because it's so much cheaper. But considering Sprint got rid of the yearly upgrade program, I'll have to wait 2 years to upgrade again, so I'm thinking I'd better just go with the newest simply because it'll have the newest technology, as well as support & accessories for the next 2 years.

Already planning on flashing a ROM as soon as I get the new phone-either TeamSonic FreeSG3 or Team VeNuM Odexed Blue... Any advice on these or other ROMs would be MUCH appreciated. I'm on my phone a ton, so I need great battery life, speed (I'm pretty impatient at times... lol), & lots of options, but not so many that a beginner/intermediate user would get confused.

Thanks to everyone who's already posted on switching from HTC to the S3-you're definitely helping me make my decision!:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AdRock02gt:
I finally used my upgrade discount and the Sprint buyback to get rid of the Evo 3d. I actually like HTC Sense more than Touchwiz, but so far the S3 is a much better phone. AND the biggest thing I noticed was that the signal is soooo much stronger on the S3. With the 3d I could stand right next to my wife at a place and have no signal while she had full strength signal on her Iphone 4s, both on Sprint. Now I get the reception she does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] laura.lucille:
Thanks!! I'm having terrible reception with this thing, too! I mean, I live in a kind of small town, but the tower isn't more than ten miles from my house (or so I've been told), & I only get maybe 2 bars at home. Even in more populated areas, I have crappy coverage! And forget about 4G!! Can't wait for a new phone & hopefully fewer dropped calls!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IncrediblyCheap:
Came from an Evo 4G, haven't looked back. The browser on that thing was terrible
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] laura.lucille:
Agreed!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] danman132x:
I'm getting the galaxy S3 on September 1st! It's been hard deciding, but I made my decision to get the S3. So far I've had the HTC Hero, and I'm on the OG Evo right now. Pretty excited to be getting the S3 though, I've been doing tons of research on it so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ButtaKnife:
I went from an EVO 4G to the EVO 3D last year and finally switched to the S3 this week. This phone is absolutely stunning. I don't miss Sense at all, the reception is great, and the whole phone is just a pleasure to use. I was trying to hold out for the next Nexus, but considering that it might not even show up until next year and the camera on the EVO 3D is terribad, I grew impatient. :) I've been using HTC phones exclusively since the Touch Pro, but this phone makes me a Samsung fan.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jejb:
I'm in the same boat as far as the 9/1 qualify to upgrade date, currently owning a (flawless) OG Evo and doing tons of research. I just have not decided which way to go yet. They both have pluses and minuses. I need to go into the Sprint store and play with them some more, I think.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Johnnybee:
Does anyone know how to get into diagnostic mode to change the "slot cycle index" from the default 2 to a lesser value?

Ive tried ##778 but that doesnt work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChrisM0678:
2 is the lowest you should go, 0 and 1 are reserved for emergency responders and you shouldn't use them. On that note ill withhold where it's located since you're already on 2.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mudvaynemk:
So, i have a 16gb sd card in my phone. I've always had one in every phone I buy. The purpose is to have more space for music and movies. With this phone, unlike every previous phone I've had, the 6gb on my sd card is also showing as taking up space in my usb storage (internal). So, basically, having an sd card is pointless since it's using up space on both my sd card and internal storage. This is really pissing me off because I'm now out of internal space because of it. This has got to be a bug, right? If not, this is an insane way of using storage on a phone. Does anyone know how to fix this? By the way, I'm rooted and on FF18. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ludrose:
Im not sure i understand the question very well but i'll try.

im guessing that you are wondering about the default placement of files on our phone and because the storage is built into the phone samsung made the internal storage the default location for most if not all apps, unless they give you the option to do otherwise. Unlike most Androids previous to those made around the release of the GSII
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mudvaynemk:
No,I understand the default thing. What I'm saying is, is when I look at my storage in settings and it shows each item that's taking up space in internal storage, it lists "external_sd" as an item. So it's taking up space that's actually used on my sd CARD on my internal storage. So, I'm losing 6 gb when I shouldn't be at all, because that's on my card, not my internal usb storage. Hope that clears it up for some.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mudvaynemk:
Here is a screenshot off what I'm speaking of...View attachment 1143994
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extreme sense:
Its just showing that cause it needs to mount to the system. In reality it would only take up a few kb from the phone memory itself just to mount. Otherwise you won't be able to use it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mudvaynemk:
Hmm..well that can't be the case because it was telling me I'm out of memory when I tried to install an app today. So my internal storage is counting my 6 gigs as part of internal storage when in reality it's just on the card
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acejoker25000:
Pretty sure that's an ics bug. Go unmount you sdcard in settings then install the app it should go through fine then
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dkirchik:
I just received my replacement phone from ATT warranty. Its on software version 1.73.502.1 71ORD

Its SN starts with HT25
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] seh6183:
Weird. Thats the newest hardware with the oldest firmware. Either way it doesn't matter as there is a root for everything right now. Good thing you got the latest hardware though.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lowfatcreamcheese:
I'd like to go ahead and confirm my experience here too.

The first four characters of my serial number are "HT24". It's not as recent as the OP's, but I'd like to think it's relatively new.

At any rate, I received a warranty replacement with 1.73.

Moreover, it came with SuperCID 111111 and the "re-locked" identifier. This doesn't particularly perturb me as it saved me a few seconds when unlocking. Yeah, I ended up with someone's leftovers with some newer parts.

Battery life on the replacement is around 5.5 hours of screentime with 30% brightness and LTE enabled. I think refurb is preferable since it's cosmetically pristine and every part has been tested more stringently than a factory original.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
It's odd that they aren't being re locked and cid reset. Is refurbishment done by AT&T or the manufacturer typically?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lowfatcreamcheese:
Typically, refurbishments are done by the manufacturer. AT&T just serves as an intermediate in the process that makes sure you have a phone as quick as possible. Once they receive our broken phones, they have the pleasure of doing what we did not want to do - deal with HTC.

If you had to deal with the manufacturer directly, you would be looking at two to three weeks for a replacement device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
good to know. I wonder why they aren't relocking the devices then.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
What makes the newer hardware better? I just picked up another replacement and it is the newer hardware.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rohan32:
I have HT23... guess I'm an oldie then :/ haha

I got it on launch day so I guess thats the reason
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I have launch day supply as mine was traded in 2 weeks after launch and it's an HT 24
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Man.Droid:
HTC refurbs them and AT&T is the distributor for warranty exchanges. You're lucky though... AT&T usually doesn't take devices that were tampered with.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
I've never had a problem with them not taking it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
My warranty replacement also had 1.73 and HT24.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
Just got my warranty repair from HTC and the serial number starts MB. Bootloader is locked. It was relocked when I sent it in. Doubt it's the same phone. I'll check the imei when i get home.

---------- Post added at 01:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:49 PM ----------

Just got my warranty repair from HTC and the serial number starts MB. Bootloader is locked. It was relocked when I sent it in. Doubt it's the same phone. I'll check the imei when i get home.

edit: came with 1.73...while both of my One X sit at bootloader comparing the screen the MB (grey replacement) is noticeably darker than the HT23 (white)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Man.Droid:
Damn. I know our warranty exchange boots into boot loader and looks top to bottom for root access and such. If they find anything they'll deny exchange. Good for you though haha. Lucky.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
HTC or AT&T?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
Att I'm assuming. Got my phone back from HTC and they didn't say anything. ATT stores will vary.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
I'm wondering if they will check my old phone when I send it back and then charge me for it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crizthakidd:
I have an ht 25 that came with 1.73 hm that's odd lol bought it first day
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
HTC seems to be very understanding. Unless it's bricked or something directly related to unlocking the bootloader I doubt they care. And legally they can't. It's like taking your car in for warranty repair on the engine and they void the warranty because you installed better brake pads.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
I don't think I've heard of HTC turning away any devices that were bootloader unlocked. They're supportive of the power user.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rohan32:
Except of course, when they don't unlock the bootloader or give us the kernel source... -_-
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
Could I have my battery replaced by HTC? What would I have to do to do that? Also, would replacing the battery take care of the hearing issues and how long would I be without the phone?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Man.Droid:
AT&T. I'm sure HTC doesn't care about boot loaders being unlocked and such.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Sirgatory:
I bought my phone may 10 and its serial is ht25, it came with 1.73.

Its got a lot of hardware problems including a dead pixel and massive capacitive light leakage, but the battery life is great and I'm hesitant to send it back. Plus I don't feel like relocking this and unlocking the new one...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dkirchik:
The new one att sent me, well, att is sending me another. This one is having screen flickering and the reception comes and goes frequently.
[Droid Eris Android Development] swordrune10:
Due to koush for releasing a wonderful tool to the android community i threw in the current cwm into the builder and it came out with a new and shiny version!

Known Issues

Don't boot into recovery using rom manager, as is it will boot u into older version.. but if u delete the recovery-update.zip in the clockworkmod folder it will boot into the new recovery but with an error

The background images for the recovery are huge x_X

Recovery: recovery-clockwork-5.8.4.3-desirec.img

md5sum: db3e9d93c7f1f52a427b7f6ca427cabf
[Droid Eris Android Development] swordrune10:
mine, just in case!
[Droid Eris Android Development] KarateExplosion6:
Do you have an Eris that you're testing this on? I was under the impression that CWM and ROM Manager didn't play nicely with the Eris. What's your experience been?
[Droid Eris Android Development] swordrune10:
ya, I have an Eris.. I think that was long time ago which has been solved before even the latest official cwm..

I left the Eris long ago but keep it around as a pmp, since my trackball doesnt scroll and the mic is busted.. when I started using it again I couldn't flash anything new because I was on amonRA.. so I took the plunge and used cwm and I haven't ran into a single issue.. there, that's my Eris history xP right now I have it on cm7.2 stable
[Droid Eris Android Development] KarateExplosion6:
Fantastic! I was actually looking for someone running CM7.2 Stable. My brother is using my Eris and I've had him on xtrSense forever. I'd like to flash him up to Gingerbread. What do you think of the stable release?