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[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] lawsofpower48:
if you do not use the nfc batteries, will there be any errors on your phone that pop up?? as long as there isnt any annoying popups that you cant get rid of. i think i need a spare back up battery..... also, most people use nfc for the tap payments and the file transfers right? or at least those are the main uses of the nfc chips.....?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TeamERA:
No, you should never get an error. And NFC will also be used for textiles.

Yeah I'm gonna keep the 2850 as a spare once I break it in.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] lawsofpower48:
ah ok. yea i dont know if i need nfc really.... i just need my phone mainly for calls, facebook and texting. sometimes browsing the web...all the nfc stuff im not too interested in...so i guess i can use the spare batteries with no issues then.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TeamERA:
Yeah, I'm going to try my hardest to give NFC a chance. I'm sure it works, but I wonder how often ill need it, but probably love it when I do ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] gwwilk:
Google Wallet Activation and Non-NFC Batteries

So we need stock batteries in order to use NFC. I wasn't aware of that when I ordered some cheap batteries with charger on ebay a couple of weeks ago. They work well otherwise.

I'm curious about the interaction between Google Wallet and NFC. If I try to activate Google Wallet with a non-NFC battery, will this fry the wallet chip as if I had tried to flash a ROM with it activated? Once I read the thread that referred to this phenomenon I deactivated my Google Wallet just so in the future I wouldn't trash it accidentally while I was playing with my phone's firmware once that's possible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] joeyhdownsouth:
IMO those batteries are no good, I've had 1 for a week now, some cycles ran through it. Some odd behavior I've had, has only charged to 100% once, now it never reaches full charge[84%], and once unplugged at 84%, percentage on phone sometimes goes up, then back down below 84%. I suggest oem battery, Gold battery brand no good IMO.
[General Questions and Answers] mmrox117:
hey guys, finally dropping Sprint and switching to a GSM carrier looking to go unlocked and prepaid and i have it narrowed down to three devices

1. HTC One X (international version)

2. Galaxy S3 (international version)

3 GSM Galaxy Nexus

If anyone can give me pros and cons to any or all, it is greatly appreciated. also if there is a device around the corner worth waiting for please let me know, Thanks for any help given

-Matt McKay

Edit: going to use it on T-mobiles monthly 4g plan for 30$ so itd be nice if it works on their HSPA+ network
[General Questions and Answers] MikeyNumnums:
I'd have to go with the galaxy 3 as well. I went and checked out the HTC one today and was kind of disappointed when I was told that you couldn't change the msd card or anything :'( but I like the slimness of it. I would pick the s3 just because it's like a thinner version of the s2 but with a couple of new perks. Hope this helps. :-)
[General Questions and Answers] lqyhaha@hotmail.com:
In my opinion is Galaxy S3:rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] syntropic:
I have looked at the SG3 several times as i wanted to get a phone for my wife as a present.. she is a tech geek too, so the lack of an SD card is a factor.

And while it is subjective....for being an expensive phone, the SG3 just feels like a toy. Especially compared to the One-X. Maybe it's my opinion in the past over Samsung manufacturing standards on other phones affecting which it's affecting my view on this one, but I can't get past it. The one-X has a comfortable weight...it feels as if if it's construction was thoroughly designed and planned to every detail. Not the SG3 though. I am not saying it's not a study phone, it probably is, it's just feels tacky.

I guess if I am going to pay $600 for a phone, at minimum, I want it to feel like it.

Oh yeah...say all you want about resolution or screen quality, but the One-X screen leaves the SG3 miles behind.

Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM
[General Questions and Answers] mmrox117:
Thank you to all for your help thus far, am currently leaning towards HTC One X merely because of htc build quality (currently on an OG EVO 4G) and the fact that i kind of drool over the design, even if i am limited to edge on tmobile with it. Are there any major cons to the HTC? Non removeable battery and no sd card i already know of, anything major?
[General Questions and Answers] MikeyNumnums:
From what I've read about the HTC, the only drawbacks are the sd and battery. Other than that I hear it's amazing. Of course I only know what I've read about and don't actually own the phone. If you can deal with the sd and battery deal, then I would say go with the 'one'. (see what I did there? Fancy word play on my part)
[General Questions and Answers] akshay8:
S3 Hands down as it has the removable battery and sd card slot. battery is an improvement over nexus and s2 :o
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
I personally would go with the Nexus (my current phone). If it were between the S3 and the One X, I would go with the HTC. Touchwiz is disgusting and that whole nature theme is a joke. Samsung didn't fail with this phone...but it could be much better.
[General Questions and Answers] LR_Jordan:
I'd say go with the HTC One X. Going pretty cheap sim free now and it works out much cheaper overall if you buy a sim only contract.
[General Questions and Answers] jwitt418:
Galaxy 3
[General Questions and Answers] syntropic:
Yep... If you want Datsun instead of a Ferrarai. /s :-)

Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM
[General Questions and Answers] INeedHelp?:
galaxy s3 for sure bro!
[General Questions and Answers] dumbl3:
I would go for galaxy s3
[General Questions and Answers] ktadumdum:
I would go with S3 for now, but if you can wait maybe a Galaxy Note 2 :)
[General Questions and Answers] Blondiepowa:
I wouls say too SG3 but even its a 2.5 SG2 to my view ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] screamwork:
Hi, so i can't seem to find the compatible MODEM and the CSC for my XXJW4 rom :( Anyone can help? I couldn't flash from ODIN without them the android out of box shows with some errors on my device and then restarts only.. that's why i need all the 4 files i have 2 (PIT, and PDA) and 2 rest :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guru_iyer:
Firmware

Go to www.sammobile.com/firmware/. You'll find your required files there. Explore around the site, you'll get everything you need. :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester20:
Go to Androidadvices.com and move to SGS I9000 section... surf a bit there and u LL see here package with instructions..

Right now I can't send u link,as m on phone but as soon as I use my laptop I LL provide u with link if u want

:)

EDit= here is the link

http://androidadvices.com/update-galaxy-gt-i9000-pack-xxjw4-236-firmware/

Proud owner of SGS GTI-9000.

hope it helps...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
What's a good toolchain to use? I am building my first kernel and I want to make sure I do everything right.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] casonswag:
Try asking Eugene or TDJ
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] grawkiller73:
I would at least do a google search first before asking

Sent from my Hercules on CM9
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
I found one that Samsung had in their compile instructions.
[LG Optimus 3D] Deth Becomes You:
So I thought that 3D was not possible running a CM based rom. I have not seen this mentioned in the forums but maybe it was hidden in one. Anywho, I just flashed the MokeeOS2.0 rom on my O3D. I was browsing youtube and I noticed that some videos still had the "3D" button next to them. I chose one and low and behold it played in 3D. Should I not be surprised by this? Should I have just kept my mouth shut because, duh, everyone knows about this? I know we can't use the 3D camera etc but I was under the impression ALL 3D functions were a no go. :confused:
[LG Optimus 3D] Markyzz:
It is known.
[LG Optimus 3D] Deth Becomes You:
red faced
[LG Optimus 3D] mastergeekcd:
OMG

crazy :good:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mervant:
Hey guys, I landed myself in a soft brick yesterday and odin wasn't working for me (which was a first). Then someone suggested I use Heimdall and it worked perfect. It brought me back to stock and I tried flashing CM7 from there. Now I am back in a soft brick but Heimdall is no longer working (and now odin doesn't even see my phone even though its in dl mode)

Here is what happens with the Heimdall process:

Uploading kernel...

Kernel upload successful

uploading Modem... <(this makes it no farther than 15%)

Modem upload failed!

Ending session...

If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moped_Ryder:
If you get this fixed your may want to avoid CM7 / 9 or ICS for a while.

While flashing CM7 it may or may not have repartitioned your phone. The Heimdall error - is that from 1-Click or the full program?

Does Heimdall see the phone?

Maybe try the full Heimdall program with stock and repartition. Also try Odin again but on a different computer.

I had in instance where I couldn't get into Recovery - I had the ! sign. Odin didn't see the phone but Heimdall did. 1-Click error so I fired up the full Heimdall program and just flash a new kernel. Then restarted in recovery and went from there.

Yet another reason I stay with Froyo / GB and not CM7/9 or ICS. I want to keep a stock style of partition setup and avoid repartitioning the phone all the time.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mervant:
I am using the one from the link you gave me here: http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zl...Click.jar.html

Where can I find the full version? NVM I found it my only question now is which files should I use for the flash? The same as what I would use with odin?

Also yeah tried different comps for odin... same thing :/ but heimdall can see it just fine

"I had in instance where I couldn't get into Recovery - I had the ! sign. Odin didn't see the phone but Heimdall did. 1-Click error" <<< Thats exactly where Im at

On a side note: I just said that same thing... after I get it back I'm done with this phone lol I'm sticking with my HTC's... I've NEVER had so many problems in my life, no I remember why I stopped updating my vibrant 6 months ago LOL!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaultException:
Try leaving out the modem in the flash.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mervant:
You cant with heimdall :/ I'm going to try using the full version like he suggested but cant find a working stock firmware link

This is getting extremely frustrating... Im reading the guide on heimdall and they say to add about 5 files but mine has nothing like that... I can only add the "heimdall firmware package" and the pit file :/ I tried getting the firmware file from sammobile but their download links dont work for some reason... nothing seems to ever go right with this phone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaultException:
Yeah you can but you'll need the real version, and I'm pretty sure the new one is based on packages, so you may want to get the command line version.

Paraphrasing of course:

heimdall flash --kernel zImage --cache cache.rfs
--dbdata dbdata.rfs --param param.lfs
--factoryfs factoryfs.rfs
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mervant:
When you say full version are you talking about this?

http://i.imgur.com/CFAaH.png

http://i.imgur.com/apm5G.png

also would you know where I can get the stock firmware other than sammobile?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moped_Ryder:
It may have loaded a kernel for you via heimdall. Can you get to Recovery?

Im at work and cant check but - I think the Odin .tar package is just the Heimdall individual packages. Extract the odin image. You will also need the 512 pit file.

Heimdall should have come with instructions. That front end you will prob be working with the 2nd tab since you dont have a full Heimdall package.

Edit:

Also look for difference Odin versions. Sound silly but some folks got an older version to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aleks_:
I have been wanting to deodex my official firmware because apparently it opens up more doors for my phone to use zips that work only on deodexed roms. What software or manipulator is used to deodex our firmware?
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
Well, I haven't actually had the Epic for 6 months now, though I still have 2 of them on my account. With my GS3 getting delivered tomorrow, I think its time to break my Epic4G thread addiction and say goodbye.

I want to say thanks to everyone here for a good couple of years. I made many good friends from this forum, learned a ton, and tried to pass on much of it to the group of themers that came after me.

I know that I will see many of you in the GS3 forums in the next few months, so until then, unless my daughter or ex f up their epics and I need help. :p
[Epic 4G General] vwags:
I know I am thankful for what you have given. You will and have been missed.
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Don't go

Its more fun here
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
But i love you
[Epic 4G General] Andy_nu:
everyone is leaving :(
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Is it pathetic that I feel like crying?

:(

Too bad I didn't start rooting earlier wouldn't feel like I just got the epic. See ya in the GS3 forum. Even though I won't have the phone... unless :rolleyes:

Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
I'll be rocking this Epic for as long as I can rock it. It was good seeing you Shane, your themes rocked. Eventually, I'll see you in the GS3 forums!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Haha, wait until he reaches for the door....I electrified all the door knobs!

I said NOBODY leaves and I meant it! (Insert maniacal laugh here)
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
bye shane.

one of my o.g. ppcgeeks friends!
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
Damn I loved your themes and doing some testing for you. Good luck over there I will see you there maybe. I don't have a upgrade till December so who knows what will be out at that point.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
See you on other side next week or so apparently...
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Kenny - If you become the mod over there, you should just create a sub-thread (now that I see Sprint is getting their own) for OG Epic users. We'll leave all the riff raff out in the cold.
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
Yup, we go back through our HTC winmo days.

See ya soon!

btw, I have my GS3 in my hands now, but haven't activated it yet.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
LMAO!

And we can have a secret knock and everything.
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
I'm over you now

leave and never come back

...

.......

:crying:

I want a SGSIII...
[Epic 4G General] GituSum:
Good luck with gs3 shane. I left awhile back and still miss the epic section.
[Epic 4G General] a2tz:
Here's what's gonna happen....

Doodaadoodaa dooo........(dream sounds)

My gs3 comes in....and I can't stand no keyboard....

So 2 weeks after having it....our badass cm maintainers integrate linarosomeness and make our epic....even more epic....with speeds that surpass anything by using....um....quarks and gluons...yah....so I just have to come back and use shanes blue theme....because well ya its the best....

Amiright? Amiright??

The no kb already makes me nervous....I've even started practicing not using the kb. Except for this! Bazinga
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
How about...all former OG Epic users who go to SG3 can simply post roms, themes, mods, and LeBron King photos over here in the Epic forums. There can be some kind of "code" used so we can differentiate between Epic threads and non-Epic (non Epic can have a suffix like "NE"- so we can have Peoples Rom NE, RandomRom NE, etc). Kenny, as FNM, can watch over to make sure no non-Epicureans get in (like the burly guy that stands at the velvet rope and let's the hotties into the nightclub). It will be like a "secret society" of old Epic users, complete with crest that can be used as splashscreen animation...

Shane, your contributions to the Epic were, truly, Epic. Thank you for your creativity and time! See you on the other side...
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Peace out Epic 4G peeps! Best Buy said they have it, Wirefly said they didn't know when they were getting it, so I'm eating the $70 bucks. Catch most of y'all on the flip!
[Epic 4G General] turning2:
Mine arrived today... leaving too, not just the Epic... Sprint all together. 12yrs. Yikes!
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
you had me till the lebron part :p
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
That was for Edfunkycold and TexasEpic...

:p
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
Better yet, even if we are in groups, we should have an OG Epic Group

Wherever we are. Just OG Team Epic Or something. On everything we do...and Lebron if it means that much.

TOGE!
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
sorry i just have a hard time typing that name.................:p
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Yeah, this is Sprint's last two years from me too if nothing improves in that time frame. I'm going on 11 years.
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
Agreed, network vision had better be the real deal. With Sprint since 2001.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Used my Airave number to preorder my GS3 today at Best Buy. Unfortunately they have no way of knowing if it will be in by the first of July.
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
LOL never thought of that
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
You con man! Lol
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Excellent!
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
I'll hold that upgrade for the next big thing. Lol
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Where there is a will there is a way! When it comes in I just tell them that it goes on my other line on or after the 1st.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
A friend of mine did the airave line upgrade at radio shack and lost his free airave service. Had to start paying 5 bucks a month or something. It had to do with the free service being tied to the original equiptment. They had to remove it for just a few miniutes, and when they put the airave back on the line, it assesed a monthly service charge.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Good important tip Austin, thanks. Luckily I am not actually upgrading the Airave line. It was just used to get preorder in at the upgrade price. My phone is fully eligible on the 1st.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
That means you upgraded your Airave line... You can't get the upgrade price without upgrading, even on a preorder, unless I'm some kind of extra-crazy. Watch out... You guys might end up needing Account Services.

By the way, AS is helpful. I was considering a preorder, and my upgrade is also the 1st. That would cost me $50, but the agent said he'd credit me $25 for half of it. My willpower kicked in, and said I'd need some time to think about it. He called back in a few hours as expected (they're west coast by the way), I declined, and he gave me the $25 anyway! Cool.

And for you switchers... Grab the GSIII here and use code TALK4TEN to get the price down to $162. Only the local store can waive activation fees (Wirefly may offer it later, but their price is $180), this includes third-party stores; YMMV, but ask if you wish.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
The actual upgrade does not occur until the phone comes in. I can still not get it when it comes in. So that line is never upgraded through Best Buy. This is just to guarantee a phone in my name at the store.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Shane, can't wait to see ya on the other side.

~E.R.A.
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
counting days for some of you now.
[Epic 4G General] piscesjoey:
GS3 will be sick dev wise since its the same hardware across all carriers
[Epic 4G General] mookdawg7:
Damn Shane, sorry to see you go my fellow Minneapolitan. GB Dark Horse is still the most bomb ass theme I ever rolled with. I'm getting close to upgrade time myself however and I may just follow you over to SGSIII. Although this old Epic 4g still packs a punch, we'll see. Looking over the comments on this thread is like a taste of who's who of the Epic days. Even KoNane still popping up, damn. Now if the Impaler dropped by....

Edit: well, there have been a lot of contributors over the years actually, so I may have gotten carried away with the who's who claim, not to say those above don't belong. just got me all sentimental and ****.
[Epic 4G General] xWYNNx:
Epic>>> SGS3 ...hehe :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plictisit17:
Hello , i'm from romania and i want to know what modem is the best for this area ? Thank you .
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hic9582:
I flashed a rom and after my apps wouldn't install I reverted back to my backup and now those apps aren't installed correctly. Some of them are there but not all of them (maybe 1/4). I can't figure out what the problem is and I'm trying to avoid having to individually download them all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yahknow1:
I was watching a review of the American version(can't rem which carrier?) and it stated we had choice of three different keyboards...and none was Swype. Man I hadn't planned on rooting immediately, but to get the Swype keyboard, that seems bogus if it doesn't come with it, does anyone know for sure?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Jimieo:
If I am not mistaking, I do believe Swype is built into the Samsung keyboard under a different name.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] danipoak:
Just get the FlexT9 from market. Takes swype and makes it even better.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cypher_zero:
Yes. It comes with a Swype keyboard

Source: I'm holding the deivce.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yahknow1:
Thankyou, I love Swype. I was just reading through the pages at AndroidCentral.com and they said it this way:

"Those of you used to seeing Swype pre-loaded on Samsung phones can now find this functionality baked into Samsung’s keyboard; to enable it, check the box marked “continuous input” in the keyboard menu."

Is this what you've found cypher? or does the keyboard actually say its the "Swype" keyboard?

I'll prolly know first hand here in just a little while, my GS3 is "Out for Delivery" right now!!

:cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yahknow1:
I'm curious, How does FlexT9 work with Swype?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cypher_zero:
Actually, that's exactly it. It's the "Samsung keyboard" but it's got the 'Swype' functionality. And it's enabled by default.

I don't actually use it or Swype though so I can't comment as to differences or shortcoming, etc.

cypher
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] danipoak:
It's its own keyboard but uses the same sliding motion to type. I find it more accurate than swype.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] thatkidnamd5:
I also installed Swype beta on it as well, they beefed up the looks of the beta and it looks pretty nice now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] brett98765:
yes, it does have a swype keyboard.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mlr_90:
Swype beta blows the Samsung version away I think....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mrshiat:
one thing that I miss from swype is the ability to hit a word after continuing on with the sentence and getting suggestions. Does anyone now if that option is available for the samsung keyboard? i looked but couldn't find it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] lawsofpower48:
yea im wondering as well
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] PatrickHuey:
You guys should consider swift key. Seriously.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] CapsLockKey:
+1 to FlexT9 keyboard, although I believe the new Swype beta is basically the old FlexT9 and Swype combined as Nuance (creator of FlexT9) bought Swype a while back. The new Swype beta is the first keyboard I've liked over it. I just hope once the beta expires there is a way to purchase it for devices it doesn't come preinstalled on.