yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Naths:
Was going to get a white one, but waited until the blue, glad I did, the blue is a lovely colour, much better in real life, I had a white 4S, just a change really I thought but when you compare the both side by side the Blue does look class.
[Galaxy S III General] Bagbug:
white is the new pink btw
[Galaxy S III General] HTCHD2ireland:
That's what I have, white with the blue flip cover. There was no way I was waiting for my S3, had to have it June 1st! Don't care what colour it is to be honest. I thought the white made it more obvious what phone I had when talking on the street so hence the blue flip case. Makes the phone look well classy imo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] aeroPM:
Has anyone else experienced an issue with their camera button getting stuck half way down?

I just noticed when I took my case off yesterday that my camera button was stuck along one edge, the edge that borders the black back. The front edge was still sticking up. This position prevents me from a "half-press" of the button for focus (not that that worked well anyways). I've tried to dislodge the button several different ways and nothing has worked.

If anyone else has seen this and fixed it, let me know. If this hasn't happened to you, then be careful because the only thing I can think of that could have caused it is the case.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] josh030181:
Mine got stuck 3 days after getting the phone I guess I pushed it to hard, took it to sprint they said the button Broke off the mother board called not be fixed had to get another phone
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] aeroPM:
Thanks Josh.

Dang, that sucks... I guess I'll be heading back to best buy tomorrow to see what they can do. I knew the camera button felt weak, but I didn't realize it was that weak. Oh well.
[Vibrant Accessories] brummett:
I've tried off and on for a while checking out different ROMs to see if the audio output from the Samsung car dock would work, and finally hit on a working combination:

Slim ICS 4.0 ROM, Devil 3_0.72 kernel and an app called Dock Sound Redirector.

Anyone else have working audio out?
[Off-topic] IceCreamSandwich4.0:
I have an opportunity to trade my:

ZTE Blade(android phone)

iPod touch 4 32GB

FOR

Galaxy SII I9100 OR Galaxy Note

Should I go ahead? I'm aware of most of the pros and cons and I know the SII and Note are diff(but the guy is in need of an iPod, so he's ready to trade any of the 2...)

Please, Honest opinion!

Thanks!

Mods PS: I hope this is the right place to post this, because there isn't anywhere else...

Cheers :D
[Off-topic] invisiblekid90:
I would trade with out hesitation. Iphones dont have half of the cpu power that is in the note :-) can recomend the homesite geekaphone so you can se the pros and cons with galaxy note :-)
[Off-topic] Archer:
That's cool. I thought at first you were offering a trade which would be a no-no in this forum, but since you're just asking advice it's all good.

Personally, I'd take that offer and get the Note, but it may be too big for you. It is pretty big for a phone! Each to their own though. Have you tried either the SII or the Note yourself?
[Off-topic] ArmorD:
I would trade. Blade is worth nothing(well not much anyway), and iPod maybe 100.
[Off-topic] IceCreamSandwich4.0:
Hey thanks for the replies! :)

@invisiblekid90 yeah maybe it's a good trade... But the only reason I'm holding back is because the iPod touch is a nice device... But if the note or SII can beat the iPod touch, it would be nice.(in terms of stability and smoothness)

@Archer Thanks! I guess it is worth the trade. I just need to learn to live without an iPod. And yes I will go for the GSII (i have tried both) as the note is Very BIG. :D
[Off-topic] Archer:
I've got a GSII and I love it. It's a year old now and I'm still happy to keep it (although I wouldn't say no to an SIII!). I was a bit shocked the first time I saw a Note, but it grew on me. I guess I just like bigger screens because I'm greedy.

It's good to be greedy. You get more.
[Off-topic] IceCreamSandwich4.0:
Yes, I think I'm ready to trade after a respected mod has told me to... :)

I completely understand the last line.lol. But I think the GSII is more practical for me as I'm a really jumpy person and I play with my phone in the pocket :P and I love photography so it's always with me.

Thanks!
[Off-topic] Archer:
Not sure about the respected bit, but have fun with it - it's a great phone ;)
[Off-topic] IceCreamSandwich4.0:
U better be sure ;)

Thanks foe helping me with my decision, you can close the thread if u want to, as my question was answered.

Cheers! :D
[Off-topic] Archer:
No problem - will do.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] LeoBloom.:
In GB, in the dialer, you would see GV's routing phone number in the "recent calls" section, as opposed to the number you used to dial out.

I was wondering if this were fixed in ICS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] svetius:
This is a little placeholder :cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
All these provider-based development threads for the same phone . . . feels like fragmentation.

:D

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
LTE =/= CDMA

different phones need different sub forums
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skiwong20:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WhammyDroid:
I support this subforum.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Sure, I understand, thanks. Was making a funny - hence my smiley - related to complaints on Android OS fragmentation, since the number of subforums looks (on the surface) like so many variations, now.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thabless3d1:
release

I notice hhgregg says launch date is the 12th and they are most likely correct but is it common for seperate retailers to have phone on the exact day the Verizon store has it? if I am correct don't target Walmart for example get the phones after the actual Verizon stores have it? Just a question
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
where's jt1134?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
this is the development forums, release discussion belongs in the General section over HERE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Pitnefor:
whats this "=/="

its not in here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_symbols

you cant make up symbols
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
=/= is ≠ is != ... but you already knew that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
Fragmentation is relative. Also a dumb term for dumb pple that have lost the arguement. A windows notepad doc has zero "fragmentation" what does that prove. And what a term to coin by steve jobs. Since its "fragmented" u say stevie, can i use a defragmenter. No wonder pple call rooting jail breaking on apple. First because theres no legitimate intelligent third party development and second because its a virtual prison cell. The apple wardens hate to see cracks in the concrete and bars. Apple will never match 4.0 however long they try. Cant compare a prison cell to a full stadium.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigwalt12:
I hope verizon users get some support to when my pre order arrives so far looks dead in this area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dpwhitty11:
On or by July 9th/10th/11th, depending how soon your ordered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aatrek:
Here's hoping one of you talented developers can make a one-click root tool for the Verizon SGSIII. I have kind of fallen in love with the WugFresh toolkit for the GNex.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GreenMunky:
Just pre-ordered it tonight in time to keep my unlimited data, can't wait to get it in my hands and get a real taste of CM9 :thumbup: Gotta get TouchWiz off of there pronto...

Sent from my Tweaked Droid Charge by TSM, ext4, OC 1200
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 760hacker:
The root methods out there for the SG3 should work on the VZW variant right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
In general, yes. Since all US variants are using the same SOC, just different modems, there should be no issues with cross-pollenating root methods.

In practice, we won't know until things start getting into peoples' hands.

Personally, I'm finding it difficult to sit and wait until week-after-next (my estimated ship date is 7/11) to get mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Arachnidus:
I can't wait to get mine.

Problem is, I'm spoiled. I have a Galaxy Nexus that I opened another line for, so I used the upgrade on my line that I got now in order to ensure I keep my unlimited data for another two years. My mom will be getting my Nexus.

Now here's the part where I'm spoiled- the SGSIII is a superior phone, that much most people can agree on. However, the SGSIII is running Touchwiz over ICS (4.0.4?). My Nexus is running stock 4.1. It's gonna take some getting used to going back to ICS, even if Jelly Bean has only been public for a day or so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shuura:
I believe the International S3's are able to get the 4.1 update now. :)

I don't see us being to far behind once we actually get our devices from big red.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juntistik:
Too much color talk in the dev forum :/ I keep checking this for updates and it ends up being nothing at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
^ Agreed.

I'm debating or not if there is any upside into rooting right now or waiting for another method to be released. My GS3 should be here today sometime.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dpwhitty11:
I say go for it.

You can get rid of the persistent wifi notification and change the bootanination, plus get rid of/hide/freeze the couple of bloat apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
It seems that Verizon is prepping an OTA firmware named I535VRALG1.

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=i535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
I would advise all to be weary of accepting the update until we verify that it doesn't break our current backdoor access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
agreed, but then again, who accepts OTA's?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ftmaniac948:
I will bet that this is the same type of ota that sprint got, which breaks the Google search bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Long time no see. Anyway, there are a few issues with the root method right now, the most common being predictive text and swype on the stock keyboard doesn't work. You can download swype on the app store to fix and also Swiftkey for predictive text.

Also make sure you don't have any bloat removed or frozen, this seems to be the issue of the broken messaging for some people.

Others have reported seeing Sprint options in their settings and one person had landscape stop working but I think the biggest issue is in paragraph 1. There's a few people trying to work on another rooted.tar image if you want to wait and see how that pans out. It doesn't look like the root method broke anything serious but there are minor bugs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jprow507:
Those issues aren't with root I thought.....Those were if you install CWM via flashing the modified sys image
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
NO I did not flash CWM (as I did not see a need as of yet) and it broke the "swype" on the default keyboard
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jprow507:
Interesting....thanks for the info!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
No, it's with root. The root is reflashing everything, hence the size of the file. CWM is just pushing a recovery.img via adb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Just thought I'd throw this out there: Link
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
The same s197 from the Inc forum? It has indeed been awhile!

I went ahead and rooted and forgot about the disabled apps. Im missing widgets and predictive text is even worse (didnt know that was possible haha).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xformulax:
its definitely the sys image and not CWM.... flash this instead http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762204... i flashed over the bad one from invisiblek without unfreezing, wiping, etc... everything seems fine so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Same one :) We still hang out in the off topic section even though we all have different devices. Stop by.

Use the root66 rooted image (in the [Solved] Thread). You'll probably have to factory reset, then flash it. The OP in that thread has instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Since the dev unlocked phone is identical hardware, would it be possible to extrack the bootloader from it and flash it to a normal VZW version? Or is that in non-writable memory?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Do we know it is 100% identical hardware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
It was confirmed by people on IRC, but we don't know if the phone checks the bootloader signatures so it may not be as simple as copying it over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Woah, someone actually has access to the unreleased Developer Edition device already? :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheClap:
I think it was an "inside source" kind of thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Enphenate:
Can anyone please link to the IRC channel?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheClap:
irc.freenode.net

#verizons3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grin0048:
ALWAYS trust what you see on IRC. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmg5461:
it's the same as <>

;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] odmejia:
I CANT WAIT TO GET MY S3! Come on BIG RED!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jake1001:
I should have my s3 after 7/11 had to use my last upgrade needed to get a better phone than my inc2 I'm sure we will get some support from devs only one can hope
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 760hacker:
so what does this injunction mean for those of us who pre ordered the SGSIII?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] caffeineighted:
Nothing, it's against the Nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Which injunction?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] enomele:
http://tinyurl.com/794f28h
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Arachnidus:
I hope so. JB is quite good, and I'd rather run stock on my SGSIII. I don't necessarily mind Touchwiz (launcher replacements help), but stock JB is awesome. On that 4.8" screen, it should be amazing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Our phones will get custom roms, and a lot of them. It takes time. I think once Roman gets going on the Tmobile version our verizon version should follow with ports if not full compiles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cadams122593:
What I think will be awesome is that we will all be able to use the same kernels on the lte versions just like the nexus. And I'm sure when one version of the s3 gets updated (say sprints update) well that can be easily ported to the vzw or att ones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned3:
Question. Will someone not have to solve the radio interface layer for lte?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
just wait till steve spear gets his hands on the gsIII, it will be smothered in aokp goodness...stay tuned!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigwalt12:
my ship date is july 10th I can't wait then order me a 64gb class 10 card for it and the infinity lol. I have been waiting for this and the preorder of the infinity tablet to drop before the 16th it launches thru amazon. July is a happy month for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Seeing as nobody in this thread has any idea what you are referring to, you have to provide links to prove a problem even exists first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Talking about the RIL, the notoriously most difficult part of getting a non-standard ROM installed.

Since we'll be starting with ICS, and JB is probably going to get rolled out, I don't think we'll have to worry about RIL issues until the NEXT iteration of Android and if Samsung/Verizon decide if they're going to do a K build for the GS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
i completely am used to reading RIL without knowing exactly what it is...lol, i do know that was the big problem with the Fascinate and Charge development though

so does ICS and JB not present a problem in regards to RIL?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
RIL was a pproblem very very early on, talking android 2.2 rom days. The charge the RIL was a PITA for a while I remember, same with the Epic 4g, but the hardest to figure out the RIL was for the Thunderbolt, they went months without 4g.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned3:
Radio interface layer will keep the Verizon lte s3 from getting aosp with working data until someone cracks it. Ril is closed source so someone has to find a way to make the phone communicate with the radios then they will have to fix everything that the ril fix broke. Very complicated and time consuming. Way over my head to even try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
it was a problem on the Charge though which is in the same generation as the GNexus though. They share the same radio.

Alex's post above seemed to suggest it was not such a big deal on the devices running ICS and JB though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
RIL will be a total PITA. There's simply no way around it. The only LTE phone on Verizon with AOSP is the Thunderbolt, and that's GB. Other than the Nexus, obviously. The RIL is a massive roadblock to development.

Fingers crossed the RIL is universal with only subtle differences for frequency.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
How is it the GNex by Samsung doesnt have that issue but the other Samsung devices do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned3:
It's running aosp out of the box
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
So is it just Samsung sitting on the RIL source?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
RIL is closed-source. It has to be reverse-engineered, which is mostly checking smali line by line by line, as I understand it. It's incredibly laborious work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
If they would do a tutorial and break it up into sections, if it was something that was more time consuming than knowledge based, I would totally help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
It's both. And minor changes in one section will probably break the whole thing, and when you fix that, you've probably broken everything all over again.

It's a Herculean effort, and I don't expect to get AOSP. I'd be ecstatic if we did, but I'm seriously thinking about selling my GS3 and getting a Nexus when it gets here, now that JB is out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
Won't the AT&T (and eventually Sprint) peeps be working on it too?

Or is this a problem unique to Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
As i understand it, its specific to Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] killerT721:
As long as we have source from Samsung I think we would get aosp in no time given that the Big Red doesn't interfere
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
As I recall, on the Fascinate and Charge, Samsung released source, but did not include the part that pertains to the RIL which basically left the community to work it out themselves, taking the long route. Lets hope because of the vast overwhelming popularity of this device, that they provide RIL source as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Unfortunately, I was referring to the ability to use an existing RIL, which is only available for versions of the OS that ship. The problems with the Fascinate and Charge was the delays in getting a current os on the phones without a preexisting setup.

Jt had to essentially write the CM7 RIL for the Fascinate fron scratch which is why it took forever (IIRC, he beat Samsung /Verizon to market with it).

It will not be an easy task, but it's not AS difficult when you're starting from the same codebase (ICS to ICS, rather than FroYo to GB).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] christohfur:
GNex does have an RIL issue it's just that no one cares. See since the gnex is aosp the lack of RIL code means they can't run sense or touchwiz based roms. If you have so many aosp roms you likely don't care about not getting manufacturer versions of android.

I'm coming from the rezound and we still do not have anything that isn't sense based over there. So my understanding is that if the Ril code is not released we will only be able to get voice and data working on touchwiz based roms. I hope that doesn't bed up being the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Yea, but just like the Fascinate. We had roms like that for a while, thing was, that they were epic, when i said I have run every fascinate rom, I meant it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=983395

That rom was the ****, and it was all touchwhiz based. The RIL will get cracked eventually, the GS3 is much bigger than the GS1 series ever was, if we can get JT or Adrynalyne, or Steve, or hell even Roman on T-Mobile, we will get the RIL figured out by someone, if we donated a device to them I'm sure they wouldnt mind doing it.

Plus maybe we can get lucky and steal the RIL from the Nexus, its very similar phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
whoa takin me back bro......Superclean was absolutely ridiculously good, best TW based custom rom I have run on my past two devices.....very good example of how even with the RIL roadblock, amazing things are sure to come

I do have high hopes for a good CM10 build. I remember CM7 with the Glitch MTD kernel on the Fascinate took that device to an entirely new level. Had it not been for the free upgrade to a 4G LTE device I would still be rockin' it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antp121:
I think ril will be figured out or released but the fascinate is a bad example. The 4g radio is what screws everyone over. Take the thunderbolt for example. Only 4g phone to have ril fixed but barely any aosp love.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NightxFall:
D: So we won't have a stock ICS or stock Jelly Bean ROM for quite some time? I'm not new to rooting and rom'ing,...but coming from an LG Ally, the Galaxy S3 will be a completely different experience with hacking. The ROM selection on my current phone is pretty limited so I don't even know half the possibilties/selection of ROMs. One of the things I was however looking forward to was trying a stock ICS or Jelly Bean ROM... will that not be possible for a long time or at least with a working LTE radio?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antp121:
Well that really depends the development community behind the sgs3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned3:
It does. I hope that It's better than the rezound... Only time will tell though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] christohfur:
That's what I'm hoping. Since this is such a big release I hope it will have a ton of dev support. Either way I'm still jumping ship from the rezound and I'm sure this phone will be glorious. If we ever get it ;).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
i gurantee development on this device will be better than any htc device...not having to mess with s-off and locked bootloaders makes things alot easier for the devs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Hell, I'll even take a look at the RIL, I saw quite a few smali guides and what it all means, maybe I can get some **** together. But I wouldnt hold your breath for me. I can try building cm9 RC1 for the device, but I'm sure things won't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
Yeah, unfortunately HTC is looking more and more like the past. I've always owned HTC devices, this will be my first Samsung phone, but I can't say I mind. No One series phone makes the choice pretty easy, and the last few HTC phones on Verizon have been dogs. Samsung is much more open.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] killerT721:
Jealous that att already has development running with nice roms
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Dont be, thats where all the bricks occur. By the time you get yours they will have a good idea of what does and does not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
After getting the Gnex I never thought I myself would run a Samsung device but the more and more I research this phone I feel I made a good decision. I'm really looking forward to this device and hopefully a great community.

I don't feel like dealing with d-bags like some other device forums.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
For me, AOSP isn't a deal-breaker.

Stripped-down TouchWiz will hold me over until CM9 or CM10/JB.