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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Voltage Spike:
The tests over at GSMArena agree with you. They found lots of distortion, noise, and lack of stereo separation.

At least the U.S. Galaxy S III models have excellent frequency reproduction. I mostly ignore the dynamic range (I think it's difficult to be sensitive to the minor variations in this regard). I'm just worried that the noise will be high enough to be perceptible, and it doesn't make me happy to know my headphone channels are mixing more than they should.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djjroc007:
I bought voodoo plus for my epic. Tried to put it on here and says it's not compatible:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
You have to use Voodoo Louder.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone5:
false

voodoo louder does not suppourt our devices... yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SonicKnight:
I guess I'm just more concerned as to whether the DAC is good or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone5:
It all depends on how you look at it if you listen to raw "FLAC" format audio then DAC will make your phone sound beautiful but if your listening to lower quality mp3's then a compressor will defiantly do you well. All DAC is ;in a nutshell ; playing audio exactly the way it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Voltage Spike:
The audio DAC (as people are using it here) is an electronic system that converts the digital files stored/generated on your phone and allows you to hear them on your analog devices like headphones and the speaker. If it introduces distortion and noise, then it will do so regardless of the source material. You could argue that it doesn't matter with ten-year-old, low-quality MP3s, but it does matter somewhat.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by a "compressor" in the context of playback.

Also keep in mind that, ultimately, it doesn't matter that much. The audio quality is going to be better than anything you might have listened to twenty years ago, and most people aren't going to notice unless you have a good set of earphones or speakers and are listening at a very loud or very quiet volume. If you tend to keep your volume around the middle of the "bar", I think you'll be hard-pressed to notice anything at the differences we are discussing here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] firmbiz94:
According to those tests the dac in the s4 krait is a actually superior to both the gs and gs2..and I can personally tell you my evo LTE sounds great with both my beats tours and klipsch ear buds
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
As per title really,

Im looking for some way or managing / organising my music playlists, Possibly by my computer.

I have a lot of music on my phone and creating and editing each playlist separately just takes forever. So does anyone know of a quicker way ?

And finally, When i have organised my playlists, Is there a way i can back them up ? So that when i do a full wipe I do not have to re do them again ? Over in the HTC forums, users say that TB can back up playlists, However i tried this several times and upon a restore it didnt work.

So looking for an alternative for that too ! :good:

Thanks

A-D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Samsung have released a new app for seamless transfer from iTunes (if you're a fan).

The reason I say this is I find creating playlists on iTunes very easy and they're always hosted on your PC.

The apps called easy phone sync, free in play store, only for galaxy owners. There's a separate app for the PC, link provided on the play store page. Haven't actually used it yet, but reviews are promising.

Sent from my Paranoid Android GT-N7000. It doesn't get much better than this!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Thanks man I'll look into that.

Swyped From My Galaxy Note
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jkforce:
I have been trying to get infos on US version of Galaxy S3 whether it is Wolfson DAC or not, but unable to get any confirmations from early receivers yet. So, in a hope of receiving something, Can anyone of you who received Sprint Galaxy S3 confirm its audio hardware whether it is Wolfson DAC?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Let me know which *.lib files I'm looking for and I'll check for you.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stonew5082:
it has it. Samsung rep at launch party confirmed. Also some reliable articles.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voltage Spike:
Actually, it does not. The gsmarena results indicated that it did not, but AndreiLux helpfully pointed to the system configuration in the source code.

So your choice is quad core, great GPU, and great sound, or a lower price and much better transfer speeds.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stonew5082:
Gsm arena is about as reliable as a piece of dog feces. I trust the Samsung rep.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voltage Spike:
I can't comment on the veracity of gsmarena (or the quality of their audio testing), but you don't trust the source code released by Samsung? Are you suggesting that maybe the Wolfson is present in the U.S. phones but the Samsung developers forgot to enable it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stonew5082:
Haha I don't know maybe I'm in denial. I was really really looking forward to voodoo sound.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ficklecycler:
...I would add that a U.S. based warranty should be considered among the perks of the stateside models. Most of the international GSIII's I'm seeing would have to be shipped overseas to have any warranty repair done. **** does still happen!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voltage Spike:
I have fortunately never had to deal with this. Are you suggested that a carrier-purchased phone would have the warranty honored by the carrier? Up to a year (or whatever the warranty is)? Or that the warranty is always honored by Samsung, but Samsung U.S. won't access non-U.S. phones?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
I think TMobile does warranty exchanges in-store.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ibous:
The US versions don't have the Wolfson dac but they still sounds pretty darn good. So please stop sweating it. The Qualcomm audio stack it has is great and well sorted out. No worries on that front! I've tested it with Westone UM2's, Sennheiser MX880's, Denon D2000's, and the bundled earphones (best ever to come with a phone), and the phone sounds good. So stop worrying about it. It's a non issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lgkahn:
Not true ..the wolfson via voodoo also had an option to change mic sensitivity so we could record good sound in loud venues. So far the indications are you get crap recording video at loud concerts.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voltage Spike:
Yeah, but the indications are also that this is related to the video recorder audio encoding, not a hardware or system issue. A better video recorder or a simple update could resolve the issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lgkahn:
not true i tried other video record with higher bit rates.. still crap.. need to lower the mic sensitivity
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Nightstalk3rs:
Any way to do this without Voodoo Sound, since it won't be compatible with the US variant of the Galaxy S3?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joederp:
Well as a followup to this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1887750

I'm going to post about the qualcomm audio codec and we can access the registers maybe change the

mic levels, don't know about the wolfson though..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewt328:
I am running slim ics 4.0. When I try to tether it to my PC I cannot connect to the internet over the PC and it says DNS server not available. I tried the USB and wifi tether and it has the same error for both ways. I tether it through the android settings and am not using an app. Any ways to get it to work by thethering through the android settings without having to download an app? Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niteh@wk:
try changing the DNS on the PC to use Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sleepy13909:
I seen this and thought I would share

Kingston or Sandisk 16GB microSDHC Memory Card Class 4 w/ SD Adapter!

http://1saleaday.com/wireless/
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] movieaddict:
TY!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sfsilicon:
With shipping they are about $8 a card. You can buy similar 16GB cards from Amazon.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dardani89:
and its a class 4 meaning it will be slow. you should get class 6 for your phone for it to be worth it. you dont need to get a class 10 either.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] sleepy13909:
I'm not buying one just thought maybe somebody might like it and buy it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] avataranjie:
Don't get it, I have one. So fricken slow
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Greg1007:
16gb not enough

I can attest to the fact that a 16gb sd card is nowhere near enough. i suggest getting 32gb. they are around $20
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariakyl:
Hello everyrbody,

I'm using the latest CM9 nightly build on my galaxy S3.

I got a strange issue with some apps refusing to install on my phone because there's not enough memory (whil I have 3Go remaining) but other ones works.

There's no specific apps that doesn't install for exemple some live wallpapers and themes, apps like City2 in Belgium, etc. It's really random.

I searched a bit everywhere and found that Titanium Backup may cause this thing to happen, I installed it before but when I search about the specific folder with root explorer I can't find it, so I guess it's another app that may cause it.

Does anybody have an idea ?

Thank you !:laugh:
[Nokia Lumia 900] jr97ai:
So I am only going to comment on one part of your post which is that you will probably get the Nokia WP8 when it comes out. I think you should say if it comes out. Nokia only started doing really well with this handset. Now Microsoft and the. Continue to push a handset with no upgrade path after making big news of an upgrade.

I have seen this when I worked at a tech retail store. People plan to wait when upgrades are around the corner. It is why Microsoft free or minimal cost software upgrades on purchases bought before the upgrade. They are doing this with Windows 8 because they know it would slow down sales.

So hopefully Nokia survives because as you can see from the posts Microsoft has alienated a lot of people and it is Nokia and any other Gen 2 device manufacturers who stand to loose sales. Lucky for Samsung and HTC they have Android to fall back on unlike Nokia. The biggest thing is that many of these people are the ones who recommend tech to others and rightfully would not recommend a device 6 months old with no upgrade path.
[Nokia Lumia 900] eknutson:
Actually, only the un-happy are noisy. Most people I actually know and talk too either couldn't care less, or are perfectly fine with it. Nokia will be fine. MS will be fine. WP8, Win8, and XBox will be just fine. There are ALWAYS people who scream dooms-day, but it never comes. Everything is always just fine ;)
[Nokia Lumia 900] sakenfenc:
Totally wrong uninformed.....
[Nokia Lumia 900] tfn:
I also am happy with my lumia 900 and also it was a decision I made whether to wait for WP8 or not.. ( I was actually waiting for the Lumia 900 as it had a front facing camera against the lumia 800).

There is always new tech coming out every 3 months a so and you either wait or get what is on offer that suits your need.

Regarding the WP8 update I am not so much bothered ( only regret is the nokia pureview camera 808).

I come from a Samsung galaxy S2 and the for me the SGS2 has been the best android device by far and the SGS3 didn't appeal to me at all, besides people were always complaing How most apps were not optimised to use the DUAL CORE of the SGS2.

Similiar things will happen when WP8 comes around there will be fewer apps and most current DEVS will keep developing for WP7 as they have just about got hang of it. So it will be atleast another year or so when we see Quality apps both for WP8 and Windows 8 which is just starting out as well, by which time I will be ready to purchace my Second Gen WP8 Just like my Second Gen lumia 900.

NFC is also not very popular in the UK at present and probably you will get NFC through sim cards or as stickers.

Till Next year my Lumia 900 rocks.. and then I will have decided about my next phone
[Nokia Lumia 900] jr97ai:
All I am going to do is laugh that you would write 3 weeks without explaining what it is applied to.. If its my whole post then I'm not sure how you can say I am wrong on the Windows upgrade offers which are true and I know from experience. The same goes for people holding off on purchases because of upgrades.... Its not my opinion... its from experience since I worked at a Retail Big Box store.

In regards to the part about Nokia and the risk here not sure how I am uninformed as there are numerous people saying this could stall sales:

http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Windows-Phone-8--What-s-the-Impact-/story.xhtml?story_id=111008O891L0

Once again... it is wide spread knowledge that Nokia is not doing as well as was expected as mentioned below:

http://www.gsminsider.com/2012/06/no-windows-phone-8-updates-for-all.html

and here is another article talking about the risk to Generation 2 device sales...

http://nothingwired.com/2012/06/21/older-windows-phone-will-7-8-upgrade-windows-phone-8/

Btw, I could reference many other articles written by people who are not just owners upset by the lack of upgrade.

But apparently I am misinformed and only "negative noisy" people believe this....

Maybe you are misinformed....
[Nokia Lumia 900] sakenfenc:
Blah ... Blah... Blah... go buy Iphone...
[Nokia Lumia 900] yaiba60:
MS made a few diehard fans happy while the consumer base shifts away from WP, go figure. You don't have to tell people to go buy an iPhone. In fact, MS WANTS people to state "go buy a WP." Will anyone say this? Hell no, not even you.

A few people being noisy here are actually people who have been defending MS since the age of WM, like me. The rest who left simply left because they didn't even care throwing a word back. I know for a fact that I can't find a single ground to back MS any longer. Feature wise? No, too obvious. Fluidity? No because phones nowadays are supercharged, 2-3 seconds faster doesn't mean crap to fill up the gap of features. Update path? complete BS.

You can be sheeps for WP 8 to hopefully help it gain grounds. I know I will join the base once the damn thing becomes well established.
[Nokia Lumia 900] zabihjan:
Why are ppl so much bothered about updates?

I bought my Lumia 900 simply because it looks awsome and is more reliable than any other smarthphone i have used. Surely it has bad points too but i dont give a damn.

I use my Lumia 900 to its last breath everyday, i am heave tweeter, emailing surfig gaming, calling etc. WP7 is perfect as it is, it only needs some minor touches.

Same goes for Android and IOS (in their childhood days, these OSes were not complete either, Infact IOS is still struggling with main features.

I was too keen on recieveing updates on my older phones but each time i updated problems started to come along. As soon as my Xperia X10 got updated to 2.3 i sold it after a week. My galaxy s2 when got updated to ICS i sold it after 3 days due to amount of FC and other lags. My Iphone 3gs i sold it after one week when got updated to IOS 4

Pls guys grow up.
[Nokia Lumia 900] eknutson:
Got some facts or figures to back that up?

Key word: Few. Well, 2 key words then: noisy.

I've seen this happen so many times before: Video games, TV shows, politics, religion... none of it ever comes true. A few leave in a huff, noisily disgruntled, and the rest continue on without any problems.

There's no dooms day, there's no market share problem, there's no negative impact what so ever with sales. Drag my post up in 6 months and prove me wrong about that, but I sincerely doubt that it will end up any other way.

This is the only truth you've stated. It's your choice, always has been, always will be. And there's nothing wrong with your position, as it fits you at this time.

Don't really feel like a sheep - heck, I posted the opposite of the current flavor of the week as far as opinions. And what I stated was my choice, always has been, always will be. ;)
[Nokia Lumia 900] jr97ai:
Wy dont you at least post something pertinant to the conversation? The forums are made for discussion and thats what we are doing. I respect peoples opinions here if they agree or disagree with me but yours are plain useless.

I dont have to go and buy another phone because I have issues with what is happening. I hate the Iphone and have pushed the devices even after I bought a 6.5 device only to find out it couldnt be upgraded to 7.

I didnt have another 400 plus dollars to drop on a wp 7 device so I took an android device from my provider. I liked it alot and it received both a Gingerbread update and ICS. But I wanted a Windows phone so I bought the Samsung Focus which I just replaced it with the Lumia.

What frustrates me is that people are putting words in our mouths here. I dont hear anyone who complained saying they hate the Lumia or that they expect to get an update with features that apply to hardware that doesnt exist.

They just want an upgrade path such as the one Microsoft is providing to those who buy a pc before Windows 8 is released.

I may be wrong but hardware was quoted as the reason that WM devices didnt get an update but the HTC HD device proved that was not true. I dont believe that if Microsoft Windows specs are not even dual core that wp8 cantnbe ported. In my mind its a case of dont want to, not cant. If that was the answer as much as that would be frustrating I would respect it more then the "we can't".

In summary I will post my opinion and if you dont like it go read some static website with no discussion or coments.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yaiba60:
What can you do to defend MS this time eh? If you think you can, then perhaps you might be interested in being the marketing general manager for MS that Gavin Kim left after 5 months. Pay rate is nice, I guess, but the job will be very, very tough.

When people leave, they simply leave without a comment (who cares really for a oh-so product?) The ones throwing comments are those who have been trying to back MS and become alienated by the very same company. You find it noisy? You have the choice to sit back and be quiet. By joining in you opt to be noisy as well. Plus, is WP noisy enough so that others will say "go buy a WP"?

If you want written facts, go find it yourself or wait for Gartner report. If you believe WP is doing well after this, well that's what you think. The deal is not a few, but a lot will dump WP and a few continue on, including you, because its limited features meet your expectations. The iPhone 4S is still going for $400+ used in Washington State, try to top that number with a lumia in any market. Even the iPhone 4 now has better resale value than the lumia thanks to recent news.

I don't need some dude to point out what's my choice and what's not. I call those WP8 adopters sheeps because it has not established a solid ground yet. If you know it's your choice, keep it to yourself because I didn't ask "why."

I say WP7 just became a "feature phone." Yeah, the competitive pricing did say something :victory:
[Nokia Lumia 900] eknutson:
*shrug* you posted on my thread - where I stated what I've done and where I'm at and what I plan to do, by complaining and taking things I said out of context and changing the meaning (i.e. noisy people), then attribute my post to being some kind of MS hype.

On top of that, you responded with factless claims of doomsday scenarios and disapointment. I ask for the facts to back up these claims, and you tell me to look for myself (meaning you don't have any, there's none to show).

There are pleanty of other threads here at XDA where people are saying the same thing as you are, ad nausium. You're free to go post there. I don't feel particularly bad when you post in my thread and restate what's been said before in other threads and accuse me of things I didn't say and attribute ideas to me that I didn't have.

I'm sorry for your sense of loss, I sincerly hope you find peace (this is not sarcastic, I mean it - it's only a phone after all :D).
[Nokia Lumia 900] SuperSport:
I believe you are missing a few points here:

Would you really have preferred that the 6.5 device were upgraded to WP7? That would have held WP7 back on specs/features, with the exception of a few phones (HD2).

Again, don't think for a moment that the Lumia 900 is out of the game. There are SO MANY of them out there now, that they will become the next HD2. DEVs are going to bring WP8 to the Lumia, mark my words. The device is too nice not to go there.

As for Microsoft not bringing it, I could care less. My Lumia is the best phone I've owned since I've been using wireless. And my first Mobile phone was a Motorola Bag Phone. Yes, the heavy shoulder strap phone that lasted about 3 hours and cost $200-$1500 per month to use. I've owned MANY phones over these years, and again, the Lumia 900 beats them ALL, hands down. If it was never upgraded to WP8, that's just fine! They did NOT say they were going to stop supporting it, they just said they were not going to port WP8 to it. There's a Big difference. You will still get updates, you will still get leading edge software, you will still get firmware updates. I don't see the problem.

When does a company decide when to stop supporting Full OS upgrades? It's a tough decision I'm sure, but it has to be made. If they offered OS upgrades forever, they would never make enough money to continue to develop. I don't want to see that happening.

My next phone will also be a Nokia. They are going to support WP better than any other OS, because they HAVE to in order to survive. They've already shown their support in a big way, and they've shown how they are going to continue to do so. Maybe it will not be WP8, but it will be the next best thing. A new Start Screen that most everyone has been anxious to get, and a host of other updates are to come. Just because they have not spelled it all out, does not mean it's not happening. They said all the NON-HARDWARE features would be brought to the Lumia. That could include All Sorts of Fantastic things. Some have already arrived (Camera Extras, Play-To), and I'm sure they will bring a lot more.

Before WP7, I also wanted the latest ROM or OS on my Windows Mobile phones, and to some extent, still do. I even ported and cooked ROMs to get there. But since using WP, I am not quite as anxious, because it really works quite well. That's mostly what I was trying to get out of Windows Mobile. Stable, Fast, Fun. WP Already has that!

My opinion, give Winkia/Nokidows a little time to prove where they are going to take us. Honestly, by the time WP8 comes around, I'll be itching for a new device anyways, so my Lumia 900 will replace my Focus as my Test Bed/Dev device... ;)
[Nokia Lumia 900] yaiba60:
Nobody talks about doomsday and whatnot, at least I never stated them. You got delusions about doomsday or is it haunting you :confused:

WP is small fry, idc about facts for this. If you love it, go research to back it up, don't tell me this and that. If you were successful, maybe MS would want you in its WP marketing team and pay you nicely. I never told you to agree with me. My style is "take it or leave it." My writing is not to convince, but to explain. I don't assume you this and that (heck I never even made a statement how you felt about your phone). However, it looks like you do assume a lot of thing about me. Why do you care? :laugh:

P/S: all my three Lumia 900 have been craigslisted successfully, I feel relieved :D