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[HTC One X] timlambo:
Have you tried to boot into recovery after the reboot from trying to enter recovery? As far as I know there is nothing important that can be erased by formatting sd card. You should flash the latest cwm recovery, 5.4.0. It's in the development section, sorry can't find it quickly from my phone now. That will allow you to put rom on sd card.

Another method is if you can boot into rom, just use adb to enter recovery.

'adb reboot recovery'.

Edit: Here is the link for the latest recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1594819&highlight=recovery

Oh and that Hboot message is quite normal. I also get it and am sure everyone else gets it as well. It is just looking to see if there isn't a update file(That's for different images, which we'll probably use when we have s-off).
[HTC One X] Alex240188:
Hero derp, 1 bazillionth time

Fastboot erase cache

Then you can get into recovery
[HTC One X] boyceuk:
yea that did it.

cheers,
[HTC One X] boyceuk:
Did I loose anything by wiping the SD card?

Whenever I reboot, my phone now says 'Preparing SD card' in the status bar, which it never used to.
[HTC One X] Alex240188:
obviously you have lost the contents of your SDcard and probably any CWM backups you have made.

will likely have lost any big game data like ShadowGun etc, anything that requires you to download additional game data

and FYI the "preparing SD card" popup on reboot is normal, maybe you have not noticed it before but it is normal
[HTC One X] boyceuk:
Thanks.

yea, I wanted to clean it from all the '3 mobile' crap that comes installed (including some bad music), I had already saved my CWM recovery to my PC so have a copy of that.

Just wanted to make sure I hadn't lost any important drivers or boot files. But now thats its booting fine into CMW Im happy.

This is my first attempt at rooting so have not seen the preparing SD card on sense.
[HTC One X] Alex240188:
should be ok, nothing boot related runs from the SD so happy modding

and the prepping SD should be on stock aswell as custom, maybe im mistaken
[Galaxy S III General] Envy718:
Im switching from my iphone 4 to a galaxy s 3. There are so many advantages to switching. Anyone else want to express their relief about letting go of the apple ecosystem!
[Galaxy S III General] onmike:
I switched from the iPhone 4S to the International S3. Had the 4S since release date. Got the S3 a few days ago. Had been using an iPhone since 2007 when the first was released.

There are pros and cons to each system. I think both are great.

Android is a more open system. I definitely like that.
[Galaxy S III General] cychan:
I have both iPhone 4s, Note, HTC One X, SG3 and I only keep the iPhone and the SG3. Both systems is good. The Note when upgrade to ICS sucks. HTC One X battery sucks as well. SG3 by far has the best battery which can let me use it for whole day. iPhone is still my main business phone and the SG3 is for fun and development. My company developed Android TV box and ODM for people to put their band on it.
[Galaxy S III General] Brianaro:
Could you guys help me I need help transferring my music from iTunes to my S3?
[Galaxy S III General] restinbeast:
I suggest "Isyncr" from the google play store.

Great great way to transfer iTunes collection.

It is playlist based but a lot more reliable than Double Twist in my experience.
[Galaxy S III General] brains_charlie:
Transfer iphone to S3

Hi, I transferred from Nokia to Iphone when the first iphone appeared and have been with Apple ever since my last one being the 4S.

I wanted a larger screen though for browsing, watching films and reading books on holiday. I tried the note but found it too large so went for an S3.

I am really pleased with the move, the S3 is just as slick and fast, if not faster. Has much better battery life and a lovely large screen.

When I first got the S3 I tried via Kies to sync to my outlook files but it was rubbish so i started again and used the Transfer non-Samsung backup data option on the Kies main basic information page.

This located my last Iphone 4S backup and transfered my contacts with photos, calender, birthdays, notes, photos, videos and all my music that was on my phone. It worked brilliantly.

So I suggest anyone changing to backup their iphones and use Kies to do the transfer.
[Galaxy S III General] elhpianist:
I use "itune agent" to transfer files from itunes to any mp3 player that isn't apple
[Galaxy S III General] joefloater:
Samsung has partnered with this company to make the transition from ios to your new gs3 painless, the app is called easy phone sync, can sync everything from music to contacts.;)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5nYWxheHlzeW5jLmFuZHJvaWQuYXBwIl0.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I went from GS2 - iPhone 4s - Xperia S - HTC One XL- GS3 i9300

This is my personal ranking

1. GS3

2. GS2

3. iPhone 4s/Xperia S - tie

4. -

5. HTC One X
[Galaxy S III General] matttye:
I have an iPad but I knew from the moment I bought it I had to use non-Apple services whenever possible so as not to get locked in. I use Kindle rather than iBooks, my Google account and Dropbox rather than iCloud. Just makes things easier to switch later :)
[Galaxy S III General] xbellox:
After many years using iPhone, I'm now using S3 and I'm loving it.

I also bought an iPad in case I miss iOS somehow. The only thing I miss is an app like Infolock or IntelliScreen, mainly to change the clock style and be able to make calls directly from lockscreen. I tried MagicLocker, LockerScreen 7 and WidgetLocker, but none of those is works flawless. If you have a password protected lockscreen those apps won't work very well.

I think the combination of an iOS tablet and an Android smartphone is perfect, at least for me.
[Galaxy S III General] dhalker:
I switched from the 4s to the skyrocket about two months ago.

I wasn't sure if I liked it more until I tried the skyics ROM. Once I found this ROM I don't think I will ever go back!
[Galaxy S III General] do1984:
I switched from iphone 4s to SGS2, and then from the s2 to the S3. Damn I feel no regret and I can't imagine using iphone again. Even I've got a new ipad and Apple TV (basically for Netflix and mirroring my ipad).

Enviado de meu GT-I9300 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] bothfly:
The iPhone andnApple stuff is a very tight and reliable Eco system. For example my wife has a 4S, she took a bunch of pictures today, I'm on my iPad right now and the Photostream has all her pictures on my iPad right now for me to look at.

I took pictures on my GS3 and I have them auto upload to Dropbox, but then I have to sync them to iPhoto.

The GS3 is the best Android phone I have used, but like my buddy and I were talking about, the GS3 is the best Android phone of the moment. It seems that Andoid phones come and go, but the iPhone stays the same and is a pretty dran good device. The problem is the OS is too easy and boring for anyone that comes on this site. The screen is small but both will be updated in the coming months.

Right now I am enjoying the great battery life and niceness of my International GS3, but I am missing my iPhone too.
[Galaxy S III General] saadi703:
I am also using the same combination and it works fine for me. I also came from 4S. This is not my first Android phone though. I have used HTC desire, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy S2, and Samsung Nexus. My wife has HTC one x at the moment. I have also own every single iPhone since original. I don't know what the fuss is all about and why one of them (apple and android) has to be bad. Both are good for me however the small screen of iPhone is not good enough to play games who has on screen controls.
[Galaxy S III General] FLY_TY:
I am also switching from the iphone 4 whenever my new s3 come to BB. I can't wait! I'm so tired of this little screen on my iphone and all the boring features.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I love my new iPad and I enjoyed the iPhone 4s. Keeping my GS3 though and will most likely sell my iPad once I find a windows 8 tablet that can effectively replace my laptop, desktop, and tablet. The pro version of the surface looks like it might just pull it off too. We shall see.

But I plan to purge myself of all Apple because I don't like the way they patent everything.

Will probably end up regretting selling the iPad once Kingdom Rush 2 comes out though. Haha
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
LOL! good idea i have owned a 4 and then got the galaxy s :DD the difference is massive the 4 is slow and wayyyyy to small the camera also wasnt as good as on my galaxy s i9000 the galaxy s series b**** slap the iphones from there years galaxy s iphone 4 s2 iphone 4s and OBVIOUSLY The s3 kills the 5 i willl never touch that steve jobs crap :)
[Galaxy S III General] kickassdave:
I don't necessarily agree with your last point since the iPhone 5 isn't even out yet lol... I HAVE seen what they are potentially offering though in iOS 6 and unless iPhone 5 is going to add a million bells and whistles to that I feel iOS/Apple truly are now lagging behind Android in innovation. Jelly Bean will be on the radar by that time too. And that could add even more awesomeness to Android.

Agree with an earlier comment too. iOS is far too boring for the kind of person that browses this site.
[Galaxy S III General] kibosh1981:
As with all apple products...... they are over priced and over hyped. IPhone is good for someone who could care less about doing any sort of modifications to their phone. I find ( generally speaking) tech geeks like android and the mindless masses like iPhone. (No disrespect LOL) they both have a demographic but personally I'm android all the way!
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
apple will ADD features to their new iphone but as usual they will be a ripoff of android just look at ios 6 its a crappy clone of android since all "200" new features

are a android ripoff look at feature list of ios vs android from 2.1 most are stolen from android and being called "NEW" in ios LMFAO and as i said the new iphone will be a fail no apple user wants a bigger screen also they all say 3.5 is perfect and when someone give them a 4 inch screen phone to play with they say "meh to big" but WHEN apple come out with a 4 inch screenmade by samsung they jump out of the frigging roof saying wow this is the perfect size you will see it will happen also the 5 doesnt stand a chance next to the s3:cool::cool: true when has a iphone beat a galaxy phone?____________________fill in the gap apple is also around 2 years behind android the same ui for 5 years the same size screen the same design what attracts people to icrap(yes apple announced that this it the new iphone name) is the fact that steve jobs did a bl**dy good job at marketing it also the apps 10000 more apps on ios then android when i used my iphone 4(now has a .22 through it) i felt locked in(thats why i shot it:D) android your free thats what attracts me most+the ui+roms+power+screens+everything you can think of
[Galaxy S III General] fr4c:
I like to introduce you to my good friends, period and comma.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
I would like to introduce that typing on a galaxy tab is kinda hard if i was on a pc that would be a different matter. :)
[Galaxy S III General] fr4c:
Fair enough good chap.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
I switched from the 4S, though I've still kept it for app development purposes.

I must say, I much prefer the S3 thus far. Miss a few little things here and there but overall I'm very happy with the switch. The S3 as a whole is a far superior and more competent device, hardware and software wise.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
That a boy!
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
but the question is that when the icrap 5 comes out will you switch to that BS or stay with the cool lot?
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
For me there is no cool lot or icrap. I have no allegiances and never will. I'll go with what's best for me at the time. Could I switch to the iPhone 5? Possibly, but not likely.

Firstly, even with 16:9 its still a small screen with exactly the same width (640 pixels). Then there's the UI which imo needs an aesthetic overhaul, and more importantly its maps app. Google maps is pants on the iPhone and Apples new map application based on the Beta leaves a LOT to be desired. I'm certainly excited to see what Apple come up with.
[Galaxy S III General] DarkredD14:
Have you thought about the eco system Microsoft is building with Windows phones, tablets, and computers? Also the skydrive is looking pretty good.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
I don't know why but the tile stuff doesn't really appeal to me. Perhaps it's too simplistic, clean and almost bland?

In any case, last I used Windows mobile the app market was seriously lacking, but I'm certainly not closed to the idea of giving it a try. For now though, the S3 just nails it for overall experience.
[Galaxy S III General] DarkredD14:
Definitely I love my S3 (after I figured out Firefox was hogging my battery and started using power saving w/ CPU limit). I do have the preview version of Windows 8 installed on a second partition and it is pretty cool but the tiles do take some getting used to. I really don't know how most users with desktop/laptops will take it but it seems to be a great interface for touch screens.
[Galaxy S III General] caramelcarebr:
I also am doing this. I have the iPad with 3g and the GS2 (waiting on my GS3 from verizon) Everything Apple that I like is on the iPad and I have no reason to want an iphone.

And OMG, when is this happening?!! I've completely beat the original Kingdom Rush, haha.
[Galaxy S III General] abubasim:
That app is only available for SGS3 owners in the UK :-(

. . .

I switched from an iPhone 4, first to the GNote and now to SGS3. My reason for switching from iOS was due to the poor PIM, mainly the sucky calendar and the reminders app which doesn't do a proper job of reminding! Not possible to copy calendar entries? Cannot choose the start day of the week? Thanks ICS for fixing this for me :-)

The Note was very nice but I missed ExFAT for my 4GB+ HD movies and the screen was too large to operate one handed. The SGS3 fixes both these issues but now I miss UMS mode from the Note...
[Galaxy S III General] Khizar:
there is a app in the themes and apps section that lets you mount your S3 to pc..
[Galaxy S III General] As2O:
iphones are so bad with all their closed sources, ive never had an iphone and i never intend to even though their very high in demand. android is the way to go!
[Galaxy S III General] shilirong:
Same here , echo Note sucks after upgrading to ICS.
[Galaxy S III General] trublu:
You're going from one echo system to another. If you take photos on your S3 and upload them to your Google account they'll show up on an android tab if you have one.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
According to the developers forum it was supposed to be out by now but they changed their tune a bit. They say there is no estimated time and it depends. They want to get it right and will take their time with it.

Kingdom Rush was such an amazing game that I am all for them taking their time with it.

They say right now their priority is the iPhone version of Kingdom Rush.
[Galaxy S III General] David Brownz:
Iphone to GS3

In 2011 i have purchased Iphon 4S. That was great experience with Iphone 4S but now i am using Galaxy S3, i think so that it is much better than Iphone 4s in looking as well as in technology and various latest supportable app.
[Galaxy S III General] ApophisXP:
Regarding the photostream. Dropbox does that work for me, I take a picture/record a video. Its then instantly uploaded (dependant on connection and file size as with all stuff ) to dropbox. Which is then accessible on every device I own. Be it Android / Apple or Desktop's. Anything that can install dropbox or even browse to the dropbox website.
[Galaxy S III General] G3001:
Got the 4 when it came out and I loved it due to it's superb screen and build, the OS suited me as I'd had years of Winmob and Symbian phone so wanted something simple and reliable as didn't have time to keep playing but the itch to play took over and I quickly got bored even after jailbreaking it.

Bought an S2 last August and loved it, a great quality phone coupled with being my first android phone and was finally the OS I had been waiting for since 2004.

The SG 3 is now the phone I have waited for, superb screen, just the right size, stonking processor power, decent battery life and a well supported smooth OS that does't treat me like a school child telling me what I can and can't do.

I'm not slamming iOS like some Android fanboy it's a brilliant OS just not for me. In my experience iPhones suit 2 types of people, those who are not tech savvy (your Mum, Nan etc) who want the benefits of modern tech in a simple to use well built package and those aching to be cool and think they are up there with the tech boys but couldn't tell you what ROM stands for, everyone else is should have Android. (So the current king S3.)

I was at Le Mans this year with my shiney new S3 and wish I'd been a Samsung rep as I'd have sold 20 odd of them most of which were current iPhone users who were very interested in not just how good the hardware was but also the OS.

I loved the S2 over the 4 and the S3 is an step o from that so I'd day other than integration with Pad's etc you won't look back.
[Galaxy S III General] wirawan1234:
One thing i found better in my iPhone, FIFA 12 and Smurf Village, in my SGS3, these apps are kind of stretched and rather uncomfortable to see....
[Galaxy S III General] willow09:
Easy Phone Sync. Great and easy to use itunes sync app
[Galaxy S III General] mramay:
Got my S3 three days ago and having a ball modifying it to *my* requirements, something that was painful on my iPhone 4. I'm not getting great battery life from the S3 but that's an ongoing investigation on my part to discover what's killing it so quick. Love the big screen and fast processor, even though us US folks "only" get the dual version. HSPA is all I've found so far but it's noticeably faster than 3G. I'm working in a client's office space in the center of a large building. The IP4 had around -117db to -121db readings and 3G only sometimes, mostly E data. Tomorrow is the first day into that room again and I'm hoping the S3 has better RF sensitivity. By the way, had it rooted in three hours.

The major problem I have is not an S3 problem, it's me trying to get Notes and Calendar entries off the IP4 onto the S3. I'm not using Outlook so I haven't sync'd to it, nor do I use iTunes. Tried to sync the calendar on the IP4 to the gmail calendar but it didn't do it (my uneducated fault). Suggestions??
[Galaxy S III General] cyrexking:
i had iphone 4s 32 gig in white and i exchanged it to the blue S3 and i love it
[Galaxy S III General] michaeldotson817:
Yup that's exactly what I did. This phone has been awesome so far. The battery life has gotten better over a little time. Just make sure your auto sync is off. Brightness down to like 45 50 percent. Those are some of the main ones that will drian your battery.
[Galaxy S III General] greenstuffs:
I still like the 4s better and I'd still be using it if it didn't have that retarded 3.5" screen
[Galaxy S III General] microdrive:
Hi just like to know if it's possible to transfer Whatsapp messages/chat history from iphone to S3? I'm almost ready to put down the money for a S3. However it would e a deal breaker for me if the transfer is not possible....:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] amragha79:
I have HTC desire HD, Iphone 4s and the galaxy s3 which i got two days ago

and i must say i love it more than the Iphone 4s
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Whilst I'm keeping my 4S (app development testing), I must say, I consider the S3 vastly superior. I even find it more comfortable to hold and use on a day to day basis. Lighter, more ergonomic etc. I have pretty small hands and I've had no problems using this phone one handed 99% of the time.

Far as I can tell the 4S has few advantages over the S3, though it does still have one or two. Anyway, very glad I made the jump (so far). I would recommend it to anyone really. Not saying I wouldn't jump back though. I never take sides, just go with what's best for me at the time. Your move Apple.
[Galaxy S III General] blade30p:
Afaik the back up is password or fone number specific, so it's not related to the fone. One back up should restore on many fines as long as the pass matches?

Sent from My Omega powered beast, using Xparent ICS
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
On a side note, sitting from this exact position posting on this forum as I have done in the past with the 4S many a time.Two noteworthy differences.

1. The S3 pulls 3 bars average signal (sometimes even full, rarely drops to 2). Comparatively my 4S got 2 bars average, often even 1...

2. The S3 using Tapatalk yields infitely better battery. 4S at times would lose a % a minute. I've lost like 1% on the S3 in maybe 5-10.
[Galaxy S III General] microdrive:
Hi blade30p, thank you for e infor. I'd posted e same question in e Singapore User Thread. I'll take e plunge and get a set this evening and I'll report back with my results.

Hope everything go smoothly.;)
[Galaxy S III General] LondonLion:
I have used Android for around 7 years now and had (i think it was the first!) the 'google phone'. I have also used iPhones for brief periods through work and absolutely hate it, i've always said both OS have pretty much the same functions, but Android makes it so much more fun to do it, Apple restricts you so much.
[Galaxy S III General] batman372:
iphone 2G >> 3GS >> 4 >> SG2 >> SG3 :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Damov3:
Been switched for a month

Hello everyone,

First post here so I thought it would be appropriate to put it here as I've been switched for about a month, but it's not the first time I've used android. I've had every iPhone since the 3g and still own the 4s now(well the wife owns it now).

I did briefly own the galaxy s2 but got rid due to the terrible battery life.

When the galaxy s3 was announced I was a little underwhelmed, but I really fancied a change so I had it delivered on launch, it was fine apart from the crazy amount of bloat ware Samsung kindly throw in, but after an update my battery life went down the drain and I was about to give up on it.

Then I found xda and in particular I found cm9 now I can safely say Im enjoying the experience of android.

I won't compare the two platforms because as far as I'm concerned they are very different, and I will always own iPhones because I'm so heavily invested into the apple Eco system.

Anyway, to all the contributors here thanks for help so far!:o
[Galaxy S III General] Fir3blade:
100% same history for me.

Not regretted it one single second.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bordikun:
Well title says it all. I want a mod that is for the clock/time only not includes the % battery