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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] varaonaid:
Hello,

I, like so many others am trying to decide between the Samsung Galaxy S3 & the HTC Evo 4G LTE. One thing that I definitely want is to be able to root and flash ROMS on whichever phone I get. I know that root has been achieved on both phones but I'd like thoughts on developer support between the two, and which one (or both) can be set back to an original state where it's not known it was rooted for warranty purposes. I know HTC lets you unlock the bootloader but unless there's a workaround it'll say relocked on the bootloader allowing anyone savvy enough to check that it's been rooted. Wondering if current root versions are S-on, S-off or either with the owner choosing. Or perhaps S-off is a must in order to truly relock the bootloader so it says locked instead of relocked. I also read in my research that you can trip a counter on the S3 the counts how many ROMS have been flashed... Although I also read it's possible to root without tripping the counter but if anything goes wrong, you can't reset the counter.

Now, it seems like the S3 would have the most dev support since it's been released globally but I'm assuming that the ROMS developed for the global quad core version won't be compatible with the dual core US version. Is this correct? Is there Evo dev community really committed so that I could expect similar work being done for both phones?

Lastly, I'm assuming that the S3 will have more accessories available for it given its release on 5 US carriers without any changes in the phone... Seems like a first for any phone but the iphone. Do you agree with this or do you expect lots of accessories and aftermarket items available for the Evo LTE as well.

I know that there's a lot of questions in this but with the phones being so similar, this may be the area that differentiates them. And I know that I definitely want to root the phone... No question on that.

Thanks in advance for any and all advice! I appreciate it so much!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaos420:
All your questions could of been answered with a simple search of the development section.

Sent from my ice cream powered Evo Lte!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
the only thing people are saying that i know about the ONLY thing that better on the gs3 is the screen.. other than that it all go's to the EVO!!! :victory: go on youtube and search evo 4g lte vs gs3.. u be the judge..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] FattySparks:
^ +1

There are already thousands of threads in this forum alone. Best place to start is the stickies in each section.

People in these forums don't usually take kindly to people wanting info, that has already been answered many times before, spoon fed to them.

Do some research and if you have specific questions about a process or feature that you can't find elsewhere, then ask.

One part of your question that I will answer, is that we do have a great, easy S-Off method and also a mod that allows you to make your bootloader appear stock, meaning it can say ***LOCKED*** and S-ON, even without those being true. With this method you don't need to use htcDev to unlock it.

Hope this helps. Happy researching.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rippley05:
Even that's opinion. I by far and away prefer the htc screen. It's more clear/sharp and doesn't use crayola neon colors.

OP I would also suggest browsing forum for the phones in question. As far as dev support goes, you're likely gonna have to separate each carrier version as well as us/international version of the s3.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Haha yeah, the screen is the one place that the EVO DEFINITELY beats the S3. Most of the rest is personal preference.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] varaonaid:
No, my questions couldn't and weren't answered by searching the forums. Rather than what IS NOW, I was wanting opinions on what you felt each phone would draw... In terms of devs and work for that phone. Now, if each phone had been released for 8+ months, that would be an entirely different story. But let's face it, the Evo LTE has been out for just a month and I'm still getting told by corporate stores (other than Vzw) that the release date was pushed back again until tomorrow. What I was hoping for was some educated prognostications as to how you felt that the dev communities would grow and take on their own "personalities". If you see the potential for growth larger on the Evo LTE vs S3, or vice-versa, etc. These are questions that require a working knowledge of a dev community and how they develop and what draws devs to any given phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Robert542:
As far as the bootloader on the Lte goes, there is currently a method to unlock and s-off without htcdev. There is also a method to take it back to completely stock s-on and "locked" not relocked. You must have s-off to accomplish it though. HTC will never know. Just look at the stickies under the development section and you can find what you need.

Sent from my Evo Lte
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] varaonaid:
Great info... Thanks for letting me know about both the capabilities to look like rooting hasn't taken place AND that Sprint will work on rooted phones. That's a huge big deal compared to Vzw.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] luxotek:
Has any one seen a working mod to make the volume buttons wake the phone for ICS or the HOX?

I'm coming from a samsung captivate and have small(ish) hands and the current unlock via the power button is a two hand job for me. not to mention uncomfortable and unnatural feeling.

either a CWM flashable or something from the app store?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ethantarheels123:
currently there is no stand alone volume button wake mod, but AOKP build 40 just came out and that has that option. you should take a look.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] luxotek:
Thanks for the speedy response...

coincidentally i just grabbed a aokp 40 rom just a few minutes ago to try out with a couple of others.

Cleanrom was awesome on battery life but i'm kinda used to stock ics features and not sense 4.0..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tucka20:
Hi, I read the 'existing users' installation instructions on the Sspeed ICS rom and installed the rom without installing the ics rom and kernel (I was tired). When booting, I go in a bootloop with the doomkernel screen. I can access recovery fine.

When holding vol+ and connecting to PC the phone goes back into it's bootloop and does not boot into fastboot.

When holding vol- and connecting to PC the phone flashes the green led and then boots into bootloop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Press Vol up + power button for 15 sec till you get 3 vibrations,then use flashtools to flash stock firmware.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tucka20:
Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I have tried this before. When it gets to the screen saying connect your phone, when I hold Vol- and plug in it flashes green and then boots to doomlord screen, then loops.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Did you tried to flash the stock kernel with fastboot?

Try to install the drivers from flashtools folder.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tucka20:
Ive installed the xperia s, flashmode and fastboot drivers from the folder. Will fastboot work if the blue led does not come on?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
No fastboot wont work if the blue led is not showing.

Did you tried to repair via pcc or sus?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tucka20:
Forgot to mention the phone has an unlocked bootloader so don't think that will work. Is that correct?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Yes bad idea.

Do you have the latest flashtools??

Try another firmware.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iridaki:
...And another section. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] zolah:
I have my stream set to all circles on the home page.

The problem I have is that its pulling through what's hot posts which I don't want.

Is there a way to set it to display all circles but not show what's hot posts?

Thanks for any help
[Android Apps and Games] phoenixs4r:
This drives me insane as well.
[Android Apps and Games] ArcticFish:
Yea I haven't found out how to do this either

Sent from my SGH-T989 with Cyanogenmod 9 Nightly Power.
[Android Apps and Games] zolah:
Lame... Guess i will just have to live with it :crying:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LukBoy99:
Does this ics rom have the HW decoding video thing that makes u unable to watch hq?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxy4270:
I recently noticed that video playback on pc is not smooth

at all. VLC player struggles to play the video and windows

media player plays with a lot of artifacts.

When i watch the playback on Galaxy S3 everything is smooth.

Has anyone experienced something like this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Is the video located in the internal storage or the SD card, what speed is the SD card, is it connected to the PC in MTP or UMS mode?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxy4270:
Videos are located on SD card.

But i copy and paste the video from S3 to my desktop

and then i play the video with vlc or wmp.

Video bitrate is 30 mb/s.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eggman89:
Isn't it a problem with your PC then? Nothing to do with S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
looks like ur pc is less powerful than s3 or missing proper codecs
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobFL:
Try KMP player. If it still stutters, I think it is codec-related....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxy4270:
Cheers mate...KMP player plays it fine.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuBz90:
I recorded a 1080p 5 minute video of my son the other day, just tried playing it in VLC and it played flawlessly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iShadowx3:
Ok, so yesterday i bought a SG3 from Telus(Im from New-Brunswick Canada, so its Telus, Bell or Rogers)... but the thing is i dont know if the kernels/recovery and roms in this section works for that model of SG3, its a SGH-I747M.... so i was wondering, if anyone knows about the hardware? Is it similar to the one from AT&T, Verizon etc? can i use the same roots/recovery/kernels etc? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woolios:
Att telus same hardware different software. Interchangeable yes

SGH-I747m
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iShadowx3:
Thanks you! :) so that means i can use all the firmware stuff the AT&T phone uses right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TLS2000:
It should work. I haven't flashed any custom roms yet, but rooting works with the ODIN/CWM/Root method. I don't believe we can use the no-flash counter method since ODIN should refuse to flash that firmware to our devices (based on previous experience with the S2 LTE/Skyrocket).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iShadowx3:
I just flashed a AT&T rom, it works fine, except it says at&t everywhere -.- now im looking for a more "universal" rom or something that isnt carrier related :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nk_blu:
Are you able to toggle off LTE? How is the cellular connection stability?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iShadowx3:
Yeah everything seems fine, 4g connection and its stable too O.o but like i said i get some error messages saying AT&T stuff has stopped working :P and at&t logos everywhere
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
hello,i have a samsung galaxy s which i tryed to flash on to it through recovery ,my phone got bricked,i fixed that though.

now each time i make a phone call or get one the screen gets stuck and then i cant hang up and when someone calls me after i answer the call the phone stuck and we can her each other. (I have cm9)

i tried to flash another rom and i still have the problem

some help please
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyloncrack:
Have you tried flashing another modem/radio for your region?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158783
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
i tried it and i still have the problem :<
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uNb0rN1:
go in recovery:wipe cache-davilk cache-wipe data-reboot.cm9 bug:you cant adjust sound in call.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
What do you mean by adjusting?we wiped everything that we could in recovery and flashed 3 diffrent roms and the problem remained
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogvogo:
tiramislim final 2.0

I had the same Problem for about 10 days. My dial pad would vibrate twice for each number I would press.I could not call out,or receive calls .also when I pressed dial the message said calling, but it was not..when I pressed call end . it just stuck ..message call ending..I had to reboot..I kept reinstalling a temporary rom ..except I really liked the Tramslim ..redownloaded 5 times over the 10 days with the same result ..I tried again on july 4th ./fresh download /4 times I would flash recovery/wipe cache/wipe dalvik/before flashing rom ///then tried several modems.So far the 19088ZNKP1 baseband works the best ...but I Wood Really Like to get my hands on a UGKL1 baseband that would work on my samsung i1900GalaxyS which works best with bell Canada ....please....:laugh::good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
can someone pleas help me ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoXFreak:
Did you ever make a backup of the working firmware? If not its back to stock for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
i have allready flash rom stock and i still have this problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester20:
Yeah u shud see if u have ur IMEI number or not..

If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester20:
If my post helped, don't mind hitting THANKS ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoXFreak:
With Kies mini or Odin?

It almost sounds as if you unlocked the phone for use on any network and your carrier blocked your IMEI number. I would call customer service and see what's up.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
of course i have the imei number i can make calls on stock rom but the phone is always gets stock after i hit send button and i cant hang up to hang up i must remove the baterry
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Have you tried wiping the phone .apk data?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoXFreak:
That will do nothing... he/she has a hardware or firmware issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eword:
what i can do with the firmware issues ? waht i need to do with that ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoXFreak:
The firmware is the OS itself. Odin back to stock GB, this should get the correct LB3 radio installed.

You didn't flash a Rogers OS on this thing did you?
[Dell Streak 7] Tannerlynn:
Hi

This has been driving me crazy I have a Dell Streak 7 (Wifi Only) running Stock Honeycomb 3.2 and I have been wanting to try out different roms that are out there and I have seen many posts here on XDA on how to do this but none of them seem to work. Is there a one click method to do this so I don't have to go through the pain of doing all the crazy steps?

Thanks

Tanner
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
The short answer is "no".

Rooting isn't installing a ROM although some install Superuser7 and some come with CWM included too.
[Dell Streak 7] Tannerlynn:
Thanks, I know what rooting is I am not asking what rooting is, I am asking for help on where I can get rooting instructions for the streak 7. All the posts on here have links that do NOT work anymore.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
You weren't clear on what didn't work, as for the links, read this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1750019
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yalla-One:
Hi,

The Galaxy S III with Samsung's ICS 4.0.4 copies _all_ the contacts from Google to the phone, including everyone from Google+ circles.

While it's relatively easy to configure the Samsung contacts/phone app to filter only for "My Contacts" part of Google contacts, this does not prevent it from poisoning my car's phone book with 200+ irrelevant contacts when I Bluetooth-sync my phone to my car.

Does anyone know if this is a bug in Android or if it's a result of modifications done by Samsung?

And is there ANY way to prevent the non-wanted Google-contacts from showing up on the phone in the first place? (or for instance decide in a similar fashion to the contacts app which groups should be synchronized over bluetooth)

I'm sure I'm not the first having run into this problem - what have you others done? Disabled Google+ altogether? I'm sure that can't have been Google's intention :-)

Thanks in advance for any insight!

-y1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rizky77:
contacts- menu-accounts and turn off accounts and sync
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
I'm fairly certain it's Google plus putting them in there and not the contacts app. I disabled the Google plus option to sync with my contacts and never had then appear in there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yalla-One:
Yes - the only problem here is that turns off ALL the google contacts, both the ones populated from Google+ and the ones in my contact list. In previous versions there was a sub-menu under the accounts where one could choose WHICH groups under the Google account to sync. Now it grabs all - including the Google+ contacts
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yalla-One:
Hmm - I too have disabled Google+ to sync with my contacts, but when I go to Gmail and list contacts there, all my Google+ circles are added to my contacts (just shown at a lower section). So even with de-installing Google+ on my phone, I still get the google+ contacts in my phone app.

However, when I uncircle a few persons from Google+ (from web), they disappear from Gmail contacts, and then subsequently disappear from Samsung's telephone app as well. Hence I still believe it's coming from G+ via contacts, and not the other way around..

It also seems to import all the people's email addresses that I have ever emailed from Gmail's "save sent contact list" which gives quite a few blank fields in the car phone book. These are hidden in the phone since I don't display contacts without phone numbers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mariacci:
Hi,

I heard that new version of Odin is available. Google did find me only the old versions... If someone have the latest version, can you share with me, please ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Straise:
v3.04 ?

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1092429&d=1338290578
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mariacci:
Yeah. Thx.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
I have heard that the new odin has been giving people problems. So just be careful using it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dikidera:
I'm not speaking from the name of everybody, but I flashed a new firmware and 2 kernels via new Odin and thank god all went OK.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkinZA:
Is there any changelog or release notes for this new Odin?

The old one works fine, so if there aren't any major changes, i don't see the need to use a new one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
No release notes. I'd only use the new version if you've tried everything with the older versions & they won't work no matter what you try (if it ain't broke don't fix it). Having a look at it, only difference seems to be the addition of the UMS button.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkinZA:
Exactly, i'll stick to the old tried and trusted Odin 3 v1.85.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] diqsa:
what's the deal with JellyBean for Tmobile SGS2? do developers need the official release in order to develop 4.1 based roms?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
Yes, they need to have the source code in order to make it available for our phones. I just cant wait for a stable complete CM9 or AOKP build! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] acexnx316:
Official AOKP has been out for about a month now. Build #40 at AOKP.co if you wanna read up on it. The next Milestone will be out very soon with even more features built in. By far the best ROM for our phone... PERIOD!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
I had lots of issues with Chimera vs Hercules RC1. I kinda like AOKP better than CM9 but its hard to say. I REALLY want the ability to disable full screen as i could with CM7. But hey its up to the devs i guess :/
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aslan93:
Hey forum,

I have both the SGS3 and the htc one x and ive noticed that the dead trigger game is enhanced for tegra devices in a way that in graphics settings there's an extra setting called 'ultra high' that is enabled by default. I want to be able to play on 'ultra high' on sgs3 too however on the rest of android just 'high' is the best option. Now i've tried to use chainfire 3d app with the tegra plugin and it works in that i can download and install any other tegra-only apps. So i've uninstalled dead trigger and installed it again through market, however i still cant switch the graphics to 'ultra high'. Perhaps i need the correct shaders but i cant find any anywhere.. or maybe im using the chainfire 3d app wrong. Could someone please help me figure it out, it might help that i have a working tegra version on my htc one x but i dont know where to look for an answer.. thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] georaldc:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28264365&postcount=54
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aslan93:
Thank you my friend although I've just discovered an easier alternative for me since I have a backup from HTC one x :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
You mean your restore one x ver with titanium backup and it work?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Product F(RED):
You really shouldn't do that; it might create problems in your ROM. You're better off just modding the file. It takes 2 minutes.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] aslan93:
Just restored the data and it won't create any problems
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] lasersocks:
This doesn't seem to work for the new version. The strings listed in that post don't seem to be in my preference file.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Product F(RED):
New version, meaning the update?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] lasersocks:
Yea, they released an updated today. I think it also removed that option from the xml file.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Product F(RED):
F*ck...That pisses me off. I may just take to complaining on their Facebook page. The Galaxy S III is a more capable phone than the One X or any other Tegra 3 phone. This is just anti-competitive.

---------- Post added at 02:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:32 PM ----------

I'm going to run Titanium Backup to backup my current version and then update. I'll also see if using Chainfire 3D with the Tegra plugin works.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] lasersocks:
well, you gotta think nvidia is probably paying them money to advertise the whole tegra thing.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Product F(RED):
Probably? Try definitely. I would've taken the HTC One X instead (since I game heavily) if it weren't for HTC's retarded bootloader lock. The S3 is faster but to me the One X looks better.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SirCanealot:
I upgraded earlier and I still have all the effects enabled. Didn't have to re edit the file!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Thor:
I just wanted to report that I made the changes after dead trigger was updated earlier today and it works perfectly.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Product F(RED):
Really? XML is still there? That's good. I myself made a Titanium Backup then updated, and it's still on Ultra High, which is good.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] predator21:
I tried and used..it works well bt some how disrupts the controls....n game hangs abit