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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
Before even reading the rest of the replies I'll post my 2¢. Just picked up the Galaxy S3 on Monday evening.

I had the EVO 4G original at release and LOVED LOVED LOVED IT - then last June it, along with half my electronics at home, was the victim of a lightning hit down the alley on one of the transformers. Fortunately my computer gear survived. But I digress. From the EVO 4G I went to the EVO 3D, which, while the phone itself was OK, there wasn't as much of a development community out there for it as some other phones, my OG EVO especially. Cyanogen never came out for it in a year, and battery life ended up being worse and worse over time. If I'd kept the OG EVO I'd probably have been in a much different frame of mind regarding HTC's phones, but the 3D was just not their greatest hit.

Ultimately, I was torn between the 4G LTE and S3 - got both in my hands to play with and was still torn. Ultimately, I didn't want another HTC 'black slab' and I learned to dislike Sense more and more, since many of the higher functioning ROMs out there were Sense-based and I had to run ADW or another launcher on top of it.

So far I couldn't be happier with my choice. I got the blue, no case (maybe I will), and have not rooted (yet). I like the touchwiz interface, have pared down my homescreens to only 4 like I prefer, and battery life is outstanding! I am going to let it discharge all the way and see how long I can squeeze out of it. It's the idle/standby time that is so outstanding in my mind. Only a few percentage points gone overnight as opposed to 30-40% with the EVO 3D.

Oh, and the screen on this thing is amazing. So clear and sharp and beautiful...and as big as cellphone screens should ever get! :p Seriously.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Paging Dr B:
Because of one thing - the name

Saying "Galaxy S3" is much easier than Saying "Sprint EVO 4G LTE". But don't listen to us. Walk, ride, skip or fly over to your nearest sprint store and see for yourself. The GS3 has 2GB of ram which is really awesome when multitasking. If you ask me all high end devices should have 2GB of ram. Other than that it's about the build. The EVO has a nicer screen, it feels like a solid brick that could hurt someone, and it has a kick stand. The GS3 feels soft like a babies bottom or a mammary and it looks super awesome also like a mammary. Amirite? ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vulcZ:
I actually feel differently on the aspect of development. I came from the OG EVO also, and dev support on that thing was amazing. From that I "upgraded" to the EVO 3D, but soon thereafter switched to the Epic 4G Touch as soon as it launched. Dev support just wasn't there for the EVO 3D. After I did some research, it made sense (no pun intended), but the EVO 3D was doomed from the start. What I mean by that is that it was never intended to be the true successor to the OG EVO, and thus not a lot of devs followed the device. Made perfect sense. The Epic 4G Touch had *better* dev support, but it still wasn't anywhere near what the OG EVO had.

I guess either way it's too early to tell which of the two (LTEVO and GS3) is going to have better dev support, but for some reason my gut is telling me that the LTEVO will.

I don't know if I agree with the 2gb of RAM on a phone just yet. iOS is a pretty crappy multi-tasking OS, yet the iPhone 4S only has 512mb of RAM and it's still a very good performing phone by today's standards. I also tested the SG3 (as mentioned in one of my previous posts), and it suffered from the same performance issues the LTEVO did when running it through my personal "real world" tests. So at least in my experience, the 2gb didn't seem to help the SG3.

Either way, both great phones. No clear winner over the other, when taking everything into consideration :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidGnome:
I'd be interested to know what exactly your 'real world' tests were.. I've been using my S3 pretty solid for the last 4 days since I got it and I have no issues with multitasking... I'm often on a webpage, pop out to check email, back to the webpage, pop out to roboform to get my password, text comes in... back to webpage.. etc... Through all of it no where did the home screen 'reload' , all the apps seemed to be right where I left them (browser reloaded page once or twice but I think that was the pages fault, not memory).

And whomever it was that pointed out that the HTC negative was

There's a great app called Widgetsoid that will add this to just about any phone... totally customizeable. I WISH samsung didn't have their shortcut or at least give us the option to customize it... I mean who really alters the "rotation" that often that they need a button.. or turn OFF Sync/mobile data? Give me a quick brightness widget, 4G toggle (for when LTE is available) and a quick shortcut to that new "Data Usage" (Awesome feature btw) and I'd be set.

One downside no one's mentioned yet about the S3, and it's more of a bonus that Sense roms have, is the contact management. Sense does a GREAT job of integrating Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.. to your google and/or phone contacts so you don't end up with triple entries etc.. Samsung has a similar feature but suffers from two rather large issues. 1) You have to manually link each contact to another (Sense had an automatic feature which would prompt you), and 2) You can only link up to 5 contacts together.. which means if you use standard Google contacts, then try to link in your Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn you're already at 1 more than allowed :( which means duplicate contacts :(

I'm hoping some of the custom ROMs will overcome this stupid 5 contact limit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vulcZ:
This is what I do. I open up Google Play, search for an app and download/install it. While that's happening, search for another app, download/install that one (basically queue it, since it won't install more than one at a time). Then keep repeating this. At about the 3rd or 4th app you'll start notice the phone running more sluggish. It wont transition as smoothly from window to windows, the search will be slower, drawing will be slower, etc. There will be delays after hitting home, or hitting back, etc. Things like that. So basically, I expect a phone this powerful to be able to go back or home instantly no matter what you're doing. So this Play Store thing is just one way I can get it to run sluggish.

The problem could very well be related to ICS. When running a GB ROM on my old Epic 4g Touch, I never really encountered this kind of problem (phone wasn't even overclocked), but I did notice weird performance issues like this if I loaded an ICS ROM (like Calk's or CM9 alpha).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] itzike:
Disclaimer: Everything in this post is my opinion

Having owned an EVO LTE for about 3 weeks, the biggest factors that led me to go to the GS3 is the 2GB RAM, the multitasking in TW, and I actually enjoy the added "Motion" options that simplify an already great experience.

Sense is by far my favorite Android skin and is right up there with stock vanilla imo. and Sense 4 is still my choice over TW. It looks very professional and elegant, but the Multitasking issue it has had (not sure if its been fixed) was frustrating. TW did a lot right with the new UX design and I was surprised how much it has grew on me. The software options on TW are ahead of Sense 4. The widgets in Sense 4 are better than TW

The camera on the EVO LTE was top notch and the audio recording was leaps beyond the S3. Added the dedicated button allowing easy pictures. I just now learned that you can use voice activation to take pictures in the S3 and thats pretty cool.

The build quality of the EVO is significantly better than the S3 due to the aluminum lining, but the S3 isnt shabby at all. Both have Gorilla Glass 2, but the Evo has the super LCD2 display which i found was GREAT in regards to sharpness. The S3 colors are vivid and the blacks are deep. I usually have a dark background and I could tell the difference between the EVO and the S3 regarding blacks.

Battery life is good on both devices. Im in the process of calibrating and I just put my galaxy s3 on full brightness and screen timeout for 10 mins. it dropped 5% in 55 mins. Crazy. I didnt try any battery calibration with the LTE but I was averaging 14-16 hrs of medium-heavy use. Light use lasted me 22+ hrs. My battery has yet to go below 30% on the S3 because it lasts ALLLL day. no matter how much i use it, it just wont die lol.

Good luck with your choice. All in all either device will be a great option, I loved the EVO LTE but i opted for the S3 in the end and I do not regret my choice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] corythug:
I didn't have the evolte, did have a att on x though. Main thing that drove me to the GSIII was I predict it will have better dev, and didn't want to lag behind. I'm assuming this because it is the same (minus radios) across the board as far as carrier go(minus verizon). Ideally the GSIII will get uniformed dev to flash tmo roms on att or sprint etc. This also need was my reason for trading my one x for the GSIII. And 2gb of ram is cool :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jdunig:
Galaxy S3, Perfect phone for you're hands. Great Chipset, Wonderful development for the Device. The SuperLCD is amazing in color and pixels.

Im loving the phone and i have had it just under a week. development on it is just starting and there are a few bugs in the stock rom but the 2gigs of ram is by far the most efficient of them all with the Samsung in house proc. Get it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] corythug:
Evolte has slcd2 screen, we have super amoled hd ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DCRocks:
I say the SGS3..

IMO, you don't need to look any further than a non-replaceable battery in the EVO. At least for me, thats a dead stop for interest in the phone. After all, how many have posted about the decrease in battery performance over time, with not being able to remove the battery, you are stuck with a battery that will get worse life as each day goes by, with no way to fix it.

Point 2 is ODIN. I absolutely hated working with my EVO 4G compared to my Epic 4G for this aspect alone, and this has not got any better with the newer phones.

If you were going to leave the phone 100% stock and ignore the battery issue, I might see a point for considering the HTC, but if you are gonna go mod, its a no brainier, IMO.

Also, I feel that because the SGS3 is almost the same on all 4 US carriers, you will see a much larger Dev base than with the SGS or SGS2 models, that said, the Epic has full CM9, and is in line for CM10, after a majorly slow start out the gate, so predicting the Dev support is not an easy thing to do.

I feel that hardware wise the phones are close enough that you have to look for other aspects when making a decision..

Does the battery matter to you..

Do you think ODIN is a Godsend...

Do you prefer TW or Sense...

IMO, I was burned on the original EVO by things that mods couldn't fix, and having learned my lesson, wont go HTC again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Success100:
oh lord, this makes thread 3,657.12 about the EvoLTE vs s3!! do some research!! there are a million comparison threads and videos out there..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Coke vs. Pepsi... Star Wars vs. Star Trek.... :D:D

GSIII for me.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raven_sfl:
Hello! Please tell me how to setup russian in ms2ginger 4.0 ? In language support russian is present, but when i check russian locale only google apps translated.

P.S. Sorry for my english
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaNi_!:
My old phone was stolen, so now I have to choose between the Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy Nexus. Which one do you guys prefer?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oscar-Mark:
Nexus, hands down!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
Nexus is the best, since it have direct support from Google ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohamed.qadiqadi:
Nexus..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydo1:
I agree with everyone else Galaxy Nexus is better than the S2 in every possible way and will be getting Jelly Bean iminantly
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] The-Captain:
The arguments between you guys have to stop, if you have an argument with another dev, don't take matters into your own hands! PM me, and it will be taken care of. It has gotten ridiculous how many arguments I've seen. It needs to STOP. Users are also welcome to pm me when they see an argument. Hacking your device has always been about fun and challenge, but just as important is keeping the community strong. Respect others! :highfive:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] ronnieryan:
Yeah

:good::good::good::good::good:

Techno's Right:highfive:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] hell_lock:
I am always involved in fights cuz m the villain of this place :P Will follow your advice next time.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] CharsiBabu:
Its sad to see NextToICS thread alive,but USR's (evan's ROM) thread dead.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] manoranjan2050:
:good::good::good:

Techno's U r Ryt............
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] NeelDroid:
I agree completely with U! Evanlocked is promising! It shoudln't hv happened!:(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] The-Captain:
Good to see a lot of you guys agree! Let me know if you see something where action needs to be taken!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] kundancool:
Sure! we will let you know :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] julieanndondie:
Well said

Basing on what you said, this is really quite the right thing to do. To focus more on the development of our device and unite as one so that we can achieve what we always crave for; to develop our devices to unlock it's full capabilities.

This is the main concept of this forum i believe, and arguments will only create distractions for devs for fulfilling the goal. Although there are times that slight misjudgements are occuring, nevertheless lets not forget why where here guys.

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iplaygalaxyy for android
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] static28:
MOD i already sent you a PM about the USR rom :)

Please consider creeds statement and also the members voices :)

more power XDA :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] The-Captain:
Hi, please send your message, had some problems earlier don't remember getting anything else.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] static28:
ok MOD :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] -CALIBAN666-:
:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] deathviper:
:)

yes its true
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Ne.xt:
Yup!!!!!

Respect Each Other!!!!!!!!! Yeah! :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] deathnotice01:
this is what i honestly feel about any CM development here
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] hell_lock:
I really miss those fights :(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] NanoSurfer:
Bro, if only you knew how hard it is to build CM for ths device. This device is truly a peice of s##t. I have built nearly 30 builds already and it is just error, after error, after error. The latest push from Squadzone wont even build!!!!!! :mad:

Please be my guest and try it yourself. I honestly feel like giving up. No drivers for gpu, means no CM for this device. What a peice of crap :mad:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] deathnotice01:
yea i feel you dude,

thanks for developing one anyway,

we'll never have CM until broadcom release its sources,

SGY is a piece of crap,

regreted that i bought one,
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Rikxzdjz:
Same ! First time i thought that this phone is good... when i bought it ... then checked the ply store... almost all app are incompatible.... Ram is to low , internal also... hmph... Better buy Galaxy ace than this
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] anasdcool71:
I just don't get the big rave about cm7....i used nokia 6120 and nokia n70 before, and symbian os didn't really offer much....but now i'm glad to have this device....i'll make the most outta it, maybe not cm7, but something else for sure.....

Sent from heaven!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Master_Key:
I have almost 40 kernel builds, all are broken in some sense or other.

I never knew that it would be damn tough!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] funnypharmacist:
Great Work

I Agree!! but work you are doing is awesome!!!!! lets wait till we get the drivers!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Dreamboxuser:
Honestly I don't think many of the developers are starting this bs. I see many random users claiming that just because something doesn't work that the person posted it is a fake developer. I'm personally tired of going into threads and seeing 50 plus pages of crap on a rom that was released 2days prior. I'm also kind of irritated that several of the roms that are being released are using paid apps(not directed at the mods directed at the "devs"). Anyways that is the end of my little rant. Great job mods..... Keep up the good work.

Ps don't try building this as an aosp rom....... Omfg.... Arm6vfp is not nice to configure. Having a cm7 stable build paves the way for all other cm builds.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] kaustubh.rockstar:
don't forget, maroc was the first person to port cm7 for our device.. and whitexp the second one to get rc2..

Well, I am not so expert in this "building from the source", else would have surely tried to get something.. :/

still Struggling with AOSP gingerbread project.. :p

got a news that whitexp will be launching cyanmobile and cm7 rc3 soon .. ;)

---------- Post added at 05:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 AM ----------

I agree with your statements brother, but I never used paid applications, nor anyone from my team.. but recently Avijit shown his true colours..

I never thought he would do so..[no offence in spitting the truth], but brother you can't blame innocent guys for using paid apps.. so just an advice, don't flame regarding everyone :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Dreamboxuser:
Please note I did not point the finger at anyone in particular for using paid apps. I did not "flame" everyone I just stated a fact that some individuals (NOT ALL) who cook roms are adding paid apps. Also please note I do respect what other developers have done as long as they provide sources (if you don't get git then check out some tutorials.). Like other individuals here who are not new to building from source (for 4 devices) it can be a little annoying to see 50 pages in a dev thread of "press thanks" or "when will it be ready" or "good work".

And one more thing.... Wtf do you gain if someone presses thanks anyways. Seriously... Credit would be more appreciated.

For testers..... Learn how to use Adb, logcat, fast boot and cwm. Also be prepared to lose everything on each flash. Titanium backup and cwm are your friends. Serious devs in training check out chef central because there are a bazillion brilliant individuals there as well as some awesome guides and tutorials. Always make sure to search your problem first (99 percent of the time the answer is there just phrased differently) ... Try everything you know how to do first..... Then ask your question.

Last thing.... Be patient.. Remember the best devs in here were noobs at one point.

Read Read Read Read Read
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] kaustubh.rockstar:
agree +1 ;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] The-Captain:
Thread Closed to prevent further post.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I've unlocked my BL using Flashtool and the Unlock Code generated via the Sony BL Unlocking website. I wondered if there was a way to find out if the BL Unlock had worked?

Roland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcMan09:
Go to service menu *#*#7378423#*#*

& go to Service info/ configuration.

To check Bootloader unlocked - Yes.

Or try flashing a custom kernel V!@ Fastboot.

If it tells in fastboot Device must be rooted. Means that ur BL is not unlocked.

If flashing progress Finished Successfully .then ur BL is surely 200% unlocked :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I flashed the FXP128 Kernel using Flashtool Fastboot mode, now my phone is in a continual boot loop, so I think the BL is Unlocked, but there seems to be a problem with the Flash.

Is there anyway to recover to a working phone or is it terminally bricked?

Roland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Did you install the ROM too?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I didn't Install the ROM as I was unable to get to the SONY Splash Screen to enter CWM to Flash Paranoid Android.

I managed to get my phone to Install the latest stock Sony Kernel.

I might have to find a decent AOSP ROM that runs on stock Kernel.

Roland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
If you've flashed an FXP kernel then you should be able to enter CWM. :confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I might have to give it another go now that I've worked out how to restore.

Roland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I've tried again and there is no way to get into CWM to flash the Paranoid Android ROM.

Roland
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blupoison:
hi,

It would be great if someone could help me with this: I have a razr and a razr maxx and I have been trying to get them to update to ICS since the past 10 hours but keep getting errors...these are the errors:

Razr:

Apply_patch_check (“/system/bin/dnsmasq”, “boa699206699ad68c78dc80960d43df8accfec70”. “0199dc4b89467d579963286be4bb2a3fb2292f0d”)

E: Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(status 7)

Razr Maxx:

Apply_patch_check (“/system/build.prop”, “boa699206699ad68c78dc80960d43df8accfec70”. “0199dc4b89467d579963286be4bb2a3fb2292f0d”)

E: Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(status 7)

both my phones were rooted so i unrooted them before applying the update and i have done factory reset and i am still facing this problem. Can anyone guide me through?

If not then can anyone from Asia retail upload the stock 'build.prop' and/or the 'dnsmasq' ??? Would really appreciate it.

Thanks

Also, can I flash the ICS.zip file through RSD lite?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blupoison:
Anyone????
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GAPY427:
My CWM is pointed to my external SD card, so I can't install new ROMs, etc. How do I get CMW to point to the internal SD card when I boot into recovery? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] marcin1147:
Hi!

This is topic about true Jelly Bean development for Gio. Please keep it clean and don't post if you are not developer!

What we need to get Jelly Bean working:

- AOSP sources

- Dalvik patches for ARMv6

- Qualcomm display HAL's for JB

Team:

Me and Macław

Now I'm working at basic ARMv6 build of Jelly Bean based on "armv7-a" device.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] safariking:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762641
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] marcin1147:
@up - It's not possible to make ARMv6 build on clean AOSP. And the tutorial? This guy have just copied it from source.android.com ;)

BTW. Jelly Bean is made only for ARMv7, there are alot of assembler code in: debuggerd, valgrind, libaac... I need to fix it for ARMv6
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] safariking:
okay then i know that i trought maybe you can do something with it!
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DQiB:
must be working with cm9 libs ...

the most libs are also included in jb.

the only thing are the most framework based parts ...

and some libs that can be only built from source .... like audio

the kernel changes ... u got adb working?

from which device u ported?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] androlivei:
Hi, thanks. Good luck!

It's GalaxyICS - now would be GalaxyJB ;). Or just you 2? What about bagnz0r?

If this is spam i don't mind to delete it.

Greetings,