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[Motorola Droid Bionic] hkklife:
I too went from a Bionic to the SGSIII. I wanted one final subsidized device so I could keep my grandfathered unlimited plan as well.

I will admit, my biggest gripe with the Bionic (aside from the lack of an official ICS release) is its pitiful camera. I'd also really like to have a 720p screen and/or a little bigger screen area and some more internal storage since you don't get the "full" 16Gb internally on the Bionic.

At any rate, I got the GSIII and I have to say I am quite underwhelmed in several key areas. The camea is awesome in comparison to all of my various Moto devices over the years but it still seems slower to focus compared to my coworkers' iPhone 4S or even the HTC One X/Evo 4G LTE.

Probably my biggest gripe with the GSIII is its diminished battery life compared to the Bionic with an extended battery. Yes, it's a lot thinner but I'd gladly add a hump to the GSIII to get another 2 hours of runtime out of it. Gaming sucks when you are in CPU power saving mode!

The GSIII is also quite slippery and if I keep it I will investiage some kind of textured battery door or thin skin case.

As far as the pros, its reception is STRONGER than my Moto in strong areas (but weaker in fringe areas) and the call quality is really superb--a first for a Samsung! That screen is fabulous and I feel that 4.7" to 4.8" is the perfect maximum usable screen sizefor a modern smartphone. The S4 CPU flies and gaming is a total job on this device.

While I didn't think it would be a problem, I have grown to DETEST the capacitive buttons on the GSIII, especially when trying to type in landscape mode. I have big hands and my right hand is always hitting the menu button by accident. I also miss a side-mounted microUSB port and I miss having a standard microHDMI port. I have the 232 leak of ICS on my Bionic and I have a new appreciation of the HDMI port due to the revamped ICS Webtop mode and losing it is gonna really suck!

Not sure which way I will end up going as I really feel 50/50 about hanging onto the ol' Moto or jumping ship to the Sammy.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Son et Lumiere:
Completely agree.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Deleted member 3845934:
And

The Bionic and the Rezound are both the most underrated android devices ever, and I own both.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] fozzir:
I'd get the G3 if it had quad core in the US. But I'm real happy with the bionic/lapdoc combo with ICS. I don't think there is a more usable/versatile use of a phone with that.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KidJoe:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGS3 from here on..) on my desk for work.

Let me start by first saying the .232 ICS leak on the Bionic finally resolved my data drop issues, where data went away for no reason and it took a battery pull or airplane mode toggle to bring it back, although 3G <-> 4G hand offs are extremely slow. The Bionic with the 6.7.232 ICS leak is what I expected the Bionic to be (except the screen is worse than I expected) when it was sent to me in Sept 2011. Camera is typical Moto "phone" camera quality. Reception (with this leak) is great, battery life is very good (for an Android phone), etc.

I still use my Thunderbolt as my "daily driver" due to its screen and camera and general phone/email performance. With the Rezound 1620mah battery, and the stock 1400 as a spare, I can last as long as I need to between charges.

I hate touchwiz (both on my T-Mobile SGS2 with GB and ICS, and the VZW SGS3). Blur on the Bionic is "just enough" to help but not get in the way, and actually looks good. While touchwiz on the SGS3 "looks" better, it still looks "cartoony."

In day to day use (so not looking at every single feature/function, but rather only those I actually use), I like the calendar of the SGS3, its camera and its display quality over the Bionic. I also like that the SGS3 supports simultaneous voice/data over 3G. Those are 3 areas the Bionic doesn't keep up. Beyond that, the Bionic (with 6.7.232 ICS Leak) now has better reception, and the rest is a tie.

Would I buy an SGS3 if my Bionic was my daily driver (ICS or GB on the Bionic, assuming I didn't have the data drop problem)... I don't think so. While the camera and screen (colors, sharpness, readability, etc) are better on the SGS3, I don't think its worth spending the money.

Will I use the TB or the Bionic as my daily driver? Because of the screen and camera, I'm back on the TB for now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KennyMB:
I plan on buying a GS3 once I have the money, but it will be hard for a bit. The Bionic, my first smartphone, has been damn near perfect. Awesome ROMs once I worked up the bravery, made it even better. And now with official ICS, it has a new life and I love it. But I'm ready and begging for something new to play with and the GS3 is looking perfect.

I definitely agree with others who say the Bionic is overrated. I would argue that until that besides the Galaxy Nexus, the Bionic was pretty much the best phone on the US market until 2012's powerhouse phones dropped. On Verizon alone, I would take the Bionic over any phone until the GS3.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] un1ocked:
i think the camera is software limited, the post processing "magic", jpeg compression, noise handling, or maybe the auto-focus algorithm

samsung has digital camera worked together with SGS development
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aburgthing:
Let me preface by saying that I am one of the official testers of phones for my public safety department that are issued to our administrators of which I am one. Because of Sprint's slow and horrible data connection speeds, they have been bounced in favor of Verizon's network. I also have a personal phone which until recently was also on Sprint's network. I was so impressed with Verizon's 4G data that I paid the ETF and switched to Verizon. As such my phone history has been (after we jettisoned Blackberry in obscurity which I am not counting):

Work

Motorola Xprt

Motorola Admiral

Droid 4

Bionic

Personal

Hero

Evo

Galaxy S1

Evo 3D

Galaxy S3

As such I've had the opportunity to watch "generational" leaps in phone technology. The Hero to the Evo was such a leap. The Evo to the Bionic was such a leap. And now the Bionic to the Galaxy S3 is another evolutionary leap in technology. Keep in mind that I carry (as do most of our administrators) the Bionic. I recommended the Bionic because it met our tight security standards yet was fast, well built, and did everything well. That it would eventually see the next generation of Android was a plus and of course I have already previewed the unofficial pre-release unofficially ;). I determined that the Razr was not the leap in technology that warranted much excitement. It wasn't an option to be fair.

Now saying all that I steadfastly disagree with the notion that the Bionic is in the same league with the Galaxy S3. Sure, they do basic functions and the Bionic which has been woefully underrated and Verizon's EOL little gem, stands toe to toe with the best of them. However, the Galaxy S3 just does everything better and gives you more. Screen to screen there is no comparison. Speed, responsiveness, smoothness, software, hidden features, ergonomics, call quality, picture quality, video the list goes on...the Galaxy just does it all better. It is in my opinion a "generational" leap in technology. This is my unbiased opinion and mind you that on my recommendation, we carry the Bionic as the official work phone for my department. But for personal use, the Galaxy is a technological wonder and is arguably the best phone on the market; yes besting the One X as an overall better kit. Unfortunately we will not see the Galaxy S3 issued due to cost and security concerns, but really don't kid yourselves, the Galaxy S3 right now is in a league of it's own.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MARKREIF:
Ditto Bionic & Rezound are both my daily devices and I see nothing out there that I would replace either with.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] PetRiLJoe:
I just wanted to say I happen to like the size of my screen. This is not the first post I have seen complaining about the large size but all I can say is the phone is usually there in the store for you to try before you buy holding your hand and decide if you want to buy it or not. I knew the size would be an issue for 1 handed to use but I also still like it.

I guess I'm just saying no regrets here. I'm sure the bionic is a great phone.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
My wife has a bionic and I have a gnexus. I have to say the phones are night and day difference. Her bionic killed my x2 but this gnexus makes her bionic screen look horrible and phone feels really slow compared to my gnexus. I am sure hate mail will be coming due to this post but I feel that people thinking the bionic is still just as good are not up to date. Just my opinion. And really not a whole lot of action on a phone with a locked boot loader.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Saaber:
I agree with you 100%. I had no complaints with my Bionic and thought it was the best phone I had ever used until I got a Galaxy Nexus.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] notinterested:
As a bionic owner i am disgusted by how the bionic is the bastard stepchild of VZW. It is very underrated but the reality is the S3 is better in every single way. Its easy to look at a spec sheet and see how close the 2 phones are but once you have them side by side its no comparison at all. The S3 is in fact significantly nicer than the bionic.

Faster, better battery life, far far nicer screen, better radio etc.

I used to agree with this thread until the wife got her S3 being able to spend time with both makes it clear how wrong the OP really is.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bigd5783:
You want to see bastard stepchild go over to the Thunderbolt section. I just came from the Bolt and got Bionic as a warranty replacement as I kindly said no to the incredible 2 they offered me. I'm happy with the way the phone runs. I needed somthing with a crazy loud speaker on the back which this phone deffinately has and something that would last me till the NEXT Nexus device comes out. This isn't the best phone in the world by any means but kills my old bolt hands down. Locked bootloader and all. Hopefully we will get an unlock code from Moto but even if we dont Im fine with the ICS leak Im running right now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zoompastu:
LOL.. No Doubt! The Thunderbolt got 14 min of fame and now its at the bottom of the 4G trash bin. I'm of course running the ICS leak and my neighbor has a HTC TB and we ran side by side Quadrant tests and I could have done 2 by the time his completed 1. He scored 14xx something and I came in at 29xx. I have other friends that have had manny issues with there TB's and they are, to be nice... junk.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] mm_hockey:
Greetings,

I just received my T-Mobile Springboard and really like it a lot.

I found this forum recently and find it very helpful.

However, I have a couple of quick questions:

Are there any down sides to updating my T-Mobile Springboard with the MediaPad firmware (HUAWEI MediaPad FIRMWARE(S7-302u,Android4.0,C232B001,General Channel) I understand that it includes some bloatware, but will the 4G still work?

Is there a guide for upgrading the firmware?

Any recommendations for a microSD card

Thanks for your help!!!
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] hamdimo:
download the firmware from huawei's offcial website here http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDYyNzM=

extract the zip file, and copy the folder named "dload" to the root of your micro SD card.

turn off your mediapad

turn on again so that the the update process starts

when it finishes, you'll be asked to remove the micro SD card from your tablet, do that!

wait for it to fully boot, (it might take some time)

and there you go :) the ICS !

don't forget delete the "dload" folder from the SD card, otherwise every time you restart the mediaped the update will run again.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] luvduchovny:
The only thing I would amend to hamdimo's instructions is to make sure you turn Quick Boot off in your tablet settings before attempting to boot from the sdcard with dload on it. Otherwise you might get the Android with FAIL message.

I've had the Springboard since February. I've been using mediapad and ICS on it since probably March. The only differences are it won't say TMobile or give you that annoying loud boot up sequence. It will now say Huawei Mediapad and it's a quicker boot up. Although it won't say 4G anymore doing a speed test determined that I was still getting 4G speeds on my device it just says "H" instead of 4G. You will be able to do text messages on it. You won't be able to get rid of the Voicemail notification. If you click on the notification you get a loud, "You do not have phone service enabled" message.

Oh yeah and I believe doing this will void your warranty.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] hamdimo:
I kind of missed that one! I've updated my Mediapad twice that way (without turning off the "quick boot" option) now i'm really glad i didn't brick the device!

thanks for the advice.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] luvduchovny:
The first time I flashed the device it worked as you said. But when I tried to update the second time around I kept getting the blasted Android FAIL! I think someone else on this forum suggested turning off quick boot. After I did that, flashing the device has been easy peasy ever since.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinOrochiX:
Hello,

Has anyone ported the Xperia 2012 lockscreen to GingerDX 028 (Xperia X8)?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRainXstorming:
Hello Everybode!

since i flash cm7 i cant download the app Garden of weeden

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...nb29leXdlYnNvbHV0aW9ucy5nYXJkZW5PZldlZWRlbiJd

becaus my device (galaxy ace) is not supported.

But it is supportet (stock rom can download it!)

so how can i fake my device that google think i have a stock rom?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElmirBuljubasic:
Change the build.prop
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Market unlocker?

Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!

Details here.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRainXstorming:
unlocker I think you are the noob here... It won't help
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRainXstorming:
What I have to change.? In build.prop
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
You don't understand the meaning of noob, do you? :p

Anyways i wasn't sure that's why the "?".!!

Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!

Details here.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace King 34:
Have a Look at this) thread.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRainXstorming:
i want help pls and no stupid answers!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Get a stock rom build prop like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1304385

Then change your build prop to that.

Lines to change :

Model

Device

Board

description

fingerprint

Sent from my GALAXY Ace.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apex:
Don't change your build.prop because it may or may not work, and isn't worth the trouble when everything you need to know is in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087427
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NxtGenCowboy:
Awesome Work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] walloftvs:
Team Win is a pretty fitting name. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBiles:
Beats the hell out of ClockworkMod.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmacko:
Well done! Installs and backs up fine.

What's with the clock though in Recovery? Is the system time not available? Seems to think that it's back at the start of the unix epoch

If you go Advanced -> Terminal Command - > Select -> Type "date" -> press enter

Date returns : Wed Jan 7 15:21:55 EST 1970
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ChuckFarley:
Installed like a boss. Backed up and ready to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
** instructions **

For dummies like me ...

Download the GooManager App ... direct download or Play Store produce the same results -- GooManager 2.1.1. If you direct download, scroll to the bottom of the page for the most recent version.

Once you have GooManager installed, open it and go to Menu>Install OpenRecoveryScript>Yes. GooManager will automatically find and install the most recent recovery for your phone. In our case, this is TWRP 2.2.

To confirm installation, push Reboot Recovery from GooManager's main screen.

Things to know:

1. Backup files are accessible through >data>media>TWRP, even though they are on your internal SD card.

2. Zip files you want to flash are also accessible through >data>media, if you first move them to the root of your internal SD card before booting into recovery.

Pj

Phoenix, AZ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mds96:
So this working perfect for you then? I might have to switch over to this recovery cause it looks badass!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
Sorry, but do you need to already be rooted to do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBiles:
Of course.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ChuckFarley:
Yup, working great! Nice easy install, too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jnehama:
I have the same situation with the time and date, but otherwise appears to be working perfectly. I posted the question on their github site to see if something needs to be done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ScottIsMyName:
Is the bug where the backup dates showing 1970 still exist? Something still seems weird regarding the date/time according to the poster above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
I've been able to backup with this recovery, but I have not tried to restore a backup.

Also, I have not been able to flash any zips, as the recovery doesn't allow me to explore either my internal or external sd cards.

What am I doing wrong?

Pj

Phoenix, AZ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] knives of ice:
will this work for all the other carriers as well? the original TWRP file that birdman posted on rootz he said that it should. i know this is changed but wonder if that still holds true.

would it work with sprint?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GuestD0827:
Just wanted to say I've created a backup and successfully restored. I was also able to flash a different boot animation from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756885.

The only issue is with the date/time with the backup, but not a big deal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Thanks for confirming restore functionality.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Where did you put the zip so that this recovery could find it?

Pj

Phoenix, AZ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
so you just root, then load goo manager and let goo manager load the recovery right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keymaster911:
Didn't work.

Sent from my SCH-i705
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbolton_98:
How are you booting into recovery first time and how are you trying the second. I can use ez-rec to boot or from power off hold volume up + home then press and hold power until Samsung shows. You may need to remove goo app and see if it makes any difference. Good luck, I'll see if I can find anything else that could be going on.

See the Galaxy sIII shine via SynergyRom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Generally speaking, you cannot run a custom recovery while retaining the stock kernel. That's always been the case with all the Samsung devices I've owned (Fascinate, Charge, SGSIII). So you need to have a custom kernel ready(or rom that contains a non - stock kernel). Of course you need to be unlocked too. So unlock, then install custom recovery, boot into recovery, flash rom/kernel, done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keymaster911:
Update.... I just fixed everything. Thanks guys

Sent from my SCH-i705
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
ADB and USB mounting both appear to be broken. Can anyone else confirm?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schnyd:
I'm not sure if this is a TWRP issue but I think its related. I've been using CM10 nightlys flashing via TWRP for the last month without issue. I recently flashed to Liquid Smooth ROM and I immediately started having issues. My phone on power up will flash the blue letters at the top stating a customer recovery and then it will go to the Samsung logo and the reboot infinitely. I've flashed back to stock using ODIN half a dozen time now but upon installing TWRP I immediately have this problem regardless of whether I attempt to flash a ROM or not. Any thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
How did you fix this?

I am stock rooted/unlocked. When I flash TWRP through Goomanager and reboot to recovery then TWRP loads. If I try to boot into recovery again then the stock recovery loads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Delete /system/ect/install-recovery.sh with root explorer or via adb shell:

adb remount
adb shell
su (may need to accept prompt on phone)
cd /system/ect
rm install-recovery.sh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
What fixed this for me was flashing cwm, then booting into recovery and selecting 'yes' to delete stock recovery, then downloading goomanager and flashing recovery in there.

VZW Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mocsab:
Thanks for the tip but I am not quite sure how to replace the file - per your description - not sure where the file is located I guess - can you give me more complete instructions possibly? I do appreciate it -
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cali4nia831:
if i backup a rom on TWRP can i Flash it on CWM ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
I haven't been able to and have tried a few times. I think its cause their stored in different locations. I'm not sure if that's the case on all versions. If you can find a cwm recovery with a root explorer you might get lucky.

I would rather use twrp if I could locate the 2.2.2.1 version

Wow!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
0.0.0.x updates are device specific so if we don't have it it doesn't help us.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alquimista:
I think invisiblek has an unofficial 2.2.2.1 build in his goo.im dev profile.

Ta,

ALQI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omniatic:
Can't wipe battery stats?

...sorry...I was on the phone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alquimista:
Here you go.

http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/recoveries/TWRP-UNOFFICIAL-2.2.2.1-d2vzw.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
I still believe for us it is really just a version bump... nothing critical in their github between August 23rd and now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alquimista:
Ok, how about this TWRP2.3

http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.0.0-d2vzw.img

I haven't flashed it yet, just pointing out options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Now that is new!

Change log here http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mustang302LX:
Hmmm might have to give that a flash! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nnyan:
how the heck do you flash IMG files? Goo Manager still flashes 2.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] togapilot:
EZ Recovery...get it in the market. Pick custom and then pick the location of your downloaded img file. Doesn't get any easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nnyan:
duh I should have remembered that. brain fart.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
I am unable to select External SD for the purposes of backup or restore in 2.3.0.0. I did not have any problems with this on the previous versions.

Folks might want to keep this in mind if you (like me) keep your backups on your external SD.

The annoying issue of naming a backup in TWRP constantly closing the keyboard still exists too.

*edit* ran a backup to get one on my internal SD, saw the following error message spammed (apparently this happened before i initiated the backup):

E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/ext

E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/ext

E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/ext

E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/ext

E: Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/ext

updating partition details...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
So we're you able to eventually backup to external sd

Wow!