yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aostrom:
Do mods matter to you

If you want to be able to easily load mods to your phone keep the Galaxy Nexus. If you want a painless, but Verizon-controlled environment get the SIII. If I was in your position I'd keep the Gnex, but your priorities may be different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CKTurbo128:
It really depends on what you're going to do with your phone. If you go the GS3 route, just be aware that given the current situation with the locked bootloader, your ability to customize the phone will be compromised, until devs really find an effective way to bypass the bootloader. There is the Developer Edition of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, but that seems to be only available through Samsung and not Verizon.

At least by sticking with the Nexus, you have access to all the available custom roms now, as well as JB and so forth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fixyourtech:
Don't forget the wonderful gift of touchwiz :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jttate04:
Has Google released the links for JellyBean for LTE Devices yet? I'm not using a GSM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No. There's no Verizon or Sprint OTAs yet. Source is out for GSM and Verizon though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] con247:
I'd get the GS3. If you find out you made the wrong choice you can sell the GS3 and re-buy a Nexus and make $.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PipeHitter:
You fixed terrible signal issues by flashing the phone? That's weird as signal issues have been reported as hardware related all over this forum.

But as its now fixed and working for you, I'd certainly keep it..There's a reason why you bought it in the first place, since its working why not keep it and save your upgrade.

For me, after having the freedom of a unlocked bootloader I'm not sure I can ever own a non-nexus device again!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
Boooo
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] chucky3:
Damn, that sucks..what happened?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Rnd0209:
DAMMMNNN. Please do tell the story.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Speedin07si:
And this is why I will be getting a bulky case as soon as I get my phone.

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Snook321:
After seeing that picture, I hugged my GSIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sleek69:
Sell the amaze and replace the screen...?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] msd24200:
I have mine in a ballistic case
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Snook321:
I already have a bulky hard case from the T-Mobile store on mine along with a screen protector. Im thinking about using Invisible Shield Full Coverage along with the case. Im treating this phone like its my baby.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] cwalker29:
I drop my several times already and I don't have a scratch to show for it. Not bragging but at the same time I need to look into a case.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fleurdelisxliv:
me too after i almost fell outa my chair lol! i have mine in a case mate thats like the otter comm
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] munsterrr:
The hell you do?!?! Body slam that **** off a sky scraper?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mustbepbs:
Where's the story? I feel like this is somehow fake. Like a display unit or something.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Randomacts:
And this is why I bought a good bulky case..... I can't wait until the trident Kraken is out :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dasistsparta:
Amaze forum guys are really funny and cocky although they got the ****tiest dev support in the entire xda. I wouldnt be surprised if that is just a pic from google images.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] rushless:
The damage seems too uniform to me. The entire surface is cracked with no apparent point of impact. Perhaps the damage story will explain.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Mr. Dr. Prof. Sean:
I'm thinking my GS III can't take the beating my captivate endured in the last two years. I should really case up soon.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] imperial415:
My galaxy nexus screen is cracked and I'm using it. Haha :-P
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] r3a1ist:
Yeah I believe it. The guy is devastated. That's how they break with significant impact it shatters. Remember this is a new thinner gorilla glass rim to rim.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] woodydog:
Dam aokp came out today and no gs3. I feel for you
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ImARaptor:
Thats crazy how we can see a pic of a dead body on the internet and be like meh, but someone breaks their beautiful GS3's screen and everyone cringes and gets nervous lol feel bad for OP :(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gbzbar:
I'm gonna have to call shenanigans. You can clearly see that there are multiple points of impact on the screen. Not only that, but in the picture you can see to the top left the screwdriver that was used to make the points of impact.

Sorry, but I smell a troll.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ThC23:
Isn't this the same pic of the guy that said the phone was given to him by his friend who accidently ran the phone over or something??

Powered by the SGSIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
i also call shenanigans....from every drop test I have seen, there is a point of impact

it's like this phone was thrown over and over again repeatedly on the ground and stabbed with that screwdriver
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] antiseen:
Yeah, or it was laid on gravel and jumped on a bunch of times. Looks like it was shot with a bb gun 10 times.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mlin:
I agree. It looks like the screen was hit multiple times (likely with the screwdriver also pictured in the image).
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] zaisaroni:
My iPhone 3GS had a cracked digitizer similar to this, it had an Incipio hard case on it, but fell 100% flat onto hardwood floor from around 4-5ft. Entire thing was in about 200 pieces.. It probably had a few pieces fall out and make it look worse/extra hits.

If it's real, it sucks!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
Just ran a scan on the pic, it's not off Google, from what I can tell.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dasistsparta:
True or not it does not matter. The op tells us nothing we did not know before. The screen is made of glass. It will break if you drop it. Keep this in mind so you do not have a heart attack when/if that happens :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ricocollege:
There have been multiple threads already about cracked screen. I doubt this is fake. I love my gs3 but is is the most fragile phone ever, it's really a problem.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ThC23:
How do you run a scan on Google??

Powered by the SGSIII
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
I use a program to do it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PeartFan40:
Please refrain from posting rude, derrogatory, disruptive comments. We don't need this kind of behavior. Thank You.

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"~Rush
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Div033:
I agree. Its a pretty big problem. I have to basically treat my phone like a baby and be ever-so-careful not to drop it. Until I get my TPU case at least.

So much for Gorilla Glass 2. What a fail.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tekhna:
Use TinEye.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] alaman68:
whatever man... looks to me like you heel stomped it or shot shot it with a BB gun over 100 times. your negativity and biased hatred towards this device will not deter me from picking mine up in 3 days. Get a case, and have fun going back back to your old HTC.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nosympathy:
Google goggles if they decide to work lol.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] :
I think his phone has a midget foot fetish
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
GG2 is for scratch proofing, not shatter proofing

old screens used to be plastic, so scratched easily, and was hard to shatter

glass screens are easy to shatter, but hard to scratch since it is 6.5 on the MOHS scale, versus a 5.5 for metal or a blade...that is why you see scratch tests all the time with a razer t othe surface not doing anything...

with GG2, the glass is thinner as well, so easier to shatter
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] hawaiian.monzta:
Looks like bird **** to me haha :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Diviance:
Why would you intentionally damage the phone like that? It is obvious it isn't accidental, unless you accidentally beat it repeatedly with something that ended in a small, not entirely blunt end. The damage to the white plastic under the screen is a giveaway, no drop onto a flat surface would cause that.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jimcaw1911:
Damn time to get a case before this happens to me !
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] s10shane:
damn it looks like he shot it up with something lol. but anyways thats why i always get cases for my phone. the little bulk some cases give u is well worth it. why buy a expensive phone and not want to spend a few bucks for a case? it doesnt make since lol
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jr71x:
Anyone else have a hard time reading this, holding your phone, thinking, what if? Lol:what:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
I'll call bs it's been 2 days and no story yet
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
Ever thought maybe, just maybe, he's busy?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] TheBiles:
Get insurance on it, wait a few days, and pay the deductible to get a new one.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] crystalstylez:
I'm calling BS too. After going through his recent post, this is the first post I notice in the GS III section. It looks like he took the screwdriver and hit it several times from the sign of impact. No regular drop will do that unless it's dropped at 50 mph and skids.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Xcor3:
Oh please. People just shut the hell up and stop making your self feel better about not thinking/saying that the phones screen(gorilla2) is not fragile.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Oridus:
Lol, a bit feisty huh? That being said, the screen doesn't bust like that unintentionally. I see on average two broken screens a day at work, and I've never seen one break like that.

Sent from my Marble White Samsung Galaxy S III on at&t.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Xcor3:
Well there is a possibility that the op accidentally dropped the phone and since its broken anyways he could've spiced it up a little by doing some more damages to it:P but of course he might have dropped it in a very rough concrete place instead.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ghostalker08:
Screwdriver:1 Phone: 0

:(
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Success100:
man it look like you took a .50cal to that baby! sheesh!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] androholic:
Okay guys, first off I'll say I do think this is a fragile phone. But, if you look at the op's signature you'll see he is a Tmo rep. Also, There's a screwdriver next to the phone & there are dings in the floor surrounding the phone that appear as if they "could" match up with the end for a flathead screwdriver? They could be from other things, but just saying?

I'm gonna guess this was a display model or brought into the store this way & then abused by one or several Tmo reps with not alot to do that day. Also, he's owned several phones and never posted in our forum before? Suspicious? Yes! Lol, I don't know why I felt compelled to play detective, buy this screen doesn't look like it was dropped once, lol...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] freakboy13:
Mikes a good guy all people calling fake need to chill the hell out.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Kreeker:
So I guess we can say the S3 can be used as body armor when being shot at by a BB gun.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
No its real guys, went to take the fam swimming and set the phone on top of the car (which i NEVER do), got a few miles down the read and saw it fly off.

Im pretty sure it would have been fine if the truck behind my didnt run over it.

Luckily I had insurance so new one is in the mail
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
Thats what happens when a car runs over it, dont believe me? try it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
???? We dont even know each other, stop acting like a child
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
2 days? I just posted this last night, if you had a life like me you would be doing stuff, its been like 15 hours, grow up
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
i think most assumed that this was from a simple drop....i think the point in many of these posts were that something, much more terrible happened--like being run over by a truck
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
Ok now that I have read through all 6 pages, you guys need to get lives, who the hell would do this to a phone on purpose?

First post in this forum, that would be because I JUST GOT THE PHONE. Havent had the urge to root it because the battery life was incredible (which is really the only reason I root phones)

I didnt just drop it, it fell off my car on to a chip and seal road and was ran over.

Its nice to know that assholes are spread evenly all over the forums and not just in the Amaze section
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bagbug:
wow that was a complete and very instructive explanation ! I may "thank you" for this, not sure yet.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mustbepbs:
How did it fall off your car? We want details, bro. You can't post an image like that and cop out on your story. That's why people are mad.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Bagbug:
http://youtu.be/zs8NVl74uYs
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Xcor3:
Now gtfo people because anything is possible. And yes, assholes are everywhere

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] xceebeex:
He already posted the story before that post that you quoted, maybe you should read the whole thread first? He posted that he was going swimming with his family, set the phone on top of the car while everyone was getting in and drove away with it on top of the car. Then he saw it slide off the car and get run over by a truck.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mikeschevelle:
Hey BRO, read the thread, I have already posted all the details BRO
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mustbepbs:
Sure you did, pal. Sure you did.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Descadent:
What make you so sure you have one? Your here too. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jnadke:
The lesson here is you don't just post a picture of a beat-up phone with only the word "Booooo", and then disappear for a day.

At the very least, you put "Boooo... ran over by car".

The sheer laziness for not including those 4 extra words..... I don't pity you for the backlash you've gotten. Your intentions may not have been Troll-ish, but your actions were.

That said, sorry for your loss.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] freakboy13:
Mike just have this thread closed, it went from kinda-but-not-really-funny responses to totally douchebaggery.

Just close the thread and the trolls will go away
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
He can't close it but I will
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno Droid:
ok ppl, I really need some info and recommendations as to what you guys prefer. I had Ubuntu 12.04 64bit with android sdk, java6, and apk tool. I am new to this, but isn't something that i cant handle. I was having trouble compiling android source. Now i did alot of research on why i having this issues and came across how this was sort of a beta and not recommended. So I'm just curios as to what you guys out their are running along with distro. I just need ideas since i will be working with my nexux s 4g. Oh, on a side note... im no longer running what i stated above bc of what I researched. I got stuck in "Grub Rescue" limbo yesterday for about 3 and half hours till i found a solution to restore my MBR. so this is why I ask. Thanks guys.

P.S. miss ya Fergie716:(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno Droid:
it must be top secret....:rolleyes:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e3d4eva:
Just java its all i need and rom kitchen

Hit the thanks button
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e3d4eva:
Need help pm me ill help and

Hit the thanks button
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno Droid:
Account currently disabled and no pm option.... And on top of that you want the "thanks", not once but twice... I hmmmm. Intresting.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
Hi

I installed this great rom but cannot enable wifi. After few seconds of "enabling" it stops and says "error".

Someone suggested cleaning memory - not helped

Tried this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1556810

And

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308285

Nothing changed.

Please help, i dont want to revert to stock ****ty firmware.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
You could think of moving to something newer, like ArcMini Nxt, which will also run beautifully on the stock kernel.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
I like the look of sony style very much also i would like to have something that is close to the original. But i have a look on your proposal, maybe i will change my mind.

But so far topic stands - anyone have a solution ?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Maybe try this:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
Tried. I dont have conf file in that folder. Its empty.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Try to do a fresh install of the ROM

(Make a backup in Recovery, Flash original firmware, Flash ROM, Check WiFi, do Advanced Restore in Recovery and select Data only)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
Nah, i moved to miniCM7pro, it has only one problem, not that serious, and have practically the same functionality. To many playing with sony style to make wifi useful. Thanks for the tip tho...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] TeckpZi:
check your kernel, is only stock kernel :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
I have stock kernel. :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] XiaoMigue:
Wifi on custom ROMs

Hi

I'm at holidays, so I have spare time and i have a backup mobile, so, at last, I've decided migrating my stock to a newer ROM. I just wanted to be able to use multitouch for zooming images/maps/webs, whilst not loosing any functionality. If I can also use a VPN to connect to work via RDP, ald view streaming flash sites... well, that will be a plus. As my mobile version is pretty new i know I can NOT unlock bootloader, so i can't also change my kernel. No problem... there are some ROMs that will bring me my basic needs. I require Androd 2.2 or newer... can't use ICS ROMs (need to change kernel/bootloader, unadvised for my mimmi). Okay, let's see the alternatives:

I've cheked Xperian Blaze v2, SE_Style v1.1, MiniCM7Pro v21, and Andread 2.3.5 Pro final v3

I've had some problems with one and others, but they all had the same issue: Wifi connection was not working. I've tried to ask in the development threads, but i couldn't (not enough messages), so I had to investigate on my own. Not an android developer, just user.

The last ROM I've checked is the Andread. The problem with others was "error" on trying to turn WIFI on, or turning it on but failing on getting IP, disabling the wifi and enabling it again for restarting process. The problem with Andread was slightly different: it made it all fine (establish connection, authentication, get an IP...), but when you want to use network it doesn't work. Seems to be missing routes or something.

I must say I love these ROMs, all of them. Launcher is not a problem, i always install Nemus (love its dock, folders, and ability to resize widgets), although ARC's one is good enough (way better than mimmi's one, despite being sooo similar)

Ok, ok, my solution: I've made a backup of original system before tests, didn't I? ok, lets extract it and see... I've found than /system/lib/Modules/tiwlan_drv.ko was less than 1Mb in my Andread, but 8.7Mb in my original files' backup. Hummm now it isn't working... What would happen if I overwrite it with older one? Lets try it... copy original one (the one in my backup) to SDCard, then use RootExplorer for mounting /system R/W, copy and overwrite Andread's tiwlan.ko, change it's permissions to match original ones (644), and reboot.

Now I have wifi, and my andread is working fine. I still have to recalibrate battery and replace the DroidSansFallback.TTF with the MIUI's one (so I can read my father-in-law chinese messages), but happy enough.

Not sure if it can work with the other ROMs I've cheked before, or with any other mobile. As far as I've seen in this forum, you always talk about the 2.1.1.A.0.6 SE firmware or the newest 2.1.1.C.0.1. I had the 2.1.1.B.0.1 (yes, it's a B). Not sure if it's due I'm in Spain, or my mobile was bought to Yoigo and not Sony... I always assumed the differences will be so minimal it doesn't mind ^_^

I wish this could help someone.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] floyyt:
Works perfectly. Big thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
I'm currently on LE9 which is not the latest version. Neither Kies nor my phone will recognize that there is an update. I could not find an American Odin tar for this phone in the general section with all the firmwares. Does anyone know which Odin tar i need? UK?

Edit: yes my phone is international
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
If your phone isn't the international model, i9300, you're in the wrong place.

Try the us forums.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Should have mentioned it.

the phone IS INTERNATIONAL.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
Well then you can flash whatever firmware you like.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
How do i know what country's firmware is in my phone currently?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
Search the firmware version on samfirmware.com

Settings>about phone

Where did you buy it from?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
DailySteals.com

I noticed that when i first turned on my phone, it asked what language to pick and by default it was selected UK. I changed it to US ofc but im thinking its the UK firmware.

Settings > About shows

Build Number: IMM76D.I9300XXALE9

I THINK the latest firmware is I9300XXBLFB. Correct?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Im also thinking that there is an American version because in I9300XXALE9 there is an A before the LE9 and there's also a I9300XXALFB out there
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
You can flash any of those, they will all be fine.

I'm on xxalf6 and I'm in Ireland.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
what are the differences between the versions?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
There aren't any changelogs so no one knows.

All the custom roms are based on XXBLFB since its the newest one out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
Thank you for your help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasistsparta:
Yours is Algerian version. Dial *#1234# and google the code that comes out that is how u find what region is your phone from. Thats what i hate about international phones, you get some phone that is made for some crap market lile african markets for example
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locoboi187:
All it says is:

AP: I9300XXALE9

CP: I9300XXLE8

CSC: I9300JVALE9

what does that mean?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Double post
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Nevermind
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
That isn't necessarily true, XXBLFB is the newest firmware version out but it was released to lots of places, the UK, Africa, Germany etc.

ALE9 was released to lots of places too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
That's what I had in mind for the letters being related to build date rather than location.