yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
Nothing is perfect sadly. This case will more than likely need to be cleaned 1 time a week. If you work in a dirty invirment then I dont know what the perfect case for you is. With my HTC Evo 3D I never had any scratches that I knew of.

You could always install a ZAGG SP under it? I don't know. Maybe others will chime in with better advice. Currently i have a ZAGG installed. I will see if the case fits with it still on for you before I take it off.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
Never mind. ZAGG IS also follows the same cutouts as the OB Defender case.

But I don't recall this issue on any other device that I have had. I guess others will have to chime in on this.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
I'm using a full body Xtreme Guard on mine right now. I hope I can put the defender over the top of it :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] shibbybypass:
Yes, unfortunately my job can be dirty at times. It happened on my Atrix is the only reason I was asking. I may wait it out a little longer for some reviews.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
Shouldn't be to long before we see some reviews!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] rueben68:
Just ordered mine today from smartphonepedia and I hope its not like amazon! I ordered on two desperate occasions and the post said in stock so I ordered one and after two days I got and email telling me it was on backorder WTF! So I emailed amazon and I still don't have my money back...nice job amazon way to take care of your customers..
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
Oh wow! I originally ordered from amazon too and cancelled about 5 mins later because I saw the eBay listing. Glad I didn't keep the amazon order. If I didn't have my tracking info from eBay within a day or two I would've went with smartphonepedia too.

Mine from eBay already shows shipped with tracking info sooooo.... I'm just patiently waiting... Well maybe not patiently, but I'm waiting

Let us know when it shows up, and first impressions
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
Just another quick heads up. I just noticed that some of the pictures for listings on eBay show the defender series for our phone in AT&T retail packaging. Obviously, that means AT&T will have it in their stores very soon.

I called a couple local AT&T stores out of curiousity and they said they don't currently have it in stock but can order one. Not sure if that means back-order or what though (and I didn't ask for details). Anyone looking to just walk into a local store and buy this case may want to keep an eye on AT&T's stores.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
My local ATT store tried to order me one. It never shipped. They ended up canceling it. Granted that was about a month ago.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
My Otterbox showed up today and I just put in on my phone! :D :victory:

Mine was delivered brand new in AT&T retail packaging.

I'm really impressed with the build quality. Cutouts are spot on and the rubber outer covering seems like very good quality. It fits the phone perfect. When you shake the case with the phone inside of it, the phone doesn't slip and slide or shift around in the case. I have had otterboxes for other phones in the past that seem to be a tad too big and allow the phone to shift around (none of that here!).

For the couple people that mentioned they were concerned with the capacitive buttons, the screen protector doesn't affect them at all. They work just fine. One thing I will mention is that I had a full body Xtreme Guard already on my phone. I tried installing the Otterbox directly over the top of the full body shield and it was a no go! Had to take off the screen protector from Xtreme Guard first. No big deal...no need for two screen protectors anyway. I was able to leave the Xtreme Guard back cover on though. Just something to be aware of.

Overall I'm very happy with the case. Couldn't ask for more.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jdpdata:
How's the power and volume button? Are they hard to pressed?

I just pre-order two (black and white/grey) cases from JR.com for $29.99 ea.

Can't wait for them to ship
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
They don't feel any worse than any other otterbox I've had in the past. Not too bad at all. Seems fine to me.

I do know what you're talking about though. The skyrocket otterbox buttons were really hard to press to me. These seem much better to me
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
I also looked at the JR website but they weren't showing to have them stock yet
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jdpdata:
Only Pre-Order for now. Hopefully it ships soon and they don't jack up the price.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] the_buzz_man:
Thanks for that input.....that was my main concern. Looking forward to trying one out.

the_buzz_man
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Novarider:
I got mine yesterday as well. This case is great I agree with everything mentioned above. I have one complaint tho. The screen protector doesn't sit on the glass it hovers slightly above it. When typing it kinda clicks because it's coming into contact with the screen. I will probably tear it out of mine once I can get a screen protector that covers the entire screen.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cjacks519:
I haven't noticed that issue with mine. Probably just because I'm still using my xtreme guard back cover shield which is "lifting" the phone a little bit in the case.

I have noticed what you're talking about though on other devices with an otterbox defender
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
Mine doesn't seem to have this issue. Could you have gotten a bad one? Plus there could be some wear in time too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] emtiv334:
I was running The Unofficial rom and liked it. AT&T pushed out the new ICS rom and I wanted to try it. I installed it the way AT&T recommended and got that working. I decided I didn't like that and wanted to go back to The Unofficial. Only problem was, the phone was no longer rooted. I tried to go back and root it, but it didn't work. Now it's stuck on the "Samsung" screen and won't do anything. When using CWM, it won't let me load anything from the SD card. Says SD card is not installed. HELP!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Put it in download mode, open odin 1.85 on computer, flash the cwm .tar file on it. Go back into recovery and try to see if it can read your sd card. If all else fails, get into download mode on your phone and do the emergency recovery on Kies.

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash a ROM. All you needed to do was flash cwm and then flash your ROM of choice. What root method did you use?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] emtiv334:
I've tried so many different things in the last couple of days that I honestly don't know what all I have tried or not.

As for the emergency recovery, how do I do that? I saw something in KIES about that, but it was asking for some code that I don't have. And do you have a link to the CWM.tar?

Also, I had several ROM's installed on my SD card in the phone, but it won't show any of them when I boot the phone using the "both volume and power button" method. It also won't let me load any of my backups that I had on the SD card. It's almost like the SD card isn't being recognized now or something, although I can connect the phone to my PC laptop and get to all those files through file explorer on the PC. And yes, I'm new and don't have a great grasp on what I am doing. Thanks for the help though!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] emtiv334:
What I have working right now

Okay, here is the only thing I could find on here that I could actually get loaded to make the phone functional again:

SGH-I717UCLD2-1FB30D08F1D2B2AAAECF49D262E8E707 (from briefmobile.com)

I have it working on the phone, but I have yet to be able to install anything else. When I boot the phone into recovery (volume up+ volume down+ power), it won't give me an option to install from SD card. However I can go to "install update from external storage" and it shows the files on my SD card. If I try to select a .zip file to install a ROM, it says --install SD card ...

I don't know what is going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As for the KIES thing, when I try to update through there, it says I can't update my phone- I'm guessing because I have the wrong baseband version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
You don't have cwm...that is stock recovery.

here is a link to cwm touch, just click anywhere here and grab the Odin version

Once you flash that with Odin, then you should be able to fluah any zip you have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] emtiv334:
I finally got it working.

Hey. I appreciate your guys' help but I never could get one of those methods working. Just in case anyone else had the same problem as me, here is where I found the solution that worked for my specific case. It worked the first time and is explained simply enough that even a beginner can figure it out.

http://andr0idtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-root-install-cwm-on-at-bell.html

Thanks again for the help guys!
[HTC EVO 3D] bullpen7979:
Might have to root my wife's phone to get her ipad online at work.. I read thru this thread:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...-install-custom-rom-hboot-1-5-3-steps-21.html

However, as it is a year old, and as I think this forum is pretty well the last word in android geekdom, (term of endearment) I thought I would see about some updated root procedures for the 3d running hboot 1.5 (I'm pretty sure she is. have not got the opportunity to look just yet.)

Could someone point me in the direction of the latest ( and easiest) procedures to obtain s-off and flash a nice custom rom for my sweetie?

Thanks xda listers!
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
If the phone is already unlocked through HTC, then you can get s-off using the wire trick.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585846

If not, you can unlock it there first and then do the wire trick, or you can use closeone's live CD to downgrade your hboot.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1563342

I found both of these in the CDMA development forum stickies.

Sent from my ICS 3VO with Tapatalk 2
[General Topics] Themindbuddah:
Came across this on my Google Reader feeds! Thought I'd share!

http://www.talkandroid.com/121936-z...idForums+(Android+News,+Rumours,+and+Updates)
[General Topics] ozzmanj1:
Not to sound like a butt, but I have always thoughts of ZTE phones as bargain basement junk, then again it doesnt mean a company cant turn itself around quality wise. I will keep an eye out to see what ZTE has coming out in 6 days for the "gaming phone"..... thanks for sharing
[General Topics] The Alpha Gamer:
My first Android was a ZTE(ZTE Blade) Bargain basement sure, but surprisingly good, I wouldn't call it junk, I only got rid of it because I got an upgrade and the screen was a bit too narrow
[General Topics] ozzmanj1:
Same info just expanded.

http://recombu.com/news/zte-gaming-phone-incoming-xperia-play-slayer_M18142.html
[General Topics] vokal1992:
humm I think I wont risk to buy anymore gaming phones. Bought the Ngage and it sucked, bought the Xperia Play, well it didnt suck but still not what I was thinking it will be... I'll probably buy the OUYA, a gaming console with android :p

OUYA Specs:

•Tegra3 quad-core processor

•1GB RAM

•8GB of internal flash storage

•HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD

•WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

•Bluetooth LE 4.0

•USB 2.0 (one)

•Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad

•Android 4.0

OUYA Price: $99 (yeah!!!)

you can find more info here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console
[General Topics] Geeve:
Actually, I'm really looking forward into this. I always hoped that XPlay would be so popular that it would start a "gaming smartphone competition" between other manufacturers (imagining gaming phones from Samsung or HTC).

If ZTE attracts more popularity with its future gaming phones, let's hope others will start producing same type of phones as well in the future (as Sony said they aren't planning on doing an XPlay 2). :)
[General Topics] UNCUT88RAW:
I´m interested in this device. However, i´m sceptical if ZTE does it right. Here in Germany, they only released Low-Budget Smartphones and Tablets with Singlecore. Of course they also announced powerful phones with Tegra 3 but they didn´t say anything about a western release date.

So, i will wait till the next week. If ZTE has something good in the works and they release it in the western market, i will consider it the next time when i buy a new smartphone.:good:
[General Topics] mehdi.moha:
look amazing !!!! i'll buy that

dam sony , i wish sony hear us and make next generation of gameing phone , quad core , regra 3 ...

sony , sony , sony , why never hear our request
[General Topics] murat17:
I don't want an gaming smartphoone i want an gaming smartphone from sony i just love the idea of playstation phone:(
[General Topics] typikal82:
wonder if sony has a patent for the xperia play that says only they can have a phone with these buttons or something

Could anyone (ZTE for example here) just come along and make a better phone (processor/GPU/RAM wise) and use the same button scheme? When you think about it, there really isn't anything special about the Play. It's basically a regular Android phone but it just has extra buttons.
[General Topics] UNCUT88RAW:
@typikal82

Maybe when they participate in the Playstation Certified Program, they can use the official Playstation button layout. Would be awesome if something like that happens!:D

Don´t know if more companies are interested in making a gaming smartphone since the Xperia Play didn´t sell well.
[General Topics] WebNavigator77:
What's the point? Any tablet or smartphone with hdmi connection and with psx controller it's an android gaming console.

Just another piece of metal with limited functionality.

One device that rules the all others. That's the future.
[General Topics] ClioCreslind:
I think AT MOST, SONY have patent to using the 4 logos on the buttons. There's nothing stopping other companies from using "1,2,3,4", or "A,B,X,Y" or any other button-labeling schemes, and then physically locate the buttons in the same places and allow software mapping to "emulate Xperia PLAY mode".

HOWEVER!! A gaming phone from ZTE will never have as much appeal as Sony, to attract the average game devs to write games for. And most certainly, ZTE don't have a heavy-weight brand like "Playstation" to even start talking to Top-budget game publishers/studios.

But in the end... where the hell is SONY when all this is happening!? Bloody hell, Sony, wake up!
[General Topics] mehdi.moha:
ZTE can use 6 main button (( for example A,B,C,X,Y,Z )) with L,R ,start ,sllect
[General Topics] vokal1992:
ok... tell me where can I get a tablet with those specs and a game controller with free to play games for that price.
[General Topics] agraceful:
Wait. What does this have to do with the play? Oh nothing. Yeah, figures. Another useless thread clogging THE WRONG FORUMS.
[General Topics] TehJoeker:
Maybe because it's about a possible new gaming phone, y'know, like the Play. It could rival the Play if it's true and has good specs, especially since a lot of of people (myself not included) want a Play 2. So it's pretty relevant for us Play owners :)

Sent from my Xperia Play. U jelly?
[General Topics] TLRtheory:
I'm interested, but halfway expecting that it'll fall into the pile of barely supported physical controller add-ons that, at best, work with 20% of Xperia Play's games.
[General Topics] poo-tang:
But you would need a phone still for day to day, so would it not even out. Plus can't take the console out with you on the move. :)

Sent from my LT26i with hdmi out, sixaxis native usb controller support and PlayStation suite/mobile
[General Topics] UndisputedGuy:
Could be great. If it does what the play does and more (and works with all games optimised for the play), I'd be happy. Ive been thinking about my next device (although I'm gonna be sticking with the play for a while) and I'm not too sure cause ive only recently started playing FIFA on my play and love it. Touchscreen gaming is inferior, especially for FIFA as ive figured when trying to play with my tablet. This could be my next phone.....
[General Topics] rgrover:
If this isn't PlayStation Certified it's worthless, hopefully that isn't the case...
[General Topics] thatsupnow:
Ha ha ha cry a bit more and keep your useless post off this thread then! It sounds like it could be a good rival for the play as long as they market it right, maybe they'll succeed where sony failed big time
[General Topics] sufy1000:
I don't want ZTE to make a gaming smartphone. I want one from Sony.

Sony have experience they'd know how to make a gaming smartphone.
[General Topics] wuby:
If Sony releases DAT ASDF ics, then i wont buy this phone.. and btw who from game developers should release drivers for that "small company"? Even its not PS certificated? I'm sorry.
[General Topics] Themindbuddah:
I must admit i had never heard of ZTE before it popped up in my Google reader! But looking around they might bring something special to the market! There the 4th largest handset manufacturer in 2011 and there starting to bring quad core phones this year! In there home market there are plenty of Android based hand held gaming consoles! So there is a market! Hopefully it might be a fast (Tegra 3), top of the range phone with gaming controls (That don’t look like a kids toy! Lol!).

We will know more on July 18th!
[General Topics] paxChristos:
Thread moved to General forum.

Pax
[General Topics] crono141:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2192512/zte-announces-a-budget-grand-x-gaming-smartphone

Gaming phone fail. No physical controls.
[General Topics] TLRtheory:
Fail indeed.

Shame... I was actually semi-excited to see something make an advance on the Xperia Play. Was even thinking I may sell my Xperia Play for it if it brought some promise... but this is just another touch-screen phone that can "just barely" pass as a decent emulator with a bluetooth controller.
[General Topics] juntulis:
Look strange... I cant imagine ho play League Of Legends on controler :D
[General Topics] Lizman:
Yes They Do

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I Believe They're Talking About The Phone Powered By Their Very Own SoC

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Its The ZTE Grand X LTE T82
[General Topics] bullitt6996:
Anyone have pics?
[General Topics] mehdi.moha:
hey guys

unfortunately ,our phone is out of date :( , we can't plat high graphic games with our xplay anymore , i've bought " the dark knigh raises - BATMAN " , it most of time restart my xperia play , like GTA ... even with overclocked phone and low resolution , low texture :(

i plat that on galaxy note, with high resolution and high texture ==> the game runs like xbox 360 games :( , fantastic graphic

is this really time to goodbye our beautiful xperia play ?! :(

sony never hear us ...
[General Topics] Marashlim:
I think ZTE can use 6 buttons.
[Xperia Arc General] Qwerty123 \m/:
Im not sure if this deserves to be in this part of the forum but anyway here it is

Im sorry as i was unable to update my PA ROM for the ARC S

My college and tuition schedule got really hectic

so i will be abandoning development

But Chaos has put together a fine new PA ROM soo do try that :)

And today i lost my Xperia ARC S, water damage :/

So im out of the Arc scene :/

Was a really really great experience to be here and learn from the best and to help other users :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stjs:
Is anybody having problems with hairline cracks on the battery cover. I have noticed that there are several hairline cracks in my battery cover. White. It's really hard to see but there are several hairline cracks in the coating not all the way through the plastic. Not to concerned because I ordered a replacement a couple of weeks ago just to be on the safe side. Just thought I would ask if anyone has this problem. You have to look closely expecially around the camera hole. Easier to spot on the white.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan_ep82:
yes my mates has cracked by the headphone jack!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polo_ralphlauren:
yes i am also bewildered by the crack (just one only) in the side of the back cover, i have a good protective case.. i am very puzzled.. what's causing this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oskuser:
Same here, but I'm not sure if it happened when I dropped it underneath the car seat.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsx280ps:
There have been many complaints in Taiwan on mobile01.com from the battery cover cracking.... Its actually not the cover itself but the paint on the surface, happens on both white and blue.... u can only see in certain lighting and angles. It seems to happen if you flex the cover too much when u take it off... My way around this is to use a credit card to go around the edges to remove the cover instead of peeling it back
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me_ashman:
Yep same on my white one too
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
I'll dig the instructions out when I get the chance and look but just wondering if Samsung have covered their own arses by giving you some warning or guide for removing cover.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stan3k:
Yeah, I have a crack between the headphone hole and the loud speaker, and it is causing the top right corner not to clip into the body properly. I have ordered a replacement back cover.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electric0ant:
Yeah i noticed this too, I was bending the battery cover and this cased hairline cracks on the gloss paint on the outside of the battery cover. the plastic itself is fine, since its the same as the s2 cover which could literally be folded in half and go back to normal. but then again the black s2 cover didn't have any paint.

so bottom line is: the plastic of the battery cover is very flexible, but the gloss paint isn't and that's what cracks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pcmanrules:
My laminate on the back panel started to peel so I sent the cover back for replacement (have a naked S III for a few days). Also the grip to putt it off at the top cracked.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Isadora:
No cracks on my cover, had the phone for about a month. I guess I am probably more careful than you guys when I remove the cover because I have long nails (real ones :p ) and I don't want to break them (I learnt the hard way with with the S2 :rolleyes: )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stjs:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/White-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-having-build-quality-issues-too_id32229
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demigodnz:
I also have a white s3 and have a crack on the cover that goes half way across the back. Did 2nd day with the phone. Not going to bother changing it, it dosnt affect anthing:D i hope:cyclops:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Deleted member 1092031:
He guys,

anyone got a stock apk for the widget clock and accuweather widget?

regards
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] mauwri37:
Put in system/apps witch root explorer :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Lorenzo VonMatterhorn:
anything new rom wise, on the horizon that anyone knows about?:cowboy:
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Just an FYI, this isnt a question for the development section.

Now to answer your question, we really only have one developer working on ROMs for us and thats dragonzkiller. I'm sure we will get an update to our CM9. And apparently he is working on JellyBean but thats not guaranteeing us to be getting it.
[Motorola Droid X2] DroidMaster18:
+1

Would also love too see a port of the Droid Razr's new ICS rom. The updated motoblur. Looks cool

Sent from my Stock Rooted Droid X2