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[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Camera on the SGS3 is awesome, it has NFC, Android has had turn by turn navigation for years, you can do anything with Android you want, the quad core CPU is awesome if you watch videos receive an email or text and just hit the pop out play button to watch the video and check the email or text.

You aren't bound to what a company says a phone should be able to do, you don't like the stock rom flash a custom rom. The UI looks different in different versions of Android. All share cast allows you to share whats on the screen with a TV whether its a slide show of holiday pics or a video.

Google now trumps siri in so many ways (when JB comes) you can just copy files to any PC, no installing iTunes on all PCs you want to share things with.

Any other reasons you need?
[Galaxy S III General] Punker1234:
Well I certainly know the differences, but I thank everyone for their input. My thought process about the iPhone was always hardware as I stated before. I never really enjoyed iOS, at least when I purchased for4. For the first iPhone 3, I'm sure a lot of us could agree it was probably the best OS out at the time. When the 4 came out, it seemed like the best hardware compared to others as well, but iOS was falling behind.

But now, I don't know whats up Apples sleeve. I mean, what could they possible bring to the table that will provide the wow factor hardware wise? NFC won't do it, I even think wireless charging wouldn't do it. A slightly larger screen and maybe a better camera? 3d? All stuff is either standard now or a cheesy gimmick. That's why i love the S3, because it has the hardware, plus we all know Android is fantastic.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Iphone's screen will never compare to the GS3, better camera get the Nokia N8 with a 12MP camera, 3d get the LG Optimus 3d, these are already out there Apple will just be copying everyone implementing things we don't see in the SGS3.

Also lets not forget the hardware in the iPhone is all Samsung hardware, so iPhone is made by Samsung as well. Any hardware Apple could improve over SGS3 (CPU, GPU, screen) will drain your battery which you cannot replace. with the SGS3 if you need it you can carry a spare battery with you and just swap it over when the awesome hardware drains the battery.
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Well first off, it's an iPhone... While they may be popular, Samsung has over thrown Apple's control of the market share."Everyone that's popular, cool, rich has to have one right???" No -_- the SGS3 cost more than the iPhone, so that marks off rich people. I am pretty da*n cool and popular, that marks the others off cuz I have an SGS3. It has a quad core while Apple is just now getting into the dual core waters. Battery life is amazing. GPU is the best around. Dev support, not locked down. Jelly bean smoothness on the way.

I mean c'mon if you seriously have doubts on getting an iDevice and becoming an iSheep, then leave XDA. Unless your job forces you (which I would still try my hardest to avoid) to have an iPhone, steer clear and enjoy your freedom.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
I don't know why you say the iPhone had the best hardware, it wasn't hardware that made it smooth, it was software optimisation.

The 4S is using an underclocked dual core processor and it only has 512mb of ram.

Hardware has never been apples game, they just optimised the sh*t out of iOS.

Also objective C is faster than Java. (iOS and Android coding languages respectively)

Hardware was nearly always better on high end android handsets (no point comparing a 59.99 low end Android to a 700 quid iPhone, although most people that say Android is **** base their opinions on that.) Because it had to be, the os wasn't refined as much as iOS because there were so many oems, chip manufacturers etc. there were so many variables.

Now with JB Android has really found its feet, JB is the release that Android deserves as a platform, it is the one that will win non-technical people over with the ease of use and of course the fact that it oozes butter all over the place.

So to get to the point, iOS is dated, Android is growing better with every release. Vote Android.
[Galaxy S III General] georaldc:
Well its possible for the iphone5 to be better spec wise (cpu, gpu). If you're into gaming, it seems developers always put out the best versions of their mobile games for apple's product so that could be a plus for you. Other than that, I don't think anyone knows what's going to be in it.
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
if he's into gaming then he should get a console or a PC.

to the OP, you said so, you want to change to android, sgs3 is a great way to make that change, the iphone 5 could be good but we don't know yet besides, if you like freedom then android is your choice.

my recommendation is, wait till the iphone release and pick one by then, if you come to our world you will enjoy it and never leave, trust me.
[Galaxy S III General] KnukLHead:
If he's in the us his gs3 won't be a quad core . But it will have 2 gigs of ram and be fast as hell. I'd go with the gs3. In fact I am going to the gs3 lol. I have the gs2 right now.
[Galaxy S III General] Arsaw:
Apple will never compete in hardware spec with Android because there are so many android devices come out every 4-6 months with higher spec. Apple will never catch up on that department.

Maybe there will be new softwares in Iphone5. But whatever software offered in Iphone5 will be available for Iphone4.

So basically, there is nothing, I mean really nothing worthwhile that Iphone5 will bring to you.
[Galaxy S III General] watsa:
Convince me that this thread was really needed? There are many people waiting for new iphone to come out so that they can compare it with GSIII and make their decision. What if everyone wants to be convinced?
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
I am in the US and i have the Quad core version....
[Galaxy S III General] Android Al:
Is this some cheap way of getting the fanboys stocked up?!

Read how unimpressive IO6 with the features that are coming out and the compelling but unsiteresting hardware underneath it. Besides you know what your getting with apple tbh, there hardly surprising anyone as much as they used to these days, but incremental change has its merits.
[Galaxy S III General] hefonthefjords:
Does it still depend on itunes? Y/N?

If Y goto 10
[Galaxy S III General] KooolaNL:
I have to admit something about those apples

I have repaires alot of samsungs and my first 4s a while ago

Build quality is something apple does better to my opinion

Not trying to hate on the plastic s3 that cracks when handled ruff

Just saying i prefer apples build quality (ill never get one tho) well if somebody gives me one sponsored i wont say no offcourse but purshasing it myself ?

I think for ppl that like apple build quality and dont like os from apple they can

Put android on it ? Lets face it this is XDA

Samsung need to notch up the build quality and then the phones would be ok

Sent from my unmanned submarine deep in the sea using Dolby surround 5.1
[Galaxy S III General] Will of fire:
Just wait and get your iPhone with NFC and everyone will think it will be the first phone to have it
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Anything Apple makes you a ***** to iTunes. End. Of. Sorry.
[Galaxy S III General] Will of fire:
That's why iPod 3rd gen has been sitting in a drawer for over a year. Itunes sucks.
[Galaxy S III General] projectsome:
The Iphone(5) isn't out yet! besides, it sounds like you want a phone because it could be more popular not because of the functions. If you want a stylish phone have a look for the sony ericsson p900i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sutty23:
I have flashed cm7 and it worked successully, the stable version, minus that the google play store was getting a server error. Anyway im trying to upgrade to cm9, i flashed boot.img and in cwm i flashed cm9, and gapps. But when it starts and android upgrades etc i am stuck at "unfortunately setup wizard has stopped working"" any help? i dunno what to do O.o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Did you make factory reset? Wiped dalvik cache?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sutty23:
yes i did :/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hmnk:
Just restart the phone and see if it works, else just reinstall the ROM, i.e. Do a factory reset + wipe cache partition + format system + wipe Dalvik cache, followed by installing the ROM followed by installing gapps and then reboot.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sutty23:
ok thanks, also i have to flash the ftf file they said to use as baseband first right?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tokaides:
this happens randomly for CM9, the wizard will restart if it doesn't you can try my method(assuming you have all the files in your SD card)

1.Flash stock Rom (2.3.4)

2.install CWM and root

3.Flash Kernel

4.flash Baseband

5.Go to CWM, restore to factory defaults, clear cache and dalkiv(optional)

6. flash CM9 then G-apps then Accelometer fix(optional)

7. reboot

again the setup wizard my crash or stop but it'll restart and work

goodluck!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sutty23:
thx for help, btw ermmm im installing gapps-ics-20120429-signed, is that correct?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sutty23:
well thats it i give up, thanks for all the help but i keep getting the same setupwizard stopped error, and it wont go away although i did exactly as u said step by step :/ damn...back to real ics 5.1
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] themrperfecto:
Well all you have to do is change the gapps version... you downloaded the wrong version dude...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cavemaneca:
So, my S2 would occasionally overheat, then hotboot and just hang on the boot animation, so I would have to pull the battery.

This morning same thing happened so I pulled the battery, and I'm sure it burned out.

Main signs:

1: plugging into the wall, the phone just vibrates "on" every 3-4 seconds.

2: holding the power button to turn it on, it vibrates, then nothing.

3: holding volume buttons, it vibrates, flashes "samsung" then nothing.

4: i haven't tried download mode, but I wouldn't expect much.

I just wanna know if there's any way to access the internal memory, and try to pull off any files I can.

Luckily I did a nandroid backup yesterday, so I can get everything back to normal pretty quick, but getting everything I had saved would be nice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rhin0666:
Hi there cavemaneca...

From my experience with Samsung devices, I find that when they are in a state of very low charge their usability takes a ****. I have had this experience on 3 different Samsung devices, the Infuse (I997), the T-Mobile S989, and the (Vibrant?) Roommate's T-Mob Galaxy 4S phone. One particualr issue is that when the battery is in the red, and it is actively plugged into a charger, the touch screen becomes either completely non responsive at all, or the touchmove events get all corrupted in weird counter intuitive directions. This happens until the battery is around the yellow areas, somewhere like +15% or +20%.

I have also consistently encountered your specific issue, in which a Samsung phone, once drained dry, will not actually appear to be charging, but rather just give steady *buzz* *buzz* *buzz* for what seems to be an indefinite amount of time. This however, for myself, has always self corrected after some time. I suggest the following two parts to the solution:

1) Get a strong enough charger base plug thing. For lack of the appropriate lingo, I use either of the following:

This grey base charger from T-Mobile directly for androids with the extra usb port on board. Good charging rate...

OR

Your standard HTC charger base

2)Once you have gotten a strong charger connected directly to it., GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. I recommend Dark Knight Rises, Cabin In The Woods, possibly the new Todd Solondz film with Christopher Walken, or Ted. I would bet good money that when you return, your phone will have stopped vibing and will be nearly charged. It's happened to me on this phone way more often than I would care to admit...

Salutations!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
99% sure your phone isn't bricked. Your phone vibrates and flashes the Samsung logo... It's not bricked. it might be a battery problem try a different battery or charger, i used a bad cable and it took forever for it to finally hold enough charge to boot up.

But yeah try getting into download mode... Connect into a computer holding +/- buttons, it should boot into it automatically.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Whether you can go into download mode IS the sign if you are bricked or not. Though, it sounds like a battery issue.

Sent from the pink Unicorn from the Darkside. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cavemaneca:
Thanks for all of the replies!

This is my first Samsung device, I'm use to HTC devices that brick pretty easy.(had about 4 or so so far that bricked)

It turns out that out of the 2 micro-usb plugs I had on my desk, one wasn't plugged into the wall, so I thought it had been charging all night but it just ran it completely dead, coupled with the fact that it had frozen in a bootloop.

It took over an hour, but it's at least showing signs of life now (still says 0%). I guess my device just needed that day off...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
Probably your charger, time to invest in a new one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] s1yfox:
It feels like it was yesterday that this was happening to me. Now if your phone boots up the logo and goes black to continue vobrating, your power button could be at fault.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxl180:
It's now looping in startup animation. I did a lot of work since I made a backup. I have nand backups. What specific backup should I install to overwrite what vmheap did and keep my data.

Fixed:

I made a nandroid of the bad boot. Restored last good nandriod and then Advance restore the bad boot nandroid "data only"
[Ouya General] isaiahe97:
Just saw this browsing around.

What do you guys thinks about it?

Http://Ouyareleasedate.com

Sent from my AOKP'd Infuse 4G​
[Ouya General] drnecropolis:
This belongs in the OT gaming thread..

That being said.. its not impressive to me..

It really doesnt stand a chance being marketed as a gaming device..

Perhaps as a social media/video device that happens to play games would be a better choice of marketing..

Sent from the set of Uniporn does Android
[Ouya General] DangKid:
I agree, I'm impressed with how big Ouya has gotten over the past few weeks but I just don't think that Android is a viable platform for console gaming.
[Ouya General] crash822:
Wouldn't have the hardware or the ability with software to come close to competing
[Ouya General] Dani897:
no reason it's a bad platform for consoles, it's the arm architecture that might not be up to the performance standards but i think you'll be surprised at what the terga 3 can do. it won't replace the 7 core processor in the ps3 but this isn't meant to compete with that. so game developers would have to resort to better story lines and game play. it's a way for people to get into game development and share. it will never have a market share that sony and ms have but i think the underground following can get very large.
[Ouya General] wdouglass:
This is exactly right. Is it gonna be the best console out there? Probably not. It will be, however, a neat toy that is worthy of MY $99.

I think it would be neat if they just sold the controller and had a curated app store so you could run the same games on a phone as well.
[Ouya General] drnecropolis:
Microslut has announced a $99 Ecks Bocks a few months ago...

Yeah you have to pay for live with y but most people won't factor that in and this will be overlooked...

It needs to be marketed as something besides a gaming platform.. other areas, it would sell great.. in the gaming realm.. it will get torn apart..

Sent from the set of Uniporn does Android
[Ouya General] Ryo Misaki:
Ohhh, the Ouya...

This little thing has gotten some big attention lately.

I'm interested. Very interested in it.

I don't think it'll compete at ALL against the mainstays of console gaming...

But a tweakable, rootable, android console?

With huge backing?

At very least, I just want to sit back and watch what happens with all this hoopla!

Though, in my opinion, this thing could be an Indie Gaming Developer's dream.

We'll see what happens, though.
[Ouya General] isaiahe97:
I just wanna see all the development for it. What would roms be like? I'm exited for it and I hope I see some of you in the threads when it comes out

Sent from my Nice 'n' Stock-y Infuse 4G
[Ouya General] Ryo Misaki:
No kidding!

Just what sort of a ROM goes on a "console"?

Perhaps a lot of focus on media streaming and definitely a bit of emulation...

With how small and portable this thing is, it could be great to take around and quickly pop into any HDMI TV to play games or watch movies.
[Ouya General] tehrod:
I don't understand though, isn't that the benefit of the smartphone? Pop into any HDMI TV to play games or watch movies? :good:
[Ouya General] Ryo Misaki:
If you have stock, yeah...

But a lot of the Roms don't quite support the HDMI adapter right yet. (At least for ICS and JB, I think. Entropy fixed that on Froyo and Ginber, didn't he?)

And even then, it doesn't exactly mirror display of the phone.

Something like the Ouya is MADE to work on TVs right out.
[Ouya General] drnecropolis:
Get your 10 post elsewhere n00b

Say it, Don't spray it.
[Ouya General] goobieracing:
I really think this will be a cool gaming device. It'll run android, its meant to be taken apart and messed with, and from I have read its open to development from everyone from game makers to hackers. This is exactly what we want here on are phones given to use in a gaming consule. Like said when they were making this it wasn't made to take on Xbox and PlayStation rather to have you play games on your TV. I watched games played on this think not made for it yet and it works pretty good. Plus this way we can play whatever games we want for free. I will be more then happy to buy one when its out. I really like what they are aiming for and I believe I can have a lot of fun with this as a gaming on it and hacking it.
[Ouya General] Darknessborn:
Struggling to find legit system specs, are there any yet? Maybe I am having a "boy's" look :P
[Ouya General] Conjukt:
It's worth my $99 to spend on it. I'm not expecting it to rival the MS or Sony consoles.
[Ouya General] inimigor:
Probably would use it as a media center

Well, I think this would be a great media center, i'd get it connected to a server computer wich i would store videos, films, photos and everything else
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rakeshchn:
Full credit goes to author of the below thread. Got Google Now working 99% on my stock rooted Tmobile GS3. What is the 1% not working? Once you launch the app if you dont perform any search, back button does not exit the app. So need to close it from task manager. Also sometimes after you enter the search text, enter key does not initaite the search, so hit menu -> refresh. Other than that the cards, talk back, quick and accurate response, voice search etc works just fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saldebot:
Try to reinstall it beacuse on my device I am able to exit Google Now with the back button. I am rooted running FreeGSM R5, Faux Kernel and High Def In Color theme.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lieu10ant:
i'm guessing we're ARMv7? and which of the 5 apk's did you use?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saldebot:
I just flashed the file in the following link, in recovery and rebooted and thats it. Yes we are ARMv7(T-Mo)

original thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1821152
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lieu10ant:
oh wow. lol they over-complicated it for no reason then.

so even if we already have an older version of Google Now, same steps? it'll overwrite the old one, right?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saldebot:
y sir, atleast with me it did.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dls5375:
Do the cards take a while to show up because I've had it installed for a few hours but still don't get the weather card. I'm using the mikey m6. Everything else works.

t-mobile sgs3 stock rom/rooted
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saldebot:
Stupid question but have you asked for the weather ? Because that was the first thing I asked and started getting cards. Also when in the app hit menu and go into settings I beleive that there are more options.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elracing21:
I have been using it for the last 2 days and it's such a gimmick. It doesn't give me the cards that I am expecting and need and most of the time I do a voice search instead of a card I get thrown to Google even tho I have a card set up for let's say my favorite sport team. Kind of wack.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SebasC:
How do I remove it? Google Now is one of those products that's probably gonna follow Google listen etc after a few years...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sarni84:
See u guys are getting the wrong impression of google now it does not work right with stock roms and has a phony voice. It was awesome on my gnex and was super quick and cards showed up when i needed. It finally is working great on cm 10 ....p.s. the inverted google now looks sick
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] colbyrainey:
Google Now will keep me from flashing to JB if the only thing that I can do with the double tap home function brings up Voice Dialer instead of Voice Search. Only fix is deleting the entire Google Search apk, which nullifies any benefit Google Now brought to the table. Sad, I actually liked the app...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scotty137:
Anyone having issues?

Hey guys. I was able to put Google now on my rooted SGH-T999 and it works wonderfully. I'm running CM9 and I can't wait to see what this can do. I was experiencing one issue though. Sometimes, after I search, I will click on one of the websites it shows me and the link won't open. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Or any other issues with Google Now? Thanks guys!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rakeshchn:
The only issue i have is that if your launch Google now and don't search anything, pressing the back button won't exit the app. Need to use menu > refresh. Not a big annoyance since most times the app is used to search something. I wish location services would work just using gps, but you need to enable cellular triangulation too for that. I feel like triangulation will drain battery unnecessarily.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] colbyrainey:
They have fixed that issue, I am using reekotub's v3 of Google now, and it works almost perfectly. They have also made a fix where voice search can be mapped to double tapping the home key!

Google now versions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747224

Replace S-Voice

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1823194

hope this helps

Sent from my rooted T-Mo SGS3.

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