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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Telling somebody not to sign up with Verizon because they are too expensive is rather moronic really.

If you want good service, you really have no other choice than to go with VZ and waiting for their prices to "go down" is not going to happen in our lifetimes......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Buy the phone outright off CL or eBay and go month to month with the carrier of your choice.

If you go Verizon, you will pay a premium for good network coverage, 4g and the privilege of *****ing about Verizon's bootloader policies ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bleelas:
I was in the exact situation, except I also had an original Sero500 plan which ran me $50 per month. Had the Evo 4G, marginal at best service, and a 2 year promise of 4G coming soon and still no 4G anywhere close. I went to Verizon and the GS3 and haven't looked back. Service is much better, LTE is ridiculously blazing compared to Sprints network, and the locked bootloader is less of an issue with kexec. Development still may suffer ultimately though. All I can say is that I'm very happy with my decision.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
What amuses me is 999 out of 1000 Verizon customers have never heard of a "locked boot loader" and could care less what it means anyway.

The VZ G3 is absolutely flying off the shelves and the customers love them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
I frankly don't think any of us care about those 999 people.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Very good points, that pretty much confirm what I was already thinking - if the service sucks, it doesn't do much good to have a killer phone.

Although I have a very vague idea of what a locked bootloader is, and why it's detrimental to dev, I'd still (almost) consider myself one of those "999" people. Couldn't have told you anything about it 2 weeks ago.

Getting hosed on data usage doesn't concern me too much really. Looking at my history, assuming Sprint's tools are accurate, I rarely go over 2GB per month between me & the wife. If I'm doing my math correctly, the cost of a 2GB share plan on VZW will be about the same as what I'm currently paying with Sprint. Even if I factor in the 'holy crap the service is so much better I'm using twice as much' factor, I'd still be in the same financial ballpark.

Google Wallet definitely isn't a deal breaker. The VZW rep I was chatting with the other day flat out told me that they don't allow Wallet because they're working on an in-house pymt solution, ISIS.

I think a big part of it is, the thought of giving my money to a company that wants to control how I use my OWN phone just pi$$es me off. Even if I never flash a ROM on the thing - like that's really going to happen.

And my slow a$$ Sprint data was ticking me off so much this afternoon that I almost said screw the last month & $50ETF and switched on the way home. Who knows, I may yet switch this weekend anyway.

Thanks for all the advice. XDA community has never let me down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afmracer6:
i could never go back to sprint.

not that i have good data all the time i will pay top dollar.

im willing to pay for quality.

i stream siriusxm all day at work. it just works. all day every day in buildings in basements.

verizons network it worth the extra cost.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ghodzilla5150:
Dude, I just made this decision the other day. I have been with Sprint for 12 years (the last 2 phones were the EVO & Photon). Sprint coverage in my area SUCKS and I am in the Los Angeles area. I asked them when 4G LTE would be here and was told early to mid 2013. That was enough. I bought the SGSIII on Verizon (Shared Everything 6GB for $108 a month. Wife has a corporate discount). I am getting speeds of 40mbps Down & 19mbps Up:D:D This alone is worth it to me. I bought the SGSIII on Tuesday and I am already Rooted & using Synergey ROM with Free Hotspot and I could not be happier. The little extra I pay for Solid Network Coverage is totally worth it. Don't think twice, JUST DO IT.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] niv3d:
Same situation here! The shared data is not bad at all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Unfortunately, Verizon doesn't allow the creation of month-to-month accounts for new customers. You have to start with a contract.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] C0mbe:
That is not true at all.. I just opened an account on 07/30/12 month-month.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
That is only if you get a phone from VZ at the upgrade price.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hotobu:
T-Mobile is a good compromise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
What about US Cellular?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobdude5:
Well if you could live with 1gb of data for $90 a month then go with verizon. Otherwise i would go with ATT or Tmobile if they have coverage in your area. ATT has is actively expanding there LTE network as well as their hspa+ and it would be $90 a month for unlimited mobile calls unlimited texting and 3gb of data.

The only reason I'm on verizon is because my work concession line. 5gb of data plus 2000 talk and unlimited text for $40 a month.

Sprints 3g speeds suck but their plan is great for people who have lte.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
All I can say is that I was exactly like you. Moved over here and much better service all around. I had the epic and the epic touch. There are a ton of work arounds so far too stupid bootloader issue, and we have a guide to make Google wallet working. Development may beallowed some, but to me it's all worth it. This phone is especially amazing once you delete all Verizon's bloat. There are some incredibly intelligent people working on the bootloader issue, so I feel pretty good about an eventual disable. So you know, there is evidence that if Sprint ever wanted to lock the bootloader too, they could. There is an image from user sextape showing this in the original development section for research on this bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rkirmeier:
I recently switched to Verizon and it been the best move ever. I was so sick and tired of Sprints crappy coverage and 3g service. I would have 4-5 bars and wait 2 mins for a basic webpage. Completely unacceptable data service. Who cares if it unlimited data when it works like otter crap. Verizon is worth the premium! Use some common sense and connect to Wifi when ever you to minimize your data and don't stream video on the go and all will be fine with limited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Do you want service or a unlocked bootloader? I chose service since in the end it all boils down needing coverage/ functionality over a hundred roms to flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] asmallchild:
definitely Verizon, the network reliability and speed are unparalleled even if their policies are asinine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bluerai:
I was in the same boat.. Closest 4g was on UNL's campus.

I ended up hopping on my work line on Verizon to actually save myself some money. No more weird coverage spots and slow 3g (4) in Omaha. I'll tell you that much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Hadn't really considered ATT. Just found out yesterday that our company renegotiated a better discount with them. Anyone had much experience with their service/coverage?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imeio:
verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mutelight:
Locked bootloader and lack of Google Wallet shouldn't be a concern as I have Google Wallet on my phone and just bought coffee with it this morning and have run custom kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Looks like the debate is over - pulled the trigger on a vzw this afternoon. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
You'll be happy. I did and have been.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Holy cow! Just ran speed test on new phone, got over 13MB down! Didn't even hit 400k on Sprint.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] &roid:
Haha!! See! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Lmao.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cyrus41592:
Hope Verizon treats you well, aside from the very unfriendly stance on bootloaders and modding, the service is great, and the 4g is quite extensive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 4ktvs:
That and the unfriendly stance of not wanting to replace phones. 4G had and still does have some bugs, but it's not nearly as bad as it was in DEC of 2011. I hope you don't have any issues and good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mutelight:
Issues with?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 4ktvs:
Had lte stuck at 600kbs dl,very poor battery life,heat of 144f,10+call's to get first phone replaced and then the ICS update killed flash player on my razr. Had some time getting that fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aburgthing:
Another Sprint refugee here as well. I needed a new phone as my Evo was getting long in the tooth. There was really no choice. AT&T nor T-Mo has 4G LTE here. Sprint does not even have my city on their LTE road map; not second or third round which means I would purchase a LTE phone and only have a slow 3G network to use it on. I paid the ETF for my wife's line and made the switch. If Sprint provides 4G in my town by the end of my contract and still have unlimited I'll go back. For now I'm enjoying a fast dependable network and not paying that much more for it with my employee discounts. I think you made a good decision.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] azbobs:
Stay with Sprint Verizon locks down bootloaders

I only stayed with Verizon since I had been with Alltel and would keep

my unlimited data/phone.

Otherwise I would have switched to another

carrier due to

Verizons lack of updates

locking down the bootloaders

Good luck on deciding

Cheers,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mutelight:
See above quote. Also, as I mentioned near that same post, the locked bootloader is a non-issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
Well the fact that their is only one or two roms even worth flashing makes that pretty easy lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] whitfield77:
Loving it so far. Now I just need to look at rooting so I can put titanium and adaway back on. Guess I didn't realize just how many ads it blocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
Service wise, definitely verizon. You'll get 3G everywhere, and at this rate 4G almost anywhere soon. As far as the locked bootloader with kexec it really doesn't even matter all that much. And google wallet, eh me personally i don't use it since there aren't many places around me that actually make use of it except for gas stations. But i'd definitely go with verizon.
[HTC One V] hackajar:
HTC One V GSM edition (US Cellular, Virgin Mobile) does not have the right frequencies for T-Mobile / SIMple Mobile 3G service. I have used T-Moible and SIMple Mobile SIM with GSM phone any only get Edge speeds and network.

T-Mobile officially states that 3G/4G, for the frequencies support on this phone, will be rolled out in America starting in the fall.
[HTC One V] Noctourniquet:
The unlocked GSM version could be used on Tmo USA. The US cellular and VM version cannot, as that version is CDMA and carrier locked.

Sent from my HTC One V
[HTC One V] hackajar:
sorry! Yes! GSM version of phone can work on T-Mobile, but do not expect 3G service as of now.
[Windows 8 General] NDUTU:
Does win 8 have native Widgets or Gadgets as in win7?
[Windows 8 General] nbates66:
I assume so because they're in the release candidate and accessed In the exact same manner as in Windows 7 (right click desktop and click gadgets) but I don't know if it's in the final version.
[Windows 8 General] H-Streety:
I am not 100% sure but I think that they have been removed because of the security.
[Windows 8 General] astrodomine:
I'm sure removed in rtm
[Windows 8 General] ace2k8:
Yea i have the RTM and it seams to be gone. But you can check out the link to get them back.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1815777
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ticiano:
I got my Nexus 7 now after a long experience with Android devices, mostly phones, and I think N7 is a pain to charge.

Sometimes when I'm using it plugged in charge, it seams like the force is just enought to avoid discharging, no to charge. Anyone with this kind of experience?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmm200:
Not enough details.

Don't expect it to charge plugged into your PC.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootusr:
it is normal that charges slow when connected to the PC via USB, in fact most of 10.1 tablets does not charge at all turned on, there is not enough power, if it's connected to the wall charger then may be something wrong.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ticiano:
I'm using the stock wall charger. I'll observe better and than be back here with more data about charging times. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
Make sure you use the original charger and USB cable that came with it. My experience is that it charges relatively quick and consistent across multiple units.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Neme77:
How to implement torch in locksreen ( long press home button when screen is locked to activate flashlight ) for Samsung 4.0.4 based rom

Hello friends,I want to share with all this useful mod ...

What do you need:

-1 My modified smali files to implement in Android.policy.smali

-2 Smali/backsmali utility

-2 7Zip or Winrar

-3 Some patient

Works perfectly with the Samsung XWLPM / XWLPT based rom

Examples:

- Take your Android.policy.smali and open it with 7Zip/Winrar ( is located in system/framework ) extract the file Classes.dex.

- Decompile the Classes.dex with smali

- Copy all the file from my archive and paste it to your decompiled Classes.dex ( \android.policy.jar\com\android\internal\policy\impl:

PhoneWindowMmanager.smali, KeyguardViewManager.smali, KeyguardViewMediator$2.smali and KeyguardViewMediator.smali )

- Recompile your Classes.dex with Baksmali

- Open again Android.policy.smali with 7zip/winrar and copy the new classes.dex

- Make backup of your Android.policy.smali and replace it with the new modified file

- copy torch apk and install it

- Also you need to create a new folder in your internal sdcard: tweak\lock_torch_on ( the correct structure located in my archive )

If you liked my work give me a thanks.....

Enjoy.......:good:

Torch source XWLPM/XWLPT

Download
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rakeshishere:
Nice :)

Hope someone can make a CWM flashable zip :P
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Gabrieltan:
this mod work in i9100g or just i9100??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rakeshishere:
XWLPM / XWLPT based rom is for international i9100 model
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tlf55:
How can i do that with LPW Odexed rom ? i want this feature so much !
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tenasama:
interesting, try to port it on other rom~
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Gabrieltan:
is there any tutorial?? i want try to make it for my phone(i9100g)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] chery22:
Does anyone have tried this with different phones, like HTC for example?

@ Neme77 How do you think? Is your mod going to work on HTC Desire with Android 4.1.2?

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] darkpepe:
Sorry for the bump

After upgrading to SuperNexus 2.0 Rom I really miss this feature.

Anyone knows how to do this with JB 4.2.1?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
stupid stupid question, but I keep getting partial root (adb su shows # but cannot write to /system)

Root Explorer as well as mount system rw app both cannot mount system as rw

SuperSU binary updates fine

However, what is odd is that I have sucessfully deleted system apps (eg phone.apk), via TIB and they do not run on the phone anymore. I have also occasionally been able to restore them via TIB

I have tried flashing CF-Root LRB via odin, same result.

I have tried flashing Abyssnote42 and then flashing the ROM via abyssnote, but still get partial root.

I don't get it- according to the post in this forum, all I needed to do was flash CF-Root and that should have done it.

I have Mobile Odin Pro, but there are no .tar files which I can find for ICS (everyone is doing CWM releases).

Also, AdAway does not seem to be able to write to the hosts file, which imo seems like it is unable to write to /system.

The very few times TIB has been able to mount /system/app as rw and I have overwritten files, nothing has changed (so it looks like they were never overwritten in the first place).

I want root to be able to write to /system, not use 'kewl root appz'. (Trying to overwrite phone.apk and contacts.apk)... i've also tried making CWM flashable zips but CWM won't flash them...

I have been able to get GB full root by flashing pre-rooted stock, this is all for Kingdroid ICS 4.0.4

Am I missing something? Can CWM install a rooted kernel? Should an Odin flash of a rooted kernel get full root? Sorry for the dumb question, but I really tried
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
I had same problem tried almost everything and in the last had to flash stock GB to start over again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreww88:
Flash back to GB and root and then come to CM9 or CM10. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
Had you tried the rooting method of dr ketan. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lee yun khong:
Last few months ago im also having the same problem. No matter which method i had try..dr.ketan...start from gb...no luck at all. The partial root problem still remain.

Luckily i met someone to gv me help. And his method 100% works.

Please report back if u able obtain full root. Other wise i will gv u the proper step to obtain full root.

Good luck
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kopitalk:
Maybe the problem lies with busybox. Try getting busybox binary updated. I've read some people can do it by installing busybox from Google Play. For my case usually I inject busybox directly via CWM, but it is potentially dangerous so I won't share it here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
When I had this prob, I tried everything bo no luck, so flashed gb again.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zigtek:
I am having exactly this problem.

I have tried everything over and over and still partial root.

I would REALLY appreciate your help with getting full root on my note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
u need to give more details. what rom are u on?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
From what I read, Tegra 3 has three modes:

- Performance

- Balance

- Power saving

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/transformer-pad-tf300t-tegra-3-benchmark-review,3179-2.html

In other ASUS Tegra 3 Android tablets, user can select and set the mode.

Is it also possible with the Nexus 7?

If not, which mode is set by default?

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilol:
Well, as far as I know this has nothing to do with Asus tablets. The Asus tablets are running costum UI from Asus and these are just kind of "tweaked mods" from Asus integrated into their UI. That on the other hand has nothing to do with the Tegra 3. The only possibility to set your own "CPU mods" is to unlock, root and get a costum rom running on your devices with the ability to govern everything about CPU.

@your last question, there's nothing more to be said.
[General Questions and Answers] iKoolkid:
http://www.semaphore.gr/bootanimations/CWM_bootanimation.zip

If any of you can try and simply edit the 9 in the boot animation into a 10, which seems fairly easy cause of the simplicity, I'll be very thankful. I think you can just add a white coat of paintbrush over the 9 and find the font which is being used and just add a 10.

Check out the Hellybean nightlies Here and here and the Devil Kernel for ICS here and Jelly Bean here for the Galaxy S and variants.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
I've tried all the PRLs in the main thread but I know there are more I can download. I have yet it hit over 80kbps on one. Anybody on Long Island have any suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Try different modems with the latest PRL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hotspace:
Also, after I load a PRL and "test" it's speed, I usually have to wait solid 3 minutes for it to stabilize.

I'm using 12124 right now and when I need to roam, I use Roam Control to force it.

But, I can't be in a hurry.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AirBruce:
Hi, I think we have the exact same problem. Check my thread here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1826574

Let me know if it's similar please.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
My issue is 3g speeds. Is there an official definition of 3g speeds anywhere on sprint's site or the FCC or anything? I don't plan on leaving sprint but every time I call they say "service isn't guaranteed". Maybe if the speeds don't meet standards, I can get them to stop charging me that $10 premium service charge every month
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cherokee4Life:
Has anyone found a way to modify the apps that show up in Car Mode?

I love the idea of Car mode/app but the apps that appear are stupid if you ask me. Is there a ROM that has different apps or is there a zip I can flash with different apps or something?

I couldn't find anything on XDA about this and it scared me a little, like I am the only one who wants the apps changed.

Keep the Phone and Google Maps Navigation on the left hand side

Music change to Google Music

Internet Radio change to... anything thing else. lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] the architeck:
no your not the only one, i am too i use car mode constantly since i drive alot and i have the car dock, i wish i could change that too
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joshuaw84:
Why don't you just try the nfc options and get some tags that will open what you want to open, where you want to open them?

sent from my LTEvo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AJilka89:
Apparently I read from goodandevo.com that the One Series got an update that allowed them to change exactly these things. Here's to hoping that it comes soon because I love the car app on this phone.

Edit: finally found the source at pocketables, the new home of goodandevo.

http://www.pocketables.com/2012/08/...to-use-third-party-music-apps-in-car-app.html
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hey_Ant:
Can Car Panel app be modified?

Me too. I really like the look and graphics of the Car Panel stock app that originally came with the EVO. However since I have rooted to Mikg v3.11 I noticed that Car Panel app is in here too. However, the problem is Footprints is no longer operable, i.e. dead link. I did find an alternative Footprints on Google's Play that I like. It would be nice to modify the Car Panel to Footprints graphic to LINK to the alternative Footprints, a like shortcut. app.:fingers-crossed:
[Xoom Accessories] titusxperia10:
Hi everybody, I want you to show what I´ve done to my OEM Folio Case in order to give it the functionality the Smart Cover offers.

With these I´m able to lay my Xoom in a maybe 30° angle so typing with this case makes a different experience.

It´s a very easy modification and you only need a good cutter and a rule and make 2 sharp-lined cuts. And of course the Folio Case.

I started from the inside of the case making the cuts, thus, marking automatically the outside, once the inside was cutted enough you can finally just finish the cuts from the outside.

JUST CAREFUL WITH THE EDGE OF THE CUTS!!! Failure at this will screw the Folio for sure!

Now the pics of what I´ve done, hope it helps!