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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikalhernandez:
Seriously, I chucked my phone at the wall a couple of weeks back and the point of impact was directly on the top right corner which resulted in a somewhat noticeable flat spot. I have no case on, but I do have one of those life-time warranty, thick screen protectors that I usually avoid because of the tacky feeling that never really goes away. Well, I'm glad I bought the screen protector now, because after hearing horror stories of S3's being dropped from only a couple of feet resulting in shattered screens, mine shook off a corner impact with the wall after being launched from across the room.

**UPDATE**

Dropped my phone just now and went for the mid-air grab. FAIL! Ended up swatting it down like Shaq instead, rocketing it towards the floor in my restroom, ending in a flat, direct screen to tile impact. No cracks! It's all about the screen protector, I'm telling you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] troubleshot:
All it takes is one drop, the screens are super fragile. Using an XO Skin and I havent shattered mine. They fill in scratches as well, may be worth a shot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] troubleshot:
This was the video I saw on it. Shame the iphone did better [YOUTUBE]6M5q5TRuAsY[/YOUTUBE]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Where did you get the xo skin if you don't mind to share :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bmxrideher:
Well... There is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rofgMueCOqo&feature=g-user-u

And my phone fell from a moving car at 50MPH Saturday evening and it still works even though the screen is annihilated. I feel that if it wasn't as strong, it would not be working.

I have called several local repair shops and they all say that the glass screen, digitizer and LCD are all one piece. From my research, I have proved otherwise. Don't want to do the repair myself, don't want to pay them $300+ to do it for me and don't want to pay $150 for the insurance replacement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
It's not weaker. It's harder (ie more brittle and prone to cracking). Also I believe it's thinner (also more prone to cracking). That can all be solved with a screen protector and a case. I have an i-luv case that adds very little thickness and some off brand screen protector that's like $10 for three and I have a ton of them so when they get mucked up just change it out. Serious protect your phone; especially if you don't "want" to pay the insurance fee. It's ridiculous when someone makes a thread blaming the gorilla GLASS (key word--glass breaks fyi) when they don't have a screen protector
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wireless.praying.mantis:
I know some people on eBay who sell white OEM Touchscreen/Digitizer/LCD kits for the Sprint version/L710 of the Samsung Galaxy S III for around $75with free shipping and includes a green tool for popping the case open. You'd have to search youtube for the instructions to DIY. I've dealt with them not since 2010 and have never had any issues with any of the products I've bought from them. It beats paying $150 Asurion deductible or full SRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Mine has micro scratches, i baby My phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pearsonpsh:
Not Gorilla Glass

The Galaxy SIII's don't have gorilla glass, they have the cheaper, only scratch-resistant version of gorilla glass.

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Wow, $75? That seems really cheap. I know when Zedomax broke the screen he replaced the digatizer and even made a video showing how to replace it.

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Yeah, Zedomax's video showing how to replace the screen digitizer. You can find it on his channel, Zedomax, on Youtube
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nbeebe24:
Wow! I just have to ask... What were you doing that caused your phone to fall out of a moving car?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Stop spreading misinformation, it DOES have gorilla glass 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] umby24:
Gorilla glass my ass. Dropped the damn thing 2 feet when getting out of my car, screen shattered.

Now I get to attempt to replace it myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Gg doesn't prevent shattering, just scratches
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Not sure how my phone has survived, but it has, from several drops from different heights and all I have a single deep scratch and some minor micro scratches that I can live with. The last one was from my hand at about 4' and was smacked down by accident by better half and fell face down. was expecting for it to completly shattered but it was ok.

I do have a cover, but I don't think it does much to absorb shock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aquariex24:
Yeah well it that regard it has failed miserably compared to my HTC Hero which I had for 2.5 years and dropped, kicked, skidded, etc. over a dozen times and not one scratch, micro scratch, nadda, zero, zilch. As for the GSIII, well a little FYI...don't do the key test. Luckily I only got micro scratches from it which you can't even see unless in direct lighting with the screen off. My fault? Definitely. Did I expect the same quality if not better than my HTC hero? Yes. Did we get it? No. Lesson learned? I won't be showing the "key test" to iPhone users anymore lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Yea but sgsiii is much bigger with edge to edge glass and no lip whatsoever
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] knives of ice:
Yes! An fyi for those to update we got support today. Not having to hook up the note to a computer makes using Odin so much easier.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
I come from Asus methods of flashing, rooting, etc.. all this Samsung specific stuff is new to me. Hearing words like Odin, Kies, root injected, and flash counters are new to me. I think it'll be a while before I finally root and flash Samsung device.

Do you have any links to read up on all this Samsung specific stuff for Modding? So mobile support for Odin means on the tablet itself? Or able to hook up to another mobile device and worknots magic. I'm lost with this. Samsung way of rooting/flashing/unlocking/etc..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Entropy512:
Odin = Samsung's equivalent of fastboot

Kies = Samsung's official software update deployment method

Mobile Odin = App that uses dd (and similar commands) to behave similarly to Odin, except on your phone itself. Most features of MO can be emulated just using dd in a terminal window - MO just makes it easier

Flash counter = The closest Samsung comes to bootloader locking on most devices. If you flash an unofficial kernel or recovery, the device tracks how many times you've done this. On most other devices, this causes a big yellow triangle to appear on boot.

Root injected = Odin can flash system partition images. Odin also doesn't check these to see if they are official, so if you put su and Superuser in the image, you now have a rooted system without tripping the counters.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] knives of ice:
I was in the same boat as you going from the evo4g to galaxy s2 evo4g touch. I also had the Asus prime. Odin to me is somewhat like having nvflash for the prime but Odin. When things are really messed up you can almost always use Odin to flash to stock you don't need to be rooted or have any recovery its basically for flashing Sammy stock software. However if you are rooted you can also use it to flash custom files if they are in the Odin format. Odin is software you use on the PC but chainfire developed mobile Odin that lets you flash right on your phone if you are rooted so you don't need to plug into a computer via USB. I'm sure this isn't all technically the correct terms but its my way of understanding and explaining.

Really you may never need to use Odin at all once you root and have a recovery flashed like twrp which we got support for today.

You shouldn't be scared at all rooting this device if anything its easier than the prime.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
Thanks to both of you for the quick schooling. Doesn't sound complicated at all now. That mobile version sounds good. But like you said Trwp may eliminate need for Odin. I used Trwp on Prime and now on my Nexus 7. Makes flashing/wiping/backups so easy. Love the straight forward interface.

Once my 32gb arrives(returned 16gb), ill be rooting soon. Can't wait to see what devs. Come up with to improve the multiscreen multitasking and s pen use.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Entropy512:
Odin does not require root since it just uses the built-in download mode of the device. In fact nearly all rooting methods rely on flashing something with Odin - either insecure kernel, custom recovery, or a prerooted system image.

Mobile Odin does require root. It also requires a working device that fully boots - Odin does not. As long as you don't damage the bootloaders, Odin will always work.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mdalacu:
Also, triangle away has been released today, so now we can reset the counter. :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Entropy512:
You could using my kernel on Thursday. (In fact, the way TA resets the counter is to flash a custom kernel with a reset app in the initramfs - chainfire is using mine. Espenfjo and I coordinated with him to get the N80xx supported by MO and TA.)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] infectedspam:
I'm a real noob at this but read up as much as I can.

I rooted my T-mo GS3 using this method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735561

with CWM.

Now I want to have the update. I'm assuming I can unroot my phone and then do the OTA update, but what methods are available to root the phone after the OTA update? My wife also has one of these phones, and has already done the OTA, but hasn't rooted her phone yet, so I really need this info for both phones. Could I use this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 to root both our phones? Do I need to unroot and reset the flash counter on my rooted phone before doing that? Does that update included the latest radio update for these phones?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
I'm in the same situation as you. And, this is the first time I root my phone.

I read a lot on the forum but it's kind of confuse me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Are you talking about the official ota update or the leaked jb patch?

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
he mentioned OTA, so it should be the recent Tmo update.

To OP: I know 1 thing that the radio fix is not included in the OTA update
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
True... Yea you can root with the no trip method. It's stock rom with root so it won't trip count. After that download Rom Manager and add cwm thru there or goo app for twrp recovery

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
But, if i already root my phone with this http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1735561 can i still get the OTA update? This is for future reference, let's say the official JB. (i already have the recent OTA t mobile update before i rooted my phone)

Thanks for your help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
I'm not sure. It might work or not maybe even thru Kies. Just depends cuz some were able to update last ota with no problems. I know that if you have custom recovery the OTA will fail unless you have stock recovery with root and use voodoo root keeper to try and keep root. The easiest way will be Odin back to stock and apply jb ota once released then root it back once someone confirms a method or wait till a dev releases a full rom.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
Well, I only rooted the phone and did not do anything else on it yet. So, I guess I don't need to use ordin to go back stock? The, I should be able to do the OTA?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Yea let's just play the waiting game lol

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mikeyinid:
as long as you have the stock recovery on your phone and not cwm or twrp, you can get an ota. to be safe, if you ota root keeper in the market youll even keep root
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leesanhua:
How do I know if I have stock recovery but not the cwm or twrp?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mikeyinid:
You can flash it with Odin. It's pretty easy to find
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] infectedspam:
Is the radio fix in the Kies version of the update?

Do you have a link for that method? Does that method work after the update?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Here is the link to the no trip method. It was confirmed in the thread that it worked with latest update installed . http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] radioraheem:
I was rooted on the previous stock software. Installed the update via Kies on my windows machine, then re-rooted using this tool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746682

Everything worked perfectly.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You mentioned a radio 'fix'. But its not a fix that I am aware of. Just an update. As long as you update via odin or kies with the official ota or firmware you will get the FULL update. This means other partitions will receive patches as well. If you update only by flashing a rooted rom using cwm or twrp you will NOT get the updates to the other partitions, including the radio. (You can flash the radio separately of course but would still not get the updates to other partitions).

You can preserve root using the ota rootkeeper, or after updating, reroot using another method.

My recommendation is to update via kies or odin with official firmware and then reroot. (Using ota rootkeeper is up to you).

Hope this helps clear some things up a little for you guys.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] infectedspam:
value edityzi

Thanks for all the help. I'll try to give it a shot after the weekend and see what happens!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stkiswr:
I ha e a coworker that has a gs3 and I have compiled a few aokp builds for my nexus. Would like to do some builds for him too. Anyone have a link to where I can set my path up to build? Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sutliff:
Brand new phone, nothing in software or firmware tinkered with. I correctly cable it to my PC and nothing.

It does charge, but the 32gb Sandisk Class 10 SDmicro is not recognized whatsoever. I want to transfer some save files so I can "carry on" with my phone activities after burying my beloved ThunderBolt.

Ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nopi45:
Not trying to insult your intelligence but did you install the Samsung drivers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sutliff:
You are just fine asking me anything, & oftentimes I do tend to think I know a little more than a thimble-full of "stuff" when it comes to electronics, PCs, etc., ... but what Samsung drivers?! LOL! Ugh. I suck. Any help you'd be will to offer from here would be ... well, you know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nopi45:
Samsung driver- http://tinyw.in/Fdoz

Give that a shot and it should get you what you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] The Apostle:
Correct me if I'm ignorant but don't all phones install the drivers when you connect it to your PC? I have always noticed the icon in the bottom right corner that says "installing device software". Never really had any issues either.

Sent From The Galaxy via ICS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nopi45:
Yea

Normally

but for some reason you have to manually download the drivers for this phone have no clue why.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sutliff:
After software install, PC reboot (W7 Ult Ed x64), phone reboot, everything works as it should.

Many thanks, Sir. (or Ma'am)

*I see your sig line says you are rockin' CM on yer Verizon S3. I am just lookin' to root this Verizon S3, & get SU permissions ... Hmmm, ...*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nopi45:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762709

Should get you every thing you need its a very helpful guide.
[Nexus S General] nnnaaahhh:
I got a Ballistic SG case today and installed it on my phone. After a few hours of using it, the power button mysteriously stopped working. I was able to make it so the volume button unlocks it, but now I can't lock the phone and have to battery pull to turn it off (and it just turns back on, as if the power button is perma-pushed). Does anyone know what i can do about this? Does this seem like a hardware malfunction? Should I not use the case? Thanks for any help
[Nexus S General] toddlmr:
Same case mine is fine.
[Nexus S General] shrekdaklown:
does it work if you take off the case
[Nexus S General] nnnaaahhh:
nope j:
[Nexus S General] Moecephus:
Same case for almost a year....never had a problem
[Nexus S General] damambt:
Best case ever

Tried many cases in the past and the Ballistic Case is the best. Since i purchased it I never have thought about changing cases.
[HTC One X] 11PCX:
So I attempted to put a screen protector on my phone that required water and I pretty much fried my screen. I'm pretty sure I need to replace the LCD at this point but is there anything else I could possibly do without having to resort to that? Thanks.
[HTC One X] chrisjcks:
How can you fry the screen by applying a screen protector , it's a sealed unit - even the speaker holes are waterproof.
[HTC One X] jayclarke:
Hi,

You could try putting it in a box of rice - sometimes that can help draw the water out. Just make sure to cover the 3.5 jack, you dont want rice going down there.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
[HTC One X] 11PCX:
No sir. The phone is FAR from waterproof.
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
What did you need they water for? Just curious...

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] chrisjcks:
I'd love to know the steps you took applying this screen protector,

Because I've applied countless protectors, all wet.

& I soak mine more than recommended.
[HTC One X] centorance:
It happens to be before too. I remove the water using a hair dryer. I believe the water enter the screen due to the gap at the bottom of the screen.
[HTC One X] audioslim:
Dropped mine into water and dried out after a few hour. Water was under the screen.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Guregnack:
So I was wondering what everyone with ICS is doing about the redundant camera slider shortcut? Since we can quick start it by just keypress.

Anybody change it up? I've been looking at widget locker, but that's money out of my pocket.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] josemald:
Apparently is an ICS thing, not particular to the Ion software. I've searched around, and couldn't find a way to change it back to how GB used to be, with the mute option. But if you hold down the power button, even in the lock screen, you´ll get the option to toggle vibrate and mute, besides powering down the device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eidriyan:
I guess as soon as we can decompile and recompile the framework-res and be able to install it on the ion without force closing we can change the behavior of the lock screen shortcut.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gerbsterkiller:
In addition to that, I have noticed that, I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but the notification bar can still be pulled down in the lockscreen. I use notification toggles, so it is easy to pull that down and do any configuration without actually unlocking the phone.

On that note, not meaning to thread jack, but is it normal to be able to pull down the notification bar from the lockscreen?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KEB64:
In ICS, I'm pretty sure that is standard operating procedure.

Sent from my LT28at
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] King Cole:
Unless you have a lock of some sort set, in which case you should not be able to pull it down.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KEB64:
Ah, didn't even give the password/pattern lock a thought. I never use 'em.

Sent from my LT28at
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Just realized this phone doesn't have time lapse video recording. A bit disappointing but oh well. Any recommendations for apps that can do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
You mean time lapse photo? Like when you set a camera up pointed at the night sky and you end up with a photo with the stars leaving trails?

I didn't know cell phones could do that. I'd be interested in that app.

-Need to figure out how to do something with your phone? Check out this Guide

-Did my rantings somehow help you? Hit the thanks button dammit!@ :silly:

-Sent from my

Synergized SIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
It was on my nexus an I thought it was supposed to be apart of ICS. It's found under the video recorder. Check it out.

www.droid-life.com/2011/12/27/galax...s-400-mile-x-mas-drive-into-6-minutes-of-fun/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I thought this was Samsung's version of the ICS camera/video app, which might explain why we don't see the native ICS time lapse setting for video recording. Why they would not allow for that is anyone's guess.

There's a number of apps in Play which do time lapse recording, though.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redman479:
Try lapse it.
[Acer Iconia A500] pside15:
I got an A501 today and it is still on stock HC 3.2. I'm definitely planning on using an ICS ROM on it. Would it be better to do everything as is now or let it take an OTA update first? Or does it even matter? Still trying to find my way around here.
[Acer Iconia A500] pside15:
Well, it tells me my tablet is up to date, but that can't be right.

Gonna read some more and try to figure out what my best option is.
[Acer Iconia A500] startinoffsmall:
Just do it now then put on the custom bootloader and then install a custom ics roms , its much more benificial
[Acer Iconia A500] pside15:
Yea, I couldn't get the OTA anyway. It's all a little different over here from every other device I've ever used. I'm assuming that the Afterota tool will do everything I need for getting ready to flash a rom. Is that correct?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Liquidsnk:
Please help.

Ok guys i will try to explain myself the best i can.

I have an xperia mini pro sk17i so i was on 0.62 after i decided to test some rooms ect, so i opened the bootloader with the sony webpage and rooted my rom. I also installed another kernell.

But now i want to get back to my original 0.62 stock rom. I flashed a version of 0.42 and rooted it, and when i tried to upgrade from the mobile system to 0.62 it says that it cant be done. Also i tried to install xparts in order to get cmw recovery and all the time it says force close it cant be installed.

What can i do? Thanks a lot. I cant install recovery so .......
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SS-4050:
You Cannot use OTA Update after unlocked your bootloader,You need to use flashtool to Update your phone firmware

How to root .62 is just the same as Rooting ICS 4.0.4 my friend :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ScatteredHell:
Yep, as he said. Download the firmware and flash it via flashtool
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Just go here for rooting :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Deleted member 4736004:
Download official firmware and flash it. You can also relock the bootloader after that.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] alqssr ar:
As in the title

I'm from Saudi Arabia

Not good at speaking English
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ibanezq:
You can only use VoIP app like Skype.

Wysyłane z mojego HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Stempox did a very nice write-up of CPU governors over in Android General ... I thought some of you might find it useful.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1767797
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Bump ... as many are playing with new kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
Question what governor for KT747 do you think gives best battery life and performance?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codec89:
Thank you finally I know what those profiles mean other than the obvious performance mode...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
i have tried every govenor/ io scheduler combination on different kernels and always end up back on deadline/ondemand.