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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DonCarluchio:
You should consider rooting, I know you voiced against it but your argument IMHO is not valid. Changing ROMs and such can have an effect on reliability like your talking about, but root is really just allowing access to "hidden/protected" files. You will gain better control of the phone and can use apps that truly make a difference like SetCPU
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Yep. I was one of the people with a HIGHLY defective S3 battery I was so pissed off. Ive been back and forth from iOS to android over the last few yrs, loved my Atrix 4G had that phone over a year that's the longest I've had a smartphone lol. It had great battery. Then I went to 4S and loved it, I got an S3 when it came out and it was super glitchy and battery drained in 5-6 hrs. I gave it a couple weeks too. So I returned it and went back to the 4S till next month or end of this month when I'm gonna get another S3 and I'm def gonna use these tips, I have juice defender on my google account and I'll probably get into rooting as I've always jailbroken iOS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
Correct, you don't lose stability rooting an android like you do jailbreaking a iPhone... that's for Damn sure.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I didn't know that about rooting either. Jailbreaking CAN mess an iPhone up depending on which software you used to jailbreak it with. I used Absinthe 2.0 for iOS 5.1.1 and everything has been fine except once when my computer wouldn't recognize the iPhone I just shut it down and rebooted it tho and everything was ok. I'm just really gonna miss getting free apps on jailbroken iOS through installous from cydia, themes will be pretty much the same for android I imagine, but the free apps is the best I know it's not right but at least I donate to devs if I like the app. And I saw someone pissed off about not being able to change the AT&T in the top left of the S3 and on JB iPhone it's called Zeppelin where I literally have 360+ icons to choose from to replace "AT&T" or I can leave it blank or type my name in. Youd be surprised just how customizable you can make a JB iPhone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
I don't recall the app, but there is one or more that can accomplish this, not sure why it matters though, but I guess some would be interested in this.

As for free apps, you can get anything you want, just don't look or ask here, it's against the tos, and pirating isn't condoned on this forum.

Theming is super easy, you can load up one of many pre made by others or do it yourself via uot open kitchen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] american.swan:
I just want to make a comment on battery life. There are correct and incorrect battery management. Read online for some. I have found the first rule is to not use the battery initially and charge it for 6 or 7 hours first. If you use a battery initially and dont charge it long enough performance could be at issue. When i got my new phone the first thing i did was turn it OFF and charge the battery for 7 hours to initialize the battery properly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] insane08:
I'm actually looking into selling my iphone and getting a SG3....what would be the best method, ebay?

my contract is not going to end for approx another year i believe
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drewgstevens:
eBay will probably get you a decent amount of money. Personally, I traded in my iPhone 4/16GB for $230 credit on Amazon a couple of weeks ago after getting an S3, it was pretty painless...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zarusmc:
EBay. If you have the box and everything that came with it make sure to post the pics of everything in the listing. I have great luck doing it that way
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] erandhawa:
One thing you want to stop using is task killer. New android os' don't need it anymore. The operating system puts apps in a sleep mode so they don't drain your battery. By using a task killer you close everything and the os just opens it again without you knowing, this causes a huge battery drain. The os will optimize your ram usage for you.

Sent from my Galaxy SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
Yeah Facebook drains your battery its always running lol ...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ExcelonGT:
I was in the same position. had an iphone 4s since last oct and wasnt eligible for an upgrade till May 2013.

i simply called up AT&T retentioned, threatened to leave for Verizon. and since I have 3 lines (3 iphones with them) and have been paying my bills on time for 4+ years, they very easily reduced the early upgrade price on the S3 from $449 to $300. with renewal of contract of course.

I am going to sell my 4s on craigslist for about $300-350

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screw ebay.. the ebay + paypal fees will eat about $100 into your sale. NOT worth it.. go with Craigslist
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pguillory:
Like everyone else said, root your phone. Makes it SOOOO much better! I just came from a 4S as well. So i rooted, installed Wanam's ROM (which is touchwiz based so you still get all the S3 features to drool over lol) and installed ktoonz kernal(which is great for battery and also lets you overclock for gaming) and my battery last about 14hrs with my brightness at about 85%. Also woth auto brightness. And im a heavy user, and also work for at&t so I demo my phone alot too, which includes games and what not. Anyways, you remind me of where i was lol :cool::cool:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
have you gotten the s3 yet? Let us know your comparison, likes dis likes etc... My last iPhone was the 4 and its no comparison... My infuse was a welcome change from the iPhone and the s3 makes the infuse look like a half baked Chinese knock off (but I still love that phone)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 85gallon:
I gave my mother a kindle fire for Christmas.

Recently it has been acting weird. She sometimes has trouble getting it to charge and then sometimes it will completely run down and lose the date and time.

I personally had to reset the date and time myself a couple of times. It reverts back to an old date and doesn't want to work right until I fix the time and date.

Even though the battery runs down, it should not be losing the time and date . Correct? There should be an equivalent of a CMOS battery to retain that info I would think.

I am going to get it from her tomorrow and keep it for a few days to see exactly what it is doing.

I am about at the point that I am going to just take back her fire AND the PC I gave her just to stop the stupid tech support calls. LOL. And when I say stupid, I mean stupid calls when it comes to the PC. She still can't understand the difference between going into outlook to check one personal ISP email account which she gives out selectively and then using the web interface to check her yahoo account which she gives out to friends. (I don't even want to setup multiple profiles in outlook. That would really confuse the **** out of her) When did **** get put on the **** list??

I once spent 10 minutes trying to explain the concept of a home page when you open IE and how she can set it to open to any site she wants when she starts IE. Even done the web page shortcuts on her desktop so IE opens to wherever she wants to start, but she forgets about that and calls me.

Any ideas on the date/time thing in the KF??

Maybe next step after I test it for a few days is to call Amazon.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
If the battery dies, so does the clock.

And make sure she has "Set date and time automatically" set, or she WILL suffer from time "leaks". Wifi is a must or the auto time set won't work.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 85gallon:
That is probably the problem complicating things. Her dsl is constantly needing to be reset. That is probably why it is not updating the time when she reboots after a recharge because the dsl is down. Thanks. I'll give that s look see.

Sent from my Kindle Fire running CM10 Jelly Bean
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 85gallon:
Went over there. She had the battery charged up this time. I turned it on and it had reset and lost the time an date. When it does that it also defaults to having wifi turned off. I turned on wifi. It immediately connected to her encrypted network and updated the time.

WTF?? Why would it lose date, but still be able to remember the password for the network?

Nevermind... I answered my own question. It stores the password in a file. You can't store the time. LOL

It would be nice to make it where wifi would stay turned on by default when the battery runs down so I don't have to walk her through turning it on if it happens again. I showed her the easy few clicks, but her eyes glossed over when I started with "Touch that little thingy right there that looks like a gear to open settings...." :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] casonswag:
Okay so the official CWMv6 just been released so i made a Flashable of it just flash in your current recovery then reboot recovery

http://db.tt/qHotYf9B
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ermmanuel:
Thank you will give it a shot :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] casonswag:
No prob bro!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I will ask a moderator to delete this thread when the data is re-uploaded, so be aware this thread will likely disappear at some point.

This post will be updated until I get my goo account back up.

Temporary list of what's been recovered from my broken links to goo and on my device sdcard:

All files hosted in my dev reference thread.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
What FANTASTIC news!!! This is like someone finding the key to the library and letting us all back in again. :good:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] davidf9:
Yup, great news indeed.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
All the custom lockrings from bulletproof, including expanded project folders that have all the parts of the flashable zip files - awesome!

Several versions of bulletproof - definitely need to go through these and see what's what.

I'm going through those dvds now, got an hour or two before I jump on thw road, so taking advantage of a beat old desktop to be the link between dvd disc access and the device.

Making a way or finding a way to use an externel dvd burner with an android phone is definitely bumping itself up to a higher priority level on the list of things I want to do with my androids.

....

Okay, so it's an hour later. It's amazing how much perception changes based on situations.

My doubleshot documentation folder is 375 megabytes. That is only .pdf or .txt files and internet shortcut links. At the time I put it together, it was in pieces over time. Now i'm seeing it as a lot of data, whereas before it didn't seem like much because there was a lot I hadn't gotten to yet.

I've been throwing data onto all the memory cards left over from my field trials before. In the other device, sd cards are read as extsdcard locations, so I can just cycle them through it when I get goo set up again.

It's amazing how much and easily you can reteach/review what you've done when you keep track of where you've been.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
is goo supposed to auto restore the files? my goo is now still empty since the crash
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Definitely doubt it - from what I understand which is decidedly little.

I've been going through what I have on file. The lesson we as the open source community keep learning is cloud storage is fickle and unless you have it in hard copy, you ain't got it.

I jumped into goo irc the other night but only had a few minutes to do so.

My account isn't there, so i'm guessing I need a new account and will have to upload what I want in it from scratch.

Andftp is the app I used before to up things from my doubleshot to goo, so what i'm doing is throwing stuff I have onto microsd cards and i'll up them from a device.

I'll just have to get a goo account reinstated or created and then i'm good to go to start streaming it all back up, whatever I can find that I have on disc.

Dvd disc is my single favorite backup medium - cheap and the longest physically lasting in the real world we have available if cared for.

Does present a hurdle to get onto the device if all you have are the device and dvd's though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pinefresh:
Hello,

I purchased a Galaxy Nexus from Mobilicity in Canada (came with 4.0.2 yakajuux) and I have never been able to achieve a GPS lock even despite having it outside for 30+mins with a clear line of sight to the sky.

Diagnostic apps (GPS Test, GPS status and toolbox) report 0/0 satellites.

Searching I haven't found anyone with a similar issue on xda or otherwise, all I found were poor/slow lock issues that were solved by messing with location services or aGPS related fixes, nothing where no satellites were found. Following instructions in threads that involved modifiying GPS.cnf came up empty.

Went back to visit Mobilicity and one of the employees had a GNex too and his did the same thing.

I flashed a stock yakaju JB image from google, behaviour doesn't change, the GPS icon in the notification area still doesn't blink and stays at "Searching for GPS". Still 0/0 satellites.

Does anyone have any suggestions to try? Is there a way to rule it defective hardware?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Well this all depends on where you are, but on my phone, GPS locks really quick. About 10seconds, in Niagara Falls, ON. What you can do I guess is to ask Samsung for the replacement. If the problem persists. Assume that it is a problem near your location.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LudoGris:
Now that the Samsung drive link app has been released for the SIII, can someone post the apk here for all of us running AOSP or AOKP ROMs?

It is available at no charge on Samsung Apps, but only for the SIII.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jeffdaman:
I have a stock s3 but I don't know where to find the app you're talking about.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BonesHopkins:
Where can I get this app?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jeffdaman:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/28/samsung-drive-link-car-friendly-app/

It can be downloaded in the European App Store for the international phones only as of right now.
[Android Apps and Games] Blars1206:
looks pretty sweet. Nice job. Will report any bugs I find.
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update Version 2 28.08.2012: Must Bugs fixed, 4.1 build

Updates:

Version 2 28.08.2012:

-New Version Build on Android 4.1.(V1 was build on Android 2.2)

-Fixed a Cropping Bug(should run more stable on most devices)

-Added Settings and Wallpaper Picker Icon, Picker can be launched after Setup

-Some Changes on loading Settings, Settings can be used before setting Wallpaper now

-This Update should fix most bugs and enable new UI in Settings!
[Android Apps and Games] ArcticFish:
Looks cool, gonna try

Sent from my SGH-T989 with Cyanogenmod 10 Alpha Power.
[Android Apps and Games] Da_Rock_1119:
Great wallpaper! I loved it!
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Happy to hear that after all that work(continued)!

Thanks for first feedback!

@All: I have an urgent project and hollydays next week so updates will be small or after that (I can edit and build project on phone, so maybe I find some time at the beach ;)
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Fix Version 4 24.09.2012: Path to not-cropped Image will be saved

Updates:

Fix Version 4 24.09.2012: Path to not-cropped Image will be saved since this version, so selected Image will come up after reboot or resetting wallpaper. If image is not avilible because sdcard is not mounted yet after reboot, backup tex will be used until sdcard is mounted. If Image is renamed or deleted, also backup tex will be used until you set another image or restore missing file.

So all Settings should work fine now.

Note: Framerate and Sensorspeed are tweaked to 100% to give you a very smooth first run, until you touch the framerate slider first time.
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Version 5: HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic 3D Mode supported and some fixes

Version 5 25.09.2012:

-HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic 3D Mode supported in landscape and portrait with auto switchig orientation. Use with "Jmz 3D Switcher". 3D-Mode can be used with other Objects. It has one build-in Image yet and can load custom, pre-interlaced in devices resolution. Will add sterescopic support for 3D-Objects like the Android and loading custom obj´s. Also particles flying into your head...

-Optimized color fluid and beta-particles a little and rebalanced the connection between both so activate both and test.

-I forgot to disable multisampling on Version 4 so it is the only version with multisampling. It will not run on devices without ms. Also it looks a little better and runs a little slower. This is was only Version 4, "fixed" on Version 5...
[Android Apps and Games] tungdn:
very nice, thank so much
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update:

Version 6 25.09.2012:

HTC-Evo-3D Stereoscopic Flying Particle added in landscape and portrait
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update:

Version 7 25.09.2012:

saved some cpu-power, reworked internal framerate-and sensordelay, balanced Color Fluid Surface-Particles, fixed a bug of previous Versions not showing 3D-Andoid if active alone.
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
News: New HTC-evo-3D stereoscopic Version in new thread...

obj-import will work for both versions soon:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904203
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update: obj-import: Load any 3D mesh to wallpaper.

Update:

Version 8 07.10.2012:

loading custom obj files!

Load any 3D-Mesh to your 3D live wallpaper!

Just place "beammeup.obj" on sd root and activate loading from settings.

Try with attached exampes.
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update: V9: Performance

-Faster Rendering for all Objects

-Changed back to old fluid colors
[Android Apps and Games] aSiD1712:
Update: Version 13 28.10.2012: many new features

-Many new features added on htc evo 3d version

-neverending road, drag to drive

-big 3d analog clock

-timeshift-displacement lava-like shader material

-Sterescopic suport, red-green, s3d and normal mode

-...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donovanchan:
In Jellybean, contact search having problem at both People app and Google Search bar.

All Gmail contacts are properly synced to the phone and can be found in People app.

But when I tried to search for specific contact by its name, contacts without e-mail address will never show up.

EDIT: Problem fixed after clearing app data of Contacts and Contacts Storage and sync again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CloakedUltraling:
same problem

I think I have the same problem as you do.

However problem did not go away after doing what you did :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pierceye:
Thank Apple. If I'm not mistaken, the universal search feature that allowed you to do that was broken on purpose by Google, in order to comply with the terms of the lawsuit. Not sure if there's a work around or not.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Hi, I tried flashing a new radio to my phone because the current one I had was draining battery really fast and I wasn't getting a good mobile connection. Well when I flashed it rebooted and it now it just stays stuck on the HTC screen. When I try to boot into recovery it just goes straight back to the HTC screen and stays stuck there.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Thank you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
What radio did you try flashing and by what method. Also have you tried a battery pull?
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
I tried flashing this radio 20.71.30.0833U_3831.17.00.16_M and I did it by using adb. I also have tried a battery pull but every time I start it, it just stays stuck at the HTC screen
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
That is definitely not an inspire radio. It's really a bad idea to flash anything but inspire compatible radios. It's the one sure way to brick a device. Is the phone recognized by your pc when you plug it in while its on the HTC screen?
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
When I plug it into the computer it makes the sound that it's connected and then I think it disconnects really quick, but the device doesn't even show up at all on my computer

When I plug it into the computer on bootloader mode it says something like USB bootloader. So I'm guessing my PC is recognizing it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Are you able to enter hboot at all or is that what you mean when you say you can't enter recovery? If you can still get into hboot load a PD98IMG of a compatible radio from radio thread onto sdcard and enter hboot and it will prompt you. If you can't get to hboot by volume down and power then see if adb will recognize the device by typing "adb devices". If it sees your phone type "adb reboot downloader" and select bootloader.

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Are you able to enter hboot at all or is that what you mean when you say you can't enter recovery? If you can still get into hboot load a PD98IMG of a compatible radio from radio thread onto sdcard and enter hboot and it will prompt you. If you can't get to hboot by volume down and power then see if adb will recognize the device by typing "adb devices". If it sees your phone type "adb reboot bootloader" and select bootloader.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Yes I can go to hboot. I will try that and post back.

Thank you for your help so far!
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Nope still nothing. I tried putting 12.56.60.25x_26.10.04.03_M on there but it doesn't prompt me when I enter hboot
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Are you putting it directly onto root of sdcard and making sure its named just PD98IMG.zip. here try this one and just place onto sd card in no folder http://db.tt/pIbQBQgF
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
I tried that and still no luck :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Well I would try and pushing the radio IMG contained in the PD98IMG via adb the same way you got the current one on there. But if your phone can't be accessed with adb then it may be bricked. Try adb from both the HTC screen and from bootloader to see if it will recognize it with the "adb devices" command. If it lists your device then you may be able to push the radio IMG.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Well it may be bricked :( Earlier when I would plug the cable into the phone it would say like HBOOT USB but now every time I try it just goes to a black screen and the charge light stays on until I do a battery pull.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
You could try and selecting fastboot and then plugging in USB. If you can get it in fastboot USB then an ruu can be run. But it sounds like it may be done for. Sorry :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Yeah that won't work either. I can load up fastboot but as soon as I plug the cable in it goes to that black screen with the charge light. I just don't understand why earlier in the day it worked doing that and now it doesn't :(

Thanks for all your help
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Did it work after you changed the radio?
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Yes after I flashed that radio that was not compatible for it It was letting me go into fastboot USB now it wont.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Try removing your sd card and then try again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Nope still nothing :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Well I'm out of ideas. Maybe just leave the battery out overnight and back up and clear sd card. Maybe tomorrow you can get to fastboot USB again. I wouldn't get your hopes up though. Do you have insurance cause they may replace it for you (for a fee of course).
[HTC Inspire 4G] toodazed:
Ok, I'll do that and no I don't have insurance on it. Thanks for all your help man.

I'll post tomorrow morning and see if anything changes

Btw is it supposed to say No image or wrong image whenever I go to Boot Loader?