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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] h_10:
are you a tinkerer? coming from an iphone, android os is going to be a challenge in and of itself. rooting and flashing roms is whole other challenge. if you are pretty set on rooting and having all the bells and whistles afforded by mods and roms, then get the galaxy nexus. the dev support is second to none. if you are wanting to just run stock, then get the S3.

i got my wife an S3. i have phone envy. the S3 is a NICE phone. let me rephrase that, the S3 is a REALLY NICE phone. she didn't want it rooted and i didn't want to have to mess w/ her phone since i rooted the her last 2 phones and it got to be a pain upkeeping her phone with latest roms and updates. the S3 stock unrooted running Nova launcher kicks all kinds of butt. yes she gives up a few perks from not being rooted, but the S3 is a perfectly fine phone stock.

since i like running stock rooted roms, i would gladly take an S3 over a galaxy nexus. screen, radio, processor and battery life are better than the nexus. nothing against the nexus. the S3 is just a better phone. and being it was release about 7 months after the nexus, i would expect no less. and hopefully the nexus to be released in 4Q will be nicer than the S3.

tl;dr version. if you are hell bent on rooting and running custom roms, get the nexus. if just running stock or even just a stock rooted rom, get the S3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ExploreMN:
In our house we just switched from Sprint to T-Mobile. Not wanting to be trapped into another 2 year deal, we bought the GS2 (I know you said 3) and a Galaxy Nexus. The GS2 was $299 and the GN was $349, so pretty comparable. The GN is awesome, but the GS2 camera seems to be far superior, so I would guess the GS3 is equal or better. However, software wise, nothing will beat a Nexus device. You won't go wrong with either phone, but if price and software are important to you, do yourself a favor and get the Nexus. If price is no object and you don't really care about OS updates, then the GS3 might be a better route.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lithid-cm:
I say hold off until windows phone 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josip-k:
I believe you :D

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerseykirby:
How is everyone doing when it comes to battery life?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josip-k:
One day easly

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brycekerr:
Cdma nexus < cdma gs3

GSM nexus > gs3

in my opinion (gs3 has unbelievable battery life). I have the nexus and my wife has the gs3

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerseykirby:
I will say this, the battery on this phone is not impressive at all. Any tips? Other than the obvious. Which ROM are we using, what tricks are we doing to conserve? I will say I am a heavy texter and such but this is quite bad. 10% an hour or less I'm talking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ExploreMN:
My battery lasts the whole day easily with moderate use. What's your setup that is making it so bad for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerseykirby:
No GPS brightness at about 15 auto rotate off auto sync off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
Get the extended battery, you will need it. The battery life is not going to be as good as your iphone, remember the screen is much bigger and that is usually the highest draw. Pick backgrounds and apps with dark colors or lots of black, the amoled screen will save power because each pixel is individually lit, instead of a constant back light.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DsturbD:
im thinking of getting a gnexus as well, but i see on this thread some have said to wait about a month for a new version to come out. will that be available on the play store like it is now? any links with info on it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerseykirby:
Surprisingly enough I just ordered a 3800mah extended battery. We will see how that holds up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phatmanxxl:
Battery life wont be a problem then. :good:

I run overclocked 1420 MHz and governor set to performance, have the 2100 mah battery and get an easy full days use from the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
No one has any clue really...

all speculation
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thebobp:
10% an hour with constant usage, or idle? If the former, that's pretty good. If the latter, that's pretty bad. Can use BetterBatteryStats to search for wakelocks.

It is speculation, but the history also allows us to make some very good guesses. Yes, it'll be released on the Play Store, probably for lower cost than on the market (I'd guess starting at around $500ish). As for release date, however, who knows.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ProDriver77:
Echoing the previous poster. Wife & I have our Nexi for about a month now and love them! I'm gonna be unlocking, rooting, and having me some Jelly Beans for dessert tonight I think!

I remember trying out the iPhone when it first came out (before the 3G/3GS). Hated it. Then, just recently checked out the 4S while I was still with Sprint. No major improvement over the original, and still hated it.

Welcome to the Nexus family! You're gonna look back at that half-eaten rotten fruit of a phone in the near future and say to yourself, "What in the Hell was i thinking?"

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon Wireless
[Android General] OmcRepairs:
Hey. Ive done a few mods and upgrades already, but one thing has always stumped me about android os and apps. Can anyone explain the variations between the different roms? I understand that the scale and power difference between say a phone and a tablet cause there to be differences, but why is there such gulfs separating to almost identical devices? Take, as a possibly poor example, a yarvik 10.1" tablet and an almost identical viewsonic 10.1" tab. what would stop the viewsonic roms from working on the yarvik? Apologies if this has already been answered somewhere else, I haven't managed to find a similar thread to answer this for me.

Thanks
[Android General] shimp208:
The main reason the ROMs aren't able to be used on both devices is because they have a different chipset and hardware. And ROMs are designed to work with the specific hardware of a specific device. The only way to get them to work on other devices is to port the ROM you want to that device (Porting ROMs ranges from pretty straightforward to extremely hard).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TBayTom:
You can watch Samsung's event live around 1:00PM EST today 8/29 with this link:

https://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile/app_366547110058162

Edit:

Direct Link-

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1809231537001?bckey=AQ~~,AAABMklarYE~,3dWXPITrPeTQHifUSWFvBm-5nPaoXI4t&bclid=1777382249001&bctid=1589502867001

Rumors are they will announce the status on Jelly Bean for the International GS3, however, they might provide some indication as to when the US carriers will receive the update. The main show case is the brand new Galaxy Note 2.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TBayTom:
About 30 mins until show time!

Edit: Live stream is up and rolling now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tomtommy306:
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/08/29...ications-images-details/#.UD42Ki2Q438.twitter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TBayTom:
Wow, new note is a beast! Comes in the titanium grey or white version.

Specifications:

Android Version: 4.1.1Jelly Bean

Display: 5.5” Super AMOLEDHD with 1280×720 Resolution (720p – 16:9)

CPU: Samsung’s Exynos4412 @ 1.6GHz

GPU: ARM’s Mali-400MP @400MHz

RAM: 2GB

Storage: 16GB, 32GB and64GB

MicroSD Slot: Yes

Camera: 8MP (1080p HD)Rear Facing Camera + 1.9MP (720p HD) Front Facing Camera

Battery: 3,100 MAh
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crawlgsx:
Note II looks fantastic! I can't wait. Bye bye SIII lol.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Note2 is definitely a nice improvement, but not really worth upgrading from the largish S3 imo.

It has a slightly bigger screen (5.5 vs 4.8), a faster non-next-gen CPU, bigger battery, thinner, and the pen's sensitivity is 1024 vs 256, but other than that, not too much to get excited about.

The display's still pentile, and not using their new "unbreakable" flexible tech either.

I want the Note3 (yes, I said it), to be a button-less version like the Nexus.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rayoubi:
mehhh note ii looks like a bigger version of the s3. I dont think its worth it, unless you want it for a longer battery life and a bigger screen.When the S3 gets jellybean I really couldn't care much about the note ii.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TBayTom:
Yeah, I think the note is just way too big for my liking. The only comments they made about jelly bean was "it's coming soon" for all flag ship devices.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kgbkny:
As far as phones are concerned, the GSIII is as large as I'll go. Anything else is overkill for me. If I need a larger screen for something, I'll use my tablet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drakeymcmb:
Im pretty sure the us version is not quad core
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
It won't be. Unless Samsung has a super new Exynos processor for it that makes LTE compatible with a quad core
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Artimus009:
If its the quad...it'll be the one they have for the sgs3 they released in Korea. It's a quad with lte...just won't be a all in one like the s4. It'll be separate...but I doubt it ...s4 for the US. Unless the S4+ is in it...quad and lte all in one chip.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gtkaki:
I would like to handover my mobile to my chinese wife and wh lives in China.

So I would have to possibility to change the menu (and Keyb) language to Chinese.

How shall I proceed ?

My Galaxy SII has :

PDA/ I9100XXLPQ

CSC I9100OXALPQ

H/W VERSION REV 1.5

Manny thx,

Gtkaki
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devid801:
If the device comes from China Settings > language and keyboard> choose language.. If the device is international , for the keyboard language use go keyboard , free , or swiftkey ....https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50b3VjaHR5cGUuc3dpZnRrZXkiXQ.. for change language uses this wonderful app.https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDMsImpwLmNvLmNfbGlzLmNjbC5tb3JlbG9jYWxlIl0.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gtkaki:
Hi thx

for your reaction, but the Galaxy S2 has not been buyed in China and the 2 proposed links do not allow chinee caracters input.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gfausey211:
Couple questions;

Does rooting your phone = more drain on the batte? Seems like I got better battery life when it was bone stock.

Does themeing help with draining the battery?

Sorry if these are stupid questions but it seems like I had better battery life out the box on my phone. I'm running SYnergy r60 and it's themed with Eye Candy. I have been checking the things running in the background and it's doesn't seen like anything more is running then in stock. I have WiFi turned on at and work and get pretty good service in the building. But again it still seemed better stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
If you concerned about battery life then you should try "Clean Rom & Clean kernel". They based on stock rom and provide good performance and very good on battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
Different roms will have different effects on battery.

I am stock, stock recovery, bootloader still locked - but rooted.

As far as rooting alone, i'm seeing no difference in battery life.

Once you go flashing things, it's a whole new ballgame.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
The problem with flashing roms/kernels is that you are continuously doing it. So every couple days you flash a new rom, or kernel, or new mod. So your phone never really has time to collaborate and settle in. Technically you're suppose to give a kernel and rom a couple days before judging battery. But we rarely do that. Plus files can get left behind from previous dirty flashes that can affect battery life. There's just a lot more ways that battery life can take a hit when flashing roms/kernels, but it can also get you significantly better battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Rooting itself makes no difference. Certain services and programs that require root could drain more battery but that is obviously optional.

It could hurt or help it but only to a small degree. Black uses the least power to display and white uses the most. Overall, it isn't something to stress over too much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gfausey211:
Thanks for the info. I didn't think it would be a huge drain but wasn't sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gfausey211:
Not sure if it's coincidence, but I reflashed r60 but didn't reflash Eye Candy and it seems the battery is doing much better.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
Wondering what you're experiences are with LTE. I've gotten blindingly fast speeds when I get an LTE connection--50mbps but for the week that I've had the S3 that's only happened about 2 or 3 times.

Telus tech support said nothing as far as whether this is normal or not, wondering what others are experiencing. Normal or not?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
Figured it out I think. Had the phone rooted and seemed to have lost the ability to toggle connections. Flashed back to stock last night and have had LTE back consistently.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
I was able to get mid to upper 40 Mbps in New West late at night once. It lasted all the way till the Ikea beside Hwy 1. The download speed was so fast that I thought my Speedtest.net app wasn't showing the whole download animation. :laugh:

Other than that I don't go into LTE areas much. This will probably change in the Fall as the roll out continues. I live on the border of the roll out and where I work is not covered yet but should be soon (Surrey).

When you went back to stock are you still rooted? Some ROMs do not support the LTE switch because they are based on AT&T ROMs.

I've been using Task's AOKP ROM since it has the LTE switch enabled (read the OP) even though he doesn't officially support it. It works great.

KyanROM's LTE switch also works since it is based on Rogers S3 ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
Haha, I know what you mean with the Speedtest animation!

I'm currently stock and unrooted now. I still haven't tried a custom rom yet since I'm still a little paranoid about losing my iemi number unfortunately. However the rooting method I used was the nontripping root method which as far as I can tell uses the stock carrier rom then injects an exploit. Soooo who knows, maybe I'll look into it again as may have overlooked something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Ah yes, the IMEI fear. I totally get you on this. I waited about 3 weeks before rooting and then another couple weeks until flashing a ROM. And this is coming from flashing the crap out of my HTC Hero for the last 2.5 years. I HIGHLY recommend going to these 2 threads and backing up your IMEI number in case anything goes wrong in the future. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

If you decide to root, install the TWRP recovery. It was observed that people who used TWP over CWM hardly had any IMEI issues, if any at all. Jury's still out on this though. Take it with a grain of salt. I've flashed numerous times and have not had any issues. TWRP can be installed by way of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager&hl=en - you need root to run this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
So I reflashed the rooted rom last night and haven't experienced the LTE problem again, I'm happy with that for now.

What the consensus with Task's AOKP, I took a look at the "known issues" list and it just looks a little to long for me at the moment. After flashing my S1 typically several times a week, I think I'm really just longing for some stability. That and my family misses me. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] noahattic:
Well, i was on the same boat where I was afraid of losing the IMEI. But it's not a problem any more. Those devs here have it all figured out pretty much. You can back up your IMEI before you messing with your S3 :)

As soon as I use stock based roms - whether it's based on Rogers or AT&T roms, the LTE connection is pretty solid within the coverage. However, the AOSP based roms are not very friendly with canadian LTE.... I constantly go back and forth from H+ to 4G on CM10.. The battery life is kinda sucked... The one of two reasons I have to come back with stock roms....

Oh, btw, I believe 40 - 45ish mbps speed is pretty normal on LTE :) as long as you hold a good connection.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
I think I'm just gonna wait till the devs have things nicely smoothed out for now.

I remember back in the olden days (couple weeks ago):) when a guy lost his IMEI he'd just replace his efs folder with a backup, reboot and voila! So easy, so simple...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
Well, I've read about the links to backing up the IMEI files and QPST tool to backup, and have now figured out how to use ABD finally to push cwm to my phone. So, I'm wondering if you guys have any new roms you're liking in particular or can recommend.

I know Task's AOKP is a popular one and I've been kicking around CM10 and have been eyeing Slimbean since I spent alot of time with that one on my S1.

Any recent flashes you guys are big on at the moment that you care to tell me about?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
I've been rocking WanamLite 1.3 the last few days and it is very good. It is based on the latest release for the I747M for Canadian carriers which is VLALH1 I think. This is an ICS Sammy based ROM. I have ktoonsez's latest kernel installed and it is very nice overall. (Note, I do have the latest modem installed - the one that came with VLALH1, not that it has anything to do with ROM performance.) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1782732

The ROM before that was Slimbean. Since you've used it before you're probably more familiar with it than I. I found it to be nice too. Close to what Task's AOKP ROM is. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1865262

If you want to try something new there seems to be an ICS 4.1.1 Bell release that is floating around here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1869300

---------- Post added at 09:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 PM ----------

Some more info for LTE:

I was in Burnaby today at 8 rinks and did some speed tests. HSPA+ was approx 11.5Mbps up and 3Mbps down. LTE was 23Mbps up and 7ish Mbps down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boligoma:
I am trying to decide on a new carrier to move to, and the chice is reduced to final 2. they both have small pros and cons, though the one I prefer says that when using the phone as a hotspot or modem they reduce the speed to 64 kbps, which is practically unusable.

My question is - is that even possible? considering that I didn't buy the phone from them, how can they even know how i use my internet?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexpardox:
since all your data/voice/text pass through your carrier, they "can see" if 2 or more devices are using data with the "same IP" given yo your phone...Try to catch some phone from that carrier and give it a try in hotspot mode to see if is really usable or not. (sometimes the speed reductions is not so bad) :cowboy:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
since you are subscribed to one of their data plans then, it's possible.

-It is called throttling

-when you pass a data cap (even if they tell you it's unlimited plan), the internet speed will be throttled down

-most of the carriers do this, although some are more greedy.

-this data cap, especially for unlimited plans, most times is not even known to the user

Swyped from my Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexpardox:
exactly... and sometimes they say 1 thing and it's another thing... for example, for my plan the data cap should be 1Gb, but REALLY is at 3Gb.. I have been testing for several months ¬¬ dunno why they say 1Gb the 1st time. :rolleyes:

But I have no problem with tethering function
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] elister:
Been using the bullet proof rom since I got this phone about 10 months ago, as much as I would like to switch to something better, I cant because it looks like almost every rom available is pre-alpha pre-beta, comes with a bunch of things not working, or has battery issues.

I know the Doubleshot isnt a popular phone, but this is really starting to suck. Seems to me that someone decides to build a new rom, makes a few updates over 2-3 months, then completely abandons the project due to getting a new phone. Wash, rinse and repeat.

Id love to have a cyanogenmod 7 mod, yet alone 9 for this phone, or even a stock ICS 4.04 rom, but it doesnt look like its ever going to happen with this phone. I think this will be the last HTC phone I buy, ive had 3 of them (one was WinMo 6.0) and none of them had official updates. All I can do now is watch people post a ROM, provide a few updates, then completely abandon the project.

What is the most stable ICS or CM9 rom available? Cause I sure as hell dont see it in the developers forum.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] WeekendsR2Short:
Well....you COULD look about 5 posts below this one and get a clue or two. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1858512

But if you missed that one I can certainly see why the hell you "missed" anything you might like over in the Developer's Section. The real beauty of Android is you can just say "To HELL with the official updates". KWIM?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] strapped365:
Usually reading through what others post about a ROM helps make the choice in what to flash. Seems how there are a few recent threads with almost this exact thing I take it your not the reading type? Just because something is labeled alpha or beta does not mean their not stable enough for a daily driver, it just means not everything works. 90% of our "dev threads" are ROMS you would never see ( ie from a different device ) so having them 90% functional, only missing features from the other device ( because ours can't do them ) is great development.

Blue was kind enough to post system.img and boot.img from the latest ota ( links could be shot because of a goo crash ) and dsi made the dsixda kitchen that will cook them images into a rooted Stock ROM. The kitchen will need a file added to tools/edify_defs ( its a script that allows the kitchen to know the partition locations of your device ) because he dropped support a while ago, but it works great as a tool. So you could always start there and once you get some things under your belt you could jump in and lend a hand in this long term support you are seeking?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] elister:
Oh I saw that, but i'll pass on an alpha build, need something stable, plus im not sure what version of Android thats even based on.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] elister:
When I see a rom posted in the developers forum, if its based on ICS 4.0 or better, all I do is read the what works and what doesnt work section. For a long time it seemed almost every rom had problems with the SD card being used as a USB Flash drive (meaning I would have to disconnect the SDHC, connect to reader just to copy files). Now the problems tend to either be camera related (which I absolutely need) or battery issues in which it gets hot or drains faster.

So way early on, I was reading through pages upon pages of posts to see if problems get resolved (which often they dont unless they post another build), but now I just read the first page to get to the details (to see whats not working in the rom), then pass when there are too many things not working.

I kinda like the official update, because they tend to be stable.