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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Only for Android :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
Nexus devices and manufacturer devices are 2 different monsters. To ask if the SGS3 is still worth getting it really the wrong question to ask. It is the best phone out right now so how would it not be worth getting?

If the latest software is your thing which I thought was mine until I owned the GNEX and realized how many problems that phone had, then maybe wait to see what the next Nexus device has to offer. Even then, the S3 will still be one of the top dogs for Android I am sure.

The S3 is an amazing device and I am happy I made the switch to it. S3 with ICS is better then my GNEX was with JB. Even with the great software it had on it it did not fix the terrible camera, horrible screen, bad radio's and horrific battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Do you NEED to switch to Verizon right now? If not I'd wait a few. Unless you balling enough to drop the cash for the next Nexus lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chamberc:
Yeah, and the SG4 coming out soon too, you might as well wait, and the Note 2 will be here soon as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
The SG4? lol

The Note is either a device you want or don't. I sure know I don't. I cannot imagine lugging that thing around with me all day.

One good thing about the Note though is it should stop a lot more people from texting and driving : )
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I'd go for the SGIII, feature wise and development wise it's going to be one of the best phones for a while IMO.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
o.O Dont be jumping ahead its still 2012!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
The Note II is not an option :)

I'm just a little worried that the phone development may not be as active as the other GS3 versions or the Nexus, or that VZW might find a way to lock it down again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
From what im seeing the Verizon version is the most active GS3 section.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Alien-dx11:
If I were you I would wait for the next Nexus phone, since you know the development is gonna be huge. I really wanted to wait for the next Nexus, but I lost patience and got the S3. Having said that the S3 is a beast of a phone, I love it. But again if you can wait then the best bet would be to get the next Nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DertyDOH:
I think ur safe either way, the Nexus always has great development but I had a terrible experience with the Galaxy Nexus, so I can't see going to another Nexus device. Even when it comes out I can't see it being any better than the S3, I picture it basically being the S3 with aosp android
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechBSwift:
Look at it like this, the Galaxy Nexus was still made by Samsung, as you seen from the lastest Nexus they weren't willing to give up the best features like camera and processers. I'm sure they are not going to give google the best features making the s3 obsolete. When the Nexus came out the s2 was still just as good if not better to be honest.

The software was the big difference between the Nexus and S2. Once the S3 gets Jelly Bean... Oh damn
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] azumandias:
10 million and counting

With the number of GS3's sold and the popularity of the ROM's (judged by post activity, download activity, etc) I would say that development for the GS3 will continue for some time. The hardware is certainly there to support it. With the unlocked bootloader there is nothing stopping the development from improving for at least the rest of this year if not into 2013. You will be happy with this phone or I'll eat my hat. :cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JBO1018:
Yeah unless you are really after AOSP I would get the S3. It's a great phone and I highly doubt the next Nexus will have much better, if better at all, specs. The nexus phones don't tend to be next gen spec wise just newest software and pure AOSP builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nyjumpman:
The S3 is the best phone on VZW, has Verizon officially confirmed it will be carrying the next Nexus?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Imatoasta:
Google just released JB and only 1 phone has it officially and you're saying they're going to ship a phone in 2 months with KLP on it? Where do people get this stuff? Jesus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
i see no point in getting a nexus device over the s3...we have all the same development, just not 100 different versions of the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] b4silver:
Ok firstly it is very unlikely the next nexus will ship with klp (made that one myself)

Google officially said that they would scale back the new software releases to once a year.

But it might be worth waiting for a bit bc at ifa recently Samsung was toting a quad core lte compatible one with jelly bean on board... So whatever floats your boat. Personally I think there won't be as much development for the quad core one. And u never know. It may never hit stateside or wherever u live...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Pete7ate:
Not at all. That's good if you like it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hkk:
My thoughts exactly. Switching out my GN with SGS III.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
I think I'm almost convinced. The thing holding me back was I haven't had a good experience with updates on non-Nexus devices. e.g. my Evo took a long time to get a stable GB, and won't get a stable ICS. I'm talking about Xda rom's, not official, and this was because of proprietary drivers etc. From what I've seen, Nexus phones don't have this issue, and even the beta roms typically have everything working.

But on the other hand, the GS3 is huge so it should have a long life on XDA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ka1z0ku:
Yeah there is a lot of development going on for this device, particularly official CM10 builds and AOKP. Plus all the independent dev's. So I think its safe to say we'll have plenty of support and updates at least until the SGS4 or w/e turns out to be the next Sammy flagship.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
Actually, since JB Google now supports AOSP on Verizon devices as fully as a GSM device. Sprint is the only one know that is not fully supported if that is what you want to consider it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DKYang:
Since this is Verizon we're talking about, I don't think they'll get another Nexus device this year. I could be wrong of course. I had a Droid Charge previously, so the GS3 was worth getting. It wouldn't hurt to wait couple of months to hear about the next Nexus device anyways and if it isn't coming to Verizon, at least the GS3 will be a bit cheaper to buy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
which further supports my point of a nexus device being pointless on verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
Huh? You lost me on that one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
I hate these threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
the gs3 has all the main development a nexus does no? Ok so I see no point in getting a nexus device...thats all. sorry if my first post was confusing...it was late, ill edit it lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
While the new nexus may have better specs we have all seen them take a step backwards with the galaxy nexus. With a nexus you are limited only to aosp where as the s3 has a good dev base and a variety of roms both aosp and tw.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
The Nexus has better specs?

GS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] peaceofpi:
I think the S3 is going to have more support than any other device. Once KLP is released you know there will be builds for it in less than a day for the S3 and maybe sometime later other devices will have a build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I'll be willing to bet that if/when another nexus ever comes out it isn't available on Verizon........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
Verizon slows the ota updates.

Sent from my Paranoid Android Galaxy S III

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So true

Sent from my Paranoid Android Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
If you read it says the new nexus as in the on yet to come. Come on dude open your eyes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Relax.

And the the Nexus never comes out with top of the line stuff. Your eyes open? But imma save the chitter chat you're probably anxious to get into.

/bow out.

GS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Are you new to the Nexus/Google world?

That's what they do. I bet we see KLP by the end of the year...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
I'm going to get the GS3. And yes, I think KLP will come out with the new Nexus, and get ported to the GS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Imatoasta:
Google said they are scaling back the amount of releases a year and seeing how JB just dropped and only ONE phone has JB I highly doubt KLP will be released in 2 months.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
This guy is really grinding my gears.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
agreed!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ULEWZ:
The SG3 is a fantastic phone and has loads of developers creating ROMs for it. I would buy the SG3 and not look back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ercDROID:
Gs3 is a great phone with lots of development but the modems are the worst I have ever seen on a cell phone. Make sure you live and work in a very strong signal area. I thought I did till I got this phone. Signal is horrible. I usually see -107 whereas I was -85 to -80 on my HTC phones. My wife's is the same as mine and I compared it to a few coworkers phones as well. All phones are bad. Can't believe Samsung makes the perfect pho e except that they forgot it is a PHONE. Without a good signal its not doing it most important job. Hopefully they release a new modem that improves this weakness. I do love the phone so I'm holding out hope.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fix-this!:
the gs3 is everything the gnexus should of been and more. no signal issues either. best phone ive ever owned and yes it's still very relevant.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
I got the GS3 and am happy with it ! So far it's stock, I need to figure out some signal issues with it and I also have a problem with calls. But the phone speed, display and software is amazing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenAnts:
Nexus with Key Lime Pie? I don't think so. Jelly Bean just came out, Google isnt going to release another update, not even for the new Nexus. So the next Nexus phone with JB? Maybe. nexus phones are all the hype. And deservedly so. However Ive heard rumors that the Next Nexus wont be all that spec-tacular, spec wise (get it?). And then again, ive also heard that there will be multiple Nexus devices being launched. From each manufacture. Although, I would grab the SGS3. If and when Keylime pie comes out, you can bet your pretty penny there will be a ROM for it on the SGS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
There's a few different modems you can flash from the respective GS3 development forums
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Even with the modems being different.. Reception isn't as strong as other manufacturers.

GS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
And that's putting it mildly....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] migpol08:
So, is the signal not very good on this phone? You mean that it would not get a very good service even do we are on Verizon's network? I am thinking of exchanging my Razr maxx for it. Any help is worth it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ilogik:
Didn't you hear? iphone 5 is out!!!

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I think the voice quality is horrible on this phone. People always say I sound muffled so I've recorded myself on my work voicemail and its true. I bought the One X for my daughter and the sound quality on it is amazing, it actually sounds better then a landline. I don't know if its because of the carrier (AT&T) or just the hardware but I am seriously considering selling my SIII and jumping ship for the OneX.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] migpol08:
iPhone 5 = Apple trying to catch up with Android.

Nothing special.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] paljets:
Of course it's worth bying
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PaulG1488:
I'm also going to be getting a GS3 should be here tomorrow or friday hoping the data signal is not like the problems I was having with my gnex.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
Signal on the S3 is way better then the GNEX. I can pick 4G in fringe area's where my wife's Rezound would but my GNEX would not.

Anyway, the S3 will be worth it right up until the S4 is announced. At that point the S3 will not be king of the hill. You have Moto devices coming out in 3 months from now and they are not even good enough to make me want to try one in the store even.

The S3 is amazing and will be for a while. If Google does not release a new OS this year it will even make the Gnex more absolete once the S3 gets JB. Not until KLP or whatever the next OS is called will the GNEX matter with it sub par specs, terrible battery life and horrid low light camera.

Once the new Nexus device is released it will show how bad the GNEX really was. But the S3 will still be more then relevant.

Would be sad if Google actually does release a new OS this year. iOS 6 is way behind JB so they have nothing to prove at this point. They need to give some time for all their devices to catch up a little. What is the point of having all these wonderful Android devices and only one of them running your new OS.

There are barely any devices with JB. If they roll out something new it would almost be like their was no point to JB. Why would manufatures roll out JB devices if Android has already moved onto KLP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Which is odd, because the voice quality on both our Verizon S3s seems rather good and we have muffled voice issues with iPhones and some others calling us (mostly bad from AT&T). That is, it's been generally easy to know who is calling, what they are saying, etc. both sending and receiving but some other mobiles just come across as either tinny or muddy, even on our landline.

I haven't tried the One-X and perhaps it's even more clear for voice, but then again, I wouldn't be interested for various reasons (including their horrible choice to essentially de-implement native Android OS multitasking).

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fakir420:
I had a OneX for a while, and while the sound quality may have been better (I really don't know) I am so much happier with the GS3 overall than with the OneX. I had multiple issues with the OneX just generally not working correctly, tried various ROMs and it didn't get any better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hitekdroid:
I hate Verizon policies but I've never had a problem with their service. Getting an average of 40ms ping, 30mb down and 20mb up, I love it. Also I'm grandfathered in with unlimited data, so I can tether from my phone to have fast Internet everywhere. Had an og droid and the gf has a droid 2 global and we never get dropped calls or no data zone. I'm in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago so I should have good coverage. I can't comment on other service providers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TehPersian:
I would say now that the bootloader is unlocked there is no downside to getting the SIII. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mustbepbs:
As long as you don't mind the no lube part of your contract, Verizon is a rock solid carrier with ass backwards policies and good customer service (bad customer relations). You won't find a better network. And the GS3 is the best phone on their network (on any network I'd argue).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cute_kayani:
Plz tell me how to hide battery percentage from status bar in ICS of Xperia P. And how to change camera slide button in lock screen to old GB silent button.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] simonlant:
If you have the stock firmware there is no way to change either of the above items.

Personally, I think they should have removed the battery icon and just left the % there.

The lock screen was annoying when they changed to a camera, seeing as you can just press the camera button for quick launch. But if you hold the power button and then release after a second, you can change volume between silent, loud and vibrate, not as slick, but does the job.

If you are rooted, there is certainly a way to change the lock screen, but not sure about the battery.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lietotajs:
Not sure, but if phone is rooted, try UOT kichen!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] skifyr123:
Might try something, could someone upload SystemUI.apk, framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxpRes.apk?

Sent from my SXS
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lietotajs:
You can extract those files from firmware ftf file!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cute_kayani:
I have not rooted one, will wait for next sony official update. :(..

Two battery icons in status bar, seems bad move by sony.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sj8023ld:
It‘s easy if you can use the apktool .

Just modify the status_bar.xml,remove the line

<TextView android:layout_gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/battery_text" android:paddingLeft="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_settings_settings_button" android:singleLine="true" style="@style/StatusBarNotificationText" />

Or change the position of the battery_text!

Enjoy.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lietotajs:
Rooting is not a unlocking and you can do offical update any time!

For me, battey percentage is wery good ant that is one of things that be in moust custom roms!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akshob:
Is it possible to do the other way round

I'm using Xperia S (unlocked bootloader and rooted, stock rom), will adding this line to the status_bar.xml show the battery percentage?

Where do I find the status_bar.xml. Also kindly could you tell me the procedure, I am new to android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yash099:
Hi I just had a thought that can the 16gb internal memory can be increased to 32gb or more. After all its a hardware. So can the memory be replaced by a higher capacity memory chip? Any computer engineers around pls share ur thoughts on this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ECOTOX:
well if you good with a soldering iron and can remove the chip without damaging the board then sure.....go for it :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
you would have to solder the chip off and resolder a new chip that fits exactly where the old one did.

(basically the answer is no, not easily)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ECOTOX:
exactly, you'd need a soldering Iron, exacto knife, and a chip by the same manufacturer and the same pin count and they need to be in the same positions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yash099:
Oh so that means it will totally ruin my phone.. I didn't knew soldering iron and all other stuff would be needed. I'll be happy with my 16 GB:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
its not a like a desktop where the RAM is chips that you can insert into a slot. Stuff in a phone is soldered on the motherboard and is 1 entire piece. Radios, RAM, CPU, everything is hard connected to the board.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceejay83:
an alternative would be using a usb otg cable to connect a sd card.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MicroNuts:
Go get the seagate goflex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
engineer here, my advice:

don't try it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] behlski:
Use dropbox, google drive, etc if you need more storage space. If it's really an issue, you shouldn't have gotten a Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
They don't make a GSM 16gb Galaxy Nexus? The CDMA version is 32gb.

If you were ambitious, you could try to find a tear down of the CDMA Nexus and find the 32gb part and source it. Then, find a way to remove the 16gb part and solder the 32gb part back on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
If it's anything like the ns4g, the memory just pops off. No soldering needed. It looks just like a little mini board and has almost same kind of pluggies like a computer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] supercobaltss:
Verizon ones are 32GB. Atleast mine is lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
Sprint. 32. they stopped the 32 back in May i believe. I got in just under the wire.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
Never stopped. The cdma nexii have never been available in anything but 32 GB flavor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
The gsm version doesn't anymore. Only carrier versions are 32 is what meaning
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grhand82:
So, apparently, you can no longer set your volume rocker to wake the phone. I inherited a buddies bricked Nexus S (submerged under water and then he tried a reboot.) After testing my skills as a modder, I finally ressurected the phone, but the volume button is in-op. Anyone out there wanna make a patch to fix my issue?????????????? I tried market apps.but they just don't do it for me. PM me if you are up to the task.

Peaces.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grhand82:
Nothing? OK, so does anyone know a good app that will let me do this? I tried one that used the proximity sensor, but it was annoying. I am having trouble finding an app that will let me either use the volume rocker to wake the phone (with no annoying message and go right to the unlock screen) or an app that will let me reconfigure my hard keys.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
CM10 rom and many other roms include this. Called volume rocker wake and straight in the options.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gleenfield97:
judging from the title, perhaps you prefer to keep as stock as possible? if so, there is a rom that has volume rocker wake while keeping minimum mods.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Baloony:
I would love to have a semi-transparent notification drawer on my device ... one of my friend owns a GNex and i saw that cm10 nightlies for GNex already have a transparent notification drawer and i'd love to get that on our old SGS
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nix the bear:
you can get it with some ics roms,look around,and for apps i think you will have to look hard :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Bolson518:
I know there are other posts about this but i'm looking for an adhesive to attach my new digitizer. I bought some foam double sided tape and realized it is probably too thick to use.

Will scotch double sided permanent tape work? I cant post the link but its on the Scotch website.

I need something that I can find at a local store. I cant wait for an online purchase to arrive. ANY input would be appreciated!

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hollywoodfrodo:
Anyone else noticed that if you do use your Note 10.1 with your finger instead of the stylus, it's smudge city?!??! Compared to my spouse's ipad, it's like night and day. If we both use our tablets for 20 minutes, then turn them off, the ipad shows very few faint smudges, while my note 10.1 looks like grease on top of grease.

What i really want to know is if anyone has found a great screen cover/film that doesn't in any way inhibit the stylus but that is more smudge free than the glass as it comes.

Of course most of the time when the screen is on and bright you don't notice the smudges, but if you go to watch a movie then anytime there's a dark scene the smudges are VERY annoying.

Thanks,

Eric
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
Well the upside is that with the gorilla glass a simple wipe on the pant leg and all smudges are gone. I have never used an iPad before so cant comment but any Android tablet or phone i have ever used gets filthy pretty fast. We humans are oily creatures.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail_flicker:
I don't notice smudges on the glass at all and I rarely use my stylus.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngocdao:
funny, i was noticing how smudge resistant this note is compared to 10 of my other devices lol.