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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meanvulcan:
It's true. After two months, I sold my Samsung Galaxy S III, AT&T branded, blue, shiny, and beautiful. Why did I do it?

This excellent Chicago Sun-Times article may offer an explanation: Android vs iOS Sun-Times article.

It's a good article by Andy Ihnatko. Just as Andy, I too cheated on my iPhone with the Samsung Galaxy S III. And it was not a one-time transgression, it was a full-blown two-month affair.

In the end, I went back to my iPhone. All other reasons aside, I had one -- the iPhone is just more reliable. Yep, I said it. In the age of innovation, I choose that. But for me, someone who uses the device very heavily for talk, text, email, calendar, news, boarding passes, and everything around it, the consistency and reliability matter a great deal.

I agree with Andy on most points, with a few exceptions. The screen is the first. Yes, the SIII screen is large and beautiful, as are many of the SIII Android brethren. However, I found that the SIII screen was just not as bright, not as easy to see outside, and the auto-brightness was just not as seamless. Not only that, the SIII (and this is a Samsung thing), display seems a bit pixelated despite the high resolution. It's the "pentile matrix" thing. Whatever it is, it bothered me.

The form factor is the second issue -- and is related to the screen. I don't have large hands, so if Andy had to two-hand the SIII, I certainly did too. And while I appreciated the extra real estate, it was infuriating not being able to reach the top left with my thumb. I frequently found myself holding the phone in awkward ways, wishing I had a freakishly long thumb. I felt that something between the iPhone's 3.5 and SIII's 4.8 would be a perfect compromise. But the SIII was just a tad too big.

The replaceable battery... I like that too. You know what I like even better? Not needing to replace it. The SIII just didn't last as long as the iPhone on a single charge. Not even close. I can squeeze a solid 12 hours out of the iPhone with my heavy use. The SIII died in 8. And so I bought an extra battery, and a desktop charger, and was quite proud of myself. But I wish I didn't have too.

Ergonomics. Yes, I love the back button. And the menu button. But try to hold the phone sideways to watch a movie and see if you hit one of those by accident. Again. And again. Or put the phone on the side in a car to use as a (stellar) navigation unit, and accidentally hit the power button. Or the sensitive volume rocker. Oh, and let's adjust the volume. Wait, which of the 3 volume sliders should I be adjusting? I forget.

I do miss the S III. There are times I wish I still had it. It was a passionate affair, and it was fun. But the S III mistress proved too high maintenance in the end, a bit unrefined at the cocktail parties, and a bit too wild for business gatherings. But I think we may see each other again.

In the meantime, I thought I'd keep things interesting. And so I started cheating on my iPad with a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. It's the first few weeks, too early to tell. Either you or my therapist will know how it ends.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paniro187:
Cool story bro
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cronojay:
Hmmm seems like you can not wait for some kind of announcement from cupertino tomorrow...Nice story anyways
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bootloopz:
TLDR
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zmore:
Yawn
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlpatter:
There's only one reason that the ability to hold the device in one hand and profeciently use it would come in handy, and for that reason I've seem many automobile trunks end up in the front seat and many single handed users end up in cemeteries. ....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bravomail:
troll alert :cowboy:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlpatter:
I wonder if the larger screen will demand more power, hence more consumption, yet to be seen. Unless Apple has found a better way to conserve power on a processor they use that is made by Sammie, seems the something in the speed department will suffer
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
well this is a no Brainer..... you use a Iphone for months, and of course your more tuned towards the Iphone... hurdurrrr
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smashcz:
I used iphone 2008 to 2010, at the time the hardware was the best, now in 2012 not so much, I probably couldn't go back to dealing with itunes and small screen anymore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeke757:
Well that was pointless.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] colbynmeghan:
I have had every iPhone and every galaxy phone. I'll can say I can hold the s3 with one hand and do what I need. I rather have my android then use my iphones.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SeanHacker:
Hold on. Let me get this straight. You took all the time to write out your OP but you failed to be able to read? This is an android forum dude. I know you can read because you can write. So what part of the Android development part of this website did you not comprehend? You should go post this in some iPhone forum or website. Get your checkbook out first though. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlpatter:
There must be something to the S3 because the Rotten Apple Heads feel a need to justify owning iphones. Can the Steve mojo live forever? Everyone I know who has tried android loves it. Once you go droid, the apple is void.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] buddy17:
cya later....have fun with your iPhone 4S+ announcement tomorrow..........
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MissingBonobo:
I applaud your honesty without being an ass about it. I chose the SIII because of the big screen but unlike you I have large hands and can reach around the whole thing.

I do miss the iPhone battery life but I like having the screen more. I'm also a bit of a tinkerer so jail breaking isn't quite enough for me.

But I respect your choice and wish you the best of luck with your iPhone. I hope it serves you as well as my SIII will serve me.

Cheers!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mike123475:
Lol wow....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Yea... i was the exact opposite. my first smartphone was an old Motorola Q running Windows Mobile. After that, when the iPhone 3GS (the first REASONABLE seeming iPhone) came out, i upgraded to that. It was nice... and there weren't really any great Android devices at that time. My biggest beefs... lack of customizing options without jailbreaking, and requiring iTunes for damn near f*cking EVERYTHING! When the iPhone 4 came out... pre-ordered that. Also nice... liked the screen, nice camera... but still.... no customization, no ability to use something other than iTunes. When the Motorola Atrix was announced on AT&T, it seemed like quite the awesome phone. They came out, i bought one, and sold my iPhone 4 on eBay for like $450. Haven't looked back at Apple's ways. iTunes just completely sucks. Makes it seem even worse when you realize that any song you pay for is just a rental, apparently. But it sucked having to be tethered to iTunes to do damn near anything. "Oh, you can make a custom ringtone, but it has to be in this format, with a file size lower than this, and with a playback time shorter than this". Yea.... i'd much rather be able to slap any old MP3 onto a folder on my phone using any old file browser on my computer (Or *GASP*.... on my PHONE!?!?!) and be able to use it, no matter the length or file size.

But yea... you enjoy your iPhone if it's more suitable to you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kflan22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJvTDmvrDQI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Post this in ios forums nobody wants this crap here dude this is an ANDROID development site not a why you like being an izombie site
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kflan22:
Also...

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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crash822:
Good luck with your iphone.

Don't worry about everyone else that is pissed off that you have a different opinion than they do.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cue_32:
I always preached to iPhone users that's its much more difficult for iPhone users to switch to Android than vice versa. The iPhone prides itself on simplicity and reliability (hence the lock-down), so he does have his point. Every Android I owned had a common flaw, battery-life. But for us Android users, we've learned to adjust, I'm 100% certain we all either have a spare battery or have a USB cable always nearby. There's always opportunity to charge somewhere anyway...ALWAYS.

ON THE OTHERHAND...for us iPhone users (yes I said "us" again) we like the idea that even when my iPhone is at ~10%, we aren't worried. I myself like the fact that after I took a picture from my 4S it used to go straight to my iPad for viewing, or my iMac for editing. So YES, I too am looking forward to tomorrow and will be glued to my computer shortly before 1pm EST. I will have the new iPhone (on release day for that matter) just as I had for the past iPhones. (Also cause my wife is strictly iPhone)

But as they say, HISTORY ALWAYS REPEATS ITSELF, and if my signature tells me something...

"The iPhone is not for everyone, and so is Android not for all consumers."
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] g2tegg:
I'm the complete opposite as the OP. Whatever Apple has to offer, phone wise, I have no interest in. I too have had a couple iPhones (3, 3gs,4,4s). But once Apple completely failed with the 4s (expectation wise) amongst other things I've never had the desire for another.

And here's my argument as to why Android is my choice. User replaceable batteries. Expandable memory. Open source. Phone options. Bigger screens. Can be completely customized to your liking. Capacitive buttons (one button is completely stupid!!)

And of course the best advantage is to be a part of a community called XDA. Where we have hard working developers making us users experiance even better. Instead of being locked down by the manufacturer. Without XDA I would probably still have the iPhone.

Now before you Apple humpers jump down my throat, I personally own a MacBook Pro and a Apple TV. Their customer service is the best, and the operating systems are true Windows killers.

But thats all I will every personally own from them. And I don't know what the op is talking about. My battery kills my 4s anyday. Iphone owners don't know what OC/UC is. And never will.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rob1216:
Get out of here, nobody cares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhjDX-DUew&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kflan22:
It is not about a different opinion rather than coming to an ANDROID DEVELOPMENT forum and posting about it....its trolling which is clearly stated in xda rules that trolling is unwanted...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crash822:
If it is trolling it is one of the most respective ways I've seen to do it. The OP's post is far better than posting videos as a response that say cool story bro and to gtfo. It isn't like they gave completely biased reasons or trashed the s3 at every turn. How dare someone talk about an apple product to people who mostly don't own any apple products. The sad thing is that after saying the last statement I have to say that I personally don't like apple as a company or a product. Haven't to say my last statement in order to avoid many negative posts as a reply to mine is sad.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] The Archangel:
we are done here, obvious trolls are obvious.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anewinxda:
I need to use Recuva on my T-Mobile S 3. I can't because it won't read it unless it has a drive letter.

Please someone create an app that will do this!

For the internal storage of course!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
As far as I am aware people have been and are continuing to work on this. No ones figured out a way yet though. Only how to mount external storage has been done.

Sorry.

11 Years Ago Today...

WE WILL

NEVER

FORGET!!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!​
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anewinxda:
Who is working on this? Some please say they are almost done!!!!!!

Well If ican't recover can I secure wipe it somehow so I can sell it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] redhooka:
Mine shows when I connect it as a MTP device. Running latest official OTA update.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
When I first got mine, everyone is saying USB mass storage is done for. As in it's a Samsung thing not a developers thing.

Trust me, I miss it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anewinxda:
What do you mean by "it shows" You have a t-mobile SGS3 and it gives you the option for mass storage for the INTERNAL storage?

This means windows sees the device with a DRIVE LETTER assigned?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bfranklin1986:
I got mine to work 1 time when I first got the phone and was able to copy all my music over, but haven't been able to duplicate success since
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] otariq:
Can someone tell me what u mean by internal storage is it the 16 gbs that come with the phone? I connected my phone to pc and it shows the device and lets me copy my music over. Inm running windows 8 btw. However when I connect my phone with usb in my car it keeps saying unsupported anyone know how I can make my car read my music or is that related to the internal memory problem u guys are talking about
[Streak 5 General] msprakashmmc:
Hi, I like slideit keyboard so installed it & tried TiBackup to integrate into ROM..But after doing that slideit FC:( So I used Root Explorer, copy paste slideit apk into system/app, changed permissions (1st time rw,r,r but didn't work.so next time rwe,rw,rw last ticked all,) Then reboot my ds5.. still FC when I open slideit app..!;( Any help or suggestions guys..? Touchpal,swiftkey keyboard too behaved with same result..!Any solution guys...?
[Streak 5 General] hunderteins:
I don't know about slideit keyboard, but take a look into the output of logcat, just after slideit FCs. Filter for java exceptions or the process-number of the slideit process.

your can access logcat via an app like CatLog, by starting logcat as root process in a terminal app on the device itself, or by connecting the device on your computer and run adb logcat from the android-sdk.

good luck,

hunderteins
[Streak 5 General] msprakashmmc:
As you told I open log after slideit fcs .. It shows error report like in the attachment .. What I ve to do..?
[Streak 5 General] hunderteins:
Slideit brings it's own jni libraries. It is like the /system/lib/libjni_latinime.so of the android keyboard

When you install it into /data/app/ it will install the libraries into /data/data/com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite/lib. When you install it into /system/app/ there is no where to install the libraries. Maybe it helps to manually install the libSlideITEngine.so from the slideit.apk into /system/lib/.
[Streak 5 General] deysmacro:
ah .. i see.. so basically there is missing libs...
[Streak 5 General] msprakashmmc:
OK guys.. So what am I suppose to do to overcome this issue guys..? BR..
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiddenuser007:
Hi, to all

is there any aplication that can use for answer a call with a shake, like on android ???

If there is, I need tutorial for installation, because, I'm a new user of windows phone.

thank you
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiddenuser007:
anyone ? =?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jan Bureš:
Hi, I think right now there is no way to anyhow affect the call progress other than htc's app attentive phone, which enables some special call features, but nothing like shake to answer
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pajerm:
If you need to root your device go here

Finally, after two weeks of sleepless nights I managed to get administrator privileges on the ZTE Smart MD. To achieve this I used two scripts. In an effort to make things simple I have integrated them in "superoneclick".

STEPS:

1) Install usb drivers, try these

2) Download the Superuser app from the google play and install.

3) Download "SuperOneClickv2.3.3-For_ZTE_MD_Smart" and extract it

4) Run SuperOneClick, choose "rageagainstthecage-arm5" exploit and try to root!

5) If it doesn't works try to choose "exploid2-arm5" first try to root and then without removing the phone from the usb choose "rageagainstthecage-arm5" script and try again.

This is my lucky result:

I don't know if this works for you too. let me know if this works for you!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pajerm:
seems that this way doesn't work, I had only a lucky strike, I'm trying to figure out how I did to root the phone.... :crying: stay tuned!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ker_:
i need root md smart zte too

any help?

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pajerm:
Yes! I sold my phone in september and I stopped to working on it, but last week I bought another one and I started again to work on it! :victory:

Now I have ported twrp and cwm recovery and I'm starting to build the first custom rom for it. Unfortunally my backup doesn't work so I can't recover my phone with it....

I need a help, can someone send me a copy of the whole system folder? with the system folde I will recover my phone and I will cook the first custom rooted rom for this device! :good:

edit: now I have the system folder and I'm working to cook a stock rooted rom
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pajerm:
finally I succeeded, I got the root! I have also created the first recovery and the first rom for this device. You can find all here!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] thekingpuma:
i've been trying to find a theme that has 7 home screens for the stock rom 2.3.4

help plz
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] D.Spirit:
Xperia Play Q&A
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] HwaA18:
try downloading this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557091

it is the modded xperia s launcher that you change to have as many home screens you want up to 11 and try this theme for stock 2.3.3 it might work for 2.3.4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28582372&postcount=7

but before you flash that theme, flash this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762074

then that theme over that.

Hit the thanks if I helped

:)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] chick3n564:
Get a launcher like holo launcher. They're very customizable. I'm running touchwiz themed holo launcher with 5x4 home screens.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MinorPro:
Hey,

I am creating a Custom Rom for our Cat Nova. It's based on Ice Cream Sandwich. It's in the "Pre - Alpha" so don't expect so much :D

Changelog:

Added Apk's

Try to fix the keyboard.

Download link:

http://db.tt/MbPMLQvn

Disclaimer:

xda and Me aren't responsible for any problem on your device.

-----Pls don't say it's your Rom!------

There are many bugs. Please report. I can't solve this bugs cuz I'm busy.

Please report bugs. Thanks!

MinorPro

EDIT: This rom is based on CyanogenMod.

Creator of ICSMod on Cat Nova :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lionsnight:
I Would Love to help you i already asked you on android-hilfe but you got banned :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whosyirdaddy:
Firstly Ive just joined and I did watch the noob video, I have had a look to find a thread but not the greatest at narrowing it down. So apologies if this is somewhere else ....

Ive recently done what I think is flashing my International Samsung Galaxy S3 international version and after many issues think I have finally got it to a working order which I can live with apart from one thing.

When Im trying to watch any videos, whether it be youtube or from a website the picture keeps freezing and audio continues to play in the background. If I hit the up/down volume button or touch the screen the video just jumps to where it is in terms of viewing but after a few seconds it freezes up again. The other small issue I have which I can live without is when holding in on pictures on facebook I no longer get the option to save them

Im really happy with where Ive got to and really new to all this and only started messing about after a friend put the idea in my head. I really need to get my video to work as I use YouTube a lot and dont think I could cope with it continuing to do this. Ive contemplated putting the phone back to normal stock flash but after having problems logging into SamFirmWare and also the fact Im unsure how to do stuff correctly 'Ive kept what Ive got.

But would appreciate if someone could help me resolve this video issue in a idiots step by step guide. If I have to back anything up could you advice me also on how to do this

Thanks in advance.

P.S. - Feel free to move this to relevant section/post (but PM me a link so I can find it thanks)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverRipeBananas:
did you do a full wipe after install?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whosyirdaddy:
I think I may have as I followed a link, well I cleared full casche and full reboot if thats what you mean. Im trying to post a screenshot but wont allow me to post an image shack link til after 10 posts just now so if anyone needs to know what Ive flashed hopefully I can PM a the picture to give an idea
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whosyirdaddy:
Anyone got any advice ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Video try MX Player .

Outside of that need information on what you have flashed .

jje
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesavagedonkey:
Hi there I've only just received my Nexus 7 today, its a C80 and I was really excited to get it. First thing I did was check for defects, screen seems perfect no "spongy" spots. However the speakers are really crackly even around 50%.

Did some more investigating. Downloaded an equaliser app and if I lower the 3 middle bands about 5db then its bearable. I downloaded poweramp and was messing around with the equaliser. I found out that its just the left speaker and the right is perfectly fine.

I think I can live with audio just from the right speaker but obviously I am pretty annoyed that my Nex is defective.

Should I return my device? If not is there any way that I can get a equaliser that will change the global audio settings so that audio from the left speaker will come out the right. Or just put the speakers into mono and then disable the left speaker?

any other ideas?

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesavagedonkey:
Right I've rooted and installed PA and, trying to use DSP manager to just have sound out of the right speaker but it doesn't have that functionality.

Does anyone know if there is an equaliser app that can change the stereo balance?

Thanks.
[Windows 8 General] non1oson:
hello,

I was reading that microsoft can intercept your data to see what you are file transfering, is this true on windows 8? via ftp, web pages etc?

if so I don't know if I want to buy a windows tablet :cowboy:

anyone know?
[Windows 8 General] cragains:
Shhhhhhhhh, they are watching
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Mysticales:
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/samsung-says-galaxy-s-iii-jelly-bean-update-coming-in-october/

Figured I would post this, didnt see a thread on it yet. (Other then rumors and so)

Wonder when we can get some good official custom roms then. =D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Orical:
Damn its about time, I've been wondering if they were going to get away from the leak updates and put out the official release. Thanks for posting.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chicago281:
They say October for the unlocked S3 variants. I bet it will be at least Christmas time before we see anything from T-Mobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Zylograth:
Seeing as we already have a couple of leaks and the last one was pretty well polished I would not be surprised if the official update got leaked ahead of the October timeframe.