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[Defy General] niksy+:
Hey, mate :)

MIUI Pikachu Edition was the ROM I used absolutely the longest, almost two months without switching to anything else. I must admit that was the time I was constantly satisfied with my phone, but then CM9 became stable and I switched to it and then I simply couldn't go back to any Gingerbread ROM as the new features (mostly the looks :D ) of ICS were just too good :( Soon CM10 showed up and I've been with it since the first nightly.

So, yes, I think you should try Pikachu, but for it you need to flash "bl6 Froyo", because it's built for Froyo kernel only. (You cannot flash those flashable kernel zips! They are meant for the standard DEFY only. They are signed as bl5 and if you were to flash one of those, you would end up with a bootloader error, so you would have to flash the 2.3.4 sbf to get your phone back up and running...)

Other than that, CM10 is pretty much the way to go, if you ask me. Yes, it might take some time to load an app or another, but it's the most advanced ROM for the DEFY(+) so far and Jelly Bean really is the best Android version up to date. Quarx's latest nightly is the best version at the moment - the one from two days ago (September 12th). (Paranoid Android and AOKP are both based on Quarx's work, at least our (DEFY) versions)

The third choice for me would be MIUI 4.1, the one based on Jelly Bean. MIUI v4 was a nice step forward when it comes to looks, but it was two steps back when it comes to performance. v4.1 is a much better performer, but work on it has just started, so it'll take a couple of versions to polish it a bit. If you try and like Pikachu I guess you should follow Wajk's WIUI Jelly Bean progress and switch to it when you find it good enough for you :)

P.S. If it happens that you like Gingerbread more than Jelly Bean for whatever reason and don't like MIUI, FuZZ's CM7 KANG's were always the best for me :good:
[Defy General] stealz0r:
I'd say that depends on how you want to handle your phone. If you want to just install a custom ROM once and then stick with it I can recommend CM 7.2, I had that for like half a year and everything worked nicely. It also offers lots of extra features and customization.

If you want the newest Android version I can second the above notion, try CM10 by Quarx. its a great ROM, and even though it is still work in Progress everything you need is working. This might mean that you want to update your ROM every once in a while to get the newest build and features, but this can be done easily through an app from within CM10.

As you have a Defy+ you wont need to flash any Kernel for the above, just pick the correct (Defy+) Version.
[Defy General] latadswapnil:
use CM10 its stable & works fine on defy+
[HTC Incredible S] king_josh60:
My friend asked me to root his phone,I have done it to my HTC desire s but he installed the ics ota update,I was wondering if I can install the GB version because it had the old hboot to root it via revolution.io

Thanks for your help
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
What version hboot is it? Follow the stickys and use nonverbose script to downgrade hboot.
[HTC Incredible S] king_josh60:
off the top of my head it was 2.002.0002 and i did read it but i think that is for gingerbread
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
The latest version will work with the stock ICS ROM as long as you unlock the bootloader at HTCDEV.com first
[HTC Incredible S] king_josh60:
Ok will do, thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nightfox11:
Guys how can i fix this ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
If you installed it just right, ghost armor would cover it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] awrnsmn:
What happened?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Netconn:
Looks like a little touch up with some silver paint from the hobby shop.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kimbo1986:
Thats hillarious dude. Small little nick, wouldnt have even noticed it if you didnt circle it man! lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
i cant lie it stuck out like a soar thumb to me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Don't look at the back of your phone? Fixed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tgamble160:
Me too. Noticed it right away. That would drive me crazy. I think some silver touch up paint should take care of it.

sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @2.1ghz
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] capcanuck:
I would tape it off very carefully and just paint it all black. Seems like you would get a better result that way, chrome may be tough to match.. my 2 cents..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgeery:
I'm on a Vzw G-Nex and running the CM10 nightlies. the issue I'm having is that some apps like Titanium get superuser privileges and that gets remembered. other apps, like Wireless Tether, it asks me EVERY time I after I launch and then select the start tether and then again when I select stop tether.

I also see a warning when in CW recovery that root appears broken and it offers to fix that but I found out the hard way that this doesn't seem to fix anything and can break things instead...

when the phone was running the stock rom and was just unlocked and rooted, I did not have this issue.

it would seem that I'm partway rooted and partway not? any suggestions/ideas please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgeery:
*bump*

anyone got anything?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] simms22:
use supersu instead of superuser. heres a flashable in recovery version http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip

after you flash, open the supersu app, if it says to update your su binaries, press yes. if the problem still persists, update your busybox.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgeery:
thanks... I'll give that a shot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] !nstaGib:
Hello, I'm currently using an x912 on 2.3.6, rooted. I'd like to go to ICS, however I have some concerns:

How is the battery life? Having the standard Razr, this is a concern for me

Will I be able to root again? How exactly do I do this? I've also heard the term deodox thrown around, what is that?

How is the keyboard? The one thing that turned me off about MIUI was that the keyboard didn't input a character immediately after you pressing the screen, and that really slowed me down

Finally: how is the lock screen? I use an app to lock my screen at the moment, so I only use the power button half as often. Will I still be able to do that in ics? can I set it to a gesture like I can with ADW, and will it turn the screen off as well?

Thank you for any and all help, I'm just having little luck with google with some of these questions, and the way I understand it it's a one way path. I just really want to make sure that this isn't something that I end up regretting
[Motorola Droid RAZR] COLGOT:
The battery life is lower in ICS than GB but performance is greater.

In dev section, you can find many root methods that work.

About keyboard, the ICS keyboard have a similar function to the GB, maybe more fast.

Upgrading to ICS is the best choice for RAZR, GB offers a much lower performance.

Sorry for bad english.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stebomurkn420:
The razr utility 1.81 is what i would use to root these days... when it comes to battery life i have experienced better results with ics. Deodex = Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything. Hope i helped.. cheers..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] !nstaGib:
Yes, I appreciate both of your responses very much. I think I'll finally give it a go this weekend, thank you both for answering my questions :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] dkotoric:
anybody know what app to use to light up the lower buttons when receiving a notification

Sent from my LG-P880
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Ben36:
There's an app called no led but as we've discovered, it prevents the fone from entering deep sleep and hammers the battery
[LG Optimus 4X HD] dkotoric:
any others

Sent from my LG-P880
[LG Optimus 4X HD] thecresta:
It has been investigated here, but with limited success.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] muellersmattes:
I use the linked one since it came out here without any problems. Works fine for me. It's a bit tricky to set up, but once done, it's great.
[Galaxy S III General] dave_uk:
Bit controversial, I know, but I'm starting to question the quality of Samsung's hardware, especially by comparison with e.g. HTC.

Now, this is obviously only based on my own limited anecdotal experience but after owning a wide variety of smartphones by various manufacturers over the last ten years and having worked in the mobile industry for seven of those years, I have never suffered and have relatively rarely seen total hardware failures.

In recent years, I've had an HTC Hero and then a Desire without a hint of a problem. My subsequent S2 (about four months ago) and now S3 (yesterday) have both just died, with apparently spontaneous fried motherboards.

Of course, this could just be very bad luck (or good luck, in that the S2 was repaired under warranty despite being flashed to kingdom come and the I'm hopeful that the S3 will be too) but I have to wonder, is this reflective of the quality of Samsung's workmanship?

Any similar experiences or general thoughts?
[Galaxy S III General] victorator:
I have about ten S3s and four S2s at work. None of them have any problems.

They do get scratches on the back those without a case of course.

I think you just had phones from faulty batches.. Really bad luck.
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
I only had Samsung android devices (look at my signature) and only had problem with the Galaxy Nexus (usb not charging). Overall I think the HW quality is good.
[Galaxy S III General] mariosraptor:
I have i had problems with a Htc Desire in the past. It stopped working so did the same phone from afriend of mine.

Just so you know every manufacturer has faulty phones hence the warranty.

I had no problems with Sammy except S2's home button.

But i own a phones repair shop and i do all phones. You shold see iphones.

But i don't complain cause i can make money that way!

So to conclude you are just unlucky.
[Galaxy S III General] bungadudu:
Samsung's construction quality and materials used?

(incl that joke of gorilla glass)

Baaadddd to the bone !

:(
[Galaxy S III General] ciscostud:
The s3 battery cover is cheap and designed like crap to fit. Both my battery covers makes squeaking noises and moves subtlety when grip is applied. Really is poorly done for a premium phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Tectas:
This is my first Samsung android device and having not a single issue so far, except that the backcover is pretty easy to scratch, but i use anyway a case.

Had a htc device before, where i also hadn't problems, but there where pretty much fried emmcs at others (even at complete stock devices), which has only been the case at previous Samsung device with bad leaks AFAIK.

I'm pretty pleased with the quality the Samsung offers.
[Galaxy S III General] irzero:
maybe you have power surge problems
[Galaxy S III General] jamsori:
Same - really poor.

Other than that, the rest of the phone is great. I just put a case on it to make the squeaking a bit harder to make, heh.
[Galaxy S III General] a67543210:
The S3 chrome edges should have been made of aluminum instead of plastic. That's premium.
[Galaxy S III General] eyimola:
I suspect there is one answer for all this observations ...wireless charging
[Galaxy S III General] dave_uk:
Interesting observations guys. I know there are mixed views about the build quality of the device (particularly the controversial back cover) but what I really meant was the quality of the internals.

For reference, my issue wasn't related to a power supply....my S2 died in the course of normal usage in my hand on the train and wasn't plugged in...
[Galaxy S III General] jim_reaper:
I've had the international galaxy s, s2 and currently the s3.

The only issues I've had have been self inflicted, and quite cheap to repair. The wife's friend dropped her s1,cracked screen. I repaired it. I dropped my s2 off my bedside table with the charger plugged in. It stopped charging. I Bought a new usb pcb and replaced it myself. $15aud.

As you can see I've never had a defected phone and I'm pretty happy with the galaxy lines of phones.
[Galaxy S III General] jbluzb:
Remember this phones have intricate components and power surge will definitely kill any sensitive electronic device. It may not be felt outright but it impact durability im the long term or the least expected time.
[Galaxy S III General] d4fseeker:
Step-down transistors as used in modern power supplies are quite resilient to normal power surges or AC frequency instabilites, in contrast to the old transformers.

That's the reason the one-size-fits-all devices can be fed anything from 110 to 240V (and usually some large tolerance in both directions) aswell as anything from 50Hz to the 400Hz as found on the power bus of Boeing planes.

The only thing they obviously don't like at all is high-frequency (e.g. Tesla coils) or high-voltage (lightening) surges.

Samsung phones have a very good overall quality record, so you've either been very unlucky, have an unhealthy work environment or your devices are exposed to lots of stress in both physical and electromagnetical terms.
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
HTC One X that I owned had totally faulty hardware - WiFi problems, overheating problems (especially when charging and doing nothing) and DAC problems.

Had S2 made in Korea without a single problem, same for S3 made in Vietnem (probably).

I love Samsung!
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Yes the back is really thin and cheap looking but to be honest it fits perfect and does not squeak . If they made it another way the phone will look fatter and feel heavier

Not a single problem with this phone so far
[Galaxy S III General] eseregin:
My sgs 2 died as well during flashing. Unfortunately no warranty case.

Price for change motherboard was just 100 dollars less cost of new phone!

So I just through it away.

I was looking for non Sammy phone first - for HTC. My HTC hd 2 still working! Still working even with ics!

But - reading gsmarena reviews I could not found any HTC model with any near parameteres as sgs 3.

Camera, battery life, sound quality, loudness of speaking dynamic.

Screen, fw, hw codecs....

I would like to have HTC... but no one of HTC not good enough for me now.
[Galaxy S III General] cowbutt:
You're not the only one. I've found about a dozen bugs, mostly in the stock firmware, but one or two which might be hardware, and a couple which definitely are defective design.

Most pressing for me, is the tendency for the FAT filesystem of the onboard /sdcard to spontaneously corrupt, notably when using gReader or NewsRob (presumably the heavy write load of these apps is what triggers the problem). I've also spontaneously lost settings before now, which makes me think that /efs/nv_data.bin sometimes gets corrupted (either by the same underlying problem as causes the /sdcard corruption above, some part of Samsung's firmware damaging it).

I bought the SGS2 in spite of a Samsung DVD home theatre system which died about a month outside of warranty with a known fault. I figured as they were coming from two separate divisions, I couldn't boycott based on my bad experience with the DVD player. But some things do seem to be common; lack of QA, and lack of customer care when it matters. I'm kinda in the market for a large TV, but I won't be buying Samsung again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motzilotzi:
Guy's i get the last leak. But i want aosp.. i search on google, on the forum to see if there is a way to get 833mb ram on jelly bean aosp. Kernel or how it's work?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobnut:
It is kernel based, so it isn't that easy I'm afraid.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freilos:
Hi,

sorry for my noob question. I´m good in technical stuff but I have less experience in "hacking".

So basically I´d like to downgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100, 4.0.3) to any Android Version below 4. So 3.2.1 would be the best. Nothing more! No special version, no special themes or hacks. Just a downgrade. That´s it.

The results of my internet research were that I can´t downgrade the Android Version, unless I have a rooted phone.

I know here are lots of guides, but as I said I´m not familiar with that stuff.

Maybe someone can provide me with a guide how to root that phone and how to install a android version?

Thank u very much!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Cant you just go to samfirmware and get something for your region-then flash that using odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Android 3.x.x is honeycomb which is only compatible with Android tablets

2. If you want to downgrade your android version to gingerbread (Android 2.3.x), then Visit Sammobile, download the firmware for your region/country.

3. Flash the downloaded firmware via Odin

4. Reboot to recovery and perform a factory data reset.

done
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freilos:
Re

Thanks for your reply!

Sounds pretty simple. I´ll try it right now. I found the Android Version I need and also downloaded Odin. I´d just like to know, if me phone has to be rooted for that procedure or if it will be rooted afterwards. Just asking because of the warranty, but as I know one can unroot or unflash the phone to get warranty back, right?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Lol,your moving the goalposts.Root it on 4.0.3(what youve got now) using Rachmat3 guide then flash maybe GB with siyah 2.6.14 kernel.I used mobile odin pro to do that because of everoot function.

First thing to do is make a note of your phones firmware first before you start mucking around.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wyckedjester:
I am looking for a flash card app with the following:

* Ability to write freehand with the stylus like you would with S Note.

* Can organize cards into different topics.

Any recommendations?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
If you can find the app for flashcards there is a keyboard called '7Notes with mazec' that will let you write freehand.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] staffman28:
The Samsung virtual keyboard has a handwriting to text option built in which has worked in every app I have tried so far. The toggle key is to the left of the spacebar. Long press it and you will see a T with a pen option. That brings up the area to write in with the pen or your finger.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wyckedjester:
The problem is that I need to draw math formulas and diagrams on the cards. They are too complex for using alpha syntax for math so I'd really like to have something that I can just write on.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wyckedjester:
I took a look at this and its input into the application is still text. It allows you to draw, but the input was still text in the Ankidroid flash card app I tried.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Can't you use a good note app that has folders and multiple pages? What is it exactly that you are looking for in a flash card app, besides writing?

---------- Post added at 12:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 AM ----------

I may be naive, but did you look at these?

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flash+cards

Will none serve your purpose?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wyckedjester:
No. None of them allow directly writing on them with a stylus keeping the image.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Now I'm really curious. Can you tell me a couple you tried?

---------- Post added at 12:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 PM ----------

First one I tried I was able to write in, front and back, and tested a simple formula. Worked fine. When using 7 Note, if you see a typing keyboard just switch to any other one and then switch back to 7 Note. It will usually then show you the writing space.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5zdHVkeWRyb2lkLmZsYXNoY2FyZHMuZnJlZSJd
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] drdoombot:
I've been searching for months and have only found two:

Flux Cards: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.leowandersleb.fluxcards&hl=en

Can't control stroke width or erase anything, but still quite usable. Remember to export your cards in between ROM flashes or you'll lose everything.

The other is Memory Story Flashcards S Pen: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bwr.memorystory&hl=en

It's a paid app, so I haven't taken the plunge to try it out, but it certainly seems like it beats Flux Cards on the drawing side of things, though I can't tell if the spaced repetition algorithm is as good.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Afronicus:
I've actually got the memory story app. It's very VERY good, but unfortunately, it isn't set up for multi-window. So if you write the cards of full screen, you're good. If you write 'em in multi, your cards will not scale correctly. The developer doesn't have multi window on his note 1, so he doesn't plan on adding multi capabilities to it. Mer...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] leojab:
I use flashcard deluxe and it is pretty good.. It does not have spen drawing though. You can draw and add as images to the flash card as well
[Member-Found Deals] ba_hamilton:
Not sure if this is a deal or not but I purchased a Nexus at Bestbuy yesterday for $99.00. I upgraded one of my phones. The local VZW store had them for $149.00 but they did not have any in stock. This is the second phone I've purchased at Bestbuy and I really like dealing with them. Of course, I don't have my unlimited data plan anymore but that was bound to happen sooner or later. I'll just have to watch my data usage now.

PS. I really like this phone. lol.
[Member-Found Deals] DJSYNTHVIRUS:
bestbuy has good price however i would complain to your carriers customer care i wouldnt give up my unlimited without a fight
[Member-Found Deals] ifalldownalot:
I'm assuming this is $99 with a new contract?
[Member-Found Deals] rice923:
Not considered a great deal if you were required to sign a contract for it.
[Member-Found Deals] roxtreeme:
cool :highfive::highfive:
[Member-Found Deals] ifalldownalot:
yeah it's $99 with a new contract.

wah wah wahhhhhh. :(
[Member-Found Deals] spunker88:
Try Newegg, its free as a new customer or $49 as an upgrade. They are also throwing in a free dock and $25 gift card.
[Member-Found Deals] stereoblind:
This might sound like a crazy question but do you need a 4G plan to have a 4G phone?

I got grandfathered into the unlimited 3G plan on Verizon and was just wondering like what's stopping me from buying a Nexus and activating it myself?
[Member-Found Deals] spunker88:
From what I understand if you try to upgrade now with a grandfathered unlimited plan they will force you to switch to a metered plan. The only away around it is to buy a non subsidized device at full price.
[Member-Found Deals] stereoblind:
Alright, cool. That was my plan (paying full price) I was just afraid that after I activated it they'd make me switch to a 4G plan or whatever but I don't plan on going through them to get a new phone anyway
[Member-Found Deals] spunker88:
There were never separate 4G plans, its just that around the time most phones started coming with 4G, Verizon was making the switch to metered data. You could buy the HTC Thunderbolt before unlimited data for new customers ended and it was a 4G phone.
[Member-Found Deals] ry_t:
Basically if you want an "upgrade" for Verizon.You have to pay full retail price or buy it from someone,if you wanna keep your unlimited data as of the 29th of June.But I heard Verizon will eventually kick everybody off the unlimited plan in a year or two.
[Member-Found Deals] sarichter:
Yeah, I'd return it and get your unlimited back. Then call up VZW and ask to keep your plan. I did the sa,me thing with AT&T and they honored my unlimited plan.