yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rye&ginger:
There are two Calendar apk out there that are inverted...Calendar.apk and CalendarGoogle.apk. The later gets the proper colours as it uses full 4.1 updates.

Trav624 said on rootzwiki that his version is Calendar.apk and uses some system apk from ICS to fully theme the calendar app, as there was a change in JB that didnt allow this. I noticed the settings are not inverted in CalendarGoogle.apk but at least the calendar colours are syncing so that's what he meant I think.

So you may get two versions if you flash a Gapps with a different apk filename. You can delete or backup to get rid of one of them. Eg. rename to calendar.apk.bak
[Android General] ovenowner:
Chinese tablet manufacturer Cube plans to release a brand now 2048*1536 retina display tablet running jelly bean:Ramos U9GT V.

The screen of U9GT V is the same as new pad with the ppi up to 264, 3.1 million Pixels.It will be amazing to watch HD videos and play 3D games.

What's more;it is reported that it equips with a dual-core RK3066 CPU,running the latest android jelly bean OS.

The other details about the specs are not unveiled yet,such as such as the weight,thickness,battery(the following site begins to pre order this product,they have already listed the detailed tech specs,I can't tell it from right or wrong)

The original news comes from a Chinese news site:http://www.imp3.net/10/show.php?itemid=35332&page=1

see more information from lightake
[Android General] psychoace:
I would wait. Not only are we unsure about how the hardware will handle such a high res but apps might have a problem with the resolution as well. It's really nice to see this offered though
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Someone please please PLEASE tell me if there is a way to tell the captive touchkeys to stay on when the screen backlight is on. I may be in the minority but I can't stand the lights going out while I'm using the phone. Sounds simple but I REALLY hate them going off. There wasnt an issue with the unofficial CM10 alpha 5(?). At one time I had a rom that allowed me to set a timeout in seconds OR to match the backlight. That would be perfect in my mind. It would be great if the keyboard backlights were on any time the keyboard is open (IMO). If I'm in the minority then someone please tell me where I can set it at the OS level for just me. If I can't find a solution then I will have to go back to alpha 5 and stay there.

I have googled everything I can think of. I keep getting pages about a "great" new beature of CM9 that allows you to disable the backlight altogether. Great for some maybe but not me. I bring that up to say that I have tried to find the answer on my own first.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b16flybye:
Is your capacitive lights feature unchecked in the advanced settings? I think the majority of people who have used samsung phones don't need the lights, so that's why this feature has been implemated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
It is unchecked. I have no problem with the ability to disable but would love to have the option to have them stay on (JB Default) when the screen is on. I don't like having to guess where the buttons are when it's dark out. It's petty I know but it really does bother me enough to not use the rom If I can't change it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Please post questions in Q&A

Thread moved

Thanks

FNM
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arschend:
FWIW - I'd like to see this as an option, too. It's an annoyance, but not a show stopper. I'm actually getting pretty good at guessing where the capacitive keys actually are, but sometimes get ticked at fumbling for them.

Al
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arschend:
Bump (he said sheepishly)

Can any of the kernel or ROM devs provide some words of wisdom here? On Epic TW-based ROMs, there's definitely a setting to have the capacitive key backlighting timeout match either the screen timeout or the keyboard lighting timeout (I don't remember which).

Thanks.

Al
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
This functionality would have to be added to the CM framework. The framework is what controls the 6 second timeout and a configurable timeout setting has not been coded. Anyone is free to work that out and submit it to the CM gerrit system :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
I am a programmer but don't have the slightest clue where to even begin. To be honest, it's not worth it if I have to work for months to get up to speed to do it myself. I'll have to look at other roms. Sad because I love this rom except for this one thing.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
Understandable, because that's no easy task. But another alternative is to build your own kernel, and revert this patch which is how I fixed the capacitive lights in the 3.0 kernel. You could effectively break them again. :) Don't worry, they will still go off when you turn off the screen, they just won't timeout after 6 seconds.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
I finally got brave

A year has passed. Updates have come and gone. I even switched to another phone and back to the Epic4G. Same thing bugged me as always. I took the leap and set up a virtual machine so I could compile CM 10.1. I did a test compile and came out fine. I then made the changes you mentioned (that made more sense once I got used to the built process) and it WORKED!

I now have CM 10.1 fully working with the button backlight staying on as long as the screen backlight. I LOVE IT.

Thank you so much (a year late).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnseeking:
I've had my Epic for a week, running CM 10.1, and this bugs the snot out of me too. Any chance you could PM me a link to your build? :laugh:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Sure

I'll try to figure out where to upload it. Keep in mind I know nothing about coding for Android. It's simply CM 10.1 (newest) for EpicMTD with 2 numbers changed and then compiled. I do like that the ability to control the brightness of the buttons still works. I don't like them super bright but I do want them always on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Download

Here is a download of the rom I compiled. Use at your own risk.

http://d-h.st/iuU
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnseeking:
Understood, and thank you good sir. :highfive:

UPDATE: Loaded, booted, and is running without a hitch. You have solved my one major gripe with CM on my Epic. Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Glad I could help someone else. CM10.1 is so near perfect in every way, it was frustrating to have such an annoying "flaw". In the older version of CM they didn't have the ability to adjust the brightness of the buttons so I can understand some people wanting them off or fast timeout. If I ever have some spare time I will try to add this as a feature to the menu but I doubt it will ever happen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
[MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION]

Any way I can get my hands on your most recent 4.4 build source so I can build it with the bug put back in?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
Well,

device: https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_samsung_epicmtd/tree/cm-11.0

kernel: https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_samsung_epicmtd/tree/cm-11.0

whatever is in here: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/epicmtd+status:open+branch:cm-11.0,n,z
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Patch

Thank you very much. I am running your build now but would love to make my 1 edit. Is it possible, without total rebuild or large headache, to make a patch for the one file?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
One other thing that might make things easier, go to Settings->Buttons->Backlight, and set the timeout for "Don't turn off" and see if that behaves to your satisfaction.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reiter01:
Awesome

I installed your cm11 but havent gone through and tweaked it out. Looks like that might do the trick. I have found a couple bugs (to be expected).

1. If on a call and hit home, there is no way to get back to hang up. Have to power off.

2. While on home screen. Hitting the "menu" button at the bottom and choosing "settings" brings up the launcher3 settings. Used to be the android settings...maybe it's a change. Not a deal breaker but I prefer the old way.

Thank you for all your work. I wish there was some way I could help you out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
1. Seems to not be an issue on a newer build (or at least the one I have now). Will be posting a new build soon.

2. That's an upstream change for the launcher specifically. Not likely to change, at least not until a new trebuchet gets included (or whatever they have planned.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Did a test today with these phones - 2 S3's, Nexus, iPhone 4S, and Droid Razr Maxx. The test was done in my apartment which has poor signal in general. All phones were on Verizon, all on LTE except the 4S.

All 3 Samsung phones had the worst reception, constantly dropping to 1x, timing out on web pages, and poor speeds. Speedtest would be unable to find a server half the time. The Razr and 4S had no issues maintaining a steady signal.

More than one VZW tech support guy has told me they have similar complaints about the s3, it doesn't do well in poor signal areas. Also said there's a patch being worked on, don't know of he meant the recent modem update. My S3 didn't have the OTA.

Edit - A lot of people had problems with the word 'confirmed' in the title, even though I meant it as 'confirmed for me', which I have done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
thats funny i tested my s3 vs mother inlaws razr

results:

Razr- 3bars signal, -102db, LTE 12MB/s down

S3- 3 bars signal, -107db, LTE 12MB/s down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
sorry, didnt you see the "confirmed" in the title? :silly:

as for the OP, this phone gets far better reception than the last motorola i owned.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
If you got money for all those phones it may just be time to get a new apartment :)

But for me I pick up 4g were my RAZR Maxx didn't even make a call. Couldn't be happier!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nightwind Hawk:
I agree, the signal is awful - and I say that focusing on call quality. Constant dropping calls, and most of the time I cannot even understand someone when the signal is poor. Never had this problem with any of my other phones...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redwings8888:
Same issue here, I just call from my crappy signal area thru WiFi. Problem solved because outside bad signal zone the phone radio (4G) is SOLID.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
I wish I had that much money :o I really wanted to make sure so I asked friends and a neighbor. Im going to keep the phone since it still makes calls, but will have to use wifi for data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I've mentioned numerous times in various threads that Verizon told me in the first month of ownership that Samsung was planning to address signal-related (and wi-fi, among other things) issues in their second update for the Galaxy S III, at that time predicted for October. This info came from different levels of Verizon support.

So, perhaps that will come to pass and it may help your situation. Fortunately for me, it's not been an issue across locations I've travelled in three states thus far.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Thanks, that's good to hear. I hope this is not the Samsung JB update which is almost certain to get delayed by Verizon, and is released as a separate fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
I'd be interested in the results of the test at different battery strength.

test each ar full, 90, 80, 70 and so on.

I notice my signal strength seems to drop off a cliff around 40 percent battery, consistently, and get progressively worse as the battery gets lower.

Havn't had time to do any testing, just something I noted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kanc3r:
Isnt it obvious? Your holding it wrong. You just need a bumper. Seriously what are you running? Stock or what? My signal is great but Speed Test varries has varied a bit from ROM to ROM but I wonder if that is just crazy weather and my odd hours. I haven't had any GPS problems either but have only used it lightly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
Confirmed - The GNEX has no signal issues. I owned 4 GNEX's and when I spoke to Verizon about data drops and bad signal that was the first they heard of it.

Confirmed - The Droid Charge is equal to the GNEX because that is what they offered me as a replacement if I wanted it.

Confirmed - A Verizon rep told me the Razr and GNEX have the same size screen.

I must agree with the OP. If a Verizon rep said it then it must be true.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Forgetfull:
Signal is worse than my Thunderbolt, I had that phone for over a year and now with the S3 there's a lot of areas i drop to 1x and the Thunderbolt had no issues getting 3g/4g
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bond32:
Tests like this are completely based on location. What the OP should have said is of all the phones, the 3 Samsung get worst reception in his apartment.

Everyone has different results. Where some got poor reception with Motorola, HTC, the Samsungs seem to do better
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
They mentioned this as an update to the current level of OS, so that seemed to imply JellyBean was after October for us Verizon Galaxy S III owners.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
That's exactly what I said. It's only poor in areas with low signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scarrmrcc:
Actually, it isn't even that.

Out here at work, we have many phones drop completely off, not even able to do text messages (out in the tool room) but there, I can still (slowly) surf the web in my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
My S3 was dropping calls left and right where I had exceptional service with my dx. I tried the vralg1 modem and waited it out 2 months. I finally called and b******and they sent me a new (refurb) one. Works wayyy better. I can now actually converse w. ppl on mi tele

EDIT: oh, and no more dropped calls. Its been about a week. I was getting >3 a day
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] minmongoblin:
In my current apartment, I was able to hear the other party on the line clearly in all parts of my apartment, and they could hear me, on my Moto Bionic

On this phone, I have to stand by windows or outside to talk, and even then they have to repeat themselves, or I repeat myself, now and then.

It's truly terrible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I can certainly "confirm" that the radio in my two G3's sucks compared to my three old Rezounds.

I absolutely LOVE the G3's & I'll live with the poor reception, but it is a clear distinct difference.

I have one of my old Rezounds sitting here on my desk next to one of my G3's (CleanROM etc).

The G3 is ALWAYS in 3g, I have never once seen it get a 4g signal here but the Rezound's are in 4g 95% of the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] coltonwood:
also noticing a signal loss compared to my old droid x2. did a full reset after a week of owning and hought it had improved but i think it was juse me WANTING it to improve.

might call verizon soon??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Imatoasta:
Confirmed - the signal on my sg3 is better than my dx. Confirmed. Phone confirmed for having good radios. Confirmed.

Anecdotal evidence CONFIRMED.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drbobmd:
Im in Vermont, and I get decent signal where most others don't. Aokp gets awesome signal most everywhere, whereas paranoid has issues sometimes. It might just be hit and miss.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anonimouse9:
FYI, Verizon software update released today. Don't know if placebo, but I'd swear I have better connectivity.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Perhaps you are talking about the recent OTA just now reaching your phone? The content didn't describe any connectivity-related fixes.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Byonik:
I have been on VZW/BAMS for the last 20 years, and have had many phones in that time. IMO, the Motos have consistently demonstrated the best reception. Even my HTC had better reception than my SG3.

As I write this, lying in bed, I'm getting a signal strength of 76db on my wife's Bionic, and 89db on my SG3. BUT...my speed test results are 13 down/12 up on the Bionic, and 22 down/11 up on the SG3.

So worse reception on the GS3, but better data. Go figure....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
My S3 gets better 4g reception than my OG Droid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Saying a phone has bad service is rubbish. Its a matter of the phones radio which varies from phone to phone. Our gs3 has it built into the soc which is a new technology. Comparing it to anything else is silly and irrelevant. Personally it has vastly better performance over my fascinate but that also doesn't have 4g so yea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hedgie:
Can't we start a poll on this.....Androidforums.com has a poll and 71% of the users do not have poor service.....I would like to know as I am switching to Verizon and would love to get the GS3 but I am switching from AT&T so I don't want to go through dropped calls and no service again. So are the radios really that bad in the GS3? From what I have read I see if you are in fringe areas it drains the battery fast and struggles to toggle back and forth between 3g and 4g........anyone else with some input?

Maybe a poll like this measuring dBm performance: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...receiving-your-phone-how-signal-strength.html

but worded to show performance in intervals of, Excellent (range), Good (Range), OK (range), Poor (range), other?

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
You are going to get a huge range of answers as proven from this thread alone. There is no right or wrong answer. My signal has been great, others have complained it is not.

I thing is for certain though, if you are in a fringe area you will watch your battery drop fast no matter what phone you are on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nullnix:
I spend half of my week in an area of excellent signal and the other half in an area of poor signal... and what this person says is true. My battery drain is exponentially higher in the low signal area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hedgie:
Yeah I know, seems if you got over 30+ people to answer you'd get decent results......as long as its not measured by bars.

There are so many threads on different boards it seems it is hard to believe that the radio's are not week. I would hate to have to use an iP**e for a few months on verizon until something with decent radio's are released.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
?

The 5 is just coming out - there is no record of what it can do from a signal standpoint, yet. Unless you are talking about using a lower level phone, which I've found from relatives' phones connect with Verizon the same as my Galaxy S III. Well, except where there's 4G, which blows them away.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Past iPhones on Verizon have their own set of connectivity issues including 3g drops. Both the 4 and 4s have been effected since launch.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2769501?start=0&tstart=0

https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/719473

http://modmyi.com/forums/general-verizon-sprint-cdma-iphone-chat/805359-constantly-dropping-3g.html

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3046717?start=0&tstart=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] boe:
I agree, that the reception is not great. I think it is better than my nexus though. I've been told for ages that the nexus would get fixed and even lies that it had been fixed but it never was. I'm not sure why Samsung has issues with Verizon's network. My ET4G was fantastic on Sprint's network.

---------- Post added at 10:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 AM ----------

Is there a link that shows what it did fix? Is this it? http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/galaxy_s3.pdf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
That's it. I was told in July - in two different Verizon Support calls, but different levels of Support - that a "second" update from Samsung in October timeframe would address connectivity and WiFi issues. Since we just received this OTA, I'm guessing the second update story still rings as possible.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rlatjs17:
Change your title to Reception on this phone is poor IN MY APARTMENT - "Confirmed" because my S3 worked fine in 4 states. Had better reception in some places than my gf's iphone 4s
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ercDROID:
Just to give my story, the phone when used right outside of Pittsburgh at my house gets an extremely poor signal.....-107 to -117 at my house and showing one bar if I'm lucky. My 3 prior htc phones all were -80 to -85. I also completely lose signal in places where I never have before. I have tried all the modems and am now on the latest. Didn't notice much difference if any. For the record, my area has always had very strong coverage.

Even the wifi in my house isn't picked up very well by the sg3. My router is in my gameroom but I always got full reception upstairs on all other htc phones that I owned. This phone barely got one bar. I thought maybe I'll try a newer N router as compared to my G router. Same result. Then I purchased a wifi extender and that finally gave me full wifi reception upstairs.

This phone excels at many things but fails FOR ME in the most basic yet most important aspect of any phone......being able to use it when you need it. As expected, the battery drains quick when its searching for service. Lasts all day when plus some when I have signal. Hopefully another update fixes this for me. Its great that many people don't have this problem. Many do have the problem though and hopefully it gets rectified. I don't want to get a different phone. Only time will tell.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac21365:
Whoo boy. Living on the front range in Colorado < 3 miles from the mountains, terrain is a killer. After a bit over a year in the same spots with every weather condition you can imagine, I am consistently getting better performance and a more-usable singal after 2 months with my GS3 than I did my Droid X.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hedgie:
Thanks wasn't aware of all the i####e signal problems on Verizon. Actually the only reason I said I would go with it is they seem to hold the resale value and I would just purchase it until something had a good radio....guess ill just give the GS3 a shot and see how the radio is for me!

Is there another OTA update coming for signal connectivitywas the one this week supposed to fix everything or is it unknown?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jgrimberg1979:
The signal or reception with my GS3 is worse than any other phone I have had in the last 6 years, no joke. My lte speeds are always good though which is funny but if I want to make a call I mine as well use a payphone. I don't known if I should try to get a new one, do they swap them out still, I bought it when it fist came out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Why bother, a new one is still going to have the same cr@ppy radio.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vtcats:
I would (and did). You have a 1 year warranty. I also purchased mine when they first came out and after the last few months of using it in 3 different states with poor reception (as well as poor GPS and overall speed/performance issue's), I decided to have Verizon send me their "certified like new" replacements. First replacement came with a neural interphase. The buttons pressed on their own trying to guess what I was thinking... Thus, got my second replacement and 3rd S3 overall. It has been much better in all facets. But, still not as good a reception as any of my previous smartphones.