yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] badname:
sgs3 white 16gb

black case, got the phone on first day, went to best buy every day untill they had the commuter in stock.

so you can figure out when that was, but i think its a few months or so.

that is how long this case has not left my phone.

I work prewiring houses, use tools all day running up and down the stairs.

now and again, ill stick a set of pliers in my back pocket, the same pocket as my phone is in.

i had a friend, she was skateboarding with here evo 3d in a defender, and she was going quick, but hit a rock and fell, and slid on concrete on top of her phone and slid. case had some serious gashes in it, and obviously no damage to the phone. well its the same plastic but less of it. but enough for me not to worry when my phone falls about 4-5ft on concrete, and maybe 10 feet onto plywood. this has happened many times.

yeah, i love it.

buttons are a bit hard to press, it gets a little better after a bit, im used to it by now, but its nowhere near like anything like on my sgs2 bonefish case, which was awesome, not nowhere near the protection.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Titan...48205082&sr=8-1&keywords=epic+touch+bone+fish

well, if anyone cares, after all the abuse of my otterbox commuter, it looks beat up now, and the screen protector that came with it needs to go.(but it held up great, its not glass, but its pretty hard). never looked back. will post pics tomorrow if people care. Defiantly thinking of just getting another otterbox, this one is scratched to hell.

but all that aside, there is not a doubt in my mind, that when i take of the case, the phone will be spotelss.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] papabear:
Waiting on my Otterbox for my S3. Been planning on getting one glad I waited. Two reasons 1, they are super cheap on amazon (lame that have to pay tax now). And recently my otterbox for my G2 broke.. They do not make the case anymore, so the replacement will be for my S3. Just wish it would come. I have the Zagg HD protector on the screen. Most important. Always put it in pocket byitself, so the rest stays good.

Was going to get the defender, but heard that the included screen protector makes the screen look like poo.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cuhrazy:
I have the green one and love it. I actually like the stiff buttons because I watch a lot of videos and it prevents me from hitting the buttons all the time. And actually in time they get easier to push. I just ordered the seido active for the kickstand.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] MasterThiefGarrett:
Worth every cent you spend on that case, especially in badname's case :)

Try doing without and ending up buying a new phone... ouch, the wallet won't like it ;)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KamexxTheWolf:
Hi I was just wondering if there is any way to unlock the bootloader on the R800at. I know you cannot normally do it but what if I flashed a ROM with flashtool that was of a PLAY that could be unlocked? (i.e. R800i, 4.0.x firmware) sorry if this sounds like a noob question :-/
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
You can only unlock via testpoint unlock, which costs $24. Flashing different firmwares won't do anything to help you there. You can do the testpoint unlock here: http://unlock-bootloader.com/
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
i don't mean to be rude, by commenting on someones post, just didn't see the point in making a new topic if there's already one here.

I have the R800i, I am happy with my play but if i wanted to unlock my bootloader, what would i have to do, is this possible, can i do it myself? or would i have to pay for someone to do it like above?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xperia Player:
Now, I might be wrong here, someone correct me if I am, but from what I've been told. The R800i isn't locked to any specific carrier, therefore it can be unlocked for free thru a computer program.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
most of r800i can be unlocked for free but some with bl unlock allowed= no(type *#7378423*# see in configuration) cannot be unlocked for free they require se tool to unlock via testpoint. and carrier unlock is completely diff from bl unlock

Edit: actually its *#*#7378423#*#* [service] and you dont have to hit call button after that it automatically opens configuration
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
What would you need to use to unlock the bootloader of the R800i?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
If you have unlock bl allowed=yes then follow http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662199
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
Everytime when i type that code i get 'connection problem or invalid mmi code'

what does that mean?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
Anybody? It's the number you type to check if bootloader is locked or unlocked it gives me invalid
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
Your bootloader is obviiously locked end of story. There is a number to check if your bootloaderr on the xperia play but you have do a search on the threads.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
I tried that I just get invalid mmi how do I go about getting it unlocked? It doesn't look like I can do it
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
take off the last digit to make it 14 characters for your IMEI

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What part do you actually need help on? Getting the key from Sony or getting your IMEI number?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
There is a way to find out if your bootloader is unlocked if it says no you can't do it yourself but can pay for it, if it says yes you can do it with software, but when i enter the numbers to bring up systen config to find if it's unlocked it says it's 'connection problem or invalid mmi code'? i must be missing out something but i have tried loads of times.

I have tried getting it up using '*#7378423*#' and '*#*#7378423#*#*'
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
I don't know, have you tried googling the issue?

*#*#7378423#*#* works fine for me

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Are you pressing call one you enter the number? You shouldn't do this, the service menu should pop up by itself. Also, try entering the plus sign before entering the code (although I'm not sure this will work) or try to enter a comma after the code

You could also try asking in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662199
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
I enter the code leave it the code disapears and just leaves the dialler, nothing happens!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
Have you tried the other 2 things?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
Thanks for your help, i have tried the + first it doesnt do anything and i cant find a comma on my dialler, what if i just go ahead and try and unlock it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
I don't know the answer to that, sorry.

The other thing i can advise you is to try googling the issue and making absolute sure you are typing the code in right
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
If you are sim locked then dont try it bcoz you can loose phone singnal even if you unlocked sucessfully and if not after repairing it you will have no signal

edit: just realized you have r800i i.e not sim locked probably so you can try unlocking it if anything goes wrong ther is a fix for it too. most probably semcboot can be damaged which is less likely to happen;)

then also I say try it at your own risk first double check everything and try to type *#*#service#*#* again and again:-/
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tezlewis1988:
No worries, my phone came unlocked from sony, it isn't my original phone, i sent my old one for repair and they sent me this which says it was Vodaphone when it came but i put another sim in and it accepted it, it's nothing major but i would like to experiment with flashing kernals!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creative_md:
You can try unlocking bl then
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jaimesco12:
I have a galaxy s3 32gb tmobile a guy is offering me his galaxy note Att and says that it can be used with tmobile. First of all hows the 4G i live in vegas and he is also adding a mophie juicepack powerstation 6000mah. What do you guys think?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eonnx:
Not worthed. That att note will give you problems on t-mobile
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jaimesco12:
is it really that bad?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] LittleRedDot:
In theory its a good trade, you'll be happy with the note over the S3. But I have no experience with running it on TMob. I would read the several threads concerning the flashing of TMob radios and the experience of the users to get a feel for how successful you'll be.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mejori:
no experience with tmobile but i would not trade ..the note 2 is right around the corner even though it appears that tmobile wont be getting an lte version at first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP the choice falls onto you ultimately. Thank You thread closed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] raddy:
Hello Everybody

I want to know one important thing in this Android update drama for non Nexus mobile phones.

Previously, people was speculating that only because of heavy skinning, non Nexus Mobile Phones takes long time to release updates.

It has been shown recently that updating mobile phone maker's skin for a new version of Android takes very less time.

The recent claim being Operator takes big chunk of time in testing the updates before it being released.

But, few months ago i learnt one important information from an XDA member.

I was looking to update my AT&T Google Nexus S mobile phone to Jellybean.

But the update was not available then for my mobile phone.

So, one of the fellow XDA member converted an OTA delivered update to be installed in all GSM variants of Samsung Google Nexus S.

I asked him wouldn't it cause any compatibility issues when i install an update meant for unlocked mobile phone.

He told me that the update won't update the Baseband and even Google's all OTA based updates won't update baseband.

In this case, what for Mobile Operators are testing the updates?

Why not football4pda or any similar rom developers release their latest roms without updating baseband ?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30373108
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] raddy:
It is a general discussion thread, not exactly a question and answer thread.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Not sure why you would find this relevant to the One X. Do you own a One X also? Every manufacturer does things differently, and every phone is a bit different.

At least for the AT&T One X, every single OTA has included a new baseband radio.

Aside from baseband, the carrier may be testing other things, like general stability and whether their carrier customizations have been properly implemented. And yes, AT&T has an awful reputation for delaying release of updates due to "testing".

Custom ROMs are almost always designed to not affect the baseband radio. Often users will want to try different ROMs without changing the radio, since the best radio for reception is often geographically tied more than related to ROM compatibility.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
There are two important differentiate facts between carrier branded phones and Google Nexus phones:

1. Phone manufacturers need to get Android source code. Customize it and include various drivers for its unique hardware and combine these into a ROM before it can be delivered to you. In the case of Nesus, Google does all that. But out side out Google, things are much more complicated. The Nesus ROM binaries means nothing to manufacuters. They need the source code released from Google. Android OS is not a set of binary that you can install on any Android phone directly. It is a set of source code that needs to be modified and compiled before they can be used on a phone. Hence it is called Opne Source project for a reason. Google hasn't figured out a way to push OS binaries directly to any Android phones other than its own Nexus phones.

2. Carrier branded phones mean carrier need to take care all the tech support and warranty services for 1-year. So, anytime you update anything on the phone, not just baseband, the carrier need to do extensive testing to make sure everything works ok so that customers won't freak out and send their phone back for service or flood the support phone lines, both of which means extra support $$$ for carrier.

Both of these means delays and delays.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] raddy:
Thank you so much for your detailed explanation.

Although I very well know that non nexus mobile phone manufacturers needs to prepare every new android release for their own products, I thought they could deliver updates faster if they skip baseband update process as I assumed mobile network operator needs to check for reception and battery life for every new android release only because of baseband update .
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
The biggest problem with update is bricking an otherwise working phone in the process. Samsung is the master of that :) It bricks a lot of phones on every other updates. So, carriers need to spend a lot of time testing different configurations to make sure it didn't happen. If a phone bricks, carrier needs to send out a replacement to customer for warranty service.That's a lot of money and hassle. That is also why AT&T don't want you have an unlocked boot loader because a lot of ppl brick their phone flashing a custom ROM. And most of them will call for warranty replacement when that happens even though it is purely their fault in the first place.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nooktablet:
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lagunas11:
Ive been textin with this friend and everytime i text her she doesnt get my msgs or she barely gets some from me.. ive texted other people as well and they all get them just her... so what could the problem be?? I tryed different msgn apps, different rom and both ics nd jb they all do the same... are the vpn settimgs wrong or messed up and need to be update or changed or what??? Please help!!! :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
She's lying lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sounds to me like the problem is on her end not yours.

If texting everyone else works fine except for texting to her.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Markor13:
It's either a problem on her end or plain and simple she's lying. If you really want to get to the bottom of it, next time you're with her send her a text and look at her phone that's the best answer anyone can give you. If she really does not get the message the problem is on her end.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lagunas11:
Yea ive done it ive been with her and texted her somethin random and she didnt get it and i was haingin out with her and i decided to see if she got them and the weirdest thing ever happened... she got a total of 63 msg.. all of them were the ones she never got and she jusy got them at the same time... so yea its nt her and in case its her phone what can possibly be wrong with hers??? She just recently changed her battery for a betterone but i dont think its because of that...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I've seen similar things happen, seemed to be a network problem, account problem or phone not checking in type of problem.

Has it continued since she got all the back texts all at once? Does she receive texts from other people or miss those too?

First try a simple reboot if you haven't already. Send her a text and if she doesn't get it have her toggle airplane mode on/off. Try with wifi calling on and off.

Back up contacts and messages and in Application Management clear cache and data on contacts, dialer storage, dialer, and messaging.

It'd be strange for the battery to cause that, but put the old one back in and test it out.

If her phone is rooted, make a nandroid. Try a different modem. Try clear dalvik, cache and if needed data/factory reset.

If all fails call tmobile and ask to reprovision the account.

Good luck!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] evercleardoc:
Did you try adding just in delivery reports for sms and mms?

Also is this intra or inter carrier. That can cause a delay as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
Likely not to this extent though..

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
It says

***LOCKED***

FIREBALL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

...

Hboot 1.02

Radio 0.98.09.0602_2

OpenDSP-v28.1.0.32.0504

eMMC-boot

Apr 20 2012,01:01:10

So does S-Off mean I'm ready to install a custom recovery and ROM, or does everyone have this... ? It saying LOCKED in magneta makes me wonder.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
you are my friend one lucky dude, you're good to go, have fun with the viper
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] nitsuj17:
dont worry about the locked, if you are s-off you can flash whatever through hboot (especially since its probably a factory s off device)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
Muahahahahahahahaha. I am one happy camper! I got it for $200 because it was missing the back cover (that's the antennae, so listed as non working) , so I bought the extended battery/cover for $50 and voila! I might just get into the dev game myself with this s off...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] j13smiley:
i'm jealous...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
Just installed twrp and rooted. Now, on my stock rom it keeps re downloading VZW DEMO, and the demo keeps popping up, and when I delete it it re downloads and keeps the screen on, playing the stupid features movie! How do I get rid of it, because I haven't seen it anywhere when I search.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
Man color me jealous!!

hmm thats weird, u deleted the DemoFLOPackageInstaller? Try GSD.apk as well.

also I would run a custom ROM, preferably the one I am co-dev of ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1891202

you won't be upset :)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] *Madmoose*:
Shameless advertising. But he's right, that rom is the best rom I've used on any phone to date...just amazing.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] tjamscad:
congradulations, I may cry but I am still waiting for root
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
Well I'm still trying to download that rom.

When I get the HTC splashscreen going into to recovery, it gives me this little disclaimer about "this build is for development purposes only" and says to ask permission from HTC before sharing anything. Hmmmm....

Words can't describe how happy I am to have this S-OFF... But with the iPhone 5 out and the new quad core coming Verizon will relax and hopefully everyone else will be unlocked too.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] LyndenP:
Sounds like a demo unit. The units sent to stores for floor demos were programmed to load the demo content automatically (vzwdemo Aka device showcase). The fact it didn't come with a back makes it seem someone got out with a demo device...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
That scares me... Good thing it doubles as a GSM phone, just in case ;)

Edit- Contacted the seller for more information. this sucks, such an awesome find and I might have to return it
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] nitsuj17:
the development build stuff is what we see on unlocked htc dev phones as well, no biggie
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] TheLynxy:
Can we get all your mmcblock images off you? I don't know much about the dev side of unlocking, but the Galaxy S3 only had to flash an image to one of the mmcblocks to get it fully unlocked. Could the same be true here???? Share the love!!! :highfive:
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] LyndenP:
Have you activated service on it yet?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jtdogblue:
Yes I've been using it for 2 days now, and supposedly the seller verified it was bought legitimately.

Also, what about mmcblocks?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jameskyt:
I think I can shed some light on this as I also have an S-Off phone. Mine was bought from a Verizon employee, I rooted it when I got it and did not have to unlock the bootloader (It also says LOCKED, like yours). When activated on the network, it reads to Verizon as 4G test device instead of Incredible 4G- so most VZ employees ask how I got it. I usually say I bought it from a friend because they sem to want it back. One store manager was acting shady and I wouldn't let him touch my device (just went in to activate a new line on the phone).

Sorry I am rambling- What I think you got is a store display version which would explain the lack of a rear cover. Are you sure it isn't stolen from a retail display?

If I were you, I'd look into it because they can make that "BAD ESN" if it was stolen.

Anyhow- what would y'all say my S-Off device is worth on the open market here (don't send me offers, just curious in case I get a GS3).
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
it really depends..

most people would wait it out, as hopefully root comes, and with root/temp-root will soon come S-OFF.

so if someone REALLY wants root, they may pay a little bit more than a regular phone, but personally, I'd rather S-OFF my device I phone from the store (which I've been offered to.. but it's not worth the risk of testing S-OFF on my main device, yet anyway)..

If you do decide to sell, I'm sure someone would gladly pay a lil more than a reg phone.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jameskyt:
Thanks Andy,

And thanks for your wonderful ROMs
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] SGY860:
I flashed bravia engine and everything seems good but all (2) music player force close in my phone

Can anybody give me an uninstall.zip for that? Or i should flash stock rom with odin?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] xfactor_ro:
try titanium backup...u can uninstall system apps, and install a preferred app...

PS don't get trigger happy with the uninstall button....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] deathnotice01:
NOOOO!

where did you get that information?

you are absolutely incorrect,

you cannot uninstall beats, bravia and xloud once you have installed them since they are not applications but libraries,

the only way to remove is flashing back to stock
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -CALIBAN666-:
thats not right bro,the only way is to flash new firmware or rom,its not an normal app like playerpro or something,its a mod.

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haha,you first,lol.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] xfactor_ro:
the info provided was to help him in changing his music player and remove apps he may not need. changing the music player may fix his issue and he gets to keep the bravia engine etc....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] SGY860:
Thansk all answers i choosed odin stock rom reflash