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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
.... it's an issue with AMOLED screens. There's a clear reason why the "technician" probably didn't see it. That being the fact that YOU didn't even notice it until "midnight that night". It's only visible when the screen is displaying BLACK.... and at NIGHT. If it were actually an "Artifact" as you put it, it would have some sort of adverse affect on the display quality.... which it does not. I have noticed these blotches at night. But instead of googling it and reading that it does happen and thinking "Oh, this phone sucks cause there's this stuff that other people seem to have", i actually read more into it and found out WHAT it was. It doesn't affect the screen in any way.... and is only visible on a solid black color, at night. Which is funny, cause a lot of the people posting about it don't exactly seem "Disappointed", as you put it, but more curious as to why they're there, and if they could be a potential issue or not..... which they're not.

If it were something that affected the functionality or the display quality, i could see being "disappointed in Samsung".... but this is just ridiculous. I've had an iPhone 3GS and an iPhone 4 before switching to Android. I don't see why in the hell anybody would willingly switch iOS from Android. Apple designs excellent hardware.... i'll give them that. But iOS seriously needs an overhaul... not just a new feature or two added every year that's been around on other platforms (and not just Android) for YEARS.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Longcat14:
Exactly. I'm looking at a black screen on my S3 right now, no ink spots, but at night and on a COMPLETELY black screen, I can see a few, but it doesn't bother me.

Also, enjoy your non working maps, anodized aluminum that chips from nothing, screen flickering, and your now AMAZING 4x5 grid!!!!!!@!@!11
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hawken84:
LOL I will never understand people who get heated over Android vs iPhone, even when this thread is not a comparison.

You all don't think ink spots are a problem, then that's ok. For me, it's unacceptable, even if its only at night. It's not just on black screens, it's on anything as dark as the deep blue in settings. If its a common problem with AMOLED screens, then it's too bad.

And ps: google maps has a fully functional web app that is identical to what was the native maps app LOL.

I think I hear your moms calling you upstairs for lunch :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drakeymcmb:
So far every Samsung phone I had also had black spots on the screen its just how Samsung produces there screens but I would not swap out my phone just because of some black spots that you could only see in midnight and iPhone is a piece of **** u made a mistake !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elementaldragon:
Ok.... fine.... it's visible on very dark colors..... at night. WOOOOOO! if you're that nit-picky, i'd hate to see how you are with other products. Must suck to see you picking out a monitor..... backlight bleed must really get your panties in a bunch against the manufacturer of the display.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] krips2003:
I'm sure the thread will be closed pretty soon.

To the OP, you got your iPhone, be happy and get on with your life. And stop being rude to other members because this may harm you in future if you ever get an Android phone. So better safe than sorry. Also, as you mentioned there were several other threads opened regarding the issues you were experiencing, you should have better put your thoughts in those threads. People get angry because you searched and found similar issues, still you opened a new one to complain about your displeasure.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
Well, I guess I'm glad your problem is solved.

My Rogers S3 is just swell over here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sianspheric:
Having had an iphone from 2008-2012 and having used iOS since the original ipod touch in 2007, I couldn't be happier to have bought an S3.

Sounds like your beef is more with Rogers than with Samsung. I got my 32gb S3 on promo from Rogers for only $50, the 32gb iphone 5 would have been $300

The unbelievable amount of positive differences I have experienced between my old iphone 4 and the S3 is pretty astounding. I played with an iphone 5 for a bit a few days ago and yeah it just seemed... Boring to me after having had my S3 for two weeks. I really loved my iphone for years and defended it endlessly as being incredibly durable and intuitive and simple devices (which they are) but after messing with Android for a few weeks I actually now regret not making the switch sooner.

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Hawken I installed io6 on my iphone 4 a few weeks ago. The Google maps "Web app" via Safari is total and utter **** in comparison to the proper Google App. It seems like you are just trying to come up with all sorts of reasons to justify your decision to impatiently dump the S3 and pay a ton of cash to get the iphone 5 because it's a mindlessly easy device to use.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TRusselo:
10 - 15 % of any mass produced electronic product is defective out of the factory. Including icrap. If you want to complain about something a company produces and releases to the public, complain about shotty software.

Btw... how is apple maps?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bigjim1488:
I'm pretty sure you came in told us s3 was a piece of Crap don't buy it and you got the iPhone 5. Sounds like the makings of a flame war. Have fun with your ilost. Also make sure that you're not holding it wrong either. I hear there is some wicked camera flare out there
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] corythug:
This thread is stupid.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Nothing good will come out of this.

Thread Closed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
thread has turned into a flamefest and is now closed. If you dont like your service go complain elsewhere. As long as its away from xda i could care less
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilobulb:
or any other hrtf for that matter? I'd like to be able to use this as i watch films on my commute. Are there any media players that offer headphone virtualisation of any sort? Or is the only option to reencode to dolby headphone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flowsick:
The Samsung Galaxy players I believe
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilobulb:
Thanks for the reply. I checked the video player on my galaxy tab 7.7(P6800) and it doesn't seem to have any options relating to this. It also can not decode dts (most of my films have sound in this format) unless I am mistaken.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dstorfer:
Dolby Headphone on Android - would be nice

Yeah that would be an awesome treat. We've got all this processing power nowadays in these new tablets and it would be no problem to have that feature.

I'm a Dolby Headphone evangelist - I tell everyone how much I love that technology.

I've been using DH in my laptop's DVD playback software (like Cyberlink) for probably 7 years and just love it for 5.1 stuff. I have standalone Pioneer DH headphones for my X-Box and also a little JVC DH box (takes optical or stereo input). I always listen to my stereo music over that JVC box because it sounds so much better in that soundspace than regular stereo. Plain old stereo sounds like it comes from the center of your brain, whereas DH stereo sounds like you have speakers on the desk in front of you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilobulb:
Exactly. I use the the cyberlink plugin for watching films while traveling on my laptop as well and it does a really decent job especially if you have a half decent DAC. I'm not a fan of it with music though. The technology is old and carries a very small overhead for modern devices. Given how many people watch videos on their phones\tablets using headphones while commuting I'm amazed that there isn't more of a push on this. None of the likes of bsplayer or dice player seem to have any form of hrtf. I'm guessing it comes down to licensing with dolby. Sadly we'll probably have to wait for apple to do it for it to become mainstream.

Flowswik it appears you were right, there is a hrtf function in the Samsung Galaxy player. There is a button next to the volume control which will pop up a menu where you can select 5.1. A 2 minute sample of breaking bad (only thing with dolby 5.1 on the tablet, samsung player doesn't stream well over lan) seems to show promise, decent surround effect but the dialog is a little muffled. First impressions are that dolby headphone does a better job but i'll report back once I've had a chance to watch some more content.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DQiB:
Who want GingerDX for Galaxy Mini

I ask you bcoz i want to port it to Mini :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lightstar3103:
Post the link to see how it is
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DQiB:
Look in Galaxy Gio section for review
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kirakun:
I wouldn't mind a jb looking cm7. You could use mebiteks cm7 (with his permission) as a base if u want.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] White_Shadows:
YES!!!! Look Nice!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] DQiB:
Released already using official CM7 Nightly
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] nintendolinky:
Can anyone enable the stock AOSP spellchcker on the newest LJ1 rom, I was looking at the galaxy S3 forum and they managed to do it by editing the secsettings.apk and a few other files.

The thread is here if people wouldn't mind checking.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32370898
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Jamal Ahmed:
You might wanna change the title cuz people think this is a guide :)

sent from underwater
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] rumy:
Did you ever figure this one out?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashthegamer:
how can i overclock gingerdx v029 ?

i am using stock kernel and bootloader is locked.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
I haven't tried v29, but gdx usually has the oc module. You just need to enable it it hw_config. Go to /system/lib/modules and look if there's a "x8oc.ko" file.
[Acer Iconia A500] SveninFla:
Is there an Otter Box or similar style case available?
[Acer Iconia A500] iTzGavin96:
Acer case

No there is not any otterbox available for the tablet but i do have this real neat 360 leather folio spinning case that can fold closed like a folder and can also be mounted in 3 different viewing angles due to the divots in the case (acts as a stand) i have a review video up on youtube, just type in acer a500 leather 360 folio case
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroiDer:
Hello,

I trying now for 2 day update my phone to 4.0.4 but it don't works well.

I have updated from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 and if the phone reboots I get that a proces stops after startup. The proces com.android.phone always stops and the phone freeze.

I have tryed with a NO_WIPE and a WIPE but this don't works. I get still the error. I have flashed with and without PIT file and this the same the proces always stops on startup and the phone freeze.

What is this and what do I wrong or, why this proces stops???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
have you manually performed a factory reset?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroiDer:
Yes, I have this don before flashing the update and after the update is don I start recovery and have a full factory reset again. And still the problem is there when the phone is restarted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
You can flash a 4.0.3 firmware via Odin, then perform a factory reset in recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jati1981:
Yes flash via Odin. Then do factory reset and wipe cache.

If that doesn't work you may have to re download the file and make sure it doesn't corrupt.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroiDer:
Hmm... I have re-download the firmware and now everything works well..

Thanks!!

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9100 met Tapatalk
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanveer2k12:
Im looking to get this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-2500...ltDomain_3&hash=item4aa734ee44#ht_2518wt_1398

but is it real?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warbuff:
Well it looks real but it's not OEM. Also everytime ive bought batteries on ebay ive had bad quality and bad lifetime issues
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDogg1329:
Well it's "real" and it'll work okay for a while, but don't expect it to hold charge for years, or even months. It's a low quality battery and most likely they've lied about the capacity. You get what you pay for, if it was a good battery how could they sell it that cheap.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanveer2k12:
ok

can you show me a real better one?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oVeRdOsE.:
In the past I did a average review on the galelio 2000mAh batteries for the evo (fits in the dz), but it turn out that they aren't that bad.

It's been a year now since I bought 2 galelio with charger for 20$, and I use them every day.

I run a batterystat test some weeks ago, and it says : 1610 mAh, with about a year of wear. Witch is realy good for the price.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PNuT.:
i have one of these & its fine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120984336256#ht_728wt_1167
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nakel:
The thread on the latest OTA is all about installing it... I haven't seen any comparisons between the two OTAs, and I have searched. Maybe I've missed it?

Anyways, has anyone gone from the 1st OTA (H2) to the 2nd OTA (I3)? What are the differences, if any? I know some people had problems with the 1st OTA, but mine runs great. I'd like to know if there are any real advantages to the second OTA compared to the first.

I know the OTA fixes a lot of bugs in the shipped ROM, I'm not looking or any information on that.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z a p i x:
The one I think most people notice from LH2 to LI3 is the change in S-Note...

LH2 added a preview box on the bottom left. You couldn't really do anything about it. It was just... THERE. Annoyed people like crazy (didn't bother me so much.). In LI3 they removed the box, and added scroll bars. They also added the ability to view notes as a list instead of thumbnails.

So..

Stock S-Note: no preview box, no scroll bars, no list view.

LH2 S-Note: preview box, no scroll bars, no list view.

LI3 S-Note: list view, scroll bars, no preview box

LJ4 S-Note: llamas, no scroll bars, no preview box
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
Just noticed it wasn't working. I've flashed back to rooted stock and tried several apps with nothing working. I can't say if it ever worked as I never use it. Has anyone tested this to see what could be the issue? Does it work on a clean phone, unrooted stock original? Are we somehow messing the magnetometer up with flashing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
Bump. Anyone tried their compass even?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sccrluk9:
Wouldnt rely on it. Ive had the phone sitting on a table with the compass pointing North, closed the app and reopened and it was way off. Closed and opened again and it was pointing a different direction.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
So your compass is broke as well. There are phones where this works. It's nice for apps like google skymaps. Question is does it come broke or does rooting/unlocking/flashing somehow mess it up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sccrluk9:
I have yet to see a phone where the compass works consistently. Due to the fact that some countries restrict the use of very sensitive magnetometers I doubt we will ever have very reliable ones in cell phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
Perhaps but this is an advertised feature of a US based phone. We have every right to expect it to function. The question is does it function at all even on new in bow devices. Some youtube videos show it working bit it's not clear if those are i9300s or i535s. It could also just be an unreliable device hitting on some and being broke on others.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
So using the sensor test (*#0*#) I was able to see my y axis sensor is very low. It goes above the threshold when the top of the phone is oriented north. The device must be calibrated to start and periodically. It also loses direction if turned up as you would for google skymaps. This makes the app useless. Other devices do not have this problem. I believe I have a defective sensor but also that samsung drivers are shotty. Can anyone else look at their readings and report?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rmtobler:
This is probably related to the crap GPS as well. I believe the issue can be fixed in the kernel too bad we don't have many devs that work on the kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droopydroors:
Where in the hell is the compass?

Android 4 Life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
The compass is a built in piece of hardware that you need an app to see. Search for compass in the play store. Any one should work.

On a sidenote, a Samsung rep checked two of their devices and found it working. One was a vzw on 4.04 and the other was on 4.1. I tried to get him to send me the 4.1 rom to test on but he couldn't.

This may be a sporadic problem inherent in only some devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] armus:
Had vzw ship me a new one but before I returned the old one I flashed it back via odin and low and behold, the compass came back. Even on a stock rom that was slightly modified it wasn't happening. After odin, I was able to root, unlock and flash cwm and keep it running. Once I flashed any rom, the compass was dead but I could flash back to a backup of the stock unmodified rom and it worked. So it's a software issue and I'm going to return the warranty replacement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scottiep101:
Are there any cool themes for the lih twjb rom?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Lawliet918:
Hello everyone! As most of you may already know, The Bard's Tale has been rolled out for a few weeks now and quite a lot has been raving how the the game's crisp graphics, brilliant storyline, and not to mention witty and funny dialogue, combine into one superb game play for hardcore Xperia Play owners.

I'm not pretty sure if it's just me, however, but it seems the touch pad support works only for Gingerbread ROMs. I understand that touch pad support does not really come in the package of ICS-enabled ROMs for Xperia Play but with Markphyton's touch pad fixes as well as farenheith's beta touch pad support improvement for FXP and Markphyton's Final ICS ROM, I was hoping that The Bard's Tale can be included in the long list of Xperia Play-optimized games already fixed to support full touch pad control gaming.

I've emailed the inxile and they've asked me whether the model ID of the Xperia Play is appropriately reflected in Settings > About Phone. According the tech support I've been in contact with, they rely on the model ID to detect the Xperia Play. If this sounds familiar, that's because this is basically the same logic that both Markphyton and farenheith have been using in their touch pad support improvements.

Which leads me to asking then: Why are the current touch pad support improvements that we have (from both Markphyton and farenheith) not working in The Bard's Tale, at least for those devices using custom ICS ROMs? :eek:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] sonymakebullshit:
The model ID of my xperia play is R800i, what about yours? Maybe that's why crash on start up every time...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
hey mate

i had a quicjk chat with matk about that ,

no way till now , the game developer should make it compatible with xperia play ICS . it only works on GB cause the official rom for xperia play is GB ( that's cause of SONY )
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Lawliet918:
Great news! Just tried updating The Bard's Tale to its current version 1.1.2.a and, yes, the touch pad is finally now fully working! I'm not pretty sure if this is true to other ICS-enabled ROMs but at least for Markphyton's Unofficial Stock ICS Xperia Play 4.1.B.0.587 Final, The Bard's Tale is now fully working for touch pad gaming!

Kudos to all developers of inxile!!!
[Off-topic] SaberTeeth:
Hi Guys,

I wanted to know whether there would be any Black Friday deals for Sprint cellphones.

Thanks
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
It's kind of obscure, I doubt you've heard of it but there's this site called Google. You can like type keywords to things you're curious about and it gives you links.

Found this in less than 5 seconds.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/
[Off-topic] prototype7:
That sounds awesome! How do I get there though? :confused:
[Off-topic] SimonTS:
Can you post me a link to this strange site you mention please? :beer:
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Magic!
[Off-topic] veeman:
Much better link.

http://www.google. com
[Off-topic] the playa!:
here- http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/

make sure u press the "thanks" :fingers-crossed:
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
I totally didn't post that link. Totally.
[Off-topic] the playa!:
LOL, sorry.. for some reason he didnt see it :eek:

and yeah, give him a thanks too ;)
[Off-topic] ak700:
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[Off-topic] veeman:
Here's an article I found.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/
[Off-topic] shahrukhraza:
Hey guys check this link out... it has a deal on black Friday!

http://m.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/

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You obviously don't understand we are in off topic.. and why would somebody give you a thanks?:rolleyes:
[Off-topic] Jcossack88:
Too bad Black Friday is 1 week before my upgrade (DEC 1st), I would totally take a GSIII for $50
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
In a case like that, I think they would honor it and give you the deal. Atleast that's how it works with AT&T...they're a bunch of pushovers.
[Off-topic] SaberTeeth:
Thanks everyone. I wanted to know whether there would be any deal for sprint replacement phones. My contract ends in 2014 and so I can't start a new contract. So are there any deals for replacement phone
[Off-topic] SimonTS:
notsureifseriousoralien.jpg

Just in case you are being serious OP - this is Off-Topic. That means stuff NOT about phones or you are likely to get trolled. Ask this in the Q&A forum if you actually hope for a useful answer. Or just use Google as previously suggested.
[Off-topic] shahrukhraza:
Or try using this link... its really useful

http://m.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/

:p
[Off-topic] the playa!:
shahrukh.....
[Off-topic] shahrukhraza:
WHOZZATT!!??
[Off-topic] veeman:
Guys look. I found another link.

http://m.engadget.com/2012/09/27/sprint-black-friday-ad-galaxy-s-iii-sale/
[Off-topic] shahrukhraza:
Thanks for that!!!1!1!1!1!!!!!1111 IT HAZZ HELPPEDD ME SO MUCHH I HUV DA S33!!1! here take a thanks...BTW I would never give it to the other wierdo who begs people for thanks!!
[Off-topic] Jcossack88:
As a matter of fact, I called SPRINT today and they said usually they can upgrade about one month sooner....
[Off-topic] redneck_666:
I've upgraded family member almost 6 months before they were due. Maybe I'm an exception to the rule, since I've been with them for well over 10 years, and I have a corporate account t through my employer.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] channjose:
The home screen button, the task manager button and the back button are always at the center on the screen in landscape which is anoying; i was using the official nightly jb rom which has the same problem, now im using the stock jb leak and it has the same problem and the worse is than on the home screen it does not let you use landscape, just portrait. Anyone know how to fix these problems?