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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sekigah84:
Out of all the Android phones I have owned and tried, the Galaxy S3 is by FAR the best one.

The first phone since the Evo 4G IMO where there has been a ton of hype, a ton of development, and a ton of active users. I think its way better than an iPhone. Yes I am biased against iOS but I do feel Android is much superior. Other phones will come out with better screens, faster processors, etc. But with everything you are looking for and from what I have seen, you want to go for phones that are being developed on heavily.

I have seen people get obscure Android devices and the lack of development basically kills rooters dreams. Go for phones that people are really buying up like crazy. If you want the latest and greatest, the Galaxy S3 would be good. Other things to look at: Galaxy Note II (if you don't mind the size and need a stylus), upcoming Nexus devices (LG Nexus 4 or whatever they will call it), and other devices.

If you do go with the Galaxy S3, you won't be disappointed. JUST GET IT FROM ANOTHER CARRIER BESIDE SPRINT! SPRINT SUCKS! I had it for more than 10 years and it sucks so bad. Go anywhere else. Hell, MetroPCS has the Galaxy S3 now. Go to them. It would be faster than Sprint lol.

Oh and if you are getting the Galaxy Note 2, I would swap my Galaxy S3 + Accessories + Cash if you are interested! I need the Note because I'm studying for my CPA and need a good note taking device to study on while I'm commuting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kujetic:
just buy it or hell will freeze over
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gjsii13:
Haha I am actually 99.99% sold on the GS3. Honestly, the CM10 M2 Rom is what is selling me the hardest.

I have settled on white, with CM10 installed immediately upon receiving it.

I am probably going to be able to get it next weekend (phone is through a company based in Pittsburgh and I am a senior in Ohio).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ecooce:
Try to talk me out of it! LoL

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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarroyo:
I've always been curious about this, So I figured I'd ask. I know 'Hot Reboot' restarts the framework so then what does a normal 'Reboot' do?

Which would you prefer? Which have u seen better results with???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob232149:
Hot reboot is a faster version of a reboot

they do pretty much the same thing

tho i believe a reboot completely shuts off first.

I would say a hot reboot is plenty good.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryanleesterk:
Hot reboot reboots only the android shell. I.e. software only. Reboot reboots software and hardware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Downloadaholik:
Hello everyone

is there any jellybean rom without project butter in it

i like the functionalities of JB but project butter cause a heavy load to the device , especially when i try to play some games like blood and glory or any other "demanding" game

it is the only reason i've downgraded from JB to ICS

so please if you are using/know/seen any low fat JB rom, please let me know
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibazzz:
how did you know that Project butter is what slowed down your phone? i do not think that is true. you could try slim jb rom
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishears:
I agree.

This is going to be an issue with the particular ROM you tried. Current builds of JB are considerably smoother than they were even a few weeks ago.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Downloadaholik:
well im not a developer or anything but i've tried several roms

and from what i've understood project butter forces the GPU to work at a constant 60fps which is great for regular using, pretty smooth

but im using now cm9.1 sable build and i really cant tell the difference (smoothness wise) however, when i benchmarked JB roms (such as slimbean, cm10, remics-jb) compared with ics roms (cm9, slim ics, onecosmics) ive always found the ics performs a bit better (quadrents and Antutu) now i know benchmark scores dnt tell the whole story, but i've found it true in my case, specially when playing games (wind-up knights, blood and glory, agent dash) these are the main games that have lower fps on jb than they have on ics
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wogooo:
cant imagine Butter is the problem..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MU2MARC:
Project Butter

Hi,

I'm running OpenSensation CM10 on my HTC Sensation.....

I don't see project butter implemented in this JB ROM.

The CM10 ROM is about 5% faster than Stock ICS and has better user options but its UI is just as jittery as ICS,

Compared to a Galaxy SIII Running stock JB my phone is embarassing.

I'm actually looking for a custom JB ROM for the Sensation that shows off Project Butter........still looking.

My Contract is up in Feb and I am seriously considering moving to a Windows 8 Phone, now that's a buttery interface.

I love Android but seriously. If a POS phone with half my Sensation Specs can run buttery smooth on Windows 8 then what the heck is going on with Android ?????

Cheers.

Marc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingo64:
Well let me explain it to you this way:

Android runs all apps in Java whilst WP8 uses C#. Java is considerably slower and Dalvik doesn't help either.

Here is a benchmark from Xobot OS, a C# derivative of Android. As you can see, the use of Dalvik and Java is the crippling cause of Android's sluggish performance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MU2MARC:
Well...that makes sense.

Wow....Appreciate the Info, I had done some research into Java implementation on android, dug some article out comparing the iOS to Android for smoothness and explaining the differences in UI implementation, processor scheduling etc...

iOS is not that impressive either and how can it be, both OS's are UNIX/LINUX based and the only reason I can tell from what I have read is that Apple swings all its resources into action when a page compositing request has been sensed by the touchscreen or the thread handler prioritizes the GUI at that moment therefore iOS is not a true multitasking OS.

Either way, I have seen Buttery goodness, stock JB on the Galaxy SIII is extremely smooth compared to the Opensensation ROM I flashed, I replied to another comment earlier that I'm pretty sure the flash must not have taken as intended for it to be running so badly...

I did a factory wipe, flashed the ROM and the GAB files, reinstalled my apps from the playstore not backup, moved every app I could to the SD card to free up RAM, Made sure ' Force GPU for 2d rendering ' is selected, I'm using the Badass Governor and CFQ i/o scheduler....

And the GUI is jittery as hell, about the same as stock ICS overall....I JUST WANT MY BUTTER !!! LOL

I guess I will try and reflash and see if I can improve anything or try and find another custom ROM that runs project butter for comparison.

Cheers for the Reply.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
First of all there's nothing wrong with Linux in itself..

I'm curious though why on earth Google went ahead and bought android if java has such poor performance, they must have tested it? Also, is java really just that bad? I've always thought java to be a POS, seems anything created in it is slow, bugged, and just really annoying, but then there are exceptions to that, so, what gives?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MU2MARC:
Linux Giggle.

Actually you are wrong Sir, there is plenty wrong with Linux LOL !!! Perspective is Key, there is a reason Linux doesn't dominate the OS marketplace......Linux serves a NERD driven market which is a microscopic percentage of the worldwide computer user base.

For the Nerds... Linux is awsome, I used to use Suse Enterprise myself so you won't hear me argue, however.....

Not everyone wishes to F with every minutae of making their OS work, this applies even more strongly to Android also, simply put your everyday user couldn't give a fart in the wind about what makes it all work, instead, it should compete evenly with other mobile OS's out there and put simply, the amount of hardware required to make Android come even close is mindboggling bullsh*t.

That said, I still don't have an answer as to why a Galaxy S III running stock JB removes it's wang from it's underpants and plain urinates all over my Sensation as far as JB smoothness is concerned and I repeat, is there a JB ROM out there that actually performes the buttery goodness of a stock JB ROM ??

Cheers and Merry Christmas to all!

Mad
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
Only children under the age of 15 are forgiven for using "LOL".

I never said Linux was user friendly as an OS, I said there wasn't anything with Linux performance wise. K?

Also, CM10 works buttery good for me, yes, there are the RAM issues if you don't know how to manage apps properly, but that is just a package deal with this 2 year old phone.

It's fine for my part as I simply don't want crap like Facebook and weather apps running when I don't actively want to look at them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MU2MARC:
OMG LOL ! ( LoL )

You can forgive my ' LOL ' because it's Christmas and it's the right thing to do.

I didn't knock LINUX during my first post or in any reference made thereafter. As stated, I use to use it myself and back when I actually was 15 a friend of mine and I ran a couple of Quake 3 servers using LINUX simply because it was better than Windows.

I feel Google needs to divorce itself from JAVA if any meaningful performance gains are to be achieved, in the meantime my quest for butter will continue.

I thank you for allowing my 10th post, also:

I don't have facebook installed, I don't use weather or news and I have all unused apps disabled and every app I can move is on the SD card.

I compared my HTC Sensation JB to stock ICS on the wife's HTC Amaze, the Amaze is far smoother with GUI rendering. I am going to reflash to stock ICS today and will post my impressions.

Cheers and a Happy New Year to all !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] younas345:
Hi. I have got my Samsung Galaxy SII but I am having a problem with location services my phone can not update my location via wifi or 3g. location with GPS is fine but when I am indoors it can not update my location via wifi or 3g it says your current location is temporarily unavailable. Can please some body help me?????????? Thanks

:crying::crying::crying:
[Asus Transformer TF700] speedygonzo:
Is it possible to run ADB on the tablet with its dock? For example, to plug in my Galaxy Nexus to the tab and run commands like I would do on my PC.
[Asus Transformer TF700] danger-rat:
Use a terminal emulator - there's plenty in the Play Store
[Asus Transformer TF700] speedygonzo:
Ahh, didn't know I could do that. Thanks! Only error I'm getting is whenever I type "adb shell" it turns up with "error, device not found". What am I doing wrong? USB Debugging is enabled on the phone.
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Do you have sdk installed?
[Asus Transformer TF700] danger-rat:
You don't need adb shell when you are working directly on the local device...

"adb shell" let's you connect to a remote device. When you work in a terminal emulator, you're working on the local device...
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
yeah my bad, did not read all the above, didn't know he's using terminal.
[Asus Transformer TF700] speedygonzo:
Oh, ok. I'm just so used to using it on my computer. Lol. Well I got it working! Thanks again!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vladabeast:
for some reason on the Facebook app, the app is all scrunched up in the middle of the screen and ive tried turning the app zoom on and off but it doesn't work ive also wiped all the data on my xoom but that doesn't work either. i don't know why but it really seems to bother me can anyone help?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lburgueno:
I have never enjoyed the Facebook app on my Xoom due to many problems with different versions of the application. Unless someone can provide you with a solution that you're satisfied with, may I suggest to you, Friendcaster, easy to use and looks beautiful.

Best Regards,

Louis
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jynlude:
After the JB update, my wifi has been staying on during sleep. My settings are to sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity and for wifi to never be on during sleep. I also tried changing the setting to have wifi on only when plugged in and neither seemed to work.

Has anyone else experienced this after their JB update?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] edster00:
Yes...I have the same issue, wifi doesn't sleep no matter what setting I try.

I have also noted that when looking at the battery stats that "Maps" is using an awful lot of battery; mine's at 60% for Maps!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Turn off google location in settings > location settings

Ot: mine seems normal!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Atlas7:
Me to have this bug! And i have bug

When is my prime and is docked when opening still is in lock screen, then some time is unlocked
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jynlude:
looks like the google location services did the trick. Thanks!
[HTC One X] airwind:
Hello friends,

I have been using my phone since April and never noticed this till now. I have tried all possible means to transfer many different types of files between different bluetooth enabled phones but strangely it keeps failing. For the life of me, I can't understand what is wrong. Is someone else also facing any similar problems. Any advice please
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] android167:
So, i bought my Xperia S 4 months ago. Last month i removed the preinstalled screen protector and afther thad my screen acted to behaving strange. Ex. when i try to slide to unlock my phone the slider get stuck at the end. ex. 2 : When i try to delete one letter from sms (or notes etc.) it get stuck and then delete my whole message. It's so frustrating that i stoped using my Xperia and wen't back to Xperia mini pro. Am I the only one to have this problem? If I am i'll send my phone to repair shop..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] HooLIMAN87:
Maybe you need to wipe the screen? Mine was sticky because of glue, so maybe it's a same problem?

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] android167:
Mine was actually slippery after i removed it, it was like moisturised, and it's been like that since now..

Ne ide mi bas nesto engleski, ugl. meni je potpuno drugacije, sav je nekakav vlazan, koliko god to cudno zvucalo haha, kao da cijelo vrijeme kondenzira.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Hmm not sure, what firmware/kernel are you on. Mine is very responsive.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] android167:
Stock ICS, locked bootloader.

It has been like that since Gingerbread.
[General Questions and Answers] AjunNg:
I'm looking for insurance, and I'm looking for one which pays out the value of the phone.

I've seen many insurers, but most just send you a replacement phone, and those are just refurbished phones, yet the monthly premium is about £6+per month.

I've never taken insurance before, and would like to see what you guys are using.
[General Questions and Answers] rich32uk:
I've only ever used Vodafone insurance and they have the same policy of providing refurbished phones IF the particular phone you have is not in stock.

Having said that I've only ever received one refurbed /alternative phone but that was because the phone I had was relatively ancient. 9 times out of 10 you do get the phone you've lost.
[General Questions and Answers] AjunNg:
Having a replacement is something I don't want. I'd prefer a cash payout so I have a choice to buy a new phone.

Are there no services which do that?

Every time I claim insurance, I pay the excess, then they send me a crappy refurbished phone which breaks after a while anyway, then I gotta pay the excess again for the same thing. The loop goes on...

Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanjeraldyne:
can't wait for the ATT version.

am getting the international version.

have the option to choose the UK or the FRENCH version.

which one has multi-window update?

TIA
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazypinoy9:
I believe both the UK and French version have the XXALJ1 update available so I don't think it will matter which one out of the two you get.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1915386
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanjeraldyne:
salamat!! ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazypinoy9:
Haha! :highfive:
[HD2 General] benjamin94:
Hello,

My HTC HD2 has an non responsive touchscreen, I already fixed 1 touchscreen of an HTC HD2 by replacing the Digitizer and LCD. Now i bought a Second HD2 and this has also the problem with the touchscreen, I dissasemble the phone and i saw that the LCD and Digitizer are the Solderd (welding edition) toghter.

Now's my question, Is there an option to replace the solderd Digitizer+lcd By one with a plugged version? ( i mean is it compatible?)

Solder :

Plugg version

Because on ebay I searched for a touchscreen with solderd Digi and LCD but there where only a few results, and the Plugg version is more offered on ebay.

I hope some of you tried this also and give me an answer!

Kind Regards

Sorry for my bad English I am official Dutch
[HD2 General] bib*oops:
As far as you'll replace whole combo, it's 100% compatible, there will be no problems!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] troyolson92:
Anyone find a way to increase distance? Tags only work within like 2 inches Max for me. That makes tags useless. Can't trigger I'm home tag unless I put my phone against tag and wait. I'd rather it trigger as I walk through door way. Also, I can't use tag on car holder a it is 3 inches away or always on it... tags would be better blue tooth than the super near field.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gdbusby:
I don't think you understand NFC. Near Field Communication. That is the point of it. Be so close that it can't be hacked. Perhaps you may want to look into Tasker or the new Atooma app? These apps can help you program your phone to change settings or modify the behavior based on things like location, gps status, or whether connected to a certain WI-Fi access point.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hdG9vbWEiXQ..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsIm5ldC5kaW5nbGlzY2guYW5kcm9pZC50YXNrZXJtIl0.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] troyolson92:
I use Tasker and love it. I have it running many scripts, profiles, everything on my phone is run by Tasker... I use nfc tag to call a Tasker task. My issue is distance is to short. I understand it's called near field communication but I guess I didn't think it meant "touch to communicate". I am trying to see if anyone has improved There distance, or found a solution.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpoirier587:
Of course not.it would be a massive security risk!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] baudilus:
Even if the distance was increased, you would still need to turn on your phone screen to get it to read the tag. It won't work just walking through the door.

You already use tasker, why not just set it to do things based on your location rather than waste an NFC tag?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] troyolson92:
I use Tasker location.. I just thought tag might be more reliable and save battery. What else do you nfc tags for.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpoirier587:
I have one in my car in the cup holder where I keep my phone while driving that turns off my wifi and turns on GPS as well as raise notification and ringer volumes to max. Pretty much the opposite when I get to my bedroom to drop my bag and wallet etc etc. tag is on my dresser. One at work hidden under my desk that turns all notifications to silent, GPS off and wifi on.

---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:31 AM ----------

I'm thinking about making a tag that sends a txt to all my friends every time I get on xbox live.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akemura:
hi guys, my name is Antonio.:D

I'm a big fan of his work, I think they are great. I learned a lot with you.:o

I apologize and I'm using the google translator, my native language is Spanish.:cowboy:

I wonder what is the difference between the versions with and without google wallet.

I would like to upgrade to version 4.1.2. but I see that only appears in the version with Google Wallet.

definitely this does not work in my country (Peru), but I wonder if it could still upgrade to this version, or if I have a problem to be from another country.

sorry if this is a newbie question, I want to learn :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
yes you can upgrade.... it just comes with google wallet preinstalled on the rom, uninstall google wallet after flashing it if you dont want it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
just skip it when you're setting up the device after flash (google account, etc), and it will disapear from the menu (auto-hide).

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akemura:
ty

Oic, ty a lot for the information

i try to update later.

i can flash it from recovery mode?

or need a full factory reset like the toolkit?

:good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] asengupt:
All:

I have been having this strange problem with my ion and I thought maybe I will post here to see if someone can help. I updated to the stock ICS using PC companion and that worked well and I was quite happy with the update, but lately I am seeing this very strange behavior on the device that has really hurt my battery life - Android OS and system_server are taking up a lot of resources and battery.

I have been trying to get to the bottom of this - and here is what I am seeing:

The device boots up and works fine - all processes within normal CPU use.

Device goes to sleep, and about a minute after that, I get the following on my Logcat:

10-10 18:41:06.533: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <CreateImage:893>: Android Image

10-10 18:41:06.533: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <GetImageAttributes:1102>: RGBA_8888

10-10 18:41:06.543: D/memalloc(3124): /dev/pmem: Allocated buffer base:0x428ef000 size:3674112 offset:44937216 fd:50

10-10 18:41:06.553: D/memalloc(3155): /dev/pmem: Mapped buffer base:0x6a993000 size:48611328 offset:44937216 fd:245

10-10 18:41:06.573: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <CreateImage:893>: Android Image

10-10 18:41:06.573: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <GetImageAttributes:1102>: RGBA_8888

10-10 18:41:06.733: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <CreateImage:893>: Android Image

10-10 18:41:06.733: I/Adreno200-EGLSUB(3124): <GetImageAttributes:1102>: RGBA_8888

Right after this happens, top starts showing something like this:

User 23%, System 7%, IOW 0%, IRQ 0%

User 73 + Nice 0 + Sys 22 + Idle 215 + IOW 0 + IRQ 0 + SIRQ 0 = 310

PID PR CPU% S #THR VSS RSS PCY UID Name

3155 0 22% S 80 667232K 79664K fg system system_server

3124 0 3% S 10 155268K 11184K fg system /system/bin/surfaceflinger

5444 0 3% R 1 1092K 496K fg root top

903 0 0% S 5 5280K 548K fg root /system/bin/mpdecision

81 0 0% S 1 0K 0K fg root kworker/0:2

So system_server and /system/bin/surfaceflinger takes up 25% of CPU and keeps going like this until I turn the device on. Then everything is again back to normal.

My question is - what is the Adreno200-EGLSUB doing in the background? Is it creating some kind of a system image that I will just need to let happen until it is done and hopefully the battery life will improve then? If anyone else is seeing the same behavior and have found a way to fix it, I would greatly appreciate some pointers.

Thanks so much!

Jit
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
When I have a battery issue I usually clear the cache and fix permissions and it clears up but it may not be your case