yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Damn. You need to get your facts straight. Recovery mode is NOT dl mode. What a tool. Take the poster above mines advice and stop making yourself look like an ass.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] BGVampire:
I Google searched SGS4G Jig and found one for $5 including shipping. I have heard of people getting them cheaper, but as far as I'm concerned it was $5 well spent.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pnut22r:
I accidentally flashed a vibrant Rom on the sgs4 and now NOTHING works. Nothing turns the screen on our gets to download mode. Jig should work?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
How did you flash it? Odin or CWM? If the former you rewrote the bootloaders. That is bad. Jig might work if not there's always jtag.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pnut22r:
I loaded a vibrant Rom via Odin. Now the phone no response. You think jig might not work in this case? What is a jtag?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Here's a vid describing the procedure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzh7cbND-lo

Send it to those guys if a jig doesn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] BGVampire:
if the phone turns on & gets stuck in a bootloop jig will get you to do mode so you can flash with Odin. if the phone won't come on at all the jig probably won't help.

the jtag I am familiar with is a modded Xbox, I don't know any other jtag that would be helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
If you are stuck in a bootloop you should be able to get into DL mode without a jig. Pull battery, plug usb into phone AND computer, hold volume up AND down, put battery back in while still holding volume buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
bhundven found another way using the command line. But like a dummy I forgot to write it down somewhere.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pnut22r:
Will any Samsung USB jig work?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Olao99:
How do I know if I have a locked bootloader?

I read in wikipedia that the international version has an unlocked bootloader, is this true?

Does that mean that if I bought my phone out of the us (Mexico) I have an unlocked bootloader?

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kevintstephens:
I'm pretty sure (not 100% though) that the only version with an unlocked bootloader is the Developer Version.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bigdee888:
Yes, you said right.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bigjohn6582:
Ok and how do you know if you have a devolpers device?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kevintstephens:
You would know. It would have said on the box, and you would have had to buy it straight from Motorola for full retail price instead of through a retailer or phone store with a subsidized price.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rexxxlo:
this is odd because when i got my new razr it had the cwm9 android icon on the desktop when i first turned it on

i bought it at beast buy and didnt pay anything extra for it but i doubt its a dev version
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bigjohn6582:
Minr also has a devolpment id number as well under the devolpers options.....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 6stringandy:
Not sure what the id number in "developer" section of the settings menu means, but any device with ICS has that in the menu now, doesn't mean its a developer phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bigjohn6582:
Ok thanx that clears that up foe me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] realtalker:
What is the most stable version of AOKP or Cyanogen Mod that runs ICS? I tried milestone 6 and had bad call quality, along with every other AOKP or CM rom I have tried. Am I doing something wrong or is that supposed to happen? I'm a noob.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dugan1017:
AOKP ICS Milestone 6 is as rock solid as they come. Bad call quality may have been due to having noise suppression unchecked. Hit the menu button with your dialer open to see if that's the case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] realtalker:
Never tried

Ill try it when I get my phone back... I really depend on calls and don't consider a ROM "stable" unless it has good call quality since it is a phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tickerman:
I prefer CM over AOKP. Most versions of Cyanogenmod ICS are stable. I would even attempt the CM JellyBean (NO WHERE AS NEAR STABLE AS ICS). But i think that it is pretty stable to be an alpha release!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] badaphooko01:
Try the rom I'm using its in my signature. Its ics, stable with alot of extras..
[HTC Sensation] beyondx4:
Hi,

I've recently had to replace my phone with another SENSATION 4G (bought second-hand, but new). I was originally running an older version of ARHD Gingerbread on my old SENSATION 4G and it was working great. The new phone came with a stock GB, so I decided to go ahead and initiate the ICS OTA update for my phone, but somehow in the middle, it failed. So what happened is that I corrupted my stock ROM and at the same time never had a chance to make a Nandroid backup. I then downloaded ARHD 6.7 ICS and sucessfully installed the custom ROM (followed all procedures to make sure my firmware and radio is updated), BUT everytime I rebooted into first boot, the screen would freeze at the Beats Audio logo (even tried leaving it on for 30min). I then tried different Sense-based ROMs (Elegancia, Dark Forest, original ICS RRU etc) but every time, it would hang at the boot screen. I thought my phone was bricked, but to my surprise, I was able to install smaller AOSP & AOKP based ROMs, like CM9 and Touchcream 2.1, and successfully boot and use them. I really want to be able to use Revolution HD roms to take advantage of my wifi calling, but now just cannot. I'm not totally new to this, as I've just upgraded my sister's Sensation 4G with ARHD 6.7 w/o any problems. I still don't understand why this is happening to my particular phone. Please let me know if you may have a hint of what the problem could be (could the failed OTA ICS update the root of my problem?). Thanks all.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
flash a ICS RUU and see

here is the TMOUS ics ruu click me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
I decided to test 2 GNex loudness modifications: AlsaMixer from the Play store, and NexusLouder from XDA.

The test device was a GSM GNex with CNA 3.7.0 ROM and Trinity S63-1689 kernel. I used AudioManager Pro to set a sound profile that was consistent across all tests. I used Play Music app with MusicFX EQ enabled but turned off, and played the same short track made in my home studio in every case. I used the dB meter from Smart Tools to measure loudness. The GNex was carefully positioned in exactly the same place and direction and held the same way, to prevent any variation due to room or hand acoustics. The room background sound ambiance was kept at 50dB +/- 2dB.

I first ran the test with no modifications, and got readings between 78dB and 90 dB when the track was played.

I then flashed NexusLouderV5Beta2.zip and rebooted. Upon running the test again, I got exactly the same result, peaking at 90dB at the same point in the track. I then flashed NexusLouderV5Beta2-Revert.zip to restore my system to its original state.

Lastly, I installed AlsaMixer, being careful to grant root privileges and install the mods completely, and rebooted. The test result was just the same as the first two, peaking at 90dB in the same spot.

In conclusion I got exactly zero loudness change from either mod under carefully controlled and measured conditions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ashtrix:
Actually the Beats software shipped with the HTC devices sucks and the Xloud , walkman ...other addons they'll just make more bass out of the device using the DSP manager , i think the best approach for a better quality sound would be get an S3 + Voodoo that would be launching soon [Thanks to wolfson corp] or the older Samsung galaxy S again the credit goes to wolfson and sammy , these phones would get the job done ;) , i'm waiting to get my old galaxy's SAMOLED repaired and soon it'll be up and running...:cool:

Use trickster app + any kernel with Highperf Audio & volume boost = win :victory: .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jamal Ahmed:
I always knew these mods were useless :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
I was kind of surprised. I just wanted to measure how much they increased loudness, not expecting it to be zero. The mods have other features that I didn't test, so I would hesitate to describe them as useless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Yeh, I hear Voodoo is really something but haven't experienced it personally. What I like in audio output is accuracy, with a frequency response as close to flat as possible. That's why I use Sennheiser HD 280 Pro cans, which are almost as good as studio monitors for mixing.

As I understand it, the highperf kernel options turn off compression that was added to the gnex audio output to give it more apparent loudness. And that in turn increases quality by returning the dynamic range to its original state.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
The only found modification i use is dsp manager to increase to output volume of my music on speakers and headphones, but I'm glad you ran this test :D oh and voodoo is amazing, i had it on my Epic 4g, (galaxy S variant) and it added so much bass. I can't imagine what it would sound like with the s3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
yes i had voodoo on my captivate n my blew my mind away every single time. Anyhoo, wifey's using it now, n she has no bloody clue wat voodoo or wolfson even means (probably some kinda black magic mumbo jumbo lol). I like my nexus, audio wise. Its pretty good. Not excellent, but pretty good.

But interesting story- I was running outta space on my gnex, wat with all the 2gb games fashion nowadays, plus I have 4gb of music. So I got a 5th gen ipod nano(used for 60$), cuz I hated the tiny 6th gen, n i dont have 150 to blow for the new 1. Copied all my music to it, n been using it. Wat struck me, is I actually miss my gnex. I have tuned the sound of my gnex to the perfect level in poweramp, and all my songs(rap, dance, trance, beats, etc etc) sounded gr8 on it. I just cant reach that level of customization on the ipod. :( Damn I really wish it had more memory... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Of the three "system-wide" equalizers ( MusicFX, DSP-Manager, and Equalizer from the Playstore) I like DSP-Manager, too, only because you can set EQ separately for speaker and headphones. The "Small Speakers" preset helps a little if you translate the whole pattern up about 4dB for more overall loudness. The flashable one from BlackElvis' thread works great.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28081899
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ashtrix:
I had my SGS paired with Sennheiser CX300 MKII (The best earphones set ;) ) as they are having low impedance and the DAC Hubs used in the phone can reproduce better audio on low impedance sets , that's why my SGS didn't sound much better on my BOSE Companion Series II over those senns , i'd say the voodoo turns your set into an Audiophile class device...:victory: ,

Still miss my old SGS , Supercurio managed to get that Wolfson WM8994 chip sound awesome making it work in custom environment like Full control of Dynamic Range , Bass levels , Headphone amp making it even better than SII's Yamaha Chipset & the already famous iPods and iPhones .

Nexus's TI Audio codec cannot be customized but it has a very good audio potential :D as said by supercurio himself .
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caramel457:
Hi all,

After searching the forums for a while I've found no solution to my question .. so I hope this thread won't be a duplicate but if it is, please link me to the original one.

My phone: NTT Docomo Xperia Acro (SO-02C) from Japan

Currently rooted using Gingerbread 2.3

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9.perf

SEMCUser@SEMCHost#1

Build number: 4.0.1.C.1.9

I wanted to apply the official ICS update that was for the Xperia Arc using the manual method by flashing it in CWD but, because the Xperia Arc is the model below mine there's a few functions that's added on so I'm worried about the compatibility with the hardware after I apply it (if I can).

I checked kernel version and build number for the Japanese Arc (screenshot of system info: http://www.chaoticshore.org/blog/image/screenshot.png )

I noticed the kernel and build number is the same but the rest isn't (because this Arc in the picture is Android 2.3.3, but my Acro is 2.3.4) so the baseband version is also different.

If I attempt to apply the update to my Acro, should ICS still be compatible?

What are the chances of it bricking if I try to flash the ICS rom into my phone?

Also, I'm aware I may lose the dedicated built in functions like infrared transmission & oneSeg.

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaatisu84:
I feel like I should reply, even though I don't really know the answer. But from what I have heard, arc firmware will not work on the arco. If I was you, I would not try it. Hasn't docomo pushed an ICS update yet?

If not, the best advice, never buy a Japan only phone if you want to mod it!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ComradeZ:
Do you have the FTF for this phone? I tried the upgrade and it didnt work, now stuck at xperia screen even after ftf the original matched docomo ftf. :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toprekmusic:
I managed to upgrade/flash a combined Lt18i and docomo .9 ics to get an upgraded 4.0.3 android posted the instructions i found on some vietrnamese forum :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
Use SEUS to recover phone.

僕のLT18iから送られてきた
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] furzhou:
Worth to try, :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ComradeZ:
Says there is no downloads for my phone.

Late necro update. lol
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I like my sgs3 but I'm thinking of maybe changing to the new nexus.

The basic reasons are:

- IPS LCD display (if it has one like the rumors show). Amoled is clearly a second class display nowadays. Before it was good, but now... today I compared it to the LCD IPS of the iPhone 4S and I was impressed with the white backgrounds. On the SGS3 they look terrible on comparison, just terrible. There is also a notice difference in brightness and visibility outdoors.

- This whole problem with Samsung not releasing the info, codes and stuff of the exynoss processor is making it difficult for stock roms to become better. There is actually not that many interesting roms or tweaks available for the SGS3. Most roms are based on Samsung's. The nexus is obviously gonna have some really cool stuff and tweaks.

- Better optimization of software. Project butter on the SGS3 right now is a shame. I'm hoping on the next update they make it better. It's still a beta firmware so let's wait, but I don't trust Samsung that much.

Three basic reasons. Of course, not saying the SGS3 is a bad phone, but I expect better, specially software wise.
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
1 more thing u miss, a 8gb and non-sd card slot.
[Galaxy S III General] ganucci:
The new nexus 2 still be having sd card slot.
[Galaxy S III General] yabbb:
There is no SD card slot in the sgs3??
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Yeah, I know. Not great obviously, but storage alone is not enough if you lack the other three I mentioned, like more tweaks, better roms and such.

Oh, I forgot another little reason:

- There is no in line spell checker on Samsungs touchwiz rom. In stock Android a red line appears before any misspelled word, but Samsung doesn't have this. The reason? Who knows... but I really need that feature because I type a lot on the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
The phone should be 32gb at least. If not I won't buy it until it had 32gb.
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
Sorry, but the Nexus will never be a high-end phone. It's supposed to be somewhat affordable. Although considered a good value and pure Android, it won't possess the higher-end specs like the Galaxy S or HTC One series will. Which Nexus are you going to get? There are like 6 coming out next year. LG maybe?
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
Next year nexus, android 5.0. Sweet
[Galaxy S III General] beeboss:
This was just a prototype . Official woukd have minimum 16 gb

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[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I've come to realize more powerful hardware is not essential. What use is there for quad core if project butter is half baked and developers cannot use all its horsepower because of lack of documentation from Samsung? It's way better to have dual core optimised, just like the nexus will do be it dual or quad core. Software must be optimised or quad core means nothing.

I would buy the one with LCD IPS display clearly. I think it's the best display right now, very bright and whites look great.
[Galaxy S III General] trein91:
Only thing I like with the nexus, would be the faster updates (yes I do use custom roms).

Another thing I can't really stand seeing users who say that stock android is better bla bla. Have you ever compared stock androids camera (aosp) vs samsungs one? You might dislike the template/colour scheme of touchwiz, but from a functionality point of view, samsungs software is way ahead of stock android. (even aokp, cm etc etc) eg, camera, task manager on home long press, clock app, better messaging app, contacts app etc, direct call, smart alert, smart stay (better than not having the option)
[Galaxy S III General] jinosong:
Butter shouldn't be the goal of the phone. Functionality clearly trumps it. For example, playing a complex game or watching a high resolution movie is where you'll see high-end hardware really shine. As for IPS, I foresee Samsung shedding that very soon in future models.

I agree that some of Samsung's modifications are really useful. I used an S3 then tried a Nexus for the first time and I couldn't stand the simplified options menu of the device.
[Galaxy S III General] Arsaw:
Not interested in Nexus devices. Apart from faster software updates, I still can't see any better features Nexus can offer to consumers compare to OEM devices.
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Yes my next phone would be a Nexus... I like the default android launcher and fast update on Android OS. Less stress cause by waiting and TouchWiz bugs.

I would sacrifice having no SD card slot if that's the case. I just want the next nexus to have a quad core and 2GB of RAM and a 32GB of storage would be fine with me. :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] bradputt:
if the price is right, i'll get the LG nexus phone to replace my S3

i'm always on AOSP rom. no point S3 when there's always something not working on stock android.
[Galaxy S III General] aydc:
No sdcard slot = no go!

If it had a sdcard slot, I'd definitely go for it. It seems to solve all the problems of SGS3.
[Galaxy S III General] Robert333:
When the new Lumia 920 is there, i'll go for it.\

Im getting tired of android, the flashing, the custom ROMS.

None of it is without lagg, so i'm gonna try Windows Phone 8
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
won't

waiting s4
[Galaxy S III General] mossy1963:
As a previous owner of the original sgs1 and currently have the nexus s I recently had to decide on my new smartphone. I discounted the nexus pretty quickly because, frankly I found the nexus s boring. The nexus line will always be good but never great. Lack of storage and no sd card is a killer. The only - admittedly considerable - thing going for the nexus range is early access to latest firmware. That's it. The galaxy s range are sexy and leading edge. That's where each new model is aimed and that's what Samsung achieve
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Quad core krait, adreno 320 and 2 GB ram not high end?

I'm sorry, am I missing something here?

the 8gb storage thing is just for the prototype, don't forget, the guy who has the prototype says it is 6 months old, a lot can change in 6 weeks, not to mind 6 months.

I personally don't like the design of it, that design on the back makes me sick, but I'm gonna sell my S3 for it as I've always bought nexus, the S3 was my first flagship phone and also my last. (Edit: I actually had the original S for a little while but not long enough for it to count)

Great phone with great devs here, but the biggest mistake I ever made was leaving the nexus line.

Buying a nexus 7 today and putting my S3 up for sale, gonna roll back to my gnex til the lg nexus drops and I see some reviews of it and check it out here on xda.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
.....sitting on the fence watching the situation develop for the time being, I do know I'm glad I'm not in a contract anymore! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
I've been thinking about this switch too. Project butter on sgs3 is definitely embarrassing considering the hardware, and the lack of open source Mali drivers is a major stumbling block for custom roms and kernels.

The new nexus will be much more powerful with its s4 pro and adreno320. Custom roms and kernels will be awesome on it too due to having open source drivers. But no sd card slot or extendable battery is a major turn off.

Will have to see what the final specs are like but perhaps it'll be prudent to be patient and wait for the announcement of other phones with s4 pro internals. I'm sure there will be many more in the not too distant future now that it's readily available.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
After my Gnex, I can safely say I will never, EVER, EVER sign myself to a contract again. Horrible things, they are. I'd rather save up for a phone and then start a subscription without binding. (Free to cancel at any time, etc.) because our carriers usually have very affordable subscriptions where you usually get like 5000 minutes of calls, 3000-5000 free texts and like 1-2GB of data a month.
[Galaxy S III General] setspeed:
I really, really want a Nexus. I'm just sick of being a beta-tester and waiting months to flash ROMs that have broken features, because the manufacturer (Samsung, HTC, whoever) can't pull their finger out and release the latest version of Android in a timely manner.

I have nothing but the utmost respect for all the devs who break their asses to create ROMs for my consumption, for free - especially when they have sweet FA to work with a lot of the time.

I think my GS3 is a decent phone, but it's already outdated in terms of hardware (I have the i9300 with 1GB - that was questionable at release a few months ago) so in light of that, and the fact that my battery life has gone to hell on JB (every single ROM I've tried), I have no real loyalty to this handset and no real reason to keep it around.

Now I've got that out of my system - like a lot of others, I am questioning whether buying an LG handset is a good idea. I also don't much like the look of it, it's too fat for my liking and the battery isn't amazingly big. I wish other manufacturers who are making Nexus handsets would just leak something, ANYTHING, and I would probably wait to see what Samsung, Motorola or Sony had to offer rather than buy this. No matter what happens, I need to get rid of my S3 before an S4 is announced and my phone becomes next to worthless.
[Galaxy S III General] Jabbypants:
Depends how good the camera is for me, the Galaxy Nexus was poor in this department.
[Galaxy S III General] ASavva:
Will be selling my S3 for it as soon as it's announced officially. Nothing beats first in line updates and pure android that doesn't have to be stripped down.

I've never had a LG Mobile Phone, but I'm always happy to be a test dummy with mobiles.
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Touchwiz has some nice features, that's for sure, but like I previously said: it's not enough. I won't stay with my sgs3 just because of smart stay and such. I really like CM10, and it looks like this type of roms are gonna have a hard time to become better because of the lack of documentation.

I prefer installing tweaks and all that stuff. Besides, the galaxy nexus right now is faster and smoother with JB than our SGS3. I'm gonna wait till next month to see the next update for our phones and see what the nexus offers.

Touchwiz features are not essential. To me it's more important those points I made before. Besides, on Touchwiz there's no spell checker!

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