yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I can confirm what has been written above. I sold my international S2 i9100, which I really loved!

Exynos with Mali 400 outperforms TI-OMAP 4460 with its PowerVR SGX540 I guess in every single test. (for example in case of Nenamark2 the difference is 48-52:28-32!) S2 has gorilla glass and better camera (8 mpix + 2 mpix), sd-slot, even hard home button can be considered as an advantage.

On the other hand. Nexus has much better screen, NFC, and great support! It depend what your priorities are but...If you're into aosp/cm world Nexus is far better solution.

Official updates. Even though I think samsung is the fastest update-provider among all manufacturers still S2 got recently...its second 4.0.4 update while GNex has 4.1.2! Samsung confirmed S2 to be scheduled to JB-update in november, but I highly doubt it'll be given more than this. In case of Nexus....I'm certain it'll be supported at least 12 more months.

Moreover...exynos is closed hardware, (while omap is dev's beloved device) which makes it extremely hard for devs to get fully functioning aosp rom. You can see the difference if you compare CM10 on both handsets.

- S2 - no jb-hwcomposer and thus no v-sync, no butter - jittery and yes laggy, problems with audio.

- GNex - almost perfectly smooth! I know that lot of people here complain over smoothness but seriously there's nothing to complain. IT's one of the smoothest android experience today even if you compare it to hardware monsters like international variant of S3.

Smoothness of stock roms cannot be even discussed here. Nexus wins fair and square. So...who cares what benchmarks say? The device is as good as the software running on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jasonhunterx:
I wish this had gorilla glass while reinforced also its not as strong it scratches easily compared to my S1 it has small nicks on it and has been though worst then my nexus an nexus has a good 5 big scratches and also cracked display
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dumbdroid:
I had both for a while, i really think the gnex outperforms the gs2 in every single way, sure gs2 have a better camera and it was pretty fast with gingerbread but it failed to delivery the same experience with ICS...and it took sooo much time to samsung release ics and with crappy touchwizz wich was the same skin as in gingerbread.

The gs2 has very low resolution and ppi screen so the gpu as an easy time. The iphonish home button really sucked balls. Basically gs2 is already outdated and doesnt deliver the same user experience as the gnex. IMHO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrisyng:
I still have my i9100, purchased it before the nexus. there are things I prefer on it over the nexus, but not deal breakers.

The s2 has much better standard screen colors than the nexus, I had to tweak using a kernel that support color tweaking to get the same colors that pleased me on the s2.. However, after spending time on the higher resolution nexus screen, the s2 looks real bad.. But prior to purchasing the nexus I thought the s2 screen resolution was fine, but I did not have anything to compare it to.

Call quality I find to be much better on the nexus, much clearer voices.

Cameras.. I don't use them much so I don't have an opinion on it. as long as the phone takes pictures, I'm happy.

Wifi is much better on the s2.. I have fought with constant disconnects on the nexus hardware, while the s2 always had rock steady Wifi.

Speed... This depends on what you use the phone for. I do not play alot of games. I do not doubt the s2 has faster hardware to run games better, however I find the nexus offers a much more fluid experience when doing everything else. Simple things as such as dialing a phone number, typing, scrolling, and the nexus much more responsive and fluid. there are no annoying pauses or lags. the s2 no matter what rom I was using always had some sort of lag.

Ever thing just works on the nexus, while alot of things on the s2 were compromises. you get one feature but another was broken, especially when using custom roms.

I'm going to hang onto my s2 until the official jb release and see if jb can make it run as well as the nexus... If not, I'll be selling it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
That's right and Touchwizz is extremely ugly but ...ICS on Galaxy Nexus was laggy as hell to be honest, sometimes even worse than in case of S2. For example if you applied live wallpapers. I have never noticed any single scroll-lag on S2 (stock ICS rom), on GNex it was unfortunately pretty common.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morganblackstone:
Just switched from an i777 to the gal nex and I would never go back...the screen alone is enough...not to mention instant shutter speed on the camera, first to update, I've had much better battery life...plus when you go to a custom ROM, compared to the s2, everything just WORKS...and for $350 you won't regret it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crazyguns:
s2 was my first android, gave it to my dad and now using gnex.

fundamentally the gnex has a higher screen resolution, but no hardware keys on the front so nav buttons are a must on it.. s2 has buttons, and side by side, the displays are actually a bit identical. the gnex looks somewhat better because of the higher ppi, but pentile is visible on text when you see it very closely..

performance wise, both have almost the same cpu specs, but gnex is slightly slower. its because of the higher resolution. and i can tell you this without any benchmark numbers. i tried fpse on both, there's a slight lag on the gnex. the sgs2 runs it smoothly..

jellybean on gnex is stable (of course) and awesome. on the s2, not so much...

all games/apps work on both, with slight differences in things like emulation as i said above..

battery life on both is more or less the same, both are battery hogs. but after using them both for well over two months each, i can say that gnex sucks from 100 to 0 slightly faster.. an extended battery wouldn't be such a bad idea, i personally bought myself an anker 5600mah portable charger, and it does the job for me battery life wise. easily get through the day with super heavy use (navigation,browsing hsdpa, etc)

if you're gonna buy one of these TODAY, it makes no sense to get a s2. nexus is cheaper, and you are guaranteed Key lime pie immediately, and even possible L-- version.. yes the camera is a bit bad compared to the s2, but it's a small trade off for the price difference and software update frequency.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dumbdroid:
I've heard about it but never experienced it myself because I've rooted and installed a custom rom+kernel in the second day i had it. I think that was with android 4.0.2 witch i never run on my phone. The only "stock" firmware i had was the jelly bean leak and it was great.

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yeah but my xperia play beats both and have crappy hardware...why?

Same goes for some gameloft games like gangster in Rio or something like that runs beautifully on my xperia play and it is unplayable on the gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qbanlinxx:
I just recently got a gnex and gave my wife my gs2. I would never even think of going back. Might not ever own another non nexus phone. definitely the better phone imo.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
That's exactly what I think :) I sold my S2, bought nexus....and today I bought my father a brand new S2 as a birthday gift. While i was configuring everything....I was like "Oh my how sluggish it is compared to Nexus". No more non-nexus androids!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hp13:
can't ever go back to touchwiz... I used sgs2 i9100...love nexus software

Sent from Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cmoore0965:
Can't beat the nexus experience. I still have my i777, rooted weeks after I got it, and have loved tinkering, and tweaking the hell out of it ever since. Both phones are more than capable of remaining relevant for some time, but as I said, it's the Google flagship experience that really seals it. I love my s2, aokp with siyah is amazing, but I've had my nexus for just shy of 2 months now, and I honestly haven't found a reason to root it, official jb is just that good for me. Google wallet is about the only thing I've found that one phone has over the other, though Nfc is fully functional on the s2, aside from the secure hardware element needed for wallet. Not sure what the going rate is on the s2 anymore, but at best its just as good a deal as the gsm nexus right now. Long story short(kind of rambling, I apologize) love both phones, wouldn't ever discourage anyone from the s2, but of this comparison, I'd advise the gnex to anyone.

Pink pony Gs2 i777

Pure Google Gnex i9250

Pink stallion Gs3 i747

Stock tweaked Asus tf201
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LuffyPSP:
S2 is fast, like other people said, it out performs Gnexus a lot imo. Even on TW GB/ICS or AOSP, its still faster. Exynos are really good. But then, you wont get a proper OTA if you want JB or latest update in the future. I love the brick look of SGS2 though. when the screen is off, it looks so sexy. but gnex are sexy in both screen on and off. :p

For me, having the latest software in any hardware are important for me.So I am sticking with Gnex. I gave my S2 to my mum, and bought myself a One X. But then I still use Gnexus most of the time for pretty much everything. Cuz it has official Jellybean and all custom roms are stable enough since it is already an AOSP to begin with. One X still have some trouble with ICS/JB AOSP, so only choice to stick with Sense ICS for stability.

my friend always ask me if its worth to get a Gnex since it is 1 year old already. My answer for them are simple, if you care about updates every time they are announced, Gnex is the answer. and also, if you intent to use it to the fullest(3/4 years duration), its Gnex. Otherwise, buy anything you like. I always change phones, but Nexus is the one i wont replace until a next nexus(if they tempt me enough).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiepgia:
I got 2 phone. but i prefer GNX than GS2. GS2 outperform GNX but overall GNX better than GS2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garu12:
Depends which s2 as well. I had the s2 skyrocket with the s3 processor and its a laggy pos next to the nexus. Lte was awesome and the camera pwns the gnex but that's it. I've had every nexus and every time I've strayed to get another phone I end up having nexus envy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ncvikingx97:
So the nexus is really that much better than the s2 skyrocket
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commander-keen:
Hello,

I recently flashed the CM7.2 from Marcellusbe http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101218 and also flashed the Gapps from his link http://goo-inside.me/gapps

But it seems like there is no Gmail App included? I cannot see it after flashing the GApps in CWM, but GMaps is there.

Does anyone know how to get the Gmail App in this CM7.2 on the Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4r5h:
^Err.. You can download the GMail app from the Play Store. :rolleyes:

EDIT: By the way, accidentally thanked your post. Enjoy your first thanks. ;)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgDivin:
Download the gapps from play store :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb.traveller:
Hi all,

First I have posted this over in the Toolkit section and I now know it was the wrong place to post. Sorry with the double post but in my panic I just posted without thinking. If mods could delete the other post if required. Sorry.

I need help. I tried the Polish JB and it didn't have 3g so i tried putting the EFS partition back and it got stuck with the blue LED glowing and the Samsung banner glowing, no audio boot sound. I used Odin because to put the XXBLG8 as i can get into down load on the phone,It finished with the green Pass. Is there something I can do to, I have the EFS zip and img file in the backup toolkit folder.

Thanks.

Odin can see the phone and I can get into download mode, it's just that the toolkit is waiting for USB debugging and waits.I have tried using odin to load EFS zip but it crashes odin.

Thanks and sorry again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayc1980:
First things first, have you tried a factory reset from the recovery?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb.traveller:
Hi thanks for replying. When i go into recovery i get android bot for a few seconds and it then tries to boot as above.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb.traveller:
Great i managed to get into recovery. Iam now in thanks. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] horr1blek1tten:
I don't know if this is normal but I noticed this in the widget drawer it shows the date and on my home screen it shows just the day and time is that normal? Or is that a sign for a factory reset?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doat:
I was helping a friend fix their mytouch 4g because it was stuck on the first boot screen that says "Mytouch 4g" I tried flashing a stock rom through bootloader and after that it reached the mytouch logo screen and kept looping there then I tried a factory reset then the phone bricked itself. Now I cannot turn it on but when I connect it to my computer it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager. I have been trying to find the RUU exe to fix it but I cannot find it anywhere. What else can I do unless someone has the ruu?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
No RUU will help you.

Google the name of the device you're getting, and you'll see the complexity of what needs to be done. This procedure was only finalized for Sensation. If you think you have enough technical knowledge to attempt it - good luck.

Otherwise - you have a true brick that you can't recover without JTAG.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doat:
So I have to use unbuntu and following this guide should fix it?

http://unlimited.io/qhsusbdload.htm

I do remember seeing guides that use unbuntu to fix this problem when I searched the name of the device as it is now. I will try that and hopefully it will fix it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Yes, you should - but not blindly following. Remember that the guide deals with Sensation, so you have to adapt it for MT4G along the way, if possible at all.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doat:
well this will be interesting, hopefully I can find a similar guide but for the MT4G but how would I adapt to the MT4G with that guide?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
You won't find a similar guide for MT4G, because nobody ever made one.

If you don't know what to adapt (if it's possible at all - I didn't check) - then look into JTAG repairs.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doat:
I just contacted a member of the brick movement that made the ubuntu guides for a few HTC phones and the mytouch 4g slide and he said that method won't work for this mytouch 4g. It seems to be a bad eMMC chip from what I have gathered because originally it was stuck on the white Mytouch4g screen and after a factory reset it just bricked which doesn't make sense why it would do that.
[LG Optimus Black] SlashSpeed:
I'm having a little problem here. Is there a button combination to enter the recovery? I'm stuck in a bootloop, so I want to get into recovery to reinstall the rom. Problem is, I don't know how.

Thanks in advance for your help.
[LG Optimus Black] nxss4:
Have you tried power button + volume down ?

Send from my lovely Sensation XL, from a little town in france with a very very slow internet connection. ;)
[LG Optimus Black] SlashSpeed:
I tried, but it doesn't work. Boots into the bootanimation and the looping starts.
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
What rom are you on?

$3nt fr0m my P4r4n0id Ph0n3

If you have something to say to me take it in pm.....
[LG Optimus Black] SlashSpeed:
The latest ShenDu. Problem is, I forgot to wipe data and cache before flashing (I'm a dumbass I know, I was talking to someone and got distracted.... :/ )
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
I think this will only work on the 3.0 kernel.

Try to press vol- and power on charging screen.

It has happend to me to :p

$3nt fr0m my P4r4n0id Ph0n3

If you have something to say to me take it in pm.....
[LG Optimus Black] SlashSpeed:
Oh wow, that actually worked! Thank you very much! :victory:

My thanks to insevanhouts as well.
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
Ur welcome ;)

$3nt fr0m my P4r4n0id Ph0n3

If you have something to say to me take it in pm.....
[LG Optimus Black] nxss4:
No thanks :)

Send from my lovely Sensation XL, from a little town in france with a very very slow internet connection. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RicardoSul:
Lately after I turn on my phone appears a message that process com.android.phone has stopped. The problem occurred in version 4.1.1, I did a factory reset to version 4.1.2 and the problem persists. Anyone knows a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Try clearing data for the phone app. I had similar problem with contracts storage app

Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RicardoSul:
Doesn't work =/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noradoor:
I had the same problem after flashing 4.1.2 rom.

Then I went back to 4.1.1 and this problem disappeared.

Though I'm on 4.1.2 again without the error message.The ways from this thread may help you.

1) run "Fix Permissions" via Rom manager or CWM

2) remove stk.apk from system/app
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skunk 01:
I've a trouble when i try to download something from browser, stock or other.

It's a permission issue, bit i'm try to change it with es file explorer bit i'm unable to.

What i can do?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] theprogram1:
I know there are some mods for the SII that take advantage of the sense feeling well is there a way to get that for the blaze?? It would be very cool......
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
Most s2 mods will work on the blaze. Wanna be the first to test?

Sent from my CM10 powered Galaxy S Blaze 4G
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] theprogram1:
Like which ones? I don't want to hard brick it...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
It's very difficult to hard brick this phone. As long as you don't flash anything that messes with the bootloader you should be fine

Sent from my CM10 powered Galaxy S Blaze 4G
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] tthaz777:
Flashing CM10 on your phone and install Sense 4.0 theme here.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] theprogram1:
Ok i will try...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-DoG7p7:
Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to ask this

In my line of work i need to reply to urgent emails very quickly and every now and then i get those emails while i'm sleeping.

Is there a way to have the alarm on my phone go off when i get an email from a specific email address?

I'm not talking about a simple notification but a full blown alarm that can wake you up from deep sleep.

So if anyone knows a way to make that work as is or any apps that might help me.. i would really appreciate it

Some basic info. I use gmail and i have a Galaxy S3

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccatalin:
Please. Can you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osyx:
No. They can theme it like sense and do so to around 80% maybe, if you are Okey with that just search for sense Roms for SGS2 if you're not satisfied with that sorry you will have to wait very long.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Do it yourself or buy an HTC. People have more productive things to than port a ROM for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
I'll do it for a grand. Up front. Cash.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teusxvc:
Do you think it's possible to port the smart rotation feature and the gallery apk of the Note 2 on our Note 10.1?

I've reading that for the SGS3 they're ported with success..

Inviato dal mio GT-N8000 usando XDA Premium HD app
[HTC One S] infernoflo:
I noticed that the stock ROM contains the ability to take HDR images but I haven't found a stock ROM that has that same feature. Does anyone know if such an app exists? Thanks
[HTC One S] usaff22:
All of the Sense ROMs have the same function...
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
Hdr camera app
[HTC One S] Andy2502:
Original Camera App.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vs6luq7npe9ounk/Camera.apk
[HTC One S] jaywhy13:
So lemme get this clear coz I was wondering about this. If I get a non-sense ROM I can get back the camera nicely installed and potentially any other Sense apps I like?
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
no
[HTC One S] usaff22:
No. Sense ROMs are Sense ROMs. Like the name says. If you get a non-sense ROM, like AOKP or CM, you don't get any Sense apps.

Sent from my locked, tampered ville
[HTC One S] mmceorange:
To clarify the above.. The Sense apps don't work without all the behind-the-scenes stuff Sense roms have, including Rosie.

The Sense-based MIUI is a pretty good compromise, in my opinion. Been using it for a bit.. much more stable than the AOSP MIUI
[HTC One S] jagarda:
Does it in anyway reduce the quality of the camera to not use a sense-app or will hdr app provide similar quality?
[HTC One S] mmceorange:
Forgot to mention that the Sense-based MIUI uses the Sense camera with all functions working.

As for other apps.. I've tried four or five different HDR apps and have had the best results with Pro HDR out of the ones I've tried. The Sense app is a close second.. partly because it allows widescreen HDR pics.

And as for quality..I myself haven't noticed much difference in quality with other apps, since it's basically still using the same hardware... I use Camera360 a lot and am not disappointed. I think the advantage of the Sense app is the high burst rate you can get out of it. And the panorama mode is better than almost every other pano app I've tried.. except one (but only because that one app allows 360 degree panoramic)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordream:
play .aif / .flac on GT-N7000

what app :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Repcak3:
Files

.aif files are really big. You can also convert these sort files to. Mp3 by converting them.

For .flac u can use

Winamp PRO

its on the google play market :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordream:
i don't care my SDCard 64GB hahahaaa

file .aif not program support?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Check out powermp its expensive but we'll worth it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capitansid:
+1 to that.. I've been using PowerAmp and all I can say is that Its fully serves the purpose!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateopase:
Like the title says. I'm trying to mirror my MacBook to my TV, but I don't have an Apple TV. I've heard of HiFi Speaker, but that's just for music... Any help would be appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Could you not just get a HDMI cable? Or do you need it over the network
[HTC One S] gpw11:
I remember the HTC Sense web portal used to have an awesome phone locator for my old Desire Z. You could locate your phone on a map, make it ring, lock it, or wipe it. Sadly, I don't believe HTC offers this service anymore, but does anyone have any suggestions on a good service to use for our One S'?
[HTC One S] usaff22:
androidlost is quite good... terrible UI but amazing functionality
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tomixdev:
Hey,

I've made the Centered lock clock for DoomNEXUS too :good:

Installation:

- Dowload and flash attached ZIP with cwm-recovery

Screenshot:
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] failly:
You are on fire lately! Thanks!
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] t0kgrumps:
Oh god thanks so much. If only I can press the thanks button over 100x
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] jaln1987:
Thank you for your contribution

But can you do a lock not shaken

Excuse my English
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tomixdev:
sorry but i don't understand what you mean.

PS: more mods are coming soon, i have to study the jelly bean framework, it's different than ics. :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] t0kgrumps:
He means that he would want to remove the vibration from the lock screen just like the vibrationn free mod for cm9