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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
I personally rooted because I got tired of the stock look.. It's only so much a wallpaper and launcher can do for me

Get rid of that horrible sprint bloat ware

Back up my apps and data

I wouldn't say I rooted to get better battery life, that was a plus

I didn't root my phone for about 5 months because I was happy with the stock performance and battery.. Just got tired of how my phone looked

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
It is funny how the reasons differ by phone. For the LG Optimus, it was pretty much the only way to make the phone usable. For the E4GT, it's more for cosmetic reasons.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
The first ICS OTA update brought me to the dark side initially, but now that I know how to make it work right, I can relate to the cosmetics.

to the OP, after reading my post, I may have come off a little harsh, not meant to. Once you know the process to root and load custom ROMS, you can worry a lot less on bricking. Let us know if you need any help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
I will say though, and maybe I need a support group for it, but there are many times where I wish I would just calm down and quit flashing ROM's all the time. I sometimes wonder if I would enjoy the things my phone can do if I wasn't so busy changing it up all the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheBlackHombre:
I rooted so I had the ability to back up my phone (both nandroid and titanium backup), so i could get 30% faster Internet by removing sprints proxy, and so I could tether. I didn't really care about roms but I fell in love with the blu kuban ROM since I rooted and am happy that I got ICS before everybody else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rujelus22:
Wow, I don't think I have ever had a phone longer than a day that was not rooted. It the very first thing I do to a phone. There is just to much that I can not do if I am not rooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Great responses in this thread so far. First off being rooted with a custom kernel opens the door to multiple options but you already know this. The way I figure you are here already and will root this phone very soon. Right now for example I'm running a jellybean AOSP rom and I think more stable than the official ICS release for this phone and much more customizable.

From a performance standpoint you can select between various governors based on better performance or battery life. There is also over/under volting/clocking. There are also packaged tweaks like kobridge and placebo that take it one step further.

From a customization standpoint you have various flashable zips or in rom settings. Inverted apps, lock screens, themes, or just additional options. I can control my led and when it goes off and for how long, roaming, hotspot, backups etc...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logix:
theres no reason to really do that rooting is allways a plus why would you not wanna use your device to its capability? isent this supposed to be in questions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiffTirkle:
I root because I want to have access to every part of my device and do anything I want to, to it. It also makes backing up much much easier.

" all human wisdom is contained in these two words,—‘Wait and hope.’”
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
You don't even need root to switch modem kernels. :beer::D

Want different look? Nova or Apex

Remove bloat? Sprint let you uninstall it. The rest you can disable it. It's hardly 20Megs

Better battery? Get a new battery and play with settings.

Only legit reason to root for me is tethering (or test CM10) and that will change again when FoxFi get the update.

:beer::D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mewikime:
Absolutely. Thanks everyone, you've given me a lot of things to weigh up and think about. :D

Exactly. My sister in law also had an OV, stock. She is able to run around 4-6 apps and was insanely jealous when I showed her I was running a custom rom and had around 30 apps installed, much better battery life, a faster running phone and black status bar. I sold it to for $30. :cool: Given that the E4GT does all this out of the box, rooting for those reasons wouldn't have any effect on how I used it, hence me asking the question in the OP.

Thanks. Just making sure, that's this one?

You're probably right in saying that it will be very soon. I don't like to just jump into things, and I suppose I was looking for answers to give me the push :)

No problem, and thanks.. Unfortunately, the more I read, the more questions I have!

As I've said, I was wondering what exactly is the phone's full capacity. And yes, you might be right; I probably should have posted in the Q&A forum! I'm sure a moderator can move it if they feel it's necessary.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] waiters:
I hope to make this a master list for accessory deals. Deals will be anything that seems like a great buy for the price. If you guys enjoy this thread - go ahead and reply with your deals and i'll update this OP.

here goes nothing, hope you enjoy!

Cases:

added 10/30

: Acase Samsung Galaxy S III 50% off use coupon GALAPCS3

25% off everything at dbacases.com use coupon code trickortreat

note: follow this thread for reviews/chat about their screen protectors and some cases

earlier deals:

Otterbox Commuter Case for Samsung Galaxy S3 for $23 + free shipping

Boxwave Galaxy S3 Case sale on amazon

apply coupon LOVESGS3 at checkout to save up to $10

TPU Hybrid Gel (PC)Case Cover with Kickstand for Samsung $3.19 from newegg + free shipping

Social Case for Samsung Galaxy SIII for $0.01 + shipping ($3.98 total) - note: see this thread for reviews/chat about it

Misc Accessories

added 10/30

: Skinomi 25% off anything, use coupon galaxys3forum at checkout

earlier deals:

75% or 80% at xtremeguard.com

use coupon 75off2 or 80off3 to save 75% off 2 items or 80% off 3 items (or more)

2 in 1 Aluminum Alloy Stylus Pen for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 and other phones + free shipping

2XL Groove In Ear Active Earbuds by Skullcandy from their official ebay store $6.99 + free shipping

Sennheiser CX200 Twist-To-Fit Earbuds $19.95

Mivizu Universal Windshield/Dashboard Car $12.95 + shipping note: this is a generic product that works with the sgs3 and is not made for our phone specifically

generic screen protector 0.99 + free shipping

generic screen protector for galaxy s3 0.01 + shipping

this thread is far from done, just wanted to save it before i went out for dinner.. will be back and have a lot more to add before its to the point i want it..
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mesh626:
Awesome post I bought me some earbuds from skullcandy. I was literally about to go buy some tomorrow at wal mart. They have so many cases for cheap in the links you posted too bad I have an extended battery and they don't fit :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] owlchemist:
Thanks. Picked up a ballistic knockoff boxwave case for 5 shipped. Ended up only costing 2 something cause I had discover credit? So if it's crappy its not a big loss.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sly-tendencies:
Just got two screen protectors and a case from xtremeguard for $5!! Thank you!

Stock ICS on my S3 :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ghettoc401:
Thanks for the deals OP! I picked up the TPU case w/ kickstand, social case, and skullcandy earbuds. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Super2cool:
Now...

Noozy Music Player is a great player that looks very much like the Zune Music Player. It has pretty much the same functions as the zune player but it allows you to listen to thousands of internet stations as well. It also comes with its own sound processor that is supposed to be better than anything available on Android... developer claims it will produce HIGHER QUALITY AUDIO.

Anyways, the app was pulled from the Google Play store but you can still download it here:

Noozy music player apk
[Android Apps and Games] desalesouche:
it seems that i can't install Noozxoide_EIZO-rewire_PRO.apk...
[Android Apps and Games] gjoy77:
Its for ics rom...
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Check this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748803

The dogsbark dev is active in there and allowing the dev of Nexus Louder to use Noozxoide_EIZO-rewire_PRO in his mod, and the links are in the first post I believe.

And I have both running on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 with no issues.
[Android Apps and Games] DigitalUnderground:
Noozy works on sgs3.. on wicked rom... it fc'd and caused a random reboot... but when rebooted... it works fine. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Super2cool:
so both of these require ics?
[Android Apps and Games] Scruff_McGruff_:
AWESOME App!!!

I was able to download with no problem. I completely fell in love with the app the moment I installed it. There is a difference in sound quality. The only issue I have with the app is how it shuffles music in it's playlists. I may hear the same 2 or 3 songs twice in a 10 song window. Things will get better with time.
[Android Apps and Games] gjoy77:
Only for noozxoide rewire pro...noozy player can use with both gb n ics...
[Android Apps and Games] withbloodskies:
Ehh.. its easy to say why it got booted off Google play. Its got no new features of Zplayer.
[Android Apps and Games] Super2cool:
Thanks mate :)

LOL.. dude..

What features does this NOT have that Zplayer has?
[Android Apps and Games] withbloodskies:
Well (lib/audio) wise nothing. But zplayer is actually getting updated again.

Last one was the 26th I believe.. anyway nooz needs to fix the bugs. Its stopped on me at least 15 times and never shows album art.

Plenty of features, the base they used to make nooz is old.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
The Noozy dev is active in the Nexus Louder thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748803

There will be a new Noozy Player in December, he has stated.
[Android Apps and Games] saiz136:
Great! Will try this, feedback later. Thanks. :thumbup:

Sent from my LG Prada 3.0
[Android Apps and Games] babydo:
I hate to bump a thread, but has there been any explanation for why the permissions require "Your location"? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] withbloodskies:
Think you can share what your listening to. If not I wouldn't worry, its not like you would live right next to the dev lol.
[Android Apps and Games] Dhiraj:
I installed it on HTC wildfire s and Galaxy note . I found lots of sound improvement in case of wfs , but little bit difference for note .
[Android Apps and Games] Jimboi2008:
For some reason it stops sometime wierd.
[Android Apps and Games] selectah:
Ist it possible to play music downloaded from play music app with zoony?
[Android Apps and Games] mattkilla420:
anyone know if a updated noozy came out in december like said earlier in this thread?
[Android Apps and Games] smokerman:
this is a very nice player..just miss the option to edit id tags..anyway..it worked fine in my JB rom.with other version of the equalizer of course.:D

thanks.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] Chad_Petree:
I would like to know too, mybe this project was abandoned?
[Android Apps and Games] alin.p:
As far as I know it was abandoned because it had too much similarity with ZPlayer. But you could try ZPlayer, it's like Noozy minus the bugs.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Noozy is being totally redone, check this post in the X-Louder thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38151334&postcount=3798
[Android Apps and Games] jakmeister:
Anyone has problem adding songs to playlist? I tried to add song to the playlist by long press the song title, then "Add to Playlist". But nothing is saved to the list afterward. :(

Tried on SG3 running Android Revolution and HTC Desire running CM10 Jelly Bean 4.1.2

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] sonrics1993:
How to select folders
[Android Apps and Games] cal90:
It seems on cm10 noozy force closes and noozoxide gives no improvements to my sound quality.
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Crashes like a crack addict on my Note (4.2.2)
[Android Apps and Games] dddiego:
After a rom, it seems that it's not downloading artists pictures anymore... someone know how to solve this?
[Android Apps and Games] amerkiller1995:
NOOZY IS BACK

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dogsbark.noozy
[Android Apps and Games] kronos77:
can you upload the apk, it seem google play blocked to my devices..

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] siltsunrise:
any other sounds crashing noozy

I loove noozy, but every time a system or app makes any type of sound (notifier, startup sound, etc), it hard-freezes noozy. Clearing cache and data do nothing, I have to reboot. In fact, I lose all sounds on my nexus 7.

Oddly, sometimes my "usb rom on cyanogen" seems to feel a disturbance in the force at these times, and does its own sort of half-reboot (splash screen comes on) which fixes things.

So dunno if this is pure noozy or a bug in my rom/kernel...noob here.

Anyone else having this issue? Any notion what is up?

;)
[Android Apps and Games] hykhleif:
can i ask if it is recommended to use noozexoide pro with noozy player

also any idea if i can play high res files without dpwn sampling on lg v20
[Android Apps and Games] Travis Thomas:
my girl is a drummer. I will let her try.
[XPERIA X10 General] theMoiz94:
Is it stable ? Im on stock rooted2.3.3 Rom n am kind of fed up with how slow it is . Please tell me what all is stable n what isnt . Thanx
[XPERIA X10 General] mrd7rs:
all ics rom are stable. try fxp142.

Sent from my Xperia X10
[XPERIA X10 General] theMoiz94:
Tell me more .
[XPERIA X10 General] anguslaw:
you want to know more? just go to feralabs post, stick to thete daily.

feravolt's roms are perfect. and he release updates often.
[XPERIA X10 General] o.mehdi:
report

yes.... but feralab rom >>> fast &....... its very very beter !!! :D
[XPERIA X10 General] Hzu:
LESS asking, MORE READING.

Please. It's not that hard to read through the few recent pages of the threads (devel or general), yes?

But I'll just tell you, that CM9.1 is pretty stable for daily use. WLOD might be occurring, but rarely (to me at least). Other functions are working great, except for video recording/encoding/decoding.

And to be frank, I don't like Fera's ROMs. I have my own reasons. I'm not gonna trigger a flame war, so let's just stop there.
[XPERIA X10 General] theMoiz94:
Dude is the fps uncapped for ics roms? I hav 2.3.3 uncpped at 53-54fps. I heard that x10 ics roms are still capped at 30fps.
[XPERIA X10 General] Hzu:
Yes, all is only at 30 FPS for now. But it's not a big deal. The scrolling still looks smooth, just the animations aren't really that smooth (but big improvement when the animations speed are halved).
[XPERIA X10 General] Win_Wizard:
Go for FeraLab

Out of the ics roms i have tried the Feralab Ics roms were the fastest and most stable. They are also very light roms and the camera is almost fixed jst needs video recording to be perfect. Also fera has been working very hard on improving this.
[XPERIA X10 General] THeLogiC:
Fera ICS has been uncapped to 38-40 fps :)
[XPERIA X10 General] riginal:
buddy, stop the laziness & go read the rom's threads or better flash an ICS rom & see for yourself or even better flash an ICS rom & test it & report bugs and participate in development

but speaking of stability all of them are stable for daily use but I prefer FXP's CM9, but the question is are they fast & smooth enough for daily use? After using a super fast GB rom like CM7ZMOD I'm having a hard time adapting to X10's ICS roms, not sure if it's because of X10's lack of enough ram or fps uncap but I think I'll be back to CM7ZMOD in a while

Also check out for Achotjan's Semc Debrand Engine CM9, I know it'll be great
[XPERIA X10 General] theMoiz94:
Yea dude I really should check out. Thing is I don't hav regular laptop access and use frm mob. Also there r soo many roms that kinda confuse and.so.many kernels. So wished to hear from people what the prefer ... I.currently am.planning to unlock my bootloader and then flash cm9.1 . I dunno abt fera kernel and all ...thanx anyways.
[XPERIA X10 General] a.monteiro:
I support this, ICS is stable for daily use but not as responsive as the best GB roms so far.

what's holding back our device is that ancient 2.6.29 kernel, ICS relies on hardware acceleration for a lot of things and we simply can't have it working at it's fullest unless someone manages to get a newer version. I know fera is trying with the .32 one, fingers crossed.
[XPERIA X10 General] brenty108:
DonutHD is the best 2.3 rom and is super fast, and fxpcm9142 is stable and I'm not sure of the rest because I'm have not tried them yet.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] babyschmoof:
Mad props to the lazy panda guys. My phone bricked during the process. Followed their video, downloaded Linux to my 16gb stick and unbricked it. Ran lazy pandy again and success.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] d4ngerz:
Same exact thing happened to me. Their unbricker did its magic and I was good to go again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tybo31316:
Same thing happened to me back in June.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TW1L1GHT_K1N6:
This is no good....I'm far too frightened to get S-off with so many people bricking their phones.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cloaker:
Then don't do it. Lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] d4ngerz:
It was bricked, but the unbricker successfully brought mine back to life. It's worth the risk.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iKidRobot:
Hi guys,

I bought an HTC One X a while back on Craigslist and was using it for about a month. After purchasing the phone I even went to the AT&T store where I got it activated and running on my account. After using the phone on 2.20 stock (not being able to root) I decided to sell the phone and get a Samsung GSIII. However, a little after I sold the phone, the person who bought it told me that they went to the AT&T store to get a new sim but the phone was reported stolen which I was completely unaware about. I met back with the person and refunded their money. Just to test out of the phone I put my sim card into the phone and it worked just fine. I then went home and put in my mom's sim card (from an iPhone 4) just to test out the call/text features to see if only my sim would work on it (i don't really know why i did this). I switched my mom's sim back into her iphone 4 and for some reason AT&T reports the iphone 4 stolen and blocks it. I called AT&T and they unblocked the iphone for me but couldn't get them to do the same for the One X since it was reported stolen from a different account.

To sum it up, I have a stolen HTC One X and I don't know what to do with it. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions! Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
Are you seriously asking what to do with stolen property ?? i don't think this is the right place ?!!!

take it up with ATT since they activated it for you, the IMEI has not changed...

MODS PLEASE, can we close this ???
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] CheesyNutz:
lol why you asking here ? really and if its a one x WHY are you in these forums .. this is for the one XL the one x is the International version if im not mistaken
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iKidRobot:
if this violates any rules, I will agree to close this thread. I was just looking for some advice since I got screwed over. sorry if i broke any rules i did not mean to!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] CheesyNutz:
did you read the rules ? im guessing no :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
I give u $30 and a bologna sandwich, you mail it to me. Everybody's happy and the world will rejoice. For cereal...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
no no i'm sure it doesn't break any rules, especially when the thread advertises stolen property. really ???

.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] HTC_Phone:
He didn't know it was stolen. He just wants advice guys..

Yea, it's probably not the best place. But asking for advice for a device 'claiming to be stolen' and saying they 'knowingly bought a stolen device' are completely different. Cut the man a break.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
I don't see anyone saying "that he knowingly bought a stolen device" but he does have knowledge now that the device has been stolen as reported by his carrier and is holding on to it (which in itself is illegal). Since the said carrier originally activated the phone i suggested he contacts them, they (ATT) certainly know who the legitimate owner is and may be able to work something out in the best interest of all parties.

I still don't see what such a thing is doing in q&a forum dedicated to phone development.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Naisaelee21:
You won't be able to use it on at&t but you can unlock it for T-Mobile
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
and there we go, exactly the point I was trying to make...now you're suggesting to "knowingly" make use of a stolen device....

"Bad boy, bad boy wat you gonna do, wat you gonna do when they come for you ?"
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
Ok folks, this thread is going nowhere fast. XDA does not get involved with shady deals, stolen property, or anything that even touches upon topics of this nature.

Thread Closed.

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cyanide0007:
Hi everyone :)

My xperia U, which is just a week old :P eating lot of RAM after updating to ICS :(

So i rooted it by Bin4ry method..

i want to know which all apps i can remove without causing any damage to my cell :)

if someone can please list all the removable apps :)

And am using ROOTEXPLORER for deleting apps :) also i want to know whether i have to delete .odex files also or not??

And finally UNROOT guide for xperia u :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] massiveian:
I am coming from a HTC Evo 4g. I loved that phone but it was time to upgrade. I got my note 2 on release day and I absolutly love this phone!!!! The camera is much better than the Evos. The only thing im starting to wonder about it can i deal with the size of this phone for the next 2 years. I currently have a body glove on it, which doesnt add much bulk to it, but somtimes i feel like im going to drop the phone when im using it with one hand. I just cant seem to get a good grip on the phone when using one hand and I have large hands.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shook187:
Dude please stop talking so dirty.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
How do you feel at burger king?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] samdsox:
I actually find it too big- I figure if I am paying 299 for a phone then i better not have any doubts about it and the size is giving me doubts. I am prety sure i am going to return it this week and either get the lg nexus 4 or wait for that exynos 5250 samsung device coming out soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shook187:
A Nexus 4? A 3g only phone made by LG? No thanks I'll pass.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
Its a phablet! didn't anyone know what they where getting their (tiny) hands on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] massiveian:
I understand it is supposed to be a big phone. But sometimes i get nervous i might drop it when trying to do something with it one handed. Specifically trying to drop down the notifiation menu. Seeing as how I already sold my old phone, ill be keeping this phone for at least 9 more days and ill see if I can live with it. If not ill most likely get the gs3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
Two hands for safety lay it on yer chest when fap'n
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Paiyne:
The Note 2 was built for Grown Man hands! Little guys need not apply!

#NuffSaid

Team Venum Like A BOSS!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] loveshinesthru:
Im a girl and I dont think its too big.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] A2CKilla:
Lol why are these people scared of the phone being too big, it's like buying a Lamborghini and saying, man, this goes too fast,lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] loveshinesthru:
plus you can set the keyboard and phone pad to the left or to the right to help with one handed use.