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[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
So I was at the Chiefs / Raiders game yesterday in Kansas City (lets all leave the "Why would you subject yourself to 'entertainment' of such a questionable nature?" jeers for another thread). My wife and I go to a lot of games here and we always show up several hours before kickoff and tailgate in the parking lot just outside the stadium. I've always had really good luck with the Sprint 4G WiMAX network here in town and near the stadium is no exception. I'm always zipping along with my Epic while others nearby are complaining of lack of bandwidth even with a full signal meter. I always get a good laugh.

Everyone I brought with me this weekend of course had their own smart devices. A Sprint iPhone 5, a Sprint EVO 4G LTE, a Sprint iPhone 4S, ... among others. No one (LTE folks included) was getting any bandwidth. So I became the afternoon hero when I kicked on my hotspot for a few minutes (Thanks, Necrosan!) and allowed folks to update their facebook pages with pictures of our tailgating extravaganza and check their fantasy lineups and such and so forth.

Funny. My Sprint account has been eligible for upgrade for a while now ... but I keep dreaming up reasons to hold onto this Epic. I think this weekend drug me back quite a few steps from jumping over that upgrade cliff. It's sure nice to play with CM9 and CM10 on this thing. But mostly I enjoy the stability of my Epic running mature FC09 and EL30 stuff. And when I can haul in the kind of bandwidth I did the other day when even the newest, flashiest devices fell flat on their faces, it makes me even more satisfied with my setup.

Thanks to all the developers who helped make this device what it is. And an extra special thanks to those still around who continue to improve upon it.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Well simply There probably weren't any LTE available in that area. i'm sure they had 3G they were just complaining it was slow most likely.
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
Oh there is most certainly LTE in the area. As evidenced by the icons on there phones. Just not built out enough yet to handle any kind of capacity.

As for 3G ... yes it was slow. Very slow due to congestion.
[Epic 4G General] anfrany:
I agree with you, OP. When I was in SF for Pride I couldn't get 3G for anything, too many people for the available network to handle. (Hundreds of thousands in downtown)

Wimax was flawless though. :)
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
Are you all still getting a solid connection? I live in Blue Springs and work in Grandview, I used to get very solid 4G connection at work and a little bit of one at home, but in the past two weeks or so I got nothin.....

Thought maybe it was my phone, but the local sprint shop ran some tests on it and its not, they said there were upgrades going on to a bunch of towers around KC so the service may up and down for a while.......
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
I live in Lenexa and work in Mission and haven't seen any problems. Was at Arrowhead this Sunday and didn't have a problem there either.

Bad luck?
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
I don't know......I'm about to give sprint an ear full though LOL

What are you running and the settings?

I still think I did something, but I have no idea what.
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
I used Odin to flash the stock FC09 tar -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1592994

I rooted according to qbking's instructions using a deodexed FC09 (MTD) stock ROM from kennyglass posted here -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1580931

Then flashed the latest Shadow Kernel from bbelos (no over clocks or undervolts) -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668491

I do have my own short list of mods that I've made to it since then, but nothing that would affect performance.
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
Thats really not much different from I've done.....but I start from your beginning and go from there, can't hurt. Thanks a lot for your trouble, I appreciate it.
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
No worries. Hope it helps.
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
So you don't use the Nexus S 4G modem, just the FC09 stock modem?

If not, I really think thats where I screwed mine up at, not sure how :confused: but anyway....
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
Yes, stock FC09 modem. It gets put in with the clean flash of the stock tar using Odin.

The only NS4G modem I know of supports CyanogenMod ROMs only.
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
Ohhhhh, I didn't realize that, I've been lovin CM10 for a while now
[Epic 4G General] xfilemanx:
Well I don't know what I may have done, but I've got another Epic here and it has a solid 4G connection and mine DOES NOT :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] illusionistpro:
Im in San francisco and the wimax here is very inconsistent. Im now on to a samsung gs3 and lte is great :)
[Epic 4G General] DurhamHusker:
I wonder if updating PRL and Profile might have any effect?
[Nexus 4 General] eyan2011:
Seriously after watching this video .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-4uMQqerA&feature=youtube_gdata_player. I don't remember anyone who covered it so professionally oh well I really enjoyed it..
[Nexus 4 General] Esakama:
I totally agree!
[Nexus 4 General] killman2659:
The Verge is awesome. Best Tech site ever...besides XDA of course... :p
[Nexus 4 General] albundy2010:
Not to bash on the verge by any means. But its more like Google invited them and did this video as a replacement for the NY event that was cancelled.

I don't see it as journalism. A Google sponsored infomercial is more like it honestly.

Probably did not want to change the launch date. No time to get a another venue & date. Don't want to do webcast event with only a couple people present. Do something like this with the verge.
[Nexus 4 General] ap3604:
For unbiased reviews my top sites are :

- Anandtech

- Heelsandtech

- Gigaom

Other than that I take the 2nd tier sites like theverge, engadget, etc with a grain of salt.
[Nexus 4 General] hunterhp:
I think they must have been invited earlier, maybe last week, and they just asked them not to publish the video until after they announced the device.
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
Anandtech is definitely bias.
[Nexus 4 General] ap3604:
:eek: you straight crazy son :eek:

Anandtech is one of the most unbiased review sites ever. The scientific analysis he does, instead of just simply regurgitating the spec list and saying if he like's it or not the way so many other tech sites do, is above all else.
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
I highly doubt they recorded that after the event was cancelled. Most likely they were going to release it today whether the event took place or not and released it as soon as they were allowed by Google.

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Anandtech is good at technical reviews but not necessarily real world reviews.
[Nexus 4 General] eksasol:
I agree. Websites that do reviews have to make revenue so they are bias regardless or at least restricted on the amount of negativity, otherwise they won't receive new phones from the same carrier/manufacture in the future.
[Nexus 4 General] katamari201:
Lol at people getting mad that review sites are biased. Of course they are! What do you expect, a glorified press release? That's not journalism at all. Journalism is suppose to be critical and investigative.

The only reason Anandtech is unbiased is because their reviews are more like scientific tests: charts, numbers, quantifiable stuff. Once you start asking them whether you like or dislike the phone, it turns BIASED. I personally don't give two ****zus about numbers and graphs. I want an educated opinion from a geek about whether he likes a phone or not, someone who has handled more than one phone and can make comparisons on a whole host of questions.

It's when the fanboys get angry that their baby wasn't reviewed positively that they start screaming bias. As long as reviewers support their opinions in detail and remain respectful (unlike Gizmodo when they **** all over Blackberry for not sending them a review unit or gave their Nokia N8 to a person who could barely type), it's all good. When they act disrespectful and start throwing insults, place double-standards, and have terrible supporting evidence, do you say, now that is TRULLY BIASED BS.

Here are some ****zu-y sites I've come across:

NokiaBlog, WMPowerUser, WPCentral (duh)

AndroidCentral, AndroidCommunity, Android_______ (double duh)

Gizmodo (no allegiance. Just tabloid fare to provoke and garner hits)
[Nexus 4 General] eksasol:
I like watching youtube reviews like MobileTechReview and Pocketnow, although they are bias too it still give enough of a hint about a device. In all honesty, I fear more the elitist group of Android fanboys from the Galaxy Nexus forum section, once they obtain this device and move on to here, I will be making my retreat.
[Nexus 4 General] ap3604:
I personally don't give two %#&! about a site that says : "battery life is ok". That doesn't tell me squat.

I would MUCH rather have a scientific study done showing the amount of battery life based on what you were doing the entire time to run it down.

I personally don't give two %#&! about a review site that says: "screen brightness is good". That doesn't do anything for me.

I would MUCH rather have a scientific test done showing the screen brightness in nits so I can compare it against other phones.

I would rather have too much knowledge than not enough and make my own choice based on the knowledge given to me, rather than someone elses opinion who might not have the same preferences I do.

Of course it's helpful to have differing opinions of phones, but most review sites beyond anandtech don't know how to write a real review.
[Nexus 4 General] boodies:
Verge is crap. I sheep infested site. Took it off my favs long time ago and never looked back.
[Nexus 4 General] Gilles07:
Nice video
[Nexus 4 General] florian3000:
Nice sales video and definitely pre-recorded
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
iSheep? The website that has been highly critical of Apple and iOS? You must be confused. Their editor in chief uses a Galaxy Nexus.

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To be fair almost all of the Verge's review/investigative type videos look like this. They spend on a lot of money on their video team apparently.
[Nexus 4 General] aSquard:
I enjoyed the video from the Verge and the articles were very well written. They perfectly answered my questions about the lack of an LTE Nexus 4; from Google's standpoint, it makes perfect sense. Shame on you Verizon...

That being said BGR is the BEST! I'm SO joking - In all seriousness, I read a lot of those sites, them formulate my own opinion about how said device stacks up. I rarely take the opinion/bias from one site alone.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Everyone on this planet is subjective. There is no such thing as objective, except when looking at a spec sheet.

I subjectively object to the word journalism being used to describe any review site.
[Nexus 4 General] Nebucatnetzer:
And who should that be? And why not just blocking them?
[Nexus 4 General] Brac20:
I enjoy the writing on The Verge. And I really enjoyed watching their Google HQ video looking at the Nexus 4 and 10. I wouldn't say it was great journalism as it didn't really offer any opinion it was more of a presentation by Google. Still being a Google fan I enjoyed getting some insight into their design philosophy for the Nexus line.
[Nexus 4 General] leerobson99:
Whatever your opinions about the verge it was a great insight into what happens when they develop nexus devices. I thought it was awesome personally. I don't recall Apple ever doing that. If they did please forgive my ignorance and don't flame me. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhomiec:
has anyone tried to exchange their recently purchased 16 GB for a 32 GB at their retail of choice? or their 8 GB for a 16 GB?

if so, what were your dates, store, and as many other information as possible?

i'm also wondering if anyone has any experience with Wal-Mart? i bought my 16 GB on Sept.4, if i could try to weasel in an exchange with them or not.
[General Topics] kcvelise:
I had routed my phone from 2.3.4 to 4.0.4. Below are the details:

Baseband Version: I9100DDLPA

Kernel version: 3.0.15-19100xwlp7-cl340913dpi@dell134'#3

Problems:

1)Some of the applications stop abrupty.

2)Battery drain at peaks.

3)Need to charge for every 7 hrs.

4)Phone suddenly gets shutdown when using internet.

5)Restarting the phone with a fully battery makes the battery empty.

6)Touch fails in some scenarios.

My phone has Cwm recovery installed.

Any one of you please suggest me the best stable version of OS.

I am even ready to install the downgrade version if it is good.

Please reply as this sucks me alot.

Krishna frm India
[General Topics] DarthDerron:
Next time, post your Question in the Q&A of your SGS2 Q&A thread. Always read specifications of the rom before flashing, usually lets you know the bugs.
[General Topics] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP this is really not necessary, how about thanking the Dev that put the time and effort into that root method and why not provide some usefulness other than what you have....

Or how about this...learn and take up ROM making/cooking and do it your self, then you can share your work. And like mentioned above, more detail in reading the OP and provide better questions in your device forums.

Or even better, you might want to stay STOCK, nothing wrong with staying Stock, some individuals are just best that way.

Thank You and Thread Closed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LOL_EVO:
Do you think it will be worth it to upgrade from my GS3 to the NOTE II?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scythe024:
I have read in the other gnote 2 forum there is a lot of other gs3 users who made the switch and are far happier with the note 2. U might want to take a look over there and see what they say
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
I returned my GS3 in order to get this phone. With all the quad cores coming out I felt that staying with a dual core would be a bad choice for my first android device. In reality it is all a matter of preference, I plan to use the s-pen in my college classes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] theraker007:
im doing it!

someone will buy my GS3 for $400 or so on craigslist. So i'm buying the $650 no commitment price and i have $100 gift card at best buy. so itll be $150 to me.. no biggie :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bgaccord:
I had a att s3 and sold it to buy a tmobile note 2 .got it unlocked and started using it on att the note 2 is so bad ass. I loved it.i recommended .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] theraker007:
is there any disadvantage to not having the att model or are they alike in every way? I preordered my phone off contract from att. i suppose if the tmobile version is the same i could skip the wait..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
Any of you guys having regrets now that the nexus 4 was announced. I'm still in love with the not but the debate is still stuck in my head lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbgeek:
I've got the same debate going on in my head and it's compounded by my sons (both CompE grads) urging me to get the Nexus 4. I've been enamored with the Note, since the original came out. I'll get the N2 on the 9th and use it for 3-4 days. I'll know at that time, whether it's the right one for me. If not, I'll return it and get the Nexus.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] theraker007:
didnt they leave LTE off the nexus 4? That's a dealbreaker for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scythe024:
LTE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gtalum:
Yes. That drove me back to Note 2. Fortunately I kept my pre-order.:)

I like the N4 and stock Android, but I don't want to live another 2 years with HSPA+.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lazarat:
Where did you get the unlock code?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] llsektorll:
I sell phones. I play with both and own a note 2. It's a personal thing, but if you are a power user, which I think you are because you are on XDA then you will LOVE the Note II. Once you use it you can't go back.

* The screen is so much better and brighter than SG3.

* jellybean and 1.6GHz Quad Core processor makes everything buttery smooth

* watching youtube videos are stunning in HD

* extra large screen is great for gaming! especally on emulators.

* Using it as a E-Reader for my Kindle App Books work superbly well as the screen is the size of a small paperback book page
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] RMXO:
I just upgraded from an Int SG3 to the Note 2, it should arrive tomorrow.

LG brand, no external storage, smaller screen with no LTE. NO WAY DO I REGRET my decision.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SysAdmNj:
And no removeable battery or micro sd card slot. Now thats just crazy google. This note 2 should be a monster. It includes all of the above and then some. The at&t version does have rgb led notifications right? I havent seen any videos showing it. And I definitely want to use light flow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Alaris:
Yeah it's the same as the international
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kyan~:
yes it does. lightflow was a bit strange for the s3..i hope its ok for note 2/nexus 4 which i'm getting both.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markysd:
will this run on AT&T hspa+ network? the unlocked version

might have to get this due to nice screen..as much as i love my GS3 its not as good out side day time light.. plus the price is great..

AT&T hspa+ is not bad..if thats the 21mb they are talking about that will run on AT&T.. or thats on T-MO?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borisb:
It will work on atnt.

Would.uou like to sell me ur sg3?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markysd:
thanks.. as for selling it ill let you know if i decide to..its a ATT 16GB blue with a stock back cover not ATT branding on it..never dropped had a nice spigen screen protector and 2 cruzerlite cases..

i believe someone is selling one of their GS3 for a Nexus 4 on here have a look if you need one asap
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borisb:
Well. I have been looking for a sg3 for a while now. I will take it for the right price :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lskeys:
What is the right price. I too will sell my International Unlocked S3 when Nexus 4 comes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ted_Bentley:
I bought the Anker charger/2 batteries set in this thread awhile back - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1632718

Had not used them before, but hurricane Sandy is coming through so I figured I would test them out. I put one in the charger last night and put it in the phone this morning, and now the phone will not boot up all the way - it shows the Samsung bootscreen, then the KingKangers logo screen, and then shuts off. I've had this same issue with both of the new batteries along with my original Samsung battery.

I have tried to put it into recovery and download mode, at one point it showed the download mode screen and then shut off again. Recovery mode has not worked at all. Tried holding power for 30 seconds while both plugged in and not plugged in, no luck. Saw a recommendation to take out SIM, SD card, and battery for 10 mins and then put them back, and that didn't work as well. Tried to see if ODIN would "wake it up", but ODIN does not recognize it (tried two cables from two different computers). Computer also doesn't recognize my phone to look at my files, etc.

Also, when I plug it in to charge with the battery in place, it does small vibrations - I have noticed this is the same thing the phone does if I plug it in to charge it without a battery in...worried this may mean my phone is not recognizing the battery for some reason??

Any ideas? Any help is MUCH appreciated...

FWIW, running AOKP and Dagr8's KingKangers kernel, been running it for the last week or so with no real issues other than occasional reboot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SirSparkles:
I just recently updated to JB via Odin, restored apps with Titanium Backup, and didn't restore any system settings from TBU (thinking it might conflict with the new rom).

I used the hydbrid leaked Rom from one of the other threads in this forum

Everything has been great so far... better battery life, smoother, nice notification tweaks...except my Bluetooth.

Out of the 3 BT devices that previously 'worked', one of them doesn't work any more.

I am under the impression that 4.0.4 had some BT problems where it couldn't auto-connect to some 2.0 BT devices.

Not ideal, but now it's worse.

The non working device I have, is a Blackberry Music Gateway that I've been using for my 3.5mm Aux input into my car stereo.

Prior to JB on 4.0.4, I could pair easily, but had to manually connect each time.

Now, with JB i can pair the device, but it WON'T manually OR auto connect.

I've tried clearing the pairing in the phone, clearing the Blackberry Music Gateway, but no success.

I've looked for system processes/apps to clear data/cache, but nothing jumps out at me for clearing a BT (I only see 'Bluetooth share' and 'BluetoothTest' in my Application manager, which doesn't seem like they'd be involved)

Is there a process somewhere I could stop/start/clear that could clear BT data that might have been left over or is conflicting from my previous system rom? (reason I ask is that it seems to be variable as to what system settings stuck or cleared on many peeps JB upgrade)

Have other seen any problems with BT after the JB upgrade?

Anyone found any fixes?

(I've seen some other BT problem threads that deal with other devices over the past year or so, but nothing pertaining to JB and the GS3)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
I have the same Blackberry Music Gateway. I also have the problem of it not autoconnecting (same thing happened on ICS) but it still works correctly when I manually connect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
You checked "Yes this is a question"

Guess where it goes?

Thread moved to Q&A

FNM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SirSparkles:
jeesh, who was the noob that posted the original question in the wrong thread? What a doofus.

(whoopsie, learning my way around...makes sense...*slaps own wrist)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldfingerfif:
Will there be 2 Nexus 4's with different radios? Does anyone know if there will be 1 with a 21 HSPA+ Radio and 1 with a HSPA+ 42mbps radio? If this is true then I wonder if T-Mobile will change anything else as well for better (sdcard slot) or worse (locked bootloader, etc) but I doubt it since Google didn't even change anything but the radio for Verizon other than I think 32gb of starage and maybe 100mAH extra on the battery,

The reason I ask is.....

On Google's play store it says

NETWORK

Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+

GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz)

HSPA+ 21

via Google Play

While on Engadget T-Mobile's press release they show it will have the 42mbps radio

"The Nexus 4 is the latest device in the Google Nexus lineup, and T-Mobile will be the premier U.S. launch partner. With cutting-edge hardware designed collaboratively by LG and Google, favorite Google Apps, and the latest version of Android, Nexus 4 puts the best of Google in the palm of a customer's hand. And, with access to T-Mobile's fastest 4G (HSPA+42) network, T-Mobile is again giving its customers the best choice of devices. Nexus 4 comes with a high-performance 8MP camera and takes stunning Photo Sphere images to capture every detail of the world. The all-new camera lets customers quickly view and edit photos with powerful new tools, and share favorite shots in a snap. When combined with T-Mobile's Value plans or T-Mobile's Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan, the Nexus 4 gives consumers a top-notch Android experience."

via Engadget

UPDATE:

Looks like Engadget's hands on with the Nexus 4 says it will be a 42Mbps radio

"... sheds LTE support for an unlocked pentaband DC-HSPA+ (42Mbps) radio and wireless charging."

via Engadget Hands-On Video