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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ualdriver:
I'm looking from switching from Sprint to Straight Talk with an AT&T unlocked Galaxy S3. I searched the forum a bit, but couldn't find the answer to the "just how much data can I use" question.

I was reading the section of the straight talk contract concerning data, and they mention that you're not allowed to go to youtube or similar sites and stream video. It also says data is "unlimited" but I guess it's not really unlimited because they threaten to boot you is use too much.

So for you guys using Straight Talk, how much data can you REALLY use before they cancel your month to month contract? With Sprint and their unlimited data, I'm anywhere from a GIG or two per month to sometimes as high as 19 gigs if I travel a lot in a particular month, but I don't stream video or tether or anything like that. Usually I'm at several gigs per month on average with e-mail and web surfing.

How much data are you guys using and are they giving you any problems?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiransabarish:
Which is the best kernel fr battery life in any Rom?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techgod:
Djnoxd ta vsync on 2.5.7
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acerkumar:
Hey don't ask the questions like which is best kernel /rom

But any how try djnoid
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dobomi:
For batery life I prefer ta kernel ver. 1.1.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdaccharl:
any good recommendation kernel for anidroid cm9 base?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christian Nothing:
For lg p500 you can try djnoxd's ics kernel from his thread in original Android development section
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] crashprime:
Officially I see that SDHC up to 32gb is supported by this phone, but has anyone dropped a 64gb+ SDXC into the device to test compatibility?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vladvertigo:
if i`m not mistaken been discussed before, but now it is to much mess now in our forums cause of merge with some other sony devices..

but anyway, my phone works fine with SDXC uhs-1 64gb card from sandisk :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thejosetree:
Yes, it's compatible.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nico444164:
Okay, let me explain the situation. I am no developer but I have some basic knowledge, so I can usually solve everything by myself. My friend handed me his bricked Galaxy 3 like a week ago for me to fix it, but it looks harder than I thought. First, I don't know if it needs different drivers, the ones installed on my computer are probably the ones from my Galaxy S3, but I don't know if they will work properly. On the other hand, the Device Manager window does not show any unrecognized device, and under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" there is a "SAMSUNG USB composite device", and no signs of any specialized drivers for any phone I've connected to my computer. So, I guess they should do. I have Kies installed, and closed while using ODIN. The situation of the phone is a soft brick, infinite bootloop with accessible Recovery, Download and Forced Upload mode. When I access Recovery, I instantly get the following messages:

CWM FOR G3MOD KERNEL
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl8
(File exists)
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl8
(File exists)
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
E:Can't open CACHE:recovery/log
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl8
(File exists)

From there, I can explore the menu as long as I want, but for example, when I try to flash a new ROM, I get this:

Installing: ANY-ROM.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...

Then, it starts installing the ROM normally, wipes data but then can not write on the phone's memory...

I can't mount USB storage, nor any other drive such as /system or stuff. Also, when I try to flash something over Odin, despite if it is either a ROM or a Kernel, it gets stuck on Setup Connection. I have searched over the internet, solutions like plugging the USB cable on another port doesn't work, neither does connecting the phone quickly after entering Download mode.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicroGeek:
Download a ROM and flash it through Odin.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nico444164:
Read it all before posting...
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harry1995:
Try wiping data/cache/dalvik cache etc. And then try flashing a new kernel and then a new rom through recovery?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arjav23:
Flash a new ROM

If you get the msg u got first, remove battery and re insert it

It should load on cwm.

Put your sd card in your phone before re inserting

Then wipe data,cache etc.

This worked for me.

Try and let me know

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Which ROM are u trying to flash anyway?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicroGeek:
You said you tried flashing a ROM through recovery not ODIN. You mentioned ODIN but the comment was vague therefore making it useless if I want to help you regarding it because I didn't understand what you meant...
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanmoyc:
try to uninstall kies restart your computer reinstall kies and keep internet activate so that it downloads drivers for your samsung galaxy 3 then put your phone in download mode and run odin if odin detects phone first flash with zero fill for g3 of hillbeast which will delete cache files of older rom then flash which ever rom you like .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x04a:
My Galaxy S3 will not respond to any combination of button presses, and the device is identified as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager. If I take out the battery and plug it in, the light turns red for ~10 seconds, and then turns off. (Device Manager is refreshed at this time, but still reads it out as QHSUSB_DLOAD). It does not respond to home+power+vol down or up.

To get to this result, I had booted into recovery mode in order to install a new ROM, but the installation failed. I chose the reboot option and this is how I ended up. Looking back, I probably should've restored the device prior to booting...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dontsayeta:
You most likely need to go into Odin mode and flash back to stock using Odin. Just follow the steps in this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762709

Also, dumb question, but is your battery dead? I know I had this problem coming from a completely dead battery once, took a bunch of tries to get it to start charging and turn back on. But I wasn't coming off of a bad flash, of course.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x04a:
The battery was at ~60% when I was flashing.

ALSO: I can't get into ODIN mode as the device doesn't respond to any type of button combination.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dontsayeta:
Deleted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x04a:
I don't know if you read the OP or not but I did in fact already do what you stated. It does not work. I have: Battery pull+attach to USB, Battery pull+battery back in. Neither work to get back into ODIN mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dontsayeta:
Yeah, sorry, I did read that right after my post, but I couldn't go back and edit it fast enough because I have these new user restrictions on my account.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x04a:
I understand, I have the same restriction. However, I think that the device is simply bricked and cannot be recovered. If no solution is posted then I will be heading to the VZW store tomorrow I suppose.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Your phone is hard bricked. I'm gonna guess you were flashing a non Verizon ROM, probably an international.

The only fix at this point is a JTAG service. Also, unfortunately you would not have been able to restore before leaving recovery anyways. I'll try to find the popular website people use for that service.

Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1 build 4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
Yep, sounds like you flashed a ROM not made for the Verizon S3. Be a little more careful next time.

Check out mobile tech videos for a JTAG.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Thanks I couldn't remember the site.

Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1 build 4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
I'm not trying to be a ****, but how/why do people flash roms not made for Verizon GS3? Is it really that easy to make the mistake? Where are they getting the roms from??

Just curious
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
Probably just google about flashing roms, find a youtube video and follow instructions. Wonder if a lot of videos don't have a warning, or if people ignore it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x04a:
I'm just an idiot, and jumped the gun on this flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] willisjm193:
Well, back in the days before quadcore... the roms that were made for the international HTC Desire HD also worked on the us version the HTC Inspire 4G. . . I fell right into the pitfall after getting used to that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kimbernator:
I'm seriously considering purchasing the T-mobile Note II (SGH-T889), but I realize that it has some hardware variations compared to the international version and other US versions. If I want to flash a ROM, will I have to find one specifically made for the T-mobile variant or will I be able to use any of the ROMs in the development section? Will developers simply make them universally compatible?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
T Mobile t889 roms only that's not to say a little while down the road the devs won't be able to find out how to flash ROMs across variants
[Nexus 4 General] Blazing angel:
Hey all, I know a ton of G2x folk (both Canada & U.S) will be upgrading to this phone. Just wondering if (in the future 2-3 weeks) if you could post speedtests, comparing old speeds with the p999 to now (future) with the Nexus 4! Waiting to see some dc-Hsdpa+ goodness :good:

Also remember, this uses a Microsim, not the g2x's regular sized sim!

(sorry if wrong section)(got this idea after seeing the Galaxy S thread. Maybe make this the chat for the ex-g2x/p999 owners?
[Nexus 4 General] FatalityBoyZahy:
That's what I'd do, rename the thread to something like "Off-Topic Lounge for G2x Users!"
[Nexus 4 General] Prawesome:
Still unnecessary...You can't just make threads for every android device :)

I got transformed into a potato while writing this post..
[Nexus 4 General] 0.0:
+1. what about those mytouch 4g users, like me? :p
[Nexus 4 General] USSENTERNCC1701E:
You are clearly not allowed to post here... neither am I
[Nexus 4 General] efrant:
There is no need for a thread like this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] User1110:
I was going to use the upgrade on my renewed classic plan to purchase the nexus 4, but it's absurd to pay 200 dollars for a phone that's only 150 dollars more unlocked. If I decide to buy the nexus 4 with 8gigs of storage on play store, will my premium handset protection plan cover the device? I know they have the 16 gb device, but in the event where the phone suddenly malfunctions to a point it cannot turn on, will they even be able to tell what storage my phone has? Instead of buying it on contract, I could be using that upgrade for a free on contract phone like the one s along with my nexus 4 at a very similar price as one 16gig nexus.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaddan:
I'm sure they will be able to tell what size it is. You will want to contact the company and see what they say, just so you know what they will do in case something happens. But the phone should be covered by the manufacture warranty, I think for a year.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MN_Bug:
Or you could use your upgrade to get the best most expensive phone out there, say a Galaxy S3 or something, sell it on e-bay new, get like $500 bucks for it and just buy the 16 GB N4 and take the rest to the bank. Or buy a 3rd party warranty.

OR

Switch to the value plan for about $20 less per month and say to hell with subsidized phone :o
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
You, sir, are a smart man.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] User1110:
Interesting suggestion, however it's not my choice to choose to switch to value, as I'm on a family plan :( but if I get the 16 gig version, they'll cover my device completely right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MN_Bug:
I think only if you got it from T-Mobile. You may still be better off to get the G S3, do the selling thing, and get the N4 + a 3rd party warranty, all kidding aside. If you get it via T-Mobile, you are paying like $600 bucks for it over the life of your contract.

Once you sign a contract, T-Mobile doesn't care what you do phone wise.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacob9423:
From what I've heard you can... I called T-mobile to see if I can transfer my PHP to the Nexus 4 if I buy it from Google play. The person I talked to said you can. I hope it's true. Idk if it's for the 8 or the 16 but I'm going to buy the 16gb Nexus. They said they just need the IMEI.
[HTC Rezound] jscarano:
Just like title says I was wondering if anyone knew how to or could get different colored sms bubbles for 5.1.1. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] cbrown245:
Just an fyi , there is a thread for viper and colored bubbles , they do work on 5.1.1 , have you tried ? I tested and they do work.
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
Excuse me good sir, but i have also tried and they did not work for me. Did you perhaps do anything special to get them to work?
[HTC Rezound] cbrown245:
No I flashed them in recovery , they all worked for me .
[HTC Rezound] Nic2112:
The MMS bubble mods for Viper are VRThemes so they have to be flashed with AmonRA recovery.

I don't know if another recovery supports VRThemes
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
I use AmonRa but they do not seem to work for me on One XxX 5.1.1
[HTC Rezound] mclass55:
they dont work for me either
[HTC Rezound] jscarano:
Did you use AmonRA?
[HTC Rezound] cbrown245:
Yes
[HTC Rezound] Nic2112:
That means one rom uses mms.apk while the other uses messages.apk

Use 7 zip to open the file and keep opening folders until you find a folder called either mms or messages. Change the name to the other and flash .

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If you have problems, tell me which bubble colors and I'll make a zip for you
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
Still having problems. I did exactly as you instructed and still have stock colors. I am using Newts One XxX it has mms.apk. and mms.odex i wonder if that helps you out. I am trying to do the silver and dark gray colors
[HTC Rezound] Nic2112:
Ah that mms.odex will overwrite the mms.apk. Try to rename the mms.odex file to mms.odex.bak or something then reboot. That should make the ROM start using the APK file and at the same time, use the graphics in the mms.apk.
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
Renamed and rebooted. It now tells me that the application is not installed
[HTC Rezound] Nic2112:
I'm not quite sure what you could try next. I haven't worked with odexed roms a lot
[HTC Rezound] cbrown245:
Did you set permissions ?
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
Yes I did
[HTC Rezound] mforminio7:
Here you go

Make sure you manually move this into your system/app and change perms accordingly. Make sure your mms.odex is there as well with the same perms. Also if you did rename the mms.odex before to .bak or something please undo it. It needs to be Mms.odex
[HTC Rezound] rezokrazy22:
Thank you very much. Worked flawlessly
[HTC Rezound] mforminio7:
Glad I could help
[HTC Rezound] ssuef:
Would it be possible to make the sms bubbles purple and light blue pretty please?
[Nexus 4 General] MN_Bug:
From the latest review by Androidpolice.com: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/07/google-nexus-4-review-the-beautifully-crafted-premium-flagship-phone-that-android-deserves/

"Since this whole smartphone thing started, every phone has had a glass front - a glass front that is easily breakable. So unless you are clamoring for a plastic touchscreen, I don't see how you can say it's ok for the front to be glass, but not the back."

Preach on, brother :highfive:
[Nexus 4 General] Ravynmagi:
I don't mind the glass back as long as it's not the cause of the phone overheating. I live in Arizona and hopefully I can use this phone in the summer and not have it melt in my hands. :)
[Nexus 4 General] MN_Bug:
I was wondering why in the small print it said that the N4 wasn't available in Arizona. Now I know it is because of the "Melty Phone" issue :o
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
That doesn't make a lot of sense. Having a glass back and front makes it much more likely for even the front to shatter. The reason being glass has no give. So any shock can only be absorbed by the glass. Don't get me wrong, I'm getting the phone. But a glass back is always a concern.
[Nexus 4 General] @rbiter:
Well isn't gorilla glass technically plastic?

...
[Nexus 4 General] MN_Bug:
No. I believe it is chemically strengthened glass. To be exact, it is: alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass. But not plastic. If you take a bunch of smart people and add a bunch of money, you get cool stuff like Gorilla Glass.
[Nexus 4 General] MN_Bug:
I think I liked what the comment was going for. The front has been glass and has been prone to breakage so adding it to the back shouldn't be that big of a deal. And since I found out the iPhone had it, that makes me less worried. If my wife hasn't broke her iPhone yet, then it must be indestructible.
[Nexus 4 General] NICEGYPT:
This is best review I saw. Good job and can't wait to get this phone :)
[Nexus 4 General] red12355:
Agreed. That's pretty dumb logic. Double the glass sufaces means double the chance of something shattering if dropped.
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
I can't tell if you are trying to be funny but the iPhone 4/4S are well known for the glass shattering real easy. With the metal band connecting the glass, neither side of glass has any give so it takes little to shatter it.
[Nexus 4 General] MN_Bug:
I'm going to have to stand by my quote :o
[Nexus 4 General] jonnyg1097:
Wow great review by them. I'd say that theirs is the most in depth review I've read yet. I wasn't considering the phone before (as I am happy with my GNex) but now I am starting to want it.
[Nexus 4 General] galaxys:
Really like this review and just confirms my need for this bad boy N4!
[Nexus 4 General] Anubis007:
i LOVE the patterned back, but i wouldn't have went with a glass back. it's fragile and adding it on the back side makes the phone even more vulnerable to shatter. it's a relieve to know that it's made out of Gorilla Glass 2. i had a phone with Gorilla Glass for 2 years without a scratch.

that said, i will be putting a bumper case onto mine.
[Nexus 4 General] Zurginator:
Considering Glass is a pretty good thermal conductor, and plastic is effectively an insulator, I doubt that would have anything to do with it.
[Nexus 4 General] Daemos:
"The screen on time for both battery charts was 2 hours and 40ish minutes."

Ugh...that's horrible...
[Nexus 4 General] Songlambr37:
Gorrila glass is not so power as ads. still be crashed.
[Nexus 4 General] Ivan Fuentes Hagar:
I've never had shattering issues on any phone... if any, I'm more concerned about scratches, which I guess makes the glass back good news.
[Nexus 4 General] kanariya:
If I happened to break the glass I just get another one from Google :D
[Nexus 4 General] crazyalaa:
I get 4 hours of screen time on my Gnex and I think it's awful. He's saying the Nexus 4 doesn't even last 3 hours!!!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] Slap-Yourself :):
This is going to sound crazy, but I don't know one person that has shattered, cracked, chipped, etc. either glass pieces on the iPhone 4 or 4s. And I know a crapload of iPhone users.......... Now, Alot of them have dented and dinged metal housing/bezel/? from being dropped. And I know a lot of clumsy/stupid/unlucky people........ Just saying.

---------------------Just in General--------------------------------

But really. How many times do we (each individually) drop our phones? When it happens we scratch, crack and even LOSE the backs to our phones............... But that's all fine because it's not glass?

I think many of us are just scared of something different. But to be honest, we all have glass on the front and take extra care to not destroy the screen, so why would the glass back not be protected from all that precaution?
[Nexus 4 General] Chad_Petree:
Exactly my thoughts! thank you! if you dropped your galaxy nexus for example you prayed that it was on its back, now anywhere it lands is a chance of something terrible happeing to the phone :mad:
[Nexus 4 General] SladeNoctis:
Wow i sense alot of negative energy here :)

Some people should relax a bit and stop making things complicated, its simple if you're worried about the back glass. Just get a bumper case, its been said numerous times that LG will be selling bumper cases for those worried about the glass back. And while some may say "why do i have to buy a accessory to protect my phone", well if some of you are coming from the Gnex you already know that screen was prone to breaking/scratching easliy. For the price, the Nexus 4 is well constructed and given much though to the design, making it one of the more premium handsets that nothing come close to its price range. Plus i doubt many of you would like a beefed up Galaxy Nexus, while it was attractive the build quality was on the low standard and I wouldn't be surprised that many users going for the Nexus 4 are just going to buy a bumper case and call it a day and stop whining over the glass back. Plus if you want a phone that can survive it all, just pray for Casio to make the next Nexus....
[Nexus 4 General] hdsousa:
I am not English or American, so English language can be sometimes difficult for me, but what i understood is not that the battery only can get 2:40 hours ... He said that the use he gave to the phone, included a 2h40 minutes medium of screen display.

This depends on the use. Sometimes with my SGS i drain the battery with much less than that. If the one is downloading, and the screen is off it is still consuming battery and the screen time is minimum ...
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
What's pretty dumb is cry about breaking the glass back when there is the glass front that is tremendously more important and expensive.
[Nexus 4 General] spencer88:
You know if you're prone to dropping phones, get a case and be done with it.

I personally don't need a case.
[Nexus 4 General] MrBelter:
thing is the iPhone back takes you 2 minutes to replace and costs under ten quid
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
You make a valid point. The back of the N4 is going to be a scary thing to replace and that's IF replacement backs are available.

I have 4 guys working for me that are all iPhone users. 2 have already broken either the front or back. 1 of them completely shattered 3 phones already this year.
[Nexus 4 General] critofur:
I totally disagree. I've seen the glass on the back of iPhones break so many times I swear Apple pulled that crap to increase service/replacement revenue.

I dropped my Galaxy S on concrete without the glass breaking (scratched/dented the plastic trim on the front though). I don't like the edge-to-edge glass on my Galaxy S3 though! I wish it had at least a thin protective bit of plastic + metal at the very edge on the front.
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
This review convinced me even more to buy the Nexus 4 but for sure I'll need to get a protective back case. I can't count how many times I've dropped my phone lol

Most likely an Otterbox case when it's available.
[Nexus 4 General] tweaked:
This review has me jones'n for this phone!! bastards....

I don't remeber a phone I didnt put a case on. 1. it keeps them clean, 2. It protects them, and 3. Some are hella cool looking and I like to make my phone match my shoe color. Its an accessory, and should match my mood.

and to those who don't buy a protective case, I will enjoy looking at your broken device picks. I know the forum will have'em.. Every phone forum has'em. :D

/shrug
[Nexus 4 General] Spitfire:
N4 back doesn't look hard to replace, and I don't see why it would be very expensive either.