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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_HaFeZ:
finally what :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awrnsmn:
Agree......Note 2 or Galaxy S3
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_HaFeZ:
what about the brightness?

here in anandtech review shows how many nits per various mobile phones
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neiljackson:
Galaxy S3.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raclimja:
Do not get Samsung, trust me they do not have the craftsmanship and it's features are mediocre at best. It's exfat is broken and the screen breaks easily thanks to 20% thinner gorilla glass; its very expensive to repair because it is glued on it.

I recommend you phone such as: Motorola DROID razr maxx hd(uses kevlar back cover which is the same material used for bullet proof vest, and it has the largest battery life of android on its size), HTC butterfly if you could get one(has 1080p ips rgb display on 5" size,quad core s4 pro, adreno 320, 2gb ram, microsd, 2nd best camera sensor atm first is lumia 920), the upcoming Sony phone that also has 1080p display and quad core s4 pro. If you want the absolute best that is currently available atm, you cannot get it because it is only available on sprint and the phone is called EVO 4G lte which uses anodize aluminum construction, kickstand, and microsd slot, krait cores, 2nd best camera sensor and the fastest Brower atm(sun spider score on its stock browser is 1.2-1.3k on ics
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarjit_rsingh:
Samsung Galaxy 3
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siwo.jack:
i think HTC is a best android phone

:D:D:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_HaFeZ:
I think you little hard on Samsung, even I'm not a fan I can see how they won that large market share by providing alot of feature, good hardware and varieties

Motorola is almost rare here in my market, I thought of the Maxx series for the large battery but the Note II battery numbers are really impressive

No More HTC, I've using HTC devices from mid 2010 and the big failure in HTC one X (lousy battery, overheating, poor screen protection, got three scratches without a reason ) and for the record, my touch buttons are not working and I'm having it repaired at the moment by replacing the full touch screen

I think that replied on siwo.jack as well

Lumia 920 I guess it will be great but it yet pretty early to judge and I was for two and half years an android user so I'm not sure about winmo 8

Sony Phablet yet to be available and yet to judge either

EVO 4G lte is an HTC and N/A here :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankur.co.in:
I think you should go for LG optimus LS970 btw you can see its specification on gsm arena
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_HaFeZ:
it is a great phone but sadly not released yet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
I should say wait for Nexus4, you won't regret.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_HaFeZ:
it is amazing and the price is too

but 16 GB most !!

also when it come to my country it will be late and priced to the roof
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anix86:
S3 i would say... and S2 is still a best option

:good: go for s 3 ... nice phone ... Note II is also good option but it all depends how you are going to use it. if you carry it daily S3 and S2 are good options ... Note II lil difficult to carry around daily in some crowded places ... fear to loss it :(

technically both are best phones ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankur.co.in:
So wait bro it will be released soon trust me the phone is a monster :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsmgeeks:
I think while the Samsung Galaxy S3 is great, you can not really go wrong with the new Nexus 4 by Google. The price point is just incredible. Of course, if absence of LTE doesn't bother you. :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssayer:
The big question always is, "what are you going to do with it?". Different people have different priorities. For me, camera/screen is a big factor. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you'll find a better camera on an android phone than the S3.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidizen:
Right now both the S3 and Note 2 are the top of the heap, I've got both and really it's personal choice if you can use the features of the note 2 go for it, its very good. If you want a solid smartphone that can do it all the S3 is the one. Gaming on the Note 2 is fantastic in fact anything media related is great, I understand what you are saying about "Dark" screens but I see that as richer colour, blacks tend to be black not muddy or grey like alot of screens. Note 2 is RGB where S3 is pentile for me the Note 2 feels more realistic bit its splitting hairs really.

I made this VS video that may help you decide,

[YOUTUBE]PgQAdcmbAbI[/YOUTUBE]
[Motorola Droid 4] chemicalboyxda:
Hi

A friend of my messed up his droid 4. He updated to ICS but something went wrong and the phone is dead. After that he put somes sbf that he didnt remember.

The phone when come to me had the screen in Fastboot Failure. I put the VRZ_XT894_6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-37_1FF with the ICS Tool and with RSD and i fix that error but the phone stuck in black screen after the motorola logo.

I think that the phone inside has some files of the last update 217. I tried to install the update trought the stock recovery but didnt let me.

I tried to open the system.img of the 180 putting the files of the 217 but when i flashed gives me errors and stucked in fastboot failure.

Is there a way to put the latest updates files on the sbf 180? I can flash only trought rsd or fastboot.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Motorola Droid 4] olegfusion:
Try to flash in fastboot mode full stock 4.0.4 using rsd lite, then go again to fastboot mode, do fastboot -w command and let us know
[Motorola Droid 4] chemicalboyxda:
I did it but it is the same error. Black screen after motorola logo. I think that the phone is totally bricked.
[Motorola Droid 4] moah909:
Have you tried wiping data?? I had a similar issue for a while, it turned out it was mismatching settings or something.
[Motorola Droid 4] chemicalboyxda:
I tried that but no luck.
[Motorola Droid 4] wheeliest:
any fix? im in the same boat. black screen after moto logo
[Motorola Droid 4] ovelayer:
Hmm I dont believe its a hard brick but just a soft brick caused by flashing the wrong sbf which left you in this state

Try downloading the sbf tool

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/217255-droid-4-utility-ics-only.html

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AS YOU WILL HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THE PROPER SBF AND PLACE THE FILES IN THE TOOL
[Motorola Droid 4] chemicalboyxda:
6 months later the Droid 4 is ALIVE!!!

I flash to jellybean with this utility:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2207384

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
This is a 1% Battery Mod for Clean Rom 4.5. You can use it as is or use it to apply any of my real icon theme batteries.

Get it Here

edit: hey guys. Sadly, my 1% battery mod works BUT NOT WITH MY THEME. What irony. so please dont try themtogether , you will lose your status bar. Beans and Synergy have one built in already so those are ok with my theme. These work if you just want them by theirselves.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
does cleanrom 4.5 have 1% already? sorry if I am missing something. ty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidHam:
The kinda crap mods allow a % battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
it doesnt have one built in. i made one but unfortunately when you put my theme on top of it it gets rid of your status bar. Not sure why they dont play together. I noticed someone mentioned kinda crap mods. That might be a good place to start. He has had some pretty good stuff in there. Maybe I should tap him for his expertise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
right on, maybe I am confusing the stock one with 1%, since I have it in increments of 1's. right on, ty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jparasita:
I swear he had a 1% battery mod download link in his 4.0 build
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
any screen shots? just to see the difference... ty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OutdoorOBW:
First thanks for the mod. :thumbup:

I noticed today that the 100% image is of the stock battery. As soon as it hits 99% it goes back to your battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
Thanks. I will take a look at it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OutdoorOBW:
Don't mean to be a pain but 85% and 28% also show the stock battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
damn those images. Thanks, I will look them up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
I havent been able to get back to this to add the missing images. Not sure when I will have a chance so you may not want to use it right now. Sorry for the frustration
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
Is there a functional apk for stock maxx hd fm radio tuner?

Thanks!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddog241:
I have tried a couple different versions that I had, but none of them worked, even the one I was using on the Bionic. The app would hang on start up and remain actively trying to load. I had to uninstall it because it was having a significant negative impact on my battery.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
I wonder if there is even an fm receiver built into the phone?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucidvtec:
Why bother with FM..besides data issues... most stations stream online now
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
Ever try listening to nfl or mlb games for free on streaming radio? I could with real FM radio on every android phone I owned
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntrix:
Why bother with laggy data streams?

Snapdragon blueprints that I have seen have an FM receiver. I believe it's unknown if the HD actually has it. I for one would love to have this, in the event of an emergency, with no data, radio could be one of the only methods of communication.

Also, like you said, it would save a heckuvalotta data!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroc:
Why bother?

Cuz every local station doesnt stream online or stream reliable enough.

Cuz I dont have to use my internet connection for FM Radio.

I have tried many streaming radio apps...and the one that has most of my local stations...Tune In....doesnt have them all and some of the ones I want are either not there or not reliable.

Yea streaming is nice....but I rarely use it for music. I have Spotify and most of the time I use the off line feature. And I just like the morning and evening shows. The commercials announcing concerts, events, etc.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
, Sunday Night Football is blacked out. That's what I was afraid of. If I had FM radio I could listen.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Frostbiter:
So I've had my Infinity for some time now, and I love it. I was thinking about unlocking my device and I just wanted to see if it was worth it in time and such. I looked in the development section to see if there have been any issues with flashing new roms and stuff and it seems to be a lot easier and safer than when it first was being worked on.

I really only use my tablet for taking notes in class or playing the occasional game but if I was to go somewhere I would probably bring it instead of my computer as well. It works fine for what I'm using it for now but I just wanted to know if it would be worth unlocking it and stuff or should I just keep it the way it is.

Do the benefits outweigh the cons of the unlocking process is what I'm really getting after I guess? I would like to hear thoughts and opinions before going ahead and unlocking my device. I've looked the the general discussion and dev section reading things here and there but I want to hear what people have to say after unlocking or why they kept it stock as well.
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
Well, I'd say that -- generally speaking, obviously, for it heavily depends on your specific usage of the device -- unlocking and installing a good and mature custom ROM provides such bonuses in terms of fluidity, performance and tweakability that it's hard to even consider I would have stayed unlocked.

Especially the stock-based CleanROM is very fluid, and has all the base drivers from the stock edition. I haven't flashed any AOSP/AOKP/CM-based ROMs lately, but I imagine they will have come quite a bit further than they were when I kinda lost interest in them. The main issue for me is the fact that, as far as I know, on these ROMs the keyboard remains incompletely supported, and the touchpad cannot be switched off -- a deal breaker to me, since I tend to touch it lightly when typing, and thus interject words with random letters here and there, necessitating a complete copy edit before I can do anything with my typed text. Bummer.

The custom ROMs really have shown remarkable improvement, and provide tangible improvement over the stock ROM. The recommendation is easiest if you are (slightly) unhappy now: unlock it, and flash a custom ROM. Things get a bit more complex when you're actually happy with the device as is. Choice is then to a) stay locked and never know better, or b) take the "risk", unlock, flash a good custom ROM. I believe you will be slightly amazed in the latter scenario...

NOTE: I unlocked at the very first opportunity, and have flashed pretty much all the custom ROMs at one point or another in their existence and development up to now. I realize I might not be the most objective person to advice you in this case. Maybe someone who has stayed unlocked up till now will chime in and provide an opposite view. Take care!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Took me almost 3 months to unlock.

I'm a risk taker tho.

The principles of ORM could be applied here:

Accept risk when benefits outweigh the cost.

Accept no unnecessary risk.

Anticipate and manage risk by planning.

Make risk decisions at the right level.

Also remember the 3 levels of ORM lets take a look:

In Depth

In depth risk management is used before a project is implemented, when there is plenty of time to plan and prepare. Examples of in depth methods include training, drafting instructions and requirements, and acquiring personal protective equipment.

Deliberate

Deliberate risk management is used at routine periods through the implementation of a project or process. Examples include quality assurance, on-the-job training, safety briefs, performance reviews, and safety checks.

Time Critical

Time critical risk management is used during operational exercises or execution of tasks. It is defined as the effective use of all available resources by individuals, crews, and teams to safely and effectively accomplish the mission or task using risk management concepts when time and resources are limited. Example

*Straight from the US Dept of Defense!
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Without unlocking in order to run custom rom/kernel/mod, I probably throw my tablet in the trash. At the time I hated myself for purchased this piece of sh.... Once I unlocked, my tablet now is working so smooth and I love it. if you have been using your table for a while the chance for hardware defects is at the minimum. Unlock/root is no risk at all, pretty much straight forward, of course there always will be a .01% risk for anything.
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
I wanted to ask you where that came from, as it reminded me very, very strongly of the principles at the Royal Military Academy here in Holland. It's always the same everywhere in the military, I guess. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
I used to hold training classes for new employees at an aircraft repair base in Utah.

A portion of the induction briefs included Operational Risk Management.

Those are from some of the instructional guidelines for the classes I had to teach.

Hadn't thought about that stuff since I retired.

Just popped into my head last nite for some reason.

:)

Coming from the ground up
[Asus Transformer TF700] Unibrow:
I unlocked and the only downer that I've found so far is the drm issue, you can get google play movies to work but it will NOT be in HD. Seems to be an Infinity issue.

I was using Cleanrom and it's definitely really nice, just installed paranoid android last night and LOVING it. Chrome actually works! Tweaked the settings so I get the Phone/hybrid ui in Chrome instead of the tablet ui and it's much better.

If the Movies drm thing is not an issue for you, I'd say you really have nothing to lose by unlocking.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Frostbiter:
Thanks guys for the opinions, I'll probably be unlocking my tablet when I have the time to sit down and make sure I do it right.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfdra:
On my i9100 I have a really strange signal problem my suspicion is a hardware issue.

Let's start with the actual problem, from the title you can tell its signal related, it constantly is really low but in some places full. In places where other people on android get full signal I get no signal what so ever. I have tried a custom ROM (super nexus JB 4.1.2), I've also tried a few modems giving each a few days to test but they all act the same so I don't really know what to do in software terms. Any ideas anyone?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you already tried different modems (and RILs?!) it could be a carrier or hardware issue.

If you want to read a little bit more about modems and RILs, have a look here => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1881304
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfdra:
Yeah I used getRIL for the RILs and as I say there's no difference, also I've tried sims from different networks in my phone and doesn't make a difference but they work perfectly in other phones so it mist be a hardware issue

Sent from my GT-I9100
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] rahul_jaiswal31:
I want to use twrp and i already have yannou's recovery installed.Should i've to flash with twrp............ PLease provide detailed solution.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] SifJar:
Download the ZIP from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1911242

Extract the ZIP. Start phone in fastboot mode, run "Install TWRP.bat" (assuming you are on Windows; if on Linux/Mac, simply get the fastboot binary for your system and type "./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" in a terminal)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] isahak:
There is a simple way to install any recovery. Just download recovery installer from playstore and install recovery through it. Its working fine:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
If anyone is using MiLocker from the market, check out this lock screen:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27165780&postcount=309
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] steedy87:
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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
What rom
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] steedy87:
Sorry wrong section, I've got a tegra 3.

I've posed in the international section instead.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Human_Fly:
Hi, guys! I really need your help!

My girfriends Neo crashed while she was on a trip and refused to boot. When it's connected to the charger it shows the Sony logo and stops on that message "the phone has crashed.." and tries to upload the crash files to the SD card but stops at 10% and starts uploading from the beginning, over and over again. When it's not on charger it's totaly dead. So I tried to flash it via flashtool and, judging by the log, everything went just fine, no errors, flashtool recognized the phone in flashmode.. But after it finnished phone still refused to boot.

I couldn't find a solution for this particular problem and, belive me, I searched all over the place. Is there anybody outhere who can help me out?:(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] svprm:
I think problem was due to hardware failure.

You need to service it.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dev Jaskirat:
Locked bl or unlocked?

Sent from my »Neo V«
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] srik9999:
locked or unlocked booloader.?

If locked:-

u can try restoring from SEMC service.

If unlocked:-

If ur Gf's phone is on a custom ROM .

Do the whole flashing process again .

Including flashing of kernel.

(OR)

Download a good ROM .

And flash the given kernel via fastboot .

Then flash the ROM via cwm.

And BTW the kernel will have a recovery (cwm) inbuilt into the kernel. So u don't have to flash cwm.

:)

Please press 'thanks' if I helped.!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] fka:
+1

Really sounds like a hardware problem... I hope the phone still has warranty! Good luck!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] franczg:
Try to flash latest 587 ftf.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] N!geR:
+1 try to flash it man ;)

seNt froM My bustEr Neo v <3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Human_Fly:
Thank you, guys, for your suggestions. I just wanted you to know how things played out. I flashed it several times but nothing worked so it was off to the service with it. The guy managed to flash it with the SEtool and there was a revelation. Effin thing is an engineering sample! It has a really weird IMEI and it must have overheated and that caused the crash. We're so pissed right now.

EDIT

Sorry, but if it's not asking too much I have one more question :) I flashed the nightelf kernel but the phone isn't rooted, I thought that wasn't possible? BTW the bootloader is unlocked. Thanks for everything!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] N!geR:
So he's working now man ? ;)

If not try to flash stock firmware via flashtool

seNt froM My bustEr Neo v
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Human_Fly:
Yep, it's working now :) It's on .587, so far so good. Hope it won't act up any more, she really loves that phone :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] motorazrv3:
If you flashed the night elf kernel correct then the phone must been rooted otherwise something went wrong. Try again or post us a log.

Send from my Neo V via Jelly Sandwich 7.4 and night elf 1.5 using Tapatalk 2
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Human_Fly:
Forgot to flash that "root.zip" file from recovery, bloody idiot. It's fine now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigbossemblem:
Hi guys. I'm quite a noob, but have a good experience on flashing without be bricked (CM9, CM10, Crash, Paranoid...), but I have a problem.

I will explain to you step-by-step what I've done with my Note, so I wish some of you could help me.

1) I was running JB Crash ROM with PhilZ kernel.

2) Some apps got Force Close too often, so I went on Rom Manager and, after a look into the "Fix permissions" description ("It will fix some force closes" or something like that), I decided to give it a try and I tapped on it.

3) After that, my homescreen became unusable, because "TouchWiz Home" got EVERY TIME force closed without reason. Everything else worked fine, so I deciced to boot into CWM recovery to restore a nandroid backup of the same ROM.

4) Instead of tapping "restore", I tapped "backup" (my fault) and it started without possibility of get back. I got something like 200 Mb of free space, so in every case it will never have had success. My Note stucked at this point, so I decided to reboot manually (vol up+home+power) into recovery. Finally I tried to "restore" but I get this message: "ERROR WHILE RESTORING /SYSTEM".

5) I tried to reboot my Note, but it stucks at "Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000" screen without going on.

The good news is that it can go without problems into recovery and into download mode. What can I do? Flashing from CWM, for example, CM9 can fix this?

Please help me :( thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] friedje:
1. Boot into CWM

2. Wipe data, dalvik and cache

3. Format system

4. Reflash your ROM

Don't use rom manager it's not compatible ....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigbossemblem:
After formatting /system, can I try to restore my nandroid backup? Or I have to necessary reflash my ROM? In that case, it's the same thing make it via CWM or via ODIN PC? I'm still on PhilZ recovery, which is safe I guess!

Anyway, thanks for your help :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] friedje:
Via CWM or Odin, depends if you have your rom in the zip or the md5.tar format.

I would reflash to be clean. It's a bit more work in restoring your apps and data

afterwards, but at least you don't restore any messed up files.