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[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Lucky you Ben! :D

If you N4 does arrive, at least you will have a great opportunity to compared it yourself with the S3, and see the pros/cons of each.

I definitely agree on all points, when using the later gen devices, you can certainly feel a huge improvements in responsiveness etc.

Going from the DS screen to S3's monster 4.8" screen will be a huge jump and will take adjustment! From my DS to the S2's 4.3" screen although its not a huge difference was noticeable. But after I've adjusted to It now, the S3's screen will be fine. I'm sure when you get the N4 after a few weeks you'll be wondering how you ever managed with the DS screen! :)

The buttons, couldn't agree more, feel the same. (S2 has the same button configuaration) I rather have all capacities buttons, as it feels weird having a mix. I tend to try and use my back button more than my home, because I'm afraid that the button might wear off over time!

How do you manage with the home button delay? Is it noticeable? I found it really annoying at first, but I've kind if gotten used to it now.

I can imagine your pain waiting so long for the N4 to arrive! When I ordered my DS, it was meant to arrive on a Monday, but there was a delay and I had to wait till Wednesday! Slowest 2 days of my life! :D
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
just posted this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1611085&page=317 and found the sgs3 related posts in this thread... help me please!
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Can't ultimately comment properly for another week, so that I can compare the N4 experience first hand, as I'm still waiting for mine to turn up.

I'm loving the i9305, which is a sgs3 (but with 2Gb of RAM and 4g) If you can afford the sgs3 I doubt that you would regret the purchase. From the DS its a huge leap.

With the availability of the N4 still unknown at this time only you can really decide. We can offer advise...
[HTC Desire S] Juppehup:
I've been using the DS for a year now, and starting to look around for a more high end device. I changed job function and using the phone a lot more got me thinking about an S3. Thought about the N4 at first but since I live in Holland, we won't be getting any :mad:

Played around with the S3 for a couple of minutes, really like the size (i do have big hands) and of course the screen. Only disappointing thing is the hardware home button including delay... I'm curious how this thing will fly with a custom rom.

Since I'm not in a hurry I think I'm gonna keep daydreaming about it a bit longer...maybe wait for S4...Also a bit afraid of loosing the great support of the dev forum....

Verstuurd van mijn Desire S met Tapatalk
[HTC Desire S] theguitarman94:
Hey Ben! Thought I'd check to see what the forums were still like for my beloved ex device. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that other forums can be a bit hostile and unfriendly in comparison to the desire s forum's. The people in the one s forum can be really rude, the recognised devs can be really nasty to people at times. I always think back to the desire s forum and wish it was the same. Oh well after nearly 4 months with the one s I'm probably going to move on to the one x+ so won't be in that forum anymore :) I'll definitely keep coming back here. What devices are you guys using now? Or what devices are you planning on upgrading to?

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Personally I think the s3 is a great device but the reason I've been put off of it is because the screen brightness/ outdoor visibility is terrible. The desire s screen probably has better outdoor visibility and its a much older phone. I'm thinking about the nexus 4 but the screen sensitivity issue is a deal breaker for me
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
that's exactly why I created this thread, to avoid the chaos - read the OP.

New devices- Without intending to sound like someone from the N4 forum. , Read the bleeding thread :D ;) it's all there or in the OT forum where we have discussed it at length over the last few months

A few of us have the N4 ordered, mine should arrive tomorrow or next day I hope. And several are seriously contemplating the purchase will largely depend on whether Google permits them to with it's stupid stock levels and play store farce. I've seen you around the N4 forum, always good to spot a known name.

Some people bought the sgs3, i'm paying with one now i9305 (work trial but it had to be returned) nice but looking forward to getting the new one. All of them are huge leaps from the DS and make for a wonderful experience.

One X+ is a great device, I liked the look of it myself although suspect it will lack the cult following that the original got, I thought I'd try a non sense device see how I got on, will either be love or hate.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Hi guys!

Ben, have you finally got your n4? I'm not getting one anymore, but buying two for my friends (IF it will return to stock).

iphone 5 is good so far. ios is far less complex than android, but it is not so bad either. I will play with it a bit more before I decide what to do... :)

By the way, it feels strange to own a phone which doesn't need any tweaking to make it fly. Build quality is also top. Dunno... Maybe I'll stick to ip5 + n7 combo until sgs4. :rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Hello, Yes very pleased to say that they have finally arrived about two hours ago.

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[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Very nice. Ben and his Sexi Nexii :cool:
[HTC Desire S] theguitarman94:
I would love to hear some feedback from you about your experience with the nexus 4 once you've had it a while! I'm starting to have some second thoughts about my choice for my next phone so I could still consider a nexus 4.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Initial impressions, still very early days, I've not really used the two newer devices (sgs3 and Nexus4) enough to comment about their comparative function although I can comment on their form, plus I've spent most of the last day, testing, unpacking, repacking, posting and resolving the non-existent USB issue, (which appeared to be a win7 USB problem when you have multiple Nexus devices!). I have also been getting over an horrendous hangover as on Wednesday night I went to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in London with a group of new Dads and Fathers to be, hence the days off work and probably slow progress :)

Initail Thoughts

While I love the on screen buttons on the N4, its a shame to loose so much screen real estate due to them. I really dislike the single h/w button on the sgs3, but the slightly larger screen on the sgs3 manages to squeeze in another entire row of home screen icon space!

The Nexus 4 build quality is seriously superior, similar to the DS, dare I say it feels very similar to an iPhone in the hands only larger, the glass is cold to touch and hard (its also 8g heavier), where as the sgs3 is slightly thinner, slighty taller, but feels lighter,it's soft to touch and unfortunately plastic (sorry).

My first time with a Samsung I liked the TouchWiz quick settings and the Calendar application especially, anyone recommend a good replacement calendar application for the Nexus4?

Right back to setting up the device.....a long road to go down - and annoyingly not much time.....until tomorrow now.
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Keep it coming :)

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
If only the N4 wasn't too big for me
[HTC Desire S] Kolo39:
F**k yeah!!!! I ordered my Nexus 4 after 2min :D
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Keeps declining my card ;(
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
New signature below... :) Thanks a million Ben!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Brilliant :laugh:, very happy for you! was considering emailing you again but I didn't want to rub in the lack of delivery.....any longer.
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Received it after lunch, but could actually only play with it a couple of hours ago.

Wouldn't turn on... Connected to charger, red led blinking, still wouldn't turn on. Turns out battery was so empty that it took a few minutes to let me even attempt to boot!

Immediately unlocked the boot loader, and caused a boot loop. Dug around forums, apparently had to manually wipe cache partition.

I was waiting to have a full system working before letting you know. But all is good now. And it's a beast!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Awww... I want n4 too :o

Ben, order one for me, I'll send you the money first :p

No, seriously, in my opinion n4's display pwns the s3.. Had a good comparison side by side and no "getting used to" - effect (if you know what I mean)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Thanks for the review Ben, very informative and what we were all looking for!

Wow, surprised to see you've rooted and installed a custom ROM after day 1!

What drive you away from stock? Mainly just Google bugs? Or are there a significant amount of features that AOKP has? (Tweaks I'm guessing? Very useful over Googles implementaction?)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Y_Yan_C:
Hi all, Blue here,

I am using a slightly modified rom made bsaed on the hktw rom made by a local. I am just wondering if wifi or data takes more battery generally?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] davtse:
2g<wifi<3g<4g for battery drain, or at least that's what i've found from my side, with 2 g taking up the least battery, and 3g/4g taking up the most.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] :
On the Droid Razr (and infact any Android device) wifi uses MUCH less power and resources than HSDPA/3G+ services. The reason being that the gain needed on the radios part to receive a packet via wifi is (generally) much less than over a cellular connection, due to the quality of the signal being much higher. It hasn't got to work as hard to get a good set of packets to work with. Your phone will be working like a mad thing trying to buffer a YouTube video on HSDPA - dealing with massive packet loss and syphoning the 'good' data from the 'bad' data - whereas on wifi with much less packet loss and a higher rate of that 'good' data being received, it can relax a little.

My advice on battery life - download a data "toggle" widget and place it on an unused home screen. Whenever you are not using any mobile data services turn it off using this widget. Leave wifi on only when at home/a location where you know you will be able to use it. Turn it off when you go out. When you want to use mobile data when wifi is not available, just toggle it on. I get 3+ days of always-on use using this method.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Y_Yan_C:
Thanks guys, coz I notice that it seems like when I am using wifi, the batter goes faster. Maybe it's because when I am connected to wifi I use it more often? Thanks again
[Motorola Droid RAZR] :
It could well be. Or if you have applications that are configured to only sync/update when on wifi, this will naturally put your phone to more use than if say you only used 3G/HSDPA for checking email.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SAJdroid:
When you say you have compared them with 3G , it means the phone's data sync causing this problem is out of question. As in both cases ( wifi and 3G) the phone would connect to data based on the set intervals.

Possible cause: if you have multiple wifi sources near your devices and you have granted them access, here your phone constantly tries to connect to the best available wifi . If this is true , just use wifi managers available on Play store or remove access to unwanted wifi routers/access points.
[XPERIA X10 General] xSkArx:
Hi to all

I'm trying to compile AOSP GB but always fail, the first "error" was this

build/core/base_rules.mk:78: *** Module name: gps.es209ra
build/core/base_rules.mk:79: *** Makefile location: hardware/qcom/gps/loc_api/libloc_api
build/core/base_rules.mk:80: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:81: * Each module must use a LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS in its
build/core/base_rules.mk:82: * Android.mk. Possible tags declared by a module:
build/core/base_rules.mk:83: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:84: * optional, debug, eng, tests, samples
build/core/base_rules.mk:85: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:86: * If the module is expected to be in all builds
build/core/base_rules.mk:87: * of a product, then it should use the
build/core/base_rules.mk:88: * "optional" tag:
build/core/base_rules.mk:89: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:90: * Add "LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional" in the
build/core/base_rules.mk:91: * Android.mk for the affected module, and add
build/core/base_rules.mk:92: * the LOCAL_MODULE value for that component
build/core/base_rules.mk:93: * into the PRODUCT_PACKAGES section of product
build/core/base_rules.mk:94: * makefile(s) where it's necessary, if
build/core/base_rules.mk:95: * appropriate.
build/core/base_rules.mk:96: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:97: * If the component should be in EVERY build of ALL
build/core/base_rules.mk:98: * products, then add its LOCAL_MODULE value to the
build/core/base_rules.mk:99: * PRODUCT_PACKAGES section of
build/core/base_rules.mk:100: * build/target/product/core.mk
build/core/base_rules.mk:101: *
build/core/base_rules.mk:102: *** user tag detected on new module - user tags are only supported on legacy modules. Alto.

This is fixed but now I get this:

build/core/base_rules.mk:162: *** device/semc/es209ra/hciattach: MODULE.TARGET.EXECUTABLES.hciattach already defined by external/bluetooth/bluez/tools. Alto.

and idk how to fix it.

If anyone know how to do please help me.
[HTC One X+] serafinmarius:
Hello ,

i'm only posting here cuz' i can't post here-------} -HTC One X+ > One X+ Android Development > [ROM]Enrc2b Shipped ROM Collection-

i have the : RUU_ENRC2B_U_JB_45_Vodafone_UK_1.14.161.13_Radio_3.1204.167.31_release_289473_signed .

if u need it please PM me.

Cheers:good:
[HTC One X+] EddyOS:
Upload it and PM me the link, I'll post it on your behalf
[HTC One X+] serafinmarius:
already done :) :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Parastie:
Anyone have problems with Zombiewood? It worked fine when I first installed the game, but since then I can't get it to launch. Gets to the loading screen, then crashes. Anyone else? I've tried reboot, but I haven't reinstalled it because of the large download.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ian1:
Classic Gameloft not coding games well
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redslumber:
Don't know. I deleted the game because it kept sending notifications about in game sales. Best of luck
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sauliiin:
Mine is working fine!!!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Thought maybe we could have a thread discussing all things this game from best settings on the N7 to tactics for different races, and which cars and/or mods help?

Could also note EA origins Id's?

Bricked/Rasbean N7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
For those that use sixaxis/ps3 here's a profile from spaceman860:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33619417&postcount=200

Also Hamdir has given us that use overclocked cpu/gpu a helping hand to minimise lag until EA tweak it themselves:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33819603&postcount=66
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kearkan:
You have posted the same link twice =P
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] kratos313:
Can game progress be synced across multiple devices like from my N7 to my Gnex ?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Sorry altered to correct links now
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Dunno whether you could use an app like titanium to backup the game data? maybe someone else knows for sure though?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Phandroid:
Use PeerDeviceNet to sync data for any application across all of your Androids, it's free on the PlayStore.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] kratos313:
Thanks for the info I'll give that a try
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kearkan:
I must say I'm quite disappointed in this game. Even with hamdirs mod on the lowest setting I found 10 in game seconds is actually 22 real seconds, you can't tell me that's because of the device.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Phandroid:
Think about what you just said...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] GiantsFan91:
can i play nfsmw on ps3 controller?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Yes using the sixaxis app and the profile in the first post

Bricked/Rasbean N7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kearkan:
What do you mean? I'm saying the game is slow. It IS smooth, but overall slow, not really good for a racing game. And it seems its not just me. Upgrading to 4.2 has given a slight performance increase, but it's still in no way as fast as it should be. Ea has said they are working on it but (one really wonders what devices they tested on when everyone seems to have this problem =S)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Alejandrito:
Any one else is having this problem? I see no colors in the game =/

Here is an album with 3 screenshots: imgur.com/a/JzAK3 (not allowed to post links yet)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] rebel1699:
It is the device. I have found that being overclocked causes this time warp deal. Use your preferred clocking app to set a profile so your cpu only goes to 1.3 ghz while that game is being played. Makes a huge difference.

Skyrocket on AOKP by R4ins
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] GiantsFan91:
how do i set up ps3 control for this game? ps3 is connected to bluetooth. can pause the game but cant control the car. i downloaded key mapping and load it to sixaxis. i had no problem with gta 3.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kearkan:
ypu probably haven't changed the controls in game. You need to set it.to the on screen wheel I think

Yes but the HTC oneX is our chip at 1.5 and it has the same issues.

The mod that got made by hamdir was primarily made to address the issue you're talking about. The game was pulling up the 1.5ghz profile and running like ****.

But even with the game set to the 1.3 settings and the tablet or phone at 1.5 its still slow.

I'm really starting to think this is on purpose though. I flashed trinity and clocked it up to 1.7 GHz and 700mhz gpu and it was buttery smooth but still slow. Even with the mod at 1.3.

And ea seems to be doing their old trick of flat out ignoring everything =\
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Thats really weird! might be worth uninstalling/reinstalling the game again?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Change the control method to an onscreen steering wheel and it should work, tbh I find it easier to play via the tilt method as EA didn't think too hard about the controls :silly:
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Kearkan:
Ea seems to have not thought much about this game at all, son, I am disappoint
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] chismay:
LMAO!

yeah i like playing, most wanted. my origin name is CHISMAY

i think if you use the origin login, when you change devices it saves your XP POINTS but not your progress or cash
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Skyrocket2Paradise:
anyone have the mod files I can snag?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] R3dbeaver:
Ok. Snatched the game at sales. Anyone know how to move the game to external card yet? My 8gb nexus is already whimpering...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] rebel1699:
I quoted 1.3 ghz because that is stock on n7, and we are in the n7 forum. For one x, i would advise using their methods. I only speak for the devices in which forum I am posting.

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Go online and download game guardian and install it. Read the instructions on how to use and youll have plenty of cash. I set mine to 10 million.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] t_007_v2:
I want you to adjust one line in your build.prop and see if it does what it's doing for most wanted on my nexus 7.

dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=8m

dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=64m <<<< this one line right here. Change it to 192m and see what happens (;

dalvik.vm.heapsize=384m

That number dictates how much room a application can take up in memory and 64m isn't enough for games like most wanted.

Bumping up that parameter allows a app to get bigger (as tracked by logging with the System Tuner), and I assume it doesn't have to load vector/texture data from nand to ram as frequently. it's safe to have a heapgrowthlimit up to 1/2 of the heapsize, so that would be 1/2 of the default 384m heapsize or 192. Don't cross that threshold 192m is enough. I first tested 170 and I was like wow what a difference. I'm currently using 192 and everything is kosher.

This tweak blew my mind!!!

NFS most wanted, you know where you get those slow motion laggy type effects there GONE.

Asphalt 7 with high rez maps enabled at 1.3ghz screams...

TDKR plays like a completely different game.

If this works for you hit that thanks button!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
That tweak is a plaebo, doesn't actually do anything to the game I'm afraid.....
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] t_007_v2:
I don't agree it helps my n7 run games like mw more smoothly. A friend that turned me on to this sees vast improvement on his Nexus 10. increasing the vm apps can use is not a placebo. I'm at 100 percent on all the mw races it WAS a fun game glad I bought it.

Cheers

This post was generated using my totally arse kicking NEXUS 7!!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
We'll agree to disagree then ;)

Hamdir has looked at it as well and states it does nothing

Sent from my HTC One X
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] R3dbeaver:
and still nobody replied my question... anyone figured out how to move the 2Gb data to a USB stick? Directory Bind doesn't play nice with me...
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ace9988:
My Origin username is warface9988
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] tyraelasd:
Does anyone know how to improve the graphics ( sharpness ) in NFMW? Im using franco kernel and from what I know non-stock kernels cause this issue. Any tip on how to fix it besides changing kernel?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] spthacker:
Have you modded it?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771129
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Richieboy67:
I play these games on my touchpad and they work fine. I have it overclocked and running the latest cm nightly. On my nexus 7 and nexus 4 these games look amazing. I am rooted only with stock kernals and roms on both.

Not sure why you guys are getting lag but maybe you have something running in the background. Go to apps/running apps and see what is there because these games should fly on the nex7 using full graphics.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] BSquaredB2:
I agree. I'm completely stock and the game flies. Something in the background must be affecting the game.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ales007:
Hello all,

i have this game on both my nexus 7 and my xperia arc s (mono core 1.4 ghz and 512 ram ,adreno 205) ,in the nexus the game is smooth but kinda slow,i mean it's very playable but i feel that it not running the way it should do ,on my xperia arc s ,the game runs faster .some times i have lag because of lack of ram,only 512 on arc s ,but the game experience is better ...

a friend have an xperia S (dual 1.5 ghz,1 gig ram ,adreno 220) ,the game is smooth ,but like in the nexus,i feel that it's a little slow , i hope EA will make an update or patch to make it running faster on our lovely devices :D
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] scottx .:
Runs sooo good. I'm not much of a gamer but I've loved nfs since nfs2 way back when.

It lets you really get into it and race like crazy good. Some good headphones are recommended for the best experience!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] No_Nickname90:
This game lags horrible on my Nexus 7. My heapsize was already at 190m. I just changed it to 192, not that I think it would make a difference. Maybe there was something running in the background. I clocked back to 1.3 since I was overclocking to 1.4. I though 1.4 was stock anyways. Oops. LoL!!

I'll see how the game runs now.

EDIT: After changing my heapsize, and clocking back to stock, the game ran fine through the tutorial. IDK what was happening. The game ran fine on stock. (Lost my data, it's no biggie, barely played it.)

I did notice one thing. I had SetCPU and Trickster MOD both with Super User permissions. SetCPU had a different frequency than Trickster. This could have been causing an issue with this game since it uses the CPU for performance.

I just denied SetCPU SU permissions. I like the Read-Only mode. It's easier to read what's going on over Trickster. I'm only using Trickster because my kernel suggest I use Trickster as it's CPU manager.