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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ejatds:
if there really is such a thing as 'defective glass', how would i know if my device is defective or not?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Drop your phone and see. :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] -DarthNihilus-:
Now that's a decent reason why I would of voted for Obama haha :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] droideastcoast:
Paying over $200 Contract -$700.00 Outright for a phone with no glass warranty is outrageous.

Samsung told me "well you should not drop the phone then."

I then asked the guy on the phone if he has ever dropped a phone in his life time and I said now tell me has that phone broke? I then said that this phone is made cheaply yet I pay a high price. so don't tell me you have never droped any type of phone in your life time more then 20 times and I said if you say no then your lying. he then said I guess your right and you have a valid point. and yet he still refused to replace the damn screens (I say screens because I have 3 sgs3's 2 with cracked screens)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Yup 99% of all companies are like that, but it seems unfair that they could care less even with the amount of consumers and money they make... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] arpitkh96:
Please give me link of tutrial of how to use ps1 emulator
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] A_U:
cant u Google it buddy ? wtf is wrong wit world !
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] arpitkh96:
I m having problem i have tried many games but none worked
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] beppe654:
search on google psx4droid and click on youtube buttom :highfive: it's not difficult
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] thousandecibels:
Also you can google for FPSE.

Its light weight and supports cheat engine too.

Good Luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] arpitkh96:
I tried tekken it worked only till the following screenshot then i was on homescreen no fc
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] thousandecibels:
PSX4DROID or FPSE??
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] arpitkh96:
fpse
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] thousandecibels:
Did you load the bios already?

If yes then try changing the emulator to psx4droid.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumcodex:
hi all

i am trying for a long time and customizing my acro s. i have now come to the part where i want to change the icons in app drawer. ive read and googled alot but cant find any good solution.

is there no easier way to do this than pull the apps from the phone, changing the icon.png and push it back to phone? i dont want to use any launcher!!

do i have to decompile/compile.? or is enough just to open the .apk with 7z and change the .png

regards Drumc

and must still say, its much more easy to theme/custom a jailbroken iphone :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pongnamu:
Do you use custom ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
If your just swapping the images out you can just use 7z. Personally I like to decompile the apk, swap the images, sign, then recompile but that's just my own personal preference.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumcodex:
yes i am using Pims Experience.

damn thats a big work.. :( isnt it possible just to do it with root explore og something else? root explore opens the xxxx.apk and can view whats inside the drawable folder. or can i just view and not edit? btw what is the icon called? i read some places that the icon file is -ic_launcher_"appname" but youtube, trackid, browser etc, doesnt have this file..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Don't use root explorer to swap the images it's risky to do that on the device (Can cause boot loops). The icons will be in the drawable-hdpi or simmilar named folder such as drawable-mdpi.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumcodex:
Here´s what i did, and that did not work :crying: :

Pulled YouTube.apk from /system/app whit ADB. Opened the .apk with 7z and replaced the ic_logo_square (which is the only file i can find thats look like the icon). replaced the in all the drawable folders, with the right dimensions. 32x32 and 64x64. closed 7z

Pushed the YouTube.apk back to phone into /system/app

Pulled Conversations.apk and replaced the conv_application_launcher.png in drawable-xhdi. only folder where i could find something that looks like the icon. pushed Conversations.apk back to phone.

Rebooted the phone. and voila, nothing has changed at all!!! what went wrong? what else should i do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumcodex:
ive have also read somewhere, that when changing icons, play-store will not show any updates. is that corect???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Trying to get the word out here for all who have been affected by their defective glass breaking.

I want to mention that I am NOT the creator of this petition I am nearly passing information on after I found it during a Google search.

http://www.change.org/petitions/spr...laxy-s3-s-that-have-defective-gorilla-glass-2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smac7:
i think this is just the cost of having a thin phone unfortunately. The glass is extremely thin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Actually I think it is a design flaw and I will tell you why. Most of the breaks on this phone happen from the edge. Samsung decided to use cheap plastic on the edges. When the phone impacts, from the edge the plastic gives way to much. It then forces the glass inward from the edge, the glass having no where to go, plus the fact it is so thin, cannot handle the force and just shatters. I dropped my phone from literally 1 foot off he ground and the screen shattered. Guess what, it was a side corner impact.

Had Samsung used an Aluminum body or a stronger Composite the phone would probably hold up much better to these side/corner impacts, But again they used cheap garbage plastic... So sad for a great phone hardware wise...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IAmSixNine:
Good thing for us consumers we have multiple devices to choose from when ever we become unhappy with something.

Bottom line is no device is perfect. LG, ZTE and HTC make devices for Sprint as well. If the GS3 hardware is not up to your specifications feel free to try one of those.

No body held a gun to your head and said buy this phone. No one said, hey keep the phone naked or made you drop it..

What ever you do dont run your car into a brick wall at 5 miles an hour. Do you know how much bumpers on a vehicle cost now a days :)

ok smart ass mode off..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Go buy a iphone. Or put a case worth buying that will take a impact.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
I honestly think this is stupid

(Typing from a s3 cracked from the corner)

We buy smart phones knowing the risks and this falls under accidental

While it is true that both my s1&2 lasted through lots more falls the crack in my phone wasn't as bad as other phones I saw

Where the 3ft drop caused a spider web crack from the middle of the screen woke i got a tiny-ish crack from the corner
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smac7:
i think samsung knew the phone might not be as durable, but they thought thinness was more important.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
The real problem is that a even a small crack on your screen voids your warrenty. And samsung has a all or nothing repair policy.

I learned this the hard way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
you could try, you know, not dropping your phone. if you're prone to being clumsy, then how about you take responsibility by buying a case and protecting your investment instead of blaming the damn manufacturer for your own damn mistake? even if you're not a clumsy person and you use the addage "sh*t happens sometimes"... you're damn right sh*t happens, so how about you insure your sh*t with a case like a responsible adult?

cmon look at what's on that stupid petition's page: "They need to investigate without their prejudicial bias, and possibly recall the phones that have the defective glass." think about that for just a minute. how exactly do you idiots propose that samsung "recall phones that

have the defective glass

?" first off, how does one know they have defective glass without dropping their phone to find out? your answer may be "well hurrrrr if the glass breaks then it's defective..." well no sh*t sherlock, you dropped it that doesn't prove anything other than the fact that you dropped

a piece of glass

. is that samsung's fault that you have parkinsons? secondly, even if they did honor the requests of a few mongoloids, how does samsung know these mongoloids legitimately dropped their phones from only a few feet off the ground? how does samsung know that these phones weren't thrown in the air, or dropped from a ladder, or thrown down some stairs by your spoiled, rambunctious kids?

get real. this petition is stupid and only enables the irresponsibility and cowardness of people. take responsibility for your own mistakes instead of blaming the manufacturer for you breaking your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Garethkungfu:
Well that escalated quickly: p

Seriously just buy a case
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
You have your coffee today? Man oh man take a friggin chill pill stop bashing people because you do not agree, you sound like your 10 years old. :banghead:

On another note, I am NOT the creator of this petition I am nearly passing information on after I found it during a Google search.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IAmSixNine:
LOL 10 year olds dont use words like mongoloid and parkinsons..

But i agree with him in principle. Be responsible for your own actions. The device worked perfectly prior to the customer dropping the phone. Those actions led to the device being damaged.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Look no one is saying that a drop cannot break a phone. It would be silly to think otherwise. This petition is not just for people who have dropped their phones, rather it is for people who's glass is mysteriously cracking and trust me it has been happening for some. Also it is not the glass that is defective, rather it is the BEZEL design. The fact that it is made of such a cheap plastic provides absolutely no protection for a corner impact. Had Samsung made the midframe out of a stronger composite or aluminum the phones may hold up better. That is the just the reality. Anyone posting about you should not drop your phone or get a case or bla bla is missing the point. We pay top dollar for a device. When it is designed for a MOBILE application the enginneers or corporation who employed them need to give them the direction to make a product that keep the comsumer in mind and that it holds up a bit better to that environment. I love my S3 but the fact that it is so fragile just sucks.I dropped my Moto X2 many a time and never ever once did it break the glass. I have repaired now over a dozen S3 glass and every one of them was cause by intrussion of the plastic bezel/midframe into the glass from the side corner. The glass just cannot hold up to this type of impact.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mutiny32:
I can agree on the argument that Samsung should have used a stronger material for the bezel. If I get my new PSU in today for my computer that I use to process photos from my 60D, I'll take a few shots of the bezel where I dropped the device from about 1.5ft getting into my car. It didn't shatter the screen, but it dented and it's malleable enough to actually push up a small outward dent on the edge that interfaces with the back cover. And I am not talking about a dent on the face of the plastic; it was actually soft (hence my use of malleable) enough to re-shape the "body" of the plastic. I liken it to the softness of gold or a soft lead.

As for corner impacts that shattered the screen, I don't think that manufacturer should be held responsible for that. It's an ion-exchange potassium silicate. Tempered glass. **** happens if you do that and your device insurance should cover that if you bought it.

I think perhaps a carbon composite should have been used. It really is cheap plastic.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
Laptop makers replace screens that become cracked , without the necessity of buying an extended warranty.

Just saying
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrterrytoyou:
You know I've had my wife's phone replaced like 4 times since june cause she can't keep her phone in her hands! Do you see me complaining? no! Its an amazing phone and it looks great! why put a case on it!? I don't give a **** about dropping my phone! you know why!? Cause I have best buys black tie protection! I can do absolutely anything to my phone and they don't give a ****! They take it in whatever condition I give it to them and give me a new one a couple days later. They don't even care that its rooted. So complain all you want if you have to pay for a broken phone its your fault for not having looked around for the best place to buy from or the best protection plan! So quit complaining!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Your married? :eek::D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ceelos09:
Sounds like it :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrterrytoyou:
Yes I'm married. Why?

Sent from my Sick Ass Galaxy Note 2

They had a broken keyboard,

I bought a broken keyboard;

Bought a skeetblanket,

And then I bought a knee board

*Macklemore - thrift shop
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
Trying to get the word out here for all who have been affected by their defective glass breaking.

I want to mention that I am NOT the creator of this petition I am nearly passing information on after I found it during a Google search.

http://www.change.org/petitions/spr...laxy-s3-s-that-have-defective-gorilla-glass-2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] critofur:
I haven't had an issue with broken glass. I've even dropped my Galaxy S from above pocket height on concrete without glass breaking. I do not expect my Galaxy S3 would fair as well. I was happy to sign your petition and here is what I wrote in the comments:

"Shouldn't even be called "Gorilla Glass" if it breaks this easily. A phone this expensive should have a more durable design, it should at least be able to withstand a drop from "pocket" height a few times before the glass breaks. The warranty should be improved, or, the repair should be dropped below $50."
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I very seriously doubt thst even if every GS3 owner signed, they would do anything for us.

My hope is that they will at least take this into consideration for future devices.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
You may be right but it NEVER hurts to try and who knows, like everything else in this day and age, if it gets enough attention of the "press" we may be in business to pressure the Korean Giant to do something about it!! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Spidey01:
I don't consider it defective if it breaks on a drop, I consider it a fragile design.

What I do consider defective, is the habit of the displays to have black pixels visible if you have a black background w/ nothing on it and a very dark room. That however, seems to be an accepted fact of these displays....by several forum posters and Samsung.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
Let's say a defective design. MOBILE phones should be designed to hold up to the harsh environments they are produced to work in. That is environments that are ever changing, MOVEMENT, unlike for example an old corded phone where you are mostly stationary and it is not required to take out of your pocket... Engineers should be thinking of durability rather then how elegant or lightweight they can make it. The Iphone 5 (pains me to say this) takes a sh*t load of abuse and holds up extremely well. Samsung could not have taken durability into the equation when making this phone and I am sure they have their own drop test in the labs... I think they should be ashamed of themselves and I believe it is highway robbery what they have done to the supporters of their product.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Spidey01:
This phone wasn't designed for an Army man fast ropping off a helo, it designed for Joe & Jane Blow. And not with sister Dee Dee flinging it around in mind.

My fiancee's S2 is Chuck Norris, it doesn't hit things, it dares them to get in the way.

My S3 is like an iPhone, when I drop it, I will hold my breath until I see the result.

You are right, they should be ashamed of themselves. They degraded the durability of the phone, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's do to the whole make the phone body very un iPhone 4 like. But I also know, if defective design was a legit problem, the daily wtf would not have so much posting material. People design things and we just hope not to be pissed on by it. It's not defective if it works as intended, and how do we know that Sammy didn't want it this way in order to make more money on screen repair or as a deal with some case makers?

I'm just glad that my phone hasn't taken any damage...even after dropping it and Milky Way slamming into an open dresser drawer and than dangling by the USB cable plugged into my computer. No case. If it had hit a corner instead of the business end...well, fml!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
LMAO that is some funny stuff and agreed, especially on them making money off the screen repair...

All i can say is you are one lucky dude!! Watch those corners!!!! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Does this include scratching? I normally take really good care of my phones and even in doing so I have two hairline scratches which I have no idea how they even got there. I hate screen protectors and now I'm forced to use one just to cover the scratches
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
Well Gorilla Glass is supposed to reduce scratching but this petition is for breaking only. You can still help out the cause and sign it. :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Spidey01:
Gorilla Glass is only scratch resistent. What we need is a glass that's like Vibranium. And twice as cool as in a shield.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] redhooka:
Glass breaks, it's a fact. Gorilla Glass only protects against scratches. And Obama doesn't care about your phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
How about don't drop ur 600 dollar phone? Lol!

Sent from my SGS3 Stock Rooted & Odexed

I love this thing!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
That's helpful. Thanks for the advise. :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
I personally don't blame the glass. I blame the bezel. If you look closely at your phone you will notice that the screen is slightly raised from the edges. This causes corner and edge drops to impact on the edge of the glass(weakest point for any type of glass) whereas other device the screen is in a little from the bezel. So when dropped the bezel curls and affects the surface of the glass(much stronger than the edge) that's why they break so easily.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
Precisley!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
Wow! Digging the new "Recognized Contributor" Doc!

Back on topic, I'm signing for sure.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kassem277:
Guys, a few things I would like to comment on. Firstly I am a "veteran" corporate frontline T-Mobile employee. I usually sell the highest volume phones in my store and sometimes my region, and as the S3 being my third most phone that I sell, I can tell you that I personally have only returned two devices for defects and none thus far for cracked LCD's (including insurance claims). Now that is not saying obviously that it doesn’t happen, I’m just saying that I PERSONALLY have not seen it.

Secondly, these phones have built-in impact zones that Samsung engineered into them. lol, how they work is beyond me, so I won't pretend I understand, I just know they are there in the event of a drop to reduce the impulse felt by the device and its inerts.

Also, I personally have dropped my S3 at least seven times with which half of those times were on concrete. I also do not use any kind of case nor do I have screen protectors on it. It is Au Naturale! ;) Knock on wood, my phone doesn’t even have a scratch on it. :)

edit: Not tryig to sound like a narcissist, but giving you background info to show you that I come across and move a lot of these devices on a daily basis.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
You better knock hard lol... I promise you I dropped my phone from less then 12 inches and it shattered. Again it's not the glass it is the frame that gives way and pushes into the glass, then the glass has nowhere to go but to fracture. It is the most vulnerable area of the glass. Thanks for sharing.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] demize!:
Maybe Tmobile is aware of this thats why they are adding Asurion Premium Handset Protection extended warranties to people's bills without their authorization. Im being facetious.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcustaz:
LMAO we all wish!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
Exactly, I've been saying this ever since I posted my own thread when I dropped my phone just twenty hours after purchase. It's the design of the bezel which offers no protection at all to the screen (of course barring a side fall or a fall on the rear). Since phones are likely to fall at some sort of angle instead of perfectly flat face down, the hit is most likely to be on the edge of the screen, exactly my experience. The devil is always in the details.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
All very nice and well for you, but mine shattered from a drop of only 2 1/2 feet. Still, I blame the bezel. Look for yourself.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] porfymartinez:
Don't have a camera right now to show proof, but I was on my hands and knees at work and my S3 slid out of my pocket (1'-1.5' drop) with no case onto pavement and it didn't necessarily shatter the screen but it did crack by the 'back' button. Small little C shaped crack at the corner. Funny thing though is there is no scratch or dent on the screen or bezel near the crack but there is a nick on the opposite side.

I'll definitely be signing it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Alas, I must add myself to the list of unfortunate souls.....

Dropped mine a few days ago and git those lively "c" or "( )" shaped fractures along the sides.... only about a 2-2.5 ft drop too. 4 cracks in all...well, 5 actually. The glass over the rear camera cracked right down the middle!

I knew it was a fragile, delicate little thing...I just thought I could be careful enough....

One other thing ill mention since im on the topic. I know its glass and isnt shaterproof, but it is supposed to be resistant, right? Also scratch resistant. Couple months ago it was accidentally slid across the floor, about 4 inches. Got a nice little scratch in the middle/upper part.

My old phone had GG1. I put that thing through hell! The casing almost looks like swiss cheese! Screen is still perfect! No exaggeration there either. Its been kicked, dropped, scraped, stepped on, thrown, etc!

I think id rather have the thicker, heavier glass in the future. Doubt it'll even be an option though.

Just thought id share.