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[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
If Sony really puts some weight behind these words, and they use the ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs next year, they will blow everything out of the water. The STE processors will be manufactured by Samsung, so they will have arguably the best mobile manufacturing process out there for the moment, while having the ImgTech G6xx0's GPUs which seem to look pretty unchallenged in performance.

Up until now all of Sony's devices were just outdated by a good more than half a year. In the mobile space where we basically have 1 year long product cycles, that's half of a product lifetime. The Xperia T is a nice phone, but at this point in time it's basically the same internal hardware as the One XL/S and NA S3's, which are 6+ months old. Don't get me started on the previous "flagships".

Let's hope they can deliver. They have the hardware available to do it.
[Galaxy S III General] Drakenfall:
Funny you mention that Sony cameras are not so good when the SIII and Iphone 4s uses a Sony sensor.

http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/01/chipw...sung-galaxy-siii-sports-the-iphone-4s-camera/

Anyway, in the flagship they can´t compete, shure, but in the rest of the range, it has the best ones.

I currently have the SIII but below that Sony does better than Samnsung, in price/quality, at least in my country.
[Galaxy S III General] testadeferro:
I can tell you that my xperia neo takes better photos then my s2 and my former xperia s. But not better then the s3. This was tested with the 4 phones in the same places and in same conditions. I m a sony fan. Allways had sony Ericsson phones. And tell you thay the xperia s is a great deception. I m not a great fan from samsung I had some y op devices and allqays had problems with them. But one I ensure you. S3 is by far better then any sony. Last I tell you if the xperia s had some features that it could have without problems, like otg usb, external sd, removable battery, and decent software for cam, I had prefere it has the s3.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
thats another part of the story ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jerverg:
I tried so hard analyzing but now at last I know their reasoning behind releasing Xperia S, Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia Acro S, Xperia T, and whatever Xperia (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ) phone they released this year. All along and all this time, those phones were meant to challenge Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation, iPhone4s and other phones from last year! What kind of mindset is that for a company? What have you become Sony? Argh!
[Galaxy S III General] istoner:
The iPhone's implementation of panorama is a great example on why Apple are so good at creating user experiences for the lowest common denominator.

Yes, that's a nice way of saying it's made for stupid people. But making things for stupid people requires very smart ideas.
[Galaxy S III General] tanjiajun_34:
I guess they are referring to the rumored Sony C6603 Yuga for the next phone that will try to beat iPhone 5 and S3...

S4 Pro

2GB ram

1080p 5" screen
[Galaxy S III General] kickokim:
I don't understand how the xperia T doesn't compete with the s3. It has the same chip as the US version and a better design, nice software and better dev support. It's obvious they meant compete in a different way.
[Galaxy S III General] Drakenfall:
The software is another thing of importance in a phone. In Xperia S could be the case. But i had a varios of android phones. X8, Ace, Play, Arc S and so on and until now. The S3 is the best one in that category. But it has the obligation to do it.

For example. A friend of mine is fan of Nokia a bougth a Lumia 800 it has a 8mp and it sucks. And it got carl zeiss.
[Galaxy S III General] eggman89:
Oops.. wrong thread!
[Galaxy S III General] disclaimernotice:
It's all about marketing. If Sony or any other OEM doesn't market a product as a flagship, the general public would be more reluctant to buy it.

For example, the Oppo Find and the HTC DNA are both cutting edge phones with 1080p displays, but few have heard of them or are considering buying them, simply because they aren't marketed properly.

The same goes for laptops. Almost all gaming rigs are not marketed properly, which is why they have such a small niche market despite superior specs.

If you compare this with Apple's approach, all Apple products are marketed as flagships. That's why Apple fan boys flock to every single release.
[Galaxy S III General] Senrir:
Sony has ok hardware, its the software that sucks. Just google comparisons on picture taken by their phones vs galaxy s3 and/or iphone.
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
I really don't agree with "they look good".
[Galaxy S III General] divided by zero:
I get the impression that this is their year recuperating from the Ericsson split. To be fair, even if they didn't have a true flagship to offer this year, they offered a solid array of reasonably priced mid-range phones that still offer that premium feel. I'll give them the benefit of a doubt and assume that van Schie meant "able to compete with S3, iPhone 5... and whatever may be coming by then". Now that this year's flagship lineup is complete, perhaps they are aiming to be among the first to offer the next year's best?
[Galaxy S III General] anthonys2r:
All they need is a good marketing team. Maybe Sony hasn't noticed but Samsung and Apple both dump millions of dollars in marketing and advertising their flagship phones through ads and commercials. Sony? I don't even remember ever seeing a Sony mobile phone commercial. How do they expect to compete if customers don't even know Sony phones are out there!
[Galaxy S III General] testadeferro:
Theres nothing new about future. Sony lags on software now. No support. Even new phones will not get 4.1.2 updates... maybe they should lern something from others. Sony as good hardware and good looking phones but the rest...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcd17:
Ok, I've got no idea what happened, but here it goes: I think I royally screwed things up when I tried to go from 4.2 back down to PA 2.54. The install froze in twrp, so I made the mistake of holding down the power.vol buttons. Now will boot into the bootloader screen, but won't get past the Google screen on reboot, and when I try to get to recovery it stalls as well.

adb and fastboot can't find the device, although my pc does "see" it when I plug in the usb.

Here's the info on the bootloader screen:

Product Name - Grouper

Variant - Grouper

HW Version - ER3

Bootloader Version - 4.13

Baseband Version - n/a

Signing - not defined yet

lock State - unlocked

I tried using the toolkit to reload and unroot, but it can't see it.

Is this thing toast? Or is there a way to get it rolling again?

Any help MUCH appreciated!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcd17:
Strangely when the device is stuck on the teamwin screen, I can get my pc to recognize it via adb devices, It returns: --015d21d9100bec0d recovery--

I've never seen it mention recovery before, but I'm far from an expert.

Being that the bootloader still loads and the pc at least somewhat recognizes it, there's got to be some kind of solution??
[HD2 General] naser6355:
Dear Developers,

i just wanted to let you know that we - HD2 Owners - Seriously want FxOS on our devices :D

so please do your magic and let us be happy again :D

Thanks
[HD2 General] gargdada:
+1..

But not sure if HD2 can handle Firefox Well.. Didn't handle Chrome well.. I had to finally revert back to Stock ICS Browser
[HD2 General] naser6355:
hello mate,

as you know everything will be better and run better with a more efficient use of hardware resources, a thing that android could not do anyway :D

but with FxOS maybe it will be done nicely, and after that FxOS has some cool iOS-like features :D:laugh:
[HD2 General] zombie197:
firefox os not browser

I'm sure he meant FirefoxOS n not Firefox browser on android

check this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1805282

screens here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901137
[HD2 General] gargdada:
OOPS!!!!!

Oops.. Misread it.. to firefox browser and wondering why an app is not working on HD2..:silly: silly me..

+1 for Firefox OS.. though not sure if i like any iOS like features :)
[HD2 General] Akshay Darade:
FxOS!!! Competition for Android and WP8? Will it become Popular like FireFox Browser? :P
[HD2 General] naser6355:
when firefox released. there were only IE and Opera and Safari.

but now it is so much more popular than them, it could happen to FxOS as well,
[Nexus 4 General] ace7196:
Let's try to narrow this down...

If you have the issue, write down if it's dependent upon anything.

Does disabling "touch sounds" fix it?

How about disabling noise cancellation?

If you blast some quick bursts of compressed air at it, does it fix it?

If you mute all the volumes, does it help/fix it?

Could you freeze the audio controller app (don't recall the name atm) in system/app?
[Nexus 4 General] crachel:
Continue discussion in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1996174

Closed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] R4x0:
hi folks

I flashed various roms on my xperia s and suddenly theres no network. I cant manually assign a network neither. I tried wipe data and flash other roms but no matter what I do theres no change.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] enachemc:
Maybe you need to flash a more updated baseband version
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dmwitz:
Sim card contacte

I had a similar problem once my SGSI and tried everything until. I discovered that I had damaged the Sim card contacts. After bending one of the contact prongs back in place it started working again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] R4x0:
i cleaned it but no difference, i dont think i ever touched the sim. thanks anyway.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] R4x0:
how would one do that? lol im such a noob:confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] qtlestat:
Hi!

Were you able to fix your problem? I am having the same problem, flashing a different baseband doesnt fix the issue...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] phaker:
same problem here, but i have changed my sim to anothar phone [nokia 3310] and noticed same problem, i believe that the sim is your problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
I found this in the t-mobile section..it uses aroma installer through your recovery..check his work out so far I themed my dialer, status bar icons, samsung keyboard color, ...here ya go...dont forget to thank him!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982622
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Here is the dialer and some icons on status bar...his work is awesome..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lookitschris:
whats up bro!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Still in shock with this beast. When you flash this theme does it kill the reboot toggle? If you install the 15 toggle mod.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Chris whats up man...were all here now..lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Hey dafox..not sure man..this guys mods are not for the toggles. The same dev does naje a awesone theme that works our our device ad well...has alot oc choices of colirs for the toggles...did u see the other thread of this dev here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Not sure. I flashed the 15 toggles then flashed a theme and it kills the reboot toggle for some reason. Or, I get the toggles working and the status bar goes stock. No biggy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] truth77:
Flashing multiple mods is hit or miss cause they all mess with the system ui, gotta choose wisely lol!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 9wire:
I'm mixing and matching theme elements, modded status bar from this, status bar transparency from the other. I already had the 15 toggle mod installed, didn't theme it with the aroma installer, it still works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Same her 9wire...I havent tried the 15 toggles though I left stock..but kinda been building like yourself here and there..looking good so far... Am gonna try the 15 toggles now though..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 9wire:
It does matter the order you flash stuff, this theme changed my status bar icons, but I lost transparency, I can just flash the trans mod after the aroma installer and have its icons on a transparent status bar though, you can even do it in the same session.

I'm on the modded 7105 multi window rom, and the 4 way restart works.

I did something dumb just now, was changing my wallpaper with an app, thought I somehow borked my statusbar, what I did was make a screenshot my wallpaper. :rolleyes:

Here's my setup for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Whoa..me love her long time..lmao
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
Nothing happens when you click on the link to download it.

Is that the dialer you get when you flash it.the stock one is kinda gay?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
I fixed the link to the 1st post...the op themes are through aroma thrugh cwr or twrp.. It allows you to manually pick whatever color theme to a dialer or keyboard or whatever is in his theme.. That dialer is stock just themed yellow..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 9wire:
My dialer and keyboard, I found an aosp browser that works, too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] truth77:
Which one tell me plz lol. I hate sammys browser
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dafoxs:
When you get to this page, following his instruction and click the bottom link. Nothing happens.

At least on my phone

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 9wire:
I made a thread, just for you. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] turilo:
This an s3 theme that works for us? Which did you grab from there wish?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
It was said it works...works fine for me and lot others....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] StarLog:
Still stock, never changed my icons, but this may make me do it.

Do I need to me rooted?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Yes...you have to flash this thru recovery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] turilo:
You get my PM wish777?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lookitschris:
haah for real man.. I had to do it! still have my og note though.. still look at it and masterbate sometimes.. god I love that biA! hahahahahhhahah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
Lmao....I tried to give my note 1 to my mom..but its way to big for her little hands she didnt want it....so selling it on CL for 300 with extra new battery I should get it for that price..kets hope Christmas is right around the corner ..lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jonathanpeyton:
Thanks for this BTW!

Any idea why "Unfortunatly system ui has stopped? "Running Scrolsler stock rooted on ATT on I317.Thanks again OP!

"All I have is my Word and my Ba**s, and I dont break either for NOBODY" - Tony Montana
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wish777:
I had that happen flashing the 1% battery mod theme.. when you never flashed the actually mod to have 1%battery in the first place...or the transparent status bar causes it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jonathanpeyton:
Thanks Ill try that and repart back,never saw trans bar option.
[Windows 8 General] Jaa-Yoo:
Is it possible to use an OEM license from a dead laptop to install Windows 8 on a different PC?

I have 2 custom built PCs that are running illegal installations of Windows 7 that i'd like to get on Windows 8. I have access to dead discarded laptops like dell, hp and acer, many with their license stickers still on them. I'd like to know if i can install Windows XP, Vista or 7 onto my custom PCs using an OEM license from the old laptops, and then upgrade to Windows 8 from there. :)
[Windows 8 General] JihadSquad:
Your situation is proooobably not allowed in here, but let's say "you corrupted your win 7 installation." I think you can install from consumer preview with an upgrade disk.
[Windows 8 General] Jaa-Yoo:
Ok, i just did some googling and found that using an OEM license on any computer other than the one it came with, wont work.

Im basically trying to find a way to get Windows 8 for $40, but i have no legal upgrade path available. Any suggestions?

Thanks :)
[Windows 8 General] buffalosolja42:
Well Technically if you have an OEM install disc you could place an hard drive from one of those machines in your custom rig (if you don't want to override the 7 install) and install the OEM version on your custom rig run the upgrade tool it should pick up your hardware from that and you can get a key. As of your Win7 (illegal :( ) stuff just copy the files over that you need or change the boot option to the one you upgraded as primary boot device.
[Windows 8 General] ErylFlynn:
The OEM key is just that an OEM key, if it was never used to actually install an OS then it is still open. Once used it is locked to the hardware it was installed on first. Meaning mostly the motherboard. If you say buy a new motherboard and you had an OEM install you would need to purchase a new license.
[Windows 8 General] Jaa-Yoo:
Thanks for the info. :)
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
that's not exactly true

in fact its not true at all

due to various issues ive essentially done what you want to do all be it mine were completely legal reasons

go on to an old laptop or desktop running Win Xp, vista or 7

run the upgrade assistant

buy the win 8 upgrade key,

copy it down (you get an email if you forget)

abort installation

go to computer you want to upgrade, use a downloaded ISO to install Win 8

use product key your obtained earlier

done

it works just fine

in my case, Instead of farting around with other devices I simply installed Vista to a VM on my computer, I had it activated then ran the upgrade assistant, purchased the code then used an ISO to install Win 8 with the perfectly legit code. Note that in order to run the upgrade assistant you will need a valid older OS, but if you have legit software on them then you are laughing.

I don't support piracy in the slightest, however there are legitimate reasons for doing this which is why I posted it, I suppose its better to have BEEN a pirate and change your ways to be legal then to just steal it all together.

Of course there are ethical reasons around the "upgrade" part, you need to have a previous OS to upgrade, I suppose if you retired the older original PC then technically it isn't completely illegal, but it is very very grey!
[Windows 8 General] jlangleyrn:
Ahh, a pirate after my heart. I like the analogy and post :)
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
ha, believe what you must, its the bloody upgrade assistant that was to blame for my issues, stupid thing, MS tech support told me ,"just find another pc an run it on that" so I did.

What's really interesting is I read back your post in a pirate accent....curious Indeed!
[Windows 8 General] junialum:
Well, you can upgrade from a non-legal copy of Windows 7 to a legal copy of Windows 8. The Upgrade Assistant runs fine on a non-legal copy of Win 7.

I'm pretty sure MS allowed it to happen because: why not get the Win 7 pirates to pay for Win 8 (since its cheap anyways)?

http://www.davejunia.com/2012/10/windows-8-pro-upgrade-experience/

Tested on 2 separate systems.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
absolutely agree, which is why im happy to post that, and as you said, MS could have quite easily stopped it working or ran another activation check so by there inaction I think its ok to assume MS doesn't have an issue, so long as you pay up! ;)
[Windows 8 General] jlangleyrn:
It wasn't meant in any negative way, I like the way you think. Hell, we've all spent enough money buying Microsoft products that it should be cheap and simple. I like any way I can find to skirt the system, but remain legally acceptable.
[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
apologies, I wasn't meaning to come across negative, it was you starting with an "Ah," that got me reading in a pirate accent ;)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falen:
How do you take a screen shot on the nexus 10?

Thanks.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesp141:
Down volume and power at the same time :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falen:
Thanks, it works....a bit confusing at first to figure which way was volume down(left in landscape mode, up in portrait mode). Not used to using Landscape designed devices.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arittner:
But not for the video player. I create only black scerenshots. For other apps it works.

br, josh.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MPJ88:
Thanks, the volume buttons get me almost every time too. Think its because they're opposite to the gfs iPad they do seem the wrong way round to me! Prob just to stop Apple suing them!
[Windows 8 General] winappleworld:
I have noticed that Microsoft has removed the Auto-Redial function from windows 8. It was available in windows 7.

I have a Dial up connection and i need Auto-Redial

Any tweak or 3rd party software for this purpose?
[Windows 8 General] ankit_sam:
You should try the little application I coded, might help. Windows 8 Redialer
[Windows 8 General] saifssj6:
mayday help!!!

Can you please give a link to your windows redialer software can not find it anywhere..and your site is dead
[Windows 8 General] ankit_sam:
Website working fine:

http://www.ankitsharma.info/softwares/windows8-redialer

Here is the direct download link:

http://www.ankitsharma.info/softwares/windows8-redialer/Win8-Redialer.zip

Thanks
[Windows 8 General] rajendra0072:
Thanks for lovely software bro

I downloaded your s/w using kproxy proxy sites because your site is being blocked by many isp i am using docomo, tikona bb..

Thnks for sharing it bro

:o:good:
[Windows 8 General] winappleworld:
Hey man, replying almost a year late. Thank you for the link to utility. Just logged in after a long long time and appreciate your help :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rabid platypus:
I have been using better keyboard 8 since shortly before it dissapeared from the android market/play store. I like it so much I have never even bothered to look at other keyboards. I was surprised at how many other keyboard options there were now. So what are the top keyboards nowadays? Are there any similar to better keyboard 8?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
SwiftKey 3 is the BEST by far. The predictions at the second to none :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
And did you type this with SwiftKey 3? :P
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
I just look at my phone now and it reads my mind :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mulhiny:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying Swiftkey now and it's really nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] madeagain:
We had been using better keyboard as well and recently found Kii Keyboard in the market. It is still in beta and you can use the premium features for free while it is. We both downloaded it and deleted it once because we didnt like it at first, Then we tried it again and played with the settings, and wont go back to better keyboard. You can even use all your better keyboard skins with it. Check it out, it is pretty nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kenpoman:
Also if you are a SwiftKey vip member you can get the new SwiftKey flow. Just like swype but with the predictions of SwiftKey
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rabid platypus:
Thanks for the suggestions. Tried swiftkey and didn't like it at all. Kii was okay, but I still prefer BK8. I think I will continue to stick with that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chuckhriczko:
Personally I just use the stock aosp 4.2 keyboard on sense. If I do use a 3rd party though, Kii is my favorite.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ALangford88:
Switched from Swiftkey to Kii a few weeks ago. So far haven't gone back. There is so many customizable options with this keyboard. New update this morning allowing us to use encoded emoji w/o rooting (this app you can actually see them, no foreign characters) meaning developers are listening. It's just an awesome app and still in the beta stages. I'd recommend this one. At least give it a try for a week or so. Biggest issue initially was prediction but it seems to be getting easier the more I type it is becoming accustomed to my style, similar to Swiftkey as well. hth
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Boatiy:
swift key for the win
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vfox126:
Thumbs keyboard beats both. Used them all. Has many options and good predictions
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Arguntom:
Kii Keyboard is amazing in terms of features and funtionality