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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Well there always Ucam on the market and they even have a free version and it does burst shot if its really that bad for you. I get pretty good pics of my Pit at the park running around like a maniac chasing geese and they come out great. And that was on gb/ics camera. I admit some don't come out perfect sometimes but it gets the job done on my end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I don't need to worry about it now, I never really noticed it til I got my s3. I always just would pre focus and wait like a sniper with the camera. Its akin to going from a bolt action rifle to a full auto, used to have to wait for the perfect shot, now I can just spray and pray :D Actually out of the like 40 or so pics i took of him on the swing only about 3 were really unusable and those were just cuz he was almost completely out of frame.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ppcpirate:
is FJ09 stable or has any major issues?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Its got some bugs, but not a lot. Check out the discussion thread and bug thread here in general and see what they are and if/how to fix em if you decide to flash it.

Edit: and its fk09 when ur searching not fj, won't find much searching fj except encrypted test builds that don't have calls/data working

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
Please read all info available. There have been posts where people found out about the internal memory format after it was too late because they did not read. In most instances, this will erase everything in internal memory.

Although this is not necessarily a bug, the real bugs are minor issues compared to this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] manufan721:
Thanks ek for throwing up this thread..sg3 here i come!!!!;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] duce415:
Gettin the sg3 over the note 2 I see... I'm still debating lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
It's 96 cents at Sam's Club; sounds like a better deal to me...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/black-friday-2012-best-technology-gadget-deals/story?id=17778171
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] duce415:
That's one hell of a deal
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Gotta be a member, even for online orders. Membership is $60 so it comes out to be more if you're not an existing member

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We are legion, for we are many!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
This morning was at $0.96 at Walmart here in Puerto Rico from 5am-9am I miss it damn.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Wally world is honoring price matches all weekend here. Only problem is their stock levels magically got tiny this week :rolleyes:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
Best buy is matching online prices mine has lots in stock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
It's $100 for people with no upgrade
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Source?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
Actually Sam's Club gives out day passes for first time customers considering membership
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Yeah but then you gotta go to the store and they tax you at checkout even with the day pass its an extra $10 or 10% whichever is greater I got hit with it when I bought my Xbox 360 had them cancel the sale went and got a membership and saved $30 since it was $90 for the 10% after I bought a buncha crap

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
OP updated with note 2 prices for black Friday

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Friend at corporate store reserved me one, told me it'd only be $100. Also seen it several times on Sprint forum
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Oh, musta gotten u a sweet discount cuz I'm only finding it at retail price off contract with $50-150 mail in rebates depending on source

Edit: I'm aggregating sale prices for the gs3 and note 2 for xda lol note 2 prices just finally started showing posted in OP

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Amd4life:
just a heads up, went to order a few, and checked sdeals real quick, and there is a HUGE thread outlining how a bunch of people got retentions to match the Sams club price of $0.99+ activation....department is down, but maybe you can try in the morning

doubt it will last long though, wish I had checked earlier before they closed......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
Hey Evil, Thanks.. Just reserved the S3 for $50.. with the buyback it'll be Free. I gotta photon collecting dust at home lol.. So it works out in the end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
Hey guys, I was just talking to QBking77, and he said he would consider making a GS3 vs GN-II comparison video, for those of us on the fence still about this.(He did this for a few other phones on his website.) As he is someone that plays with just about every phone, and knows how to make an informative, detailed vid, I would look forward to that.

I'll post a link if he goes through with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
So wait, I could get the S3 for $100 even if I'm not eligible for upgrade?

Hmmmm....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
I used a family members upgrade.. That's how i'm snagging mine. (having an extra phone for buyback helps to lol)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Hit and miss. Seems you have to have employee friends
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Ah. Damn. I had a friend that worked for Sprint last year, but he got a new job.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sstriker:
So this sale is online only? Anyone know if stores are having sales?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Online today and tomorrow in stores tomorrow

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sstriker:
Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
By the time my upgrade comes the gn2 will be cheap

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sent from the Normandy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shu8i:
people might be eligible for an Upgrade Now promotion (not regular upgrade) and be able to get the GS 3 still for $50 after mail in rebate according to this: http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/501619

However, does anybody know what the eligibility requirements for the upgrade now program are?

___EDIT___

just talked to a chat person and I would be eligible for the upgrade Now "promotion".

Costs: basically my ETF (-$15) to upgrade early -_-
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Apparently if you are within 9 months of your 2 year upgrade, you can go to a corporate store, pay $50 to buy out your contract, and $50 for the GS3 with new agreement
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mship:
I am very tempted to buy the gs3 with this offer. I am 220 days away from an upgrade. But I think I will just wait at least another 5 to 6 months before I get a new phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Yeah. Of course you could do the same with the Note 2. So whatever the sale price + $50

And that's weird, I'm exactly 220 days away as well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I tried getting a discount from my work through sprint. My contract runs out June 1 13 but the person on the phone said I'd have to pay 265 for upgrade now if I wanted a new phone. She also said I'd have to turn my old phone in too. They had no problems renewing my contract on the spot but wouldn't let me get a phone at the discounted price. I might go to a corporate store Friday and tell them I want to renew my contract, use the discount through my employer, want them to push through my upgrade, and sell me the s3 for 50. I hope luck is on my side.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lilotimz:
Just wondering. So I'm on a family plan with 5 people. My mom and my dad just got back from a vacation down in SF and LA (two NV upgraded markets) and is now complaining about how slow their phone is and want to upgrade to a new one.

Is it possible just to "reset" just their two lines and get them the promo price for the GS3 or is it not possible? We're just a tad over one year in our family plan (we started 11-02-11) so hmm...

It's going to be so tiring listening them complain next year... lol...

[my parents were using my aunts (they're visiting from hong kong) unlocked Galaxy S3's and was envious]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wsoxrock:
Thanks for the heads up. I ordered mine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jurassic Pork Fried Rice:
I was out of town this whole week for the holiday - wasn't really interested in any Black Friday deals but where I had traveled to I had a lot of trouble with my phone and it got me thinking that I would really like to upgrade to the Note 2. Now that I'm back I'm reading threads about "push through" early upgrades and came across the info in this thread, I feel like I really missed out on something.

Can someone elaborate or provide a link to more info about this quoted portion? I think I'm going to give Sprint a call and see what I can do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gronimo21:
Sams had it for 96 cents
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Reck1993:
Is it possible to port it? After I played with SA for a while in my Stock go, I think it is very handy.

Stock go is sluggish.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
Almost (if not) impossible. It relies A LOT on Sony framework, which isn't present on AOSP ROMs

"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM

It is a well proven recovery for many phones

It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter

Read the features, and check if you are missing something

To take a screen shot, just long press outside a menu (2 sec and slightly change pressure after the delay)

Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut

Download:

JustArchi's version is exactly the same as Phil's one in terms of funcionality, stability and reliability. The only difference is the fact that it's not compiled by Phil himself

XDA:DevDB Information

[i930x][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch, Tool/Utility for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300

Contributors

Phil3759, JustArchi

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2014-03-29

Last Updated 2014-10-11
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Before asking for support:

Request a build for a new device:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Quick Guide - Root Instructions - Download Links

Recovery (.zip) packages instructions

They come in the form of .zip files that can be flashed in cwm recovery

Download philz_touch_xxx.zip file

Put the previously downloaded philz_touch_xxx.zip file on your sd card

Boot into recovery (volume up+home+power)

Select "Install zip" and browser to your downloaded zip file.

Now select the philz_touch_xxx.zip fileyou copied in previous step

You will have PhilZ Touch Recovery flashed

Odin packages instructions

They come in the form of .tar.md5 file

boot into download mode

start odin3 and configure it as in picture below

connect phone in download mode to PC via USB

press start to flash the tar.md5 package

normally, phone should auto-reboot into recovery.

If it reboots into android and your recovery remains stock, repeat above steps and untick "autoreboot" in odin. Once flash is done, keep pressing power button + home + vol up until it reboots (always will go to recovery)

when in recovery, if you choose option "reboot system now" and you get "yes - disable flash recovery", select that option to avoid stock recovery overwriting cwm

<< Root your phone and reset Yellow Triangle >>

Once in recovery, flash the attached Root_SuperSU.x.xx.Only-signed.zip file to root your phone

If you want root + busybox: flash Root_SuperSU.x.xx-Busybox.1.20.2-signed.zip file

to remove yellow triangle, use TriangleAway

Download links

Last version can be found here:

Older version:

v3.81

- odin: http://www.mediafire.com/file/o34eejtdb7wrh7z/philz_touch_3.81-i9300.tar.md5

- cwm: http://www.mediafire.com/file/etss8kgb9kwko4h/philz_touch_3.81-i9300.zip

v3.43:

- odin: http://www.mediafire.com/file/xm2ck7t24s0ya26/philz_touch_3.43-i9300.tar.md5

- cwm: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mq5a1wd81vx1mjy/philz_touch_3.43-i9300.zip

v3.39: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5we2fu3etb7z08d/philz_touch_3.39-i9300.tar.md5

v3.34: http://www.mediafire.com/file/60xwbi2b75yq4qb/philz_touch_3.34-i9300.tar.md5

v3.32: http://www.mediafire.com/file/mwi27wdkqw82gnd/philz_touch_3.32-i9300.tar.md5

v3.29: http://www.mediafire.com/file/f8e97fgkhbt1s3k/philz_touch_3.29-i9300.tar.md5

v3.28: http://www.mediafire.com/file/qa5nbb5co6lssqi/philz_touch_3.28-i9300.tar.md5
[Galaxy S III Android Development] sharingan92:
Let me be the first to thank you :) will PM now
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Good luck :D

:good: out of my 8 thanks today, but will do the necessary tomorrow
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Meemo23:
Thanks mate i'll test it aswell. I love touch recoviers makes life that much easier. I just hope you can still backup in tar.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
yes, backup in tar works. It is not the default, but you can set it once for ever

PM sent :good: (my thanks come tomorrow when the 8 counter is reset)

Never imagined two volunteers that fast
[Galaxy S III Android Development] störte:
Sounds interesting. Will keep an eye on this thread

Beamed with a S3
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Meemo23:
Great thanks i will test it and let you know if i find any problems. I have everything of mines backed up just incase anything goes wrong lol. But hopefully nothing will go wrong.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] sharingan92:
Have PM'd you with what i have found
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Many thanks for the very detailed feedback. It was very useful

Great to hear that the touch interface and settings do work properly

I will fix mount points and release a new update
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
Amazing Phil :)

Subscribed
[Galaxy S III Android Development] sharingan92:
If you need any more help just PM me i would love to help with the development of this recovery
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Great to have such a support :o

@sharingan92

I will do, until you get bored :laugh:

Really many many thanks for the detailed feedback

I am working on the mount path for sdcards

Other tester was not satisfied with touch interface saying he needs to double tap. Does the direct touch to validate option work? What are the sweet spots settings for touch sensitivity (actually default is 65) and menu height?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Siberian Tiger:
Subscribed too and I will add it soon to my index :)

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Version 3.28, public beta - WORK IN PROGRESS

Big thanks to the people who tested it so I could make it public now

This is still work in progress, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY POST 1

v3.28 Change status

- fixed aroma file manager from internal / external sdcards: waiting for confirmation

- backup/flash kernel and efs are still broken, fixing

Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/qa5nbb5co6lssqi/philz_touch_3.28-i9300.tar.md5
[Galaxy S III Android Development] sharingan92:
can now confirm that aroma file manager is still having same problem on 3.28

downloading aroma file manager separately and renaming

and putting it in clockworkmod/.aromafm on either sd card

works perfectly thanks for that
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
Great,

many thanks for the tests

Aoma file manager is a very big binary. I could include it in the recovery, but not sure it will fit in the partition and it needs to write data there. Not a good idea.

That's why you have to put it in default path for easy launch, or browse for it

I am uplaoding in few mn the v3.29 fixing and adding more options to backup/restore efs and boot
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Phil3759:
PhilZ Touch v3.29 Pre-final

Download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f8e97fgkhbt1s3k/philz_touch_3.29-i9300.tar.md5

changes:

I tested the backup/restore even of /efs :D on my phone and now everything works fine. It should be the same for phones with /external_sd and no /emmc (i9300) :fingers-crossed:

I also added backup/restore kernel operations from both sdcards

Only ors needs to be fixed but that's less urgent until they fix goomanager on the market
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Alex 136:
Hi! Do you plan to implement support exFAT?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hustlefosho:
Ok, I know you all are probably going to say I didnt search thoroughly, and that is because I have no idea what to search for. I have a Galaxy S3 from Verizon that I had added onto my ex girlfriend's contract account. We broke up and the b**ch cancelled my plan. After hearing some rumors about "flashing" (i have no idea what this means) this phone to a prepaid account (i dont have a prepaid account) with verizon or boost mobile, I decided to try to research it...and came up with not a whole lot of information. Simply put, I want to know how I can use my verizon galaxy s3 on either verizon prepaid service, or boost mobile prepaid service. is there a guide for this and what all do i need to get? Thanks :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rlatjs17:
Just get a prepaid verizon sim card and stick it in viola your good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] logan_001:
Is that really all that's to it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shangrila500:
Yes. If its a Verizon GS3 then that's all there is to it. There wont be any flashing it to Boost though, there was a post where a guy flashed his to US Cellular but it isn't worth it in the long run. I don't even think you'd be able to flash it to boost, but I'm not 100% sure with that. You could try manually changing the APN's and a few other things, but it will be day simpler to just get a Verizon sim card since its a Verizon phone.

Anyway, all you need to do is stroll into a Verizon store, tell them what you're gonna do and they "should", key word, hook you up. Sometimes the sales associates like to say it won't work or act like a bunch of jackasses, but it will work.

Sent from one of the many Anthropomorphic Personalities on the Disc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] turboll:
Yes. If its a Verizon GS3 then that's all there is to it. There wont be any flashing it to Boost though, there was a post where a guy flashed his to US Cellular but it isn't worth it in the long run. I don't even think you'd be able to flash it to boost, but I'm not 100% sure with that. You could try manually changing the APN's and a few other things, but it will be day simpler to just get a Verizon sim card since its a Verizon phone.

Anyway, all you need to do is stroll into a Verizon store, tell them what you're gonna do and they "should", key word, hook you up. Sometimes the sales associates like to say it won't work or act like a bunch of jackasses, but it will work.

Sent from one of the many Anthropomorphic Personalities on the Disc

ok i tried and didnt work i pulled out the sim that is in and the phone still makes calls someone else told me that the sim is for the internet or whta ma i messing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] voodoomanx:
How are you making calls on a cancelled line?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Asadullah:
I don't know about the prepaid 80 dollar plan but to get the 50 dollar plan you would have to change the esn. Both plans would give you 3g neither 4g.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leoden:
I have searched and searched but have not found an answer to my exact question. I have an active us cellular galaxy s3 and i want to use it on my active boost mobile account thats on my galaxy rush. How please?! S3 and rush are both rooted.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
What music down loader does everyone use. I used to use tubemate but with the moto q it doesn't seem to work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
I used to use tubemate, but I haven't used it with this phone yet.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] robbi24r:
I use gtunes
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dustinwstiles:
I use tTorrent and torrent my music.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
If I'm just listening to music from YouTubes, I use Harex... Basically lets you create a playlist of YouTube videos, and allows them to play in the background.

Not quite what you're looking for, but I don't really download music to my phone. Would much rather stream it :).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] drakeheart77:
I use both torrent and MP3 Music Downloader V6. But, I typically buy my music from Sprint Music+. I know I know LAME lol.

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
I just found out (stupid me) that the google play app has the ability to stream music from your desktop. So I've just started using that and I downloaded an app call youtube2mp3 that downloads and converts videos to mp3s and I use solid exploer to put the music on my sd card.

Side note: solid explorer is a great file manager app. Its simply beautiful when trying to save the little internal memory on this phone. I don't have to use directory bind no where near as much!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KyleJDavison:
I also use tTorrent. You can get the whole album, and if you don't want the whole album you can just select specific songs.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hummer010:
Hey all, I'm looking for a music player. I've always used poweramp in the past, but I'm having some stability issues with it. I generally listen to music for about an hour a day in my car via Bluetooth. Lately, for some reason, poweramp hangs and then reboots the phone.

I've tried Play Music for a couple of days now, and no reboots so far.I do miss a couple of poweramp features though. I like the swipe to change tracks, and the setting to keep the screen on while playing.

Any other recommendations for Music players?

Edit: I should mention the portrait-only aspect of Apollo disqualifies it. My phone is in a cradle in landscape in my car.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Deleted member 4411511:
I'm using noozy, no groundbreaking features and not as many options as power amp, but the sound quality is just too good to pass up. I listen with my headphones, so I'm not entirely sure if you'd notice the difference with your Bluetooth car speakers. If you listen to music with headphones or something of that sort though, I'd highly advise trying this player
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dpeeps74:
I've always had to bump up my min cpu speed to use bluetooth audio and it work well on multiple phones and versions of android. Usually 400 seems to be the most responsive min speed for a variety of things to me. From bluetooth issues to gps issues to seeing who is calling fast enough to answer.

~Nexus S 4G~AOKP JB~Matrix 24.0~
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kbshowtyme:
I been using Player Pro along with Voodoo and Volume+ for over a year and love it. It stable and has all the functions as Poweramp. I have both and perfer PP
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ej8989:
Poweramp hangs when you're overclocking.

If you really need OC, use SetCPU and set profiles only for apps that need overclocking.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] DallasCZ:
xenoamp

I am very satisfied with this player even in beta stadium: XENOAMP
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jojoost:
doubleTwist ftw

Sent while making my homework

PS. don't forget to press thanks if I helped
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hummer010:
I've never overclocked this phone at all.

I tried setting minimum CPU to 400MHz as suggested in this thread, and so far it has worked. I haven't tested it enough to be sure.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] lurtis:
been using n7player for about a week now. its got a really nice interface, built in eq and sound quality is better than say gmusic. be sure to grab their beta by liking their facebook page. it fixes some issues in the play store app
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] minifromage:
MortPlayer Music has a decent amount of features