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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
Hello!

I'm going to the states (California) for Christmas with my friend and I am to buy a new phone.

I have set off $500 to it (as I too am buying Nexus 10 32gb), but I am having a hard time making a decision.

Originally I wanted a Nexus 4 (and still do), but I was not fortunate enough to order one when they were in stock, and now it has been two weeks and no news of when they will be, so I am thinking that I probably won't get one in time for the 19th of December... Here in Denmark the phone is about $700, and I really can't justify that. But $500 (taxes and shipping included?) I'd buy one.

My only concerns about the Nexus 4 is the screen (people say that is it worse than S3 & One X), battery life, camera and lack of internal storage. I also just heard that it does not have OTG (perhaps a software error). If I can't have the Nexus 4 I was wondering what phones you guys would recommend?

I am having a really hard time picking between the HTC One X and Galaxy S3, as I prefer to have the latest and greatest from android (4.2).

I like the SD card on the Galaxy S3, but I think the One X has a better design. I guess they are both equal in speed, but how about display and camera? What are your thoughts about the two phones?

If everything else fails, I could blow my budget and get a used $600 Galaxy S3 4G (Quad core version), but I would almost prefer a Nexus 4 over that.

What do you guys think, any other phones on the market that is worth looking at? High end devices, that you can get somewhere cheap on cyber monday unlocked at about $500-600?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
I have also been looking at the Lumia 920, but I guess this is not really the forum for it :) I am afraid that it does not have enough app support to suit my needs
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] premsrj:
If you buy an S3 or a One X, you'll soon start cursing yourself for lack of software updates. Buy the Nexus 4, it will be well worth the wait. Oh, and the screen of N4 isn't bad, its just that the One X has the most awesome screen of any phone ever produced.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlndshh:
go for the nexus 4...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
The thing is, we have no Google store in Denmark so I will have to pay a ridiculous price for it (more than a new S3). As long as the S3 and One X has proper development communities I am thinking it'll be OK.

If I can get a Galaxy S3 with 4G (quad core version) for even less than a Galaxy Nexus, I am thinking that might be the way? Unless google starts putting some on sale so I can get one before the 19th of December....

Or do you guys know where I can get a 16 gig version for $500?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
There is quite a bit of development for the Galaxy S3. There is a stable CM10 ROM posted on Cyanogenmod's site.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mockingbird:
Go for One X , overall better . Nexus 4 is lacking MicroSD slot which is a big minus and android version doesn't really matter , cyanogenmod is faster than stock roms :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebz4n:
The one X has no Micro SD either :P

I help it in my hand today, I love the design, but it feels a bit chunky compared to the S3, also power button is placed weird.

Sense is lagging, and I don't see a Cyanogenmod for One X without bugs
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] bossman137:
So this is a very quick and easy way to use your chrome bookmarks you've carefully collected on your computer but now your chrome browser ducks and is laggy. I have been looking for a way around most browsers not sure syncing chrome bookmarks for a while and I stumbled on this just today. So turns out if you have a second browser, for me it's dolfin mmm so smooth, and you place the Google Chrome bookmark widget on one of your pages, click one of your bookmarks, then it actually asks you which app you want to open this with and you can then of course default it to your browser of choice and just like that you can have a all your bookmarks at the ready for any browser
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Another option is to export Chrome Bookmarks as HTML file (from your PC), put it on your SD card, and access it with: file:///storage/sdcard0/xxxxbm.html (or whatever path). Then create a screen link to that bookmark. Click the link and browser opens to your bookmarks. The HTML file is also easily edited in your explorers html viewer (or on a PC). "Most" browsers support the file:/// access (except Chrome).

Sample: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16846348/BM4.png
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] TomNilson:
Hi,

I wanted to ask you if there is a jellybean rom like cm10 or paranoidandroid for the xperia go?? Beacause i first had an xperia ray and although it just has an single-core processor it already had lots of jellybean roms?? Thats why im asking, is there a jellybean rom for xperia go and if not when do you think there will be one???

TNX
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mirost1:
For now there arent mate.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] TomNilson:
When do you think there will be one??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilBlinx:
After it has stable CM9
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Eve_brea:
What does "unlocked" mean exactly? when i bought my phone it was an "unlocked t-mobile/att phone", but it was t-mobile setup, and far as i know still is, even though i've rooted and installed many different roms on it.

Does unlocked mean i can use it on any network that uses a sim card?

Does rooting it unlock it, or undo the unlock?

I'm basically curious what other networks i could get this phone on. T-mobile's $50 a month plan kind of sucks. High speed data for about a week, then it's throttled.

In fact if there was a way to get free airtime by screwing with some network (or copying my tracfone to this phone? ) i'd love it.

Cuz i'm a poor, jobless shlub that can't get anyone to hire me.. and my stupid tax company isn't doing taxes this year..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Barracuda1101:
If you bought an "unlocked phone" it usually always means carrier unlocked, as carriers would never sell phone with an unlocked boot loader.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Eve_brea:
But what exactly does that mean? does that mean i can use it with other systems? and does rooting and flashing new roms not affect that "lock" at all?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demkantor:
You can find cheaper than 30$ a month plans for sure... depending on what you need of course.

Buying an unlocked phone is sim unlocked, meaning it is not locked into a specific carrier, you have a gsm phone that will accept any sim card from any gem carrier (granted they have to work on supported radio bands)

Rooting and or unlocking a bootloader will not have anything to do with sim unlock, you will not loose or gain this from rooting.

There are some phone models that have been ripped to shreds by some very smart people and in the process of rooting you can a gain sim unlock, not too many phones that I know of though.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Eve_brea:
well, i'd like unlimited data.. calls i tend to get by on less than 300 minutes a month.. and i don't text a lot, but unlimited texts would be nice, too.

I've heard though that it's possible to clone a tracfone's data to another phone, bypassing the "minutes counter" and talking for quite a while before they catch it and do anything about it..

but no real details.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demkantor:
Couldn't really tell you off hand, id say look around. Many seem happy with simple mobile or walmarts plan. I pay 180$ after taxes for four phones with unlimited talk text data (up to 5gb before throttled) on each, I've been happy so I haven't searched around much lately. But I'm sure there is something for under 50$
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Eve_brea:
hehe. I found something. This is something to share, since wi-fi is nearly everywhere.

I got "google voice" and got a free number, then using "Groove IP" i can use said number over wi-fi.

Bam, free calls and text, over wi-fi.

WI-fi gives me free data.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demkantor:
Right on! Hope it works out well for ya!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
Better late than never :p.
[HTC EVO 3D] Schizophonic:
Hello

I previously had rooted my phone to gain access to some files, but now I'm looking to sell the handset. I want to sell it with the latest OTA update and unlocked.

When I was using this phone on a day to day basis, I had it unlocked and tried to have updates OTA but I found it didn't work. Fast forward today, I want to S-off my handset to unlock it to any network carriers but every method involves rooting. Is there a way around this and keep everything else the same? Can I S-off this as my HBoot says

******RELOCKED******

HBOOT 1.53.0007

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] leogy101:
S-off is root I would think, but if you are talking about the HTC Dev unlock, then you wouldn't need to be s-off.

However I do recommend s-off if you are unlocked, it just makes everything run smoother.

I would say to root the phone to s-off and unlock it.Then downgrade your Hboot to 1.4 and flash one of the new 4.1.2 Jellybean roms, because in my opinion I don't think there will be anymore OTA's for the EVO 3D, other than radios probably. I just can't see Sprint pushing anything out past Jellybean for how old the phone is now, and how fast newer phones with a lot better hardware come out and just take over. but that's just my opinion :)

MY PHONE :D

HTC EVO 3D

S-OFF and UNLOCKED

ROM: Team D.I.R.T. Unofficial AOKP v3.3

KERNEL: ButteredToasT-RLS v13.6

HBOOT: 1.40.0000

RECOVERY: 4EXT Touch Recovery
[HTC EVO 3D] invince2:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743466
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiax10.awesome:
Hi guys.

I am keep getting this error 3-4 times a day !!

I have to restart to resolve, is this any known issue???

Using stock ROM, no root nothing..didnt touch any settings !!

from the Giant Killer Samsung Note 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xartic12:
Same here, it happens quite a bit and im not really sure why. I have mine rooted, what about you?

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakure:
try deleting the cache and data for the touchwiz in settings/application manager/ all apps

you will need to redo your widgets and icons on homescreens
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clockwerks77:
Yeah I had the same issue guys, especially when flipping between apps or functions.

If you aren't committed to TouchWiz I'd recommend looking at another launcher, such as Nova. It's working like a charm on my Note II pre and post root. ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohJee:
Have you set the animations in developer options to off? If so, then that's probably the culprit. Set it back to 0.5x or 1x and reboot. My touchwiz used to crash too when I turned off the animations.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiax10.awesome:
No..

from the Giant Killer Samsung Note 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xartic12:
That's as bogus as not being able to delete a page while it's disabled as well. Why should we look into a new launcher when the one developed for the phone doesn't even function properly? I almost feel like a complete restore may do the trick.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saiko_search:
I had the same problem, I don't know why Touchwiz crashes whiout animations, I had to set animations to 0.5x, it barely lags but haven´t crashes since then.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiax10.awesome:
As of now my Touchwiz is not crashing after doing following changes:

0. I AM ON STOCK ROM.

1. MAKE SURE HEPTIC FEEDBACK IN ON.

2. DO NOT INSTALL/USE ANY OTHER FONTS.

try and let me know !!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrapper:
TouchWiz was crashing on mine too. I realised that actually I don't like it anyway so I've switched to Nova which is much smoother. It also imports your layout from TouchWiz.
[Nexus 10 Themes and Apps] kamaltmo:
Penttry is a battery theme for the nexus 10, It replaces the original battery in the notification bar and in the drop down quick settings.

Penttry battery is currently in 10% intervals, 1% increments to be added in the future

Requirements

You need to be on the stock 4.2 jelly bean (Not test on other roms, if there are enough requests ill port it to other roms)

Custom recovery must be installed (Test CWM and TWRP)

Steps

1. Download the attached zip file.

2. Flash the file from your custom recovery.

If you have any issues ill try to Help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martint1981:
Hi people, need some help with my motherboard on my Galaxy S2 and thought you might be able to help.

Initially I took the advice of a website to use a paper clip in the aerial connection on the back to increase signal... it worked, however, it never gathered signal again without this addition.

After a while the aerial connector broke, but I was able to solder a wire to the open contact on the PCB.

Today the contact broke free from the PCB which left me with nothing to solder to.

I found a page on anandtech.com at the location /print/4686 which shows all the PCB in a nice detail.

Below the sentence 'Moving right is the Infineon Smarti UE2 RF transciever...' there is a chip with 1EH 117 .1.3 which is on the opposite side of where the aerial connector was. Does anyone know what this chip does?

To sum up, does anyone know if any of these connector pins on the chip leads to the aerial connector?

I doubt I would be able to find a schematic of the wiring, and a new motherboard will cost about £150+. So I figure if I can solder a wire to something a bit more solid I could save myself some money.

Any help welcome.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jgjd691995:
replace main board probably cheaper than repairing + u can make it a g(nfc)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
Nope this person is good with H/W I guess, this forum mostly deal with software issues, as most of us are apparently application developers, and only some of the best and those who are knowledgeable do tinkering with hardware, so you better contact someone who works on creating roms like CM as they will have some amount of hardware understanding.

Using GT - I9100

I thank those who give helpful comments

I expect the same from others.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Unless you're experienced at working with microelectronics, don't try and fix it yourself. A millimetre the wrong way with the soldering iron & you'll completely trash the phone.

Pay someone who knows what they're doing to replace the MB/fix it, and consider the 150 quid an expensive lesson in not messing around with things you don't fully understand/can't fix if you bork it (sticking a paperclip in the aerial connection; not something I'd do with a $700 piece of electronics).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
Where can I buy a motherboard ?

I'll test another battery tomorrow, but I'm sure the MB is fried
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Will You Please Start with the Problem, i mean i dont understand what problem you are facing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
It looks like my i9100 main board is dead. I don't know how or why because I was simply reading when it shut off. I had the EMMC bug, or maybe it is because it took some water a year ago.. I don't know.

Anyway I'm out of warranty and have to repair it myself, but I cant find a main board seller for the SGS2 on internet (tried ebay, amazon etc), I'm stuck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Goto samsung care
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
I live in Albania
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
And that makes a magical fix appear how exactly ? The fix is the same whether you live in Albania, Australia or on the Moon; replace the motherboard. How you get one (off a 'donor' 2nd hand phone or pay Samsung to replace it) is up to you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
Albania means no Samsung care, and that's why I'm talking about a seller in internet.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
No samsung care?

O_o

Do u live on Mars?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
Seriously, you think I'd be asking here if I could go to a Samsung store and order it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
And you can't post it to Samsung/authorised repairer in whatever country they have same closest to Albania why; you do have a postal service in Albania I presume ?

One isn't going to magically appear on eBay because you've posted on XDA that you can't find one. There's nothing more anyone here can say to you. Monitor eBay constantly for as long as it takes & you'll get one eventually (if you're quick). Once you have a busted phone, take it to a local mobile repair shop, and ask them to take the motherboard out of the broken phone, and put it in your phone.

Done.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.

This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/

And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
So you were posting here purely to spam ? (Given you were obviously able to find what you were looking for/obviously lied about not being able to find same).

Edit -No, you clearly don't understand anything. At all. I said what I said because that is what I would do, I.E if I needed a motherboard replacement, I'd either get an authorised repairer to do it, or I'd get a donor board from a busted phone. It's really quite simple. You obviously have problems with that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
Just found it, if you can imagine that possibility. Obviously I didn't enjoy this conversation (where instead of getting help, I got someones pedantic point of view, one who also calls me a lier)

Edit- Then next time read the question and answer simply that : "I go to an authorized repairer and don't know where you can find one"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Well buy it then.

"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C01D4X:
I was waiting for a Senior to approve. Thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Do we really need to tell him that buy it ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Did you need to ask him about Samsung care or Mars?

15 all, next service.

"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derangedxzombie:
My s2 completely died, but you need experience and the right tools to fix the motherboard, glue paste, solder, a heater.

To be honest a new motherboard is always best way to go! Idealmobiles (uk) replace new motherboards with return shipping etc all for £79
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lenieto3:
Hi,

I've working and learning about android source code 4.0.4_r2.1. I've been looking at frameworks and a little about hardware stuff... for learning purposes, I've modified the media framework (just added some logs lines) and compiled a system app that uses this new framework.

Until now, I've been doing my practices with the emulator

$ source build/envsetup.sh

$ lunch full-eng

$ make

$ emulator

after this, I can use my own system app compiled with the modified framework (I can see my own logcat entries)

I got a samsung GT-i9300 and now I want to do these sames tests on the device, but I'm not sure about the procedures...

I had search about compile a custom ROM for this device but all info I've found is about update with an already compiled ROM as Cyanogen or Paranoid Android, but I don't want to do this, I just want to have in my device an almost original stock rom with some additonal logs lines in the framework.

How can I flash my GT-i9300 with my own modified android source code?? Thanks!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] BarryH_GEG:
It's in Korean (I think) but it shows Samsung stress testing a Note II's buttons, scratch resistance of the display, flex testing, and resistance to water. People complain about Samsung's use of plastics but based on the video at least durability is a big consideration in their product's design.

[YOUTUBE]dc9c5YFyovU[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
is there supposed to be a link or anything?:cyclops:
[Galaxy Note II General] sleebus.jones:
Nice find! Good to see the lengths they go through to test their product. Certainly makes me feel better about my purchase!
[Galaxy Note II General] knight900:
does that means Note 2 is waterproof??? and no I am not going to try it on mine..
[Galaxy Note II General] Jeffail:
Perhaps water resistant is the correct term, and I wouldn't try it :P
[General Questions and Answers] Nureinnarr:
Hello,

i am using my Toshiba Folio as a playground for new ROMs. I have already successfully installed different mods but since the last one, my Folio seems to be broken.

I followed this guide here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31004271&postcount=9 but when i issue the fastboot commands i always get this:

My Folio says:

where 'xxxx' is the partition i try to access accordingly.

Can anyone help me out or do i have a brick now? I definitly have done something wrong.

Greetings,

Alex
[General Questions and Answers] joanmaji26:
problem

hello good, I have the same problem as you, could you fix it?
[General Questions and Answers] momcilosystem:
Just popped here to say how I managed to get arround this:

fastboot -u -S 0 flash linux boot.img

and it worked.

My understanding is that 'fastboot' changed and has new capability of getting 'partition-type' from device.

Folio doesn't seem to understand that command, so it's either -u or -S 0 that makes it work.

Cheers my friends!
[General Questions and Answers] beppegg:
I had the same problem!! The working parameters is "-S 0" ;)
[General Questions and Answers] LochNesska:
Tried everything // getting failed // found a way

I spent the whole day to understand how to make this work...

I did the factory reset via Settings in Android menu, I connected the tablet to PC and the only thing I could do using fastboot was "reboot".

I forgot all "erase" functions and I tried "fastboot boot <filename.img>" and it worked!

Then you follow http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31004271&postcount=9

Just try this if anything else fails.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex_magnum:
Hi everyone, unfortunately the nexus 4 by LG hasn't been sold yet. In the future maybe it will be sold for about 549 or 599 euros.... It is a lot.

I just would like to know if there is a different way to get it cheaper!

Thanks in advance.;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lombardo8:
I can sell you my 16GB one whenever Google decide to ship to me. £400 + shipping.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derrickmd18:
I been thathering 10gb a day and sprint hasn't canceled my contract yet. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thanks for letting us know;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sephirothvfc:
I believe their limit is 100gb a month. Read a few post ppl getting nice letter from sprint once they reach that limit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
try force roaming and tethering that much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Why don't you pay what you owe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
Hopefully they do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
You know abusing the network to get out of your contract is not ethical, right? You're also making the network slower for others, aswel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daryllh:
Lamest thread ever.

Pay your ETF or pay your bill. Quit being a shyster (which has become a common word in my lexicon after reading some posts on xda lately).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lynyrd65:
Troll bait removed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Hopefully they will notice you have been tethering without purchasing the tethering plan and bill you at $.25/MB.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Exactly. If you can get 10gb/day on Sprint, you should really consider sticking with them.