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[Galaxy S III Accessories] khoikn:
Recently, I ordered in a black carbon fiber skin for the back cover on my SGSIII from the Scratch Dummy store on eBay.

It only cost me $.99 with free shipping (only took two days to arrive) this is my text review of the product. The full coverage only costs $1.99.

You can find it here: http://stores.ebay.com/scratchdummybrand

Along with their entire store at: http://scratchdummy.com/

Pricing

It only costs a dollar so you really can't go wrong there. I bought it out of sheer curiosity to customize my SGSIII a little bit more. For a buck, I would say that it's worth every penny. I consider myself a cheapo that sometimes sacrifices quality for price, but in this case, I would say that I paid for a high quality product that should be valued at a higher price.

Quality/Durability

I actually did some scratch tests after installation just to see how well it would stand up. Of course, I did the blatant key and coins pocket test while Christmas shopping for a couple of hours and my phone was completely fine. The skin itself did not scratch at all. I didn't take a drill or a razor to the skin, but I can tell that this is a product that will last. Especially given its pricing.

Look

It's the pretty common carbon fiber pattern that I think looks great. I ordered the black carbon fiber, but they carry white, grey, and pink as well. Additionally, I ordered a clear version that should be arriving next week.

Installation

Installation was a breeze. It was a wet installation, much like when you install some other protectors. They did not include a cleaning cloth or any solution but they do give some instructions on how to make the application solution from their website and included instruction sheet. I had a bunch of microfibers laying around (and i'm sure most of you do too.) Applied and left it to dry for about 3 hours and I was good to go.

Comparisons

This is truly the cheapest skin you will find (not from China.) It's advertised as being American-made ('Murica). A full body kit (Carbon fiber) only costs $2.99 from Scratch Dummy. Compared to the $29.99 (Carbon fiber) and $24.99 (clear) pricing that Ghost Armor offers. Quite honestly, the material is of similar quality. For a fraction of the cost.

Conclusions

It's the cheap man's Ghost Armor/Zagg. I think that it performs well and still allows me to use a case if I want. I'd say give it a shot, and if you don't like it, you're only out a dollar. It's really worth a try, in my opinion. I know a quality product when I see one, and this is definitely something that i'd recommend to you guys.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Damian8a:
Thank you for the review dude, I was looking for something like this because I wasn't really shure about buying this brand because of the really really cheap price.

Now that I've seen you review I'm totally going to buy it right now. :good:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Xcor3:
Ive has this for about a week now. Very very nice quality. I wouldve uploaded pictures but I thought you would do so. But I got the black carbon fiber back protector
[Nexus 4 General] taylorzhang:
I installed more than 100 apps, and loaded 7 pages of homescreen by nova launcher with tons of widgets. It runs much smoother than Gnex with 4.1 and Att One X with 4.0.4 with similar loads. Though there's still slight hiccups at initial swipes. After the widgets' been loaded up, swipe between home screen is buttery smooth. Multitask button is also much more responsive than the other two.

However, my biggest compliant with this phone is the battery. It only ran through 8 hours with less than 2 hour screen on time today! Oddly, Google map used 26% of the battery when I didn't use it at all. Android OS also drained a lot of juice.

Any idea? I think screen should drain 50% of the juice at least.
[Nexus 4 General] Silas0220:
Try turning off Google Now. I believe that when Maps and Android Services are the major hits to your battery, it's caused by Google Now. I get much better battery with it turned off.

That said, Google Now was one of the major things I wanted to love about Jelly Bean, and to have to turn it off to get decent battery life is ridiculous. Here's to hoping they sort that out eventually.
[Nexus 4 General] rmgill:
Those stats are typical for a first charge. I had similar results at first but after a few charges my screen on time jumped up to about 4hrs. I keep Google Now on.
[Nexus 4 General] JB calhoun:
Freeze maps i use route 66 works great
[Nexus 4 General] chrisjcks:
If you don't use maps / navigation - Turn off GPS, set it to find your location by WiFi - triangulation etc.

Your battery will get a massive jump - I noticed it on mine when make was using juice without me using anything like that.
[Nexus 4 General] ibegary:
Anyone else thought he was making fun of the others crying about the battery when they read his first sentence?
[Nexus 4 General] NexusOwner:
LOL...that's exactly what I thought. I would think after downloading, installing, and configuring all these apps the battery would understandably decrease quickly. In addition, Google Now is "learning" our habits/info. Give the phone a couple weeks after the "honeymoon" period and I'm pretty sure battery life will get better.
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
I've sort of come to accept the fact that keeping GPS enabled on an Android phone is an unobtainable luxury. I keep it disabled until I'm actually ready to use navigiation, and my battery life doubles as a result. Annoying considering I have GNow, location history, etc disabled and have NO apps set up to poll the GPS - there's no excuse, but whatever, it's a bug.
[Nexus 4 General] kgeissler:
If I do this, does WiFi stay on all the time or does it just turn on when it needs to find your location? I usually have mine off and only turn it on when I am at home.
[Nexus 4 General] Crucifixion:
I've turned off Google now and disabled Chrome. I've never had problems with maps. Though maps will start to do **** if you have searched for something that requires the maps to be turned on but you actually haven't turned on maps.
[Nexus 4 General] ericshmerick:
Wiped device, rooted, installed the 4.2.1 image direct from Google, fresh.

MUCH better than starting stock at 4.2 and OTA'ing to 4.2.1.

Not sure if serious, but this method worked a miracle for me. I was going to sell it, but not now.
[Nexus 4 General] aimetti:
This was a serious post? Haha wow
[Nexus 4 General] AlleN7:
I think he is trolling.
[Nexus 4 General] Broken:
No, he just hasn't had an Optimus G. That device has the worst battery. Nexus 4 is somewhat better.
[Nexus 4 General] InvalidUsername:
How many charge cycles has your phone been through? I think you just need to give it some more time to settle in.
[Nexus 4 General] incantevole:
what's the consensus on first charge? mine is arriving Monday and i was thinking i would hop over to the nearest t-mobile store and get

a new sim for straightaway. Should it be booted up and charged to full, left off and charged or maybe run down from whatever charge it comes with?
[Nexus 4 General] TwistyValhalla:
To be honest I was expecting better battery life with 2100mah and stock Android but it's really not that bad. It's just average. After some tweaking and keeping an eye on running apps in the background I'm pretty happy with the battery.
[Nexus 4 General] mpm174:
I am getting good battery life, 16h off charger at 45% 1hr 49min screen on
[Nexus 4 General] jacklebott:
My battery life's doing just fine. It's draining a lot as I install all my apps, but that's a given. When I use it modestly, it performs like a champ
[Nexus 4 General] taylorzhang:
I'm not trolling. This is like my third charge cycle. The first one with my usual apps all installed. 100 app is what I usually put on my android phone. They've been quite consistent. I use to do 5 homescreen but i decide to stress nexus 4 with 7 pages. In addition, 1h 50min screen on time is not bad considering it only takes 14% of the battery. Which means if screen takes 50% of batterry, I will get more than 5 hours. That should be more than great. So the problem is why Google map is draining the battery when stats page shows it's not really active. You can see from the pictures that even if the screen is not turned on, the slope is still very steep, that's what I hate about. Why cannot android simply standby as power-efficient as iphone? Some posts suggest that i should turn off gps and let wifi to set my location. I'll take this advice and hope for the best.
[Nexus 4 General] stab244:
This is my battery life after around 3 charge cycles. I have about the same amount of things installed as OP. At least two background apps, SwipePad and GrooveIP. This isn't too bad compared to my Inc S that I had before. However though I haven't had the cellular radio on since I'm still putting this device through its paces until I feel confident enough to cut up my old SIM for use in this phone.
[Nexus 4 General] gie62001:
@OP, man you should install app like betterbatterystats and check wakelock times and which app is keeping your device from sleeping as clearly you have some bad apps out of your 100 that can be coded badly which don't allow your phone to deep sleep. Normally if all apps are configured and coded properly your screen on time should be close your awake time, and you don't need to turn off GPS as it should not be used unless some app is accessing it and doing some process in the background as a result of a bug or bad coding. So check what keeps your device awake (trust me google now is not that resource hungry) and decide what to do then.

Also you may want to install CPUspy to check what frequencies are being used and if maybe CPU stops at some high frequency for some reason.

Good luck
[Nexus 4 General] jayaprakash_ravindran:
Which battery status app did u use?
[Nexus 4 General] eksasol:
I think you have answered your own question. One hundred apps running in the background, spying on you and uploading your info can do that top your battery life.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] richteralan:
Sony Xperia S will take crown no matter what with its 1750mAh battery.
[Nexus 4 General] robrob777:
I get pretty good battery.

right now, 1st charge ever: 1d 8hr, 36%left, display 2h:34.

Data on, 3G on, BT on,wifi on.

edit: Sync on, gps on, automatic location reporting off, auto check in off.

I disabled a bunch of system apps btw; like G+ and Gnow and everything that is always running and I don't use, NFC also.
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
Thread closed as not required. Please use the battery impression thread as otherwise everyone will be creating their own versions of the same thread.

Thanks

AvRS
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parallax82:
I downloaded Twistedumbrella's ROM and am very happy with it except I can't figure out how to get rid of the battery percentage indicator in the upper left side of the status bar. I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santod040:
Check your installed apps.

I don't think that's from the rom itself.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parallax82:
Thanks. Combed through my apps and turned out to be a control panel widget.
[General Questions and Answers] Gem Shays:
Alright so once again for the 4th time I was misfortunate enough to soft brick my Fascinate all because of Odin. Even though i know how to unbrick it easily just by using the Super One Click, but its still annoying because I still l havnt been able to install ClockworkMod Recovery. I havnt gotten ANYTHING done with Odin. All its done is brick my Android. I have root, i clicked the pda button and chose the tar file (which is clockwork mod) , I put my phone in download mode, Odin detects it, I press start and this is what Odin says "failed! (succeeded 0/failed 1)" and then congratulations, Its bricked... Thank you Odin... really, what da hell am I doin wrong?? I know the file isnt corrupt because I downloaded another tar file and the same thing happened. Help me out for real
[General Questions and Answers] Gysper:
Wrong file perhaps, tar file should be the original ROM file if im not mistaken. To flash CWM, you need to boot your phone into the recovery and flash it from there.
[General Questions and Answers] Nooblit:
Make sure that Odin is running as administrator. I'm confused as to how you have root before even installing clockworkmod recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] Gem Shays:
I used Super One Click to get it rooted. I went to Rom Manager to flash CWM recovery but whenever i click boot into recovery, i end up in the original stock version. Whatever it's called. So yeah, i checked my sd card and theres a folder called "clock work recovery" inside are some other files and a zip file. Does tht mean its installed?
[General Questions and Answers] Pennycake:
On my phone, when I open up ROM Manager, there's an option that says "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" - have you done that ?
[General Questions and Answers] Gem Shays:
Yes i do, i clicked on it, it says it installs it successfully. Yet when i enter recovery its still not clockwork. Im suppose to do it through Odin but it fails every time
[General Questions and Answers] Nooblit:
This is because in newer android kernels, when you reboot your phone it reflashes recovery before booting back into android. Next time you install clockworkmod recover through rom manager, after it's successful, just pull your battery out. insert the battery again, and boot straight into recovery, not into android first. If you are able to do this, you should be able to flash a custom rom on there no problemo. once that's done, clockwork mod won't give you a problem again.

This still doesn't answer why odin won't work for you, but if you can use an alternative method i wouldn't even worry about it.

Hope this helps.
[General Questions and Answers] musicfiend:
Odin not working!!!

I have just recently dowloaded the Odin programme, everything works until I try to open up the root file. It will not find it when I browse through Odin. However it does shows up when just looking via my computer, extracted and all. If anyone knows the cause of this please help!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1Shotwonder:
So is it possible too root a jb official updated prime? Ive been looking around and from what I gather you just can not get the nvflash to work which means if you mess up you can brick your prime.... but can we still get root with jb? Is there any roms that would work due to the different boot loader im unsure at this point.... if not is there anything in the works that I can follow to see when they work around it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1Shotwonder:
No one? Guess I should just my prime in the trash lmao
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] qery:
Dunno about the root, if it's possible (afaik it isn't at this moment). But you can flash roms even without nvflash, you just have to be extra careful. I was flashing roms for about 6 months without nvflash and I had no problems.

When you are on JB, you have JB bootloader and you have to install TWRP for JB bootloader and also install ONLY roms that are made for JB bootloader! It should be written in rom description. Currently there is: Hairybean, NRG, CM10 unofficial and more - look in dev forum.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1Shotwonder:
Appreciate it
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
Which site is the best site to sell a Nexus 7 tablet now that the Market is closed?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strassern:
I have always heard some good experiences with ebay although I cannot speak on the amount of money you would get based on how you configure your sale. I personally always go for craig's list because it allows you to work out an arrangement that you both can agree on instead of settling. Works best if you use the built in auto forward email feature so that you do not have to disclose your email address to potential buyers and leave the possibility of being bothered later when the Nexus is long gone. Good luck!

Regards,

Strassern

Sent from my Vipered Dinc2 using the xda-dev app
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lscotte:
Craigslist for me too, so I can deal locally and in cash. If you have a problem on eBay there's nothing eBay will do to help and you will be out either your money or the device...

I sold my HTC flyer within 2 days on craigslist. While there are still crooks on cl, by dealing locally and in cash, I've never had any problem. I also use the email forwarder and provide no personal details until I can smell that all is on the up and up...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezas:
Craigslist if you can. Ebay if you have to.

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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExploreMN:
I think eBay will get you more money as far as "hey, I sold it for $175" but then when you pay the fees and the shipping you end up with $125 in your pocket. Craigslist will give you cash instantly (no gaming playing with PayPal), and you will probably get more in the end if you sell it for less money.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GriffenD:
I sold my 8GB nexus 7 on ebay for $175 and walked away with a check for around $168. I've never used craigslist so I can't speak for it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440hsp:
Is it 32gb?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAtheistReverend:
Swappa!

I highly recommend Swappa. I have bought and sold there. Good android community sale site.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPreston2001:
Umm im not sure what u you mean by eBay won't do anything but I have had nothing but great experience selling on eBay. Ebay will totally stand behind you and make sure everything goes as planned. Of course u always run the risk of sum1 not paying but that's about it...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAtheistReverend:
Exactly the reason I don't like eBay. Never actually had that happen, but it scares me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unciviilized:
Every one from here are at celltraderonline.com you can try there...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPreston2001:
Yeah but its not like you'll be out of anything besides time. You don't send the product until they pay. Some jerks will bid on a item with no intentions to pay but its not like you take a loss financially. Ebay will refund all fees associated with listing the item if the buyer doesn't pay. But it does suck if you have to go thru the hassle of relisting it again lol.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
32gb
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440hsp:
How old is it? Any issues, damage?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustbepbs:
I second this.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhomiec:
my vote goes towards Amazon. this is where i sold my Asus TF101.

and 2nd to Swappa.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 95Z28:
I go craigslist. But if you use craigslist post a number if you actually want to sell. Myself and everybody I know skip over adds that don't post a number, when I actually want to buy something I want to talk to you now not wait for you to ignore my email because your to lazy to take 30 seconds and delete your add (which really is that easy from an android phone) after a sell like a previous reply implied.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
Thanks for the suggestions.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edge929:
I would try another tech forum like Hard OCP or Anandtech or similar. Both have established markets with few incidents. Make sure the user can verify themselves, uses Heatware, etc. If that failed, I'd try Craigslist, meet publicly, cash-only, etc. The hits from either Paypal or Ebay alone is OK but NOT both. I only sell things on ebay if I know I can't sell it elsewhere (needs bigger market, niche item).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donavo:
I got this phone to replace my previous phone mainly because of the Bluetooth audio. I use it in my car a lot. Now I'm using the nexus and I have to say the quality is worse than anything. If it's plugged in with aux, it's fine. But Bluetooth audio is completely crap. Do you guys know if this can be a software fix?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wawacoffee:
IMHO bluetooth is designed for convenience not quality. I use BT for car all the time but my speakers are even crappier so no difference. If you care go for wires. I saw the review on gsmarena for the audio of N4 quite positive.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
Bluetooth sounds fine on mine. Can you be a little more forthcoming about what you're hearing (other than "crap").
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donavo:
Speakers cracking. I thought it was my speakers but then I plugged in the aux and it was perfect. I used gnex, 2 phones ago for audio streaming music and it was fine. But this is just crazy terrible. Night and day. The crackling is extremely noticeable
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmgill:
I notice the crackling in my car too. Its mild but annoying enough for me to switch to aux input. I think that Cyanogenmod uses a different set of BT drivers so it might be worth a flash.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
If you have sizzling in your bluetooth audio I would look to ground loop issues. Perhaps an audio transformer between the bt audio out and your stereo.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FatalityBoyZahy:
No issues with bluetooth over here. Sounds fine for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipfreelytech:
Bluetooth audio sounds better than my Gnex did. Using AOKP 12/05 build. I do wish there was AVRCP 1.3 support, but that seems to be missing from 4.2 roms so that's not so much a device specific issue.

A2DP is a ****ty spec from a quality standpoint. It uses lossy encoding and was designed to have low overhead while sounding acceptable. It's not going to be stellar on any device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donavo:
no its completely noticeable for me. bluetooth audio streaming is way substandard on this phone. im really hoping its a software issue cuz bt 4.0 was very attractive. cm is known for good bt audio? or would all the custom roms probably fix this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamUpNorth:
Donavo, there is a known issue with Bluetooth on Android 4.2.

Actually three issues that people are having. First are connection issues, second is audio drops and the third is the audio quality {the crackling that you are hearing).

The issue apparently is caused by a rewrite of the Bluetooth stack by Google for v4.2.

Both my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have the cracking issues after upgrading to 4.2. It's less noticeable on low quality source material like podcasts but very noticeable on high quality material.

No connection, drop issues with the GNex but I have drop issues on the N7.

You'll have to use the headphone jack until a fix is released. If there's a custom rom that's not using the new Bluetooth stack then that would fix the issue as well.

Here's the bug report if you want to track it.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632

EDIT: It may not have been a rewrite but they may be using a new stack from Broadcom.

http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s721534
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donavo:
Oh man thank you what a relief. This answers my exact question. Thanks again.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Bluetooth audio quality fine on mine. Using Sony mw600.