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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pigjr:
As a highly nearsighted, I notice the pixels on note2 screen every time when I remove my glasses and stare at it. Lately I stared at a Z10 and that screen was absolutely crisper.

I do wish the screen could be upgraded with the next note generation but if it comes with sacrificing battery, I'd rather stick with things right now (and wear my glasses lol)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
Any explanation for mini, green/red/blue circles (hollow)?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] darkside79:
Don't know what screen you guys are looking at but my Note 2 looks freaking awesome. I think you guys are just trying to bash it. Or trying to be a troll. Because you can't be serious! Lol jk

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Onemoa:
I can't tell. This is a Super AMOLED Plus screen. You're getting much more sub pixels then a pentile display. I can tell on the S3 but not the Note 2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Meanee:
I've noticed it, but I think it's more of an app designer's fault. Most icons look sharp and crisp. Some do not. For example, busybox installer. I wouldn't blame your device for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] woostar88:
Dude maybe my eyes are retarded. But I don't see any pixels and I'm happy how hd it looks. I'm rocking the naked note 2. And so far, I'm happy. Maybe I might go check out the nexus 4.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Meanee:
I don't think it's pixels. To me, it feels that some icons look a bit blurry, and washed out. But again, I think it's just the quality of icon itself, not the screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aznmode:
This. Plus to me texts arent as sharp. Sorta has some halo effect going on around the edges. I'm thinking some screens are just made better than others.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Meanee:
I've used Evo 4G LTE for past 8 months, so I kind of got used to high PPI phones. GN2 is definitely not as sharp as Evo 4G LTE (Think Sprint's HTC One X), but it makes up in colors, deeper black tones. Text sharpness is a very tiny con for me. Overall device functionality, design, size, beats any tiny sharpness issue.

But going back to icons. Look at your launcher, Compare icons like Google Earth, S Voice, Need for Speed, to an icon like BusyBox. Difference is night and day. Does not mean that screen is bad, but means that some icons designed for lower resolution/PPI in mind.

Also, check out other things, like interface elements, in-app text, web pages. You will see them nice and crisp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aznmode:
I totally get the icons stuff but just wished the text was crisper on mine. I feel I have to focus more on texts compared to my s3. Below is what I'm talking about halo around the note 2 texts. I took a picture of the note with my s3 and took a pic of my s3 with my note 2. Left is my s3 and the text is from the note 2 screen. Right is my note 2 with the picture of the s3 screen. Notice the letters on the image (left) of the note 2 screen has hazy colored halo effect around the text. Its not as pixelated but the halo makes texts blurry even when zoomed out. Sorta reminds me of looking at a 3d screen without 3d glasses on. But not that drastic obviously. So I feel like I need to focus my eyes more when reading. When zoomed out on the s3 however I barely see the obvious pixelation when zoomed it so text seems sharper to me since I don't see any halo/rainbow color going on around the text.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodii:
Hi all,

New here, so please go easy. I had a search around and am a bit lost in trying to find what I am looking for.

Hoping someone may be able to help me please.

Is there a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 unbranded ROM available for the 9305 (4G/LTE) model of the S3?

I have two GT-9305T's and want to get rid of the current the Australian Telstra ROM that's them.

Thanks in advance for your time and help. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ausboy 2011:
Umm why post in the i9300 thread?? Please search before making a useless thread in the wrong forum thank you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JKILO:
Ausboy - look up top the directory is

"Samsung Galaxy S III I9300, I9305 > Galaxy S III General > [Q] Unbranded 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 Official ROM for 9305"

nodii - do you mean unbranded as in no service provider apps and boot screen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ausboy 2011:
This is a general thread. If your looking for ROMs look in the i9305 forum.. new users should read the rules!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
From the wording of the post I imagine that he is looking for a stock Rom which makes general the place to ask. Well Q&A would have been better you have something against the OP?

And @OP check sammobiles. Com they list all stock ROMs for Samsung phones and offer downloads. Just look for the unbranded one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Official roms found via CHECKFUS .

jje
[HTC Droid DNA] zomgalama:
So my upgrade has come along and I'm debating on which phone I can get.

I'm currently leaning on the HTC DNA, obviously.

I am slightly dissapointed from lack of expandable storage, but I can live with 16GB, I don't watch movies much or listen to music.

I mostly stream movies or YT videos.

Gaming wise I'm mostly just emulating and I'm sure a simple game of pokemon will not heat up my device. I will play retro-styled games or remakes from time to time such as Sonic CD and Radiant HD.

As much as I love flashing ROM's on my thunderbolt, I think I'll stick to stock until a simple root method is out, and will most probably root for Titanium backup and adblocking, nothing more (However thanks to the new adblock app I can disable ad's without root, but it will drain the battery faster)

So my main questions are these:

For previous TB owners, how's life w/o the kickstand? Truth be told I will miss that kickstand, it was perfect.

I love elegant looking things, is the 1080p screen really worth having? And do you notice any sort of lag on the DNA doing simple things such as running a livewallpaper or watching a few youtube videos?

Is the batterylife good? Really anything that can outlast my TB is great, I can go through about 1/2 a day with the type of usage I use my TB for (of course taking into account I'm running liquidsmooth desense ICS4.0).

These are really all I have to ask, I'll likely get a screen protector; but as far as cases go I prefer to go without. So I will ask; how durable is the phone? How easy is it to scratch the screen? I've heard a few people saying the screen shattering after dropping it on a hard surface once, which scares me. I drop my TB A LOT. But it's only had one small scratch and no cracks whatsoever in the 2 years I've had it.

Also I have another question regarding if I should get this phone for my father as well.

He is the average android user, has never heard of ROOT and barely knows how to access his widgets. He currently has a TB aswell with an extended battery. He is constantly recieveing calls, texting, and checking his yahoo mail (He's the average busy, busy man).

I'm feeling the note 2 is better for him, since I'm going to take a guess and say 11GB of freespace isn't going to be enough for him. Plus I'd see how S-Pen would be useful for him (I'm not too much of a fan of the S-Pen, I like to use my phone onehandid a lot.
[HTC Droid DNA] Memnoch73:
Had a TB. Missed my kickstand a bit when I went to the Razr. Got over it pretty quick. Get the DNA. you will love it. I still have yet to root and Rom. Will get there eventually. This phone makes the Bolt seem like a playskool toy. Lol...
[HTC Droid DNA] S121Guy:
I haven't looked back at the TB. The wireless charging I love. My TB usb connections were always loose causing charging issues. The smaller phone felt small in my hands. I'm 6,3 and the DNA is perfect size. I do miss the larger battery and kickstand however with the fast charge option with the current roms I get almost a half charge while at lunch. Which will last me till midnight with Heavy use! As for kickstand I remember some case out there has one built in.

There's just so much awesome with the DNA! 1080p ftw!

sent from my rooted DNA
[HTC Droid DNA] tgerbracht:
Lol, yes.
[HTC Droid DNA] Spaded21:
Is a Lamborghini a worthy upgrade from a Civic?
[HTC Droid DNA] zomgalama:
Thanks, been looking at a a few more reviews; seems like the phone for me. :D

Not sure about my dad though; I know the note 2 is out of the picture since it's a tad on the big side.

DNA is out as well since he wants to use his current micro SD card. Look's like I'll have to get him an s3, still a pretty decent device.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
making a choice in 2 weeks

So wife gave me clearance to drop the TB. Looking at the DNA and 8X. I told her I swear I will not root (the stipulation with upgrade). I never could get the phone to work as good as new with a root, and really, I don't run much rooted stuff.

I just installed TwistedUmbrella's ICS ROM and enjoy it. I never liked either Sense or Stock Android, always ran with either GoLauncher, or now my daily is SSLauncher.

I have already seen all the vids on performance and appearance and what not. Personal opinion on rooting. Why root when the custom rom isn't going to be an major upgrade (see TB!) from what its running now? Other than removing the Verizon bloatware, and side installing apps like Tethers or 'black market' apps, I can just run SSL and call it good, right?

I am not a 'power user', mostly music for it. Occasional facebook, and XDA. So what limits does the no-sd option leave me? How many songs am I looking at before I am screwed and have to pay for some cloud service?

Thanks guys, everyone on this site has been a major help in everything I have done with the TB to make it last this long!
[HTC Droid DNA] rivernov:
interesting
[HTC Droid DNA] rajuabju:
Yes.

Get the DNA, you wont regret it

if you DONT get the DNA, you WILL regret it. forever.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
I know its a positive upgrade, just curious about running the alternate launcher if that will suffice for customizing, and the amount of music on the 16G card.

My music is scattered about 5 folders and there is a ton of apks, zips, ROMs and backups, so figuring out my actual music quantity for comparison is a little daunting. Call me lazy, hoping you guys can give me an idea on that amount of space.
[HTC Droid DNA] Memnoch73:
I run Apex without issue. I need the customization. After Android and bloatware you get about 11gig on your phone. How much your music will fill up depends on the size of each music file. I use a bunch of FLAC files so I only have a few albums on there and still have 6 gig left to play with. Just means you have to swap out your music more often. Still love the phone despite the small space.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
Thanks Memnoch!

Keep em coming folks. Looking for more opinions!
[HTC Droid DNA] Homestar1217:
Loving that statement haha!

I came from the Droid Charge (the crappy Samsung alternative to the TBolt), and I'll tell you I love this thing to death. I thought Super AMOLED plus was as good as it could get but boy does this screen prove me wrong. 16GB isn't a problem for me. The Charge came with 32GB but it was on a card, a slow one, so I never filled it up because it slowed the phone down so much. Having this 16GB full I saw no difference in the speed of the phone. I like Sense better than TouchWiz, but I'm sure a launcher would kill most of it if that's what you want.

As far as music goes, I was a little bummed that it isn't compatible with DoubleTwist at the moment because there's no mass storage connection option, so all my iTunes music won't play on it (it's all AIFF). On the upside, with the beats audio the music I've taken the time to load onto google music streams great, sounds almost as good as my ipod in my car (which plugs in USB) through the aux jack. And I'm an audio nerd, so I was impressed with that.

I would say take the plunge, you won't be disappointed.
[HTC Droid DNA] Cgress22:
Yes the DNA is worth it
[HTC Droid DNA] calbruc:
Yeah, seriously man, it's a HUGE upgrade.

Looking at the two side by side, my TB just seems kind of... dumpy. If you're into elegance you'll wonder how you stuck with the TB this long. And when you're actually using it -- no comparison. I was running Liquid's ICS ROM as well and while it did the job, it's still kinda clunky (especially the recent apps). Whereas the DNA just flies. And the screen is ridiculous.

You'll probably get over the kickstand (I didn't use mine too much but thought it was a cool feature), and sure, the storage is definitely a trade-off. And I preferred AOSP on my Bolt, but I'm honestly dealing with Sense just fine. Root and ROM and few tweaks and it's more than usable. I always liked Sense's cameras and the text selection zoom thing they have going on. The messaging app is pretty nice, too.

I can't comment on its finish's durability. I keep my phones naked but don't tend to drop or abuse them much. But with Gorilla Glass 2 and the matte back, I think you'll be fine. Battery is also okay. It should get you through a full day, but it's nothing to write home about.

Anyway, yeah, you should probably get it.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
Thanks guys, appreciate all the opinions. Maybe it's time to 'cloud up' and start using those services.
[HTC Droid DNA] kimo hands:
The Thunderbolt was a hell of a device in its time, but the DNA blows it away. The DNA is definitely much smoother. Specifically noting the screen transitions, i have seldom seen it lagging or jittery. Tho by the end of its life my thunderbolt had seen more roms than a Nintendo emulator. So i guess my experience with the thunderbolt "stock" isn't great. The playstation emulator seems to run flawlessly on the dna, as well I've had good experiences video streaming which always seemed to be a problem on the TB (never could get the youtube app to work right). I've had good experience with google play music handling my music and just putting a select playlist on my phones memory. The audio quality just playing though an auxiliary port in my car is much better than the thunderbolt. The battery lasts longer as well. You wont go all day with heavy use but it is definitely better than the thunderbolt. I do miss the kickstand tho.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
Thanks! And I never really got into the kickstand. The only time I would use the kickstand is when I plugged in to watch something, which meant I couldn't do both, or when I was listening to music to stand it up while plugged in. But usually lay down for that since its a ***** to do screen actions without the phone moving.

Seems my only concern now is storage, I will have to see just how much my music takes.
[HTC Droid DNA] zomgalama:
I'm a bit excited, I see adrynalyn lurking around these parts. I recognize him from my time with the thunderbolt.
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
No! I promised no rooting! He is not allowed!
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
Decision made

Hey guys, thanks a bunch for your opinions and what not. I have made my decision and will be giving WM another go.

just wanted to say thanks to everyone for thier input! I am going to keep the TB, maybe make that my daughters phone, so will be around here still, maybe make it a test bed!?
[HTC Droid DNA] zomgalama:
Uh

Wait, why are you... ?

You do realize you didn't start this thread... :silly:
[HTC Droid DNA] jerrya:
Doh! Sorry, thought i was on a thread similar to this that i started.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewand91:
If its possible how do I get into download mode. Is there a button combo? I need to enter it to use odin. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
How do you plan on using Odin on a HTC device? Pretty sure Odin is only for Samsung devices.

What are you trying to do with your phone?

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewand91:
Trying to root it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Power your phone off. Press the volume down button + power button, and wait several seconds for the bootloader to load. Look at the info in the top left corner and see what Hboot version you have. Report back and I'll point you in the right direction to get it rooted.

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewand91:
It's 2.18. , I've tryed revolutionary but it either don't work or the steps to do it are wrong.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Revolutionary won't work for Hboot 2.18. Try this instead:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473373

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewand91:
That's the same page I tryed. I went with unrevoked and worked perfectly. I have rooted plenty of phones but never the HTC lol. Thank u for Ur help tho.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Interesting. If you're on Hboot 2.18, Unrevoked shouldn't have worked. It's for older Hboots. 2.18 is the newest Hboot on the OG EVO.

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolistir:
Hi guys!

I have a GS3(GT-I9300) with stock jellybean(4.1.1). S Voice was working fine until recently, but now it gives "Network error" for every command. The same commands work in Google Now. Waking up S Voice with "Hi Galaxy!" works. I have spent a lot of time with Samsung support but they make me wanna cry, they're useless. This one guy suggested to pull out the battery for a couple of seconds, and after that it worked for a minute or so(can't see why, but as long as it's a solution I'm happy) but it stopped working again. I have tried google but came up empty. Do you have any ideas how I could fix this without rooting it(I'm not interested in rooting so please leave those solutions out)?

OK So it seems that having Adblock Plus installed blocks S Voice. Hope this will help someone else.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evantkh:
Try in another network carrier
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MingoDynasty:
I think it happened this morning when I dropped my phone trying to snooze/turn off the alarm clock. When I try to enable wifi, it simply hangs on "enabling wifi". Initially I thought it was the rom (Slim Bean 3.1.0), but after a full wipe and re-flash, the wifi again wouldn't work. Wifi MAC address also says "unavailable" in the phone status.

Not sure what to do from here. I'm fairly sure it's a hardware problem, but I'm open to any ideas.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmynguyen91:
Anyone know what files came with the phone out of the box from Google? I wiped everything when I got the phone and didn't realized that it also erases the files on the phone. I only realized it had files on it when there was music uploaded to Google Music. Just wondering if there was anything else worth keeping that I had erased.

If anyone can, either post a screenshot of the files or a zip of the files.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asawoszc:
Doubt there's anything important. I unlocked my boot loader the moment I got the phone and I'm not missing anything that may have been there. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmynguyen91:
They normally don't put anything important in the phone. It's just my curiosity that bothers me :P

So, I wanna know! lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravneetg:
You can re-flash the Google Images.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmynguyen91:
I thought it would be easier to get an answer here if anyone knew.

Apparently, no one knows though >.<
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmynguyen91:
Oh and the music came with buying the phone. Apparently you also get some other things like Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravneetg:
The Transformers movie is bound to your account. I reflashed the Google images and my movie is still available. Yes if you had earlier downloaded the movie it will be wiped and you'd have to download again.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmynguyen91:
Yeah, that's what I meant when I said it came with buying the phone. I didn't mean that the files were on board the phone.
[HTC One VX] Night_Slayer:
I hboot unlocked my htc one vx. But being an idiot, i fastboot a 4ext.img and now it says tampered when i try to go into in hboot. Also when into recovery it says security warning and just freezes. I got ahead of my self, i was googling everywhere and they said something about the RUU, can anyone help me?:crying:
[HTC One VX] flipinfin:
It seems this device is difficult to flash. I just unlocked my bootloader and it says tampered with and after my recovery doesn't work.
[HTC One VX] Replicatorz:
There is no RUU file for this device yet unfortunantly, i already tried many. I WISH there was, then i can get my phone to work again! God know's when one will be made. Because the phone is so new, your pretty much screwed if you mess the phone up. Dead phone speaking here<--- If i find something, i will let you know though.
[HTC One VX] Night_Slayer:
Thank you guys, Lets hope theres one soon, and you have a dead Speaker yikes :/
[HTC One VX] jmz:
Fixing the recovery issue shouldnt be too big of a deal. Someone still stock and locked dumps the recovery partition and you just fastboot flash it.
[HTC One VX] Night_Slayer:
Can anyone who have stock try this lol, it can be a big help
[HTC One VX] jmz:
If someone has adb setup can they plug in the device and run the command below. Paste the results here.

adb shell cat /proc/emmc
[HTC One VX] Night_Slayer:
I would try, but I believe my recovery img is corruputed :/
[HTC One VX] Johann12911:
This is what I got when i used your command, hope it helped. not sure if someone already did this for you or not.

c:\SDK\sdk\tools>adb shell cat /proc/emmc

dev: size erasesize name

mmcblk0p22: 000ffa00 00000200 "misc"

mmcblk0p21: 00fffe00 00000200 "recovery"

mmcblk0p20: 01000000 00000200 "boot"

mmcblk0p32: 54fffc00 00000200 "system"

mmcblk0p29: 00140200 00000200 "local"

mmcblk0p33: 0dfffe00 00000200 "cache"

mmcblk0p34: 49fffe00 00000200 "userdata"

mmcblk0p25: 01400000 00000200 "devlog"

mmcblk0p27: 00040000 00000200 "pdata"

mmcblk0p35: 1097fe000 00000200 "fat"

mmcblk0p30: 00010000 00000200 "extra"

mmcblk0p16: 02d00000 00000200 "radio"

mmcblk0p17: 00a00000 00000200 "adsp"

mmcblk0p15: 00100000 00000200 "dsps"

mmcblk0p18: 00500000 00000200 "wcnss"

mmcblk0p19: 007ffa00 00000200 "radio_config"

mmcblk0p23: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st1"

mmcblk0p24: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st2"
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] lee480:
Xperia V or Xperia Ion? I actually wanted the Xperia T, but in Singapore, they are not planning to sell the Xperia T. I currently hold the Xperia U. But was forced to change it as the screen was too small. Xperia Ion is oddly more expensive then the V, but I really want the screen estate. I'm also eyeing on the Optimum X4 but for some reason, I don't trust LG. The Optimum is a quad core and is way cheaper then the both, and have a IPS 4.7" screen. Advice please.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] jetdite:
Definitely go for the V, the CPU power alone can make you never come back to the old Xperia S or Ion. And stay away from LG.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] yuunanase:
I do not have a V yet, but I have played with VL. I was amazed at the screen, it is the best I have ever seen, at some point, I thought it was printed! Anyway, the buttons on the ion is never sensitive enough, I would prefer onscreen buttons any day. 4G is a must in singapore, and think of the speed boast is a plus.

Just a sidenote, T does not fare well, even against the Ion. Ion does, in fact, is slightly better than T, due to the poor colour reproduction of the screen and the akward position of the buttons.

Here are my preferences.

V > TX > SGS3 > Ion > S> T > U
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] lee480:
But Ion have a really beautiful screen. And large one too. The reason why im changing from U is because the screen is too small.