yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] StormMcCloud:
Same it died like 2 hours ago for me. Nothing will load past 7%
[Off-topic] Nate2:
Don't they (Netflix) do any kind of capacity planning? Weren't their servers tested under load? Geez!

Kids want to watch Christmas movies today because it's raining in So Cal, and they can't go out.

I'm glad I have some DVDs lying around.
[Off-topic] jrmatics:
I thought it was just me. Was going crazy trying to log on with all my devices and nothing
[Off-topic] Nate2:
They blame Amazon AWS: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/24/netflix-outage/
[Off-topic] thelowend:
Mod edit: No

Carry on people.
[Off-topic] Nate2:
Interesting how the faulty Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) component of AWS in Ashburn, Virginia only affected Netflix, and not Netflix's major rival Amazon Instant Video service (formerly known as Video On Demand) also hosted on AWS in VA, huh?

Hmm...

And was any other Amazon.com service adversely affected?

Hmm...
[Off-topic] Sleepy!:
The end of the world...... for Netflix?
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
You're dad should know that his son is spamming OT to. Read this!! :banghead:

10 POST RULE
[General Questions and Answers] Marcuswrapp:
My question concerns the use of zram and ramzswap in the custom rom Mindcr v2.4.

I would appreciate detailed information about how to activate zram and ramzswap in Mindcr v2.4. Do you know of any complementary zram and ramzswap scripts available or, alternatively, specific applications oriented to activate and use them for this concrete rom?

Thanks in advance,

Marcuswrapp.
[General Questions and Answers] Marcuswrapp:
I have found out that zram configuration is included in a init.d file called zram00 which is located in the path: system/etc/init.d. As it is detailed in the MindCr Rom specifications, zram is set to 72 Mb.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumberas:
Hello!

I saw on the one site that, NFC could be used to read a public transport card with ticket. I have a student card with integrated public transport chip. It is possible to read it? What software will work? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinrex:
Hi,

First of all, what country are you from?

My country, Singapore has an Ez-Link card and the application Farebot allows me to view the current balance left on the card and the transaction history of the card.

PS. Farebot can be downloaded from the play store.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumberas:
Thanks,

I line in Poland :). I tried this "Farebot", but it is not working for my card. It don`t scan my card. Any other ideas :)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filofan1:
Hi

Im from Poland

I dont remember what NFC cards we have but i want to link city card (bus etc) and my School card with my gs3 it. Is posible?

Hope u understand my v. bad English :)

Thanks

@op i remember we have mifare cards

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9300 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumberas:
Yes! I want too to read my city card and school card with sg3 :). I downloaded a lot of software but still not work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinrex:
NFC

Not sure if your card is supported. By the way, did you remember to turn on NFC within your S3 settings?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattBooth:
My student card has either RFID or NFC... on ICS my phone used to make the connection sound if you passed the card near the phone, but since JB it stopped doing that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filofan1:
My Phone scans my card but it says not supported,

Wytapane z mojej Nokii 3310
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumberas:
Ok, i updated my phone to Android 4.1.1 :) Now when I trying to scan it, it make a connection sound !! After that it still not scaninning card only make a sound. It don`t show any information.... When i try to scan by a external app, it the same sound and still no scan. Is there any app to scan it ?

Any ideas :) ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumberas:
Please, help me :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
Hey everybody,

I just made a bootanimation in Photoshop and it looks like this:

Its a kinda basic bootanimation with the Xperia Text with loading dots under it, and its 100% made without any generators or so, and it tooks 2 hours to make this.

This is my first bootanimation I have ever created, so please give me some feedback and also press the thanks button if you like my work.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ™ God ™:
Wow Nice

Screenshot
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
Thank you, I will make more bootanimation when I have time:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ™ God ™:
not working tried on my other xperia ray?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
Hmm, thats weird, it worked on my phone, and all the files are correct, hmm, im going to repack it and upload it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zetsui:
what's the consensus on this on a 15minute pull vs a push? I think the battery economy vs the battery burnt from your screen is so low it doesn't matter. I want to make sure
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] prakashjam24x7:
Hi GUys,

I need serious help from you guys.

I have a S3 (i747 model at&t) this i got it from USA and now i am in india for good.

Yesterday my S3 Digitizer broke (but the housing/faceplate is perfect).

I took it to samsung service center in INDIA chennai. they told that they do not replace just the LCD/Digitizer but they replace the hole set as it is (ie, LCD/digitizer already fitted to a faceplate). and the cost of it all is 7100rs (apprx 135USD).

But the problem began now. You see the motherboard layout for i747 and i9300 models are different (ie faceplate/housing of i747 and i9300 are different) they are not INTERCOMPATIBLE.

And in india they dont have faceplate/housing for i747 model as its only available in USA.

can anyone tell me where can i replace the screen of my i747 S3 in india?

Or is there anywhere from where i can ship out the product to india.

PS: i know people would point out to videos in where to remove the LCD/digitiser out of the faceplate buy using heat guns... well i dont want to do it.

I want the Faceplate/LCD-Digitiser for WHITE i747 model S3 and i am in INDIA (also will i get it in the same cost approx 130 usd).

Your help will be immensely appreciated.

A Question to Samsung: I have a i747 and I carry a International warranty and I am out of USA for next 3 years and I break my Screen? Will they not help me out or repair my S3? What is the use of having International warranty then in first place?

Awaiting your reply,

Senthilprakash Selvaraj
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
I am thinking of switching to Straightalk $45 unlimited everything plan for my Vibrant (unlocked and rooted). I am wondering if anyone here is using Straightalk on Vibrant. I hear people talking about

‘Straight talk Tmobile sim’ and

‘Straighttalk AT&T sim’.

This might be a dumb questions but What is the difference between the two? Do I have to request a ‘Straight talk Tmobile sim’ in order for it to work with my Vibrant. Will I get 3G speeds and not edge? I also hear that MMS don’t work but I m not too concerned with those since I don’t use many.

I would love to hear from any straighttalk users on Vibrant!!

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
Straight talk is an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). They use different carriers. You need to specify which carrier sim you need per your device in order to get 3g data speeds.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
So I need to tell them I need Tmobile compatible sim for me to get 3g on my vibrant?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] media_11:
You can get either t-mobile or at&t sim. They both will get 3g on vibrant. Vibrant has att 3g combatiable bands. Go with the compant that provides better coverage in your area.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
Thanks. Its good to know that Vibrant gets 3g on either ST ATT & ST Tmobile sim.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
I would double check that AT&T is using bands for 3g service that are compatible with vibrant. I know that the AT&T captivate doesnt work on T-Mobile 3g service.

What you don't know could fill a book.
[HTC Rezound] im_high_tech:
I just got done talking to a best buy representative, and they told me that as the of 2 days ago, any kind of hardware change will cancel your unlimited Internet. So you cannot purchase phones from eBay and use that loophole anymore.

Edit: Apparently this is a false flag and Best Buy has zero clue of what's going on. But I'm not saying that they won't close this loophole in the future.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Really? That really sucks.
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
I talked to Verizon yesterday about going to the note 2 and they never mentioned anything like that. They confirmed pretty much what I already know (In order to keep your unlimited, you would have to upgrade another line, or add a line, then transfer the phone, or supply your own phone) You shouldn't always believe what you hear, especially from the salesmen at best buy.
[HTC Rezound] im_high_tech:
They said they have had a bunch of angry customers these past few days and that Verizon is trying to close every loophole possible on us unlimited planners.
[HTC Rezound] cloakzore:
If this is true I'm ditching Verizon and going pre-paid. Nexus 4 on Straight Talk is looking pretty promising.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Ok? So what would happen if I switch while under contract? I'm good up to October.
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
This isn't true, I'm not saying the OP is making it up, but I do think the guy at best buy is blowing smoke up his ass. If this were the case, it would be all over the internet by now. Try googling it.
[HTC Rezound] cloakzore:
Honestly I'm not inclined to believe it either. Even if OP's story is true, I've been told blatantly wrong information from Best Buy and Verizon sales people on multiple occasions.
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
so how would one keep their unlimited data by upgrading another line? sorry i have an two upgrades but don't want to lose my unlimited data want to know how..been looking around but havent really found a straight answer
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
Well right now, how me and my wife are doing it... We have 4 total lines, 2 with unlimited data, and 2 with dummy phones. To keep our unlimited, we just upgrade the dummy lines, then transfer the new phones over to our unlimited lines. Our unlimited plans remain untouched.
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
what happens to your dummy lines? wouldn't you then have to put data on those lines?
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
Nope, as soon as u take the smart phones off the lines, it drops down to $9.99 (no features, nothing but a dumb phone and a phone number)
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
Thank You!! upgrade time lol
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
Haha not a problem, make sure you have a dumb phone to put in place of the line you upgraded.
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
I have 3 dumb lines also by dumb you mean basic right....
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
Yeah
[HTC Rezound] typeriz:
What are you upgrading too?? Dna or note2??
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Joelz is getting an iPhone. /sarcasm
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
i'm sure i would've heard of this.

if this is the case, then that first time you do an ESN switch, you'd lose unlimited. i esn switched to my DNA 2 weeks ago, and i'm still good. if i ESN switch to the gs3 to get teh update and i drop unlimited, i'll let you know, raise hell to verizon, and possibly leave them after 15 years if they won't give it back lol
[HTC Rezound] im_high_tech:
They said it's as of 2 days ago. I really hope they have no clue what their talking about. IF it is true, I'm gonna have to treat my rezound like a baby.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
call customer service. I'd never take anything a best buy employee says seriously lol they're not too bright...

---------- Post added at 02:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 AM ----------

Joel seriously? I spent twenty minutes expliaining that exact scenario to you this afternoon and after two posts from him, you get it?? Hahahah that's exactly what I told you to do HOURS ago!
[HTC Rezound] chrisjz:
Sounds like the best buy guy just wants you to buy from him instead of eBay.
[HTC Rezound] im_high_tech:
Haha your right about the bright part, I started explaining to them about rooting and they had almost no clue what that even was. I'm gonna call in an check once Verizon opens its phones lines after Christmas.

I should start prepping my picket signs for best buy in the mean time.
[HTC Rezound] demmo86rt:
The Best Buy guy just know he gets better commission for a signed two year contract than he does for selling a phone outright.

Sometimes you have to be smarter than your smartphone.
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
ummm........DNA lol i need an htc device in my life again.....however i won't do anything for the dna until they get s-off
[HTC Rezound] demmo86rt:
That'll show 'em. :p

Sometimes you have to be smarter than your smartphone.
[HTC Rezound] trkeyser:
I don't think it's correct. I switched my SIM from my S3 to my Rezound last night (coverage in my house is decent on the Rezound, but drops on the S3) and nothing has changed on my plan. I generally swap between the phones every weekend.
[HTC Rezound] zkrp5108:
This. Also droid life would be all over this they have posted nothing nor any other tech site that i visit regularly
[HTC Rezound] retepdgp:
I really hope this doesn't turn out to be true because I constantly switch between my HTC Rezound and iPhone 5. I'll be keeping a close eye on this one... :cyclops:
[HTC Rezound] Evocm7:
This is why I will pay an extra $50 at the corporate Verizon store to avoid the idiots at best buy. At least the Verizon store doesn't give out false info. Unfortunately they are much good at providing any info other than what's printed on paper
[HTC Rezound] brandonmangan:
Despite the broad generalizations not all bby consultants are wholly incompetent, although they'll only know what they're talking about if they've taken the initiative to learn about it themselves as bb trains (or attempts to train) on salesmanship only. Also they probably aren't too worried about commission, best buy is a non commission sales force; there's a small incentive to sell based on bonuses from meeting and exceeding a completely arbitrary budget as a department. Afaik this is nonsense, I've heard nothing through official channels. Imagine telling an asurion claim holder he'll lose his unlimited for using the insurance he's paying for. For anecdotal and empirical sake I processed one of these claims Christmas eve with nothing in eroes hinting anything of this sort.
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
Just imagine how well this would go over for those still under contract with the unlimited data plan. Also I doubt they will remove ulimited data for those that continue to pay full price for the phones. Not having to sell a subsidized device means your account is pretty much already pure profit. I like many others with the unlimited data plan won't be going anywhere as long as they allow us to keep unlimited data as long as we don't subsidize a device.
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
Doubt it's true.
[HTC Rezound] ripster:
I don't see how they can do this! Right now I have 5 lines on my account with 3 sim's activated to the same phone. So I find it very hard to believe that Verizon cares about sim swapping that much.
[HTC Rezound] WebmastuhB:
Based off my research from the guys at Best Buy and the customer service reps at Verizon, this seems about right. Verizon HATES the unlimited plans and wants to get everyone to stop using them. They want to switch all of us to a "Share Everything" plan.

A friend of mine, who is a unix admin and knows about this stuff, upgraded his Android phone and his wife's new iPhone and got screwed out of his unlimited plan. He wanted/tried to switch it back, but was unable to (or unwilling. That iPhone was too expensive I think.)

I have made it clear to Verizon (and anyone else who will listen) that the day I am taken off my unlimited plan is the day Verizon is f-ing fired.

One of the ways they are trying to do this is by saying "Well, you can keep your unlimited plan, but you have to pay full price for a new phone. You can't get a new phone for fifty bucks, they are $600." (or whatever the price is.)

There are ways to get a new phone and keep your unlimited:

- Get a new extra line, wait a day or so, move the new phone to your old line. It is $9.95 extra a month however, which is $240 over the next 2 years. You are obligated to keep it 2 years.

- Buy a phone from eBay, craigslist or something. Pay market price, run risks of getting a phone with a problem.

- Pay full price for a new phone.

I have seen many people give up their unlimited plans for a "Share Everything" plan, and it just pains me to hear about it. Some people don't know/don't care. They just want a new, not expensive phone, and are told they need to "upgrade" their plans. "Oh and you get to Share Everything too! Isn't that nice!"

The phrase "Share Everything" pisses me off. Verizon tries to market this as a nice, good thing that is wonderful and better for you - when in fact its is YET AGAIN their little way to screw everyone on overage fees.

I only use the phrase derogatorily. I make sure to tell everyone that this is a METERED plan, and that you get screwed if you go over your limit.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
i did an esn change for someone on unlimited the other day, and their unlimited stayed.
[HTC Rezound] Daistaar:
I do ESN changes all the time and the plan doesn't change including 4 yesterday (12/2712) and the plan remained intact. The only time you will have to change a plan, potentially forgoing unlimited, is if you change between a 3G and 4G device (as that will force you to select a new 4G plan and unlimited is not an option) or if you go to a tethering device like a Jetpack mifi or an iPad (which has a tethering hotspot feature). Moving a device from one 4G phone to another will not affect the plan, even if the SIM type changes.
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
If I were forced into the "share everything plan", my bill would be over $200/month. That's more than my car payment and its completely unreasonable. I'm sure its going to happen some day, and unfortunately people are going have to bend over and take it because they have the best service on the market. I'm really curious to see what google and dish network has to offer once they get going. Their going to be the only service to hold a candle to verizon.
[HTC Rezound] trickster2369:
Love your work. Respect your decision. Just wondering why?
[HTC Rezound] godsmacked4653:
Have you heard about Verizon dropping all 4G unlimited data plans in July of next year, since you're a Verizon employee? I'm an indirect agent for VZW, ATT, and Sprint, and our verizon rep told us 4G users were going to lose it regardless. Just wondering if she knew what she was talking about. haha.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
haven't heard anything. i'm indirect for just vzw, and our account manager hasn't said a thing. if they do that, i'm taking my DNA and leaving verizon the second it's up.

apparently the DNA works on tmobile, att etc...so time for straight talk or something lol
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
Yeah the second that happens I'm jumping ship to T-mobile and I'll be grabbing a Nexus :good:. Verizon needs to understand the whole "America's most reliable network" BS will only carry on for so long.
[HTC Rezound] godsmacked4653:
Well, you've got to remember that XDA users are some of the only people that use unlimited data. Most people use around 1 GB or less per month, so Verizon can force them onto tiered data plans pretty easily. And unfortunately, the actual unlimited data users cost more than they bring in, so Verizon would rather you leave if you're going to chew up that much bandwidth.

I've already jumped ship, so I agree with you that their coverage area isn't worth the extra price.

Edit: That was supposed to quote the post above me. Damn tapatalk.
[HTC Rezound] Grnlantern79:
I agree with everything here and add the fact that you pay for the amount of data in the plan itself and you have a $40 smart phone access fee.....does that $40 look familiar??? It's the same $29.99 data fee and $9.99 access fee we used to get charged. They just added two pennies. I have lost faith and can't wait for my contract to end so if they do something I don't like, I can leave.....hurry Google and Dish....you could be our only hope.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
I hope im wrong and its amazing but judging from past experience with satellite companies I'm thinking that bandwidth would be quite slow compared to the 4G speeds we are used to and restrictions will be plentiful.
[HTC Rezound] gottahavit:
I can confirm, this is not the case. I went to best buy today to get a deal on a GN2 by adding line and swapping with dumb phone that I brought with me to put GN2 on my line inplace of rezound. Rather than dealing with the whole swap myself just to have it fail, i explained to him what I wanted to do, not only did he confirm it would work, but he volunteered to do the whole process for me. Took a few minutes but relatively painless, no simswap no waiting 24 hours to get rid of data on dumb phone. Unlimited is intact, new line has no data, GN2 very happy(wont go into reasons for dumping rezound).

-cheers
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I really doubt that the unlimited data users are causing Verizon to lose money. I'm sure the unlimited accounts are still profitable to the company not as much as tiered data obviously. If unlimited data is such a huge financial impact on Verizon I'm pretty sure they would of forcefully removed it by now. They'd probably be like stay/leave your choice but no more unlimited data, plus I'm sure they'd find a way around any possible law suits. Tiered data is purely just Verizon greed, nothing more, nothing less.
[HTC Rezound] godsmacked4653:
It does cost them money because unlimited data is cheaper than tiered data. There's potential profit on the table.

Bandwidth is also extremely expensive right now, and with Verizon's astronomic number of customers, users who chew up 40 - 50 GB, depending on their location, aren't helping costs. (Although that's a very small percentage of people, you're right.)

If what my Verizon rep said holds any water, though, they are forcefully removing unlimited plans in July. It's breaking your contract, so you will have the option to leave if you want, but do you think Verizon is worried about many people leaving their excellent service and LTE for Sprint just to keep unlimited 3G data? Not likely.
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I think someone mentioned it costs them $5/GB although I'm pretty sure it's considerably cheaper now for data. I'm pretty sure they have more than enough tiered data users that barely use any data to make up for the small % of unlimited users. I myself use 15-20 GB a month or less and I do agree those people that use 100 + a month really should just pay for home internet service instead of using their 4G device to tether everything in their house(but I'm not going to go into the whole "unlimited" debate again). I mean what good is the speed if you have to constantly worry how much of it you use? If they really do remove unlimited data from our accounts come July I'll probably jump ship and go to T-mobile and buy a Nexus 4/Gnex from the playstore and not be bound by any contract. As good as Verizon's network is it won't keep them #1 forever. Consumers will get fed up with their practices and all the devices they lock down and butcher with thier crapware/bloatware and seek other service providers. I for one am praying for Google to actually do phone service and see how Verizon responds to that. But we cannot deny this move is being done for one thing and that's greed.
[HTC Rezound] Kensai:
Does that mean you can theoretically keep upgrading your dummy phones and switching it to the unlimited line? You just can't upgrade on your own unlimited line.
[HTC Rezound] illstaygold13:
Reps, do you know how to provision unlimited in eroes?