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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mackster248:
You know what's worse than an apple fanboy? An android fanboy fighting with other android users because his android phone is better than their android phone.

The awesome thing about android is that we have a plethora of choices to choose what device we want. Get off that high horse and just be happy that we're all android lovers here.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Yeah you proved my point, we can go back and forth all day it won't prove anything. More to the point I can't blame you as you are giving your opinion but I just thought this was a useless thread. The OP just gave his opinion on what he likes about both phones and that's it, Only he can make up his mind which one he wants if he has both next to him this thread has being going for too long.

I would understand if he didn't know which one to buy, idk why he wants other people to decide for him.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monte666:
Like I said I love both of them but to reach their own. Photo sphere is pretty freaking cool. But so is drawing on peoples faces.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Yeah...but I rather take advice from someone that owns both devices and used them extensively as opposed to someone that has one device and used the other for five ten minutes and give a review or an opinion. Of course its gonna be biased and they will say the phone they own is much better.

I never said the s3 is a bad phone. Its actually awesome. But from owning both devices I can personally say which one I like more and give reasons.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DigitalUnderground:
#NeverEndingThreadOfNothings
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Sorry dude. Im my own person. Pkus I thank people who post useful posts. Like I said ive take peoples opinions and ill try the products. Ypu cant say that most ppl are not goong to use more than 16gb. I havent even used half my memory. Took me almost a year and two devices to fill up my sd card. Stock getting mad dude. We are all entitled to out opinion and it do appreciare when people are helpful. Yes have the mods check ip. I am my own person. Live in salem, or.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saranhai:
lmao i wasn't trying to sound mean, just playing with ya :p

you can change a Galaxy S III into a Nexus 4 (software wise), but can you change a Nexus 4 into a Galaxy S III...? :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crwolv:
Not even a contest. The n4 as an snapdragon s4 pro.buff said. Although I prefer amoled but Franco has a kernel for the n4 so u can color saturate the n4 even though its LCD IPS. New sgs4 will NOT have an amoled screen Cruz the amoled builders are having a hard time with tru 1080 HD.that's a shame
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Lol I know you weren't bro...

I bought a nexus four because its a nexus four not to change it into a s3 :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Same thing I'm saying.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iksdehXD:
I would prefer Nexus 4 although i have S3 LTE. Cyanogenmod is supported way better.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] i9100g user:
All over saturation gone on s3 with perseus kernel. ...

sent from an Galaxy s3 GT I9300

Running perseus kernel 6 , XELLA 4.1.2 leaked build

:D xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1784401

Dont click,you might regret , I won't be responsible if you brick ur head
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Well I just sold my s3 for 380$...had a pretty deep scratch on one side about half an inch long ...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nlarge:
Judt thought id chime in on storage.. cloud is the way storage is going. With 50g of dropbox space and whatever google drive gives you, 16g internal is plenty for the things you need on hand
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Greg1964:
The n4 kills the ssg3 totally.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ningcube89:
tried both. I liked the screen on the nexus 4. responsive. but it's kinda weird what everyone is saying about battery and AOSP. I get 4-5 hours screen time with my S3 no problem and currently running 4.2.2 with no lag whatsoever. I'd be upgrading to the S4 if I had to choose rather than the N4. at least I'd have the best of both worlds rather than just the same roms dealing with AOSP. both phones are top notch though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dipaolnv:
How did you get 4.2.2 on your S3?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] klin1344:
With CM, AOKP, etc.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Onetearfalls:
i cracked the screen on my S3 and im debating on getting the N4 and selling my S3 on ebay since there selling for about 300 dollars since its still works even though its cracked. the slower speeds of the S3 on touch wiz bothers me but when i switched to PAC MAN is still buggy. thoughts and help would be great and the smaller screen dosent bug me on the N4
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DigitalUnderground:
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tdizzle404:
You flash it ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dipaolnv:
Thanks, I thought there might be an official stock version floating around out there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] md1008:
I seriously doubt any device outside of Nexus will get the official 4.2. I think most OEMS are waiting for KLP 4.3/5.0
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gorjira:
I figured i would throw in my two cents about this great debate. I used to have the Tmo S3, but than i saw a listing on my local Craigslist for an 8 GB Nexus for $250! I had to hop on that deal. So after a bit of gas and selling my GS3 for the Nexus 4 I'm on right now, here is my opinion so far.

I know some of you are going to hate on the 8GBs this version has, and to be honest it did kind of irk me too. Than i realised that all my music is in the cloud (TRULY unlimited data FTW) and that i do normally keep me apps to a minimum anyway. So that fear has subsided.

The screen is nice, now to be honest... Not as bright as the S3 but, IMO, HD videos look deeper on the Nexus 4 screen. There are times where the colors look washed out but that is depending on which ROM you are running. Related to the screen, the on screen buttons are not the pain in the ass i thought they would be. I just set the Navy bar to transparent and I'm good to go. It makes the phone look sleek and, dare i say it, sexy.

It runs like a dream. Switching between home screens is a breeze, boot up time is more than tolerable, and Apps seem to load up faster than they did on my S3. I am feeing a bit of heat but that because I've been using it nonstop for the past hour and a half.

Last but not least, in fact the most important in my book, the development community behind this thing. If you are a crack flasher like myself, than this phone is your playground. Google pun intended. There are pages and pages of ROMs, MODs, and Kernels out there. The Tmo S3 does also have a great community behind it and I'm not disrespecting it at all. I could spend the next week, everyday on a different ROM. Oh and PURE Android, what's not to love.

That's all from my POV, I'm not a professional review by any means, and i just wanted to give a different perspective. Good day all.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dito33:
How your N4 gonna compare with upcoming S4 I wonder.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
The s4 is gonna beat the n4 in every category lol. If I was to move from the s3 it would be to the s4. Going to the n4 would be a minimal upgrade and a hasty one at best
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] critofur:
"all my music is on the cloud"

Exactly what I DON'T want. I'll admit I use Dropbox a heck of a lot, but, I want to share less with Google, not more. I'd love to be "Google free" someday.

My friend at work has an N4, I think either phone is fine, get whichever is cheaper, if you don't need a lot of storage space. After using the S3 for months, what I'm wanting is a brighter, and slightly bigger screen. I wish the screen went all the way to the edge and no border because I don't really want a bigger phone, just a bigger screen :P
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Im sorry but with the way that samsung is updating their phones id rather move on to a nexus phone as my next phone. Sure the s4 is what everyone is telling me to get. Sure it will be packedd full o f features i can have fun showing off to my friends and probably never use. But as far as receiving

timely updates, any nexus phone will outshine. I don't throw this out half assed but from experience. From having owned the very first galaxy phone to hit the us market on Tmobile( vibrant) to the sgs2 and the sgs3. Those who have been followers of those threads saw the frustration and countless posts labeled " where the f is my GB or ICS, or jb?" All we would hear was "soon". Or the Intl version getting it. I give samsjbg credit for being successful in producing an awesome legacy of phones, but they have to do something about updates overall. Each iteration of the galaxy lines comes with the most up to date software but only right before a newer version of android come out. Then by the time ssung decides to push out updates its still behind. Sure you can throw out the " there's cm " argument, I beg to differ. I don't want to run custom software on my expensive phone or wait for updates to deal with bug fixes. I have ran custom ROMs on a nexus and the bugs are there for sure but I at least can enjoy the stock rom without feeling cheated. I'm sorry if this is a thorn in loyal galaxy users side but with how successful Samsung has been this past year, I'm sure the have more than enough resources to invest into software updates than qwerky and somewhat useful features. Love my sgs3 and will keep it until its paid off but then never again. This is my opinion based on my user experience. I know everyone else's differs. So please don't take it personally
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gorjira:
Your right on the hardware front. The N4 will be behind the S4. I'm more focused on the Pure Android experience than the hardware. The S3, N4, and the upcoming S4 all have the capabilities to last the user a good year or two from the get go. So that doesn't bother me at all. Will I admire the S4's 1080p screen? Yes i will. I just hope that Sammy comes through in the battery department. With a display like that and if they implement the Octa-core, they'll have to. I'll be watching, as i know all of you will be, that S4 announcement this week. I have work off that night!

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Your reasoning is the thinking i had behind my purchase of my Nexus 4.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
I completely understand your sentiment, but it's not just Samsung is every other manufacturer. Trust me LG is a lot worse than samsung. This goes back to android/Google releasing too many updates so quickly when most people are still on Gingerbread lol. Instead they could just release one big update every year or so instead of these incremental updates. Surely you can't blame samsung when they drop the phone in June and then jelly bean comes out in the summer. Then 4.2 a bigger update dropping a few months later around November, this means that if your phone drops a couple weeks or month before there's an update you will be behind the curve for a bunch of months. Can't just blame the manufactures solely. By the time we get 4.2 I think 5.0 will be available, that's just the way it is. You stated it yourself that each galaxy series comes out with newest up to date until a new comes out, that's not their fault that there's a new version of android every 4 months lol. Yes they take long for updates but it's not just samsung. HTC, LG Etc are no different.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Yes I see the logic in what I posted and your point. It does fall on every manufacturer. My point was , as a Samsung galaxy as 3 user, I am frustrated. But I feel that comparing sgs 3 , or any other brand phone versus any nexus phone isn't an argument at all. The nexus line is in a league of its own. Aside from verzion it holds no carrier that oversees it. It lacks bloat and has full aosp support, driver support, etc. I guess then hype for the galaxy line, for me at least is dying. I'm also saying that for HTC , lg. I still feel that nexus for me is the next phone I'll get.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
I doubt they will do good in the battery department just like every other phone , technology in that regard needs to catch up with the hardware. The n4 battery is horrible especially for a non removable one. I think we as people worry too much about updates, having the newest thing running when we should just enjoy the phone because everyone paid not just you complaining about updates. I didn't meant you specifically just people who just complain all the time about it.

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You mean the nexus line or the n4? I'll go with the next nexus phone too. Wether it's on samsung or Google Android is android I'll go with whatever is best and has a better value for myself. Hopefully next one will come with actual removable storage.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
Its a little difficult to not worry about updates when its plastered everywhere. And battery is very subjective. Everyone uses their phone for different thi ngs. I have great battery days and then I'll have days where I need to charge three times. But I'm streaming somethi ng, or playing a highly detailed game. You can't expect your phone to last 2 days when youre downloading torrents, streaming music from the cloud, or watching movies all day long. Kinda common sense topic.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Even if you have auto sync off, low brightness, don't stream, no movies just use phone for basic browsing, texting and calling battery still not that great. The n4 battery cycle in general compared to other phones doing those things like watching movies is really really low, that's where my statements come, graphs that I read online. While battery is subjective 'good battery' is considered 4 to 5 hours screen on time usage

That's a fact, but still isn't really high enough.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gorjira:
When it comes to updates though, we can't place blame on the maker of the phone, we know that updates have to go through the carrier first. And Google is going Ham on Android updates too fast for the manufacturers to keep up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
That's what I'm saying. Obviously only Google phones benefit from it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iDylan1357:
Decided on the Galaxy S3 over the Nexus the other day.

I have T-Mobile, and our contract is just about up, the price for a phone upgrade is same as new two year contract. So, we decided it was time to upgrade from out myTouch 4G's. On that note, our myTouches have held up quite well over the past two years. Really good phone, glad to have had it. Anyways, the price w/New Plan and 2-Year contract was $100. Same price, two best phones on T-Mobile (other than Note II, but a $300 phone that hardly fits in my pocket was out of the question). The Nexus is faster, the quad-core and pure non-flavored Jelly Bean make it lightning fast. The screen is slightly better, color-wise. Looks a tiny bit better overall. Nothing noticeable whatsoever. And, it will always get the latest Android updates w/out root. Great phone, but in the end, I choose the Galaxy S3. The MicroSD Slot, Removeable Battery, great support, more wide rang of accesories, non-glass back, and personally I find vanilla Android extremely bland and not fun, touchwiz is far better IMO. Plus, in the future, I can root/overclock incase it starts not getting updates any longer or is becoming slow. I may just sell it and upgrade to an S4 later in the year, but who knows.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gorjira:
Hey man, you made a solid choice and you'll enjoy the hell out of it. I will admit that the glass backing on my Nexus 4 does have me a little paranoid... I used to have a S3 and i never stopped tinkering with the thing. Enjoy the new phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
This Is a retarded question... Your comparing something that hasn't even came out to something that's been out for almost half a year already...

No **** the s4 will easily beat the nexus 4, its coming out almost a year after the nexus 4 did so of course it will have newer and better technology... Lol

A more legit comparison is s4 vs nexus 5..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gorjira:
Apples and oranges... But speaking of the nexus 5... Will that Motorola X be the Nexus 5 or another f**kin Verizon exclusive? What do the good people here think?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jason27131:
If HTC makes the next nexus, i'm sold. Their design is just so much better than all of the other manufacturers.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Probably not the nexus five since Google probably want Motorola to stand on its own, with a different brand. Nexus are always gonna sell regardless of manufacturer, for sure for Verizon given past history but who knows. I think most people still would pick a galaxy phone or a "nexus" branded phone over Motorola even if it's Google all the same, most buyers don't pay attention to all that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saranhai:
i will buy the Nexus 5 if it is by HTC. love their design and build qualities.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monte666:
I'm not sure on the nexus part but I hope to hell it's not another Verizon exclusive since it's supposed to be the first key lime pie phone that kinds wouldn't make sense. Not that Motorola has made a lot of sense lately
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nyyankees1237:
According to a few articles; the Nexus 5 is being made by LG again (although Google is testing out other manufacturers as well, one of them presumably being Motorola)

The leaked specs are to die for.

5 in 1920x1080 OLED screen

2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

3 GB Ram

16mp camera capable of 4k recording

2.1mp front facing capable of 1080p

3300mah battery

Front stereo speakers

This is the perfect phone in my eyes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saranhai:
some of these specs are kind of unnecessary...3GB of RAM? 2 is more than enough already...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ticojpunk:
I've never had any RAM problems on my S3,but I've it seen really close to full (actually just looked, and it's currently got about 160mb free). Another gig of RAM as a buffer would be welcomed, especially as apps get bigger and more demanding.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] md1008:
This could also hint that android 6.0(

lemon meringue pie?) Could need it as well :)

SGS III running liquid smooth 4.2.2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KennyG123:
Please continue in the sticky thread

Thanks

FNM
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
I tried to upgrade OTA and got this

View attachment 1613605

I then tried upgrading via kids, it downloaded the software and hung for a bit then crashed and just repeated this everytime I tried to upgrade. Anyone else had this problem and come up with a solution? Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
As per thousands of posts .

Server is busy try another time .

Solution wait or upgrade via KIES .

jje
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
Kies just crashes
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samir_a:
try reinstalling kies to a previous version do not upgrade to new version even if ask you to
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
How do I do that? I upgraded to the new version before upgrading :/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samir_a:
Yes then the problem is with kies it happened to me once it asked me there was new version of kies available and installed it and after that kies kept crashing had the installer of previous version installed it and work fine again

http://www.filehippo.com/download_kies/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YooNaa Kim:
Hi 4 all!

I've tried to upgrade to Jelly Bean with Kies, but it didn't work. A friend who has the same model told me he managed to make the update, but for me doesn't work. I've tried to install an old version of Kies, and after that to make the update... I've tried to update Java, my windows is up to date, but nothing works. I don't know where to ask and above all this I'm a newbie in android, so I can't do tricks with my tablet... the only safe way to make the update is with Kies. Please anyone can help me?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samir_a:
Ok need some information before I can help you

What region does your tablet belongs to

What error are you getting while installing the OTA (Does it say new firmware is available)

Is you device on stock firmware if yes is the stock firmware the orignal one that that came with the device
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YooNaa Kim:
Hi, I'm so happy that someone answered to my message...I didn't expected this. As I wrote in my message I'm newbie in this, so be indulgent with me because I don't know the specific terms.

Now, my tablet is unbranded, untouched and I'm from Romania. After I've received my tablet on 23 of November,*I've installed Kies on my computer and a message appeared telling me there is a firmware update. I did the update, the little green guy appeared on my screen, but after restart I didn't seen any difference. Now Kies doesn't show any error or message. I tried to install a previous version of Kies and see if the update message appear, but without success. I don't want to make the update manually, because in my country the legislation about warranty is a little bit treacky and I don't have the proper knoleges to fight with the law if I alter the original software. I did the update via computer, because I don't have a WiFi connection to make it directly from the tablet.

I will attach 2 screenshots to see more detalies.

At the end of my message, I apologize for my rusty English, but this is not my native language. Tks in advance for your answer. :highfive:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
I tried downgrading and it wouldn't let me update because it was a old version, I will try the link you posted though and see if thwtchas any difference :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
Nope still crashing after firmware download :/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samir_a:
Ok the update message you saw was for kies and not your firmware, as show in the kies window you firmware is upto date so do not panic the JB firmware is not out for your region let me check on Samfirmware and confirm it but will need some time as stepping out in a while.

There was problem with Kies in one of its version I do not know whether it is sorted out or not but when you upgrade and connect your note it use to crash if and only if you are having this problem downgrade kies otherwise do not
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samir_a:
Please download Kies from this link

www.androidos.co.in/Firmwares/JB/Kies_2.5.0.12094_27_11.exe

Please uninstall the kies installed on your pc first and then install this
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calum96:
Hello thanks for the reply, it wouldn't update over the air when it was downloading so I just toke it back got it replaced and it updated fine :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeblade:
Thank you! I too no matter what on TWO Note 10.1's Keys would never work. THIS ONE You posted did.. Thanks..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thomasrox3:
Figured this is a good spot to put the problems I have with upgrading.

Base story, I installed the 8010 German 4.1.1 on my Canadian 8010.

Current problem, I connected my tab to kies today to see if an upgrade was available. When I connected it all was good till I noticed something I hadn't noticed the last time I had connected it to kies even after the update, it's telling me that "Your devices is not eligible for update through kies" now I'm exactly sure what this means.

Ill post a screen shot as soon as I reset my computer(gotta get kies to recognize my device again...)