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[Off-topic] Tectas:
Congratulations to your upgrade and Welcome to the dark side :)

Here is cf-auto root the best option to get root (odin guide also within the second post [install kies before for the drivers and kill all kies related processes before starting odin or even uninstall it like at the ds):http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957273

The second thing which could be useful is the s3 toolkit (I personally prefer the basic odin way, but still you can check it and it includes some additional stuff as well):http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
[Off-topic] olyloh6696:
@Ben yeah, was well aware if the score :D. 10 points clear of city now anyway, will exoect the gap to get wider too... (hopefully!)

@shrome congrats on the uodate! Welcome ti the sammy side!
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
time to start those finger and thumb stretching exercises......:good:
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
What's people's knowledge on charging rates for the desire s, here's why. Yesterday i installed the venom rom with amidabuddhas tweaked kernel, last night i went to bed and had 53 percent battery. This morning i woke up to a dead phone, i switched it on to find 6 percent. Put it on charge, a full charge took over six hours on the wall charger, ran it down to about 10 and put it back on charge. Charge rate this time was about a normal 2-2.5 hours. anyone have any ideas, bearing in mind that this is a relative new battery (about a month if that)

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

—Thomas Szasz
[Off-topic] :
Good evening guys. Good to see so many familiar faces in here. It's been a while. How you all doing?

Oly dropped me a message and gave me this thread link. Thought I'd say hello.

I'm still with CoreDroid, but after recent dramas, xda not been the friendly home it once was. Family life has accelerated considerably, so not really had the time for support and development I used to. This was recently exacerbated by my lovely 15 month old son conducting an experimenting with my One X and my cat's water bowl. Neither myself or my cat were too impressed with the result.

So in the interim of a lengthy insurance repair, I've picked up a Sony Xperia T. Loving it. It's actually beating my One X in benchmarks. More importantly, I've no drive to root it yet. It does nothing wrong, and the Timescape UI is actually close to a cm10 plus theme Rom. Couldn't get my hands on a Nexus 4. For my purposes though, I simply never needed a quad core phone.

Only the stock camera app on this thing lets it down. Poor autofocus and extreme jpeg compression. An 18mp camera with 16gb internal memory AND an sd card slot shouldn't be squashing its photos down to 2.0mb.

Anyhow hope you are all well.
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
howdy! :laugh: kids. Hehehehe
[Off-topic] :
Yep. Bless his cotton socks. It was a Daddy-Fail leaving it in reach I suppose. I'm learning every day!

As I said to Oly, gone are the days when you can take the battery out to try and rescue the situation. Probably wont even get it replaced, instead take the cheque from my insurers. It occurred to me that these batteries are still the same old lithium polymer tech, that live for about a year. My One X being ten months old, it was probably not long before eBay was flooded with release-day One X owners trying to get shot of their dying phones anyway.

Maybe he did me a favour.
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Hey Ben. On your recently returned n4 did u have the earpiece buzz issue or any yellow spots on the screen?

I have both of these. Earpiece buzz is quite noticeable, especially in calls. And I've only got 1 yellow patch in the lower right corner.

Just wanted your views on these before I possibly file for RMA
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
no afraid that I didn't have either of those, sorry that I can't help anymore.

Don't hesitate to order an RMA though, mine is due tomorrow (according to the email that I just got), so only took three week days to arrive. Although annoyingly I'm at work so have to hope that I can change delivery address to my office or postpone for a day or two until I'm at home

sent from my HTC OneSV while I wait for an RMA on my Nexus
[Off-topic] suku_patel_22:
If he hasn't yet receive the OTA, you could use ExynosAbuse APK posted by ChainfireXDA to root it, then download GooManager to flash TWRP from within the phone.

This is how we rooted and put a custom recovery on my friend's S3.

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
Yup. Either that, or the chainfire cfroot flash via Odin. I prefer the Odin method. Tried and tested software solution for Sammy.

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] rayulove69:
@shrome

+1
[Off-topic] shrome99:
I saw the exeonys abuse APK a while ago, but I guess I can't use it since the device auto-updated to JB with the multi window premium suite after the factory reset. I'll just use CF AUTO ROOT (unless the app still works with the latest firmware)

BTW, what's with the sudden death issues? That thread scared the crap out of me, worse that the DS emmc problem, though luckily it seems to affect a very small number of devices.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Wow, people still use Odin for Samsung devices? Damn! I wish we had things like that from other vendors as well
[Off-topic] Tectas:
If your on xxella or later your save, otherwise I would recommend to update your kernel. If you don't want to start with real moding yet, download the fitting Firmware from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware (you may have to change the country of you really want the one fitting to your carrier, but it doesn't really matter, have run from India to uk based firmwares without any problems yet) and Flash it with odin or kies (if you want to go that way use one where the kies icon is colored).

It is pretty similar to the brick bug of the ds, but the difference is that there is a patch and Samsung covers it under warranty if it really should happen.

Later I would also recommend mobile odin from chainfire (paid version at play store and free for xda members at the dedicated thread), pretty handy, because you don't need a PC to Flash a stock firmware anymore and you can directly inject root and mobile odin within the install process.

Odin is pretty much an extended pg88img.zip method, so basically there is something like that, but not that powerful.
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Just opened an RMA. Let's hope I get a good 1 this time!:rolleyes:
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
What's RMA?
[Off-topic] shrome99:
I have XXELC :D I checked and ExonysAbuse still says exploitable, so I'll use it a week later (no time now). Really, it can't get easier than this. Install an app, and you get one tap root.
[Off-topic] suku_patel_22:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RMA&l=1

Thank Samsung to leave the backdoor open... :p

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[Off-topic] Tectas:
Are you sure you haven't missed a letter, because the version code is basicaly build by 6 letters.

The first 2 indicate the region (at your's xx is europe which is kind of funny for my opinion^^), the 3. i don't know, the fourth is the build year (L = 12), the fifth the build month (once more L = 12) and the build count (1 -9 and A-Z [A e.g. is the 10 build of the month]).

If exynosAbuse works for you i would recommend an update, because that vulnerability got fixed at the same time as the sds bug afaik (why i guess your on xxelkc), but are you even owning the 16gb model? If not your save already, only first gen 16gb models are affected. If you have one download emmc check from the play store and check if the type = VTU00M and the revision = 0xf1, if it's different your also save.

The easiest way you could go if your affected, because your still exploitable, is to root with exynos abuse install mobile odin, download the xxella firmware or later from sammobile and flash it with mobile odin and directly inject root and mobile odin with it.
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Yeah,it's actually XXELLC. The region is strange IMO, considering the baseband is DDELK1 and DD is definitely India's region. And the app says I have the "insane" chip (so it's definitely affected) :(
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
I would have beaten you to this, but for some reason this new phone wouldn't let me copy the shortened url..so I gavé up :D

Good news, my replacement was due today, so I've postponed delivery till Wednesday when I know I'll be at home all day for collection, so not long left.

sent from my HTC OneSV while I wait for an RMA on my Nexus
[Off-topic] suku_patel_22:
Same here. I clicked preview and copied it from the address bar :)

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Great news Ben!

Let's hope you get a fault free device this time.

I'm waiting for my RMA shipping email now...
[Off-topic] hisname:
hmmm..... seems like the M7 is true. Look at the video, everyone looked high http://m.cnet.com/news/battle-cry-htcs-ceo-leads-the-m7-chant/57567234

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[Off-topic] :
Cant have more N7 sickness than this. received my USB OTG cable, now my N7 is attatched to external HDD, usb mouse and BT keyboard ^^

Now i defo need a good office suite.
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Wow, sounds awesome. From what I've heard, Documents to Go is the best, though I'm not sure since my N7 is used strictly for entertainment :p
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Power of Nexus:D
[Off-topic] :
Dafuq? Nvm this
[Off-topic] olyloh6696:
@Shrome how are you finding the S3 so far? How are you finding touchwiz? Are you missing AOSP already? :p
[Off-topic] bronx:
There's no such thing as a good office suite on android. Office suite pro is pretty much on par with docs to go (or whatever you call 'em), but non of those are fully useable. Biggest con for me is lack of proper table support.

... but hey, you can always try to install ubuntu on a pendrive and use libre office. ;) with first less busy day I'm about to play with multirom.
[Off-topic] bronx:
Well... If you've tried multirom already, what's the point in buying another office suite? I have shifted all my work from bloated and expensive ms office to libre office and so far this thing is amazing. That's the main reason for me to get ubuntu on n7. Carrying laptop is soooo 2010... :rolleyes: :D
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
lazy question,this multi rom will it run on my N4? No USB storage, 16_gb version, link

sent from my HTC OneSV while I wait for an RMA on my Nexus
[Off-topic] shrome99:
I'm really impressed :) I was expecting the device to be smooth and fast, but I never expected the screen to be this good, it's a massive improvement over the DS (which is gonna go to my mom now :p). I use it at 25% or 33% brightness, and with 100% it's usable even outdoors. The notification LED is pretty nice, this app makes full use of it (Nexus 4 users may find it useful too). I've restored most of my apps using CARBON by koush, it's great that it doesn't need root.

I am indeed missing AOSP already, can't wait for my exams to finish so I can go ahead with rooting. It already has CM 10.1 nightlies, AOKP, and ParanoidAndroid (PA's been getting a lot of attention lately, I wanna see what the hype is about). Thankfully, it came with 4.1.2. If it were ICS, I would root right away :p TouchWiz is not that bad, though I've already switched to the AOSP keyboard and turned off the "Nature Sounds" (which are really out of place IMO).

It takes time getting used to a screen this big, one handed usage is basically impossible right now, though having used the Nexus 7 helps. The forums are enormous, and I feel lost when I check them. The stock-based ROMs seem exactly the same and the AOSP threads get more replies in a day than a DS would in 2 weeks.
[Off-topic] olyloh6696:
Great! I'd thought using TW5 will change your opinion on switching to AOSP. :p it did for me. I find TW has so many extra hidden features which are useful.

I know, I can imagine. Going from our tiny forum to a huge place...

Let us know how you get on with it in the next few weeks! B
[Off-topic] Tectas:
If you want to try something stock, but close to aosp (more or less the best parts of the two worlds, at least as far as possible), try Codecrom (much more than just a themed stock rom), it's pretty nice, if you really want to go full aosp try rootbox, aokp based with parts of cm and pa (e.g. pie ;)).
[Off-topic] shrome99:
It does, I like the toggles and the battery percentage, through I dint see much use for other stuff like multi window. It's still more used friendly than AOSP, but clearly not as good as sense, so I'll switch as soon as i can. Maybe another try when 4.2 comes along :p

Thanks tectas, I'll keep that in mind :) Really appreciate your help.
[Off-topic] :
not yet pal, only N7 and an old LG phone
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Damn, you guys are going forward with newer devices all the time. At least I hope I'll be able to earn some money during the practice session and get myself either a GNexus or Nexus 4.

Funny thing, but a new GNex costs 17k here, while N4 costs about 18,5-19k for 16gig, and about 18 for 8gig.

And a used Gnex (in a good shape) = 10k

Lol
[Off-topic] rain987:
I think our subforum has gotten famous, didn't know M_T_M was moderating our dev section. lolx
[Off-topic] bronx:
[thanks button] ;)
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
+1
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Just got my RMA.

Screen is now perfect! No yellow at all. Even when hot!

However.... The volume and power buttons are now very sunk into the device and hard to press. And the vibrator motor is an awful lot louder than the other 1 was:(

Time for another RMA!
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
Errr... why is that exciting?

(unless you meant "now" perfect)

Best of luck getting a replacement!!
[Off-topic] olyloh6696:
My friend who has never owned a smartphone in his life got a Nexus 4 2 days ago. Was surprised to see he opted for the N4 as his first smartphone.

Pity he says he doesn't like it much, and the iPhone 5 is still better and he would rather have one...

Shame.
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Oops sorry for the typo! I meant "now"
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
I've also just received two RMAs today, as my original just died and Lowveld (had an issue on his that meant it lost time).

Both of the replacements that arrived today are fully functioning but it might be worth noting that both have buttons that are slightly sunk compared to my original although they are both from a different hardware revision (rev_11 compared to 10 which our originals were - the revision is visible on the bootloader screen).

The buttons all still function fine so I don't see that as being a problem.

Especially when considering that I also use mine with the original Google bumper so it won't be an issue - I just tested.
[Off-topic] Eclipse_Droid:
Its shocking how many of these devices are having to be returned for 1 reason or another. The sunk button issue is odd because my 1st device was also a rev 11 like my RMA but the buttons on the 1st one were flawless. The quality control on these phones must have been none existent!!

Glad your happy with your new 1 though:D bet your happy to have a nexus 4 again:good:
[Off-topic] Fastrite:
Its a hard life :D

Sent from my DS that wants to be an N4 when it grows up
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
Brings to mind a discussion on build quality and LG in general that we had a couple of months ago...

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
I've been waiting for that comment....;)

At least you didn't say told you so... :D
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
Ha ha ha... and I'm waiting for a backlash from lowveld now!

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] lowveld:
No backlash... The amount of RMAs going around certainly says something about quality control on LG.

That being said, and IF the device is working as it should, you can't beat it. Really, I'm sold.

And on the topic of RMAs, I don't think its as bad as you may think reading around. Two reasons: people with issues are a lot more vocal than happy people. And Google made the RMA process sooooooo hassle free that people are exchanging them for nothing.

Nice to see you around man!
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
That is a fair argument. But I don't think people would simply want a replacement for nothing, especially when their device was flawless and the replacement was more than likely to have defects as well. (Reminds me of the one x debacle when people were going through multiple sequential replacements without being able to find one that didn't have major issues...

There has to be something significantly irritating in a device as personal as a smartphone for a person to consider going through the pain of replacing it (and in the mean time, having to be separated from it... ask Ben)

I hope you guys get good pieces this time around. But I still maintain that as a manufacturer, LG has a lot of ground to cover before it can be called remotely reliable. Thank God Google is backing this horse...

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Which one do you vote for - GNexus or Nexus 4?
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
Among those two, the nexus 4

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Nexus 4,definitely.
[Off-topic] UmairAhmad:
Guys any workaround for what's app asking me to verify my number again n again.... Whenever I flash a new ROM ....And now it says
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Never happened to me, ever. I guess it's because I restore app data using titanium backup, so whatsapp thinks its already verified.
[Off-topic] UmairAhmad:
Eh... Thanks.... Mostly I use titanium too....... .but it will ask sometimes that I need to re verify my number.....
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
go on admit it you wanted to say S3 didn't you .. ;)
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Can you blame him :p

BTW - Which is better, CWM touch or TWRP? I'm certain I can't find anything on par with 4EXT :/
[Off-topic] Tectas:
Cwm touch, twrp has some problems with aroma and vrthemes aren't working (except they ate specially build for twrp), but maybe also check philz touch recovery. Madmaxx has the i9300 on his list of upcoming devices, but it will still take time till it comes up.
[Off-topic] suku_patel_22:
Definitely TWRP :) Used it on my friend's S3, its good...
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
There is nothing up to 4ext standard, it's one of the things in not looking forward to losing when i upgrade

Contrary to popular belief, "Damn It" is not God's last name.

(Construction wall, Philadelphia, 1969)
[Off-topic] rayulove69:
I keep using moving from cwm to twrp .... nothing satisfies fully like 4ext ...

Off topic:this better call saul minisodes are hilarious ... #BreakingBad
[Off-topic] enigmaamit:
That wasn't among the options... heh heh heh

Tried them both, settled with CWM. Actually it's Phil's touch recovery based on the latest CWM. TWRP has random issues with flashable zips etc.

Nothing compares to 4ext.

Sent from my stapler.
[Off-topic] olyloh6696:
Thank you very much, appreciated!

I've done all the papers too as well + revision. I know all that I need to know, but I feel nervous as always for the first exam of any exam period.

Personally I find Physics the most challenging, especially because the mark schemes are inconsistent on different papers with the same question which is frustrating.

AQA. You?

Best of luck tomorrow!
[Off-topic] dan-fish:
I'm on WJEC. You should see their mark schemes! It's crazy. On one paper an answer is completely acceptable, on another it would be regarded as wrong. Plus there's pretty much no resources on it and the book is full of errors. Our college is one of the biggest users of the exam board, which shows the lack of colleges using it!

Good luck to you too! Shame I can't thank you! :p
[Off-topic] eyahl:
Subscribed...
[Off-topic] zeus.lny:
Wife's uncle lives there and he asked which phone I needed....so confused between the 2

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Damn no thanks button in here :mad:
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
Welcome to OT! :D
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
Hello All,

I've put the link to this OFF TOPIC thread into the start of the DS INDEX thread, in case at any point anyone can't find it.

While on that subject, does anyone whose primary device is still a DS fancy picking up the DS INDEX thread maintenance from me? Having recently started a new and quite different role at work, changed my primary device to an N4, not to mention the pending new arrival in the family on the horizon this year, I can't see that I'm the best person to be dong in anymore, responses by PM please.

Cheers....
[Off-topic] hisname:
sad that u can't be here regularly anymore :(

Sent from my supercharged tank
[Off-topic] bronx:
Hmmm... I wonder why desire s users are special..? I've just had a glance at random topic from general forum for nexus 7 and... how come that one can open a thread about user nicknames origin in there? Heck, even two mods said it's ok...

Any ideas?
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
Its the difference between the device mods, the team that covers all the htc devices would deem it unnecessary much like our little corner that was.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley
[Off-topic] shrome99:
Earlier, many OT threads were made by mods themselves to avoid this stuff in actual, useful threads. There is absolutely no logical reason to close these threads. I guess the others will be deleted eventually too
[Off-topic] lars1216:
That's not completely true either. In the HTC one V forum the off-topic thread is still open.
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
Well if that doesn't show a complete lack of consistency among the mod team i don't know what does

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley
[Off-topic] lars1216:
Maybe I shouldn't have said that, maybe they'll close ours now too :(
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
Well there was mention of inconsistency of moderation in the suggestions thread opened by fallen spartan and it was basically shot down. This just proves a point, i can't see that the mods just missed it because that would imply that they aren't paying attention to their device threads.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley
[Off-topic] SimonTS:
To be brutally honest, and if I get an infraction for this then so be it, but the mods suck. There is ZERO consistency across XDA;-

they go rooting out good, useful threads like our OT one

they leave the 10-posters to do fairly much what they want

they don't do anything about the newbies who insist on asking the same question which has been asked 50 times before

they don't 'moderate' the forums for the most part, and some of them cause as many problems as they solve by their replies (CTM in the RIP thread with his reply to me as an example)

Sad to say, but I have zero interest in even attempting to help anybody in the DS forums anymore - even if they post with a decent, sensible question. I know that XDA started off for the Developers, but it has turned into a community - and when they decide to rip the heart out of the community on a whim then what's the point in us trying to maintain it any longer for them?
[Off-topic] ben_pyett:
I hear you all and agree.

I do like the fact that this OFF TOPIC section has a no thanks policy, which means that THANKS is correctly earned and justified. If only the policy were applied across all forums by all moderators is the same manner.

The N4 still has its OFFTOPIC thread open which is crazy, especially based on throughput that that gets, you would have thought that would have been one of the first to go.
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
It is all down to the individual moderator team, fs did say that one ot per device would be acceptable but the decision to have one would remain with the moderating team. The other htc devices with an ot are all under another team. I agree with the thanks issue ben, i didn't miss it when it was removed from ot at all. I just think the decision was wrong saying that it contributed nothing, i learnt an awful lot from that thread alone.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley