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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JesseMT4G:
Glad I read this thread as I am thinking of giving my wife my s3 and using my last upgrade for the N2.

I love my s3, but every since switching to my unlimited Data feel I need a bigger screen. I use more data than anything else. Seldom call people, just text.

Trying to hold off till the HTC One and BlackBerry comes out so I can test them all together, but honestly want more real estate.

Sent from a galaxy far away!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] friend'scatdied:
The thing about the Note 2 is that it has no real weaknesses. If you can live with the screen size you get a phone that does everything well and can last a long time if you want it to.

Sure there are and will be great phones that compete or best it in certain categories, but almost all non-Samsungs will make compromises (bad battery life or non-removeable battery, non-expandable storage, poor audio quality, locked bootloaders, some like the S3 have pentile displays, etc.). I think we'll have to wait for the Note 3 for another complete package with no compromises and all the bells and whistles.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Onemoa:
The Note 2 is the only way to go. Now that we know the S4 is using a pentile display grainy icky crap.

It seems the Note 2 will be Samsungs flagship device until the end of the year when the Note 3 comes out. Even then, the Note 2 is very future proof. It also has the best display and biggest. It's not about how many pixels per inch. It's about the quality of the pixels used.

People are finally starting to understand that... Look at the S3. 300+ ppi on a 4.8" screen then look at the Note 2's 267ppi and a 5.5" screen. But the display on the Note 2 looks way better and that's due to the fact the Note 2 uses RGB so you get 2x more sub pixels.

That's why the S3's screen looks so grainy. Yet the Note 2's screen is crystal clear.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Zombtastic:
The note 2 is definitely worth it. It'll end up being cheaper than the s4 when that comes out, and is definitely future proof enough to keep me satisfied until the note 3 comes out. The minimal upgrades to the s4 aren't worth the lower grade screen in my opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aznmode:
I don't agree. To me my s3 is easier to read text on. My note 2 has some kind of rainbow around the texts which is probably due to it being RGB. Here's a close up. Pic on the left is an image of my note 2 screen and right is an image of my s3 screen.

Its quite annoying when I read. The only way text looks better if I zoom in slightly. I don't need to do this with my s3. But any how regarding the s4 screen, just cause it's pentile doesn't mean it's not gonna be better than the Note 2 screen. There are more pixels so you would have to really zoom in (2x more than I did) on the text and use a magnifying glass to see the jaggedness of the text. No one reads like that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deitiphobia:
I went from the Galaxy S3....to A Galaxy Note, then I gave the Nexus 4 a try. Wow...I hated it. Going back to a smaller size was really difficult I found. My hands got accustomed to the roomier screen and I actually got cramps in my hand trying to go back to smaller phone. I also found it slippery as all get out.

I ended up selling the Nexus 4 immediately and going to Galaxy Note 2. I'm so happy with it. Also the saturated Samsung screens make it difficult to get used to the Nexus 4 much warmer, less saturated, less contrasty display.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Onemoa:
That's really an odd effect. I can't replicate it on my Note 2. It's either the settings on you're display or you have a bad display on you're Note 2. You should call Samsung or if you have insurance you need to get a new Note 2. It's not you're settings since I've tried everything to replicate that.

Good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Falco:
Everyday I see the same question being asked. I even asked it even I was a noob. It may not be exactly the same but they have the meaning/base/idea. Here are the many ways the question had and probably will be in the future asked

what is the best Rom?
What is the most stable Rom?
What Rom has the best battery life?
What is your favorite Rom?
Etc.

The answer to all of those questions cannot be answered. (unless all development and updating for this device stopped and only the roms on this forum were the roms available to the public.) The reason is because roms are being updated daily, hourly, in fact a Rom is probably being updated right now as you are reading this. Because it is being updated any answer given is only for the moment not for the future.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Phone: T-Mobile Galaxy s2 T989

Rom: Jedi Jelly 4

Kernel: Insecure Kernel

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I am trying to make an app for android. If anyone wants to help just message me! :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mycars12:
Thank you very much for this thread

hopefully it will stop all of the repetitive and annoying questions

i am hoping that hopefully that this will help out many noobs :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Falco:
I'm hoping it will, but you know, nobody uses a simple search button anymore...

~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~

Phone: Samsung Galaxy s2 T989 Hercules

Rom: Jedi Jelly 4

Kernel: Insecure Kernel

Radio: LB7 Blaze

~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~

I am going to try and make an app, if anyone wants help this beautiful talented celebrity in making it just message me! :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mycars12:
Lol soo true I've noticed it a lot from many people

I try and search for many things before I ask for help :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GaidinBDJ:
Is there a good pros/cons thread around anywhere? Something (fairly) objective that people can be pointed to to weigh things out. I know there's some differences that would matter for people. Some ROMS have a quick version turnaround, and implement Android updates quickly, but might not have some of the polish or stability. Others might be pretty and stable, but you wait forever between updates. Some have a few, common options. Some have eleventy billion options for the tinkerer. Etc.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jump454:
Just got this phone of ebay. Said it would power on but unable to get past boot up screen. They however didnt tell me there was also an error on screen. It says "Modem did not power up (3). Starting RSD protcol support." Battery too low to flash. So i went to my local radio shack to charge it on there universal charge. so i got the battery too low error to go away and my learning started from there. So i figured out what rsd was, got it and tries flashing an sbf to factory stock hoping the radio software got borked. But with no luck i keep getting the "error to switching phone to bp pass through mode". it will boot up no problem in "boot android (no bp)". so is the radio broke? anyone know how i can get it to get past the error in rsd when flashing an sbf? im really hoping its a software error i can work around but its not looking to bright in my eyes. and it also didnt come with the factory sim card. i was wondering if maybe that could be causing the problem? thanks for any help guys.
[Motorola Photon 4G] termiti:
help

i have same problem too. who have any ideas? please help us

i dropped it (with the case still on it)and when i picked it up it reset by itself and when it did that it wouldn't leave the Motorola screen it just said couldn't start modem (3) and starting rsd protocol support. so every time it starts up it does that
[Motorola Photon 4G] 794dman:
Modem did not power up DRIVING ME NUTs

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thachphongphong:
I flash cm10 20121216 - nightly ( wide cache partiton and dalvik cache).

Each time i reboot and unlock the low storage space warning showed.

i checked internal storage 1.17G available, and in the Apps->Running 490 mb used + ~300 mb free.

what should i do to fix it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
You can find the fix by pressing the search button.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thachphongphong:
what do you mean? i try search but cannot find a solution.

can you give a link ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
Wipe data/factory reset (in recovery) and then reboot. If that doesn't work mounts/storage>format system and then re-install rom.

You could also use something like Titanium Backup Pro to backup/re-install apps/appdata.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thachphongphong:
i tried and flash cm10.1 :D

i found that warning becos i installed LuckyPatch :cowboy:

anyway, thank you ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjvacari:
Hello, sorry my english, I have an E10i with CM7 2.2.1 and Google Play this very slow, I installed CM9 and my surprise Google Play works very fast, anyone know why? there is a solution? I would be using CM7.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xlxcrossing:
All in all jelly bean is nicer looking and snappy when scrolling where it may not have been with ICS however I've tried 3 different roms now and am experiencing a system wide lag when performing basic transitions like going back in an app or clicking a link within it, even typing like I am right now it occasionally misses a beat then speeds back up. Its to the point where it takes almost 10 seconds to click on a link in facebook before the next action progresses. I would assume its the cpu or ram but not sure how to address the issue. Any help would be appreciated
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jdmohn12:
had the same problem with jelly bean so I went to Meanbeam and it is much much better.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wcr84:
I have noticed that a difference after getting rid of bloat as well.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xlxcrossing:
Turns out it was a memory issue (obviousely). It seems inherent in the initial build for our device the ram management is simply not on par with how ICS handled it. I had less than 50mb free memory but you've got to consider that HTC sense has already been allocated its memory so it shouldn't lag the whole system. Hopefully the next update will address the issue...til then I ran v6 supercharger script and patched the framework for new minfrees.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AerodynamicTrunks:
There's a lot of sense related bloat in the stock ROM. If you're not interested in bloat, try cm10. Everything that matters works as of 1/16. Cm10.1 is fancy, camera will shape up when deck isn't sleeping. Just don't go for a cheap lazy king of cm, especially if it's one of 5 by the same winzipper, or if it crams 6 or 7 buzzword in the topic title like "Linaro optimized" or "battery boost." I dunno whatever.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ccwong45:
HI everyone,

I am using XTXperience 8.1 currently in my Acro S. I am quite satisfy with the performance and appearance of this rom.

However, I find that there has a minor issue about the display of the timer. The progress bar is not appear in the correct position. How can I solve this minor issue?

And I also want to ask that the update center keep notify me that there has a newer version .55 to update. Is it normal?

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Re: [Q] Timer display problem on [ROM][Acro S] XTXperience 8.1 [New .55]

Turn hardware acceleration off.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ccwong45:
Thank you! The problem solved~
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maazdraco:
1. No securityoptions working

If I select anything like pin or pattern then it doesn't show up.

My phone automatically opens to the screen.... This happened after installing JellyBean Xperia T and NGXperia Cosmic Flow bootanimations.

Sony Xperia U

Unlocked Bootloader

Ics .54

Rooted?

P.S. I tried reflashing stock ftf.... No luck
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] happy3777:
Then download super user app from market

And install it lik other apps...

And check through root explorer weather u hqd root or not!!

I told u just flsh brains kernel..

And u r done...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maazdraco:
Yeah I know

I just didn't have superuser app

Anyway thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maazdraco:
Anyone??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] happy3777:
So try reflashing

Then flash a rooted + cwm kernel...

This will surely help..:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] manishmalhotra:
u reflashed stock rom n still it didnt solve your problem? are u sure?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maazdraco:
Yeah!!!

Surprising naa...

Hell I'll install a custom rom next month.

I will try then...
[About XDA developers] nightfire37:
Please answer me this question. I have been looking at the request device thread and it appears that only popular devices are only being added and no one cares of the request device thread. These are the most common i see on the thread:

ASUS Padfone 2

LG Escape

LG Optimus L9

Acer S500

Other Acer Iconia series

Motorola RAZR series

Now for my request is the pantech burst because we have a forum that is just getting way too cluttered http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1487576 I have submitted a request for this device three times now. For development: we have a rooted Gingerbread, a rooted Ice Cream Sandwich, three custom roms, have Clockworkmod recovery, AND working on getting CM10, AOKP, and AOSP working. We are very close to getting CM10 to work as a daily driver. Infact here is the link to how the progress is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1818618

I extremely find this outrageous that the popular devices get one and very "unpopular" devices dont. I never see people carrying a Samsung Galaxy Player (proud owner of one) yet it has it's own forum.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
One thing you need to understand is that this is a development site. As that's the case, of course newer and more popular devices will have a forum added for them because they have a lot more interest so therefore devs are more likely to develop for the device.

If a device has next to none development, there'll be less activity from the developers and that generally means less people will be interested in the device.

What would you suggest? XDA add a forum for each request that comes through?
[About XDA developers] nightfire37:
No not that. I just find it outrageous that no matter how many times you post in the new device request forum, they will not listen. Many people in that thread requested for the asus padfone 2 and im pretty sure there is plenty of dev support for the device. If there is some dev support like the burst i think it deserves its own device thread. I mean really, we are so very close on cm10 and yet no forum. The only thing not working is the data and wifi.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I already explained why the forums that keep being requested haven't been created. See the first paragraph of my first post.

Explain how you would decide which devices had a forum created for them then. Obviously you feel that the current system isn't working, so what do you feel would work?
[About XDA developers] onebornoflight:
Obviously the current system doesn't work for the end users nor the developers of lesser known devices. I own one of the most requested devices ever at one point and we don't have a forum yet. (Samsung Galaxy Relay T699) I would suggest taking any device that has a recognized developer working for it that is willing to moderate and implementing a system based on that. I would also suggest greater grouping of similar devices using sub-forums. It's too bad that this site's code doesn't allow for the use of tagging by subject or group, as that would help. Its not a simple solution as new devices drop every week it seems, but I maintain that a device so similar to the GS3 should have a forum lol.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
If XDA was to add a forum for every device which has got a bit of development going on, then a load more moderators would be needed, OR the workload of the current moderators would be at the point where they couldn't truly moderate.
[About XDA developers] onebornoflight:
Thus the part about letting the developers take responsibility for moderating their own device(s). Apart from hosting and storage limitations I wouldn't have a problem with each device having a forum, but honestly at this point there are probably 20 devices back in legacy that could be moved and merged and open that space up. The way I see it - admins are rapidly becoming elitist.

What would the problem be with more moderators anyway? I constantly see people in Miscellaneous Android offering to moderate the (nonexistent)forum for their device if that's the issue.
[About XDA developers] nightfire37:
I truly think the system is fine but the moderators seem to not take the time to view the devices thats being requested and see if the device deserves a forum. E.x. samsung galaxy s3 mini, you never see people carrying that device but it automatically gets a forum. The pantech burst is att's first LTE phone and it is still being sold for $1 USD and for $120-150 on ebay, maybe even more. All what i ask for the moderators is to look through that forum. If they cannot add that certain device, state a reason why
[About XDA developers] kagedws6:
I realize for the devices that arn't as popular theres no way xda can create a full forum for each one and moderate it without an insane load on the existing mods. I just wish for the less popular that there might be maybe a manufacturer specific forum that way it can hold multiple devices, only a handful of new forums would be created if that, etc.. like Asus / Pantech / Acer / Motorola
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
You really think the moderator committee would let someone be a moderator just because they've asked for it?

The MC have to be sure that the person is ready to be a mod and that process takes too much time for something that isn't needed.

Using the basis "you never see people carrying that device", all I'd expect to see on XDA is a load of blackberry's and iPhones mainly.

---------- Post added at 10:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------

Then the people of XDA would be complaining even more about bricked devices because noobs don't read and would therefore make more mistakes.
[About XDA developers] Jax184:
There seems to be a chicken and egg problem here. Phone has little organized development, it doesn't get a forum. Phone has no forum, development goes slower and less organized.

And then sometimes it feels a bit arbitrary. The Relay 4G has had more development done on it so far than the Sidekick 4G had in its entire lifetime, yet the Sidekick has a forum and the Relay doesn't.
[About XDA developers] poondog:
Hi,

It would be a waste of time to add a forum for a device with a user base of ~10 people that aren't going to be going any development. It would add unnecessary clutter to the xda forum page, especially if its going too be added to legacy devices within a few weeks anyway

:)
[About XDA developers] DarkAngel:
How about making a wiki for it? At least you can organize things that way.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
There already is an XDA wiki but it's vastly under-utilized.
[About XDA developers] TonyStark R.I.P.:
You are frustrated and it is understandable. You need to read ans absorb what KidCarter93 is trying to explain.

The bottom line is, Yes the Mods see the requests but two things need to be considered.

1) this is a FREE development site people do not work/develop for $$$

2) unless you and a "bunch" of others want development, you need seek out a developer and try and work something out. Maybe a loaner device or simply offer a device for development. YOU CAN NOT PAY somebody to develop on XDA for development. A search on Google will help you find places that will do this.

Every device has started out as yours has. When the SGS3 started (one of the highest developed devices to date). It was a combined thread, every version was under one thread (there are many versions of this phone) so people were bricking there phones because everybody was attempting to use development for the European version which is different from the North American version. It took a month for the devices to form there own threads.

Sadly there are many devices that never receive development. I have owned a ASUS TF300 tablet and while it took development time to start, it now exists,. however in a short period it has slowed due to ASUS creating ewer /better devices. Development has now moved to the new iteration of the device.

Mods/XDA cannot force nor allocate Developers to work on specific devices. Everything done here is voluntary.

Your other choice is to learn development and create your own work:good:

I hope this helps understand XDA and the community a little better.
[About XDA developers] DarkAngel:
LOL, I meant for the Pantech Burst ( which there is none ), not a XDA wiki section entirely. I guess I could have been a bit more clear.

We all have to realize, and believe me that I know the frustrations from searching from post to post, thread to thread, which is why I decided to get the Fuhu Nabi ( tablet ) section going in the XDA wiki for members to edit and contribute to as it's becoming very popular as well. If one reads the very first post here, we are not gauranteed a section. Just have to make the most of it and collect all the info where one can for members to have a start from. I am just glad we have a place like this where we can come to for help and not get litterally flamed for asking or the very least ridiculed for trying to help.

Been here since before 06 when it all started with the Windows Mobile Phones and those were fun times but never signed up until 06.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Collecting it in the wiki is a good way to get started. We take many different factors into consideration when adding new devices. One of these is how many existing developers have it already. Unfortunately we cannot add forums for every device,but you are more than welcome to use the wiki.
[About XDA developers] nightfire37:
Well I just made a wiki for the device. It is a very good phone. It outperforms the Galaxy Nexus using Antutu.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Pantech_Burst
[About XDA developers] devwithzachary:
What he said ^^

XDA simply cant have a forum for each device, and in the case of devices that do not have the backing im sure there are plenty of other forums out there where these devs would meet.

You can also of cause use the Miscellaneous Android Development section if a developer wanted to release stuff for a device that was not listed.

It has been and always will be a developer site and thus the devices with lots of developers will get a section, the request thread is looked at and often devices from it do get sections, but alot of work has to go into deciding which do and dont get sections, and some will always miss out.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
We have high expectations of conduct of moderators. You can't just become one by asking. And that will NEVER change. We owe it to our users to ensure staff are up to the standard they expect and deserve.

We're not becoming "elitist", but we do expect to see development potential from developers on a device. There's a "rough formula" you can use to tell if a device will appear on XDA lately - it's not formal or anything, it's just common sense.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr3am3rz:
Hi guys,

I have always wanted to root my S2 but I have no idea which information about my phone to look up for. The attached is my phone information.

Which info should I look for to find the software? Baseband or Kernel or Build number? And how do I know am I using ICS or GINGERBREAD? What should I look out for or any important things that I have to take note?

Apologize for the noob question.

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Well, see that 4.0.4 there? Start with this.

In that screen you're showing, tap repeatedly on 4.0.4 and see what happens.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr3am3rz:
Hi gaston,

Is it I have to downgrade my firmware from 4.0.4? Because it never says anything about rooting and I don't quite understand that post. =x