yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
But I don't think a lot is gonna flow in. May be one or two tweaks for the camera and sometimes the smart scroll too.

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[Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
Maybe to the 2gb ram s3 I'm guessing some will lage a bit

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 General] semorebutts123:
I wasn't too impressed so I'll probably hold on to my GS3 a bit longer before I upgrade to anything else
[Galaxy S 4 General] SJGSM:
I love the S4. It is just what the S3 should have been in first place..... I think it is the starting point of the real serious mobile telephony And should be the standard to follow for everyone else...:D

Up to now before the S4 Mobile phones where just mere TOYS...:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
^^^^^ bet you'd tell the same when s5 comes out next year :D

《Samsung Galaxy Note II ★ GT-N7100》
[Galaxy S 4 General] semorebutts123:
I hope they don't do broadway again when the s5 comes out. Man that was terrible lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] Grizzly1978:
I believe I saw somewhere a "Part one" reffering to this Unpacking event. That means we will see a Part Two with some more details?
[Galaxy S 4 General] PLUG313:
was I really the only one who thought it was pretty cool? lol

loving everything about this phone so far

hopefully no throttling though, at least on the international version which is the one I'm getting :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hayzie:
Erm, I mean Samsung's best selling phone. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] md1008:
My opinion is the same as everyone else's here. Will probably eventually pick it up as it is a better phone, but honestly my S3 is perfect and was disappointed that Sammy kept the same exact design albeit slightly bigger and likely thinner(big deal 4.8 is perfect for me) especially when Sammy put out a PR campaign slamming iPhone for doing that with the 4s/4

Unless KLP needs some serious power that a dual core couldn't handle I doubt most will even know the difference handling the two(that's if this phone gets official KLP support)

I really hope Sammy releases 4.2.2 for our phones...not that it matters as I am sure there will be several ports coming our way.

SGS III running liquid smooth 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] rootyourphones:
Skipping on this one since my upgrade not due til march of 2014, note 3 will be better hopefully .s4 won't sell that much its cause people already own the s3 already just like iphone 4 and 4s.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ticojpunk:
I bought my S3 off contract as I do all my phones. I'll be keeping my S3 for at least 2 years (gonna try anyway). When I see what the S5 and next iteration of the Nexus 4 I bet I'll be glad I waited.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SeaFractor:
Not all the features will be portable. Remember there are several new sensors on the new S4. Some of them may be required for the gestures and air touch type effects that allow S Pen like functions without a pen.

It's more than just a front facing camera.

As for the octa core/quad core issue, it's really a non-issue. Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exynos_(system_on_chip). It's two processors in the same soc, a quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 and a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7. It is only 4 cores at a time and the "ARM big.LITTLE" allows for power savings when the smaller cores are used.

So really, compare it as it is: Quad-Core (with another one for power savings) vs Quad-Core.

I suspect this is more a Qualcomm patent issue in the US rather than Samsung wanting to stick it to the consumers here. Qualcomm has a number of patents locked up and it may have been easier to use their cores here than to try and license the technology for Samsung's processor.

In any event it's less of an issue than the quad core/dual core debate from the S3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] expertzero1:
Broadway was actually cool and different.

Better than last years unpacked and any other event. Remember Qualcomms event at CES? Yeah that was bad
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
Broadway was cool? Lol. They were trying to stuff it with more dance and fancy stuff that they missed out on many of the phone's important features. They skipped the most important one intentionally but there were other features they could have really stressed on. The Samsung event at CES, now that was cool. Or to be honest with it, Steve Jobs's first iphone uncovering.

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[Galaxy S 4 General] Saturny:
Re: Galaxy S IV.

I've said it before & I'll say it again: Get a tough case.

I dropped my S3 yeserday when I was getting out of my sis-in-law's SUV. It bounced & landed face-down, but no damage at all to the case or phone. Just wiped & went.

I use a Trident Kraken. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
You'll never know. They might have faced some issues with it. Why do you think the big little is relatively underclocked? Overheating may be? My guess is that it might have something to do with LTE. May be the big little doesn't support LTE :eek: And so US gets Snapdragon and the rest of the world gets big little.

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[Galaxy S 4 General] LordManhattan:
Energetic and quite original, but at the same time quite cheesy :p But it was alright. I bet it got the average Joe's attention.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wonsanim:
Still no info on price and retailers:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] yagnesh97:
hands on to s4...

great phone

i'm lovin it
[Galaxy S 4 General] Puzzlegal:
All of these phones are already too large. I wish I could get a high-end phone smaller than my current phone (moto photon, just a little too large for some of my pockets.) A tough case makes them significantly larger. There is no way I am getting a case for my next phone. It it is likely to break without a case, then I am likely to be unhappy with it.

dunno if aluminum is really more protective of the glass and innards than plastic, but if it is, that's a big vote for HTC. Anecdotally, a friend has an S3 and cracked the screen the first week he had it in some very trivial accident, which is one of the reasons I never got an S3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
That fact is almost all of it depends on how lucky you can get. Your phone might survive a big fall without a scratch but might not survive a small one. The thing that can be done is to use a bumper hoping for it to absorb most of the impact. Samsung's plastic body may look cheap but it does take minor falls. HTC's aluminum body may look as if it's built like an ox but you can never be sure. We all know how malleable metal is. Means it might get dented. So the fact is, it all depends on how lucky a person is. And about the glass, almost every phone out there uses gorilla glass 2 so there's not much difference there. Take care of your phone.

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[Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
I dropped my S3 3 times from my lap when getting out of the car(you know how you feel when that happens) each time I did not want to pick it up afraid it was gonna be all shattered, to my surprise it's a touch sob. Only 2 small dents on the side. Today I dropped my note 2 from my vest pocket it hit the concrete I was gonna cry. Result = 2 scratches on the top right side. My friend dropped his ip4 the screen was shattered and the back glass too.. So yea fancy but not so solid

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 General] legion1911:
Oh yes it did. Pre-orders for the S4 put it already on the Bestseller lists of retailers like Amazon.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Puzzlegal:
Bumpers increase the size of the phone in the dimensions where it is already too big. So I'm not going to do it. Perhaps your pockets are larger than mine. I don't care if the body gets scratched or dented. I DO care if the glass breaks, or scratches. Different people have different needs and preferences.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iampunX:
Yes you are right about that. But I would rather squeeze in my phone with a bumper to my pocket than get it dented or scratched :)

《Samsung Galaxy Note II ★ GT-N7100》
[Galaxy S 4 General] md1008:
The one thing that would make me want to get a GS4 is if development slows down drastically. I don't see this happening especially since the price will probably go down, so as old people leave new people will likely come. Can't wait to experience 4.2.2 as well as 4.3/5.0 touch wiz have a feeling it will be ported over very soon :). Probably be back to aosp its just always nice to have options
[Galaxy S 4 General] conrat2000:
lmao... Love it. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] DR650SE:
I may finally be upgrading to the S4. I've been rocking my Samsung Captivate on 4.2.2 for a while. It'll be nice to have more ram and a better screen. Captivate will remain as an mp3 player and fun toy though. I still think the Captivate is a sexy phone.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Towle:
Now this is an upgrade worth doing! You are in for a world of difference coming from the first Galaxy line. I had the vibrant, but have had about 5 phones since then :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] DR650SE:
I know! Can't wait. I was about to get the S3 but decided not to. Then got jealous a few weeks ago when my wife went from an old blackberry to the S3.

Cant wait to have better pixel density, more ram, and moar powaaa!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecf17:
I was wondering which phone will have more options for ROMs and the like, because after seeing that s4 keynote, I was pretty off put by all of the gimmicky features, while the One seems pretty cool. Any advice?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
Wait and see
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawlgsx:
Way too early to tell on either front. I suspect both will have great options to be honest, they are both likely to be very popular.

Speculation only, the GS4 will sadly probably have a larger user base and hence larger development base, but quantity does not equal quality.

Personally I wouldn't let whatever minor difference there sway your decision either way, and would base the decision on specs and features useful to you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I don't know about Roms quality, we have to see but i'm pretty sure that the S IV is gonna be so easy to root unlike the One that you have to deal with that HTC dev.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyal:
lol what's so hard with HTC dev? It's just a matter of doing a couple of copy pastes on your browser and the command prompt for once in the device's lifetime then off you go. I don't find it hard at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
It is "harder" than rooting a samsung phone. Definitely not for noobs. And then you have to fastboot flash kernels most of the time. It's easier on a samsung phone, that's a fact.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StellMonkey:
Maybe u should get Xperia Z... Sony is more hack friendly with the unlock bootloader service and sources...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harise100:
It has an open bootloader like it's predecessors. So installing custom firmwares via Odin will be possible.

Unlike HTC or Sony phones, you don't have to unlock it first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK4Q47PJAU0

(The video is in german, but you can see the download mode.)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigblue95z:
A 5 year old could root a Samsung phone. Plug it in, open ODIN, throw in the file, click START..... Done. Wasn't a fan when rooting the wife's HTC Inspire 4g. Her new Note2 was a piece of cake (just like my 3 galaxy devices!).

Plus.... Chainfire is great with Samsung devices!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
Samsung phones are much easier to root and play with. Also you have to try real hard to hard brick a Samsung phone.

As for the ROM development quality I can speak about my experience having owned the EVO 4G, EVO 3D, One X, Galaxy S2, Skyrocket, S3, Note, Note 2. To me it seems Touchwiz is much less intrusive than Sense on the Android OS as a whole. Seems sense devs usually have to play with the rom base longer than Touchwiz devs. Also using the example of the S3, a slew of mods/tweaks are actually compatible across all the different variants of the S3. Another thing I noticed (not bashing the work of Sense Devs) there is a different quality of devs working on Samsung devices here on xda. This especially shows on the international versions of the phones.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TingTingin:
Odin

Discussion over:p

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

1 days 2 s4​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahm12:
too early to say..

out of all the gimmicks presented yesterday air is the only thing might be useful..

pretty much, easy to root and replaceable battery vs better build quality , camera , and beats.

everything else more or less the same..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturmtruppler:
AW: HTC one or GS4 in terms of hackability, and quality of roms

But on the other side Exynos is not open source and Samsungs support wasn't that good on S3.

If you really want a phone with good support buy a Sony, but not from your provider (locked).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TingTingin:
US version uses snapdragon 600

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

1 days 2 s4​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galactus:
How do you know the camera is better?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Excatly
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Chris_1:
Attempting to use my Xda as wireless modem with w2k laptop.

Connection to internet is swiftly established but incoming data stops after roughly 10kbytes per request (e.g. page refresh). So a full web page never downloads.

I get the same problem over serial ir IR (virtual com5).

I'm going through the O2 internet portal (using modem initialisation AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","MOBILE.O2.CO.UK" and dialing *99#) but would rather dial in through my ISP (Demon).

O2 tech support helpfull but totally stumped. Any ideas or pointers gratefuly received.

Chris
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] patsybeach:
Good evening everyone,

A little something about me, I have no freaking idea how to do all this. I only have one reason for wanting to root my phone. The camera shutter is annoying the **** out of me. It seriously keeps me from taking photos because the annoying shutter. I can't take photos at weddings, selfies, at the bakeshop! :D lol But seriously, the shutter is killing me. The camera is the main reason I got this phone and it's me keeping me from using it.

Please don't suggest using the video while taking photos because that's just inconvenient and camera apps are not as good the camera on the phone.

I have a MAC OS X version 10.6.8 . I tried to read the instructions here and it makes me want to pull my hair because I don't understand the jargons used. From what I have come up with so far is that I can't root my phone on mac. I have the latest version of android.

I have two questions.

1. Can I root my s3 on MAC?

2. If not, can I root it if I buy Windows 7 for my laptop?

Thanks in advance,

Patsy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LordLugard:
For future tinkering and such (flashing, etc), i would recommend just installing Windows on your Mac. Case in point, I have my main PC, a Mac Mini running Windows 7 via VMWare Fusion (even though i also have an HP Media Centre DEC with Windows 7 as well). I've always been a Mac user and always rooted my devices via Windows, it's just more convenient and less of a hassle.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
BootCamp it.

It's better than VM when working with devices in "download" mode.

App/Utilities/BootCamp

Get a 32bits version of Windows. WinXP will work Ok.

Use this method to root the phone.

Go to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33460982

and READ everything.

After you root your phone go to Play Store search for Goo.Im. After installed open it and press the menu button, select Install OpenRecovery.

Then you are good to install a custom ROM.

It can't take longer than 10 minutes.(don't count the Windows installation)

Sent from my SPH-L710

---------- Post added at 02:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:56 AM ----------

Important!!! Install Samsung mobile drivers for your phone.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hamspiced:
I back this statement 100%

I use VMwares and it was a PITA to root using it. Bootcamp works Much More efficently and you dont have as many odd issues connecting your phone. However you CAN do it using a virtual machine.

Unfortunately there is no solution to root the sprint GS3 using a mac. you HAVE to use a Windows pc...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] patsybeach:
Thank you all for the replies. I'm going to do it this weekend. Though I don't understand the terms, I can read so I should not be hopeless.:cyclops:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hamspiced:
if you have any issues feel free to msg me or ask here. ill be more then happy to help as i ran into the same issues no more then a couple months ago.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ImagioX1:
Ok so the galaxy s4 has finally been revealed. Its about the same amount of difference in the one and s4 as there was between the onex and s3 last year. The s4 has only marginally better features like a bigger removable battery, and an sd card, and a much more interactive ui. The htc one on the other hand is smaller and more compact which im sure many people will appreciate, and better build quality, and higher pixel density screen. I think the s4 and one are on pretty much level ground. Both are the top-of-the-line phones and have their strengths and weaknesses. Me being an htc guy all the way am just gonna stick with htc but anyone who choose the s4 has made a very solid choice and if you buy either one you definantly hadn't made a mistake. Last year the s3 was a little more expensive than the onex. If its the same way this year the s4 is gonna carry a hefty price tag. The one is already out of probably most people's budget on a phone at $649. Anyway, thats just my take on it. What's do yall think?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] korlinr:
I think the S4's software its extremely bloated... i cant imagine how little that battery would last with everything on... and all the things they announced today are practically useless, the only thing i can imagine myself using is the S play feature, the other stuff is just for bragging your new phone. The One, on the other hand, is more like the iPhone, its different aspects combined to form an experience. It has the features you will probably use and if you need anything else, get it on the store.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] E.Cadro:
Sorry but these threads never end well so if you want to ceate thread like this take to the general android section.

Closed

XDA Moderator
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanBurnsRed:
Hey guys I'm in a bit of a pickle.. I've never flashed a ROM on the EVO 4G before. On the Epic 4G Touch I have many times.

Well, I wanted to flash this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1865660 and followed the instructions from Step 1. However since I partitioned my SD card and erased everything, I can't boot into anything to put the ROM back onto the SD card!

Is there another way?

I've already rooted my phone, have S-OFF, and I have a recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
You should be able to access your SD card through your recovery. Boot into your bootloader, go to recovery, plug your phone into PC, transfer your ROM to your phone and flash
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanBurnsRed:
Yes I went into the recovery and found an option called USB-MS toggle to put the ROM back onto the SD card. So I did that and I flashed it and followed the rest of the instructions.

Ah, this has been an adventure. Although I still find flashing and rooting easier on the E4GT, I think I'll get the hang of it. :good:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Glad you got it figured out.:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Dude, read the Evo Guide in my signature. It will teach you, step by step, everything you need to know
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
^^^I love this guy!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
LOL.... You're just fishing for Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
No actually I was hitting you back after the other day when I told that guy on the other thread to use your guide and you commented...... "^^^^^I love this guy",remember?hahahaha.Beside I don't need any thanks now,im over 2000.Trying to catch up to my posts.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Well, it was the truth lol
[One (M7) General] Bigal77:
When my galaxy nexus freezes, nothing works until I do a battery pull

What happens with non removable batteries? Always been my biggest fear, is there a shortcut? Hold down a button?

The are times nothing works but a battery pull for me.

Thanks
[One (M7) General] crawlgsx:
It will have hold power button down, much like the Nexus 4/most other phones with non-removable battery.

Like an iPhone you hold Power/Home, etc..

Nothing new don't worry :).
[myTouch 3G Slide General] steve_77:
Ok, obviously the MTS3G is an older phone - and i think im currently running cm7 (gave phone to my mom) but was wondering if there was any new headway on people running 4.0+ ASOP on the device or what not?

I came across the zeubea thread "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1944550" but is any development still being done on this device ? Is anybody running the unofficial JB on here - or should i hold out for a new official CM release (such as CM10) for the MT3GS (or will this official CM release most likely never happen) ?

Guess Im just looking for a stable ROM that can be used in this device on a daily basis that utilizes a more recent AOSP release.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Whoareyou:
There will not be any further major updates from official cm, but zeaubas should work fine
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orange_furball:
Hello all, I'm on Eos4 JB ROM, and I need to return the tablet to stock 4.0.3 with a stock recovery.

I have no idea how to do this. I've tried the numerous toolkits around the web but all fail or just don't do anything.

Are there any fully stock .zips to flash for stock 4.0.3 and a way to flash back to stock recovery/unroot?

I need this done ASAP... By like.. Tonight!!! Help!!

Nexus 4. Paranoid edition.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
http://xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Asus/Asus+Transformer+(TF101)/STOCK+ROMS/ICS+.27
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederuco:
See here http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...frederuco-s-guide-flash-tf101-back-stock.html
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] JManekia:
What hboot or firmware or kernal etc should I be on to be able to flash a aosp or cm10 etc roms?

I've been sticking With sense roms and kinda bored
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bxmoney181:
Since your s-off, all you have to do is downgrade your tp with this http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11984&d=1359670217

rename the zip to PJ75IMG.zip and put it on the root of your external sd card and downgrade through bootloader

afterwards flash away after wiping of course

you might wanna try aosp roms with TL's kernel
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] JManekia:
Any recommendations? What's the most stable senseless Rom out there?
[General Questions and Answers] cincincy:
Hyundai S800 ICS 4.0.3 8Gb memory 16 GB external sd.

I HAVE ADB COMMUNICATION. Power/vol boots to a blank screen. adb devices gives me device sn and recovery. I have no menu, just blank back lit screen. i can adb reboot and it tries to load os but hangs in splash screen, adb reboot recovery works and i can push files to sd card. However, the really important fastboot commands requires bootloader which will not open. I also have a CWM nano backup on the external sdcard which might be of some use. Question, am I wasting my time since I cannot get into bootloader?? Or is there a way to flash using adb in recovery?

This is a user created bricking via trying to flash custom rom. i bought this to play with rather than brick my nexus 7. I would give it a B grade as it is a very good tablet for $150.

Thanks