yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRPnet:
Well, I disagree with some of you.

I came from an LG Optimus 2X.

I love my S3 and my custom ROMS.

Screen size is good

Camera is good

Speed - stock is good, custom ROM and custom kernel...very good

Ability to customise - very good.

Graphic ability - good

USB OTG - useful. Want to use a PC mouse or keyboard on your S3? You can. Want to use external flash drives? You can.

Cost vs ability = very good. It's still a powerful quad core and now the S4 is out, you should be able to get some good prices if you wait a few weeks/months.

Or, get an S4 but pay a premium for that power, as nice as it is. AND it is a nice phone.

I do agree about the whole Exynos thing tho.

It's all to easy to see the downsides when there are other comparable devices which people only see the positives of. They all have their flaws and the S3's flaw is the Mali / Exynos thing. The upside is the variety of custom ROMS and kernels which help improve an already decent phone.

FWIW my set up:

Samsung S3 GT-I9300

Siyah Kernel 1.8.9 set up as triple boot config (not ventured to use quad boot yet)

ROM 1: Omega ROM 42.0

ROM 2: PA 3.0

ROM 3 and preferred: Liquid Smooth running 4.2.2

You pays ya money, ya makes ya choice. My choice is S3. Best phone I've ever had...so far!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspot72:
Hi there, considering Ace as low-end, your upgrade to S3 will be huge (like going from Audi A3 to Audi A8).

I would say S3 would be perfect option for you now. Thanks to release of S4 you can get it cheaper.

Now, despite having "lower" spec than newcomers it's still a top dog device.

Nexus 4 has more raw power, but not as smooth as S3, which is perfectly matched hw & sw wise.

The S4 is beefed up S3 , but not a real upgrade (only few more features added and double RAM& cores). The good news is that most S4 features will come to S3 later, except few, which are reserved for S4, due to hw spec.

The S4 looks almost identical to S3, the changes are "under the hood"...

The sad thing is, IMO, that Samsung is on the same road as crApple - no new product, just better and/or modified.

Long story short - go get S3, you won't regret it (for the next 2 years at least) and some rumours floating around about Android 5.x availability later on...

---------- Post added at 11:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 AM ----------

Well... I have to disagree with you... The S3 is far more better than N4. S3 has more added features and more polished than N4... Had both of them and keeping the S3 for sure.

---------- Post added at 11:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 AM ----------

LOL... That's the most stupid comment (no offence mate)...

Citation : "

My s3 is not having any issues

but reading/listening to others issues

with their s3 like sudden death I am getting possed off "

Man... you realy made me laugh :good: :good: :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hassaan.W:
Nexus 4 or S4 but if you are cash strapped and hell bent on the galaxy series i would say SIII 19305 (2 GB RAM).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
Go get an S3. Its a year old phone but it still kicks the iphone5 that a lot of idiots say its the best phone.

The development support of the S3 is huge and that is one thing to greatly consider. We donot yet know if the S4 is good, of course it looks good on paper but we shall see.....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddynoone:
S3 is a good bet

Have my S3 for almost a year - it developed the WiFi bug about a month in, but was fixed fairly quickly by the retailer.

I'd flash a lot of Roms (currently addicted to ARHD). I've gone through the S1 to the S3, and I have to say that the S3 has left the best impression on me, stock wise. Even with the operator meddling, it was a great base, very slick, rock stable.

As for the S3 vs, One-X - I'm not sure. I'm a bit biased against HTC these days, with the batteries not being removable (without a screwdriver), and I'm not a huge fan of Sense. Plus it does seem to be a larger issue getting Roms onto the device.

I'd definitely hedge my bets with the S3 (though I can't wait for the S4 tbh!).

Though if you do vote against it, I'd go for the Nexus 4. Solid build phone, great hardware and most up-to-date software available.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
Go for the i9305 if you have to buy the s3. 1gb ram in the i9300 will piss you off big time.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RohanM:
S3 has so many issues like multitasking sucks -- >>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2177303

SUDDEN DEATH -- >>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993044

GETS WARM SO QUICKLY......

I am selling my s3 for all above reasons -- >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2196099&page=3.

Read it & get LG optimus G the real beast.......
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivmar:
nexus.....no dubt
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
Not if you get a new one with 0xf7 chip just like I have
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RohanM:
hmm but what r the chances of getting new chip ??

also that will not solve multitasking & heating issues. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mharf:
Go to a Samsung store and get some hands-on with the device and see if it fits your needs.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
serial numbers starting with 355 have 0xf7 chips, I have had 4 units, and am keeping 2 units now for myself and the wife, the 2 units I returned had a little "ink" blots - have you heard of them? But they were very minimal like 3 to 5 ink blots per unit, and I still returned them. NO overheating or any problem with mine. I am a very very picky person with regards to phones and gadgets so I can assure you the new S3's are awesome. And it's the right time to buy them now as the prices are dropping. I only buy the units without contract from amazon.

edit:

about multitasking, I don't do multitasking on a small phone anyway, and if I multitask, it will be googlemaps, and tunein radio....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRPnet:
This is the best advice I've seen on here yet. Do as he says, you won't regret it. We all want different things from our mobiles!

Do bear in mind the relatively easy customization options for the S3. I don't know what the HTC One / S4 etc forums are like with ROMs/advice/Q&A etc.

So basically what I'm saying is - if you don't like the interface too much - don't worry and don't let that put you off it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kks0021:
AW: Should I get a Galaxy S III??

Now you better buy the s4 :D:D
[HTC Rezound] JayToTheMo:
Trying to get myself from Tron 1.2 to Infection 2.2 and finally got to the last step of sending the boot.img with [fastboot flash boot boot.img]. Getting an error message that I can't get past. I've shut down every application, no HTC sync installed. Drivers refreshed. Tried recopying the boot.img from the zip. What am I missing? I included a screenshot of my platform-tools folder and the command prompt. Maybe I'm missing something?
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
I take it boot.img is in the same directory as fastboot?
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
In windows explorer when you're at the window thats in the screenshot, click on organize, folder and search options. Change to the "view" tab up at the top of the new window and then uncheck "hide extensions for known file types"

That will make your life a lot easier, and I think you wont have any problem naming boot.img with the right extension and flashing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshua.justice:
Does anyone know if the T-Mobile version will support Wi-Fi calling?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TingTingin:
Re: [Q] Question

Give your thread an appropriate title

S4 INFO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] samprocat:
Yes it will im using it for last 3 days
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] adventure_of_link:
Yep, just make sure you set your e-911 address and you're good to go.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] DenisJ:
Hi everybody

i'm curious if somebody now when will begin to sell the XDA II ?

What price will have ... and if will be sim look ...

Who have this inf. ???

Thanks all

Denis
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Nossie:
Re: XDA II - When, Price, SimLook

O2 and HTC I'd imagine ;)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Nossie:
on another note.... I hope to hell its not the same price as the original XDA was when it first came out.

I dont care what anyone says... nothing of that spec is worth £500 !!!!

<hopes O2 are reading>

If they released it for what the XDA is selling for (£300 w/ contract?) then I'd definetly go for it but not much above...

I wonder how much they will sell the XDA for when the XDAII comes out?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] DenisJ:
I hope they will sell olso for outsite ... like Italy.

...and unlooked device... cause if else, we must discover how

to unlook the XDA II like first XDA.

Denis
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] MADmanFREE:
stop selling

I bet that they stop selling the xda original. After all What extra revenue can they get from it? The new XDA II will have MMS because of the integrated camera. This is what sll the providers want. They make money from sms, gprs, mms, voice etc. That is what they are really after.

Wait and see what package they get together. £50 p/m. inclusive minutes, data, sms, mms etc... This is how they make their money...

Martin
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
a phone where the company sells it cheaper along with a subscription are almost certain to be simlocked
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Nossie:
I'm quite happy to stick with their contract for a year if it means I'm getting 200 notes off the phone lol :lol:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Ken_xda:
Dear,

FYI, XDA2 is to be for sales from the end of October onwards, with the price of around 37,000 baht (approx 40 Baht/$) in Thailand
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] 747:
37000 bahts? that's 925 dollars. no idiot will buy it at this price.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Fuzzyman:
Yeah thats 6-700 pounds UK.

Trouble is... they probably will sell it for that price :( with a contract on top of that !!!

Bummer - coz I'm really enjoying my XDA at the moment (got it for 150 pounds second hand) and would love the extra power. Have thought aboput going for a Toshiba e750 and a bluetooth phone - bummer on the pockets... but what else to do eh...

We'll have to sit tight and wait I guess....

What are the chances of being able to buy the base unit from HTC (without paying for the software) and *ahem* flash it with an XDA-developers ROM - or has that never been an option ??

Fuzzy
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] DenisJ:
The XDA have not yet entry in Italy ...

I'm curious if the XDA II will be disponible to buy in Italy ... else i'll must buy another time from O2 UK.

Who will buy form me ??? :-)

Denis
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Jason0815:
Price MDA II from T-Mobile Germany with 24 Month Contract

The Price for the MDA I with Pocket PC 2003 with 24 month

contract will be 199,95 Euro at end October and that new

MDA II will be 499,95 Euro with 24 month contract

(selling starts end October)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] 747:
i think i will wait until they reduce the price of the xda. at least i won't be a beta tester :wink:

regarding your question, HTC doesn't sell units to end customers. you'll only get original unflashed units, if you buy a few thousand pieces and put your own logo on it :wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ansaar99:
The thing is that o2 had an agreement with the manufacturer to have some exclusivity in UK and possibly Germany for the original XDA. This is why T-Mobile have not been able to sell the MDA in UK for last two years. When there is no competition, o2 can afford to charge 300 pound +

However, the xdaII will have competition with the MDAII, the same device, but T-Mobile have got around the exclusivity issue. Hence the prices will reflect competition.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] LumpiStefan:
Found today an article in the internet professionell magazine. They are writing, that the XDA II will have a price of 399 Euro and will be released about one month before the mda II will do.

But they also write, that the mda II will be released at the end of october.

Question is just in which year.... :lol:

Regards

Stefan
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TKS3:
Does anyone know how to get the interface in this picture? Its the latest PacMan 4.2.2 from fergie. I like the layout and can't seem to figure out how to get it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Those are called pie controls, and they're fairly standard on 4.2.2 roms. The half-circle pops up when you drag your finger up from the bottom (or side or top, depending on your settings). Check out liquid smooth or carbon rom for examples.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TKS3:
Not the pie controls, but the square app style.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Yup me that just looks like an icon pack. I don't know which one though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TKS3:
Is that something you download in the play store or is it downloaded through the ROM itself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771639

That is an xda thread that has 25 icon packs. I'd just do a quick search through xda or Google to see what is available. I'd trust the content of xda over others, but that's just me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TKS3:
Thanks! Those are some cool Icons there. Will definitely have to keep that link bookmarked.I got the ones fergie used. There called 'Glass Theme'. I searched the thread once I knew what an Icon pack was. Thanks for all the help and quick replies!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Man, topherks been on a role, usually I'm one of the first to reply to question threads :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
I'm trying to push some wallpapers I like so that they show up under HTC Wallpapers cause the phone crops em right. I tried manual pushing them to /system/customize/resource and that is not working. Do any permissions have to be set or is there something else I'm doing that's not correct?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChrisPBacon:
If you have photo shop you can make the images 1280 X1440 then save as png and put them in your pictures/screen shots folder. They should fit the crop tool.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
What I did was use 7 zip to edit a new Rom zip... Then navigate to the HTC wallpapers, replace one with a walpaper of mine that was named exactly the same, save it, and then you have to do a full Rom reinstall.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigexpansion:
my phone is locked. all that fussin over nothin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jacky37:
Maybe your phone was blacklisted by tmobile? Might wanna call tmobile to check on the IMEI#
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigexpansion:
that is absolutely correct.

i took it to TMOBILE yesterday and the rep couldn't get it to work. so he told me "i have never seen this happen."

so i took it to SOLAVEI and paid for the service already!!!!

i just called tmobile and 5 reps told me that the phone was reported LOST. and that the owner was sent insurance replacements. i was told that if the could get a hold of the original owner and ask him to call tmobile, or get his old phone number that they will unlock the phone for me.

the 6th rep. which was the "highest ranking" told me that she could not find my IMEI on the network.

i called the guy i traded with on craigslist. the guy tells me that he only used it on ATT cuz it is unlocked. and that he got it from someone else.

imma just tell the guy to trade back or imma take him to small claims court.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigexpansion:
the mods can close this thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigexpansion:
I love living in los angeles. I just bought a perfectly good working Note 2 (sgh-t889) for $350.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
I hope that one doesn't get blacklisted at that price...

Seems like the way it has been going lately with inexpensive second hand phones.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SJonesGSO:
Hi, all! JB is looking great on my Razr, but at this point I'm in need of reverting back to the official 6.16.211 ICS version.

The main question here is, of course: is this possible? I have the Droid RAZR Utility 1.82 installed on my computer, but I'm hesitant to just use the Fastboot Restore 6.16.211 option for fear of bricking my precious phone!

Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks so much!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cvhovey:
It's not possible to revert back to ICS from JB -- just as it wasn't possible to revert from ICS back to GB.

When updating to JB, the bootloader signature and kernel versions change, which do not allow "downgrading" back to ICS.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SJonesGSO:
Well, there's my question answered! Thank you very much.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Icharus2:
To add.

I'm on JB right now. Would fastboot do the trick to get back down to ics? Or am I going to have to do it the old fashion way? (RSD)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] prstorero:
Really? Did you not read the very first reply in this thread? Lol

Full-Throttle Team

Android Aggression Team
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DirtyDroidX:
My thoughts exactly PRS!

This is what happens when ppl don't READ THE OP . If ppl would ,they would see in big bold letters"There is no way too downgrade from this" Also why would anyone want to go back down to ICS ? If your phone is borked learn how to use the proper files to fastboot flash system. The first thing anyone should install is safestrap anyway, this protects your original system state. SMH
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kkhadr:
Strange because I have an EU Droid Razr Maxx and I erased my CID then installed vrz jb leak then reflashed the CID and reverted back to ICS EU and now I'm on EU JB.

I think VRZ JB and ICS EU have the same security version (CDT) but the new JB EU is having higher CDT (7) so there is no way back to ICS unless you flashed the EU JB ZIP instead of applying the JB EU OTA over the ICS EU.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DirtyDroidX:
Nope won't work. For US version xt912
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pancakes1:
hi all,

so after a series of stupid decisions, i have no rom on my nexus 4

i can boot into bootloader and recovery (twrp) but for some reason cannot mount it to my computer so i cannot transfer a new rom

i tried using this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 to flash a stock rom, but the n4 would get stuck at the boot animation, so i tried to wipe cache in the recovery. this only made it get stuck at the google logo

does anyone know of a method to somehow transfer a new rom to my phone?

any help would be greatly appreciated
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iTzTrevor:
You can use a toolkit found in the development area of the forums. They should be able to flash stock rom on bootloader via fast boot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pancakes1:
thank you, it worked :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
If you had never used a toolkit in the first place there would have been no need to create this thread. You would have known how to fix it. Fastboot is your friend.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lwfb:
Amen brother.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adit Agrawal:
Help!,

I am facing the same problem. I am a newbee to recovery and flashing roma. Can you please provide the link for the toolkit you mentioned??

Any help is appreciated
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusydays:
Here you go : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Don't use a tool kit. Here is a guide from the nexus 5 it'll work just the same on the n4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47025283

Except get the recovery,twrp, image file from here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/mako

Sent from my Nexus 5
[General Questions and Answers] ezelsimfox:
my phone htc pharo 100 ornage im need to debloked sim unlock please
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Markor13:
I never type in landscape mode and was just wondering if this is a new future with 4.1.2? The ability to see you're other text messages. I didn't read to even see what was in the new update lol is there any place I can go to see all the new features?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] horr1blek1tten:
This isn't a new feature. Its a setting. And a simple YouTube search will answer your question.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Markor13:
I'm a premium XDA member for a reason... I don't YouTube. Thanks for the help though....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] horr1blek1tten:
Okay well there's a YouTube video explaining the new features.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] janjannsen99:
Great way to answer a question which wasnt even asked....rude
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Csboy702:
This Feature i have seen since UVALL4 :good:

---------- Post added at 10:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

New Additions in notification Toggles

Notification Panel can now be customized

Brightness Slider in Notification Panel Can Now Be Disabled

Multi-View Can now be disabled

Browser Is Smoother Then Before

Status Bar has been changed from Grey to Black

Continues Input in Samsung Keyboard (Like Swipe or Android 4.2 Keyboard)

New Ink Effect On Lockscreen

New Group Cast Application
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] horr1blek1tten:
Status bar is still grey.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Markor13:
Mine is black, even using black wallpaper.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aznmode:
To the OP, I'm on UVALK8 and I have this feature so its not new.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Csboy702:
Not Mine. I placed placed grey wallpaper and its black status bar. I'm not here to argue just stating what i have seen first hand. :cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rhiannon224:
Mine is black, which I stated in the other thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deleted member 2747343:
no its grey
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ratlegion:
All respect, but even in your screenshot, I can see they are two different colors. That's why I haven't said anything yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ratlegion:
See attachment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ktetreault14:
The wifi calling is different looking.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxmelissaxx:
Both status bars before and after update side by side..full brightness on both
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ratlegion:
They look the same to me. ... is that what you are alluding to?

As far as I can tell, I'm not having battery issues either. I got, apparently, 10 hours out of 65 percent or so. If the battery info is true, that's about average with all my streaming and custom stuff, normally taking me 17 to 19 hours.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deleted member 2747343:
the status bar didnt change if you want to make it black use xposed framework
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] tony yayo:
Got it. Choose dynamic under screen mode in the display settings and it will be black. Not sure if that's the answer most are looking for but I bet those who have black bars probably did. Give it a shot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Csboy702:
:good: Thank You :good: Thats exactly what it is... I have mine always set 2 Dynamic witch is why mine was probably already black.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dima470:
Hello all. I have posted this problem/question before but received no help. So im posting it again. I recently rooted my S3 and installed cyanogenmod and decided I like touchwiz so I decided to unroot it. So I installed triangle away to delete any traces of root and the process was completed nicely. Then I flashed a stock rom that I downloaded online. Then I did a stock factory reset. But it doesnt feel right. There are slight graphics glitches with opening some apps. Like opening facebook messanger will display white and black lines untill it loads up. I tried the whole reinstall thing and no help. There are other similar glitches. Can anyone help me? I want my s3 fully stock like it was straight from att.