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[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Rabia:
i had similar problem with this radio stack & was a pain in the ass since i couldn't change its version, i finally downloaded version 3.25 which was in all cases better, the signal indicator doesn't show much but it is much much much better than the version 4.21 since it doesn't disconnect & picksup signal easly
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piorzao:
Hello,

im having this issue with my gs2, everytime i try to turn on the FM Radio, my cellphone just turns off(kinda of a crash).

I Used to use it daily, without any problems.

Until I changed the kernel and rom (tried the Siyah, cwm ), and tried the 4.1.2 STOCK. everything worked fine until i tested the FM Radio.

After that, i downloaded the stock 4.0.3 current version in my country (brazil), for my surprise when i tried to turn on the radio... the problem remains.

Tried the Spirit FM apk, but the same issue happens, when i turn on it, the cellphone turns off.

I really need help!

thanks guys
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piorzao:
The music/video player works fine.

still having the issue, dont know what to do now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donebrasko:
I trying to find a real baseball game using real players for my galaxy note 2. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donebrasko:
Sorry I didn't know.... But it's weird that there is football and basketball games
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberScopes:
As the title says. I would like to know if SD cards affect gaming. In this case, specifically the difference between a class 10 and class 4 one.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masteril:
Class 6 is optimal for gaming I am using class 4 and its not so good especially with swap.for swap I will go with class 10.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jecmenn:
Yes. After I replaced Sony stock SD Card everything seems to be faster. In some games it's a huge difference. This works only on games that are on SD card of course.

Sent from my r800i
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberScopes:
Ok, the thing is -

Class 4 = $42

Class 10 = $76

Is it worth it?

/==(CyberScopes)==\
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masteril:
Yes.or buy class 6.class 4 are on the "edge" of lagness.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Where are you getting your sd card from on Amazon a class 10 32 gb only costs 20-30 dollars
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
Class 10 is teerrible for gaming. You want better read speed then write speeds. Class 10 are only good in cameras and camcorders and it is marketing gimmick
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sewer56lol:
It would only inprove loading times with bigger (20mb+) games.

Unless you use swap to get additional (swapped) ram then hungry resourceful apps would be quicker
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberScopes:
Thanks, ive chose to get the class 4 sandisk 32gb one, cause im cheap ;)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haskamr2:
Rakuten class 10 microSD 64gb

I had been looking for a 64gb microSD card to work with Android and this one on Rakuten went down to $44.99 with free shipping about a month ago(it's back up to $56.97 right now): http://www.rakuten.com/prod/sandisk...pacity-microsdxc-1-card-retail/230825299.html

If you look for these cards on Rakuten, usually a few days later you will get an email from them (assuming you're logged in to their site)...like Amazon does saying something to the effect "We've noticed you were looking at these items"...and they had dropped the price for me to $44.99. I jumped on it. So keep your eye on this one. I've had it installed in my rooted Xperia r800x and it works great - I've got it loaded with 48gb used so far. No lag playing games 99% of the time. I've had a couple games lag because I had some other process running in the background which I force closed. The launcher takes a couple seconds to load but that's probably because I have so many games loaded on it(from "A Space Shooter" to "Zombiewood" with some "Fifa12" and "MC4" inbetween. ;) I hope this helps.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewVegasTroop:
I have a 32gb class 4 SD and in all the time i have used it on my PLAY its been good enough for gaming, but the only gaming I do is through emulators so I can't say it its good for gaming on more advance android games...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xav_crack:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1129749
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
I made one of these when I had my Moto Razr, so figured why not with the GS3.

Im still on the TRULY unlimited from Vz.

Apparently I listened to a lot of music this month haha (billing cycle ends tonight at midnight).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
I don't like looking at these because some will post using masses amounts of data, and makes me want to say your the reason for all the data bullsh*t.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I definitely agree. The last thread we had on this turned into exactly that within a few posts. Along with name calling, cursing, accusations, your mama isn't as cool as my mama; it was ugly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] srs731:
Seriously and sucks for people like me who use 5-8 gigs of data which really isn't that much but will be terrible when I loose my unlimited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
I think its just Vz being greedy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kude87:
^This!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
I love how everyone really thinks unlimited went away because of a tiny % of people using a lot of data. Y'all lost unlimited because y'all upgraded your phone or joined Verizon too late. Either way get off our nuts. Not our fault. And I used 80 GB last month...get over it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
Nov 2012
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RCOVA:
And this is how this thread is going to go downhill...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
There are a number of reasons why the big three don't have unlimited data anymore and people using huge amounts of data (50+) is one of the reasons, though how much it matters is up to debate unless the carriers released quantifiable data.

If I didn't have to watch my data, I would be more inclined to stream Netflix/Spotify/whatever more often, and so would everyone else if they didn't have to watch how much data they were using.

On limited capacity networks, the more people that use high-bandwidth applications, the more congested that network will be, period.

For example, my college has no bandwidth restrictions, does not monitor torrenting, etc. Around 9 PM, every single night, the network obviously slows down. If there was a data cap, people would be more discerning when they used their data and the network would not take as big a hit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
...yeah I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that. Fact remains, Verizon didn't look at the logs and say wow these people are killing us with data we better put out limited plans to stop this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cbrehob:
That's cause this happens at all colleges. They know it too and don't care. All you need the internet for is to research your paper and scan through Wikipedia.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Obviously they don't since it's unlimited but he's stating to fact that wasting amount of masses of data on a limited network capacity congested the network and such. I don't know but I would want a mod to lock this thread before the flaming begins, just like a similar thread awhile back.. Just straight downhill.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
How do you know it had nothing to do with network congestion? A network, even large ones like Verizon's, do not have an unlimited amount of bandwidth.

Actually my school's network is very robust. I can pull greater than 100 Mb/s up and 50 Mb/s down during the day, but at night when everyone is on the network using high bandwidth applications (torrenting, netflix, hulu) I only get about 10 Mb/s at most. Networks have finite bandwidth you can't just do whatever you want on them and expect it to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] opc3000:
Data Congestion Vs. The Bottom Line

I see both sides of the argument and offer this.

Products and services in a capitalistic market are driven by supply and demand. If there's a demand for services supplying bandwidth, conventional wisdom tells us that the market is supposed to react by introducing more supply of bandwidth to satisfy the demand.

Interestingly enough, a new dynamic is introduced where higher demand for bandwidth services is indirectly driven by popular streaming applications such as netflix, HBOGo, iHeart Radio and others, not directly from the customer as is tradition.

Now I submit for your review Verizon's tiered plans.

Mobile share with Unlimited Talk & Text 1GB = Base account access fee $50

Mobile share with Unlimited Talk & Text 2GB = Base account access fee $60

Mobile share with Unlimited Talk & Text 4GB = Base account access fee $70

Mobile share with Unlimited Talk & Text 6GB = Base account access fee $80

Mobile share with Unlimited Talk & Text 8GB = Base account access fee $90

Each additional Smartphone = $40

Overage: $15 per GB

My question: Is the more logical conclusion -

A) With the popularity of mobile device apps that are more demanding to bandwidth, Verizon should look to mitigating bandwidth management to offer a more quality data service to customer devices by introducing a tiered plan to aid in this customer service friendly initiative?

or

B) With the popularity of mobile device apps that are more demanding to bandwidth, how does Verizon introduce a new dynamic to better capitalize on apps that are now driving the demand?

I am a subscriber to question B. The numbers tell the story here:

"Verizon saw a particularly notable spike in data revenue, which reached $6.3 billion" for fiscal year 2012 "representing a 19.2 percent increase over the year, and comprising nearly 42 percent of all revenue". -engadget.com, verizon releases q4 results; sees jump in revenue broadband sub

Logic would conclude that unlimited data plans leaves too much money on the table therefore they must be eliminated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
I really like your really well thought out post. I cannot wait until there is a carrier with unlimited data like Tmobile but that also has the coverage of Verizon. Even if I had to pay 90 bucks a month to have that convenience, I would go with such a carrier in a heartbeat.

I am not against usong as much data as you want/can (I wish I could pull 100 gigs a month), I just realize that if everypne, or even some were always doing that there would be some detrimental effect to the network.

Increase your bandwidth capacity Verizon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] opc3000:
Although I agree with those who argue that overuse of Verizon's LTE network by allowing everyone to have an unlimited plan, I still subscribe that it has more to do with profit than with detriment to their network. Otherwise Verizon would not have sold the 700 MHz block of specrum to AT&T for 1.9 Billion dollars. Also, Verizon IS purchasing more specturm from cable providers in a separate deal so....again, I don't think lack of spectrum is the issue. Just what I'm gathering from the numbers of profit and latest aquisitions on Verizon's part.

"Verizon says it is selling some spectrum to AT&T for $1.9 billion as U.S. carriers scramble for bandwidth to carry increasing smartphone data traffic.

Verizon isn't using the 700 MHz block itself and AT&T will likely use the bandwidth to beef up its 4G LTE deployment, CNET reported Friday.

The sale is part of Verizon's promise to regulators it would make its 700MHz B block spectrum available in return for approval of a separate deal to allow it to acquire a larger swath of spectrum from cable providers.

With smartphone use and their wireless data appetites growing by leaps and bounds, wireless carriers have been improving bandwidth positions to maintain the capability to deliver services without disruption or data traffic jams."

-upi.com, Verizon, AT&T in wireless spectrum deal-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
It is obviously both factors. Some people just want to assume the corporation is completely evil and has nothing to do with limited bandwidth. It is both profit and limited bandwidth; it doesn't have to be one or the other.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] opc3000:
To some extent I would agree but again if bandwidth was an issue why sell off bandwidth which is clearly what has happened.

It's naive to think that the doing away with unlimited data plans has more to do with or equal in part to bandwidth issues than it does with profit. Mitigating detriment to service reaches a point of diminishing returns in the balance of ensuring services remain quality/relevant and increasing margin of profit. Profit will always win between those two competing principles. Does this make a corporation "evil"? No, it just makes it a corporation.

In otherwords, Verizon isn't in the business of providing the "best" wireless service for their customers, just better service than their competitors offer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
Never said it was necessarily equal or more. It could be only 10% of why they stopped unlimited data.

And selling spectrum is not the same as selling bandwidth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
Again, everyone here knows that. We arent idiots. We can comprehend that networks have limited bandwith holy jesus. But we are talking Verizon's network not some tiny schools. How do I know? Because its a BUSINESS and businesses are in business for more money. Also Because the network was no where near congested when they stopped unlimited. At worst they are greedy, at best it was a preventive measure. Like I said, they definitely didn't sit around a table and say g guys we are screwed. We can't handle all this data usage and our network is gonna crash unless we Take away unlimited...its far more likely they sat around and wondered how they can make a **** load more money. BTW most people who had unlimited and abused it still have it and abuse it, including myself, and holy **** Verizon's still standing. What do ya know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shibby87:
I never understood the term "Abuse" regarding VZW. Ppl tend to marginalize the issue to make sense of it all and forget this is a multi billion dollar company.. They're in it to make mony, period. They could care less about some guy on his couch in Montana or wherever eating up 30gb of data a month, trust they have better things to do.

For the 3+ years unlimited was around, I maybe used 2gb of data monthly. Now that I have a device with 4g capabilities, I'm using upwards of 10-15gb. Is this abuse? Absolutely not, I pay a premium for the service while I could be paying half the price while on sprints or tmobiles network. If I choose to pay a premium, you can be damn sure I'm going to use the service to its fullest extent. I would have jumped ship a while back if I was still only using 2gb which should go for everyone.. If your not going to use the VZW service to reap the benefits, why pay extra?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] starbiker99:
I still have unlimited and rarely do I go over 2GB of data. 2 months ago I used 2.7GB while out of town for 2 weeks. That was lots of Netfilx viewing. Some of those high numbers are just unreal!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstrife999:
Dude lte towers are far from congested anywhere... Its greed... Also T-Mobile and sprint are still unlimited unless someone considers another carrier part of the big three... This is not a usage issue but a greed issue. Don't believe the lies do actual research...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
Some good debates going on in here :)

I know someone already mentioned it and I agree, the more advanced our phones/apps get and the faster the network gets 3G --> 4G --> X, the more data our phones use. And with a faster network it becomes easier to use more data.

IMO I think it is mainly greed driven that Vz switched up to shared data, and honestly I would think for a vast majority of people, those plans work fine because they do not use a ton of data so great for them. BUT I think Vz should still offer unlimited at say maybe $50 a month instead of the $30 is was/is and I would probably be on board for that. Since I still have unlimited, I know can not use any of my plan upgrades to get a new phone is fear of loosing my data. If Vz still offered unlim, at a higher price, they would make more off me monthly and whenever I have the opportunity to upgrade to a new phone.

I believe that "heavy" users as myself are far outweighed by normal to minimal users.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
Same conversation.. Different day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antiseen:
It's definitely motivated by greed because it's so easy to go over the meager amount they give us.

2 gb? Seriously? With bs bloat ware running amok you could hit that easily. If they're going to low ball us on the data they need to axe crapware that eats it up.

They could have made the lowest plan 4gb and bumped the others up a bit more. At 4gb it's still not going to appease the blatant abusers but you're not totally ripping off customers. The majority uses less than 2gb? Sure. Maybe if you live on wifi. If the majority uses less than 2gb why not bump up the data caps? Oh yeah, because they wouldn't make a killing on the majority racking up overages.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BreatheALittle:
I just have one question: How in the world do you rack up so much data usage?? 80GBs?? 211GBs?? Lol

I am on my phone almost constantly throughout the day, and average 1-2GBs a month. Yet some months I'm barely just over 1GB. Is it that you live in rural areas, so you are never on wifi? Or is it that you don't use a computer, so you literally use your phone for everything?

I know this thread has had plenty of bickering, but please know that is not my intent. I'm really just baffled and curious! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Devster13:
Nailed it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
I have wifi at home, but LTE is usually faster haha.

I have a PC and a laptop (currently posting from) and I use those over my phone when Im at home.

But I listen to 3-4 hours of Google Music a day (work at night and play it on my phone, BT audio in my car ect).

For my day job I take Light Rail and its about a 30min ride each way. Ill either listen to music or watch Netflix.

Then whenever theres a new movie out ive got ttorrent.

Im about 7 days into my billing cycle and this is my current usage
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] detonation:
I'm all for people using as much data as they want, but when you start a thread to basically just brag about how much you use, especially when it mostly comes from pirated downloads, it's just tacky...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snowmanwithahat:
Just wanted to throw this out there.

I was on Sprint forever, never a huge data user. 1 - 2gb per month. I switched to VZW (SGS 3 obviously) and have done 10 and 15gb in the last 2 months. A large majority was work related tethering and large amounts of it were streaming media.

It's definitely true, the better the network, the more we're going to use the data. I've got 2gb of netflix in already this month which was unbearable on Sprint. anywhere from 5 - 10gb seems like pretty normal for any real tech savvy user
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leucrota:
YouTube, Netflix, and music streaming on the big bandwidth applications. You don't need to be tech savvy to use them, hahaha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hoola20055:
I use around 30gigs a month. Netflix a LOT Music streaming (hours a day) work uploads and downloads. And it's ALL legit! Nothing illegal.no torrents and crap. My home wireless is through a company that buys their data from Verizon. I even have a Verizon mifi hotspot. I get 20gigs of data a month for 59$ that includes taxes. You tell me..... I'm just saying Verizon COULD make it cheaper. Until then I'll use 400 gigs if I NEED too. Not that I possibly could.

Btw..we never go over the 20gigs on the home internet. All I'm saying is don't ASSume everyone using more data than you uses torrents for illegal downloads. I send and receive large emails upwards of 30MB a pop several times a day. Everyone is NOT a crook. So the LOW USERS need to just stay calm also. I'm no thief which is what most seem to suggest. Have a great day!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] llama555:
If someone uses over 200 gbs there is no way they aren't either tethering their home internet or illegally downloading. Even if u watched Netflix for 12 hours a day everyday that wouldn't be 200 gbs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JediMindTrixx:
I am still on the unlimited plan and I tell you my sim card is worth more than any of my phones. I was at the Daytona 500 and dropped my phone on the floor of one of the port o potty's... I didn't care if the phone broke or what... just as long as the sim was still good. It was! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Are you a squirrel :D

Jk ;)

I came over to Verizon from sprint with unlimited data, but I couldn't make a phone call, so unlimited data didn't mean anything to me.

Most of my data usage is surfing, watching videos and dl ROMs.

With that being said, the verizon data pricing is too much for me to have a decent data package, so I went with 4GB @$70/mo which is little data for a lot of $, and I was watching my usage, as I knew this going in.

One month I had to increase my data to 8GB @$110?

YIKES! because I used too much that month.

I started looking for a solution, and found this:

Virgin Broadband2Go with Overdrive Pro 4 (connect up to 5 devices):

$35/mo. for 2GB 3G/Unlimited 4G Wimax (throttled @10GB.... presently @18GB without any throttling)

I'm in a 4G Wimax area, or else Bb2go wouldn't be worth it.

I know it's not LTE, and I have to carry a little wifi unit around with me, but that's a small (2"x2"x.50" :D) price to pay for:

- Not hemmoraging my money to Verizon

- Not having to watch my Data usage

The down side is that I can't utilize the speed of LTE with my S3, so it's like going backwards, but LTE @ Verizon pricing is hardly worth it, seeing 40GB would cost $300/mo. YOWSA!

Maybe the above can help others who are in the same boat as I am, or rather was........ ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 420fan:
So all torrents are pirated? You don't do much downloading if you think ALL torrents are pirated. You're tacky for making blatantly FALSE accusations. It looks like Google music was his number one data hog. Pirated, I guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] llama555:
Ummmm unless I'm crazy 40 gbs from the torrent downloader is higher than the 8 from Google music...

And he straight up said that when a new movie comes out he must have it... That's called pirating.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Couch3ater:
These posts just make me miss my unlimited data. On that note, the family has also been discussing possibly switching carriers, which would be worse than going to limited data. I can tolerate my 2 gigs a month, but only because it's on a not-so-terrible network >_<;;
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyhobbits:
verizon lte speeds

I'm in the washington dc area and I get crap speeds on my lte. about 1-3Mbps. are you guys using any specific ROMs to get the better speeds? I'm on PACman right now..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shibby87:
Generally, AOSP ROMs on the GS3 have weaker data connectivity than Touchwiz. If ur gonna flash a TW ROM, might as well make it CleanROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
YOWSA!!

That would be about $300 for the month on my plan :(

That's why I carry my Bb2go. Wanna give verizon as little of my money as possible, especially when it comes to their bs data plans, if you're not lucky enough to have unlimited data ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eyerawnick:
Their data plans are such bs. I did a speed test and calculated how long it would take to cap my monthly 2 GB limit. It turned out to be about 10 minutes. Get this great 4g with super fast data speeds, but you can only use those great speeds for .000224% every month otherwise it will cost extra.