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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I hate to put it like this, but the above is not true.

Even with a custom recovery, the update can still go through. It's not a 100% chance, but it can happen and has even happened to me while i had CWM installed

Check out my OTA sticky thread (its in general) to see what your options are. If you take it hoping it will fail but instead get updated, you will need to reroot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
This is correct, you can still install am ota with a custom recovery... having a custom kernel our modifying system apps is what causes it to fail, not the recovery

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
That may be a very small percentage of possibilities. My wife's S3 was totally stock other than rooted. Nothing else. The OTA failed, at that point I took her to TPR. I've personally had 5 android devices none of which have ever taken ota while rooted. The moment I flash stock via Odin they take the ota instantly.

If he's rooted his best option is Freezas thread. It's so easy to just flash it all in recovery, and it's already rooted just saying. There's no difference in rom, firmware or anything it's the update via flashable.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] surfneck:
so if I update ad it does indeed fail, do you mean fail as in bricked or just fail as in not updating?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Fail as in it'll just give an error and won't flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Correct it will say failed and you just reboot and nothing updates. The you go to Freezas thread download the rom and the baseband and update it yourself.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ferenczy68:
Exactly, save yourself the trouble, just go to freeza's thread and download your preferred ROM (odex or deodex) then flash via your custom recovery. It's simpler and faster than trying and failing w/OTA...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] surfneck:
Frieza's thing is for a sprint phone and I have MetroPCS. I'm not wanting you guys/girls to hold my hand through this or anything but like I said I'm learning all of this and I believe to learn the right way is learning through other people's experiences ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ferenczy68:
...my bad, this is why it pays to read the entire thread :o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] surfneck:
not trying to change the subject but is there a forum on this website more relevant to the gs3 on metro? Don't wanna be spamming up useless stuff on the sprint gs3 board.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] surfneck:
Well I got it updated to 4.2.1 it says my device has been modified and software updates are not available. Is there currently a root for the metro 4.2.1 s3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Really 4.2.1? Or 4.1.2? Cause 4.2 doesn't even exist for the Sprint GS3

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] surfneck:
lffinio well

durrr typo 4.1.2 My bad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Ok perfect you root it the same exact way as 4.1.1. That's the only thing across all platforms the S3 roots the same.

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[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] pickerd:
:?: When the headset is plugged in the phone ring tone can be heard via the speaker. Reminders and alarms cannot. I want to be able to hear alarms throught the speaker when the headset is plugged in. Is there a solution on the xda as standard? Or do I need to get a software package to do this? Can anyone recommend a package?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] afgomar:
is there any one click methods?

the ones in the and development forum are a little complex and i dont feel like going through it if theres something easier
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] roids87:
I hate to be the guy to say it. If the methods your're finding are too complex, you may be better off just staying put where you are.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Delakit:
I'll need to agree with that. Although I believe there is a program out there that has like a one-click method? I'd research it quick but I'm far too lazy right now. Regaw or something?

... Sent from my 'Oops! Should've bought the S3!' via XDA-Developers App.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] afgomar:
Finally rooted it. But I need to find a suitable rom. I tried to use pacman but it just kinda stays on the htc white screen when rebooting
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sloth:
Since you are s-on you need to flash the kernel first using flash image gui or fastboot flash it or use a sense rom that has a kernel installer

Sent from my PoS MoPho :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Delakit:
Go S-OFF? It's very easy.

MeanBean is always a great ROM for those who are scared to S-OFF. But aren't you suppose to flash the kernel after? Wouldn't flashgui's kernel install be overridden?

... Sent from my 'Oops! Should've bought the S3!' via XDA-Developers App.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] droideastcoast:
Will telus/koodo stock rom work on a rogers sgs3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
You mean flashing a stock ROM? Then yes.

Pretty sure using Odin will work too. CSC shouldn't matter since the hardware is identical (i747m).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Devhux:
It worked when I flashed a Telus rom onto my Bell SGS3 via Odin, so there shouldn't be an issue. As stated, hardware wise it's the same phone.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] D.A.N.:
I rebooted my phone after working normal in cyanogen rom and now im stuck in bootloader. can someone please help my phone to work back in stock ruu. thanks.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
well, you'll have to pull your sdcard put it in computer and transfer the ruu to the root of the sdcard, rename the ruu file to PJ53IMG. THEN REBOOT BOOTLOADER and the ruu will run, also put sdcard back in phone.

after the ruu runs delete the PJ53IMG FROM SDCARD.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] D.A.N.:
Thanks, it worked. I was scared i lost it.
[General Questions and Answers] Prankzter:
Hey All,

I got Given a generic Onix tablet bought in Aldi stores in australia, Its running android 4.0 anyway i went to Factory Data\Reset the device when i hit yeh to it will erase everything it said powering off and now wont turn back on...charger plugged in and still nothing happens any idea what could have gone wrong?

Cheers

Sean
[General Questions and Answers] Prankzter:
when plugged into a USB it comes up Unknown Device i guess its stuffed
[General Questions and Answers] pete19761:
Hold the power button and volume down button for about ten secs it cou be longer it varies tablet to tablet that should bring u to reboot mode wipe date wipe cache and wipe user data then reboot

Ps it cud be power button and volume button up .the volume buttons allow u to go up and down through the menus thank me if this helps
[General Questions and Answers] Sanjay:
Even mine,but not tab just a mob.

Dont be urgent,wait till it take kts own time..

For me also the same thing happened,i kept it and went to take bath.hurray Mobile restarted...

U also try..

Orelse just remove the battery,and restart.

Are u getting android standing next to box.??
[General Questions and Answers] pete19761:
U can't remove the battery as its internal
[General Questions and Answers] Nathum:
grand ndomersu

SOLVED

adfteam.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5645
[General Questions and Answers] jm100:
Same problem please help!!!

I have the exact same problem, but the link leads to a 404. Can you please tell me what you did to fix your tablet?
[General Questions and Answers] gasgrassorarse:
identical problem, 404 error on the link provided!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
Or is it me and I have done something wrong any suggestions would be welcomed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
It goes down almost weekly I believe. I gave up on it today when attempting to check my old posts via the app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] culaterout:
Same problem! Has there been an update to the XDA app. I really don't notice since my phone runs Rom and automatic updates from google play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No, the app itself is just outdated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Questions and help issues go in Q&A

Thread moved

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator

Go to browser view to search. App is having issues this week.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] culaterout:
here is link to stated problems. We are by far not alone.

:)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841646&page=194
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wilsonbrian116:
I took OTA jb update. rooted with razr utility jb xt912 then installed safestrap 3.11 and tried to flash a custom rom and could not flash any roms so I tried to rsd lite and start over. I could not restore with rsd lite or razr utility. I uninstalled safestrap and installed razr bootstrap. I booted to cwr and made backup then when i booted my phone i got message (encryption unsuccesful). I tried fastboot with rom compatibility flasher and now when I boot phone (RAZR MAXX XT912) it says (validation of cryptographic module failed). Please Help. Thank You.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pinowill21:
My S3 isn't recognized when I try to usb connect to my Kenwood car stereo. It connects fine to my pc. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hieupham:
Hello guys,

I have been using Note 1, S3, Note 2 - with the ICS on Note 1 I felt that the system went a bit laggy (using Custom ROMs solve the issue so far); I felt that 1GB Ram on S3 was not enough as the system by default already use ~600-700Mb or so, manageable. With 2GB on the Note 2 I felt that it was pretty enough, under heavy loading it took like ~1.4-1.5 GB Ram, sometimes the system micro lag a bit - no major problems tho.

We all know that Samsung loves to throw all kind of features, their apps etc into the device; the TouchWiz is cool but I believe it's optimized.

Keeping all this in mind , with the new apps/features in the S4 (SS Health, Air stuffs etc etc) I wonder if 2GB is enough? Also that the new Android OS the 5.x version should be around the corners - although the sources confirm that even S3 (with its 1GB Ram) will have the Key Lime Pie 5.x but I believe it would be not smooth and breezing fly - just like the case of Note 1 with ICS.

With the rumors saying Note 3 will going to have 3GB of Ram this really confuses me. I'm in decision b/w S4 and Note 3 - I was really happy with the Note 2 (gave to my daddy) but it's a little bit big; the S3 was okay but the 1GB was shortage.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -]Megacharge[-:
Yup, it's plenty, no need to worry about that. Laggyness is an inherent problem with touchwiz since the first GS, was also a problem with my GS2 and a friend has mentioned it's been an issue on the S3. I expect the S4's UI to be lag free but wouldn't be surprised if there are some hiccups. Lag can be due to keeping the voice feature on, or lack of optimization. Either way, gaming and other tasks wont suffer, so don't worry.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hieupham:
Thank you very much,

I have tried HTC , Sony and the Nexus line with weaker specs but the system seems to be optimized way more (esp. the pure Android Nexus line).

I will be super happy if in the S4 they solve the wake-home-button-lag due to the CPU (Exynos 4) specific; that is so irritating :D

In any case I'm going to root the device as I always do =))
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
Well I used s3 for 4 months and sold it just bcz of the lag issues you have mentioned. In s3 I used to freeze or remove every bloat app so I can get free ram, it sill disnt solve the issue. I got note 2 and all the lag issues gone, I wonder how you even faced micro lag, I never faced any. Now my ram is full of bloat, I still get only 200-250mb free ram but I never faced any lag.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hisname:
err, i think you guys have a common misconception. Free RAM = wasted RAM. on Linux, it is better for the ram to be full rather than to make it not fill up at all. Lags are always due to background apps continuously running.

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortuus82:
really the more ram that caches apps and games the better, quicker and uses less battery.. so even if a phone has 10gb ram it should use as much as possible as android manage the memory very good on its own.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bungadudu:
Yup

Seems every manufacturer wants to sell a new device every year, so... they put less than is possible on their top of the line devices to assure that next year the hw would be too old and stupid sheeps (us) would feel the need to update.

I have a 5 year laptop (in which Ive put just more rams) which does it's job extremely well. But

smartphones

needs to be upgraded every year.

No manufacturer wants customizable hardware so that the end user could build himself a smartphone that would last ~4 years.

For example if the SGS3 had 2 gbs RAM it wouldn't need upgrading, and if the S4 had 3 or more gbs RAM wouldnt need an upgrade next year.

Regarding that rumor that Motorola would allow us to build a phone to our specification is simply dumb. Android can't support so many configurations, and certaintly that manufacturer would destroy the market by simply stopping the need for hw upgrading every year (similar to pc market)

So... 2 gb is not enough..

Nothing is enough in this market.

If you want all the goodies Android and various apps will bring in the future you will certaintly need to upgrade your S4 next year.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delakit:
I've done a decent amount of research and it seems like 3GB of RAM would be unnecessary but there's rumors out there pointing at a possible 3GB of RAM but it seems like the 2GB is pretty set in stone. Anything can happen. But, in my opinion, 2GB is enough for the phone... just not my personal peace-of-mind.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hieupham:
To be honest I'm all for the S4, better screen, better camera... - hell yeah!

But here in my place , I have info about Note 3 will be having 3Gb ram - basically, Note is a larger Galaxy S with bigger screen, clocked CPU/GPU and have some S-pen features; and having an additional 1GB of RAM:

Note 2 > S3 for 1GB Ram

Note 3 > S4 expected for 1GB Ram again

Note 1 = S2 with 1GB Ram but with ICS Official Loaded I'm sure that S2 runs faster and smoother than Note 1.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Read tittle, skipped the rest.

YES...... Close thread
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fix-this!:
all android devices lag, every one ive owned has in some way.

and to the OP, yes 2gb is more than enough.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delakit:
Lol. Not a fan of General Discussion? At least you gave obvious reasoning to your assumption of an answer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hieupham:
Sure they want to, for example the iphone allows to upgrade to OS 6 but with Iphone 3Gs (and even 4, 4s) it's absolutely laggy...

they create you the feeling that what the heck why it's so laggy and buggy => need to upgrade asap :D

s4 with 3GB would be such a peace of chocopie :D :D :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bungadudu:
Of course, but if that who would buy the S5 next year?

(There is no app/game who can get the S3 to sweat, the only notable and needed difference between the S4 and S3 being more ram and bigger battery. Does that worth $400-500?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4ktvs:
Want more than 2GB of RAM? #Dealwithit

Just had to do it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
No one will make dual channel 3gb ram.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerhum stengay:
it's more than my PC
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4ktvs:
It's more than the PC I had 4 years ago. with only 1.5GB of RAM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddart:
Actually American GS III does have 2gb ram... But anyway I honestly think 2gb of ram is plenty for anything we need on a phone for now at least. I guess it'll depend on how efficient the os/touchwiz runs. But i *think* iirc at least the gs iv ram is significantly better. But anyway if I can get a real upgrade and not a pay it off throughout two years kinda deal I'll probably pick up the S IV and sell my gs iii
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harise100:
More is always better! :D

More ram, more MHz, more screen, more functional!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
lol, we'd all love 5 GB RAM in our phone but we want the device to use only 1 GB (tops).

"just in case kinda-thing"

We need to thank windows for that, god bless.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wednesday13:
With Samsung's increasing amount of bloat. You would need an additional 1gb of ram every year.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesomedeals88:
Galaxy 4 should have came with 2.5-3gb of ram.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squirrel1620:
For? I don't think you'll need that much as of now. I have a 1.5 year old phone that uses 800mb tops.. And that's with heavy sense 4.0 rom port
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyada1988:
My opinion is if you always like the faster speed, maybe 3GB or the higher is not enough.But for most people, 2GB can be great.We just don't use our smartphone like a laptop or a computer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
Come on man. Ram doesn't even come in those numbers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barisahmet:
LOL 2.5GB? 3GB? Have you ever heard "2.5GB RAM" anywhere? :D

lol'd
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynameisthehulk:
Bless you all! More ram wont reduce lag. It will just allow you to run more apps simultaniously. And of course 2.5 gig of ram is possible its 2536mb!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hieupham:
Strugling to take the S4 (2gb ram) or Note 3 (likely 3Gb ram) :D

The same dilema of the S3 and Note 2 :D

Liked the Note 2 more but loved the size of S3... :)

Anyways I believe 2GB ram is enuf for S4, if not in the future (if Sammy continues to bloat the OS) then XDA is the key! :D :good::highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autophone:
Hardware is only one side of the story. My iPad 2 only has 512 mb of ram and it never lags. Educate yourself. There's too many spoiled brats with rich parents in this forum.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
Unless you are doing video rendering on your phone then 2gb is more than enough for anything you do.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
That's not the point, So memory is similar to flash drives. You ever see a 2.5 Gb flash drive?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fix-this!:
i just cannot see the need for 3gb or higher ram in a "phone".
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutley:
Anyways what you gonna do with all that ram what you gonna do with all that ram all that ram all that ram?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dafabsl:
I'm using a SGS 1 with 350 MB RAM and running smooth
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shammyh:
Uh sure it does? If he's talking about total machine accessible memory...

1024 MB (1st DIMM) + 512 MB (2nd DIMM) = 1536 MB = 1.5 GB

Or if you wanna get crazy... maybe he has 3x 512MB sticks? Or maybe he has 6x 256MB sticks?

Either way, ram MOST CERTAINLY DOES come in those numbers. Also math is really cool and useful. Even basic addition... :silly:

On another, slightly related note, this is a really stupid thread:

1) If 2GB wasn't enough, what are you gonna do about it? Call up your local fab, be like, "Hey dudes, my GS4 doesn't suit me very well. Mind running a few extra wafers of SoCs with extra RAM just for my phone?"

2) Yes, 2GB is enough for almost any usage case. You'll be bounded by the CPU, and in fact the CPU-RAM bandwidth & latency far before you exhaust the utility of 2GB of space.

3) Again, this is a really stupid thread. Shame on the OP. RAM != latency of the GUI.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
Adreno reserved 325MB of RAM for itself in S3 and reserves 550MB in S4/S-600. So that means a S-600 SGS4 has 1.5GB of RAM available to the OS and apps; less than a S3 2GB SGS3. The N2 has hover and some of the other resource-intensive features of TW that are now in the SGS4. Here's the RAM usage at start on a N2. 1.75GB is available so something, probably Mali, is reserving 250MB of RAM. What PowerVR reserves in Octa SGS4s remains to be seen.

I have a ton of syncs and background processes (more than most) running all the time so I'm left with about 600MB of free RAM without any active applications. I've used my N2 navigating with CoPilot (huge resource user), listening to music via the Music Player over A2DP, taken and made calls via BT, sent and received MMS via S Voice, and never had any of them need to restart when made active after being in the background. I can't imagine TW in the SGS4's going to be much larger than it is in the N2 because while the SGS4 has new and different features the N2 has to support all the pen-related crap that's not in the SGS4. Since memory management hasn't been an issue with the N2 I can't imagine it being a problem on the SGS4(s). Some One users are reporting some memory management issues but it's mostly likely HTC's s/w causing the issue not anything related to S-600 or available memory.

Here's a great article that explains memory management from Dianne Hackborn, a s/w engineer at Google.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
This isn't as simple as a "math" calculation. Yes, I'm not stupid, I know how to add memory up to 2.5 GBs. The last part of my sentence was a dead giveaway of where I was getting at (again, show me a flash drive that comes in 2.5 gbs). Again, memory on SoC chips follow a similar standard to Flash drive memory. They come in 128mb, 256mb, 512mb, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb, etc as a standard. Any other sizes like 6gb ones are most likely not followed by all the big guys.

Processing plants and manufacturers use this as a standard so they can mas produce them quickly. Instead of having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 GBs, the cost differences probably are outweighed by just simply making the manufacturing process easier. If you really wanted to learn about it, google memory chip banking. Math is cool until you make a wrong assumption and don't pay attention to the rules. You know the rest of the saying.

Good day to you sir. Good day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
the Octa version have 1820MB usable ram
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
It still has 2gb of ram. The rest of the ram is being used in other places.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
there's some reversed for many things : camera - GPU - hardware acceleration etc....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
The amount can be totally different between the S600 and the Octa too.

I remember comparing the HTC One X, HTC One X with Tegra and the SGS3 international, both reported different amounts of ram.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
This is what I want to be on gs5.

32GB SSD

4GB DDR4

2560x1600p resolution

Gtx titan

Ivy-e 4970X

8,000 mah battery

24mp camera

Bulletproof/waterproof/fireproof

And last but not least, cook me dinner.

Thanks Samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
And a holster to carry it because it'll way two pounds. ;)

---------- Post added at 04:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:53 PM ----------

It's pretty impressive that PowerVR which actually has three cores needs less dedicated RAM than Mali. So from a multitasking perspective, where free RAM matters, the Octa SGS4 will have a 370MB (18%) advantage over S-600 equipped devices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
Okay, lol that was a joke post. Don't forget a fuel cell battery instead! And a start button for our cars.