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[General Topics] ToaIII:
China phone:

Goophone i5 vs zoophone 5

High Brand:

Lumia 820 vs Galaxy SIII mini
[General Topics] Nikronius:
I also love gsmarena.com as some users have already pointed out... only "problem" I see is that you can't compare more than 2 devices at once...

Sent from my GT-I9305
[General Topics] crazymonkey05:
Use phone arena its a awesome website and you can compare 3 devices
[General Topics] crazymonkey05:
Here you go here is a comparison http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-8.0,Google-Nexus-7/phones/7677,7143
[General Topics] cronus101:
Is the note 8 out yet?

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If you are getting a phone for mainly reading, I suggested either an amoled screen, for battery saving purposes, or a lcd3 screen, which imo, looks better. According to what I've read, the z's screen is washed out, so I would avoid it.
[General Topics] NewWorldOrphan9:
Still love my Samsung Galaxy SII! I'll skip right to the SIV when it drops though. I LOVE my new Tablet, Asus Transformer TF300T.
[General Questions and Answers] prratha93:
Hello I own MTK6577 based device. The problem is that the kernel source available for our device is of version 3.0.xx and because of that we are not able get JellyBean on our device. (The Source is available on github and its Generic source)

Can anyone tell me how to update the kernel source to the latest available.(i.e 3.0.xx to 3.4.xx or so) Please post link to guide if it's available.

Any Help will be appreciated.

Thank you In Advance

Regards.

PS: I have googled before posting the question but I am not able to get any relevant information as I don't know what exactly to look for ,most of the guides are for compiling kernel from source and please do not link to those guides.
[General Questions and Answers] prratha93:
anyone ???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
K....I apologize if I missed it, but didn't see a stock jb thread....aside from the one from months ago that has a billion posts. I think a new one is not unreasonable.

Anyway... just curious about what others think.

After debloating it heavily....all T-Mobile and Samsung junk gone and a lot more....and stopping apps from auto starting with autostarts...I'm pretty happy!

GPS took about a minute to lock first time ...but now its quick. And accurate.

It is super smooth after a day of settling.

Going on 14 hours on battery with light to moderate use and at 59 percent left. Seems on par with most stuff I've ran.

I do miss some of the customization ...which will lead me to start flashing soon I'm sure. LOL

But overall....I'm impressed.

Anyone wanna share, ask questions or debate? ;)

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
I had it working once on my T989D, it was heavily bloated, still seemed faster than usual leaked builds. Doesn't really matter now though because I can't flash anything based off this official tmob update because every ROM I've tried with it either bootloops or FC`s constantly. A real shame, I looked forward to this for so long, I assume it doesn't work because I have the koodo t989. Waiting on the Telus version to be released.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Spheeler:
I have a T989D also and I've been able to get it to run perfectly fine for over 24 hours.

I have version 1 of Infamous S2 and I had to flash it, wipe cache and dalvik, reboot let settle for ten mins then flash the newest radio or it would keep dropping my koodo radio.

I think the key is wiping cache and dalvik after you flash it, I did also do a full internal wipe and installed from an sd card though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AMartLA:
I didn't see a huge increase in speed. Although it does feel a little smoother.

The increase in battery life has been huge for me though. On ICS I had a terrible average of about 6-8 hours depending on light to moderate use. On Jelly Bean I'm averaging 10-11 hours on more than moderate use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Joe USer:
Do you have a list of what you removed?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
I also can't flash any recoveries except the old cwm so that's probably part of my problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] k-dogg:
That's pretty decent battery life and what I used to get when on the stock 4.0.4, but my battery life with this one has been worse. It drops below 50% after 4 hours off the charger with the same amount of use as before. I noticed in a developer thread a screenshot of someone getting great battery life as well. Did you root and debloat?

It seems like the OP was able to do that with some success. I really like the performance otherwise, much better improvement over 4.0.4. OP, are you rooted? Also, I searched the Play Store for autostarts and saw a few different options...would you mind sharing which developer's autostarts app you're using? I saw one that's paid and a couple that were free. Thanks!

EDIT: The other thing that's frustrating is when a new text comes through, it just says "New Message Arrived." I used to be able to change that in 4.0.4 to where the text would display in the notification area, but I can't find that on this version. Wondering if TouchWiz did away with it or it's because of my corporate password policy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AMartLA:
The 10-11 hours is even more amazing to me because I've been using my phone way more than usual (Simpsons Tapped Out is addicting)

I did do a full recharge/drain a couple times after upgrading, so maybe that may help you.

These are my steps in case you want to give it a try.

(On a full charge 100%)

I used odin to flash back to ICS stock unrooted

I then used kies to upgrade to JB

After the upgrade, I went into recovery and did a wipe/factory reset for good measure.

Unplugged phone and started setup (Disabled some tmobile bloat)

Used the phone until it ran out of charge.

Charged the phone completely .

Unplugged and drained it completely again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
K....not gonna quote a bunch of stuff....but in response to a few things.

This was my experience, but trying to use the tlle4 Telus radio left me frozen at bootup mostly....I got in a couple times, but it wouldn't let me save my apn settings and I had no signal. Flashed the new jb radio and manually had to enter apn settings, which saved this time...and I was good. Tlle4 has better signal where I live, but the new one works OK.

What did I freeze? Well, mostly anything with T-Mobile or Samsung in its name. Now everything is working fine, so soon I will uninstall and delete them completely.

I use the app specifically called Autostarts. It is a paid app....but gold to me. I stop any app I am familiar with and don't want starting by itself at startup or other events. Especially maps!! Otherwise it seems to run all the time. I disable it in autostarts anywhere I find it. Then it only runs when I start it.

Think I got most things that were directed to me covered.

I also use advanced task killer free. I do not ever autokill apps. I use it as an easy way to kill things after I run them that don't close properly by themselves. Like maps and Canada's the weather network app.

Last night when I plugged in my charger I was at 24 hours and 3 hours screen time with 22 percent remaining. So stock seems no better or worse than most other jb roms I've used.

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
I'm Telus. Works good! Try flashing the new radio. Then rom. Make sure to wipe cache and davlik after you flash...then reboot.

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
Sorry...just saw that. Yes, I'm definitely rooted! ;)

Notification wise....I disable stock messaging notification cause I use handcent.

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pjhead:
The new message thing was bothering me too. After seeing your post I looked more closely at the settings. Open Messaging and then open the settings. Under notification settings check preview message. Now the text will display in the notification area like before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] s3nr1:
The JB this phone got is crap. Doesn't the same phone for att Skyrocket get ripple lock screen and multi window? Also we can NOT download the voice files for offline voice recognition.

The Skyrocket port of JB for this phone can do all of that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daihung1:
I'm using the Embryo rom now. I did try installing the new stock JB rom but it just can't compared to some of the custom roms. I haven't try the roms by ptmr3, Rushing, and Jamison. I'll probably wait for a few more updates before trying the tmobile JB roms. I missing using Wifi-calling sometimes but the Embryo is just a very good rom.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamsbamx:
Hello, I just wanted to ask which ROM has the longest battery life (in screen hours)...

The most battery frienly rom i have ever tried was liquidsmooth...

What do you think?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shook187:
Guys please help out a new N4'er like myself. I'm stock right now and the number of Roms are kinda overwhelming. I'm only interested in battery life. I'm not in the mood to go flashaholic searching for that one ROM.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
The most important thing is the kernel and the apps you have installed.

Find the ROM with the features you like and flash a battery friendly kernel. I currently use Matrix kernel because the lower CPU idle makes the phone sip battery while the screen is off, leaving you more for actual use.

Good luck. Also, INB4L.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eminembdg:
There is no "best Rom" for battery. It's all in how you use your phone, what apps you use, the signal strength in your area and of course the kernel you flash and how you set that kernel up.

100 different people could reply with the Rom they feel is best for battery and which kernel and you still may have different results than they do
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeatyMutaWings:
From what I've learnt the kernel directly dictates battery life.

but I've personally opted for lean roms. If you're using a heavy rom and frequently putting load on the processor surely the battery will burn down fast. I've been using rasbeanjelly bouncing between franco/trinity and the battery life has been awesome for me.

Btw franco's r121 is godlike for me right now, in terms of both performance and battery life.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rizy7:
Im using liquidsmooth which comes with matrix kernel in the official release.

Im getting very good battery life probably because the cpu min is lowered to 288mhz instead of the normal 384.

Performance on the rom is great also with antutu scores over 20000

Ive tried francos, for some reason it didnt quite work for me but it is very popular because of the great balance between battery and performance. Youll get even more battery life out of faux and if you want blazing fast speeds try out trinity
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Underground_XI:
Battery depends on the kernel, not on the rom.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesc760:
Battery life depends on a number of factors, kernel being one of them. If you set your screen brightness at maximum high, you will see battery drain like water down the toilet. Screen brightness is the single major factor. Kernels don't really matter. It's the apps you install and run on your phone that can kill battery life. Apps like Facebook will suck down your battery like there's no tomorrow. Auto sync'ing and pushing and pulling data to and from your phone will make your battery life go down really fast. GPS and using google maps can contribute mightily to your battery woes as well.

To keep your phone from dying, just get an external battery pack and charge your phone as necessary. I have a 5400 mAh pack that can charge my n4 at least a couple of times. I never worry about running out of battery and I use my phone the way it's supposed to be used.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamsbamx:
Battery does depend on the rom...

For example a linaro compiled rom will require less work of the cpu to move the os due the optimization.

Also some rom have init.d scripts that can help battery life a lot and there is the possibility that some programs like systemUI can have a little bug that the user dont know about it but its draining battery

The battery life depends on a lot of factors of the rom
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luiseteyo:
You are completely wrong. As said before, battery life depends on a lot of things. The kernel is a big factor, but not everything. The way u use ur cpu, the scripts u apply or ur build.prop configurarion can be very decissive.

IMHO paranoidandroid 3.1 is the most battery saving ROM

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] terrapin69:
What method to root the new Kies Jb update... The tmobile official update from yesterday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
Hint....browse dev thread.

Gotta do some homework dude! ;)

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] terrapin69:
I got it... Dude
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
Yw! :)

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BigMosley:
I've been looking for an Android guy peeing on apple decal for my car but can't seem to find the right colors. Mostly there are all the same color (The android, pee and the Apple). I want a Green or lime green Andy, yellow pee and white Apple like it should be. BTW there are some FUNNY stickers on eBay also here's a couple...

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=170856004415

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=251256747166

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=271100696898
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
http://www.androidstickers.com

http://www.zazzle.com/android+stickers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j_eezyy:
I was trying to do the steps to unroot my Sprint S3 because I was having SD card problems and couldn't figure them out and wanted to take it to the sprint store. While I was flashing the stock rom with odin it failed and on my s3 there's a screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I opened Kies but it won't connect to my phone, what should I do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Kies should not be on your phone or computeer. if you have it installed on either remove it. it conflicts with odin. have you tried this guide? try this guide and use the files that I provide in the thread...

Unroot and return to stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j_eezyy:
I could uninstall it from my computer but not from my phone because I can't get my phone started, is that ok?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
Restart the computer after uninstalling kies.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
That will have to do at this point.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j_eezyy:
Ok, that worked and it's on stock rom but I keep getting messages about gapps, media and acore stopping. Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j_eezyy:
Ok, I factory reset and everything seems to be working fine. You guys have been very helpful, thank you both!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Seeing you have gap issues, I assume you are trying an ASOP or CM. Can't answer that as I dislike AOSP and CM ROMs and well never load them on my phone.

Edit: I'm happy you were able to resolve your issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmadzic:
Hi guys,

I can't unlock boot loader for my xperia J because fastboot driver is not installed I tried to follow instructions here

h t t p://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions but this step doesn't happen with me "On your computer, you will be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the Android Boot loader Interface-file."

Help me please,
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rc:
Call siemens customer support for the failed radio stack 1% or other failed error message users

Siemens will fix/flash the xda for free all u pay is for shipping it to them the will flash it and send it back USPS priority mail...

make the call !!! i did , shipped today (no waiting on the return)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rwilkins:
Siemens rebuild after pc2003 upgrade 1% failure

I too had the failure. I sent my SX56 to Siemens. they promised 10 working days. it turned into 18 working days. Their reason was they are having a flood of failed sx56 pc2003 upgrades.

I do not know if they are looking into the problem. I would hope they would place better controls for the upgrade if it has known failures. Such as: You must have rom version xx.xx, radio version A.xx.xx etc.

I see others attempting to load via an sd load. I am very much a novice and I do not yet know how all that works.

Russ
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rc:
currently siems seems to suck... they gave me high hopes too mine was received by them on the 16 od feb and still waiting...

i am not sure if the radio stack can be upgraded by SD card... i beleiv e the only possible soln is SERIAL flashing which needs more than he cable... so we kindof have no other options yet
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rwilkins:
I saw on the xda site that special rom can be loaded which whould allow me to unlock sim. But I also saw people saying that they could not upgrade to PC2003 which the Special Rom.

I think after you get your Seimens back you may want to hold tight. I am going to wait and see what Cingular offers when the smoke clears.

They may offer a free upgrade and help.

Russ
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cruisin-thru:
I think Siemens are being very favourable toward people with failed upgrades, after all it is a FREE upgrade to the latest operating system, they would have been in their rights, having warned about flashing roms being a dangerous process whereby it could render the xda useless, to tell you to pay to rectify the problem. They should be commended on their willingness to help people despite the fact that it will cost them money to do so, so give credit where credit is due please.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rwilkins:
I agree, we should not look unfavorably to a free upgrade. It is odd that so many sx56 units are showing up as failed upgrades however.

I suspect there is some issue with the rom update they offered some time ago. Hopefully, they will do further testing and revise the download version.

I will hold off trying again until I have spoken live with them to discuss potential causes.

I will pass along all that I find out.

Russ
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rc:
Oh sure i am willing to give them credit that is why when i found out they were being so good and offered to fix it for free i came back here and told the rest of the folks... but the issue is ever since they wont give me an update or an ETA is why i say they suck... i am still looking forward to a fixed ph... try call them and they say one more week (every week) i even asked them to send it back without fixing so i can do whatever they said they can initiate it but dont know how long it will take to do that either

that is why the frustration....
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rc:
update Siemens web site says shipped today...

awaiting to see what they have done on it...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ts96740:
After the phone was returned, then what?

Just curious if anyone who had their XDAs flashed back to PocketPC 2002 at the Siemens service center was able to try the Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade again (and have it successful).

I'd like to try to upgrade to WM2003 again -- anyone have advice for avoiding the radiostack upgrade failure that screwed my unit in the first place? My failure occured when the handset received a phone call just after I started the upgrade process.

Thanks --

Sean
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] rc:
got the ph back yest (overnight though they mailed it usps priority) must day am a happy camper again thanks to siemens

update:

what they did is probabbly replace the radio part of the phone,(ph has a new IMEI # and call timers were at 0) either that or they replaced the mother board and restored to ppc2002 with radio 20.10 (locked to ATT)

i went to 3.17 unlocked it again

upgraded to 2003 rom from lumpi's web site and left the radio there this time. actually getting a better signal strewngth then the new radio stack....

so there is the current status.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] dtidmore:
Siemens turnaround quote is now 30 days

I just talked to Siemens as they have had my phone for two weeks. It is still in queue to be reflashed. They also told me that they will NOT flash to WM2003 or the new radio stack. I will get it back with PPC2002 and the original AT&T radio stack. They indicated that the upgrade was the users responsibility. They also acknowledged that it may fail again leaving the phone unusable. You get the feeling that both Siemens and AT&T just wish they could forget the SX-56.

BTW, I don't consider the fact that Siemens is doing the reflash at no cost something to brag about. They would not have been in this mess if the upgrade had been more thoroughly tested.

I had planned to have the PPC Tech guys upgrade the Ram and battery in my SX-56, but I wonder if it makes any sense to further invest in this idea of a combo PDA/Phone.

david
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cruisin-thru:
They would have been within their rights to have never released an upgrade so how you can fault them for giving a free upgrade is beyond me, by the way I have upgraded several xda's with the wm2003 official flash and had zero problems, its the radio stack that causes all the trouble, if your radio stack isnt broken its best to leave it alone, I was very happy to get a free official wm2003 upgrade. I have a Toshiba e740 and have been told by the makers that an upgrade to wm2003 is not an option but if it was it would cost a fair bit of cash so I have a flash upgradable pocket pc that will forever be stuck on wm2002 unlike xda owners who got it free from Siemens/ATT
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] LBowers:
Can anyone tell me where they called? My 2003 upgrade failed and my PPC has failed!! I am completely lost without it!!

:oops: PS ATT has forgotten the SX56 as they no longer carry it or sell it.

Which has pretty much been the case since the begining. The ONLY support I have ever recieved has been from this site.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ts96740:
Work around the RSU issue to upgrade to WM2003

I used the OSImage tool from this Web site to manually upgrade to WM2003 (after I had to send my SX56 back to Siemens for a re-flash to PPC2002). I didn't upgrade the radio stack -- really just wanted WM2003 so that I could get a mute buttom.

No problems since the upgrade, for what it's worth.

-s :D
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cgigate:
I fix all dead Radio stack failure, no need to wait , same day service!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Director4u2c:
Re: After the phone was returned, then what?

I have gone from the original AT&T ROM to the Siemens 2003 Update to the XDA 2002 SE back to the original AT&T ROM and so on and so forth...the radio stack on any of them are just down right horrible. ALL OF THEM ARE CRAP. I had to go back to using my PALM TUNGSTEN W in order to make and receive phone calls, the main reason for getting a phone right.

Its just so disappointing. SO SO Disappointing. And no one should blame Microsoft, this isn't a Microsoft issue. I have another PDA/GSM Phone that doesn't fustrate me the way this one does.

Just sickening.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] houseofkrazeesstl:
I havent been able to find a way yet, anyone know of one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DatDude123:
Google it. There are apps that do it for you. Also search here, this has come up before.

D