yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] __NBH__:
IMO the S4 in its current state has a few issues:

Stutter on opening and closing apps and in scrolling.

Chrome freezes (even though it comes on the phone)

Wake locks caused by some apps

Sometimes when closing a game and opening another the device freezes.

But I'm still happy as I'm the kind of person who will put custom roms and kernels on my phone so I know this can all be sorted out.

However, if I was the kind of person who buys the phone and leaves it as stock I would be a bit disappointed. My galaxy s2 with a custom 4.2.2 rom was much smoother.

But I got my s4 for potential, not what it can do right now. The reviews mean different things to different people. Personally I don't think the S4 is the best advertisement for the latest version of Android, not yet anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
I have the HTC One and S4. Both are excellent phones and different. Once the S4 has had a few software updates from Samsung to iron out a few bugs it will be fine. No different from any handset. My S3 took about 3 months to be cured of bugs.

Just ask yourself, does the S4 do what you need? If it does, go for it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] slind:
Both are very nice phones, no doubt about this. You just have to decide if you want:

+ better lowlight performance camera

+ better video capture with ridiculously good mic

+ vastly better outdoor visibility of the display

+ very clean and snappy UI

then you take the ONE.

That does not mean the S4 is a bad phone :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
^^ Here we go..... sighsss
[Galaxy S 4 General] crimptool:
is it me or has anyone else noticed how heavily bias towards the Samsung S4?? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] deathnotice01:
The pen (words) are mightier than the sword,

But like the sword they can be bought for a price.

That's how i think and view most reviews

Sent un Samsung Galaxia S Quatro LTE
[Galaxy S 4 General] RobertR3750:
In the case of reviews by sites such as Motley Fool, I have a sneaking suspicion that they want to influence stock prices.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AskinSavascisi:
hello everyone,

I like to learn something new, so ive learn to preroot stock rom thanks to dr.ketan's guide...

now i wanted to learn how to make a stock prerooted deodexed zipaligned ROM..

my steps:

-I've unpacked my stock.TAR file and got 8 files.. some .bin and .img's

-ive placed the stock.TAR into android kitchen and ran it.. choosed option 1 for makin working folder, after that deodexed app and framework.

-after that ive zipaligned all .apk files.

-ive mounted my system.img and wanted to replace the deodexed framework jar files and app apks with the ones on system.img (mounted)

- first Ive deleted every app. odex and jar in app and framework folder..

rm temp/app/*

cp kitchen/..../system/app/* temp/app/

rm temp/framework/*

cp kitchen/..../system/framework/* temp/framework/

after that used ./mkuserimg.sh -s temp system.img ext4 tempdir (2048M) <---- Ive used this before when i was going to do prerooted stock but now i dont know if i need to use it still? :/ or check some value and do :1024:1024

- and as last made a tar file back..

tar cvf prerooted.tar .imgs and .bins

- added md5 check

md5sum -t prerooted.tar >> prerooted.tar

mv prerooted.tar prerooted.tar.md5

and flashed it with using odin.. odin says succesfull but im gettin stuck at boot screen :/
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AskinSavascisi:
well ive used ./simg2img got a output file named newsys.img and deleted stock and copied deodex apps to temp/app and jars to temp/framework

after i use mkuserimg sh... my output (system.img) from newsys.img is just 36MB?? impossible right? :D

ive got this message, seems something gets blocked?

root@AcerUbuntu:/home/isfahan/Bureaublad/ext4_utils# ./mkuserimg.sh -s temp system.img ext4 tempdir 2048M

in mkuserimg.sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

./make_ext4fs -s -l 2048M -a tempdir system.img temp

Creating filesystem with parameters:

Size: 2147483648

Block size: 4096

Blocks per group: 32768

Inodes per group: 8192

Inode size: 256

Journal blocks: 8192

Label:

Blocks: 524288

Block groups: 16

Reserved block group size: 127

Created filesystem with 10/131072 inodes and 17192/524288 blocks

so then ive putted deodexed jar and apks on my phone's internel SD and used this commands

adb shell

su

stop

mount -o rw,remount /system/ /system/

cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/

rm /system/app/*.odex

cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/

rm /system/framework/*.odex

mount -o ro,remount /system/ /system/

reboot

and yes my phone is now deodexed.. but mission not accomplished.. my goal was to have a deodexed stock prerooted tar file =))

any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeAndRoidG:
Hi,

Sometimes I have bootloops after rebooting the device. It even happens when I try to reboot to recovery mode.

So what I do after getting this is take out the battery, wait like 10 seconds and then return it.

After that it is just fine.

How can I solve this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
More details first.

Which device and variant?

Which rom and/or kernel?

Rooted or not?

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeAndRoidG:
Device is i9100g

Rom is jellybam v7.7

Kernel is 3.0.31-CM-ga19a577

Yes, rooted

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Must be a bug with the rom..

Why not check if any others have similar issues?

To sort it out, try:

1. Different kernel

2. Doing a wipe cache and dalvik cache

3. Doing a full wipe

4. Doing a re-flash of Jellybam

5. Restore to stock

:)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
On http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/Connectors it is clearly explained that the MDAII connector has following audio-related pins:

1 CAR_MIC_IN

3 CAR_AUDIO_R

4 CAR_AUDIO_L

With the original T-Mobile MDAII carkit ALL audio (phone & pda) is said to go via these pins

With the XDA2 carkit only phone audio (after accepting a call) goes via these pins.

Maybe this has also something to do with the switching of the in-car signal on

19 CAR_ON

:idea: CAR_ON is connected to +6V on the car charger which makes the phone go to speaker mode immediately when picked up or dialing.

>> This is the behaviour of the XDAII carkit!!!

When this pin is connected to ground, the internal mike and speaker are turned off, and audio input is taken from the audio input pin on the connector.

>>Is this the behaviour of the MDAII carkit??

:?: So: Would it be worth trying to connect pin 19 to ground instead of +6v inside the carkit cradle??
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
Can't believe no-one with a XDA2 / Expansys carkit is looking forward to solving these issues too . . . :(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] damian.hunt:
I checked this a couple months ago when I dismantled my expansys car kit. I'm sure I found pin 19 is already grounded on the carkit. With regard to this part of the pin 19 description:

"...CAR_ON is connected to +6V on the car charger which makes the phone go to speaker mode immediately when picked up or dialing. "

"Speaker mode" in this case means the handsfree mode, where the integral xda II speaker is turned up to "distortingly loud" and the internal mike is used in call, similar to what happens if you push and hold the green/send button during a call. If pin 19 is raised to +6V, this will be the xda II's default behaviour with the phone function. This is so you could plug in a simple car charger that puts pin 19 at +6V and that provides only power to the unit (no mike, speaker etc) and allows you to make/receive calls through the builtin speaker and mike without having to hold the xda to your ear.

I feel that if pin 19 is grounded, all audio should be sent through the bottom connector and then into the car kit. Indeed, this is the case with some ROMS / software versions, but not in others. I therefore think it is a software/ROM issue.

I found with my uk o2 xda II, with both the launch ROM and 1.60.50 ROM I got the same behaviour - the unit did not send pda audio to the bottom connector whether pin 19 was grounded, raised to 6V or left floating. Yet other HTC Himalaya owners have reported things differently with different ROMS.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
Firstly I thought this to be a s/w issue as well.

But then: The T-Mobile MDAII carkit seems to be working as desired no matter the rom version . . .

Could we get together a list of device/rom/carkit combinations with the actual behaviour in sorting this out?

ANYONE: pLEASE POST YOUR CONFIG HERE.

MINE:

Config: MDAII / 1.60.00WWE and 1.60.36 ext / XDAII Carkit (Expansys like)

Bahaviour: Only phone audio via carkit when in a call
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] eayuwna:
Configs

I am having an identical problem

Build: 13252 - 1.60.00WWE EXT. 1.60.50

I have an XDA I've been messing about with in the car to try to make myself an in-car kit and that was all going fine (Although the phone is now stuck in in-car mode, think i've blown something up :-)). For the kit I made there, +6v on pin 19 output all audio to the connector.

I then bought an XDA II and in-car kit, wired it all in and then tried to play audio through an in-car cassette adapter lugged into the headphone socket that's built in to my in-car kit. The phone outputs to the speakers fine, but the audio, (Mp3 and the like) won't go to the conncetor at the bottom. (Note that the in-car kit's jack socket is driven off the 22 pin connector at the base of the XDA II)

I'm dissapointed that it could be a softwaer problem, although surely someone somewhere must know a way to force the software into in-car mode constantly and playing the audio out?

Any solutions then let me know cos I'm really irritated that I've just spent £150 on the in-car kit only to find that it don't work yet!

Roll on the XDA-Developers Special Ed. ROM for the XDA II, I bet that'll fix the problem!

Keep me posted on any updates,

Will

**********************

Just done some more reading on the forum and cam accross this

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=8346&highlight=car+automobile+mode+xda+ii

not sure how easy it will be to change the dll files over, anyone with some experience in doing this fancy having a go first and letting me know how it gets on? Is it possible to do? What do I have to do once I mess up the ROM on the pda by overwriting a dll file? Can I just hard reset?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elgordo2:
I have the international version of the i9300.

Unrooted and no cwm.

AP: XXELLA

CP: NELK2

CSC: HTDELL2

Windows 8

Odin: Odin307

Often my phone would be not able to wake up, so i decided to factory reset to fix it. This made the phone restart and freeze (and the wakeup problem persists). My conclusion was problems with syncing, but not really sure. This made me want to try a new firmware.

However odin fails with every rom I try with:

-I9300XXEMC3_I9300NEEEMC1_I9300XXEMB6_HOME.tar

-I9300XXBLH3_I9300HTDBLH1_I9300NELH1_HOME.tar.md5

-CF-SGS3-CWM-v5.5-v1.5.tar

Gets stuck when trying to get the PIT. And then fails.

Have tried:

-Running odin as administrator

-Restarting pc

-Installing USB drivers for the s3

Thanks for any help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elgordo2:
Just tried another pc, no help. Got the Odin log here:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9300XXEMC3_I9300NEEEMC1_I9300XXEMB6_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/003> Added!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamIrene:
try install samsung kies since it contain latest usb driver

if still not working try borrow a friend / relative who using windows 7
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ag4751:
Make sure you have USB Debugging enabled under Developer Options

Download the OXA Open Europe MC2 from sammobile you don't need to be rooted to flash the rom http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9300&pcode=BTU

Flash this CF Auto Root via Odin to get root access
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elgordo2:
Woohoo. Installing kies worked.

Thanks MsElise
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmuk:
What happens if your phone is bricked and you cannot access developer options on phone?

I have kies installed but Odin does work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
USB debugging is completely irrelevant. This is an Android setting and is not used by recovery or download mode, so just ignore that...
[HTC One S] sGollSv:
Hi, my phone dropped out of my pocket last friday and my volume rocket is Brocken, but it's not defect so I want to buy a really resident case for it. Can advise me some cases until 45$ ?

Thanks in advance.
[HTC One S] Zaman-The-Man:
Btw wrong part of the forum and I would recommend an otter box or a ballista case they provide amazing protection but good protection all makes the phone bulky and ugly
[HTC One S] sGollSv:
Oh you're right i should post it one more time in Accessoires
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bensmom:
I moved this quiestion to a more general forum. Apologies for the duplicate.

---

Hi, I previously rooted my s3 intl with an AOKP Jellybean rom, but I am finding it slow.

I decided to try the latest CyanogenMod, and downloaded the files listed here hwiki.cyanogenmod.org /w/Install_CM_for_i9300

I got the error that the Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package needed to be installed, so I did so, but got errors that the later vesion was installed.

I uninstalled 2012, and tried again. It installed successfully, but I still got the error, so I rebooted etc etc, tried downloading the dll and placing it in the various directories.

Long story short I get the same error that the dll is not installed. So I had to give that up.

So i then downloaded heimdall 1.3.1 front end and installed it.

But now it says that the tag headers don't match. I read somewhere that the rom must be the same version as the heimdall suite. But I can't find a rom now, after MUCH searching online.

I would really appreciate some help with this. :crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jfcooley:
Wrong device. This is the sprint forum.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
And you don't root devices with a ROM.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bensmom:
Sorry, yes that's why I commented at the top that I moved the question.

Regarding rooting, I refer to the first time, is there a way to root without one?

Many thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
[MENTION=4919829]Bensmom[/MENTION] Yes rooting has nothing to do with rom. You can root any phone while on the stock factory installed rom. Now after you have acquired root you can flash custom roms or leave the stock rom. Rooting simply means getting access to the root directory of your device.

Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bensmom:
Oh my goodness thank you, okay, I've wasted so much time. Thank you so much! All I wanted was the latest jelly bean with droid wall. Not really worried about all the other things.

Do you by any chance know how I could do a straight root after I revert back to the stock Rom? The last official jb 4.2.2 UN rooted my phone, I couldn't run droid wall.

:rolleyes::thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You're gonna have to check out the threads in the international S3 forums, seeing as that's the device you have.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bensmom:
I understand. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deviatorz:
I'm having issues sending mms with my S3. It can't send and cannot download pictures. This phone is from telus but I am using it on Rogers. I've rooted it and currently on liquidsmooth Rom. I have lte data and it works fine. I've tried many different APN and the pictures below show one I use. I tried splitting it up and having mms solely by itself. I'm using lh1 modem right now and have tried lk4. Any suggestions? Is it because this phone is not originally from Rogers?

Sent from my SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mymusicathome:
I'm running task650 AOKP using the LH1 modem without an issue. The only difference I see between our apn is I do not have a port set where yours has port 80.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deviatorz:
I've removed that as well and it still doesn't work.

Sent from my SGH-I747
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] gdonanthony:
as title says can someone port MIUI using CM10.1 as its base? if not possible then why ?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] frozonecom:
If the essence of your question is why MIUI V5 by blacksmith yogi uses CM10 and not CM10.1, I think it's because CM10 is far more stable than CM10.1.

Surely, CM10.1 (JB 4.2.2) can be used as a base for MIUI V5 since I've seen other developers on other devices use them when porting or developing MIUI V5.

As for the request of MIUI based on CM10.1, +1
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
So, i'm buying a new phone which will be an upgrade of my current xperia mini as well as galaxy nexus (though i will still use them). I have Xperia L and Xperia Ion LTE in mind as both of them are in my budget. What do you guys think is a better handset in terms of performance (HD gaming+battery life) :good:

Xperia Ion LTE:- http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_ion_lte-4412.php

Xperia L:- http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_l-5363.php

Thanks,

Ishan :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
Definitely xperia L its going to ve quite a bit faster than the ion but the ion has a better screen...... But the ion will stop at 4.1 (if it gets it) while the l might get 4.2 so it's a choice between updates and processor over screen and camera

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No need for thanks just hit the thanks button ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
Thanks for the reply this fast :D

But only thing that concerns me is that the ion has an S3 processor while the L has an S4 but as each is clocked at 1.5GHz and 1 GHz respectively, won't Ion be a little faster? Or as L has a newer generation CPU as well as GPU (adreno 305) it will be better in gaming+performance? :confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
Clock speed might not make a huge difference because the krait cores in s4 are way faster than the s3's cores and also the adreno 305 is more powerful than the one in the the ion......

Since the ion is around 22000 rs I would suggest that you save up a little more and go for a nexus 4 instead which blows away both the ion and the xperia L

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gmp009:
For me xperia L is good i m also thinking to buy it:D. Anyways if u have more money then Xperia Sp is soo good it beat nexus 4 in banchmarks! Which i saw on gsmarena its quite batter...:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
How much would the Nexus 4 cost in Indian market? Also the disappointing thing about all Nexus's is NO expandable memory :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
I don't know if dad will allow for 5000/- more. I also need to get my x-box repaired. If i costs less then i could go for xperia sp :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] panwala95:
You can even check out the galaxy grand @ 18k with o % emi
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gmp009:
yeah thats good to go! xperia SP is batter...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
The only reason the sp beat the nexus 4 in benchmarks is because benchmarks aren't optimised yet for 4.2.2

Isn't it obvious that the nexus 4 is faster (2X the RAM, 2 more cores of same processor)? OP, the SP is a good choice but the nexus 4 is better IMHO because of updates, performance, etc. But if you need expandable storage then the SP is the way to go.

Oh and FYI, I'm sure the xperia sp isn't "batter", it's definitely made of aluminium, glass and silicon :P

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4

---------- Post added at 10:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 AM ----------

A good idea would be to use your gnex for a few months and buy the nexus nexus when it comes out this fall......

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] amnher:
The only downside of SP is the camera. The sample shots are quiet awful in comparison with xperia P and arc S which has Exmor R while SP has RS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
I see where you're going with this :P

I had Nexus 4 in mind but how much does it cost in India? I can't get it from US cause non of my relatives are coming over here this summer! :eek:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
What about xperia L's camera? It too has Exmor R!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
Hey man your phone your choice :P although another happy nexus user wouldn't be bad :P

But the reason I'm rooting for nexus is because you want to play HD games....they will run well on the xperia sp but the extra gig of ram is a boon......and besides you won't have to worry about updates you'll have official updates for 1.5-2 years and unnoficial for even longer........

I had to make the same choice between an s3 and xperia V (until my pocket money magically increased :D) and looking back I think I made a good choice.

Another thing to note is that in jellybean you can't move apps to SD card so if you buy a phone with just 8GB internal storage (sp and L have only that much right?) Then at max you can have only 2-3 HD games......

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
LOL :D BTW i do have a nexus ;) (see my Signature)

Also, i didn't get what you mean't by this ' Another thing to note is that in jellybean you can't move apps to SD card so if you buy a phone with just 8GB internal storage (sp and L have only that much right?) Then at max you can have only 2-3 HD games...... ' I can move my apps to extarnal storage on my mini which is running 4.2.2 :confused:

Also, you didn't answer my question which was, the price of nexus 4 in India? :good:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] amnher:
I'm still waiting for xperia L review
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
On phones that run jellybean natively you can't move apps to your microSD card......so you'll be limited to 5.8 GB (space you actually get) for apps and games.

Oh and the nexus 4 can be purchased online but will cost around 26500-28000 rs......which is about the same as xperia sp which is 27000

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tiru.adi13:
Just a heads-up if you haven't bought something yet, nexus 4 is available for preorder on flipkart for 26000 rupees.

Sent from my |\|€×u$ 4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ishanbhatnagr96:
Well unfortunately I bought a z and l :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aayushya:
Please do tell us how u liked using the xperia L coz i am thinking of buying 1 too! :)